Oracle Hyperion Strategic Finance, Fusion Edition

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1 Orace Hyperion Strategic Finance, Fusion Edition Orace Hyperion Strategic Finance for Banking Administrator s Guide RELEASE

2 Strategic Finance Administrator s Guide, Copyright 1999, 2011, Orace and/or its affiiates. A rights reserved. Authors: EPM Information Deveopment Team This software and reated documentation are provided under a icense agreement containing restrictions on use and discosure and are protected by inteectua property aws. Except as expressy permitted in your icense agreement or aowed by aw, you may not use, copy, reproduce, transate, broadcast, modify, icense, transmit, distribute, exhibit, perform, pubish, or dispay any part, in any form, or by any means. Reverse engineering, disassemby, or decompiation of this software, uness required by aw for interoperabiity, is prohibited. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice and is not warranted to be error-free. If you find any errors, pease report them to us in writing. If this software or reated documentation is deivered to the U.S. Government or anyone icensing it on behaf of the U.S. Government, the foowing notice is appicabe: U.S. GOVERNMENT RIGHTS: Programs, software, databases, and reated documentation and technica data deivered to U.S. Government customers are "commercia computer software" or "commercia technica data" pursuant to the appicabe Federa Acquisition Reguation and agency-specific suppementa reguations. As such, the use, dupication, discosure, modification, and adaptation sha be subject to the restrictions and icense terms set forth in the appicabe Government contract, and, to the extent appicabe by the terms of the Government contract, the additiona rights set forth in FAR , Commercia Computer Software License (December 2007). Orace USA, Inc., 500 Orace Parkway, Redwood City, CA This software is deveoped for genera use in a variety of information management appications. It is not deveoped or intended for use in any inherenty dangerous appications, incuding appications which may create a risk of persona injury. If you use this software in dangerous appications, then you sha be responsibe to take a appropriate fai-safe, backup, redundancy, and other measures to ensure the safe use of this software. Orace Corporation and its affiiates discaim any iabiity for any damages caused by use of this software in dangerous appications. Orace is a registered trademark of Orace Corporation and/or its affiiates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. This software and documentation may provide access to or information on content, products, and services from third parties. Orace Corporation and its affiiates are not responsibe for and expressy discaim a warranties of any kind with respect to third-party content, products, and services. Orace Corporation and its affiiates wi not be responsibe for any oss, costs, or damages incurred due to your access to or use of third-party content, products, or services.

3 Contents Chapter 1. Architectura and Administrative Overview... 9 About Strategic Finance... 9 Architecture... 9 Administrative Tasks... 9 Updating EPM System Appication Servers Chapter 2. Managing Users, Groups, and Security Setting Up Users and Groups in Foundation Services Assigning Task and Access Permissions Extending Defaut Security About Advanced Security, Authorization, and Authentication Chapter 3. Defining Servers, Rue Sets, and Scenario Types Managing Servers Creating and Editing Server Connections Logging on to Servers Seecting and Deeting Server Connections Seecting Databases Disconnecting From Servers Seecting Items Defining Rue Sets Specifying Genera Options Specifying Accounts Options Defining Time Options Creating Time Formuas Defining Scenario Options Adding Scenario Types to Time Rues Using Time Functions Working With Scenario Types Defining Scenario Types Deeting Scenario Types Defining and Transferring Server Settings Contents iii

4 Defining Genera Settings Defining Language Settings Defining System Event Log Settings Defining Entity Event Log Settings Defining E-mai Settings Defining Advanced Register Entry Settings Importing and Exporting Server Information Configuring Connections to Externa Staging Databases Assigning Server Permissions for Users Chapter 4. Working With Databases Creating, Seecting, and Deeting Databases Creating Strategic Finance Cient Databases Creating Databases from Consoidation Labes Switching Databases Deeting a Database Exporting Entities to Externa Databases Connecting to Externa Databases The Export Database Tabes Exporting to Essbase Reporting Utiities for Extended Anaytics About Using Extended Anaytics Creating Extended Anaytics Creating Extended Anaytics Rue Sets Optiona: Creating Reference Databases and Entities The Extended Anaytics Star Schema Integrating with Other EPM System Products Requirements Automating Batch Exports to Essbase and Panning Integrating with FDM Chapter 5. Managing Entities and Entity Groups Managing Entities Accessing Entities Changing Entity Owners Breaking Entity Locks Manuay Exporting Entities Manuay Exporting Extended Anaytics Converting Entities After an Upgrade Managing Entity Groups iv Contents

5 Adding Entity Groups Editing Entity Groups Deeting Entity Groups Setting Entity Check-In Rues and Managing Archives Setting Entity Check-In Rues Managing Entity Archives Inspecting Entity Archives Chapter 6. Specifying User and Group Access to Databases and Entities Assigning Genera Database Access Assigning Access for Users and Groups Assigning Genera Database Options Configuring Defaut Access to Databases, Entities, and Entity Groups About Assigning Defaut Access Configuring Entities Access Options Configuring Accounts Access Options Adding Permissions Groups Configuring Time Access Options Configuring Reports Access Options Configuring Scenario Access Options Configuring Dimension Access Options Configuring Consoidation Access Options Configuring Reference Access Options Configuring Defaut Access for New Entities Adding Users and Groups to Databases, Entities, or Entity Groups Adding Users Adding User Groups to Databases, Entities, or Entity Groups Chapter 7. Activating and Managing Cient-Side Functionaity Activating and Managing Entity Change Management Activating Entity Change Management Defining Access to ECM Documents Adding Users for ECM Documents Adding User Groups for ECM Documents Editing Access to ECM Documents Changing the Owner of ECM Documents Breaking Locks on ECM Documents Activating and Managing Assumptions Change Manager Activating Assumptions Change Manager Adding and Removing Users and Groups to ACM Documents Contents v

6 Changing ACM Document Owners Breaking ACM Document Locks Managing Batches, Maps, and Servers for Import and Export Managing Connections to EPM System Product Servers Managing Batches Managing Maps Chapter 8. Managing Locks, Logs, Transactions, and Sessions Managing Entity Locks Managing Transactions Managing Logs Managing User Sessions Managing Event Logs Appendix A. Server Registry and Database Directory Structure Server Registry EPM System Strategic Finance Service Registry Parameters HSF Service Shared Services Registry Parameters HSF Server Registry Parameters Directories and Fies %EPM_ORACLE_HOME%\products\hsf\ %EPM_ORACLE_HOME%\Diagnostics\Logs\hsf Appendix B. Exporting Data About Exporting Requirements Setting Up a SQL Server Database Setting up an Orace Database Using Orace Appication Custers Creating SQL Server Export Databases Upgrading Export Databases Configuring the Strategic Finance Server Creating Connections Configuring the Externa Database Connection Appendix C. Migrating Data Requirements Performing the Physica Migration Entity Conversion vi Contents

7 Appendix D. Troubeshooting Verifying Integration How do I Backup 11.1.x Appications How can I Move Entities to Another Database on the Same Server? Why the Cient Cannot Connect to the Strategic Finance Server Performing Diagnostics on the Strategic FinanceService Starting and Restarting the Strategic FinanceService Verifying the Strategic Finance Service in Windows Task Manager Viewing Strategic Finance Service Messages in the Event Viewer Server Memory Errors and Error Logs Gossary Index Contents vii

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9 1 Architectura and Administrative Overview In This Chapter About Strategic Finance...9 Architecture...9 Administrative Tasks...9 Updating EPM System Appication Servers...10 About Strategic Finance Orace Hyperion Strategic Finance, Fusion Edition enabes you to integrate and consoidate financia forecast modes (entities) among your corporate panning, business deveopment, treasury, and investor reation groups, and store that information in network-accessibe databases. Use the Strategic Finance Administrator to define and monitor access to Strategic Finance databases, database export, entity change management, and assumptions change management. Architecture You can use Strategic Finance as a stand-aone appication or as a cient-server system. Use the Strategic Finance Cient to ocay deveop financia modes (entities) that can be stored ocay or on the Strategic Finance server. The Strategic Finance Server is a centray-managed version contro system that aso hosts mutipe databases that you can use to promote financia uniformity between modes and archive data. The Strategic Finance Server can aso host staging databases you can use to export data to and import data from externa databases and maintains the Admin Doc that contains administrative settings. Users check out the entities required for their financia modes on the Strategic Finance Server, deveop them on the Strategic Finance Cient, and then check them into the server. Administrative Tasks Perform administrative tasks using these menus or tabs Access, and then Database Options Add the users and groups that you create and provision in Shared Services to Strategic Finance. You can then identify the database-specific tasks users in Strategic Finance can perform. About Strategic Finance 9

10 Access, and then Edit Defauts Add the users and groups provisioned in Shared Services, and specify the tasks, such as adding scenarios and running consoidations, that they can perform in Strategic Finance. Note: For information about using existing user directories or supported authentication providers, see the Orace Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management System Security Administration Guide Databases Create, assign access rights to, and manage Strategic Finance databases Entities View entities in a seected database and assign user access to entities Entity Groups Create and maintain entity groups for buk-management ECM If enabed, use to view Entity Change Management documents. See Configuring Defaut Access to Databases, Entities, and Entity Groups on page 62. Locks Identify the entities that are ocked, the users working with each entity, and break ocks if required. Batches If enabed, manage batch fies to import data from, and export data to other Orace Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management System products. See Configuring Defaut Access to Databases, Entities, and Entity Groups on page 62 Maps If enabed, import maps from, and export maps to other EPM System products. See Configuring Defaut Access to Databases, Entities, and Entity Groups on page 62 Transactions Monitor server transactions. Sessions Monitor how ong users use the product Logs Monitor server actions Event Logs View server events configured in Managing Event Logs on page 85 Updating EPM System Appication Servers After upgrading to this reease, update stored references to the Orace Hyperion Panning, Fusion Edition, Orace Hyperion Financia Management, Fusion Edition, or Orace's Hyperion Enterprise servers in the maps and batches that you may use to import or export data. You can aso perform a buk update of Orace Essbase server names as part of the upgrade. ä To update stored server references: 1 Perform the steps in Updating References to a Rehosted Essbase Server in the Orace Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management System Instaation and Configuration Guide. 2 Launch and og on to the Strategic Finance Administrator. 3 Seect Server, and then Upgrade Connections. A avaiabe batches and maps on the Orace Hyperion Strategic Finance Server dispay and are checked out to current user of the Administration appication. Maps and batches checked out to other users are read-ony. 4 From Connection Type, seect the product for which you import or export maps and batches. 10 Architectura and Administrative Overview

11 5 Seect the maps and batch fies to update. 6 In New Server Name, enter the name of the product server. 7 Cick Update Seected. The seected maps and batches are updated. 8 Cick OK. A check out ocks are reeased. Updating EPM System Appication Servers 11

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13 2 Managing Users, Groups, and Security In This Chapter Setting Up Users and Groups in Foundation Services...13 Assigning Task and Access Permissions...13 Extending Defaut Security...14 About Advanced Security, Authorization, and Authentication...15 Setting Up Users and Groups in Foundation Services Create and provision the users and groups who wi use Strategic Finance in Orace's Hyperion Shared Services as foows: 1. Seect Start, then Programs, then Orace EPM System, then Foundation Services, and then Start Shared Services. 2. In Appication Management, seect User Directories, then Native Directories, and then user or group. 3. Right-cick and seect New. 4. Define the user or group account as described in the EPM System User and Roe Security Guide. 5. Afterward, right-cick the user or group and seect Provision. 6. In the Avaiabe Rows, expand Strategic Finance and move the Basic User, Interactive User, or Administrator roes to Seected Roes. 7. Cick Save. For detaied information, see the EPM System User and Roe Security Guide. Assigning Task and Access Permissions After creating users and groups in Orace's Hyperion Foundation Services, add them to Strategic Finance and specify the tasks that they can perform as foows: 1. Launch the Strategic Finance Administrator. 2. Seect Server then Open to connect to the server. Setting Up Users and Groups in Foundation Services 13

14 3. Seect Access, then Database Options, cick Add User or Add Group, and then browse to the user or group. 4. Seect the user or group, cick Edit, and specify the database reated tasks that they can perform: 5. Seect Edit, then Defaut and then seect the user or group. 6. Cick Edit and grant or deny these permissions that determine the tasks users can perform: 7. Save your changes. Tip: To open Shared Services from Strategic Finance Administrator, seect View then Manage Users and Groups. Extending Defaut Security Perform these steps to increase the defaut security: 1. When instaing the databases you wi use to export data or perform extended anaytics, seect these options: Customer_Interface db_owner db_securityadmin HSFService pubic 2. To further secure the HSFService, seect: Contro Pane, then Administrative Toos, then Services, then HSFService, then Advanced Security Settings, then Permissions and assign the foowing: Aow inheritabe permissions from the parent to propagate to this object and a chid objects. Incude these with entries expicity defined here. Repace permission entities on a chid objects with entities shown here that appy to chid objects 3. On the Permission Entity for HSFService Object tab, seect Aow for Query Vaue, Set Vaue, Create Subkey, Deete, and Read Contro. 4. To further secure the /HSFData/hsf directory, seect the foowing on the Advanced Security Settings Permissions tab: Repace permission entities on a chid objects with entities shown here that appy to chid objects Aow inheritabe permissions from the parent to propagate to this object and a chid objects. Repace permission entities on a chid objects with entities shown here that appy to chid objects 14 Managing Users, Groups, and Security

15 5. To further secure/hsfdata, remove a users except System in Groups or User Names on the Properties for HSFData Security tab. 6. To further secure the Admin Doc (user.adm), imit access to the minimum necessary. About Advanced Security, Authorization, and Authentication See the EPM System Security Administration Guide to perform these tasks: Enabe SSL and singe sign-on Configure webservers Use custom authentication modues See the EPM System User and Roe Security Guide to perform these tasks: Configure user directories Manage Native Directory Manage provisioning About Advanced Security, Authorization, and Authentication 15

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17 3 Defining Servers, Rue Sets, and Scenario Types In This Chapter Managing Servers...17 Defining Rue Sets...19 Working With Scenario Types...26 Defining and Transferring Server Settings...26 Configuring Connections to Externa Staging Databases...31 Assigning Server Permissions for Users...31 Managing Servers The first time you, or others use Strategic Finance, you must create a server. See: Creating and Editing Server Connections on page 17 Seecting and Deeting Server Connections on page 18 Logging on to Servers on page 18 Seecting Databases on page 18 Disconnecting From Servers on page 19 Seecting Items on page 19 Creating and Editing Server Connections ä To create or edit server connections: 1 From the desktop, seect Start, then Programs, then Orace EPM System, then Strategic Finance, then Server, and then Server Administrator. 2 Seect Server then Open. 3 Cick... 4 On Seect Server, perform a task: To create a server, cick New. To edit a server, seect it and cick Edit. 5 In Address of Server on Network (IP or DNS), enter the server network address or accept the defaut. Managing Servers 17

18 6 In Protoco, enter the protoco information or accept the defaut. 7 In Port Number, enter the port number of the Strategic Finance server. 8 In Name for this Server Connection, enter or change the connection name. 9 Cick OK. 10 On Seect Servers, cick OK. 11 Seect the server and cick OK. Logging on to Servers ä To og on to servers: 1 From the desktop, seect Start, then Programs, then Orace EPM System, then Strategic Finance, then Server, and then Server Administrator. 2 Seect Server and then Open 3 From Server, seect the server and cick OK one: 4 To automaticay og on to this server upon start up, seect Make Defaut. 5 Cick OK. Seecting and Deeting Server Connections ä To seect or deete server connections: 1 See Logging on to Servers on page In Server, seect a server and perform an action: 3 Cick OK. Cick OK to access. Cick Deete to remove the server. Seecting Databases ä To seect databases: 1 Perform a task: In the Administrator, seect Server then Change Database. Seect the database whie Logging on to Servers on page On Seect Database, seect a database and cick OK. 18 Defining Servers, Rue Sets, and Scenario Types

19 Disconnecting From Servers In the Administrator, seect Server, and then Cose. Seecting Items The Seect diaog box accesses different items depending on from where it is accessed. ä To seect items, seect one and cick OK. Defining Rue Sets Rue sets define the scenarios, accounts, and time periods that exports contain. Rues are compied in an XML fie on the host. ä To define rue sets: 1 Seect Server, and then Edit Rue Sets. 2 Perform a task: 3 See: To create rues set, cick New. To edit rue sets, seect a set and cick Edit. Specifying Accounts Options on page 20 Specifying Genera Options on page 19 Specifying Accounts Options on page 20 Defining Time Options on page 20 Adding Scenario Types to Time Rues on page 22 Using Time Functions on page 22 Specifying Genera Options ä To specify genera options: 1 Seect Server then Edit Rue Sets. 2 Seect Genera 3 In Name, enter or edit the name. Must be unique within the server. 4 Optiona: Seect Export on Entity Create to export entities when they are first created. 5 Optiona: Seect Cean Up on Deetion to deete entities from exports if they are deeted from servers. Defining Rue Sets 19

20 6 Optiona: Seect Cean Up on Error to automaticay deete incompete writes if there are errors. 7 Optiona: Seect Cean Up on Competion to trigger transferring data from staging tabes to export databases. 8 Optiona: Seect Run in Verbose Mode to og error messages. 9 Optiona: Seect Do not export when funds fow out of baance to cance exports if the funds in the mode are out of baance. 10 Optiona: Seect Cacuate Scenarios on Export to cacuate exported scenarios. Specifying Accounts Options ä To seect accounts: 1 Seect Server then Edit Rue Sets. 2 Seect Accounts. 3 Optiona: Seect Send A Accounts to export entire entities, 4 Optiona: Seect Browse for List to browse: a. On Seect Database, seect a database and cick OK. b. In Seect Entity, seect an entity and cick OK. c. In Time Period Accounts, seect accounts and cick > to add them to the rue set. d. In Entity Scaar Account, seect accounts and cick > to add them to the rue set. Defining Time Options ä To seect the time options: 1 Seect Server then Edit Rue Sets. 2 Seect Time. 3 Optiona: Cick Add to add a scenario type. See Adding Scenario Types to Time Rues on page In Scenario Type, seect a scenario type. 5 Optiona: Seect Use Defaut to use defaut time settings. 6 Optiona: In Beginning Boundary and Ending Boundary, enter the start and end times. You can set boundaries using the time codes. For exampe, if an entity is in quarters, the time codes might be Q04 (first quarter of 2004), 2Q04, 3Q04, and 4Q04. You can set boundaries using functions. For exampe, in the Beginning Boundary in the Ending Boundary box to export the entire entity. See Using Time Functions on page Optiona: Seect Synthesize by Aggregate ony to ro-up time periods. 20 Defining Servers, Rue Sets, and Scenario Types

21 For exampe, week ro-up into months. 8 Optiona: Seect Export Traiing Periods if Present to incude traiing periods. 9 Optiona: Seect Export Cosing Periods if Present to incude cosing periods. 10 Optiona: Seect Export Dea Periods if Present to incude dea periods. 11 In the time period tabe, seect time periods to incude. Time periods are based on scae. a. In Incude, seect a time period scae. b. Optiona: In Synthesize Period, seect time periods that do not exist in the source entity, but must be created for the destination entity. If the source and target are in different time scaes, seect a scae to extrapoate from existing information into missing time periods. For exampe, if an entity is in months but you need weeks in the export, the server synthesizes week information based on the month information. c. Optiona: In Period to Date, seect time periods for which to generate period to date information. If no Period to Date information exists in the entity, this option synthesizes the information. For exampe, for an export to contain Period to Date information for each week, seect the Week option. Creating Time Formuas Create time formuas to reference time periods. For exampe, to reference data for the current and next ä To create time formuas: 1 In Formua, buid a time formua: 2 Cick OK. Cick the button for the operator to use. In Function, doube-cick functions: See Using Time Functions on page 22. In Period Labes, doube-cick time periods. Defining Scenario Options ä To seect scenarios: 1 Seect Server then Edit Rue Sets. Defining Rue Sets 21

22 2 Seect Scenarios. 3 From When to Export specify when to export scenarios: 4 Cick OK. Aways When the entity is checked in At Audit Point When the entity is archived Adding Scenario Types to Time Rues ä To add scenario types to rue sets: 1 Cick Add. 2 In Scenario Type, seect a scenario type. 3 Cick OK. Using Time Functions Use these time functions to specify beginning and ending boundaries in rue on page on page on page on page on page vxxxx(@astfore) on page vxxxx(@asthist) on page on page on page Definition Base period. Returns A reative time reference that returns the vaue for an account in the base period. Exampe If 2007 is the base period, this equation: v1000(@basepd) 22 Defining Servers, Rue Sets, and Scenario Types

23 returns the vaue of Saes (v1000) for Definition Cosing period. Returns A reative time reference that returns the vaue for the cosing period of an account. Exampe This formua: v1000(@cosing) returns the cosing period vaue for Saes Definition Dea period. Returns A reative time reference that returns the vaue for the cosing period of an account. Exampe This formua: v1000(@cosing) returns the cosing period vaue for Saes Definition First forecasted period. Returns A reative time reference that returns the first forecasted time period vaue for an account. Exampe To return the first forecasted period output vaue for Saes, if the ast historica vaue (e.g. 1999) of saes is 10 and a 10% growth rate in a foowing periods: Defining Rue Sets 23

24 The vaue returned is 11 (10* 1.1) or 2000's Definition First period. Returns A reative time reference that returns the first period in the mode's vaue for an account. Exampe If 2007 is the first period in the mode, the formua: v1000(@firstpd) return the vaue for 2007 Saes (v1000). If 2007 is in quarters, Strategic Finance returns the first quarter for 2007 Saes vxxxx(@astfore) Definition Last forecasted vaue. Returns The vaue of an account in the ast forecasted period. N/A for other periods. Exampe For this formua and vaues: v1000(@astfore) Tabe Sampe Vaues V H 1999H 2000F 2001F 2002F 2003F 2004F Saes The formua returns in 2004 and N/A in other periods. 24 Defining Servers, Rue Sets, and Scenario Types

25 @asthist, Definition Last historica vaue. Returns The vaue in the ast historica period. N/A for a periods up to the ast historica period. Exampe For this formua and vaues: v1000(@asthist) Tabe Sampe Vaues and Formua V H 1999H 2000F 2001F 2002F 2003F 2004F Saes The formua returns and N/A in 1998, a in 1999 and remaining Definition Opening period. Returns A reative time reference that retrieves the vaue for an account in the opening period. The opening period is the aggregate of the cosing and dea periods. For exampe, for a dea period in Mar99, Strategic Finance creates the accounts Mar99:Cosing and Mar99:Dea, which aggregate to Mar99. Mar99 is the opening period. Exampe The formua: Definition Period number (starting from the first forecasted time period). This function waks through the aggregates and input coumns. The ast historica time coumn is 0 and increases by 1 each coumn foowing. Defining Rue Sets 25

26 Returns True if the period number equas that of a number in function. 2, 1, 2) Returns 1 when reaching the second forecasted time coumn. Working With Scenario Types Scenarios types are defined on the Strategic Finance server then oaded to cients for use in financia modes, ensuring that scenarios are uniformy impemented in each entity. Defining Scenario Types on page 26 Deeting Scenario Types on page 26 Defining Scenario Types ä To define scenario types: 1 Seect Server, and then Scenario Types. 2 Cick New or Edit: 3 In Scenario Type, specify the name and cick OK. 4 In Scenario Types, cick OK. Deeting Scenario Types ä To deete scenario types: 1 Seect Server, and then Scenario Types. 2 In Scenario Types, seect the type. 3 Cick Deete. 4 Cick OK. Defining and Transferring Server Settings Server settings determine how servers operate with a databases within the server. 26 Defining Servers, Rue Sets, and Scenario Types

27 Defining Genera Settings ä To define genera server settings: 1 Seect Server and then Settings. 2 Seect Genera. 3 Optiona: In Defaut Compression Leve, seect a compression. The defaut compression is used in transferring data with the cient. 4 Optiona: Seect Force User's Compression Setting to Cient to override cient compression with server compression. 5 Optiona: Seect Use Defaut Windows Coor Scheme to revert from the EPM System to the Windows coor scheme. 6 Optiona: In Security Mechanism, seect a security type. Standard NTLM For stand-aone Strategic Finance impementations. Externa Authentication For use with Shared Services: 7 With externa authentication, in Configuration Fie, verify the CSS version. 8 Optiona: Under Language settings, change the anguage: For the Administrator, cick the Browse button and see Defining Language Settings on page 27. For Server, cick the browse button and see Defining Language Settings on page 27. Defining Language Settings ä To change the anguage: 1 Seect Server then Settings. 2 Under Pease seect anguage to use, seect a anguage. 3 Optiona: If you have instaed a new anguage whie Strategic Finance is running, cick Refresh to oad that anguage. 4 Cick OK and restart the server. Defining System Event Log Settings Define system event og settings to specify the data to capture in ogs. ä To configure event og settings: 1 Seect Server then Settings. Defining and Transferring Server Settings 27

28 2 Seect System Events. 3 Optiona: In Enter Number of Days to Retain Logs, enter a number of days (1 to 30) to retain the server event ogs. 4 Optiona: Seect Event Logging On to enabe the event og. 5 Optiona: Seect Access options: Database Add/Deete Log the creation or deetion of databases. Modify Access Log the modification of databases. Change Ownership Log when database ownership changes. 6 Optiona: Seect System Activities options: Auto-Retrieve Events Dispay Log User Logins Log License Activity Service Startup 7 Optiona: Seect Map Activities options: 8 Optiona: Seect Batch Activities options. Defining Entity Event Log Settings Define entity event og settings to specify what entity-reated activities are recorded in ogs. ä To configure event og settings: 1 Seect Server then Settings. 2 Seect Entity Events. 3 Optiona: Seect Entity Add/Copy/Deete options. 4 Optiona: Seect Entity Modify options. 5 Optiona: Seect Entity Change Management options. 6 Optiona: Seect Consoidation and Reports options. 7 Optiona: Seect Consoidation Modify options. Defining E-mai Settings Use these settings to send e-mai when data is successfuy or unsuccessfuy exported. ä To configure e-mai notifications: 1 Seect Server then Settings. 2 Seect Emai Configuration. 28 Defining Servers, Rue Sets, and Scenario Types

29 3 In SMTP Server, enter the emai server IP address. 4 In Sender Emai Address, enter the destination emai address. 5 Optiona: In Sender Name, enter the name of the person to emai. 6 Optiona: Specify how to continue sending emais if the initia emai is undeivered: Under Number of Retries for Emai Faiures, specify how many times to send notification. Under Retry Frequency for Emai Faiures, specify how often to send notification (once daiy, for exampe). : 7 Optiona:If the emai server requires a username and password, seect My server requires authentication and enter this information. 8 Cear Usernames or passwords deeted Defining Advanced Register Entry Settings Caution! Orace urges you to consut EPM System Support before appying advanced settings that coud aversey impact your modes. ä To define register entries: 1 Seect Server then Settings. 2 Seect Advanced 3 Optiona: In Max number of worker processes, enter a number for the MaxBackgroundWorkers register. Defines the number of sots avaiabe for simutaneous ong runtime background processes such as database exports, server consoidations, and Entity Change Manager runs. If the number of ong runtime processes exceeds MaxBackgroundWorkers, new processes are queued unti a BackgroundWorker sot becomes avaiabe. Use this equation to estimate the MaxBackgroundWorkers setting: For consoidation-intensive servers: (Number of Physica Processors) - 1 For database export-intensive servers: 2 x (Number of Physica Processors) 4 Optiona: In Maximum Intensive Requests, enter a number for the MaximumIntensiveRequests register. Defines the number of sots avaiabe on the server for arge fie operations, such as Entity Check-in/-out. This enabes the server to consoidate resources. If the number of arge fie operations exceeds the MaximumIntensiveRequests number, the user receives a message to try again ater. Use this cacuation to estimate the MaximumIntensiveRequests setting, where Max. Memory is, by defaut, 2048 MB: Defining and Transferring Server Settings 29

30 (Avg. fie size x 2) / (Max. memory MB) 5 In Minimum Free Memory in KB, view the minimum amount of memory designated for use by HSF Service. The HSF Service buffer size buffer guarding against running out of virtua memory. 6 Optiona: From Error Trace Leve, seect an option for the TraceLeve register that determines the information recorded in %EPM_ORACLE_HOME%\products\hsf\HSFData\Admin\Defaut.og. Norma Nothing is ogged Info Actions are ogged Error Error messages are ogged. 7 Optiona: In Most Recent Used Fie List Size, enter a number for the MRUListSize register. The number of entities hed open in the server's in-memory cache. Increase this number to speed-up access to data in recenty used-fies. Use ony if the server machine the memory capacity. Defaut: 5 8 Optiona: In Archive Warning Leve, set the ArchiveWarningLeve registry. You use the ArchiveWarningLeve to override the archive check, in case you keep the archives without running the archive repair. Vaid vaues: Sient Overrides the archive check, enabing the use of out-of-synchronization archives. Warn Enabes the use of out-of-synchronization archives, but when a user opens one, a message is ogged. Bock When someone tries to open an out-of-synchronization archive, the system dispays a warning message and bocks the use of the archive. Defaut. 9 Optiona: Seect Insert NULL for root parent in Extended Anaytics. If an entity is a chid of a parent in Strategic Finance, a reference to the parent is stored in EntityParentID of the Entity tabe. If this attribute must be NULL in exports, seect this option. Defaut: Seected. 10 In Database Export Package, seect the service (either HSFService or AcarService) used to export data. 11 In Minimum Free Disk Space in MB view the amount of minimum free disk space required for operation. Defaut: 100 MB 12 In Server RPC Port Number, view the RPC (Remote Procedure Ca) port used by the Strategic Finance server and cient for communicating. Defaut: Defining Servers, Rue Sets, and Scenario Types

31 13 In Server ID, view the server ID. A unique server ID for controing the check-in/out of entities. With mutipe production servers, use this parameter to assign unique identities: Defaut: HYP In Highest Current Entity ID Number, specify the highest entity ID number of a entities in the database. Importing and Exporting Server Information You can transfer server information between servers by importing or exporting. Information you export for one server is written to an.xm fie that you can import to the another server.. ä To export server information: 1 Perform a task: To export, seect Server then Export Server Info. To import, seect Server then Import Server Info. 2 Browse to, or manuay enter the fiepath and name of the.xm fie in: 3 Cick OK. Export server settings to. Import server settings from 4 With a success prompt, cick OK. Configuring Connections to Externa Staging Databases You must set externa database connectivity for connecting with staging databases. ä To configure externa connection settings: 1 Seect Server then Externa Connection Settings. 2 In Choose Database Connectivity, seect a connection type. 3 Cick OK. Assigning Server Permissions for Users User preferences determine how they can access servers. ä To specify user preferences: 1 Seect Server then User Preferences. Configuring Connections to Externa Staging Databases 31

32 2 Seect or add a user. 3 Seect Edit Server Information in Summary Information to enabe the user to change entity information on Summary Information diaog in the cient. 4 Seect Open ALS fie to enabe the user to open oca fies on the cient. 5 Cick Cose and restart the server. 32 Defining Servers, Rue Sets, and Scenario Types

33 4 Working With Databases In This Chapter Creating, Seecting, and Deeting Databases...33 Exporting Entities to Externa Databases...35 Exporting to Essbase...38 Integrating with Other EPM System Products...52 A the entities, consoidation structures, ECM documents, maps and batches you use in Strategic Finance modes are stored in database on the Strategic Finance server. However, you can create and use the foowing kinds of databases to everage your Strategic Finance data: Essbase database that enabes you to further anayze your data Export database Externa RDBMS database Creating, Seecting, and Deeting Databases Creating Strategic Finance Cient Databases on page 33 Creating Databases from Consoidation Labes on page 34 Switching Databases on page 34 Deeting a Database on page 35 Creating Strategic Finance Cient Databases You can create databases for Strategic Finance cients as foows: Create empty databases Copy and rename existing databases Using consoidation abes ä To create databases: 1 In the Administrator, seect Databases. 2 Seect Database then Add. Creating, Seecting, and Deeting Databases 33

34 3 In Database Name, enter a unique name. 4 Under Create Database, seect a creation method: Seect From scratch to create an empty database. Seect As a copy of an existing database to repicate the orgina database under a new name, and, in Database seect the database. The new database is an exact copy of the seected database, but under the new name Note: 5 Cick OK. The runtime of this operation depends on the size of the database. Creating Databases from Consoidation Labes If you abe a consoidation run in the Strategic Finance cient, you cannot change the data or rerun the consoidation under the abe. You use Administrator to create a database based on the abe, enabing you to make changes or perform another consoidation run with the copy. When you create consoidation abes, you can create this database for use as a starting point in modifying the consoidation. ä To create database from abes: 1 In Administrator, seect Databases. 2 Seect Database then Create from Labe. 3 In Database name, enter a name. 40 characters maximum 4 In Labe, seect the consoidation abe. 5 Under Archives to incude, define how many versions of each entity to incude in the new database: 6 Cick OK. Seect Current Version to incude ony the atest archive. Seect Most recent archives and enter a number to incude a range of archives. Seect A Archives to incude a archives. Switching Databases ä To seect another database: 1 From Administrator, seect Server then Change Database. 2 Seect a database. 3 Optiona: Cick Make Defaut to designate this as the defaut database. 4 Cick OK. 34 Working With Databases

35 Deeting a Database ä To deete databases: 1 In Administrator, seect Databases. 2 In Databases, seect a database. 3 Seect Database and then Deete. Exporting Entities to Externa Databases You can export entities to externa databases, but must first define the required rue sets. See Defining Rue Sets on page 19. For information about the database tabes you can export, see The Export Database Tabes on page 36. For information about exporting consoidated metadata to Essbase, see the Orace Hyperion Strategic Finance User Guide. Connecting to Externa Databases ä To create externa database connections: 1 In Administrator, seect Databases. 2 Seect Database then Externa Database. 3 In HSF Database, seect a database. 4 In Connection Type, seect an option: Export Seect to connect to a database that wi house Strategic Finance data that you export Import Seect to connect to a database that wi house data you wi import for use in Strategic Finance Extended Anaytics Seect to connect to an Extended Anaytics (Essbase) database. See Creating Extended Anaytics Rue Sets on page 40 and Exporting to Essbase on page In Data source, either enter the ODBC datasource name or the connection string, as foows for the Extended Anaytics database: Tabe 3 Connection Syntax Database SQL Server Connection Strings Provider='SQLOLEDB';Server='{hostname}';Database='database name' Exporting Entities to Externa Databases 35

36 Database Orace IBM DB2 Connection Strings Provider='OraOLEDB.Orace';Data Source='{SID} or: Provider='OraOLEDB.Orace';Data Source='{database name}'; HOST='{hostname}' Note: Do not use the Initia Cataog variabe Provider='IBMDADB2';Database='{database name}';hostname='{hostname}';protoco=tcpip; Port=50000;QUOTED_ IDENTIFIER=off or: Provider='IBMDADB2';Data Source='{database name}';persist Security Info=True;QUOTED_IDENTIFIER=off; {hostname}, can be an IP address, un-quaified host name or fuy-quaified host name 6 In User I.D., enter the user name or owner for the destination database. 7 In Password, enter the password for the target database. 8 In Rue Set Name, enter the Rue Set to transfer. 9 In Emai Addresses, enter the emai addresses to send transfer error messages. 10 Seect Database Connectivity Enabed to enabe the database connection. 11 Cick OK. The Export Database Tabes The export database contains these tabes: Financia Data Avaiabe Tabe on page 36 Entity Scaar Tabe on page 37 Variabe and Account Info Tabe on page 37 Financia Variabe Tabe on page 38 Acrdt Transation Tabe on page 38 Financia Data Avaiabe Tabe This tabe stores header information about each transaction and contains source entity and database data. Tabe 4 The Financia Data Avaiabe Tabe Attribute Data Type Definition Transaction Id bigint Identifies the transaction Checked In User Id varchar The ast user to check the entity in to the server Data Avaiabe Dt datetime The data that is avaiabe Acar Db varchar The source Strategic Finance database 36 Working With Databases

37 Attribute Data Type Definition Entity Id int Identifies the entity Entity Name varchar The entity name Records Expected int The records that shoud be present Transaction State Cd char The transaction state Transaction Error Cd int Errors Transaction Type char The transaction type Parent Transaction Id varchar The transaction ID reated to the parent entity Entity Scaar Tabe This tabe contains scaar vaues not tied to time periods. Tabe 5 The Entity Scaar Tabe Attribute Data Type Definition Transaction Id bigint Identifies the transaction Variabe Id bigint Identifies the variabe Resut varchar Data if vaue is aphanumeric Resut Numeric decima Data if vaue is a number Variabe and Account Info Tabe This tabe contains account data. Tabe 6 The Variabe Info Tabe Attribute Data Type Definition Transaction Id bigint Identifies the transaction Variabe Id bigint Identifies the variabe Variabe Desc varchar Text description of variabe Native Data Type Cd char Code for the native data type Aggregation Rue Cd char Code for the aggregation rue Item Scae Cd char Code for the scae Dispay Scae decima Scae for dispay of output Exporting Entities to Externa Databases 37

38 Financia Variabe Tabe This tabe contains financia vaues with each row having a singe exported ce from Strategic Finance. Tabe 7 The Financia Variabe Tabe Attribute Data Type Definition Transaction Id bigint Identifies the transaction Variabe Id bigint Identifies the variabe Scenario Name varchar The scenario of the exported financia mode Fin Fact Acrdt varchar Financia fact Scenario Type Desc varchar Description of the scenario Resut varchar Data if vaue is aphanumeric Resut Numeric decima Data if vaue is a number Acrdt Transation Tabe This tabe transates Strategic Finance date abes into caendar dates. Tabe 8 The Acrdt Transaction Tabe Attribute Data Type Definition Transaction Id bigint Identifies the transaction Fin Fact Acrdt varchar Financia fact Period End Dt Txt datetime Ending period Period End Dt Txt varchar Ending period in Strategic Finance entity Data Source char Source of the data Exporting to Essbase Use Externa Anaytics to export a group of entities as a star schema to reationa databases, for use by other EPM System products. This enabes you to everage and maximize your data as foows: You can use the robust and diverse reporting features avaiabe to EPM System modes. Many EPM System products can report directy from the star schema data. See Reporting Utiities for Extended Anaytics on page Working With Databases

39 You can useorace Essbase Integration Services reporting functionaity from the star scheme database to transfer data to a mutidimensiona Essbase database that other EPM System products, such as Financia Reporting, can use to report. See Reporting Utiities for Extended Anaytics on page 39. You can aso create a Strategic Finance reference database and copy the entities from mutipe Strategic Finance databases for reporting to a centra ocation. Because these entities are isoated, you can change the numbers in the financia modes to anayze possibiities without affecting your production data. You can refresh referenced entities. Reporting Utiities for Extended Anaytics You can use these EPM System products with the star schema server, or with Essbase: Tabe 9 EPM System Products Supporting Star Schemas and Essbase EPM System Modue Reationa Database (Star Schema) Essbase Orace Essbase Integration Services Orace's Hyperion Interactive Reporting Yes No Orace Hyperion Smart View for Office, Fusion Edition No Yes Orace Hyperion Financia Reporting, Fusion Edition No Yes Web Anaysis No Yes About Using Extended Anaytics ä To use Extended Anaytics: 1 Optiona: Create a reference database. See Optiona: Creating Reference Databases and Entities on page Create an empty reationa database. 3 Create an Essbase externa database connection. Connecting to Externa Databases on page Configure the externa Essbase database (Star Schema). see Creating Extended Anaytics on page Define the time periods, accounts, and genera information for the export in the Extended Anaytics rue set. See Creating Extended Anaytics Rue Sets on page Specify the entities to export. See Optiona: Creating Reference Databases and Entities on page Optiona: Export from the reationa database to Essbase. Exporting to Essbase 39

40 Creating Extended Anaytics ä To create Extended Anaytics tabes: 1 Seect Databases 2 Doube-cick a database. 3 Seect Database then Extended Anaytics. 4 Optiona: Under User-Defined Coumns for Entity Tabe, create user-defined coumns. Use User-Defined Dimensions tabes to fiter data, for cient-defined fied, or scaar accounts in Strategic Finance. See Uddim Tabes 1-4 on page 48. In Coumn to Add, enter name. In Coumn Data Type, seect a data type. This must match the data type in the corresponding account instrategic Finance. To add the coumn, cick >. To remove a coumn, seect one and cick <. Up to 20 user-defined coumns User-defined coumns are in the Entity Tabe of the star schema database. See Entity Tabe on page 46. After user-defined coumns are created, Specifying AccountOptions on page 41 incudes an option for mapping accounts from the source Strategic Finance entity to the star schema database. 5 Optiona: To enabe users to export consoidation metadata, seect Enabe EA Consoidation Tabes. 6 Cick Create Tabes. 7 Cick OK. Creating Extended Anaytics Rue Sets Define an Essbase rue sets to specify the entity metadata that is exported. ä To create Extended Anaytics rue sets: 1 Seect Databases. 2 On Databases, doube-cick a database. 3 Seect Database, then Extended Anaytics, and then Rue Sets. 4 Seect genera options. See SpecifyingGenera Options on page Seect accounts. See Specifying AccountOptions on page Seect time periods. 40 Working With Databases

41 See Specifying Time Options on page Seect scenarios. See Specifying Scenarios Options on page Seect custom dimensions. See SpecifyingCustom Dimensions on page Cick OK. SpecifyingGenera Options ä To seect genera options: 1 Access Edit Rue Set. See Creating Extended Anaytics Rue Sets on page Seect Genera. 3 Optiona: Seect Export Entity on Create to export entities when they are created. 4 Optiona: Seect Do not export when funds fow out of baance to bock exporting when funds fows are unbaanced. 5 Optiona: Seect Cacuate Scenarios on Export to cacuate a scenarios before exporting. Note: Required, uness you Scenario Manager on the Strategic Finance cient is configured to use the Store outputs for a accounts on the Outputs tab. Specifying AccountOptions Use the Accounts tab to define the Accounts tabe see The Extended Anaytics Star Schema on page 44. ä To seect accounts: 1 Access Edit Rue Set. See Creating Extended Anaytics Rue Sets on page Seect Accounts. 3 To seect an entity, cick Browse for List. 4 To add accounts, in Time Period Accounts, seect accounts and cick >. 5 Optiona: Map user-defined coumns in the star schema database with scaar vaues in the source Strategic Finance entity: To add accounts, in Entity Scaar Accounts, seect accounts and cick >. For each account number in Account ID, enter the corresponding target coumn name in Entity Tabe Coumn Labe. Exporting to Essbase 41