There are benefits to moving to Hybrid, but there are also some challenges. The content of this post is not around the pros and cons, but the fact that you can upgrade your environment to use it. If you find it isn’t for you, you can “downgrade” back to BSO. The flexibility provides everybody the ability to try it.
Read moreI don’t normally write up monthly updated, but this month there are a number of intriguing changes/updates/enhancements that are important to know. Some may change existing processes. This is not an exhaustive list, but these are things I think all of us should take note of. Read more
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Changing application settings was always a little bit of a pain with an on-premise Planning application. It was a time intensive task of recreating the application, artifact groups at a time. If you were a little bit of a risk taker, you might have figured out that there were fields in the relational repository that could be updated. Is there an easy way to do this with PBCS? Read more
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I had a great question today so challenge accepted! A reader asked if it was possible to run a data export and have the system date in the file name. The answer is very simply, yes. I don’t have any content around the question, so I will answer it in two ways. Read more
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One of the challenges with EPM Automate has been eliminated this month. Although it was a minor issue, the need to update EPM Automate regularly was something that had to be considered monthly. Read more
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When an application is used to demonstrate sensitive information, a training class includes people that shouldn’t see live data, or security is being tested, often times using real data is not an option. I have written PowerShell scripts and .NET applications to randomize data from Essbase exports, as well as Custom Defined Functions to randomize with calculations. Read more
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A bug with EPM Automate has been identified. This is not replicated on every version or client. Please pay attention to any EPM Automate updates installed. In the past, I was able to install the latest version without any issues. Currently, the install prompts users to uninstall the older version. In the past, this worked as expected, but now, when selected, this has no effect and the new EPM Automate is NOT installed, leaving you with the existing version. Read more
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