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EPM & Hyperion

EPM & Hyperion terminology defined for finance and technology leaders across Egypt and the GCC.

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EPM & Hyperion What Is Task Manager? Task Manager is the Oracle EPM Cloud capability for scheduling, assigning, tracking and governing period-end close tasks, with dependencies, notifications, approvals, integrations… Business EPM & Hyperion What Is Version Control (EPM)? Version control in Oracle EPM is the management of distinct, labelled iterations of plan data, such as working, submitted, approved and final… Business EPM & Hyperion What Is Workforce Planning? Workforce planning in Oracle EPM is the modelling of headcount, positions, compensation, benefits, taxes and related costs within the planning application, linking… Business EPM & Hyperion What Is Zero-Based Budgeting (EPM)? Zero-based budgeting (ZBB) in Oracle EPM is the practice of rebuilding cost budgets from zero each cycle, justifying each activity and its… Business EPM & Hyperion What Is Account Reconciliation (ARCS Architecture)? Account reconciliation (ARCS architecture) describes how Oracle Account Reconciliation connects general ledger balances, sub-ledger and bank data, reconciliation formats, auto-reconciliation rules, transaction… Technical EPM & Hyperion What Is an Alias Table? An alias table in Essbase is a named set of alternative member labels that lets the same member display different descriptions for… Technical EPM & Hyperion What Is an Attribute Dimension? An attribute dimension in Essbase is a secondary dimension that associates descriptive characteristics, such as size, region or category, with members of… Technical EPM & Hyperion What Are Cache Settings (Essbase)? Cache settings (Essbase) are the memory allocations for the index cache, data cache, data file cache and calculator cache in on-premises BSO… Technical EPM & Hyperion What Is a Calculation Script (Calc Script)? A calculation script (calc script) is Essbase's native procedural language for block storage cubes, used in business rules to calculate, aggregate, allocate,… Technical EPM & Hyperion What Is Classic Application vs Next Gen Application? Classic application vs next gen application refers to the distinction between older Oracle EPM Planning applications built on the Classic framework and… Technical EPM & Hyperion What Is a Consolidation Hierarchy? A consolidation hierarchy in Oracle EPM defines how legal entities roll up into parents for group consolidation, including ownership percentages and consolidation… Technical EPM & Hyperion What Is a Cross-Dimensional Operator? A cross-dimensional operator (->) in Essbase identifies a specific data cell by combining members from different dimensions in formulas or calc scripts,… Technical EPM & Hyperion What Is a Data Block (Essbase)? A data block (Essbase) is the physical storage unit of a BSO cube, an array of cells for all combinations of dense… Technical EPM & Hyperion What Is Data Management (EPM Cloud)? Data Management in EPM Cloud is the integration application, evolved from FDMEE, that manages source connections, import formats, mappings, validations and loads… Technical EPM & Hyperion What Is a Data Map (EPM)? A data map in Oracle EPM Planning is a defined mapping that moves data between cubes or applications, such as from Workforce… Technical

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