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Syntax Highlighting for Essbase Script Languages
Regularly writing scripts for Essbase and not fund of writing them in EAS Console? Than you might appreciate syntax highlighting in Notepad++, my favorite text editor !This is how...Download and...
View ArticleSet all Oracle EPM Windows Services to Manual
It is best practice to set all Oracle EPM Windows services to manual. In most situations maintenance on the Windows servers is performed scheduled and unattended. That means e.g. when installing...
View ArticleCollect all Oracle EPM Patches Installed
As you may know from my previous post, I am fund of automating Oracle EPM installation and configuration tasks. However automating some documentation tasks is also very much appreciated ;-) Below a...
View ArticleHow to migrate EPMA enabled Planning applications from 11.1.2.1 to 11.1.2.4 -...
One of the most recent challenges I faced is migrating EPM Architect enabled Planning applications from 11.1.2.1 to 11.1.2.4. Personally I find it hard to get an official approach from Oracle. The only...
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Identification of Landscapes Through Workspace Title Bar
Introduction Most clients have two or more Oracle EPM landscapes. Landscape is e.g. development or production. In some cases clients have 5 landscapes: development, staging, acceptance, production and...
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Clarifying Oracle EPM Versioning
Introduction Even for EPM insiders, Oracle's versioning scheme for Oracle EPM can be confusing. With this post I attempt to shed some light on this matter. This post will assume the latest version of...
View ArticleWrong Essbase ARBORPATH?
Today I accidentally created a new EPM 11.1.2.4 Essbase instance with the wrong ARBORPATH. Strangely enough I discovered that the EPM Configuration Tool doesn't allow to change the ARBORPATH. This...
View ArticleGeek Stuff (Linux) - Show Chmod Numerical Permissions
During Linux installations of EPM, setting and validating the correct security on folders and files can be a challenge. The chmod command is used to set security access, while chown sets the...
View ArticleDo-It-Your-Self Demo - PSKeePass
​IntroductionThis post will provide a do-it-your-self demo in order to understand the basics and potential of the PSKeePass PowerShell module. Completion time is about 10 minutes. What will you...
View ArticleHow to migrate EPMA enabled Planning applications from 11.1.2.1 to 11.1.2.4 -...
IntroductionDuring Part I we discussed the general steps. In this post I will go into commonly faced issues and how to address them. Although these issues where experienced by myself, it could very...
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Dell Warranty Status Monitoring for PRTG
IntroductionA while back I published my PSDellAsset PowerShell module. Although this module can be universally used within PowerShell, it was written with the intention to enable Dell warranty status...
View ArticleApplying Oracle CPU's on Oracle EPM, is that a good thing?
IntroductionCPU's are Critical Patch Updates which have the soul goal of solving known vulnerabilities. For EPM Oracle releases Patch Sets (PS), Patch Set Updates (PSU) and Patch Set Exceptions (PSE)....
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FDM EE Tutorial: How to change the ODI SUPERVISOR password
IntroductionAs part of installing and configuring FDM EE, securing EPM is typically forgotten. As you might know, FDM EE is built on top of ODI 11g. Sadly ODI is configured with the factory default...
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EPM Maestro Tutorial: How to install Standalone
IntroductionAs you might know, the latest version (v15) of EPM Maestro by AMOSCA uses a Java Web service to expose the new HFM Java based API to EPM Maestro. As a prerequisite, EPM Maestro Java web...
View ArticleGeek Stuff (FR) - Let's not press a zillion times on "Yes" during FR import...
IntroductionFor those who migrated Financial Report objects using Workspace, will recognize the frustration of having to click "Yes" a zillion times during import.For those who got spared so far: When...
View ArticleGeekstuff (EPMA) - ZAP! that orphaned EPMA application!
IntroductionProbably most of you who worked with EPM Architect before faced the situation where an application in EPMA is in a corrupted deployment state and cannot be deleted properly from EPMA the...
View ArticlePlanning Tutorial: How to deploy Planning Utilities Standalone!
IntroductionIf you ever had to publish Planning utilities for administrators in e.g. Terminal Server or Citrix, you experienced the difficulties of doing that. Planning utilities can only be executed...
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How to configure CPU options in the UEFI (BIOS) for maximum Essbase...
IntroductionPersonally I never paid attention to specific UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) settings when installing and configuring EPM. It was always on factory default values. During a...
View ArticleTools-EPM Released!
I am happy to announce that Tools-EPM has been released!Tools-EPM provides various command-line based utilities that simplify the daily tasks of an technical EPM consultant/engineer.Read all about it...
View ArticleGeek Stuff (EPM) - Undocumented Parameters EPM Diagnostics Utility
IntroductionSince Oracle EPM 11.1.2.0 Oracle has introduced EPM Diagnostic Utility (validate.bat). For the newbies, the EPM diagnostic utility is a java based tool with the purpose to technically...
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