Oracle® Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management, Fusion Edition

Release 11.1.1.3

Readme

Purpose................................................................................................................................. 1 Language Support ................................................................................................................. 2 Upgrading Profitability and Cost Management ...................................................................... 2 Known Issues........................................................................................................................ 3 Defects Fixed in this Release................................................................................................. 8 Tips and Troubleshooting.................................................................................................... 15

Entering Filters.................................................................................................................. 15 Solving Issues with Profitability and Cost Management Connection Type .................................... 16 Setting the Hierarchy Type Property ..................................................................................... 16

Documentation Updates ...................................................................................................... 17 Accessing Hyperion Product Documentation........................................................................... 17 Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management Documentation........................................... 17

Purpose

This document includes important, late-breaking information about this release of Oracle® Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management, Fusion Edition. Review this information thoroughly before installing Profitability and Cost Management.

Release 11.1.1.3 is a maintenance release for Release 11.1.1.0, 11.1.1.1, or 11.1.1.2.

For late-breaking installation and configuration information, see the Oracle® Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management System Installation and Configuration Readme. Review both the product and installation Readmes thoroughly before installing Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management.

See the Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management New Features for an overview of new features and enhancements in this release.

For information about Oracle Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management Architect, see the Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Architect Readme, or the Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Architect Administrator’s Guide.

If you have any questions about whether this release is appropriate for your installation, or if you have questions regarding supported platforms, installation steps, addressed issues, or any other issues, please contact Customer Support before installing this release.

Language Support

For this release, Profitability and Cost Management is available in English only.

Other products in this release support non-English languages. The list of supported languages for all EPM System products is included in the Oracle Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management System Certification Matrix, posted at http:/www.oracle.com/technology/products/bi/hyperion-supported-platforms.html.

Upgrading Profitability and Cost Management

If you are upgrading to Release 11.1.1.3 from the following releases, Profitability and Cost Management must be re-registered:

• 11.1.1.1 • 11.1.1.1.01 • 11.1.1.1.02 • 11.1.1.1.03 • 11.1.1.1.04 • 11.1.1.2

To re-register Profitability and Cost Management: 1. Go to %hyperion_home%\common\config\9.5.0.0\product\profitability\9.5.0.0 folder. 2. Using either Notepad or Wordpad or your favorite text editor, open profitability_1_config.xml for editing. 3. Locate the line “<property name="hubRegistration">Configured</property>” in this file. This line is usually the

114th line in that file. 4. Modify the line:

<property name="hubRegistration">Configured</property> to <property name="hubRegistration">Pending</property>

5. Save the profitability_1_config.xml file. 6. Launch the EPM System Configurator by selecting Start, then Programs, then Oracle EPM

System, then Foundation Services, and then EPM System Configurator. 7. Select Profitability and Cost Management, and run the wizard to reconfigure the application.

For detailed instructions on configuring Profitability and Cost Management, see the Oracle Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management System Installation and Configuration Guide.

Known Issues

The following issues are the noteworthy known issues of this release for Profitability and Cost Management. If available, workarounds are provided. For information about a specific issue, contact Customer Support.

Defect Number Description

Oracle recommends that you create a backup of your databases before performing any import.

When the models are imported using Lifecycle Management, the new application replaces the target application. If you are using Lifecycle Management to import large models, the import may take longer to process than the time specified in the default timeout settings on WebLogic or the Oracle Application Server.

To work around this issue, you must reset the default timeout settings for the appropriate server. For instructions on resetting the default timeout settings for WebLogic and Oracle Application Server, see the Lifecycle Management chapter in the Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management Administrator’s Guide.

8717836 When upper level dimensions were restructured in EPM Architect, Level 0 dimensions became direct descendants of higher level ancestors, and intermediate level members no longer existed. The new structure displays correctly in EPM Architect, but when the application is redeployed to Profitability and Cost Management, the Level 0 members are orphaned without a parent.

8678088 Changing the status of a POV to “Published” should disable the calculation for that POV, but it does not.

8678078 When defining an Assignment Rule, you cannot exclude specific level zero members from a parent selection. The only available operation is “Is Equal.'

8678084 When navigating in the Driver Selection tree, an error message “maximum number of expressions in a list is 1000” is incorrectly generated.

8666897 Generation of the calculation cube is taking significantly longer than in Release 11.1.1.1.

8664823 In order to use the dimension member search feature (assignments, driver selections, assignment rule creation, data entry, driver creation), the dimension must first be set to Grid view. At that point, filter criteria may be set to limit the members shown in the list.

After the member list has been filtered, you cannot remove the filter. The user must first switch back to tree view, then back to grid view in order to reset the filter.

8662080 When trying to import models that contain a large number of assignments, the import performance slows significantly.

8654748 Depending on the number of assignment rules and actual allocations in the model, the genealogy calculation may require a long time to be completed. The time required to calculate genealogy is proportional to the number of actual allocations available in Essbase database.

8642743 If duplicate member names were erroneously created on the same hierarchy in EPM Architect, when the duplicates are deleted from EPM Architect, they remain in the Profitability and Cost Management tables.

8626921 It is possible to load duplicate records into the HPM_STG_ASSIGNMENT table, which should generate an error message; however, the import appears to be successfully completed in the Profitability and Cost Management Task Status, and no update is made to the "Exceptions" column on the import table.

8607349 When using both an assignment rule and explicit assignments on a single source, the costs assigned are greater than the NetCostForAssignment.

8576228 If you delete a UDA dimension association in the Dimension Library, when the application is redeployed into Profitability and Cost Management, the UDA association is still available in the common member selector filter, but the filter resolves as an empty set because the UDAs are not available in the newly deployed Essbase Outlines.

8563493 Do not use a single quote character (‘) in the name of the Calculation or Reporting Database (for example, “Smith’s”).

The single quote is a restricted character in Essbase naming conventions. The use of the single quote in the database name will cause the deployment of the application to fail.

For a complete list of restricted words and characters, see the Oracle Essbase Database Administrator's Guide.

8554298 When using the Application Creation Wizard in EPM Architect, the Alias dimension seems to be required for Profitability and Cost Management, but this is incorrect. The Alias dimension is not required.

8552951 Although EPM Architect and Essbase support more characters for formulas, for Profitability and Cost Management, you can only use a maximum of 80 characters for both the ASOFormula and BSOFormula properties. Any characters over the limit are truncated when the application is deployed.

8463341 If a user-defined member is deleted in EPM Architect, and replaced in the Measures dimension with a new, differently named member, when the application is redeployed the user-defined measure is not replaced by the default member measure.

To work around this issue, in Profitability and Cost Management, manually modify the driver measure member to reflect the change. Under Task Areas, select Manage Allocations, then Driver Definitions, and then select the driver. On the Drivers window, modify the driver measure member.

8449860 If global drivers have been loaded into a model, when you select “Clear All” for all stages after running the calculation scripts, the global driver measures are not deleted. When the stages are cleared, the global data is not cleared because they do not have stage specifications.

8374030 Redeployment from EPM Architect will fail if a member that is used in a Same As Source assignment rule selection is renamed.

8327443 For configurations using WebLogic, Oracle and SSL, deployment to Essbase may fail with an exception.

The issue is that there are duplicate aliases with mixed cases (for example, ENGLISH and English). To work around this issue, proceed as follows:

1. Duplicate Application1 into Application2.

2. Delete Application1.

3. Keep one Alias table in Application2, and delete all others.

4. Redeploy the application from EPM Architect.

8208784 For MS SQL Server, when creating the Import Staging Tables configuration, the application does not respond, and the screen is disabled during loading.

To work around this issue, ensure the credentials for both MS SQL Server and the database type are correct, and retry the operation.

7707307 After importing a Profitability and Cost Management model from Lifecycle Management, the preselected POV incorrectly displays a status of "N/A," instead of the expected status, "Draft." Although status for the POV is Draft if you check in POV Manager; the status is incorrect on the screen when you select the POV from the POV drop-down.

To work around this issue, select another POV from the POV drop-down list, then select the POV you want to view. When you select the original POV, the status is correctly displayed as “Draft.”

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Ensure the “Aggregate Missing Values” option is set in Essbase to properly display Data Entry changes on the Stage Balancing Report. If an input value is deleted from the Data Entry screen, when the model is recalculated, the change is not reflected on the Stage Balancing report. This is standard behavior in Essbase for the Calculation database (BSO).

7561265 Fully qualified names are not used for measures on Data Entry. Driver measures member names must not be repeated in any dimension in the outline, including system, POV and business dimensions.

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On the Assignments screen, member level driver associations are not displayed for intersections that do not have an assignment.

To view the member level driver associations, select Manage Allocations, then Driver Selection to view the assigned driver.

7373913 In some instances, no warning is provided to advise that a calculation script has been rendered obsolete.

Calculation scripts may become obsolete when changes are made to any of the following items:

• Driver definitions • Driver selections • Assignment rules • Stages

7228966 When a Profitability and Cost Management application is deployed to Essbase, the stage dimensions are created in Essbase with the dimension name prefixed with the defined stage prefix. If the resulting dimension name is same as any existing member name or dimension name in the application, the Essbase cube deployment will fail.

To work around this issue, when creating definitions in the model, ensure that the resulting Essbase dimension names are unique in the resulting outline.

7192173 Filtering on Aliases in the user interface is not supported in this release.

When you filter on names in assignment rules, matching is performed on both names and aliases.

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If you are using Lifecycle Management to import large models, the import may take longer to process than the time specified in the default timeout settings on WebLogic or the Oracle Application Server.

To work around this issue, reset the default to 3000 seconds, as described in the following procedures for WebLogic and Oracle Application Server:

To modify default timeout for Weblogic: 1. Locate HYPERION_HOME\common\httpServers\Apache\2.0.59\conf\HYSL-WebLogic.conf.

2. To <LocationMatch /profitability> and <LocationMatch /profitability/*>, add the line 'WLIOTimeoutSecs 3000' as shown below: <LocationMatch /profitability> SetHandler weblogic-handler PathTrim / KeepAliveEnabled ON KeepAliveSecs 20 WLIOTimeoutSecs 3000 WeblogicCluster servername:6756 </LocationMatch> 3. Find HYPERION_HOME\common\httpServers\Apache\2.0.59\conf\htppd.conf and set 'Timeout' (the number of seconds before receives and sends time out) to 3000, as shown in the following text: # Timeout: The number of seconds before receives and sends time out. Timeout 3000

To modify default timeout for Oracle Application Server (OAS): 1. Locate ORACLE_HOME\10.1.3.1\OracleAS_1\Apache\Apache\conf\httpd.conf.

2. Set 'Timeout' to 3000 , as shown below: # Timeout: The number of seconds before receives and sends time out. Timeout 3000

For additional information on working with Lifecycle Management, see the Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management Administrator’s Guide.

7118277 When using Firefox 2.0, the context menu on the Destination pane of the Driver Data tab on the Data Entry is truncated.

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When using Firefox 2.0, the cursor does not display in text input fields, such as Name, Description and Prefix.

The cursor displays correctly when using Firefox 3.0.

6860827 For sources that have both assignments and assignments rules, when calculations are applied, the results are incorrect.

The TotalDriverValue is calculated as the sum of driver values of the assignments of the rule, instead of the sum of all assignments, including explicit assignments.

6854689 When using percentage drivers, if the percentage exceeds 100%, the driver is calculated with negative values for IdleDriverValue. The calculation is incorrect, and the driver is not treated as a simple driver.

6589245 When working with Trace Allocations, Internet Explorer may stop responding.

To work around this issue, perform the following steps:

1. From the Microsoft Internet Explorer main menu, select Tools, then Internet Options.

2. Select the Advanced tab.

3. Scroll down, and uncheck the Play Animations in web pages check box.

4. Click OK.

Defects Fixed in this Release

This section describes the main Profitability and Cost Management defects that have been fixed in this release.

Defect Number

Description

8279154 Auditing logs are now generated for newly created applications.

7660814 Logging for POV Copy of Essbase values (Driver values and Cost/Revenue Input) is now correct.

7633934 For assignment rule filters, only the EQUAL operation is currently supported to filter Names, Aliases and UDA members. The NOT EQUAL operator does work for Attributes.

7626722 When Alias associations are deleted in EPM Architect, they are correctly deleted from the model.

7622778 When importing, if neither a Cost nor Revenue layer is selected, an error message is generated advising that the appropriate driver has an incorrect definition.

7615140 On the Missing Assignment Destinations tab, the correct number of intersections is now displayed.

7613497 The UserDefinedDriverMeasures hierarchy in the Measure dimension requires at least one child member in order for the Reporting cube to deploy.

Also, the properties DataStorage(ASO) and DataStorage(BSO) for each UserDefinedDriverMeasures member must be manually set to “StoreData” to successfully deploy to Essbase.

7612011 Numbers are now correctly rounded on the Traceability screen.

7601149 For WebLogic or WebSphere, after importing the Profitability application from EPM Architect, the created entities are now correctly saved to the Production database.

7589854 If the status for a POV is changed from “Draft” to “Archived” or “Published,” the assignments can be viewed on the Assignments screen.

7588154

Ensure the “Aggregate Missing Values” option is set in Essbase to properly display Data Entry changes on the Stage Balancing Report. If an input value is deleted from the Data Entry screen, when the model is recalculated, the change is not reflected on the Stage Balancing report. This is standard behavior in Essbase for the Calculation database (BSO).

7585241 Revenue genealogy data can now be calculated.

7627545 With this release, allocation-based optimization level, full-matrix and source-based optimizations can be selected.

7612512 Genealogy scripts are correctly generated using the new AllocationType hierarchy.

7612500 An exception is no longer displayed if the Save AR with filter for UDA with operation is “Not Equal.”

7598419 On the Trace Allocations screen, the page count for the first page of the stage incorrectly displays zero (0) rather than 1.

7585241 Revenue genealogy is now calculated corrected, for Classic optimization, both with and without intra-stage reciprocals.

7588330 A UDA association is no longer present in the model after the UDA dimension is deleted from the EPM Architect application.

7588323 The correct member name is displayed when creating filters on UDA members.

7587887 Driver associations are now correctly displayed when the “Show Alias” mode is selected.

7587783 Filtering of drivers by name is available; however, it is not possible to filter drivers by UDA.

7585223 Revenue allocations can now be correctly traced.

7573114 The Oracle Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management System Manual Deployment Guide has been updated to incorporate the following instructions in the Profitability and Cost Management manual deployment section:

1. Before configuring the managed server called “Profitability,” insert a statement to add the following Java arguments to the Server Start configuration for the managed server:

• -DHYPERION_HOME=HYPERION_HOME • -Dhyperion.home=HYPERION_HOME

2. When deploying the Profitability .war file on a UNIX or Linux system, make the following changes to the script:

a. Remove all dollar signs ($). b. Add #!/bin/sh as the first line of the script. c. Remove the last line from the script:

opt/hyperion/Profitability/AppServer/InstallableApps/common/profitability.war.

The modified script should look like the following example:

#!/bin/sh

PATH=/opt/bea/jdk150_10/bin: {PATH} ; export PATH

mkdir -p /opt/hyperion/deployments/WebLogic9/servers/Profitability/

webapps/profitability

cd /opt/hyperion/deployments/WebLogic9/servers/Profitability/webapps/profitability

jar –xf /opt/hyperion/products/Profitability/AppServer/InstallableApps/ common/profitability.war

7538416 When using Lifecycle Management, the import of a non-existing application is handled

without a Stack Overflow error.

7534458 Genealogy calculations are now correct if the model contains intrastage assignments.

7527911 It is now possible to edit an existing assignment rule and save it as a new rule. Previously, only the content of a rule could be changed, but you now change both the rule name and its contents. With the new Save As option, you can create rules as follows:

• Edit existing rule, and save as new rule.

• Edit existing rule, and modify its contents, and rename the rule.

To save an existing assignment rule as a new rule:

1. From Task Areas, select Manage Allocations, then Assignments.

2. Select the assignment rule to be copied or modified, and click the Edit button.

3. Optional: If required, modify the selections for the assignment rule.

4. Under Rule Name, enter the name of the new rule.

5. Click Save As to save the rule under the new name.

6. Click Finish. The new rule is displayed under Available Rules.

7527907 An Administrator can create new database views in the system database that mirror the columns used in the staging tables, showing the model data that is stored in the system:

• Stages (HPM_STG_STAGE) • POVs (HPM_STG_POV) • Drivers (HPM_STG_DRIVER) • Driver Selections (HPM_STG_DRIVER_SELECTION) • Assignments (HPM_STG_ASSIGNMENT) • Assignment Rules (HPM_STG_ASGN_RULE_SELECTION)

The database views are currently available using MS SQL Server and Oracle databases. You must run a separate query for each database view that you want to create.

To create database views:

1. After installing the Release 11.1.1.1.01 service fix, locate the Database Views in the following default location for your database type:

• <HYPERION_HOME>%install_directory% \products\Profitability\database\Common\MSSQLServer

• <HYPERION_HOME>%install_directory% \products\Profitability\database\Common\Oracle

2. Run a query against your Profitability database. 3. Open the view. The view displays all columns for the staging tables, and the

associated data. 4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for each view you want to create.

7527904 You can now delete assignments, assignment rule selections and driver selections from the model by selecting the POV and stage combinations from the Delete tab on the Manage POV screen.

7510541 Alias on an Oracle database is correctly displayed at CMS.

7507599 Profitability and Cost Management deployment does not fail if an Alias name contains a # sign.

7493070 The revenue layer calculations now use the Revenue specific Measures dimension members; however, the Measures dimension members used in Driver Calculation are still shared by both the layers. This means that if a particular assignment on a source is present for both the layers, then the calculated driver values will be the calculated driver values for the layer which was most recently calculated. The reports which show these values would show the values for the most recently calculated layer, even though the Cost or Revenue values shown are for the other layer. The modules affected by this are Driver Data Entry, Traceability and any custom reports that reference these members.

7488748 If you run a new import configuration after successfully importing staging tables, the correct import configuration URL is used.

7460511 Deployment to Essbase now works correctly for an application that contains UDA dimensions.

7460497 Filtering dimension members using UDA now works correctly.

7460451 The UDA dimension is no longer available in the Stage dimension pick list.

7454376 You can now import drivers for both revenue and cost types.

7449097 The AllocationType dimension is now accepted correctly in the Essbase outline whether the dimension name is generated with ('Allocation Type'), or without a space 'AllocationType').

7440822 It is no longer possible to import a POV with non-0 Level members.

7422998 It is no longer possible to import assignments with non-0 Level members in the Source or Destination.

7412580 If the association between an attribute member is deleted, and then a generic dimension member is deleted, when the application is redeployed from EPM Architect, the redeployment fails completely.

To work around this issue, do not delete both an attribute member and its association. If the association is deleted, but the attribute member is not, the redeployment may succeed; however, the association may still be displayed in the Essbase outline.

7374038 Profitability and Cost Management no longer has to be restarted after Workspace and the Web server are configured.

7373021 Changes to port number during configuration are correctly handled automatically.

7369775 When transferring data from a calc cube to a reporting cube, if the reporting cube structure is out of sync with the calculation cube structure, no warning is displayed.

To work around this issue, if you redeploy the calculation cube, you must also redeploy the reporting cube before transferring data.

7357543 Models are correctly imported into Profitability and Cost Management using Lifecycle Management.

7323086 When tracing allocations, allocations that have reciprocal intrastage assignments are now displayed.

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When filtering non-level 0 dimension members, Essbase does not currently support the use of wildcard symbols, such as an asterisk (*), at the beginning of the filter string. To work around this issue, enter the wildcard at the end of the filter string. For example, enter Prod*. For further information on using wildcards, refer to the Oracle Essbase Database Administrator’s Guide.

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Improvements have been made to the validation of staging table inputs.

7287307 If any changes have been made to a model, when the user tries to generate a Traceability diagram, an appropriate error message is now displayed to advise that the cube must be redeployed, or the calc scripts must be regenerated.

7271547 If you recalculate a model using existing calc scripts without clearing the calculation data, the resulting calculations are correct.

For information on calculating the allocation database, see the Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management User’s Guide.

7261618 POV changes made on either the Driver Data tab or the Stage Data tab are properly refreshed when you return to the original screen.

7253569 A Measures Dimension Member that is used in a driver is replaced with a default model member that cannot be deleted.

7243612 If you use an attribute dimension on a cloned dimension, the EPM Architect is now correctly validated.

7187817 When any of the Job Process options are selected (Manage Taskflow, Task Status or Task Details), a generic browser error is displayed advising that “An error was encountered while performing this operation.” The browser reports a blocked cookie.

To work around this issue and enable the Job Process to work correctly, you must configure your browser to allow cookies, or prompt for blocking. Perform these steps:

1. From Internet Explorer, select Tools, then Internet Options, and then select the Privacy tab. On the Privacy tab, click the Advanced button.

2. Under Cookies, click Override automatic cookie handling.

3. Under the First-Party Cookies and Third-Party Cookies columns, select Prompt for each cookie type.

4. From the Advanced Privacy Setting dialog box, click OK.

5. From the Internet Options dialog box, click OK.

6. Restart Profitability.

7. Select Job Process links in Profitability. The browser displays a Privacy Report.

8. On the Privacy Report, select a Site from the list, and click Summary.

9. Click Apply my decision to all cookies from this Web Site, and then click Allow Cookie.

The Job Process options will be correctly displayed.

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If you are using IBM WebSphere 6.1 with Profitability and Cost Management, you no longer need to manually create the data source for your Profitability application. The new data source is created after Profitability has been deployed to WebSphere, using the Configuration tool.

7172144 A warning is now displayed if you select the Clear All option.

When working with calculations, if you select the Clear All option, you will delete your data, including imported values. There is no warning message. Users must reimport the input data before running calculations.

Oracle recommends that you create a backup of your databases before performing any import.

7172139 Do not use the following dimension staging tables to import data:

• HPM_STG_DIMENSION • HPM_STG_DIMENSION_MEMBER • HPM_STG_DIMENSION_ATTR • HPM_STG_DIMENSION_MEMBER_ATTR • HPM_STG_DIMENSION_PROP • HPM_STG_DIMENSION_MEMBER_PROP

Dimension staging tables are no longer available with this release. Any new dimensions should be added directly through the EPMA Dimension Library.

7172132 An error message is now displayed if you try to redeploy your calculation cube. If you redeploy the calculation cube, it is recreated from basic data, and any custom calculation scripts, data and other cube customizations will be lost.

If redeployment is required, Oracle recommends that you create a backup of all data sources and other Essbase artifacts, and use Lifecycle Management to restore the calculation scripts and cube customizations.

Note: If Lifecycle Management from Essbase is used for restoration, the last deployed date will not be reset after restore.

7150302 On the Assignments screen, if you set the view to Grid View, members are correctly displayed when you use the down arrow under the second dimension to scroll.

7150139 When resizing the page for Trace Allocations, the horizontal scroll is not available to scroll to see the Generate button.

7120530 If you delete a POV on the POV management screen, the underlying Essbase data is now correctly cleared.

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The Lifecycle Management product can now be used to migrate the entire HPCM application, including assignment rule selections and definitions.

7044077 When sorting the Destination pane on the Assignments screen, the correct destination is correctly modified.

6979129 It is not possible to import more than 9 model stages.

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The import does validate improper stage records or assignment records, so incorrect or corrupt data is not imported.

Tips and Troubleshooting

Entering Filters When entering a search value in a filter, enter the entire string. Wildcard symbols, such as asterisks (*) and question marks (?) are not supported in assignment rule UDA-based filters. Filtering on Aliases in the user interface is not supported in this release.

For assignment rule filters: • Only the EQUAL operation is currently supported to filter Names, Aliases and UDA members. • Matching is performed on both names and aliases.

Only the EQUAL operation is currently supported for Attributes.

Solving Issues with Profitability and Cost Management Connection Type

By default, Profitability and Cost Management uses APS mode to connect to Essbase, and APS uses many TCP ports while deploying the Essbase cubes. This situation may cause a network error which is displayed in the Profitability and Cost Management log file.

If this error occurs, switch the Connection Type to embedded mode, and redeploy the cube.

To set the Connection Type to Embedded mode:

1. In Profitability and Cost Management, from Task Areas, select Manage Model, and then Model Summary.

2. On the Model Summary screen, select the Model Level Preference tab. 3. Under Essbase Information, select “embedded” from the Connection Type drop-down list. 4. Click the Save icon.

If the cube deployment fails in embedded mode, or you have to use APS mode, you can modify the Windows registry TCPIP parameters - TcpTimedWaitDelay and MaxUserPort - as recommended by the Windows Operating System documentation.

CAUTION: Before making any changes to the Windows Registry, consult the Microsoft Windows Operating System documentation for the correct settings and best practices to avoid any risk of corrupting the registry.

To improve the ability of the Windows operating system to deal with a high rate of network connections:

1. From the Windows Registry, navigate to KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TCPIP\Parameters

2. Add or modify the following registry entries:

• TcpTimedWaitDelay - Set this to a low value (for example, 30) for the sockets to be released quickly. This DWORD value ranges between 30-300.

• MaxUserPort - Set this to a high value (for example, 33000) to increase the total number of sockets that can be connected to the port. This is a DWORD value.

See the Microsoft Windows operating system documentation for more details before modifying these parameters.

3. Reboot the system for the changes to take effect.

Setting the Hierarchy Type Property

The ‘Hierarchy Type’ property applies only to Aggregate Storage Databases in Essbase. (The Reporting Cube is generated by Profitability and Cost Management). If the hierarchy type property value is set to 'Stored' in EPM Architect, the Essbase reporting cube expects all members of the dimension to use one of the following consolidation symbols:

• + ADDITION • ~ Stored hierarchies can have the no-consolidation or IGNORE (~) operator (only underneath

Label Only members).

Any dimension members that use a consolidation symbol other than ADDITION and IGNORE in the Stored hierarchy type (for example, - SUBTRACT) will cause error messages while generating the reporting cube.

To be able to use other consolidation type symbols (other than ADDITION and IGNORE) the hierarchy type should be set to ‘DYNAMIC.’

Note: If a dimension member has a formula, the hierarchy type must be set to ‘DYNAMIC.’

To set the Hierarchy Type:

1. From EPM Workspace, select Navigate, then Administer, and then Dimension Library. 2. Under the application, select Measures, and then UserDefinedDriverMeasures. 3. In the Property Grid, select the appropriate Hierarchy Type property:

• Select Stored for any dimension members that use the following consolidation symbols: o + ADDITION o ~ IGNORE (only underneath LABEL ONLY members.)

• Select Dynamic for any business dimension that needs to use all supported consolidation symbols, or that has a formula.

4. Redeploy the application to the Profitability and Cost Management, and then Essbase.

Documentation Updates

Accessing Hyperion Product Documentation The most recent version of each Hyperion product guide is available for download from the Documentation area of the Oracle Technology Network (OTN) Web site (http://www.oracle.com/technology/index.html). Deployment-related documentation is also available from the Oracle E-Delivery Web site (http://edelivery.oracle.com/EPD/WelcomePage/get_form). Individual product guides are available for download on the Oracle Technology Network (OTN) Web site only.

Note: Not all of the documentation for this product has been updated from Release 11.1.1.1 or 11.1.1.2. Similarly, the product UI may not have been updated from Release 11.1.1.1 or 11.1.1.2.

Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management Documentation The following documentation is available with this release of Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management:

Unified Online Help

Online help in Oracle® Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management Workspace is presented in a unified User Interface providing access to help systems for all registered products in the Workspace web application. You can search across help systems and filter searches by product and by guide type. You can also navigate from one help system to another using the drop-down lists in the Index and Table of Contents.

Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management, Fusion Edition New Features The New Features introduces the features and enhancements included in this release.

Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management, Fusion Edition Administrator’s Guide

The Administrator’s Guide provides an overview of the product architecture, and the connections among associated products that are used by Profitability and Cost Management to create and maintain your models.

This guide also describes the security roles and requirements, and the staging tables and procedures for importing data.

Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management, Fusion Edition User’s Guide

The User’s Guide provides detailed instructions on using the application to build a model, including creating stages, drivers, and assignments.

Using the procedures you can validate and calculate the model, and trace allocations. Reports can be generated using a number of tools to evaluate the profitability of the model.

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