Oracle EPM & BI Glossary

What Is Hyperion Planning?

Hyperion Planning is Oracle's on-premises financial planning and budgeting application. Understand what it does, its cloud successor, and…

What Is Oracle ARCS?

Oracle ARCS automates and governs the balance sheet reconciliation process — replacing spreadsheets and email with a structured,…

What Is Oracle EDMCS?

Oracle EDMCS governs master data across Oracle EPM products — managing dimension changes, hierarchy updates, and cross-module data…

What Is Oracle EPM?

Oracle EPM (Enterprise Performance Management) is Oracle's cloud suite for financial planning, consolidation, and reporting. Learn what it…

What Is Oracle FCCS?

Oracle FCCS (Financial Consolidation and Close Cloud) is Oracle's cloud product for multi-entity group consolidation, intercompany elimination, and…

What Is Oracle Narrative Reporting?

Oracle Narrative Reporting combines financial data from Oracle EPM with management commentary into board packs, annual reports, and…

What Is Oracle PBCS and EPBCS?

PBCS and EPBCS are Oracle's cloud-based financial planning and budgeting products — the successors to Hyperion Planning. Learn…

What Is Oracle PCMCS?

Oracle PCMCS allocates costs across products, customers, and segments — giving finance leaders a margin analysis view that…

What Is Oracle TRCS?

Oracle TRCS is Oracle's EPM product for tax provisioning, country-by-country reporting, and deferred tax — including ZATCA Tax…

What Is a Data Warehouse?

A data warehouse is a centralized, structured repository of integrated data from across the organisation — the foundation…

What Is Business Intelligence?

Business intelligence (BI) is the technology and process layer that turns operational and financial data into visible, actionable…

What Is ETL (Extract, Transform, Load)?

ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) is the process that moves data from source systems into a data warehouse or…

What Is Intelligent Automation?

Intelligent automation combines RPA, AI, and workflow orchestration to automate complex business processes — including those with variable…

What Is Robotic Process Automation (RPA)?

RPA (robotic process automation) uses software robots to execute repetitive, rule-based tasks — reducing manual effort in finance,…