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Best Practices for Writing
Hyperion Financial Reports
The Brewery, London Tuesday 15th October 2013
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Agenda
Introduction to Hyperion Financial Reports
Best Practices
Q&A
Introduction
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Agenda
Introduction
Introduction to Hyperion Financial Reports
Best Practices
Q&A
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• Certified Hyperion Professional in:
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• Planning
• Over 7 years of technical experience in Planning, Budgeting and Analysis.
• A portfolio of client engagements from different industries
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• Insurance
• Local Government
• Areas of expertise in EPM – Reporting, Planning, Essbase and HPCM
• 6 years of Management Accountant experience
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Agenda
Introduction to Hyperion Financial Reports
Introduction
Best Practices
Q&A
Hyperion Financial Reporting Studio
October 2013, Apps 13 Page 9
Hyperion Financial Reporting Studio
October 2013, Apps 13 Page 10
HFR reports:
• Provide scheduled or on-demand highly formatted financial and
operational reporting
• Connect to almost any data source, including:
• Hyperion Planning
• Hyperion Essbase
• Hyperion Financial Management
• Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management
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Best Uses
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• Reports with a static format which are generated and refreshed on a
regular basis
• Collections of reports which are collected into packs and generated
for multiple departments
• Reports which need to be distributed automatically
• Robust and dependable outputs which can be maintained and
accessed centrally
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Agenda
Best Practices
Introduction
Introduction to Hyperion Financial Reports
Q&A
Best Practices
October 2013, Apps 13 Page 13
• Decide on primary reporting output format
• Save Objects for Headers and Footers
• If using multiple Grids in a Report, then give each Grid an intuitive
name
• Use ReportDescription / ReportName Function for Title
Best Practices (cont’d)
October 2013, Apps 13 Page 14
• Use MemberAlias / MemberDescription / MemberName Functions to
display Report POV
• Red Shading for Hidden Rows and Columns
• Where possible use dynamic references
• Minimise use of Functions unless entirely necessary
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Agenda
Q&A
Introduction
Introduction to Hyperion Financial Reports
Best Practices
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