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Exercises
Lesson 3: Creating Dimensions Overview

Exercise 3.1 Calculating Data Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Lesson 4: Managing Dimensions with Performance Management

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Exercise 4.1 Navigating Performance Management Architect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Starting All Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Logging On Performance Management Architect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Navigating in Performance Management Architect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Exercise 4.2 Creating Aliases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Exercise 4.3 Managing Currencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Adding a Currency Dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
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Adding Currencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
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Lesson 5: Setting Up the Period, Year, Scenario, and Version Dimensions
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Exercise 5.1 Customizing Year and Period Members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
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Adding a Year Dimension. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
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Adding Year Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Adding a Period Dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
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Associating Alias and Period Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
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Customizing Period Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Exercise 5.2 Creating Scenarios. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
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Adding a Scenario Dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
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Associating Year and Period Dimensions with Scenario . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
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Adding Scenarios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
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Exercise 5.3 Creating Versions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
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Adding a Version Dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
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Creating Standard Bottom-up Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
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Lesson 6: Setting Up the Entity Dimension

Exercise 6.1 Creating Entities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Adding an Entity Dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Associating Entity Dimension Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Setting Up Entity Members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Lesson 7: Setting Up the Account Dimension

Exercise 7.1 Creating an Account Dimension. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Adding an Account Dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Associating Account Dimension Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Setting Up Accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Setting Up Income Statement Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Lesson 8: Creating User-Defined Elements

Exercise 8.1 Creating User-Defined Dimensions and Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Creating the Salesrep Dimension. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Associating the Customer and Salesrep Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Adding Members to the Salesrep Dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
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Exercise 8.2 Setting Up Customer Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Exercise 8.3 Creating Smart Lists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
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Creating Smart Lists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Adding Smart List Entries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
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Exercise 9.1 Loading Entity and Account Dimension Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
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Loading Entity Members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Loading Account Members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
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Exercise 9.2 Loading Sales Representatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
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Exercise 9.3 Loading Customers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
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Lesson 10: Creating Applications
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Exercise 10.1 Creating Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
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Exercise 11.1 Validating and Deploying Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
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Adding Dimensions from Shared Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Associating the Customer and Salesrep Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Associating the Alias and Customer Dimensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Loading Members to the Salesrep Dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Loading Members to the Customer Dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Merging Dimensions from Shared Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Activating Associations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Setting the Evaluation Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Setting Performance Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Validating Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Deploying Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Adding Member Formulas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Adding a Member Formula for Net Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Verifying the Location Alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Setting Up an XREF Function for Net Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Modifying Smart List Account. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Redeploy Finbud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Accessing Deployed Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Lesson 12: Setting Up Exchange Rates

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Exercise 12.1 Setting Up Exchange Rate Tables and Exchange Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
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Setting Up Actual Exchange Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
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Setting Up Budget Exchange Rates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Refreshing the Essbase Databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
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Lesson 14: Loading Data
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Exercise 14.1 Loading Data into Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
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Exercise 14.2 Using Essbase Load Rules to Load Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Creating Load Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
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Loading Data Using Load Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
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Calculating the Essbase Databases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
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Lesson 15: Provisioning Users and Groups
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Exercise 15.1 Provisioning Hyperion System 9 Planning Users and Groups . . . . . . . . 35
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Provisioning Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Provisioning Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
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Logging On to Performance Management Architect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Setting Up the Application for All Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Logging on as Other Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Lesson 16: Setting Up Access Rights to Planning Applications

Exercise 16.1 Setting Up Dimension Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Assigning Access to Scenarios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Assigning Access to Entities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Exercise 16.2 Importing Access Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Modifying the Import Security Access File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Importing the Security Access File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Viewing Security for Shared Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Generating Security Filters for All Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Generating Individual Security Filters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Lesson 17: Creating Data Forms and Folders

Exercise 17.1 Creating Data Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Setting Up Substitution Variables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
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Creating Folders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
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Exercise 17.2 Optional: Creating Asymmetric Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
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Creating Forms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
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Creating Forms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
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Assigning Dimensions to Forms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Reviewing Data Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
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Changing the Actual Scenario to Read-Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Exercise 17.3 Creating Composite Data Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
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Adding Smart Lists and Non-Currency Values to Data Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
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Creating a Detailed Data Form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
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Creating a Summary Data Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
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Creating a Composite Data Form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
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Exercise 17.4 Creating Data Forms to Convert Currencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Testing Data Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
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Exercise 17.5 Assigning Access to Data Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
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Assigning Data Form Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Verifying Data Form Access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
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Lesson 18: Customizing Data Forms

Exercise 18.1 Exporting and Importing Data Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Exporting Data Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Reviewing the Data Form Definition and Importing the Data Form . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Exporting Standard Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Importing Standard Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Verifying Results and Modifying Data Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Exercise 18.2 Optional: Creating Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Entering Data in Data Forms by Using Custom Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Exercise 18.3 Setting User Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Exporting the Act-Bud Expenses Data Form from HYPlan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Importing the Act-Bud Expenses Data Form to Finbud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Assigning Data Form Access to Act-Bud Expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Modifying Alias Tables and Display Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Managing User Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Lesson 19: Entering Data

Exercise 19.1 Entering Data and Verifying Application Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Entering Data and Verifying Application Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
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Performing Analysis by Using Flexible Data Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
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Using Grid Spreader to Spread Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
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Attaching Documents to Cells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Adding Account Annotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
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Entering Supporting Detail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
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Adding a Calculation and Duplicating a Row . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Exercise 19.2 Verifying Net Inc Formula. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
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Creating a Data Form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Creating a Composite Data Form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
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Verifying Net Inc Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
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Exercise 19.3 Entering Data by Using Smart Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
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Exercise 20.1 Using Smart View to Enter Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
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Entering Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
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Viewing Added Data in Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
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Lesson 21: Creating Business Rules

Exercise 21.1 Navigating Business Rules in Calculation Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Launching Calculation Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Navigating to Custom View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Navigating to Deployment View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Exercise 21.2 Launching Business Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Validating Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Deploying Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Assigning Launch Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Creating Business Rules Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Launching Business Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Lesson 22: Managing Business Rules

Exercise 22.1 Creating Business Rules from Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Setting Up Business Rules to Copy and Adjust Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Setting Up Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Setting Up the Copy Data Calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Calculating the Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
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Setting Up Business Rules to Calculate Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

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Setting Up the Aggregation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Setting Up a Component to Calculate Travel Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

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Selecting Values for Global Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
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Setting Up a Component to Calculate Software Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
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Exercise 22.2 Creating Rulesets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Creating Rulesets from Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
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Exercise 22.3 Validating and Deploying Business Rulesets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
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Validating Rulesets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Deploying Rulesets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
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Exercise 23.1 Adding Runtime Prompts to Business Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
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Saving a Copy of Business Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
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O Setting Up Business Rules to Prompt for Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
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Exercise 23.2 Adding Components to Business Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Opening Business Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Adding Loops to Business Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Setting Up Loops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Setting Up Formulas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Deploying Business Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Testing Business Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Testing the Calculate Expenses Business Rule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Testing the Copy and Adjust Accounts Prompts Business Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Lesson 24: Managing the Approval Process

Exercise 24.1 Managing the Planning Cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Starting the Planning Cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Promoting Planning Units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Signing Off a Planning Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Rejecting a Planning Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Approving the Budget for East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Printing Planning Unit Annotations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
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Exercise 24.2 Clearing Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Clearing Supporting Detail and Account Annotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
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Exercise 24.3 Copying Data Between Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
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Reviewing Existing Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Copying Data from Draft 1 to Draft 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
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Exercise 24.4 Copying Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
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Modifying the Verify App Data Form and Reviewing Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Copying Data from Actual to Forecast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
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Verifying Results and Calculating Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
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Exercise 25.1 Defining and Testing Task Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Preparing for Task List Definition and Rollout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
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Creating a Task List Folder and a Task List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Adding a Descriptive Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
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Adding a Web Data Form Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
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Adding a Business Rule Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Assigning Access to the Task List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
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Lesson 26: Migrating Applications and Artifacts

Exercise 26.1 Migrating Artifacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Logging on Shared Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Searching for Artifacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Migrating Artifacts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Lesson 27: Building Classic Applications

Exercise 27.1 Creating Planning Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Logging on Workspace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Using Application Wizard to Create Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Lesson 28: Setting Up Classic Applications

Exercise 28.1 Using Dimension Editor to Build Planning Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Adding Currencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Adding Standard Currencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Setting Up Budget Exchange Rates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
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Creating Scenarios. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
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Creating Versions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
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Refreshing the Currency Conversions Calculation Scripts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
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Creating Alias Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
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Setting Up the Entity Dimension. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
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Setting Up the Account Dimension. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Creating User-Defined Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
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Setting Up the Customer Dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
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Refreshing the Essbase Databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Exercise 28.2 Loading Information into Planning Classic Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . 101
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Loading Metadata. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Launching the Outline Load Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
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Loading Entities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
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Loading Accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Loading Salesrep Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
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Loading Customers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
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Loading Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
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O Setting Up Substitution Variables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
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Lesson 29: Setting Up Business Rules for Classic Applications

Exercise 29.1 Creating a Business Rule to Clear and Copy Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Creating Business Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Clearing Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Setting Source and Destination Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Setting the Copy Range for Account, Period, and Entity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Adjusting Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Calculating the Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Assigning Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Validating the Business Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Testing the Business Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Exercise 29.2 Creating a Business Rule by Using Formulas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Setting the Business Rule Range. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Adding a Formula for Travel Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Adding a Formula for Software Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Testing Business Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
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Solution 3.1 c a
Calculating Data Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
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Solution 4.1 Navigating Performance Management Architect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
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Starting All Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Logging On to Performance Management Architect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
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Navigating in Performance Management Architect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
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Solution 4.2 Creating Aliases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
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Solution 4.3 Managing Currencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
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Adding a Currency Dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
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Adding Currencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
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Editing Currencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
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Lesson 5: Setting Up the Period, Year, Scenario, and Version Dimensions

Solution 5.1 Customizing Year and Period Members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Adding a Year Dimension. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Adding Year Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Adding a Period Dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Associating Alias and Period Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Customizing Period Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Solution 5.2 Creating Scenarios. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Adding a Scenario Dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Associating Year and Period Dimensions with Scenario . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Adding Scenarios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Solution 5.3 Creating Versions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Adding a Version Dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Creating standard bottom-up versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Set up versions using Grid Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Lesson 6: Setting Up the Entity Dimension
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Adding an Entity Dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133y
Solution 6.1 Creating Entities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
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Associating Entity Dimension Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Defining Entity Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
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Setting Up Entities for North America and Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Setting Up Central Entities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
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Adding Shared Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
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Solution 7.1 Creating Account Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Adding an Account Dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
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Associating Account Dimension Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Setting Up Accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
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Setting Up Income Statement Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
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Solution 8.1 Creating User-Defined Dimensions and Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Creating the Salesrep Dimension. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
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Associating the Alias and Customer Dimensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
O Adding Members to the Salesrep Dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
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Solution 8.2 Setting up Customer Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Solution 8.3 Creating Smart Lists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Creating Smart Lists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Adding Smart List Entries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Lesson 9: Loading Metadata from a File

Solution 9.1 Loading Entity and Account Dimension Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Loading Entity Members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Loading Account Members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Solution 9.2 Loading Sales Representatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Create an Import Profile for Salesreps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Solution 9.3 Loading Customers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Lesson 10: Creating Applications

Solution 10.1 Creating New Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Set Up Application Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Completing Application Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
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Solution 11.1 Validating and Deploying Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Adding Dimensions from Shared Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
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Associating the Customer and Salesrep Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Associating the Alias and Customer Dimensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
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Loading Members to the Salesrep Dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
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Loading Members to the Customer Dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Merging Dimensions from Shared Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
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Activating Associations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
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Setting the Evaluation Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Setting Performance Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
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Validating Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
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Adding Member Formulas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
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Adding a Member Formula for Net Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
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Verifying the Location Alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
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Setting up a XREF Function for Net Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Modifying Smart List Account. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
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Accessing Deployed Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
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Lesson 12: Setting Up Exchange Rates

Solution 12.1 Setting Up Exchange Rates Tables and Exchange Rates . . . . . . . . . . 170
Setting Up Actual Exchange Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Setting Up Budget Exchange Rates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Verifying Currency Calculation Scripts in Essbase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Lesson 14: Loading Data

Solution 14.1 Loading Data into Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Accessing Essbase Administration Services Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Loading Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Solution 14.2 Loading Data Using Essbase Load Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Creating Load Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Opening a File Within the Load Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Setting up the Header and Replacing Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Setting up Columns for Importing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Loading Data Using Load Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Calculating the Essbase Administration Services Databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
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Solution 15.1 Provisioning Planning Users and Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
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Provisioning Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
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Verifying User Provisioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Logging On to Performance Management Architect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
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Setting Up the Application for All Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
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Logging on as Other Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
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Solution 16.1 Setting Up Dimension Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
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Assigning Access to Scenarios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
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Assigning Access to Entities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
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Assigning Group Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
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Refreshing Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Solution 16.2 Importing Access Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
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Importing the Security Access File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
O Viewing Security for Shared Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
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Generating Security Filters for All Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Generating Individual Security Filters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Lesson 17: Creating Data Forms and Folders

Solution 17.1 Creating Data Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Setting Up Substitution Variables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Creating Folders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Creating Data Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Solution 17.2 Optional: Creating Asymmetric Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Creating Forms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Assigning Dimensions to Forms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Reviewing Data Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Changing the Actual Scenario to Read-Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Solution 17.3 Creating Composite Data Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Adding Smart Lists and Non-currency Values to Data Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Creating a Detailed Data Form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Creating a Summary Data Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Creating a Composite Data Form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
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Creating Data Forms to Convert Currencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
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Assigning Dimensions to Data Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Testing Data Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
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Assigning and Verifying Data Form Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Verifying Data Form Access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
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Reviewing Data Form Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
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Solution 18.1 Exporting and Importing Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Exporting Data Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
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Reviewing the Data Form Definition and Importing the Data Form . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Importing Sales Budget vs Target . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
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Exporting Standard Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
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Importing Standard Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Verifying Results and Modifying Data Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
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Solution 18.2 Optional: Creating Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Creating New Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
O Associating Custom Menus to Data Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
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Entering Data in Data Forms by Using Custom Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Solution 18.3 Setting User Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Exporting the Act-Bud Expenses Data Form from HYPlan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Importing the Act-Bud Expenses Data Form to Finbud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Assigning Data Form Access to Act-Bud Expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Modifying Alias Tables and Display Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Managing User Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Lesson 19: Entering Data

Solution 19.1 Entering Data and Verifying Application Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Entering Data and Verifying Application Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Spreading Data Using Grid Spreader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Performing Analysis Using Flexible Data Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Attaching Documents to Cells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Adding Account Annotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Entering Supporting Detail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Adding a Calculation and Duplicating a Row . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Solution 19.2 Verifying the Net Inc Formula. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Creating a Data Form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Creating a Composite Data Form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
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Solution 19.3 Entering Data Using Smart Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
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Solution 20.1 Using Smart View to Enter Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Establishing a Data Source Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
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Entering Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
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Viewing Added Data in Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Lesson 21: Creating Business Rules

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Solution 21.1 Navigating Business Rules in Calculation Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
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Navigating to Custom View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
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Navigating to Deployment View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
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Solution 21.2 Launching Business Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Validating Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
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Assigning Launch Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
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Creating Business Rules Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Launching Business Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Lesson 22: Managing Business Rules

Solution 22.1 Creating Business Rules from Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Setting up Business Rules to Copy and Adjust Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Setting Up Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Setting Up the Copy Data Calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Setting Up the Aggregation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Setting up Business Rules to Calculate Expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Setting Up a Component to Calculate Travel Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Selecting Values for Global Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Setting Up a Component to Calculate Software Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Solution 22.2 Creating Rulesets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Creating Rulesets from Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Solution 22.3 Validating and Deploying Business Rulesets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
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Validating Rulesets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Deploying Rulesets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
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Solution 23.1 Adding Runtime Prompts to Business Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
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Saving a Copy of Business Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
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Setting Up Runtime Prompts for Members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Creating Numeric Runtime Prompts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
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Setting Up Business Rules to Prompt for Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
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Solution 23.2 Adding Components to Business Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Opening Business Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
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Adding Loops to Business Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Setting Up Loops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
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Setting up Formulas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
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Deploying Business Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
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Testing the Calculate Expenses Business Rule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
O Testing the Copy and Adjust Accounts Prompts Business Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
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Lesson 24: Managing the Approval Process

Solution 24.1 Managing the Planning Cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Starting the Planning Cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Promoting Planning Units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Signing Off a Planning Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Rejecting a Planning Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Approving the Budget for East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Printing Planning Unit Annotations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Solution 24.2 Clearing Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Clearing Supporting Detail and Account Annotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Solution 24.3 Copying Data Between Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Reviewing Existing Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Copying Data from Draft 1 to Draft 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Solution 24.4 Copying Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Modifying the Verify App Form and Reviewing Existing Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Copying Data from Actual to Forecast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Verifying Results and Calculating Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Lesson 25: Creating Task Lists

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Solution 25.1 Creating Task Lists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Preparing for Task List Definition and Rollout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
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Creating a Task List Folder and Task List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Adding a Descriptive Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
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Adding a Data Form Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
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Adding a Business Rule Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Assigning Access to the Task List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
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Solution 26.1 Migrating Artifacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
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Logging on to Shared Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
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Searching for artifacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Migrating artifacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
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Solution 27.1 Creating Planning Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Logging onto Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
O Creating applications using Classic Application Wizard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
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Lesson 28: Setting Up Classic Applications

Solution 28.1 Building Planning dimensions using Dimension Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Adding Currencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Adding Standard Currencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Setting Up Budget Exchange Rates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Creating Scenarios. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Creating Versions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Refreshing the Currency Conversions Calculation Scripts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Creating Alias Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Setting Up the Entity Dimension. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Setting Up the Account Dimension. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Creating User-Defined Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Setting Up the Customer Dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Solution 28.2 Loading Information into Planning Classic Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Loading Metadata. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Launching the Outline Load Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
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Calculating the Essbase Administration Services Databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
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Setting Source and Destination Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
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Adjusting Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
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Testing the Business Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
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Solution 29.2 Creating a Business Rule Using Formulas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299

Creating New Business Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Setting the Business Rule Range. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Adding a Formula for Travel Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Adding a Formula for Software Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Testing Business Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Case Study 1: Case Study

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Phase I: Setting Up the WWDS Planning Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Phase II: Verifying the WWDS Planning Application Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
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Exercises
Overview
This section contains hands-on exercises that you work on throughout this
course. Exercises are grouped by lesson.
Your instructor may choose to perform some exercises with you in
demonstration format. Therefore, you may not be required to complete all
exercises. It is, however, important that you complete all exercises as
requested by the instructor, as many exercises build upon one another.
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Lesson 3 Creating Dimensions Overview
Exercises
Exercise 3.1 Calculating Data Storage

In this exercise, you practice how to calculate data storage.
Given the following:
Dimension Dense or Sparse Number of Members

HSP_Rates Dense 7
Account Dense 150
Period Dense 19
Year Sparse 10
Scenario Sparse 3
Version Sparse 5
Currency Sparse 3
Entity Sparse 25
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Lesson 4 Managing Dimensions with Performance Management Architect
Exercises
Lesson 4 Managing Dimensions with Performance

Management Architect
Exercise 4.1 Navigating Performance Management Architect

In this exercise, you learn how to navigate Performance Management Architect.
Starting All Ser vices

In the Planning folder, double-click Startall.bat.
After the EPM Architect Process Manager service starts, verify that the following services
started:
Hyperion EPM Architect - .Net JNI Bridge
Hyperion EPM Architect - Engine Manager
Hyperion EPM Architect - Event Manager
Hyperion EPM Architect - Job Manager
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Verify that all services started.
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Exercise 4.2 Creating Aliases

In this exercise, you create aliases.
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Do not include prefixes in dimension names. Dimension names must match the
names in the metadata import files in lesson 9 and should include only the name
of the dimension.
In the Shared Library, create an alias dimension called Alias. In the Alias dimension,
create a member called German.
For the Alias dimension, in System Properties, set the default member to Default.
Exercise 4.3 Managing Currencies

In this exercise, you create a Currency dimension and then add currencies to the
Currency dimension.
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Ensure that StoreData is selected for all members, including Local. Ensure that Valid for
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Lesson 5 Setting Up the Period, Year, Scenario, and Version Dimensions
Exercises
Lesson 5 Setting Up the Period, Year, Scenario,

and Version Dimensions
Exercise 5.1 Customizing Year and Period Members

In this exercise, in the Shared Library, you add and modify time periods.
Adding a Year Dimension

In the Shared Library, create a dimension called Year.
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Associating Alias and Period Dimensions

Associate the Period dimension with the Alias dimension. This association requires
deletion of the association with the HP_Alias dimension and addition of a new
association to the Alias dimension.
Customizing Period Members

Verify the setup of the following members of the Period dimension:
Member Alias Period Type

BegBalance Base Time Period
YearTotal Year Time Period
Q1 Qtr 1 Summary Time Period
Jan January Base Time Period
Feb February Base Time Period
Mar March Base Time Period
Apr April Base Time Period
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Summary Time Period
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Adding a Scenario Dimension

Add a dimension called Scenario.
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Set the Scenario dimension to be valid for Plan1 and Plan2.
Associating Year and Period Dimensions with Scenario

Associate the Scenario dimension according to the following table:
Property Dimension
Start Year Year
End Year Year
Start Period Period
End Period Period
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Property Value
Data Storage StoreData
Enabled for Process Management Selected
Start Year FY09
End Year FY010
Start Period Jan
End Period Dec
Exchange Rate Table Budget and Forecast
Create a Forecast scenario with characteristics according to the following table:
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Enabled for Process Management Selected
Start Year
End Year
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Creating Standard Bottom-up Versions

Create the Draft 1 member directly in the Shared Library, and then use Grid Editor to
create members in the Version dimension according to the following table:
Enabled for
Valid for Plan Process
Version Types Data Storage Management Version Type
Draft 1 Plan1 and Plan2 StoreData Selected BottomUp
Draft 2 Plan1 and Plan2 StoreData Selected BottomUp
Final Plan1 and Plan2 StoreData Selected BottomUp
Working Plan1 and Plan2 StoreData Cleared BottomUp
Scratch Plan1 and Plan2 StoreData Cleared BottomUp
Target Plan1 and Plan2 StoreData Cleared Target
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Lesson 6 Setting Up the Entity Dimension
Exercises

Exercise 6.1 Creating Entities
In this exercise, you create a dimension called Entity.
Adding an Entity Dimension

In the Shared Library, add a new dimension called Entity.
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Set the Entity dimension to be valid for Plan1 and Plan2.
Associating Entity Dimension Properties

Create associations for the Entity dimension according to the following table:
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Select the data storage option StoreData for all members except 200(Shared). For
200(Shared), ShareData is the storage option.
All entities should be valid for plan types 1 and 2.
Select the Addition aggregation option for all members except Headquarters. For
Headquarters, select the Ignore aggregation option.
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Lesson 7 Setting Up the Account Dimension
Exercises

Exercise 7.1 Creating an Account Dimension
In this exercise, you define members in the Account dimension.
Adding an Account Dimension

Add a new dimension called Account.
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Set the Account dimension to be valid for Plan1 and Plan2.
Associating Account Dimension Properties

Associate the Account dimension according to the following table:
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Time Balance Flow
Skip Value None
Expense Reporting NonExpense
Account Type Revenue
Data Type Currency
Source Plan Type Plan1
Verify that ExchangeRate Type is set to Average.

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Account Type Asset
Data Type Currency
Change the ExchangeRate Type to Ending, and save your changes.
Setting Up Income Statement Members

Net Income is a child of Income Statement. Net Income properties are as follows:
Property Value
Alias (Default) Profit/(Loss)
Valid for Plan Types Plan1
Aggregation for Plan1 +
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Time Balance Flow
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Lesson 8 Creating User-Defined Elements
Exercises
Exercise 8.1 Creating User-Defined Dimensions and Attributes

In this exercise, you add the user-defined dimensions Customer and the Salesrep
attribute dimension. You use the Customer dimension for sales analysis in the Incstmt
plan. The Salesrep dimension is associated with the Customer dimension.
Add a new generic dimension called Customer.
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Set the Customer dimension to be valid for Plan1. From the Data Storage drop-down list,
select NeverShare. Select Apply Security.
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Add a new customer (called All Customers) to the Customer dimension. Give the
member the following characteristics:
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Property Value
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Exercise 8.3 Creating Smart Lists

In this exercise, you create and associate smart lists in the Shared Library.
Creating Smart Lists

Add a new dimension that is called Customer_Service_Level and that is of the type Smart
List.
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Set the Planning properties label to Customer_Service_Level.
Adding Smart List Entries

Add the following members to the Customer_Service_Level smart list:
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Lesson 9 Loading Metadata from a File
Exercises
Exercise 9.1 Loading Entity and Account Dimension Members

In this exercise, you create an import profile and import metadata into the Entity and
Account dimensions.
Loading Entity Members

Create a profile to import HPFinbudEntity from a flat file. All load files are located in
C:\CF\PLN_CMA.
Execute the profile to import the HPFinbudEntity.ads file. In the File Properties section,
select the following:
Column Delimiter |
Remove Double Quotes on Strings Cleared
Remove White Space Selected
Suppress Transaction Logs Selected
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Select All - Merge As Shared Selected
In Shared Library, verify that the Account dimension contains the members you loaded.
Exercise 9.2 Loading Sales Representatives

In this exercise, you create an import profile and import metadata into the Salesrep
dimension.
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Exercise 9.3 Loading Customers

In this exercise, you create an import profile and import metadata into the Customer
dimension.
Create a profile to import HPFinbudCustomer from a flat file. Execute the profile to import
the HPFinbudCustomer.ads file. In the File Properties section, select the following:
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Lesson 10 Creating Applications
Exercises
Exercise 10.1 Creating Applications

In this exercise, you create an application for Finbud. You build the application from
dimensions in the Shared Library. You use the application wizard to create the
application.
In the Application Library, create a Planning application called Finbud.
Create local dimensions for Account, Alias, Currency, Entity, Customer, Period,
Scenario, Customer_Service_Level, Version, and Year.
For the new local year dimension, set up the Year dimension with the following
characteristics:
Field Dimension
Year Name Year
Fiscal Start Year 2007
Total Years 5
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Lesson 11 Deploying Applications
Exercises
Exercise 11.1 Validating and Deploying Applications

In this exercise, you validate and deploy the Finbud application.
Adding Dimensions from Shared Librar y

In Dimension Library, for the Finbud application, create a local attribute dimension called
salesrep. Set the local Salesrep dimension to be a text attribute dimension.

Create a property (called Salesrep) in the local Customer dimension. Then create an
association between the local Salesrep dimension and the Salesrep property of the local
Customer dimension.
Associating the Alias and Customer Dimensions

In Finbud, verify that the local Alias dimension is associated to the alias property of the
local Customer dimension. If it is not associated, add the alias association to the m y
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Loading Members to the Customer Dimension

Create a profile to load the Finbud Customer dimension. Use the following information to
create an import profile.
Profile Name HpCustomerLocal

Import Type Flat File
Application Finbud
Load the C:\CF\PLN_CMA\HPFinbudCustomer.ads file, and, in the load profile, select the
following:
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Alias(local) - Set the Default Member system property for the Alias(local) dimension
to Default.
Customer_Service_Level(local)
Account(local)
Currency(local)
Entity(local)
Customer(local)
Period(local)
Year(local)
Scenario(local)
Version(local)
Activating Associations
Activate all associations for Finbud.
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Set Data Type Evaluation Order for Incstmt so that Account is evaluated first.
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Dimension Value
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Currency Sparse
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Balsheet does not have a Customer dimension.
Validating Applications
In the Application Library, validate the Finbud application. Navigate to the Library Job
Console, and review and correct any validation error.
Deploying Applications
Deploy the Finbud application. In the Deploy dialog box, enter the following information:
Instance Name Planning

Web Server
Application Server
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Planning
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Verifying the Location Alias

In Administration Console, review the locationAliasmember for BalanceSheet.
Setting Up an XREF Function for Net Inc

In Performance Management Architect, you use the @XREF function to set the value of
Net Inc to the data value from the Net Income, All Customers member (in the Incstmt
database). Set Net Inc in Dimension Library in the Finbud application.
The syntax of the @XREF function is as follows:
@XREF(locationAlias [, mbrList])
Enter @XREF(_Revcube_,Net Income,All Customers);

Validate the member formula.
Modifying Smart List Account

In Dimension Library, for Finbud, set the following properties for account 6060, and click
Save:
Property Value
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Review the deploy job in the Job Console.
Accessing Deployed Applications

Select Navigate > Applications > Planning > Refresh.
Select Navigate > Applications > Planning > Finbud.
You can now access the Finbud application in Workspace.
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Exercises
Exercise 12.1 Setting Up Exchange Rate Tables and Exchange Rates

In this exercise, you set up two exchange rate tables for converting actual and budget
local currency values to reporting currency values and enter the exchange rates. You
need to be able to convert any currency to the U.S. dollar. You do not need to convert
other currencies. For example, you do not need to convert Japanese yen to British
pounds or British pounds to Japanese yen. You enter Actual Rates for 2008 and Budget
and Forecast rates for 2009.
Setting Up Actual Exchange Rates

Select the rate table Actual Rates, and edit the Actual Rates table to specify the following
conversions by using the Fill Table option to fill all years:
To From Average Rate Ending Rate

USD EUR 1.1179 1.1402
USD GBP 1.5997 1.6317
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Next, generate the currency conversion calculation script named PlanCurB. The currency
conversion calculation script should be generated for Bottom-Up version types for
specific currencies (USD and Euro), scenarios (Actual, Budget, and Forecast), and
versions (Draft 1, Draft 2, Final, Working, and Scratch).
Generate the currency conversion calculation script named PlanCurT. The currency
conversion calculation script should be generated for specific currencies (USD and Euro)
and scenarios (Actual, Budget, and Forecast) and for the Target version.
In Administration Services, expand the Essbase Servers node down to the
Finbud:Incstmt database. Expand the Calculation Scripts node.
Notice that the HspCRtB and HspCRtT calculation scripts are in the list. These
calculation scripts were created when the database was refreshed.
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Exercise 14.1 Loading Data into Planning

In this exercise, you load data for the Actual scenario for 2008 and for the Budget
scenario for 2009.
Open Essbase Administration Services Console, and log on as trnadmin with the
password hyperion.
Select the Finbud:Incstmt database, and load the data file C:\CF\PLN_CMA\IncData.txt.
Select the Finbud:Balsheet database, and load the data file C:\CF\PLN_CMA\BalData.txt.
You calculate the databases in the next exercise.
Exercise 14.2 Using Essbase Load Rules to Load Data

In this exercise, you use a load rule to load data for the Incstmt database.
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For the Finbud:Incstmt database, create a load rule.
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If errors occur during the load, check the error log file. Modify the load rules as required,
and try loading the file again.
Calculating the Essbase Databases

Calculate the Finbud:Incstmt database by running the following calculation scripts
individually in the following order:
- HspCRtBCopy exchange rates for bottom-up versions
- HspCRtTCopy exchange rates for target versions
- PlanCurBCopy exchange rates for bottom-up versions
- PlanCurTCopy exchange rates for target versions
- (default)Default calculation to CALC ALL
Calculate the Finbud:Balsheet database. Use the calculation scripts and order of
calculation that you used to calculate the Finbud:Incstmt database.
Exit Administration Services Console.
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Lesson 15 Provisioning Users and Groups
Exercises
Exercise 15.1 Provisioning Hyperion System 9 Planning Users and

Groups
In this exercise, in Shared Services Console, you provision users and groups for the
Finbud application. Before you can provision the users, you must add the Finbud
application to an application group. You also verify that the users were provisioned with
the correct roles. This exercise begins in Planning. You should be logged on the Finbud
application as user trnadmin.
Provisioning Users
In Shared Services Console, provision the following users from the Native user directory
for the Finbud application within the Planning Training Applications group.
User Role
Kreilly Planner
Mwoo Planner
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PlanViewers_All View User
PlanAdmins Provisioning Manager, Administrator, Manage
Models, Offline User, Mass Allocation
Verifying User Provisioning

In Shared Services Console, run the View report to verify that the users and groups have
the correct role assignments for the Finbud application.
After viewing the report, return to Planning. Log off and end the session.
Logging On to Performance Management Architect

Log on to Workspace as trnadmin with hyperion as the password.
Setting Up the Application for All Users

In Application Settings, enable the Finbud application so that All Users can use the
Finbud application.
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and the password hyperion.
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Exercises
Lesson 16 Setting Up Access Rights to Planning

Applications
Exercise 16.1 Setting Up Dimension Access

In this exercise, you assign access rights to scenarios and entities in the dimension
editor. This exercise begins in Planning. You should be logged on the Finbud application
as user trnadmin.
Assigning Access to Scenarios

Assign access rights to members of the Scenario dimension, as shown in the following
table.
Member User or Group Access Right

Actual PlanIU_All Write
Planners_All
Actual PlanViewers_All Read
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Assign access rights to members of the Entity dimension, as shown in the following
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North America Kreilly O ly Write Descendants(inclusive)

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Europe
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Planners_Europe
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Exercise 16.2 Importing Access Rights

In this exercise, you import security access rights for users, groups, and members by
using the ImportSecurity utility and the secfile.txt file. The security access rights
import file must be called Secfile.txt and must reside in the
c:\Hyperion\products\Planning\bin folder.
Modifying the Import Security Access File

Use Notepad to open and edit the file C:\Hyperion\Products\Planning\bin\Secfile.txt. Review the
access rights that are set up in the file for scenarios, versions, accounts, customers, and
entities.
Add the following access rights to the file, and save your changes.
User or Group Member Access Right Inheritance Option

PlanIU_All Forecast Write Member
Planners_All
Kreilly Final Read Member
PlanIU_All
Planners_All
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errors occur in the file, a message informs you that the security import completed with
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Viewing Security for Shared Members

Use the dimension editor to verify Mwoos access to the entity member 200 (Illinois),
versus access to the 200 (Illinois) shared member. When security was imported, Mwoo
was not given direct access to Illinois. However, Mwoo has Read access to the
Headquarters member and its descendants. Therefore, Mwoo has Read access to the
HQ-US member and the 200 (Shared) member and access to Illinois under the Central
region.
Generating Security Filters for All Users

In Planning, refresh the database for Finbud to generate security filters for all users and
shared members.
Generating Individual Security Filters

In Planning, assign Kreilly Write access to the target version.
Create security filters just for Kreilly.
Close the Finbud application.
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Lesson 17 Creating Data Forms and Folders
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Exercise 17.1 Creating Data Forms

In this exercise, you define Essbase substitution variables for the current year for both
the Actual and Budget scenarios. You then create three folders to store forms, and you
create several forms. You add dynamic rows and make part of the data form read-only.
Setting Up Substitution Variables

Launch Administration Services Console, and connect to the localhost server as user
trnadmin with the password hyperion.
Create variables that are based on the following information:
Field Value
Essbase Server localhost
Application Finbud
Database
Name
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Using the preceding information, create a variable named BudYear with FY09 for the
value. Exit Essbase Administration Services Console.
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Columns Period IDescendants(Year Total) Member Name
Start Expanded
Medium Column Width
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Children(Saved Assumptions) Member Alias
IDescendants(Client Information) Start Expanded
Net Income
Page Entity Descendants(North America) Alias
IChildren(UK)
IChildren(Japan)
Customer IDescendants (All Customers)
Scenario Budget, Actual
Version Working, Draft 1, Draft 2, Final
Year &BudYear, &ActYear
Point of View Currency Local not visible
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Precision
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On the Properties tab, enter the following specifications for the data form:
Field Value
Data Form Act - Bud Expenses
Description Asymmetric Form for Actual Final /Budget Draft 1 Expenses
Plan type Incstmt
Assigning Dimensions to Forms

For the columns, enter the following dimensions and members:
Field Value
Scenario Actual
Version Final
Year &ActYear
Period Children of Q1
Add another column, and select the following dimensions and members for it:
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Budget
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In the Point of View Dimension(s) area, make the following member selections:
Field Value
Currency Local
Customer No Customer
For the display properties, select Display missing values as blank.

Preview and save the data form.
Reviewing Data Forms

In the Navigation frame, select the Income Statement folder, and open the Act - Bud
Expenses data form.
Review the page members. For Entity, the children of South should be available.
In the page area, select Texas.
Notice that the level 0 expense accounts add up to Total Expenses, as defined in the
application. The expense accounts are displayed with their default alias names.
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Edit the Actual scenario, and change the start period from Jan to Apr. Deploy the Finbud
application, refreshing the outline. The Actual scenario is now available for input starting
in April. Jan, Feb, and Mar are read-only.
Open the Act - Bud Expenses data form for data entry. Notice that the Actual columns for
Jan, Feb, and Mar are shaded, indicating read-only values.
Exercise 17.3 Creating Composite Data Forms

In this exercise, you create a composite data form so that you can view information at
both a summarized and a detailed level.
Adding Smart Lists and Non-Currency Values to Data Forms

Create a data form called Customer Sales Detailed. Create a second data form, to show
summarized information and call form Customer Sales Summary.
Finally, create a composite form that shows the two forms that you just created. Call the
composite data form Customer Sales Info.
Follow the instructions to create these forms.
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Set up a new data form with the following properties:
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In the Row Dimension(s) area, select Account. For the members of the Account
dimension, select Children inclusive of 4000 (Trade Sales). Select the following accounts to
include on the data form: 6060, 6070, and 6080.
In Dimension Properties for Account, perform the following actions:
- Select Member Alias.
- Click Submit.
In the Page Dimension(s) area, select the Entity dimension and Idescendants of North
America.
In the Page Properties area, select Alias.
In the Point of View Dimension(s) area, enter the following dimensions and
members:
Dimension Value
Currency Local
Scenario Budget
Version
Year
Draft 1
FY09
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In the Row Dimension(s) area, select Customer.

For the members of the Customer dimension, select Children of National Accounts.
In the Row Dimension(s) area, select Account. For the members of the Account
dimension, select 4000 and 4200.
In Dimension Properties for Account, perform the following actions:
- Select Member Alias.
- Click Submit.
In the Page Dimension(s) area, select the Entity dimension and IDescendants of North
America.
In the Page Properties area, select Alias.
In the Point of View Dimension(s) area, enter the following dimensions and members:
Dimension Value
Currency Local
Scenario Budget
Version Draft 1
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Move the forms to Selected Data Forms.

Save the data form.
Exercise 17.4 Creating Data Forms to Convert Currencies

In this exercise, you create a data form to convert currencies. You place the Currency
dimension in the page area and convert values on the data form. This exercise begins on
the Planning Web client. You should be logged on the Finbud application as user
trnadmin. You should be on the Data Form Management page.
In the Income Statement folder, create the data form that is displayed in the following
figure. Name the data form Convert Currencies and describe the form as Handling
currencies in a data form. Select the Incstmt plan type.
For the data form, enter the following instructions:
To convert values from Local to USD and EUR, select Edit > Launch
Rules. Select the Calculate Currencies business rule and click
Launch. After the rule runs successfully, refresh the data in the
data form.
Create the following data form. Some additional details follow the figure.
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Currencies should be displayed with 3 decimal places, for both the minimum and
maximum values.
Display properties should allow multiple currencies per entity, and missing data
should display #missing instead of blank.
Testing Data Forms

Open the Convert Currencies data form for data entry.
The rows display three sales accounts each for Illinois, London, Spain, and Tokyo. From
the Page drop-down list, you can select the currenciesLocal and the two reporting
currencies USD and EUR. All of the level 0 customers are available in the Page drop-
down list.
Notice that the column for Jan displays #MISSING for the data value, but you do not see
the Local currency code. Position the cursor between the Jan and Feb columns, and
drag the column width out until you can see #MISSING as well as the currency code.
From the Page drop-down list, for the Customer dimension, select Computer Solutions,
and click Go. Notice that the column size persists for this session. Dragging the column
does not permanently change the definition of the columns width. In Data Form
Management, change Properties for Column Width to Size-to-Fit or Custom and specify
the width.
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Using Launch Rules, launch the <Calculate Currencies> rule. After the rule launches,
refresh the data in the data form. The data is now displayed in USD. Notice that the
London, Spain, and Tokyo values were converted from their local currencies to USD.
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In the Page area, change the currency to EUR, and review the data values for the euro.
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Verifying Data Form Access

Log on the Finbud application as user Rjackson with the password hyperion. Rjackson is
an interactive user and does have access to the Administration task Manage Data
Forms. Select the Verify BR folder. The data forms that RJackson has access to are
displayed.
Log on the Finbud application as user Mwoo with the password hyperion. Mwoo is a
planner and does not have access to any Administration task. Verify that Mwoo has
access to the Convert Currencies and Verify App data forms. Log off Workspace.
Log on the Finbud application as user trnadmin with the password hyperion.
Reviewing Data Form Definitions

Use the administration reporting task to review the definition of the Verify App and
Convert Currencies data forms, and create the report. Review the report for both data
form definitions, including the access rights that you just assigned. Close the report.
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Exercise 18.1 Exporting and Importing Data Forms

In this exercise, you use the FormDefUtil.cmd utility to export a data form from the
HYPlan application, modify the definition of the data form, and then import the data form
into the Finbud application. The next step is to modify the data form to add Attribute
members and to save the data form with a new name. This exercise begins in Planning.
You should be logged on the Finbud application as user trnadmin.
Exporting Data Forms

From the Windows desktop, select Start > All Programs > Accessories > Command
Prompt.
At the command prompt, change your default folder to Hyperion\products\Planning\bin.
Use the FormDefUtil utility to export the Sales Budget vs Target data form from the
HYPlan application.
The syntax for exporting data forms to an XML file is Formdefutil.cmd
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<export> <form name> <planning server name> <user name>
<application>
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Exit Notepad.
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Use the FormDefUtil utility to import the Sales Budget vs Target.xml file to the Finbud
application. When the import is complete, the message Form imported complete is
displayed.
The syntax for importing a data form definition file is
Formdefutil.cmd <import> <file name> <planning server name> <user
name> <application>
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If an error is encountered, check the
C:\Hyperion\products\Planning\bin\FormDefUtil.log file.
Exporting Standard Expenses

Use the FormDefUtil utility to export the Standard Expenses data form from the HYPlan
application.
<export> <form name> <planning server name> <user name>
<application>
To confirm the export, type dir *.xml, and press Enter. The Standard Expenses.xml
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For the row dimensions, replace Entity with Customer. Use the Select Members browse
button to select all Salesrep attribute members by expanding Salesrep, selecting the
Attributes check box, and adding the attribute members to Selected Members.
Add Entity to the page dimensions. For the Entity dimension members, select the
children of Central, South, East, and West.
Save the data form as Sales Budget vs Target by Salesrep.
Open the Sales Budget vs Target by Sales Rep data form for data entry. Notice that the
customers that are associated with each Sales Rep member are automatically displayed
in the rows.
Exercise 18.2 Optional: Creating Menus

In the Finbud application, create a menu called Enter Driver Information with the
following values:
Field Value
Menu Item Drivers
Label Enter headcount and rates
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Data Form
None
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Enter and save data values according to the following table:
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6000:Headcount Jan-Mar 3
6010:T&E Rate Jan-Mar 500
6020:Software Rate Jan-Mar 700
Exercise 18.3 Setting User Preferences

In this exercise, you use the German alias table to view a data form and modify display
options. This exercise begins in Planning. You should be logged on the Finbud
Exporting the Act-Bud Expenses Data Form from HYPlan

You export the Act-Bud expenses data form from hyplan so that you can import the form
into finbud. However, if you completed the optional exercise to create the Act-Bud
expenses data form, you do not need to do this portion of the exercise.
Open a Command prompt, and export the Act-Bud Expenses data form from Hyplan.
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If you are not in the hyperion\products\planning\bin directory, at the command prompt, type
CD\hyperion\products\planning\bin.
At the command prompt, enter Formdefutil.cmd import Act-Bud Expenses.xml win2k3ent
trnadmin Finbud, and press Enter.
Exit the command prompt.
Assigning Data Form Access to Act-Bud Expenses

In Planning, assign access to the Act-Bud Expenses data form according to the following
criteria:
Data Form User/Group Access

Act-Bud Expenses RJackson Write
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Modifying Alias Tables and Display Options

In Data Entry, review the Act - Bud Expenses data form. The data form is displayed with
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Return to the Act - Bud Expenses data form, and verify that the account descriptions
were retrieved from the German alias table. Verify that a space is displayed for the
thousands separator.
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Return to the Preferences page, and select the User Variable tab. For the MyCostCenter
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Exercise 19.1 Entering Data and Verifying Application Setup

In this exercise, you create a data form to verify part of the application setup, such as
aggregations and formulas. You also use some of the data entry features, such as
spreading data and entering account annotations and supporting detail. This exercise
begins in Planning. You should be logged on the Finbud application as user trnadmin.
Entering Data and Verifying Application Setup

Open the Verify App data form.
In the Page area, select London for the entity, and select Computer Solutions, Budget,
Working, and FY09. No data should be displayed in the data form.
For the Georgia entity, enter the following data, and note what values are filled in for either
the corresponding quarter or the corresponding months, as well as for Year Total. For
example, as you enter values for Jan, Feb, and Mar, what value is automatically updated
in Q1 and in Year Total? As you enter data in Q2, what values are automatically spread in
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Save the data.
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Using Grid Spreader to Spread Data

Change the entity to Georgia. Select the Q2 cell for Total Expenses, and select Grid
Spread. Spread 20000.
Performing Analysis by Using Flexible Data Entr y

For account name 4000-100, increase the value in Jan by 25.
For account name 4100, decrease the value in Q2 by 5%.
For account name 4000-300, in Q1, enter 600. Lock the value for Feb; and, in Q1, enter 800.
Save the data.
Attaching Documents to Cells

In the Page area, for the entity, select Colorado, and select No Customer, Budget, Draft 2,
and FY09.
For account 6080 in Jan, add the SampleContactList document.
In the Page area, for the entity, select Georgia, and select Computer Solutions, Budget,
Working, and FY09.
For account 4000-100 in Jan, add the SampleCellAttachment document.
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Save the data.
Adding a Calculation and Duplicating a Row

Select the cells for account 5240:Travel Other for Jan, Feb, and Mar, and modify the
supporting detail by deleting the Meals label. Then add the following child and data
values for Hotel:
The value of Hotel is calculated.

Duplicate the Hotel row, and change the heading of the second Hotel label to Meals.
Notice that, when you duplicate Hotel, the children of Hotel are also duplicated.
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Exercise 19.2 Verifying Net Inc Formula

In this exercise, you create a data form to verify data in the Net Inc account. In an earlier
exercise, a formula was defined for this account. The formula uses the @XREF function
to retrieve Net Income, All Customers data from the Incstmt database.
Next, you create a composite data form that contains the Verify Net Inc and Verify App
data forms. You use the composite data form to verify that the Net Inc Balsheet plan data
for Georgia (Jan, Feb, Mar) ties to the Net Income values in the Incstmt plan.
Creating a Data Form

In the Verify BR folder, create and save a data form with the following specifications:
Field Value
Data Form Verify Net Inc
Description Verify the XREF formula for the Net Inc account
Plan Type Balsheet
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Columns
Dimensions
Period
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Properties
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Field Value
Description Verify application formulas and aggregations
Make data form hidden Not selected
Clear Combine POV and Combine Page. Ensure that, in the data form layout, 1 and
columns is selected. Select the Verify App and Verify Net Inc forms.
Verifying Net Inc Values

Open the Composite Verify App data form, and make the following Page selections:
South, All Customers, Budget, Draft 1, and FY09.
Verify that the Net Inc values in the Balsheet plan for South for Jan, Feb, and March tie to
the Net Income values in the Incstmt plan.
Exercise 19.3 Entering Data by Using Smart Lists

Open the Verify App data form, and make the following page selections: Georgia, Best
selected value to February through December. For account 6070 for Jan, enter
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01/01/2008, and copy the entered value to February through December. For account 6080
for Jan, enter Mike Richards, and copy the entered value to February through December.
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Lesson 20 Entering Data in Smart View
Exercises
Exercise 20.1 Using Smart View to Enter Data

In this exercise, you first establish a connection to the Finbud application from Smart
View. You then enter and modify data values while online.
Establishing a Data Source Connection

Open Microsoft Excel, and use the Smart View Data Source Manager to connect to
Finbud and to open the Verify App data form.
Connect to the Finbud:IncStmt connection as user trnadmin with the password hyperion.
Entering Data
In the Verify BR folder, select the Verify App data form. Make the following page
selections.
Dimension Member Selection
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Customer
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Account Jan
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5230:Airfare Expense 1000
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5310:Office Expense
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Select Jan, Feb, and Mar for account 5130:Advertising Expense, and enter the following
supporting details.
Itemization Jan Feb Mar

Advertising Itemization
TV 2500 2000 2550
Radio 1200 1000 1500
Internet 1800 1650 1750
For account name 5210:Fringe Expense, in Mar, enter 35000.

For account name 5210:Fringe Expense, in Mar, for cell text, enter Quarterly bonus pay out.
The cell now has a blue border to indicate that cell text is associated with the
cell.
Save the data.
In the pages, select Japan, and calculate the data on the data form by using the
<Calculate Data Form> business rule. Refresh the spreadsheet to see the updated values.
Disconnect from the data source. Save the spreadsheet as Japanese Distributors.xls, and
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Lesson 21 Creating Business Rules
Exercises
Exercise 21.1 Navigating Business Rules in Calculation Manager

In this exercise, you navigate Calculation Manager and open a business rule. You view
business rules in System View, and you navigate to Custom View.
Launching Calculation Manager

Log on Workspace. Navigate to Calculation Manager.
In System View, expand Planning, hyplan, incstmt, and Rules, and open the Hyplan Calculate
Expenses business rule. Select the NA Software Expenses component, and view the
settings. Select other components, and view their settings.
Close the Hyplan Calculate Expense business rule. If prompted, do not save changes.
Navigating to Custom View

Navigate to Custom View. Create a new folder called Hyplan Planning Rules. Expand
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Hyplan Calculate Expenses
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In Calculation Manager System View, expand Planning, hyplan, Incstmt, and Rules.
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Deploying Rules
In Deployment View, expand Planning, hyplan, To Be Deployed, and incstmt and select all
rules.
Deploy all the rules selected for hyplan.
The Job Task dialog box is displayed.
Navigate to Job Console and review any messages.
Assigning Launch Access

In Planning, assign launch access to the Hyplan Copy and Adjust Data Prompts business rule
according to the following information:
User Access
RJackson Launch
Kreilly Launch
Creating Business Rules Folders
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In Planning, create a business rules folder called MyHyplan business rules. Select all of the
hyplan business rules, and move the rules into the new folder.
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Exercises
Exercise 22.1 Creating Business Rules from Templates

In this exercise, you create a business rule to copy and adjust data and a business rule
to calculate expenses. You use the Copy Data template to create a business rule to copy
actual data to budget. You use the Amounts-Units Rates template to calculate travel and
software expenses.
Setting Up Business Rules to Copy and Adjust Data

In the System View, expand Planning, finbud, and incstmt. Create a rule and enter the
following:
Field Value
Name Finbud Copy and adjust data
Application Type Planning
Application
Plan Type
Finbud
Incstmt
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From Existing Objects, expand System Templates, drag the Copy Data system template, and
drop the template into the flow chart of the business rule (after Begin and before End).
Setting Up Properties
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In the flow chart, select the Copy and Adjust Data component.
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On Source, click Select from other dimensions member from which to copy data, and select
Year.
For the year, select FY08.
For Version, select Final.
On Destination, click Select the main dimension member to which to copy the data, and enter
Budget, FY09, Working.
On Options, for Do you want to apply a percentage to the copied data, select Yes.
On Options, in if yes, enter the percentage, enter 15.
On Options, in clear data first, enter Yes.
On Settings, for create these blocks during the Copy Data process, select NO.
On Settings, for if not, are you sure the blocks exist, select NO.
On Settings, to turn Intelligent calculation ON or OFF, select use default.
Save and validate the business rule.
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before End.
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Verify that Select an aggregation level for dense dimension 1 is set to descendants.
On Partial dimension aggregation (sparse), select Entity as the dimension to be
aggregated.
Select Entity, and select South.
Verify that Select an aggregation level for sparse dimension 1 is set to descendants.
On Settings, in Aggregate the missing values in the Database, select Yes.
Save and validate the business rule against both EPMA and Planning.
Right-click the Finbud copy and adjust data tab, and select Close.
Setting Up Business Rules to Calculate Expenses

In System View, expand Planning, finbud, and Incstmt.
Create a rule, enter the following, and click OK:
Field Value
Name
Application Type
Finbud Calculate Expenses
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before End).
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Dimension Value
Period Relative 0 YearTotal
Year FY09
Scenario Budget
Version Working
Currency Local
In the Rule Designer, select Amount-Unit-Rate.
On Properties, in Caption, enter NA Travel Expenses.
In Description, enter This component rule will calculate travel expenses based on headcount.
On Enter Settings, use the Actions icon to select the following members:
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On Enter Settings, use the Actions icon to select the following information:
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AMOUNT 5350
UNITS 6000
RATE 6020
Save and validate the business rule against both EPMA and Planning.
On Script, view the generated script of the variables that you are calculating.
Close the Finbud Calculate Expenses tab.
If prompted to save changes, click Yes.
Exercise 22.2 Creating Rulesets

In this exercise, you organize your rules into a ruleset.
Creating Rulesets from Rules

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Enter the following comment: Business rules for finbud application to seed budget and calculate
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Select File > Save.
At the confirmation message, click OK.
Right-click the Finbud Rules tab, and select Close.
Exercise 22.3 Validating and Deploying Business Rulesets

In this exercise, you validate and deploy rulesets.
Validating Rulesets
In System View, expand Planning, finbud, and Rulesets, and validate Finbud Rules. For
Validate Options, select Both to validate against both Planning and EPMA.
Deploying Rulesets
In Calculation Manager, in System View, expand Planning, finbud, and Rulesets, and
deploy Finbud Rules.
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information:
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Finbud Copy and
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Exercises
Lesson 23 Adding Variables and Formulas to

Business Rules
Exercise 23.1 Adding Runtime Prompts to Business Rules

In this exercise, you add runtime prompts to business rules.
Saving a Copy of Business Rules

In Calculation Manager System View, expand Planning, finbud, incstmt, and Rules.
Right-click Finbud Copy and adjust data, and select Copy To.
The Save As dialog box is displayed.
Save a copy of the rule to finbud, incstmt as Finbud Copy and adjust data prompts.
Setting Up Runtime Prompts for Members

In the System View, select Tools > Variables.
In the Variable Navigator, expand Planning, finbud, and incstmt.
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Right-click Finbud Copy and adjust data prompts, and select New to create a variable that can
be used only in the Finbud Copy and adjust data prompt rule.
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Create replacement variables, with the following criteria:
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Select a parent account. Data
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Ensure that Allow #Missing is cleared.

Save the variables, and close Variable Designer.
Setting Up Business Rules to Prompt for Information

In the System View, expand Planning, finbud, incstmt, and Rules, and open Finbud Copy and
adjust data prompts.
In Rule Designer, select the Copy and Adjust Data component.
On Point of View, for Net Sales, set up the function so that the account entry is set to
@RELATIVE({ParentAcc} , 0).
On Options for Percentage, set up the AdjustAmount variable to prompt for the
percentage.
Save and close the business rule.
Exercise 23.2 Adding Components to Business Rules
runs for level zero entities within North America.

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In the System View, expand Planning, finbud, incstmt, and Rules, and open Finbud Calculate
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the Begin component.
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Select the Member Range component.
In Member Range, in Caption, enter North American Entities.
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Save and close the business rule.
Setting Up Formulas
In the System View, expand Planning, finbud, and incstmt, and create a formula.
Enter or select the following information:
Field Value
Name Calculate Fringe Expense
Application Finbud
Plan Type Incstmt
On Properties, enter the following caption: Calculate fringe expense.

On Properties, enter the following comments: This formula calculates fringe expense based on
salary expense multiplied by 7%.
is greater than zero, calculate the fringe expense.

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Add a condition. For the condition, in Comment, enter the following text: If salary expense
select Data Condition.

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Close Calculate Fringe Expense. If prompted to save changes, click Yes.

The System View is displayed.
Deploying Business Rules

In Calculation Manager, select View > Deployment View.
Expand Planning and finbud and To be Deployed.
Expand incstmt, and select Finbud Copy and Adjust Data, Finbud Copy and Adjust Data-Prompts,
and Finbud Calculate Expenses.
Deploy all rules in finbud.

In Planning, assign Launch access according to the following information:
Business Rule User/Group Access

Finbud Copy and RJackson Launch
Adjust Data-Prompts
Kreilly Launch
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Create the following data form to test the business rule:

The following figure shows a portion of the data form. See the information that
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For the columns, select Level 0 Descendants of YearTotal.

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In the Page area, make the following selections, and click Go:
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Version Working
Year FY09
Enter the data for Jan, according to the following table.
Entity Account Jan Value

200 6000 12
6010 60
6020 75
205 6000 14
6010 50
6020 75
210 6000 10
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6020 65
220 6000 18
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On the Verify Business Rules data form, verify that the 5240 (Travel Other) and 5350
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Entity Account Value

200 5240 720
5350 900
205 5240 700
5350 1050
210 5240 500
5350 650
220 5240 900
5350 1350
225 5240 1500
5350 1875
230 5240 950
5350 1425
240 5240
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For Type a factor to multiply by, enter 5.
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OScroll down, and verify that the correct data is displayed for the children of account 4200.

Lesson 24 Managing the Approval Process
Exercises
Exercise 24.1 Managing the Planning Cycle

In this exercise, you start the planning units for North America. You then move the
children of East through the planning cycle by logging on as different users. This
exercise begins on the Planning Web client. You should be logged on the Finbud
Starting the Planning Cycle

Process management is not available until you start the planning cycle for the
appropriate planning units. Start the planning cycle for the Budget, Draft 1, North America
planning unit.
The process status should change to First Pass for North America and all
descendants of North America. When a planning unit is in First Pass, it has no
owner. Anyone with write access to the planning unit can enter or modify data.
Promoting Planning Units

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Log off the application, and log on as Kreilly with the password hyperion.
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Budget, Draft 1 for FY09.
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Open the Verify App data form. In the Page area, select New York, Alliance Merchandise,
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Because the planning unit is in First Pass, the data cells are available for data
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Submit the change, and return to the Check Status page.
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Promote the 245 (Connecticut) planning unit to Rjackson. Submit the change, and return to
the Check Status page.
The status of entities 240 and 245 is Under Review, and the owner is Rjackson.
The parent entity, East, is also under review, with no owner.
Open the Verify App data form. If needed, from the Page list, select New York, Alliance
Merchandise, Budget, Draft 1, and FY09.
Because the planning unit has been promoted to Rjackson and Kreilly no longer
has write access to the unit, the data for New York is read-only.
Signing Off a Planning Unit

Log off the application, and start a session. Log on as Rjackson with the password
hyperion.
Randy Jackson has reviewed Kate Reillys numbers for the East planning units. Change
the status of the 240 (New York), Budget, Draft 1 planning unit to Sign Off, and leave
Rjackson as the owner. Enter the following annotation:
These numbers look good. I am holding approval on East until I see revised figures for
Connecticut.
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Promote the entity 250, and select Rjackson as the owner. Submit the change, and return
to the Check Status page. Repeat the process for 255 (Rhode Island).
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under review. Because Rjackson is the owner of all four planning units, he now
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Notice that the status of entity 245 has changed to Not Signed Off and that
Kreilly is the owner. Randy Jackson no longer has write access to the planning
unit and cannot make further status changes.
Log off the application, and log on as Kreilly.
Open the Verify App data form. From the Page list, select Connecticut, Alliance Merchandise,
Budget, Draft 1, and FY09.
Because Kate Reilly is the owner, she can modify the data in the data form.
You want to increase the quarter 1 and quarter 2 figures for Connecticut. Collapse the Q1
and Q2 columns. For both quarters, select the cells for the 4000 input accounts. Use the
Adjust option to increase the numbers by 10%. Save your changes.
Return to the Check Status page. Promote the 245 (Connecticut), Budget, Draft 1 planning
unit to Rjackson. Enter the following annotation:
Trade sales numbers have been increased by 10% for the first two quarters.
Notice that Rjackson is now the owner of the Connecticut, Budget, Draft 1
planning unit.
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Log off the application, and log on as Rjackson. c a
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budget administrators can own approved planning units.
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Printing Planning Unit Annotations

Log off the application, and log on as trnadmin.
Print the Planning Unit Annotations administration report for the Budget, Draft 1, East and
its children planning units, including only the units with the process status of Approved.
After you finish reviewing the report, close it.
Exercise 24.2 Clearing Data
Clearing Supporting Detail and Account Annotations

Select Administration > Clear Cell Details.
The Clear Cell Details pane is displayed.
From the Plan Type drop-down list, ensure Incstmt is selected.
Click Go.
For Incstmt, specific dimensions are now selectable.
From Dimension, select Account; for the account member, select Client Information; and
add Client Information and all of its descendants to the Selected pane.
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its descendants to the Selected pane.
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Document.
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Copying Data Between Versions
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Reviewing Existing Data

Log off the Finbud application, and log on as user Kreilly with the password hyperion.
Open the Verify App data form.
In the Page area, select Georgia, Alliance Merchandise, Budget, Draft 1, and FY09.
Data should be displayed for this member selection.
In the Page area, change Draft 1 to Draft 2.
No data is displayed for Draft 2.
Copying Data from Draft 1 to Draft 2

Using the Copy Versions Workflow task, copy Budget, Draft1 data to Draft 2. Copy the data,
account annotations, cell text, and supporting details for the entities 220 (Georgia) and
230 (North Carolina).
Because Kreilly has write access to North American entities, only level 0 entities
for North America are displayed in the available list.
Open the Verify App data form. If needed, in the Page area, select Georgia, Alliance
Georgia and North Carolina.

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accounts 4200-100 through 4200-700. Decrease the values in these COGS accounts by 3%.
Save the data.
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working forecast. After the data is copied, you calculate the database to aggregate
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Open the Verify App data form, and make the following Page selections: Georgia, Alliance
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Data exists and is displayed.
Make the following page selections: Georgia, Alliance Merchandise, Forecast, Working, and
FY09.
No data exists.
Copying Data from Actual to Forecast

Using the Copy Data Administration task, copy data for the IncStmt plan type. Make the
following selections.
Static Dimensions
Dimension Members
Account Level 0 descendants of IBT
Entity Level 0 descendants of North America,
Europe, and PacRim
Period Level 0 descendants of YearTotal
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Verifying Results and Calculating Data

Open the Verify App data form, and, if necessary, make the following page selections:
Georgia, Alliance Merchandise, Forecast, Working, and FY09.
Data exists.
In the Page area, select South, Alliance Merchandise, Forecast, Working, and FY09.
Data does not exist for parent members.
Open Administration Services Console, and log on as user trnadmin with the password
hyperion. Using the following calculation scripts, calculate the Finbud:Incstmt database:
- HspCRtB
- PlanCurB
- (default)
Exit Essbase Administration Services.
Return to Planning. If necessary, open the Verify App data form. If necessary, make
specific page selections (South, Alliance Merchandise, Forecast, Working, and FY09), or
refresh the data.
From the Verify App data form, run the Calculate data form calculation script.
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Lesson 25 Creating Task Lists
Exercises
Exercise 25.1 Defining and Testing Task Lists

In this exercise, you create a task list to guide budget preparers through the processes of
entering and calculating their budget expenses and of starting the review process. You
provide the budget preparers with instructions and due dates. Based on the budget cycle
requirements, you need to modify the Verify Business Rules data form and the NA
Expenses business rule. This exercise begins in Planning. You should be logged on the
Finbud application as user trnadmin.
Preparing for Task List Definition and Rollout

Modify the Verify Business Rules data form to include, in the Page area, the Draft 1
member of the Version dimension. For Planners_NA and PlanIIU_NA, assign read
access to the data form.
Creating a Task List Folder and a Task List

Create a task list folder named Expense Budgeting, and, within it, create the Expense
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Adding a Descriptive Task
Field Value
Task Expense Budget Cycle
Type Descriptive
Instructions As cost center manager for North America, you will be responsible for
submitting budget numbers for expenses. Corporate guidelines for this
year are to reduce expenses by 1 to 3 percent.
Due Date Accept todays date
Adding a Web Data Form Task
Field Value
Task Enter Calculation Drivers and Rates
Type Data Form
Instructions Enter the Headcount, T&E Rate, and Software Rate for each of your cost
centers. In the Page area, select your cost center, No Customer, Budget,
Working, and FY09. These numbers will be used to calculate software
and travel expenses using the NA Expenses business rule.
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Alert
A date that is three days in the future
Accept todays date
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Assigning Access to the Task List

Assign the following access rights to the Expense Budgeting for North America task list.
User or User Group Access Rights

Planners_NA Assign
PlanIU_NA Manage and Assign
Log off the application, and end the session, leaving the Web browser open.
Testing the Task List

Log on the Finbud application as Kreilly with the password hyperion. Select to navigate in
Basic Mode, and, in the quick launch list, select the Expense Budgeting for North America task
list.
Review the status of the task list. Then review the tasks and their due dates. Start
performing each task in the task list.
The first task, Expense Budget Cycle, is a descriptive task with overall guidelines for the
budget cycle. Read the information provided, and then mark the task as complete and
proceed to the next task.
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for your cost center (for example, 200 or 270). Save the data; then mark the task as
complete and proceed to the next task.
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displays the NA Expenses business rule in the Launch Business Rule page. Launch the
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Log off Workspace.
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Lesson 26 Migrating Applications and Artifacts
Exercises
Exercise 26.1 Migrating Artifacts

In this exercise, you view, search for, and migrate application artifacts.
Logging on Shared Ser vices

Log on Shared Services with username trnadmin and password hyperion.
Searching for Artifacts

In the Application Management panel, expand Shared Services, Application Groups, and
Planning Training Applications nodes, and select hyplan.
The artifacts, sorted into categories, are displayed in the panel to the ri.
Select the Search Artifacts tab.
In the Artifact Name field, enter Verify*.
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example, if you know that the preferred web form begins with an A, enter A* to
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Definition to save the migration to a file for later use.
Navigate to C:\CF\PLN_CMA, and enter the file name hyplan verify data forms.
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Lesson 27 Building Classic Applications
Exercises
Exercise 27.1 Creating Planning Applications

In this exercise, you create and configure a data source and create a Planning Classic
application.
Logging on Workspace
Log on Workspace as trnadmin with hyperion as the password.
Using Application Wizard to Create Applications

From Workspace, select Navigate > Administer > Classic Application Administration > Planning
Administration.
The Classic Application Wizard is displayed.
Click Create Application.
The Select panel is displayed.
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Multicurrency application?: Yes
Configure Plan Types:
Plan Type1: Incstmt
Plan Type 2: Balsheet
Plan Type 3: Deselect this option, and clear the field.
Verify the settings that you selected, and click Finish.
The following message is displayed: Congratulations! You have successfully
created a new Planning application.
After the successful Planning application message is displayed, select here first to refresh
workspace Navigate -> Applications menu.
To verify that the application was created, select Navigate > Applications > Planning.
Budplan is now displayed in the application list. If you do not see Budplan listed,
refresh the Application menu.
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Lesson 28 Setting Up Classic Applications
Exercises
Exercise 28.1 Using Dimension Editor to Build Planning Dimensions

In this exercise, you use Dimension Editor to add metadata to your classic Planning
applications.
Adding Currencies
Open the BudPlan Planning application, and select Administration > Dimensions.
The Dimension Editor dialog box is displayed.
From Dimensions, select Currency, and edit USD by making the following selections:
In the Thousands Separator drop-down list, select Comma.
In the Negative Color drop-down list, select Red.
Adding Standard Currencies

Add the following currencies:
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Singapore dollar
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Clear BegBalance and Historical, and, for Show Years, select FY09.
Enter budget rates by specifying the following conversions. Use the Fill Table option to fill
in the rates for the years 20092010.

USD EUR 1.1291 1.1516
USD GBP 1.6156 1.6317
USD JPY 0.008489 0.008658
USD SGD 0.56969 0.57538
Close the Manage Exchange Rates window.
Creating Scenarios
In Dimension Editor, select Scenario.
Change Current to Actual.
Set up Actual with the following properties:
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End Year FY10
End Period Dec
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Data Storage Store
Enabled for Process selected
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Copy Budget to create the Forecast scenario with the following properties:
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Scenario Forecast
Description Forecasted Values
Start Year FY09
Start Period Jan
End Year FY10
End Period Dec
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Data Storage Store
Enabled for Process Enabled
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Field Value
Version Final
Data Storage Store
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Type Standard Target
Data Storage Store
Enabled for Process Cleared
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Refresh Essbase by selecting Database as the only option.
Refreshing the Currency Conversions Calculation Scripts

Refresh the Currency Conversion calculation scripts.
In the Currency Conversion Script File text box, type PlanCurB, and click Next.
Use member selection, and select all currencies, scenarios, and bottom-up versions.
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Add North America as a child of Worldwide with the following properties:
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Name North America
Alias (Default) NA Region
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Base Currency USD

In Dimension Editor, add the Income Statement account with the following properties:
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In Dimension Editor, add a Customer dimension with the following properties:
Field Value
Dimension Customer
Alias (Default)
Description
Valid for Plan Types Incstmt
Apply Security Selected
Data Storage Never Share
Two Pass Calculation Cleared
Add an attribute dimension that is named Salesrep and that is associated with the
Customer dimension.
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Name National Accounts
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Alias (Default)
Data Storage Store
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Exercise 28.2 Loading Information into Planning Classic

Applications
In this exercise, you load metadata, data, and import data forms to your classic Planning
applications.
Loading Metadata
Use the Outline Load utility to load metadata into BudPlan.
Launching the Outline Load Utility

Open the command prompt, and change the directory to cd\Hyperion\products\Planning\bin.
Loading Entities
First, you test the load file by using the /N flag to perform a dry run. Then you load the
entities.
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/I:c:\CF\PLN_CMA\Classic_Files\AccountAllClassic.csv /D:Account
/X:c:\AccountOutlineLoad.exc
If any record is rejected, review the AccountOutlineLoad.exc file, and fix the load file.
To load accounts, enter the following command:
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Loading Customers
/I:c:\CF\PLN_CMA\Classic_Files\CustomerAllClassic.csv /D:Customer
/X:c:\CustomerOutlineLoad.exc
If any record is rejected, review the CustomerOutlineLoad.exc file, and fix the load file.
To load customers, enter the following command:
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The Data Load dialog box is displayed.
Browse to C:\CF\PLN_CMA, and select the IncData.txt file.
Load BalData.txt into the Balsheet database.
Calculating the Essbase Databases

Calculate the Budplan:Incstmt database by running the following calculation scripts
individually in the following order:
- HspCRtBCopy exchange rates for bottom-up versions
- HspCRtTCopy exchange rates for target versions
- PlanCurBCopy exchange rates for bottom-up versions
- PlanCurTCopy exchange rates for target versions
- (default)Default calculation to CALC ALL
Calculate the Budplan:Balsheet database. Use the calculation scripts and order of
calculation that you used to calculate the Budplan:Incstmt database.
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Importing Data Forms
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The syntax for importing a data form definition file is Formdefutil.cmd import
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At the command prompt, enter Formdefutil.cmd export Verify Business Rules win2k3ent
trnadmin HYPlan, and press Enter.
At the command prompt, enter Formdefutil.cmd import Verify Business Rules.xml win2k3ent
trnadmin BudPlan, and press Enter.
The syntax for importing a data form definition file is as follows:
Formdefutil.cmd import <file name> <planning server name> <user name>
<application>
Close the command prompt window.

Launch Administration Services Console, and connect to the localhost server as user
trnadmin with the password hyperion.
Create variables that are based on the following information:
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Lesson 29 Setting Up Business Rules for Classic

Applications
Exercise 29.1 Creating a Business Rule to Clear and Copy Data

In this exercise, you create a business rule to clear data from a scratch version. Next,
you copy data into the scratch version to seed it. This exercise assumes that the
Administration Services Server is running and that you are logged on hyplan in
Workspace.
Creating Business Rules

Log on Administration Services Console as user trnadmin with hyperion for the password.
In the navigation frame, expand Business Rules, Repository View.
Create a rule.
Clearing Data
In the Select outline drop-down list, select Select outline; expand Planning, win2k3ent,
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Add the Copy Data component.
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Change the name of the destination to Current Scratch Budget.
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Select the following values for the source:
Dimension Value
Version Working
Select the Select Source component, and change the name to Working Budget Data.
Save the business rule. In the Save As dialog box, enter the following information:
Field Value
Name CopytoScratch
Description Copy Net Sales Accounts from
Working to Scratch
Setting the Copy Range for Account, Period, and Entity

You want to specify that data for all level 0 members of South, all level 0 members of
YearTotal, and all level 0 accounts of Net Sales should be copied.
In Selected Values for Current Scratch Budget for Period, select Level 0 Descendants
YearTotal.
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Select + on the process bar.

In the Select operator list, select X for multiplication.
On the process bar, select Number .
In the Specify number text box, type 1.15.
Save the business rule.

Now that you have created a rule that copies data to the level 0 members of Budget, you
need to calculate the database so that the data is aggregated to the parent members.
Because the Net Sales account uses dynamic calculation, you do not need to include the
Account dimension in the aggregation.
Add the Aggregate Data component.
On the Overview tab, from the Value Type column, for Entity, select User defined.
In the Entity row, select South; in the Relationships drop-down list, select Descendants
(inc); and click the arrow to move your selection to the Selected area.
@Descendants_including(South) is displayed in the Selected area.
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Year
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FY09
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Close the business rule.
Testing the Business Rule

In Planning, select the Verify BR folder, and open the Verify Scratch Business Rule data form.
In the Page drop-down list, select entity 230, N001, Working; and click Go.
Enter the following data:

4200-100 1000 1500 2000
4200-200 8000
4200-300 6000
In the Page drop-down list, select entity 230, N001, Scratch; and click Go.
Verify that there is no data in the Scratch version.
From the Tools menu, launch Incstmt - Rule - CopytoScratch.
A message is displayed when the rule is run successfully.
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In the Page drop-down list, select South, and click Go.

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Setting the Business Rule Range

For a business rule, the Global Range specifies the portion of the database that applies
to the entire business rule. In the rule that you just created, you calculate the travel and
software expenses for the Budget scenario, the Working version, and the FY09 period.
The calculation is performed for all descendants of North America; because operating
expenses are not stored by customer, you use the No Customer member.
As for most business rules, you use Local for currency. All of the members that you
specify are used throughout the business rule.
Set the Global Range by making the following selections:
Dimension Value
Period Level 0 Descendants of YearTotal
Year FY09
Scenario Budget
Version Working
Currency Local
Entity Descendants of North America
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Adding a Formula for Travel Expenses

You use the Units-Rates formula to calculate travel expenses for each combination of an
entity and the no customer member. The business rule uses the formula
Amounts = Units * Rates. In this section, you use the following formula: Travel Other
expense = Headcount * T&E Rate.
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The Units-Rates formula is displayed on the process bar.
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Set up the following dimension properties, which specify the label of each block and the
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Destination
Field Description
<Destination> label NA Travel Expenses
Account 5240 (Travel Other)
Units:
Field Description
<Select location for Units> label Operating Center Headcount
Account 6000 (Headcount)
Rate:
Field Description
<Select location for Rate> label
Account
Travel Rate
6010 (T&E Rate)
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software expense rate.
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Set up the following dimension properties, which specify the label of each block and the
Destination, Units, and Rate accounts for this formula:
Destination:
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<Destination> label NA Software Expenses
Account 5350 (Software Expense)
Units:
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Rate:
Field Description
Account
Software Rate
6020 (Software Rate)
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In Planning, open the Verify Business Rules data form.
In the Page area, make the following selections, and click Go:
Dimension Value
Entity 200
Scenario Budget
Version Working
Year FY09
Enter the data for Jan according to the following table.

200 6000 12
6010 60
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6000
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240 6000 23
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Remember to save data before you select the next entity from the Pages drop-
down list. After making a selection from the Pages drop-down list, click Go.
From the Tools menu, launch Incstmt - Rule - NA Expenses.

The NA Expenses was successful message is displayed.
On the Verify Business Rules data form, verify that the 5240 (Travel Other) and 5350

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Overview
This section contains step-by-step solutions to successfully complete all
exercises. Solutions are grouped by lesson.
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Solution 3.1 Calculating Data Storage

In this exercise, you practice how to calculate data storage.
Given the following information:
Dimension Dense or Sparse Number of Members

HSP_Rates Dense 7
Account Dense 150
Period Dense 19
Year Sparse 10
Scenario Sparse 3
Version Sparse 5
Currency Sparse 3
Entity Sparse 25
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Lesson 4 Managing Dimensions with Performance

Management Architect
Solution 4.1 Navigating Performance Management Architect

In this exercise, you learn how to navigate in Performance Management Architect.
Starting All Ser vices

1. In the Planning folder, double-click Startall.bat.
2. To open the Services window, in the Planning folder, double-click Services.
The Services Window is displayed.
3. After each service starts, enter the spacebar to continue.
4. After the EPM Architect Process Manager service starts, verify that the following
services started:
Hyperion EPM Architect - .Net JNI Bridge
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3. In the Properties of 6000, from the Category drop-down list, select Planning.
The member properties for the 6000 account are displayed.
4. Select Navigate > Administer > Application Library.
Applications are displayed in the Application Library.
5. In the Summary area, view application information.
6. In the Dimensions area, view the dimensions included in the application.
7. In the Properties area, view the application status.
8. In the Description area, view the application description.
9. In the Rules/Rules Set area, view rule sets and rules by plan type.
10. Select Navigate > Administer > Library Job Console.
The job status is displayed in the Library Job Console.
11. In the Library Job Console, view the job summary, attachments, and status.
12. Select the tabs to switch between views.
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6. In the Name text box, enter German and click OK.
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Solution 4.3 Managing Currencies

In this exercise, you add currencies to the Shared Library.
Adding a Currency Dimension

1. In the Shared Library, select File > New > Dimension.
2. In the Name text box, enter Currency.
3. In the Description text box, enter Planning Currency Dimension.
4. From the Type drop-down list, select Currency and click OK.
5. In Shared Library, select Currency.
6. In Properties for Currency, from the Category drop-down list, select Planning.
7. Clear Valid For Plan3.
8. Click Save.
Adding Currencies
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8. Double-click in the Currency Code text box, and enter USD.
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16. Double-click Data Storage and from the drop-down list, select StoreData.
17. Double-click in the Currency Code text box, and enter EUR.
18. Click Save.
19. Repeat steps 2 through 7 to add the following currencies, and add the appropriate
codes for each:
GBP (British Pound)
JPY (Japanese yen)
SGD (Singapore dollar)
20. Click Save after modifying each currency.
Editing Currencies
1. In the Shared Library, expand Currency.
2. Select USD.
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4. Ensure that the following selections are made:
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Lesson 5 Setting Up the Period, Year, Scenario,

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Solution 5.1 Customizing Year and Period Members

In this exercise, you add and modify time periods in the Shared Library.
Adding a Year Dimension

1. In the Shared Library, select File > New > Dimension.
2. In the Name text box, enter Year.
3. In the Description text box, enter Planning Year Dimension.
4. From the Type drop-down list, select Year and click OK.
5. In Shared Library, select Year.
6. In Properties for Year, from the Category drop-down list, select Planning.
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9. From the Year node, select FY07.
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13. Click Save.
14. Repeat steps 7 - 13 for years FY08, FY09, FY10, and FY11.
Adding a Period Dimension

1. In the Shared Library, right-click HP_Period and select Copy Dimension To > Shared
Library.
The Dimension Status Selection dialog box is displayed.
2. In the Dimension Name text box, enter Period.
3. In the Dimension Description text box, enter Planning Period Dimension.
4. Click OK.
5. In Shared Library, select Period.
6. In Properties of Period, from the drop-down list, select Planning.
7. For Properties of Period, verify that only Valid For Plan1 and Valid For Plan2 are
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Customizing Period Members

1. In the Shared Library, expand the Period dimension, and expand YearTotal, and
select Q1.
2. In the Property Grid, from the Category drop-down list, select Planning.
3. Double-click the Alias text box in the Property Grid, and click (ellipsis) for Alias.
4. In the Alias dialog box, for the Default alias, enter Qtr 1 and click OK.
5. Ensure that Valid For Plan3 is cleared.
6. For Data Storage, ensure that StoreData is selected.
7. For Period Type, ensure that Summary Time Period is selected.
8. Click Save.
9. Repeat steps 1 through 8 for Q2, Q3, and Q4.
10. In the Shared Library, expand Q1 and select Jan.
11. In the Property Grid, click (ellipsis) for Alias.
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In this exercise, you create and copy scenarios in the Shared Library.
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Adding a Scenario Dimension

2. In the Name text box, enter Scenario.
3. In the Description text box, enter Planning Scenario Dimension.
4. From the Type drop-down list, select Scenario and click OK.
5. In Shared Library, select Scenario.
6. In Properties of Scenario, from the Category drop-down list, select Planning.
8. Click Save.
Associating Year and Period Dimensions with Scenario

1. Right-click Scenario, and select Create Association.
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2. In the New Member dialog box, enter Actual and click OK.
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4. Define the scenario with the following properties:
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5. Click Save.
6. Right-click Scenario and select Create Member > As Child.
7. In the New Member dialog box, enter Budget and click OK.
8. In Shared Library, select Budget and from the Category drop-down list, select
Planning.
9. Define the scenario with the following properties:
Property Value
Valid for Plan Type Plan1 and Plan2
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Selected
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Adding a Version Dimension

2. In the Name text box, type Version.
3. In the Description text box, enter Planning Version Dimension.
4. From the Type drop-down list, select Version and click OK.
5. In Shared Library, select Version.
6. In Properties for Version, from the Category drop-down list, select Planning.
8. Click Save.
Creating standard bottom-up versions

1. In Shared Library, right-click Version and select Create Member > As Child.
2. In the New Member dialog box, enter Draft 1 and click OK.
3. Select Draft 1 and from the Category drop-down list, select Planning.
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5. Select the following properties and click to move them to the Selections area:
Valid for Plan1
Valid for Plan2
Data Storage
Version Type
6. Click Finish.
The Grid Editor is displayed with your selections.
7. Right-click Draft 1, and select Create Member > As Sibling.
8. In the New Member dialog box, enter Draft 2, and click OK.
9. Repeat steps 7 through 8 to add the following versions:
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12. For the Working and Scratch versions, clear Enable Process Management so that
these versions have the following properties:
Property Value
Enable Process Management Cleared
Version Type BottomUp
13. For the Target version, clear Enable Process Management, and select Target for the
version type so that the Target version has the following properties:
Property Value
Enable Process Management Cleared
Version Type Target
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15. Right-click the Grid Editor tab and select Close.
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Solution 6.1 Creating Entities

In this exercise, you learn how to create entities in the Shared Library.
Adding an Entity Dimension

3. In the Name text box, enter Entity.
4. In the Description text box, enter Planning Entity Dimension.
5. From the Type drop-down list, select Entity and click OK.
6. Select Entity and in Properties for Entity, from the Category drop-down list, select
System.
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5. Right-click the Entity node and select Create Association.
Field Value
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Dimension Currency
7. Click OK.
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6. In Shared Library, right-click Worldwide and select Create Member > As Sibling.
7. In the New Member dialog box, enter Headquarters and click OK.
8. In Shared Library, select Headquarters and from the Category drop-down list, select
Planning.
Property Value
Alias (Default) Corporate Headquarters
Currency USD
10. Click Save.
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7. In the New Member dialog box, enter Central and click OK.
8. In Shared Library, select Central and from the Category drop-down list, select
Planning.
Property Value
Alias (Default) Central Region
Currency USD
10. Click Save.
Setting Up Central Entities

In this part of the exercise, you set up the child entities for Central.
1. In Shared Library, right-click Central and select Create Member > As Child.
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Currency USD
5. Click Save.
6. In Shared Library, right-click HQ-US and select Insert Shared Member > As Child.
7. In the Member Selector dialog box, expand Worldwide > North America > Central.
8. Select 200 and click the Select button to add 200 to the Selections list.
9. Click OK.
10. In Shared Library, select 200(Shared) and note that the Data Storage property is set to
ShareData, and ensure that the aggregation for 200(Shared) is +.
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Solution 7.1 Creating Account Dimensions

In this exercise, you define members in the Account dimension.
Adding an Account Dimension

3. In the Name text box, enter Account.
4. In the Description text box, enter Planning Account Dimension.
5. From the Type drop-down list, select Account and click OK.
6. In Shared Library, select Account.
7. In Properties for Account, from the Category drop-down list, select Planning.
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4. Click OK.
Setting Up Accounts
1. In Shared Library, right-click the Account node and select Create Member > As Child.
2. In the New Member dialog box, enter Income Statement and click OK.
3. Select Income Statement and from the Category drop-down list, select Planning.
4. Define the account with the following properties:
Property Value
Data Storage LabelOnly
Smart List Cleared
Time Balance Flow
Skip Value None
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Data Type
Revenue
Currency
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Skip Value None
Account Type SavedAssumption
Exchange Rate Type None
Data Type NonCurrency
11. Click Save.

12. In Shared Library, right-click Saved Assumptions and select Create Member > As Sibling.
13. In the New Member dialog box, enter Balance Sheet and click OK.
14. In Shared Library, select Balance Sheet and from the Category drop-down list, select
Planning.
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Alias (Default) Profit/(Loss)
Data Storage DynamicCalc
Time Balance Flow
Skip Value None
Data Type Currency

6. Verify that ExchangeRate Type is set to Average.
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Solution 8.1 Creating User-Defined Dimensions and Attributes

In this exercise, you add the user-defined dimension Customer and the Salesrep
attribute dimension. You use the Customer dimension for sales analysis in the Incstmt
plan. This exercise assumes that you are logged onto Workspace as trnadmin with
password hyperion.
1. In Dimension Library, select File > New > Dimension.
2. In the Add New Dimension dialog box, enter the following information:
Property Value
Name Customer
Description Customer
Type Generic
3. Click OK.
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4. In the Property Grid for Salesrep, from the Category grid drop-down list, select
Planning.
5. For Attribute Type, select Text.
6. Click Save.

In this part of the exercise, you create a new property in the Customer dimension called
Salesrep. Then you create an association between the Salesrep dimension and the
Salesrep property in the Customer dimension.
1. In Shared Library, select the Customer dimension.
The Properties for Customer area is displayed.
2. In the Property Grid for Customer, from the Category drop-down list, select Planning.
3. Right-click the Customer node and select Create Association.
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Adding Members to the Salesrep Dimension

1. In Shared Library, right-click Salesrep and select Create Member > As Child.
2. In the New Member dialog box, enter Tom Baker and click OK.
Solution 8.2 Setting up Customer Members

In this exercise, you set up the Customer dimension.
1. In Shared Library, right-click Customer and select Create Member > As Child.
2. In the New Member dialog box, enter All Customers and click OK.
3. Select All Customers and define All Customers with the following properties:
Property Value
Data Storage
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10. In the New Member dialog box, enter N001 and click OK.
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Property Value
Alias (Default) Alliance Merchandise
12. Double-click the Salesrep text box, and click (ellipsis).

The Member Selector dialog box is displayed.
13. Select Tom Baker and click OK.
14. Click Save.
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Solution 8.3 Creating Smart Lists

In this exercise, you create and associate Smart Lists in the Shared Library.
Creating Smart Lists

2. In the Add New DImension dialog box, enter the following information:
Property Value
Name Customer_Service_Level
Description Customer Service Smart List
Type SmartList
3. Click OK.
4. In Shared Library, select Customer_Service_Level.
5. In Properties for Customer_Service_Level, from the category drop-down list, select
Planning.
6. In the Label property, double-click and enter Customer_Service_Level.
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10. In the Name text box, enter Silver and click OK
11. Select Silver and in the Property Grid, in the Label text box, enter Silver and click Save.
Child.
13. In the Name text box, enter Bronze and click OK.
14. Select Bronze and in the Property Grid, in the Label text box, enter Bronze and click
Save.
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Solution 9.1 Loading Entity and Account Dimension Members

In this exercise, you create an import profile and import metadata into the Entity and
Account dimensions. You also add a member formula to Profit Percent. The formula
calculates Gross Profit as a percentage to Net Sales.
This exercise assumes that you are logged onto Workspace as trnadmin with password
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Loading Entity Members

1. In Dimension Library, select Navigate > Administer > Dimension Library.
2. In Shared Library, select File > Import > Create Profile.
3. In the New Profile dialog box, enter the following information:
Field Value
Profile Name HpFinbudEntity
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12. Map to the following Shared Library dimensions:
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Entity Entity Merge
13. Ensure that Merge As Shared is selected.

14. Click Next.
15. In the Dimension Mapping section, click Finish.
16. When prompted to execute the profile, click Yes.
17. On the Job Task dialog box, click Click here to navigate to jobs.
18. Review the Job Console for any errors.
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7. Click Upload and click OK.
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10. In the Map Dimensions section, select the Create dimensions for the non-mapped
dimensions with the source dimension name check box.
11. Select Select All - Merge As Shared.

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Solution 9.2 Loading Sales Representatives

In this exercise, you create an import profile and import metadata into the Salesrep
dimension.
Create an Import Profile for Salesreps

Profile Name HpSalesreps

Application Shared Library

6. Select the HPFinbudSalesrep.ads file and click Open.
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20. In Shared Library, verify that the Salesrep dimension contains the members you
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Solution 9.3 Loading Customers

In this exercise, you create an import profile and import metadata into the Customer
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Solution 10.1 Creating New Applications

In this exercise, you create an application for Finbud. You build the application from
dimensions in Shared Library. You use the application wizard to create a new application.
This exercise assumes that you are logged into Workspace as trnadmin with password
hyperion.
2. Select File > New > Application(z).
The Application Creation Wizard is displayed.
3. In the Name text box, enter Finbud.
4. From the Type drop-down list, select Planning.
5. Select Auto Create Local Dimensions.
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1. Set or select the properties for Finbud according based on the following information:
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Scenario Scenario(new) selected
Account Account(new) selected
Year Year(new) selected
Period Period(new) selected
Alias Alias(new) selected
Currency Currency(new) selected
7. For Custom Dimensions, select [Create New Dimension].

8. For Dimension Name enter Customer and for type select Generic, and click OK.
9. Select Local Dimension for Customer.
10. For Other Dimensions, select a new Smart List dimension of Customer_Service_Level
and Local Dimension.
11. Click Next.
The Creating application Finbud message is displayed.
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1. Ensure that the Finbud application includes following settings:
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5. Select Customer and in Planning Properties clear Plan2 (Balsheet), and select Save
Property.
6. Click Finish.
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Solution 11.1 Validating and Deploying Applications

In this exercise, you validate and deploy the Finbud application.
Adding Dimensions from Shared Librar y

In this part of the exercise, you add the local Salesrep dimension to the Finbud
application in Dimension Library.
1. In Dimension Library, right-click Finbud and select Create Dimension.
Property Value
Name Salesrep
Description Planning Salesrep Dimension
Type Attribute
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3. Click OK.

In this part of the exercise, you verify the association between the local Alias dimension
to the alias property in the local Customer dimension.
1. In Finbud, select the Customer node.
The Properties for Customer area is displayed.
2. Right-click the Customer node and select View Associations.
3. Ensure that Alias is associated with the Customer dimension.
4. If Alias is not associated with the Customer dimension, perform the following steps:
Right-click the Customer node and select Create Associations.
Enter or make the following selections:
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1. In Dimension Library, select File > Import > Create Profile.
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6. Select the HPFinbudSalesrep.ads file and click Open.
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dimensions with the source dimension name check box. Do not clear any other selected
options.
11. Click Next.
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Loading Members to the Customer Dimension

In this part of the exercise, you create an import profile and import metadata into the
Customer dimension of the Finbud application.
1. In Dimension Library, select File > Import > Create Profile.
Profile Name HpFinbudCustomerLocal

Application Finbud

6. Select the HPFinbudCustomer.ads file and click Open.
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15. In the Finbud application, verify that the Customer dimension contains the members
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Merging Dimensions from Shared Librar y

In this part of the exercise, you merge metadata with the dimensions in Shared Library to
populate the local application with a complete list of metadata.
1. Expand the Finbud application.
2. Right-click Alias(Local) and select Synchronize > From Shared Library.
3. For dimension, select Alias and Replace.
4. Click OK.
5. In the Application pane, select Alias.
6. In Properties of Alias, from the Category drop-down list, select System.
7. For the Default member property, click (ellipsis).
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21. Click OK.

22. In Finbud, right-click Customer(Local) and select Synchronize > From Shared Library.
23. For dimension, select Customer and Replace.
24. Click OK.
25. In Finbud, right-click Period (Local) and select Synchronize > From Shared Library.
26. For dimension, select Period and Replace.
27. Click OK.
28. In Finbud, right-click Year(Local) and select Synchronize > From Shared Library.
29. For dimension, select Year and Replace.
30. Click OK.
31. In Finbud, right-click Scenario (Local) and select Synchronize > From Shared Library.
32. For dimension, select Scenario and Replace.
33. Click OK.
34. In Finbud, right-click Version (Local) and select Synchronize > From Shared Library.
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3. Click OK.
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In this part of the exercise, you set the performance settings.
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Dimension Value
Account Dense
Period Dense
HSP_Rates Dense
Entity Sparse
Customer Sparse
Year Sparse
Scenario Sparse
Version Sparse
Currency Sparse
4. From the drop-down list, select Balsheet.

5. Set up the order and characteristics as indicated in the following table:
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5. Fix the validation errors and execute the validation again.
Deploying Applications
1. In Application Library, right-click the Finbud application and select Deploy >
Application(v).
2. If there are validation errors the Job Task dialog box is displayed.
On the Job Task dialog box, click Click here to navigate to jobs.
Click Validation Log and Open.
Fix the validation errors and execute the deploy again.
3. If there are no errors, in the Deploy dialog box, enter or verify the following
information:

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Adding Member Formulas

1. In Dimension Library, for Finbud, expand Account, Income Statement, and Statistical
Information and select 7000, and in the Property Grid, double-click Member Formula and
click (ellipsis).
The Member Formula Editor dialog box is displayed.
2. Enter Gross Profit % Net Sales; and click Validate.
The Member Formula is Valid message is displayed.
3. Click OK twice.
4. Click Save.
Adding a Member Formula for Net Inc

Now that all account members have been loaded into the application, you create a
formula using the @XREF function. You use the @XREF function to set the value of Net
Inc in the Balsheet database to the data value from the Net Income, All Customers
member from the Incstmt database. The @XREF function requires a locationAlias
argument which refers to a descriptor that identifies the data source.
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Setting up a XREF Function for Net Inc

1. In Dimension Library, for Finbud, expand the Account > BalanceSheet > Total LiabEquity >
Total Equity, and select Net Inc.
2. Select Net Inc, and in the Property Grid, double-click Member Formula and click
(ellipsis).
The Memo Editor dialog box is displayed.
3. In the Memo Editor, enter @XREF(_Revcube_,Net Income,All Customers); and click
Validate.
The Member Formula is Valid message is displayed.
4. Click OK.
The following are true:
_Revcube_ is the location alias pointing to the Incstmt database.
Net Income and All Customers are the members sent to the data source in
addition to the members in the current point of view. The data value is retrieved
for the combined members.
The formula ends in a semi-colon.
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1. In Application Library, right-click Finbud and select Deploy > Application (v).
2. In the Deploy dialog box, enter or verify the following information:

Data Source Finbud
Refresh Outline Selected

Create Outline
Shared Members Security Filters
Validate Security Filter Limit
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Solution 12.1 Setting Up Exchange Rates Tables and Exchange

Rates
You need to be able to translate between the U.S. dollar and any currency. You do not
need to translate between other currencies. For example, you do not need to see
Japanese yen translated to British pounds or British pounds translated to Japanese yen.
To translate between the U.S. dollar and any currency, you set up two exchange rate
tables and enter exchange rates.
Setting Up Actual Exchange Rates

1. From Workspace, select Navigate > Applications > Planning > Finbud.
2. Select Administration > Manage Exchange Rates.
3. From the Manage Exchange Rates Tables list, select Actual Rates.
4. Click Edit.
The Edit Exchange Rate Table dialog box is displayed.
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to display the Exchange Rate tab.
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USD JPY 0.008411 0.008579

USD SGD 0.56405 0.57579
8. When you have finished entering the average and ending rates, click Save and click
OK.
9. Click Close.

1. On the Manage Exchange Rates window, clear Actual Rates, and select Budget and
Forecast, and click Edit.
2. On the Rate Table tab, clear BegBalance and Historical, and click Next to display the
Exchange Rate tab.
3. From the To Currency drop-down list, select USD.
4. From the Show Years drop-down list, select FY09.
5. Specify the following conversions and use Fill Table to fill all years. These rates should
be valid for the years 2009 through 2011.
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5. When the process is complete, click Finish.

6. Select Administration > Manage Currency Conversion.
7. In the Name text box, enter PlanCurB and click Next.
8. On the Details tab, select the following members:
Field Value
Currency USD, EUR
Scenario Actual, Budget, Forecast
Version Type Bottom-up
Version Draft 1, Draft 2, Final, Working,
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9. Click Save and click Create New.

10. In the Name text box, enter PlanCurT and click Next.
11. On the Details tab, select the following members:
Field Value
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USD, EUR
Actual, Budget, Forecast
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Applications
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Incstmt
Calculation Scripts
The PlanCurB and PlanCurT calculation scripts are in the list. These calculation
scripts were created during the database refresh.
5. Exit Essbase Administration Services.
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Solution 14.1 Loading Data into Planning

In this exercise, you load data for the Actual scenario for 2008 and for the Budget
scenario for 2009.
Accessing Essbase Administration Ser vices Console

1. From the Planning folder on the desktop, double-click Start Administration Services
Console.
3. Enter the user name trnadmin and the password hyperion and click OK.
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7. Click OK.
The Data Load Results window is displayed and indicates whether the file
loaded with no errors.
8. Click Close.
9. Repeat steps 1 through 8 to load BalData.txt into the Balsheet database.
Solution 14.2 Loading Data Using Essbase Load Rules

In this exercise, you load data for the Incstmt database using a load rule.
Creating Load Rules

1. From the Finbud application list, expand Incstmt.
2. Select Incstmt.
3. From the Actions menu, select Create > Rules file for Incstmt.
The Data Prep Editor window is displayed.
4. From the Options menu, select Associate outline.
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Essbase Administration Services uses.
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The top half of the Data Prep Editor displays records from the data load file. The
bottom half shows what the source information looks like after applying various
rules.
Notice the following points in the data load file:
The first row of the data file contains the dimension or member name.
The first column contains the years 2009 and 2008. You need to change
2009 to FY09 and 2008 to FY08 in the load rule.
The fourth column contains data that you do not need to load into the
application.
The sixth column contains the entity 210-MICH, which you need to
change to 210 in the load rule.
Setting up the Header and Replacing Members

1. From the Options menu, select Data source properties.
2. Select the Header tab.
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Setting up Columns for Importing

1. Select the Area (Field4) column.
The Field Properties box is displayed.
3. Select the Data Load Properties tab.
4. Scroll down and select the Ignore field during data load check box and click OK.
In the bottom half of the screen, the Area column is not selectable.
5. Select the Entity (Field6) column.
The Field Properties box is displayed.
7. In the Replace text box, enter -MICH; leave the With text box blank.
8. Select the Replace All Occurrences check box and click OK.
In the bottom half of the screen, -MICH is removed from the Entity column.
9. From the File menu, select Save.
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9. Click OK.
10. Do one of the following:
If the Data Load Completed window is displayed, indicating that the file loaded with
no errors, click Close.
If errors occur, check the error log file; then modify the load rules accordingly and
try loading the file again.
Calculating the Essbase Administration Ser vices Databases

1. With the Finbud:Incstmt database still selected, from the Actions menu, select
Execute calculation for Incstmt.
2. From the Calculation Script list, select HspCRtB to run the copy exchange rates for the
bottom-up versions calculation script and click OK.
target versions calculation script and click OK.

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Solution 15.1 Provisioning Planning Users and Groups

In this exercise, you provision users and groups for the Finbud application in Shared
Services Console. You also verify that the users were provisioned with the correct roles.
You should be logged on to Shared Services as user trnadmin.
Provisioning Users
1. From the Planning folder on the desktop, double-click Shared Services Console.
2. Enter the user name trnadmin and the password hyperion and click Log On.
3. In the view pane, expand Shared Services > User Directories > Native Directory.
The Users, Groups, and Roles nodes are displayed.
4. Select the Users node.
The Enter search criteria to begin window is displayed.
5. Click Search.
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The status message The following user(s) /group(s) were successfully
provisioned to the following applications: is displayed.
10. Click OK.
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14. Verify that Rjackson has the Interactive Reporting Viewer role.
15. Click Save.
16. Click OK.
Provisioning Groups
1. From Shared Services Console, expand User Directories > Native Directory.
The Users, Groups, and Roles nodes are displayed.
2. Select the Groups node.
The Enter search criteria to begin window is displayed.
3. Click Search.
A list of existing groups is displayed.
4. Right-click PlanIU_NA and select Provision.
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Planners_Europe Planner
Planners_PacRim Planner
Planners_All Planner
PlanViewers_All View User
PlanAdmins Provisioning Manager,
Administrator, Manage
Models, Mass Allocation
Verifying User Provisioning

1. From Shared Services Console, expand User Directories > Native Directory and select
Users.
2. Select Administration > View Report.
The View Report window is displayed.
3. Make the following selections and click Create Report.
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1. In the Planning folder, double-click the Workspace icon.
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Setting Up the Application for All Users

1. In Workspace, select Navigate > Applications > Planning > finbud.
2. Select Administration > Application Settings.
The System Settings page is displayed.
3. From the Enable Use of the Application drop-down list, select All Users.
4. Click Save.
Logging on as Other Users

1. Log onto Workspace with the user name Kreilly and the password hyperion.
Because Kreilly is a planner, the Administration menu is not displayed.
3. Select File > LogOff and click Yes to end the session.
4. Log onto Workspace with the user name Rjackson and the password hyperion.
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Lesson 16 Setting Up Access Rights to Planning

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Solution 16.1 Setting Up Dimension Access

In this exercise, you assign access rights to scenarios and entities in the Dimension
Editor. This exercise begins in Planning. You should be logged on to the Finbud
application as the trnadmin user.
Assigning Access to Scenarios

1. From Planning, select Administration > Dimensions.
The dimension editor is displayed.
2. From the Dimensions drop-down list, select Scenario.
3. Select the Actual scenario and click Assign Access.
The Assign Access for Actual dialog box is displayed.
4. Click Add Access.
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11. In the Security column for the Actual scenario, click View.
The access for this member is displayed.
12. Click Close.
Assigning Access to Entities

1. From the Dimensions drop-down list, select Entity.
2. Select the Worldwide entity and click Assign Access.
3. In the Assign Access for Worldwide dialog box, click Add Access.
4. Select the users MWoo and Rjackson; for Type of Access, select Read; and verify that
Member is selected from the inheritance option drop-down list.
5. Click Add.
6. Click Close twice to return to the dimension editor.
7. Select the North America entity and click Assign Access.
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4. Click Add.
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11. Select the North America entity and click Assign Access.
13. Select the group Planners_NA; for Type of Access, select Write; and from the
inheritance option drop-down list, select Descendants (inclusive).
14. Click Add.
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2. Select Security Filters.
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1. Open Notepad.
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4. Each line in the file must be in the following format:

user/group name, member name, access rights, Essbase Services access flags
5. Add the following access rights to the file:

Assign Planners_All and PlanIU_All Write access to the Forecast scenario.
Assign Kreilly Read access to the Final version.
Assign Planners_All and PlanIU_ All Write access to the Saved Assumptions account
and to all descendants of Saved Assumptions.
Assign Mwoo Write access to the Retail customer and to all children of Retail.
Assign Mwoo Write access to the PacRim entity and to all descendants of PacRim.
6. Save the changes to the file and exit Notepad.
Importing the Security Access File

In this part of the exercise, you import security. The importsecurity utility must be run
from the command prompt or from within a batch file.
1. From the Windows desktop, select Start > Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt.
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Record not processed - Rjackson,Worldwide,Read,member - Lower access
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Viewing Security for Shared Members

1. From Planning, select Administration > Dimensions.
2. Select the Entity dimension.
3. Verify the security.
When security was imported, no direct access was given to Mwoo for the 200 -
Illinois member.
4. Expand the Headquarters entity down to its descendants.
5. Select the 200(Shared) entity and note that no access has been assigned directly to it.
6. For the Headquarters entity, in the Security column click View.
Mwoo has Read access to the member and its descendants. Therefore, Mwoo
has Read access to the HQ-US member and the 200(Shared) member, and
access to 200-Illinois under the Central region.
7. Click Close to close the Assign Access for Headquarters window.
Generating Security Filters for All Users

1. From Planning, select Administration > Manage Database.
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In this exercise, you set up substitution variables for the current year for both the Actual
and Budget scenarios. You then create three folders to store data forms and create data
forms.
Solution 17.1 Creating Data Forms

In this exercise, you define Essbase substitution variables for the current year for both
the Actual and Budget scenarios. You then create three folders to store forms and create
several forms. You add dynamic rows and make part of the data form read-only.

1. From the Planning folder, double-click Start Administration Services Console.
2. From the Administration Server drop-down list, select the win2k3ent server, enter the
user name trnadmin and the password hyperion, and click OK.
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7. Enter the following information and click OK.
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Application Finbud
Database Balsheet
Name ActYear
Value FY08
8. Repeat steps 4 through 7 to create a variable named BudYear with FY09 for the value.
Creating Folders
NOTE
This exercise assumes that you are logged on to the Finbud application in
Planning. Log on as user trnadmin with password hyperion.
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1. In the Data Form Folders frame, expand the Forms folder and select the Verify BR
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3. On the Properties tab, enter the following specifications for the data form:
Field Value
Data Form Verify App
Plan Type Incstmt
4. Click Next to proceed to the Row/Column Layout tab.

5. From the Column Dimension drop-down list, select the Period dimension.
6. For the members, select YearTotal Descendants(inc), click Add, and click Submit.
7. In the column properties area, select to display the column width as Small.
8. From the Row Dimension drop-down list, select the Account dimension.
9. In the Members field, select IDescendants(IBT),Children(Saved
Assumptions),Descendants(Client Information) and click Add.
10. In the Members field, select Net Income, and click Add.
11. For Account Dimension Properties, select the Member Name, Member Alias, and Start
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Japan including children.
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Version
Year I n Working, Draft 1, Draft 2, Final
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17. Clear the Visible check box.

18. Click Next to proceed to the Other Options tab.
19. In the Precision area, select 2 decimal places for all of the values in both minimum
and maximum.
20. In the Display Properties area, select the Display missing values as blank, Enable account
annotations, Enable Grid Spread, and Enable Cell-Level Document check boxes.
21. In Smart View options, select Enable for Smart Slice and Enable Offline Usage.
22. Preview the data form and click Save.
The Data form has been saved dialog box is displayed.
23. Click OK.
Solution 17.2 Optional: Creating Asymmetric Forms
Creating Forms
1. In the Data Form Folders column, expand the Forms folder and select the Income
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2. In the Data Form window, click Create.
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1. In the Column Dimension(s) section, click Add Dimension twice, for a total of four
dimensions in the columns.
2. Enter the following dimensions and members for the columns:
Field Value
Scenario Actual
Version Final
Year &ActYear
3. Click Add Column to add another column with different member selections.
4. In the Additional Column Definition dialog box, enter the following dimensions and
members:
Field Value
Scenario
Version
Budget
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10. For the members of the Account dimension, select Children (inc) of Tot Exp.
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Clear Member Name.

Select Member Alias and Start expanded.
Click Submit.
12. In the row Properties area, select Allow users to dynamically add rows.
14. In the Page Dimension(s) area, select the Entity dimension and Children of South for
the members.
15. In the Page Properties area, select Alias.
16. In the Point of View Dimension(s) area, enter the following dimensions and
members:
Dimension Value
Currency Local
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20. Preview the data form, click Save, and click OK.
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4. From the Page drop-down list, select the Texas entity and click Go.
Notice that the level 0 expense accounts add up to Total Expenses, as defined
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8. In the Deploy dialog box, enter the following information:

Data Source Finbud
Refresh Outline Selected

Create Outline
Shared Members Security Filters
Validate Security Filter Limit
10. Click Deploy.
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Solution 17.3 Creating Composite Data Forms

In this exercise, you create a composite data form so that you can view information at
both a summarized and a detailed level.
Adding Smart Lists and Non-currency Values to Data Forms

Create a data form called Customer Sales Detailed. Create a second data form, to show
summarized information and call form Customer Sales Summary.
Finally, create a composite form that shows the two forms that you just created. Call the
composite data form Customer Sales Info.
Follow the instructions to create these forms.
Creating a Detailed Data Form

Statement folder.
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4. In the Row Dimension(s) area, select Account. For the members of the Account
dimension, select Children inclusive of 4000 (Trade Sales). Select the following accounts
to include on the data form: 6060, 6070, and 6080.
Select Member Alias.
Click Submit.
7. In the Page Dimension(s) area, select the Entity dimension and Idescendants of North
America for the members.
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Dimension Value
Currency Local
Scenario
Version
Budget
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Description Customer Sales information

Plan Type IncStmt

Field Value
Period descendants inclusive of
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2. In the Row Dimension(s) area, select Customer.

3. For the members of the Customer dimension, select Children of National Accounts.
4. In the Row Dimension(s) area, select Account. For the member of the Account
dimension, select 4000 and 4200.
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2. In the Data Form window, click Create Composite.
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Solution 17.4 Creating Data Forms to Convert Currencies

In this exercise, you create a data form to convert currencies. You place the Currency
dimension in the page area and convert values on the data form.
NOTE
Planning and are on the Data Form Management page.
Creating Data Forms to Convert Currencies

1. In the Data Form Folders frame, expand Forms and select the Income Statement folder.
Field Value
Data Form Convert Currencies
Description
Plan Type
Handling currencies in a data form
Incstmt
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4. For Entity Dimension Properties, select Member Alias and Start expanded.
5. For Account Dimension Properties, select Member Name, Member Alias, and Start
expanded.
7. In the Page Dimension(s) area, select the following dimensions and members:
Dimension Value
Currency Level 0 descendants of Currency
Customer Level 0 descendants of Customer

9. In the Point of View Dimension(s) area, select the following dimensions and
members:
Dimension Value
Scenario Budget
Version Working
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Testing Data Forms

1. From the Navigation frame, expand the Forms folder and select the Income Statement
folder.
2. Click Convert Currencies to open the Convert Currencies data form.
The rows display three sales accounts for Illinois, London, Spain, and Tokyo.
From the Page drop-down list, you can select the currenciesLocal and the
two reporting currencies, USD and EUR. All level 0 customers are available in
the Page drop-down list. Notice that the column for Jan displays #missing for
the data value as well as the Local currency code.
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8. In Feb, enter 200 for each of the entities for the same account.
Notice that the cell background color is changed to indicate that values were
entered but not saved.
9. Click (save).
10. From the Page drop-down list, select USD and click Go.
The data is displayed as #MISSING and is not selectable. The cells are read-
only.
11. Select View > Instructions, view the instructions for Convert Currencies, and click Close.
12. Select Edit > Launch Rules.
The Launch Business Rules dialog box is displayed.
13. Select <Calculate Currencies> and click Launch.
14. When the success message is displayed, close the window.
15. Click (refresh) to refresh the data.
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Solution 17.5 Assigning Access to Forms

In this exercise, you assign access to the data forms.
Assigning and Verifying Data Form Access

1. Select Administration > Manage Data Forms.
2. In Data Form Management, select the Verify BR folder and the Verify App data form
and click Assign Access.
4. Select the Planners_All and PlanIU_All groups, and for Type of Access select Read.
5. Click Add and click Close twice.
6. Log off the application and log back on as user Mwoo with password hyperion.
8. In the Navigation frame, expand the Forms folder.
9. Select the Verify BR folder and open the Verify App data form.
10. In the Page area, select the drop-down list for the entities.
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are available. Mwoo has access to Illinois, entity 200, because mwoo has
access to headquarters and its descendants.
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access for Tokyo.
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18. In the Assign Access for Convert Currencies dialog box, click Add Access.
19. In the Users and Groups box, select the user Mwoo.
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You may need to scroll down to see all of the user names.
20. In the Type of Access area, select Read.

21. Click Add.
Mwoo is assigned Read access. This user can use the data form and change its
design.
22. Click Close twice to return to the Data Form Management window.
Verifying Data Form Access

1. Log off the application and log back on as user Rjackson with password hyperion.
Rjackson is an interactive user, and has access to the Administration task
Manage Data Forms.
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11. Log off Workspace and log back on as user trnadmin with password hyperion.
Reviewing Data Form Definitions

1. Select Administration > Reporting.
2. If necessary, select the Data Forms tab.
3. From the Available Data Forms list, select the Verify App and Convert Currencies data
forms, and click (add) to add them to the Selected Data Forms list.
4. Make sure that Include member selection list is selected.
5. Click Create Report.
6. Review the definition of the data forms, including the access rights that you just
assigned.
7. Close the report.
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Solution 18.1 Exporting and Importing Forms

In this exercise, you use the FormDefUtil.cmd utility to export a data form from the
HYPlan application, modify its definition, and import the data form to the Finbud
application. The next step is to modify the data form to add Attribute members and save
it with a new name.
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Planning as user trnadmin with password hyperion.
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6. To confirm the export, enter dir *.xml and press Enter.
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1. Return to the Windows desktop and launch Notepad.
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3. Exit Notepad.
4. Return to the command prompt window.
Importing Sales Budget vs Target

1. At the command prompt, ensure that you are in the hyperion\products\Planning\bin
directory. If you are not at the directory, at the command line, type
CD\hyperion\products\Planning\bin and press Enter.
2. At the command prompt, enter Formdefutil.cmd import Sales Budget vs Target.xml
win2k3ent trnadmin Finbud and press Enter.
The syntax for importing a data form definition file is:
name> <application>
The following message is displayed: Form imported complete.
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Importing Standard Expenses

2. At the command prompt, enter Formdefutil.cmd import Standard Expenses.xml win2k3ent
trnadmin Finbud and press Enter.
name> <application>
4. The following message is displayed: Form imported complete.
5. At the command prompt, enter Exit and press Enter.
Verifying Results and Modifying Data Forms

1. Return to the Finbud application in Planning.
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Click Submit.
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12. Open the Sales Budget vs Target by Sales Rep data form to verify and review your
results.
Notice that the customers associated with each sales rep are automatically
displayed in the rows.
Solution 18.2 Optional: Creating Menus

In this exercise, you create menus that you can use to jump to another planning function.
You create a menu so that business users can jump to a data form to enter headcount
and rates.
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Planning as user trnadmin with password hyperion.
Creating New Menus

1. Select Administration > Manage Menus.
2. Click Create.
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Properties Properties for Data Form
Data Form Folder Verify BR
Data Form Verify App
7. Click Save.
The Edit Menu Item dialog box is closed and the Edit Menu is displayed.
8. Click Save.
9. Click Close.
Associating Custom Menus to Data Forms

2. Expand Forms and select the Income Statement folder.
3. Edit the Standard Expenses data form.
4. On the Other Options tab, from Available Menus, select Enter Driver Information and
add it to Selected Menus.
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Solution 18.3 Setting User Preferences

In this exercise, you use the German alias table to view a data form and modify display
options. This exercise begins in Planning. You should be logged on the Finbud
Exporting the Act-Bud Expenses Data Form from HYPlan

In this portion of the exercise, you export the Act-Bud expenses data form from hyplan so
that you can import it into finbud. However, if you completed the optional exercise to
create the Act-Bud expenses data form, you do not need to do this portion of the
exercise.
3. At the command prompt, enter Formdefutil.cmd export Act-Bud Expenses win2k3ent
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Importing the Act-Bud Expenses Data Form to Finbud

In this portion of the exercise, you import the Act-Bud expenses data form from hyplan
into finbud. However, if you completed the optional exercise to create the Act-Bud
expenses data form, you do not need to do this portion of the exercise.
1. Return to the command prompt window.
3. At the command prompt, enter Formdefutil.cmd import Act-Bud Expenses.xml win2k3ent
trnadmin Finbud and press Enter.
name> <application>
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6. In the Users and Groups box, select the user Rjackson.

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7. In the Type of Access area, select Write.

8. Click Add.
RJackson is assigned Write access. This user can use the data form and
change its design.
9. Repeat steps 6 through 8 to assign Read access to Kreilly.
Kreilly can view and use the data form, but cannot change its design.
10. Click Close twice to return to the Data Form Management window.
Modifying Alias Tables and Display Options

1. In the Navigation frame, expand the Forms folder.
2. Select the Income Statement folder and select the Act - Bud Expenses data form.
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table. Values are displayed with a comma for the thousands separator.
3. Select File > Preferences.
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7. Select the Display Options tab.
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10. Refresh the Act - Bud Expenses data form.

Verify that the account descriptions have been retrieved from the German alias
table. Verify that a space is displayed for the thousands separator.
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16. Click OK.
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3. From the Dimension Name drop-down list, select Entity.

4. In the User Variable Name text box, enter MyCostCenter.
5. Click OK.
6. Select Administration > Manage Data Forms and expand Forms.
7. From the Target Setting folder, select Sales Budget vs Target and click Edit.
8. Select the Row/Column Layout tab.
9. For the Entity member selection in the rows, remove all selected members and
replace the removed members with IChildren(&MyCostCenter).
10. Save the data form.
11. Select File > Preferences and select Planning.
12. Select the User Variable Options tab.
13. For MyCostCenter, select the East member, click Submit, and click OK.
14. From the Target Setting folder, open the Sales Budget vs Target data form.
Notice that only East and its children are displayed in the rows.
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Solution 19.1 Entering Data and Verifying Application Setup

In this exercise, you use multiple data entry features, including grid spreader, account
annotations, supporting detail. This exercise begins in Planning. You should be logged
on to the Finbud application as user trnadmin.
Entering Data and Verifying Application Setup

2. In the Verify BR folder, open the Verify App data form.
3. Make the following selections:
In the Page area, select Georgia.
For the customers, select Computer Solutions.
Select the scenario Budget.
Select the version Working.
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6. In the YearTotal column, modify the data: for account 4000-100 enter 1200, and for
account 4000-200 enter 1300.
How does that affect the data in the quarters and months?
7. Click Save.
In the Page area, select South.
9. Click Go.
10. Select Edit > Launch Rules.
11. In the Launch Business Rules dialog box, select <Calculate Data Form> and click
Launch.
12. When the success message is displayed, click Close.
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4200, and Operating Margin.
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2. For account name 4100, in Q2, enter %95.

The value for Discounts and Allowances in quarter two is decreased by 5
percent and spread across April, May, and June.
3. For account name 4000-300, in Q1, enter 600.
The value for Computer Sales in the first quarter is spread across January,
February, and March.
4. For account name 4000-300, in February, enter ! to lock the period, and enter 800 in
Q1.
The value for Computer Sales in February remains at 200. The values for
January and March increase to 300 each.
5. Click Save.
Attaching Documents to Cells

In the Page area, select Colorado.
For the customers, select No Customer.
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In the Page area, select Georgia.
10. Click Go.
11. Right-click in the upper left corner of the cell for account 4000-100 and Jan.
12. Select Add/Edit Document.
The Add/Edit Document dialog box is displayed.
13. Click the Browse to Workspace icon.
The Select dialog box is displayed.
14. For type, select All Files and then select SampleCellAttachment and click OK to return to
the Add/Edit Document dialog box.
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16. Click Save.
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Scroll to the right of the account labels to see the account annotation.
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Entering Supporting Detail

1. Select the cells for expense account 5240:Travel Other for Jan, Feb, and Mar.
2. Select Edit > Supporting Detail.
The Supporting Detail window is displayed with a single row with the heading
Untitled.
3. Replace the text Untitled with Travel Expense Itemization.
4. Add the following children and data values:
Account Aggregation Jan Feb Mar

Hotel + 600 500 650
Meals + 160 160 160
Car Rental + 230 210 230
The totals are calculated automatically.

5. Click Save.
The Supporting Detail window closes and the data form is refreshed. The total
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5. Select Hotel and click Duplicate Row.

If a row has children, its children are also duplicated.
6. Change the heading of the second Hotel label to Meals.
7. For Meals, change the Daily Rate to 50.
The new value of Meals is calculated.
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Creating a Data Form

2. Select the Verify BR folder and create a new data form with the following
specifications:
Field Value
Data Form Verify Net Inc
Description Verify the XREF formula for the Net Inc account
Plan Types Balsheet

4. In the Column Dimension(s) area, select the Period dimension.
5. For the members, select Q1 and its children.
6. In the Column Properties area, select Small for the column width.
7. In the Row Dimensions area, select the Entity dimension. For the members of the
Entity dimension, select South and its children.
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Start Expanded.
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2. In the Data Form window, click Create Composite.
Field Value
Data Form Composite Verify App
Make data form Not selected
hidden

5. Clear Combine POV and Combine Page.
6. In Data Form Layout , select 1 and Columns.
7. Select the Verify BR folder and select the Verify App and Verify Net Inc data forms.
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Solution 19.3 Entering Data Using Smart Lists

In this exercise, you assign the Bronze service level data to account 6060 through a
smart list drop-down.
1. In the view pane, select the Verify BR folder and open the Verify App data form.
2. In the POV, select Georgia, Best Bargains, Budget, Draft 1, FY09 and click Go.
3. Click in the cell for Jan and account 6060.
4. From the drop-down list, select Bronze.
5. Select the value Bronze in the Jan cell for account 6060, and select Edit > Copy.
6. Select Feb through Dec cells for account 6060, and select Edit > Paste.
7. Double-click in the cell for Jan and account 6070.
The Select Calendar Date dialog box is displayed.
8. Use the Select Calendar Date dialog box to insert Jan 1, 2008 into the Jan cell for
account 6070.
9. For 01/01/2008 select Edit > Copy.
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Solution 20.1 Using Smart View to Enter Data

In this exercise, you first establish a connection to the Finbud application from Smart
View. You enter and modify data values while online.
Establishing a Data Source Connection

1. On the Windows desktop, open Excel.
2. From the Excel menu bar, select Hyperion > Data Source Manager.
The Smart View Data Source Manager dialog box is displayed.
3. Click Connect to Provider Services.
4. From Favorites, ensure that All is selected.
5. Expand Oracle Hyperion Planning> TRNADMIN.
6. In the Username text box, enter trnadmin.
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7. In the Password text box, enter hyperion and click Connect.
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8. Expand Finbud > Forms > Verify BR
9. Right-click Verify App and click Open Form.
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4. Enter the following data and note what values are filled in for either the
corresponding quarter or months, as well as YearTotal:

5230 1000 1500 2000
5240 8000
5310 6000
5. Select Jan, Feb, and Mar for account 5130 (Advertising Expense) and select Hyperion >
Supporting Details.
The Supporting Details dialog box is displayed.
6. Click Add Child and replace Untitled with Advertising Itemization.
7. Add the following children and data values and click Submit:
Itemization Jan Feb Mar

TV 2500 2000 2550
Radio
Internet
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8. For account name 5210 (Fringe Expense), in Mar, enter 35000.
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13. Select Hyperion > Calculation Options > Rules on Form.

The Business Rules dialog box is displayed.
14. Select the <Calculate Data Form> business rule and click Launch.
15. At the Calculation was successful message, click OK and click Close.
16. Refresh the spreadsheet to see the updated values.
17. In Connection Manager, right-click TRNADMIN and select Disconnect > Common
Provider Connection.
18. Save the Excel spreadsheet as C:\CF\PLN_CMA\Japanese Distributors.xls and exit Excel.
Viewing Added Data in Planning

1. In Planning, select the Verify BR folder and select the Verify App data form to open it.
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Solution 21.1 Navigating Business Rules in Calculation Manager

In this exercise, you navigate Calculation Manager and open a business rule. You view
business rules in System View and you navigate to Custom View.
Launching Calculation Manager

1. Launch Enterprise Performance Management Workspace.
2. Enter trnadmin and hyperion and click Log On.
3. Select Navigate > Administer > Calculation Manager.
The System View of Calculation Manager is displayed with a list
of the Planning applications to which you have access.
4. In System View, expand Planning, hyplan, incstmt and Rules.
The Rules to which you have access are displayed.
5. Right-click HyPlan Calculate Expenses and select Open.
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5. Drag the following rules from the Existing Objects pane to the Hyplan Planning Rules
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Hyplan Calculate Expenses

Hyplan Copy and Adjust Data
Hyplan Copy and Adjust Data prompts
The Custom View is added.
Navigating to Deployment View

1. Select View >Deployment View.
2. Expand Planning, hyplan, To be Deployed and Incstmt.
Note what business rules are selected as Deployable.
3. Right-click the Deployment View tab, and select Close.
Solution 21.2 Launching Business Rules

In this exercise, you set launch access to business rules. You also organize business
rules into folders. You launch business rules.
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6. Click Click here to navigate to jobs.

7. Review any messages.
8. Close the Job Console Tab.

1. In the hyplan Planning application, select Administration > Business Rule Security(h).
2. Select the CalcMgrRules folder, then select the HyPlan Copy and Adjust Data Prompts
business rule.
3. Click Assign Access.
5. Select rjackson, and kreilly, and select Launch.
6. Click Add.
7. Click Close.
8. Click Close.
The Business Rules Security window is displayed.
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5. Select MyHyplan business rules.
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5. For HyPlan Calculate Expenses - hyplan - Incstmt, click Launch.

The business rule is run.
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If necessary, you can scroll to the right to select Launch.
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Solution 22.1 Creating Business Rules from Templates

In this exercise, you create a business rule to copy and adjust data and another rule to
calculate expenses. You use the Copy Data template to create a business rule to copy
actual data to budget. You use the Amounts-Units Rates template to calculate travel and
software expenses.
Setting up Business Rules to Copy and Adjust Data

1. In System View, expand Planning, Finbud, and incstmt.
2. Right-click Rules and select New.
3. In the New Rule dialog box, enter the following:
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Name Finbud Copy and adjust data
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Setting Up the Copy Data Calculation

1. Select the Copy and Adjust Data component in the flow chart.
2. On Point of View, click Account and select Actions > Function.
Select @RELATIVE.
In Member Name, select Net Sales.
Click OK.
In Generation Level Number enter 0.
Click OK.
3. Ensure that the functional statement says @RELATIVE("Net Sales" , 0).
4. On Point of view, to restrict the data copied to only the level zero descendants for
South, perform the following steps:
For Entity, select Actions > Function.
Select @Relative and set the function to @Relative(South,0).
Click OK.
5. On Source, click Select the main dimension from which to copy data.
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8. Select Actual.
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12. Select Year.
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20. Click OK.
21. On Destination, click Select the main dimension member to which to copy the data.
22. Replace Actual with Budget.
23. Replace FY08 with FY09.
24. Replace Final with Working.
25. On Options, for Do you want to apply a percentage to the copied data?, select Yes.
26. On Options, in if yes, enter the percentage, enter 15.
27. On Options, in clear data first, enter Yes.
28. On Settings, select NO for Create these blocks during the Copy Data process.
29. On Settings, select NO for If not, are you sure the blocks exists?
30. On Settings, to turn Intelligent calculation ON or OFF, select use default.
31. Select File > Save.
32. At the confirmation message, click OK.
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Setting Up the Aggregation

1. On Point of view, click Year and select Actions > Member.
2. Select FY09.
3. Click Add.
4. Click OK.
5. On Point of view, click Scenario and select Actions > Member.
6. Select Budget.
7. Click Add.
8. Click OK.
9. On Point of view, click Version and select Actions > Member.
10. Select Working.
11. Click Add.
12. Click OK.
13. On Point of view, click Currency and select Actions > Member.
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27. Select South.

28. Click Add.
29. Click OK.
30. Verify that Select an aggregation level for sparse dimension 1 is set to descendants.
31. On Settings, in Aggregate the missing values in the Database, select Yes.
32. Select File > Save and click OK at the confirmation.
33. Click Validate.
36. Right-click the Finbud Copy and adjust data tab and select Close.
Setting up Business Rules to Calculate Expenses

1. In System View, expand Planning, Finbud, and Incstmt.
2. Right-click Rules and select New.
3. In the New Rule dialog box, enter the following and click OK:
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3. Click Period and select Actions > Member.

4. Select YearTotal.
5. Click Add Special and select Relative(0).
6. Click OK.
7. Click Customer and select Actions > Member.
8. Expand All Customers and select No Customer.
9. Click Add.
10. Click OK.
11. Click Year and select Actions > Member.
12. Select FY09.
13. Click Add.
14. Click OK.
15. Click Scenario and select Actions > Member.
16. Select Budget.
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3. In Description, enter This component rule will calculate travel expenses based on headcount.
4. On Enter Settings, use the Actions icon to select the following members:
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AMOUNT 5240
UNITS 6000
RATE 6010

Setting Up a Component to Calculate Software Expenses

1. In Rule Designer, right-click NA Travel Expenses and select Copy.
2. In Rule Designer, right-click NA Travel Expenses and select Paste.
1. Select the copy of NA Travel Expenses.
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11. Right-click the Finbud Calculate Expenses tab and select Close.
12. If prompted to save changes, click Yes.
Solution 22.2 Creating Rulesets

In this exercise, you organize your rules into a ruleset.
Creating Rulesets from Rules

1. In System View, expand the Planning application type, and finbud.
2. Right-click RuleSets and select New.
3. Enter the following information, and click OK:
Field Value
Name Finbud Rules
Application Finbud
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15. Right-click the Finbud Rules tab and select Close.
Solution 22.3 Validating and Deploying Business Rulesets

In this exercise, you validate and deploy rulesets.
Validating Rulesets
1. In System View, expand Planning, finbud, and Rulesets.
2. Right-click Finbud Rules, and select Validate.
3. In Validate Options, select Both to validate against Planning and EPMA.
4. Click OK.
5. At the successful validation message, click OK.
Deploying Rulesets
1. In Calculation Manager, in System View, expand Planning, finbud, and Rulesets.
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rule.
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9. Select the CalcMgrRules folder, then select the Finbud Calculate Expenses business rule.
13. Click Add.
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Lesson 23 Adding Variables and Formulas to

Business Rules
Solution 23.1 Adding Runtime Prompts to Business Rules

In this exercise, you add runtime prompts to business rules.
Saving a Copy of Business Rules

1. In Calculation Manager System View, expand Planning, finbud, incstmt and Rules.
2. Right-click Finbud Copy and adjust data and select Copy To.
The Save As dialog box is displayed.
3. Save a copy of the rule to finbud, incstmt as Finbud Copy and adjust data prompts.
Setting Up Runtime Prompts for Members

1. In System View, select Tools > Variables.
2. In the Variable Navigator, expand Planning, finbud, and incstmt.
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can be used only in that rule.
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Creating Numeric Runtime Prompts

1. In the Variable Designer, select File > New > Variable.
2. Create a replacement variable, by selecting Replacement.
3. In Name, enter AdjustAmount as the name for the variable.
4. From Type, select Percent.
5. In the Value table, select Limits and define a minimum value of 1 and a maximum
value of 100 for the variable.
6. In Default Value, enter 1 as the default numeric value for the variable.
7. In RTP Text, enter the following runtime prompt text: Type a factor to multiply by.
8. Ensure that Allow #Missing is cleared.
11. Right-click the Variable Designer tab and select Close.
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Solution 23.2 Adding Components to Business Rules

In this exercise, you add a loop component to business rules to restrict the rule so that it
runs for level zero entities within North America.
Opening Business Rules

1. In System View, expand Planning, finbud, incstmt and Rules.
2. Right-click Finbud Calculate Expenses and select Open.
Adding Loops to Business Rules

1. From the New Objects Palette, drag the Member Range object and drop it after the
Begin component.
2. Drag both the NA Travel Expenses and NA Software Expenses components so that they
are inside the Member Range loop.
Setting Up Loops
1. Select the Member Range component.
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Application Finbud
Plan Type Incstmt
4. Click OK.
5. On Properties, enter the following caption: Calculate fringe expense.
6. On Properties, enter the following comments: This formula calculates fringe expense
based on salary expense multiplied by 7%.
7. To create a conditional statement for the formula, click Add Condition.
8. In Comment, enter the following text for the condition statement: If salary expense is
greater than zero, calculate the fringe expense.
Builder.
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23. In Operator, select >.

24. In Value, type 0.
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32. At the Successful Validation dialog box, click OK.
33. Right-click the Calculate Fringe Expense tab, and select Close.
34. If prompted to save changes, click Yes.
The System View is displayed.
Deploying Business Rules

1. In Calculation Manager, select View > Deployment View.
2. Expand Planning and finbud.
3. Expand the To be Deployed node.
4. Expand incstmt and select Finbud Copy and Adjust Data, Finbud Copy and Adjust Data-
Prompts and Finbud Calculate Expenses.
5. Right-click finbud, and select Deploy.

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In this portion of the exercise, you create the Verify Business Rules data form, enter
some data and then run the calculate expenses business rule.
2. Select the Verify BR folder, and on the Data Form side of the page, click Create.
Field Value
Data Form Verify Business Rules
Description Verify Business Rules
Plan Type Incstmt
4. Create the following data form to test the business rule:

The following figure shows a portion of the data form. See the information that
follows the figure for additional detail.
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For the pages, select the scenarios Actual and Budget, and the versions Final and
Working, and the years ActYear and BudYear.
Set Currency to Local.
Testing the Calculate Expenses Business Rule

1. In Planning, open the Verify Business Rules data form.
2. In the Page area, make the following selections and click Go:
Dimension Value
Entity 200
Scenario Budget
Version Working
Year FY09
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5. For Finbud Calculate Expenses - finbud - Incstmt click Launch.
The Finbud Calculate Expenses was successful message is displayed.
6. On the Verify Business Rules data form, verify that the 5240 (Travel Other) and 5350
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1. In the Verify BR folder, open the Verify Business Rules data form.
2. From the Page drop-down list, select 230, N001, Actual, Final, and FY08 and click Go.
Notice some of the FY08 data values for account 4200 (Cost of Goods Sold)
and its descendants.
3. In the Page area, select 230, N001, Budget, Working, and FY09 and click Go.
Note that no data is displayed in the Working version for 4200 and its
descendants.
5. Verify that the Finbud Copy and Adjust Data - Prompts rule is listed.
6. Select the Incstmt - Rule - Finbud Copy and Adjust Data - Prompts rule and click Launch.
The Run-time Prompts dialog box is displayed.
7. For Type a factor to multiply by, enter 5.
8. For the parent account, browse to and select account 4200.
9. Click Launch.
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Solution 24.1 Managing the Planning Cycle

In this exercise, you start the planning units for North America. You then move the
children of East through the planning cycle by logging on as different users. This
exercise begins in Planning. You should be logged on to the Finbud application as user
trnadmin.
Starting the Planning Cycle

1. From the File menu, select Workflow > Manage Process.
The Process Definition page is displayed.
2. From the Scenario list, select Budget; from the Version list, select Draft 1; and click Go.
The Entity hierarchy is displayed.
3. In the Plan Cycle column, select Start for the North America planning unit.
The process status changes to First Pass for North America and its
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North America planning units.
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5. Select File > Workflow > Manage Process.

The Process Definition page is displayed.
The Process Definition page is displayed with only the entities to which Kate
Reilly has access.
7. In the Action column of the entity 240 (New York), click Details.
The View Details page is displayed.
8. Click Change Status.
The Change Status dialog box is displayed.
9. From the Select Action list, select Promote.
Because the status is First Pass, only Promote and Approve are available.
10. From the Select Next Owner list, select rjackson.
Only users with read or write access to the planning unit are available in the list.
11. In the Enter Annotation box, enter the following annotation:
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The status of entities 240 and 245 is Under Review, and the owner is rjackson.
The status of the parent entity, East, is Under Review, with No Owner.
22. In the Verify BR folder, open the Verify App data form.
23. If necessary, from the Page list, select New York, Alliance Merchandise, Budget, Draft 1,
and FY09, and click Go.
Notice that the data for 240 (New York) is read-only, because the planning unit
has been promoted to Rjackson. Kreilly no longer has write access.
24. Log off and end your session, but do not close Workspace.
Signing Off a Planning Unit

Randy Jackson has reviewed Kate Reillys numbers for the East planning units. In this
part of the exercise, he signs off on 240 (New York). He does not approve East yet
because he is not satisfied with the numbers for 245 (Connecticut).
1. Log on to Workspace as user Rjackson with password hyperion.
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8. Leave Rjackson as the owner.
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for the New York planning unit.
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12. For the 250 row, click Details.

16. Click Submit.
Rjackson has promoted the planning unit to himself. He becomes the owner of
the unit, and others no longer have write access to it.
17. Click Done.
18. Repeat steps 12 through 17 for entity 255 (Rhode Island).
The 240 (New York) unit has a status of Signed Off. The 245 (Connecticut), 250
(Massachusetts), and 255 (Rhode Island) units have a status of Under Review.
Because Rjackson is the owner of all four planning units, he now becomes the
owner of the parent, East.
Rejecting a Planning Unit

In this section of the exercise, Randy Jackson rejects Kate Reillys numbers and sends
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10. From the Page list, select Connecticut, Alliance Merchandise, Budget, Draft 1, and FY09
and click Go.
The data form allows Kreilly to modify the data, because she is the owner.
11. Collapse the Q1 and Q2 columns so that they are displayed next to one another;
select the cells for the 4000 input accounts for both quarters; and use the Adjust
option to increase these numbers by 10%.
The quarter 1 and quarter 2 figures for Connecticut are increased.
12. Click Save.
14. Select Budget, Draft 1, and click Go.
15. Click Details for entity 245.
17. Promote the entity to rjackson with the following annotation:
Trade sales numbers have been increased by 10% for the first two quarters.
18. Click Submit.
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TRedford, and trnadmin are the only users available as owners because only
budget administrators can own approved planning units.
8. From the Select Next Owner drop-down list, select trnadmin and click Submit.
9. Click Done.
The status of East and its children is changed to Approved, and trnadmin is the
owner.
Printing Planning Unit Annotations

1. Log onto Workspace as user trnadmin with password hyperion.
3. Select Administration > Reporting.
4. Select the Planning Unit Annotations tab.
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Solution 24.2 Clearing Data

In this exercise, you clear data from the Draft 1 version to prepare it for copying it to the
Draft 2 version.
Clearing Supporting Detail and Account Annotations

1. Select Administration > Clear Cell Details.
2. From Plan Type drop-down, ensure Incstmt is selected.
3. Click Go.
Specific dimensions are now selectable for this plan type.
4. From Dimension, select Account.
5. To the right of Members, click the Select Members icon.
The Member Selection page is displayed.
6. Select Client Information and add descendants inclusive to the Selected pane.
7. Click Submit.
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16. Select the following Clear Options: Account Annotations, Supporting Details, Cell Text,
and Cell Level Document.
17. Click Clear.
A confirmation page is displayed with your selections.
18. Click Finish to proceed.
19. Click OK.
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Solution 24.3 Copying Data Between Versions

In this exercise, you copy data from the Draft 1 version to the Draft 2 version for the
Budget scenario and then adjust some of the data for Draft 2.
Reviewing Existing Data

1. Log off Workspace and log on as user kreilly with password hyperion.
4. In the Page area, select Georgia, Alliance Merchandise, Budget, Draft 1, and FY09. Click
Go.
Data should be displayed for this member selection and available for data entry.
5. In the Page area, change Draft 1 to Draft 2 and click Go.
No data is displayed for Draft 2.
Copying Data from Draft 1 to Draft 2

1. Select File > Workflow > Copy Version.
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7. Click Copy Data, and at the confirmation prompt click OK.

8. In the view pane, open the Verify App data form.
9. If necessary, in the Page area, select Georgia, Alliance Merchandise, Budget, Draft 2, and
FY09 and click Go.
Draft 2 now contains a copy of the data in Draft 1.
10. From the Page list, select North Carolina and click Go.
Draft 2 now contains a copy of the data in Draft 1.
11. In the Q1 column, drag to select the cells for accounts 4000-100 through 4000-700.
12. Adjust the values using these steps:
Click Edit > Adjust.
Select the By Percentage option.
Select the Increase by option.
In the Percent edit box, enter 10.
Click Adjust Data.
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Solution 24.4 Copying Data

In this exercise, you copy data from last years final actual numbers to seed this years
working forecast. After the data is copied, you calculate the database to aggregate
parent values.
Modifying the Verify App Form and Reviewing Existing Data

1. Log onto Workspace as user trnadmin with password hyperion.
4. Select the Verify BR folder, select the Verify App check box, and click Edit.
5. Select the Page/Point of View Layout tab.
6. Modify the member selection for Scenario to include Forecast.
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Data exists and is displayed.
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Period Level 0 descendants of YearTotal
Currency Local
Customer Level 0 descendants of All Customers
5. Make the following Dimension Source and Destination selections:
Dimension Source Destination

Year FY08 FY09
Scenario Actual Forecast
Version Final Working
6. Make the following Copy Data Options selections:
Copy Data Option Selected or Cleared

Copy Account Annotations Selected
Copy Supporting Details
Copy Cell Text
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6. Right-click Incstmt and select Execute calculation.

The Execute Database Calculation dialog box is displayed.
7. Select the HspCRtB calculation script and click OK.
8. Right-click Incstmt and select Execute calculation.
The Execute Database Calculation dialog box is displayed.
9. Select the PlanCurB calculation script and click OK.
10. Repeat steps 6 and 7 for the (default) calculation scripts.
12. Return to Planning and, if necessary, open the Verify App data form.
13. In the Page area, select South, Alliance Merchandise, Forecast, Working, and FY09 and
click Refresh.
Note that data now exists for the parent members.
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Solution 25.1 Creating Task Lists

In this exercise, you create a task list to guide budget preparers through the processes of
entering and calculating their budget expenses and starting the review process. You
provide the budget preparers with instructions and due dates. Based on the budget cycle
requirements, you need to modify the Verify Business Rules data form and NA Expenses
business rule. This exercise begins in Planning. You should be logged on to the Finbud
Preparing for Task List Definition and Rollout

2. Select the Verify BR folder, select the Verify Business Rules data form, and click Assign
Access.
3. Assign read access to the data form for Planners_NA and PlanIU_NA.
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2. Select the Task List tab and click Add Child.

The Add Task window is displayed.
3. On the Task tab, select or enter the following information:
Field Value
Task Expense Budget Cycle
Type Descriptive
Instructions As cost center manager for North America, you will be responsible
for submitting budget numbers for expenses. Corporate guidelines
for this year are to reduce expenses by 1 to 3 percent.
4. Select the Due Date check box and accept todays date.
5. Click Save.
Adding a Data Form Task

1. Select the 1.0 Expense Budget Cycle task check box and click Add Sibling.
2. On the Task tab, select or enter the following information.
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software and travel expenses using the NA Expenses business rule.
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6. Select the Property tab.
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Adding a Business Rule Task

1. Select the 2.0 Enter Calculation Drivers and Rates task check box and click Add Sibling.
2. On the Task tab, select or enter the following information:
Field Value
Task Calculate Software and Travel Expenses
Type Business Rule
Instructions Launch the NA Expenses business rule.
3. Select the Due Date check box and enter a date that is five days in the future.
4. Select the Alert check box and enter a date that is three days in the future.
5. Select the Dependency check box.
6. Select the Property tab.
7. From the Plan Type drop-down list, select IncStmt.
8. From the Business Rules drop-down list, select Finbud Calculate Expenses.
9. Click Save.
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5. From the Users and Groups list, select PlanIU_NA.
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8. Log off the application and end the session, leaving Workspace open.
Testing the Task List

1. Log on to Workspace as Kreilly with password hyperion.
3. From the View menu, select Basic Mode.
The Status for the Expense Budgeting for North America task list is displayed in
the task list wizard.
4. Review the status for the task list.
5. Click View Task List.
6. Review the tasks and their due dates.
7. Select the Incomplete link.
Status for Expense Budgeting for North America is displayed.
8. Click Next Incomplete.
The first task, Expense Budget Cycle, is displayed. This is a descriptive task
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200, or 270); and click Save.
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17. Review the status of the task list.
18. Select View > Advanced Mode.
19. Log off and exit Workspace.
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Solution 26.1 Migrating Artifacts

In this exercise you view, search for and migrate application artifacts.
Logging on to Shared Ser vices

1. Log on to Shared Services.
2. Enter username trnadmin and password hyperion.
3. Click Log On.
Searching for artifacts

1. In the Application Management panel, expand Shared Services, Application Groups,
and Planning Training Applications nodes.
2. Select hyplan.
The artifacts, sorted into categories, are displayed in the right hand panel.
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The Destination panel is displayed.
3. Select Planning Training Applications:finbud as the destination application.
4. Click Next.
5. Review the Destination Options and click Next.
6. Review the Migration Summary and select Save Migration Definition to save the
migration to a file for later use.
7. Navigate to C:\CF\PLN_CMA and enter the file name hyplan verify data forms.
8. Click Save.
9. Click Close.
10. Select Execute Migration.
The message Migration has been started is displayed.
11. Select Launch Migration Status Report.
The report information is displayed.
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13. Select File > Exit and Yes to exit Shared Services Console.
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Solution 27.1 Creating Planning Applications

In this exercise, you create configure a data source and create a Planning Classic
application.
Logging onto Workspace

1. Log on to Workspace as trnadmin with hyperion as the password.
2. Click Log On.
Creating applications using Classic Application Wizard

1. From Workspace, select Navigate > Administer > Classic Application Administration >
Planning Administration.
The Classic Application Wizard is displayed.
2. Click Create Application.
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5. Configure calendar details:
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Total Years 3
6. Click Next.
The Currencies panel is displayed.
7. Accept default currency options:
Currency: USD
Multicurrency application?: Yes
8. Click Next.
The Plan Types panel is displayed.
9. Configure Plan Types:
Plan Type1: Incstmt
Plan Type 2: Balsheet
Plan Type 3: Deselect this option and clear the field.
10. Click Next.
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Solution 28.1 Building Planning dimensions using Dimension Editor

In this exercise, you add metadata to your classic Planning applications using Dimension
Editor.
Adding Currencies
1. Open the BudPlan Planning application, and select Administration > Dimensions.
The Dimension Editor dialog box is displayed.
2. From Dimensions, select Currency.
The default currency code, USD, is displayed.
3. Select USD, and click Edit.
The Edit Currency dialog box is displayed.
Note the property values of the USD currency codespecifically that Reporting
Currency is selected for the default application currency.
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4. Click Save.
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JPY (Japanese yen)
SGD (Singapore dollar)


1. Select Administration > Manage Exchange Rates.
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In the Description text box, type Foreign Exchange Rates for All Budgeted Numbers.
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8. Enter budget rates by specifying the following conversions. Use the Fill Table option
to fill in the rates for the years 20092010.

USD EUR 1.1291 1.1516
USD GBP 1.6156 1.6317
USD JPY 0.008489 0.008658
USD SGD 0.56969 0.57538
9. After you finish entering the rates, click Save, and OK.
10. Click Close to close the Manage Exchange Rates window.
Creating Scenarios
2. From Dimensions, select Scenario.
3. Select Current and click Edit.
4. For Scenario, change Current to Actual.
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Start Period r a
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Jan
End Year O ly
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Scenario Budget
Description Current Years Budget
Start Year FY09
Start Period Jan
End Year FY10
End Period Dec
Exchange Rate Table BudPlan Budget and Forecast
Data Storage Store
Management
9. Click Save.
10. Select Budget and click Copy Scenario.
11. Create the Forecast scenario with the following properties:
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Start Year
Forecasted Values
FY09
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1. From Dimensions, select Version.
2. Select BU Version_1 and click Edit.
3. For Version, change BU Version_1 to Draft 1.
4. Set up Draft 1 with the following properties:
Field Value
Version Draft 1
Data Storage Store
Management
5. Click Save.
7. Set up Draft 2 with the following properties:
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11. Click Save.

13. Set up a Working version with the following properties:
Field Value
Version Working
Data Storage Store
Management
14. Click Save.

16. Set up a Scratch version with the following properties:
Field Value
Version Scratch
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Version
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Refreshing the Currency Conversions Calculation Scripts

1. Select Administration > Manage Currency Conversion.
2. In the Currency Conversion Script File text box, type PlanCurB, and click Next.
3. Use member selection and select all currencies, scenarios, and bottom-up versions.
4. Click Save.
5. Click Create New.
6. In the Currency Conversion Script File text box, type PlanCurT, and click Next.
7. Use member selection and select all currencies, scenarios, and target versions.
8. Click Save.
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3. Enter German and click OK.
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Data Storage Store
Base Currency USD
5. Click Save.
6. On Dimensions, select Worldwide and click Add Child.
7. Add the member North America with the following properties:
Field Value
Name North America
Alias (Default) NA Region
Data Storage Store
Base Currency USD
Plan Type Incstmt
Plan Type Balsheet
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Addition
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Account Type
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Source Plan Type Incstmt
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Data Type Currency
4. Click Save.
Creating User-Defined Dimensions

1. Click Add Dimension.
2. Add a Customer dimension with the following properties:
Field Value
Dimension
Alias (Default)
Customer
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7. Above Attributes in Customer on the left, click Create to display the Create Attribute
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Data Type Text
9. Click Save.
10. Click Cancel.
11. Above Attribute Values on the right, click Create to display the Create Attribute Value
dialog box.
12. Enter information for the attribute:
Field Value
Name Tom Baker
13. Click Save.

14. Click Cancel.
15. Click Close.
Setting Up the Customer Dimension

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5. Select All Customers, and click Add Child.

6. On Member Properties, add the member National Accounts with the following
properties:
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Name National Accounts
Description
Alias (Default)
Data Storage Store
Two-Pass Calculation Cleared
Addition
Smart Lists None
7. Click Save.
8. Select National Accounts, and click Add Child.
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11. Click Save.
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Solution 28.2 Loading Information into Planning Classic

Applications
In this exercise, you load metadata, and data and import data forms to your classic
Planning applications.
Loading Metadata
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BudPlan.
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1. Select Start > Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt.
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3. Verify that all records were read and processed.

Records will not be loaded because the /N option performs a dry run.
4. If any records were rejected, review the EntityOutlineLoad.exc file and fix the load
file.
5. To load entities, enter the following command:
Loading Accounts
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Loading Salesreps
You load the Salesrep members before loading the Customer dimension so that salesrep
assignments can be loaded at the same time as the customers are loaded.
Note: for attribute dimensions, you must use the option /DA rather than /D.
4. If any records were rejected, review the SalesrepOutlineLoad.exc file and fix the load
file.
5. To load salesreps, enter the following command:
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Loading Data
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data into BudPlan.
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5. From the BudPlan application list, select Incstmt.
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6. From the Actions menu, select Load data for Incstmt.

7. Click Find Data File.
The Open dialog box is displayed.
9. Browse to C:\CF\PLN_CMA and select the IncData.txt file.
10. Click OK.
The Data Load dialog box is displayed again.
11. Click OK.
The Data Load Completed window is displayed and indicates whether the file
loaded with no errors.
12. Click Close.
13. Repeat steps 5 through 12 to load BalData.txt into the Balsheet database.
Calculating the Essbase Administration Ser vices Databases

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2. From the Calculation Script list, select HspCRtB to run the copy exchange rates for the
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4. From the Calculation Script list, select HspCRtT to run the copy exchange rates for the
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6. From the Calculation Script list, select PlanCurB to run the copy exchange rates for
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10. From the Calculation Script list, select (default) to run the default CALC ALL
calculation script and click OK.
11. Repeat steps 1 through10 to calculate the BudPlan:Balsheet database.
Importing Data Forms

In this part of the exercise, you export data forms from hyplan and then import data forms
into BudPlan.
3. At the command prompt, enter Formdefutil.cmd export Verify Scratch Business Rules
win2k3ent trnadmin HYPlan and press Enter.
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10. At the command prompt, enter Formdefutil.cmd export Verify Business Rules win2k3ent
11. Enter the password hyperion at the prompt.
The Verify Business Rules.xml file is displayed.
14. At the command prompt, ensure that you are in the hyperion\products\planning\bin m y
directory. If you are not in the directory, at the command line, type
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win2k3ent trnadmin BudPlan and press Enter.
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1. From the Planning folder, double-click Start Administration Services Console.
2. From the Administration Server drop-down list, select the <win2k3ent> server, enter
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Field Value
Application BudPlan
Database Incstmt
Name ActYear
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BudPlan
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Name ActYear
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Lesson 29 Setting Up Business Rules for Classic

Applications
Solution 29.1 Creating a Business Rule to Clear and Copy Data

In this exercise, you create a business rule to clear data from a scratch version. Next,
you copy data into the scratch version to seed it. This exercise assumes that the
Administration Services Server is running and that you are logged in to hyplan in
Workspace.

1. From the Planning folder on the Windows desktop, launch Start Administration Services
Console.
2. Connect to the server and log on as user trnadmin with hyperion for the password.
3. In the navigation frame, expand Business Rules, Repository View.
4. Right-click Rules and select New Rule.
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The Rule Editor is displayed in a new window.
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1. In the Select outline drop-down list, select Select outline, and expand Planning,
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3. On the BR Language - Graphical palette in the left pane, double-click the Clear Data
component.
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Setting Source and Destination Members

In this part of the exercise, you set up the dimension members that are different for the
source and destination. You set up the year, scenario, and version for the source and
target values. You want to copy Budget, Working data from the current year to Budget,
Scratch data in the current year.
1. On the Components palette, double-click the Copy Data component.
The Copy Data component is added to the process bar.
2. With Destination selected, for the Year dimension, click the lookup button .
The Single Select dialog box is displayed.
3. Select FY09 and click OK.
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 to select Budget for the Scenario dimension and Scratch for the
Version dimension.
5. Change the name of the destination to Current Scratch Budget.
6. With Select Source selected, ensure that FY09 and Budget are selected.
7. For Select Source, select the following value:
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Version
Value
Working
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Copy Net Sales Accounts from
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Setting the Copy Range for Account, Period, and Entity

For this part of the exercise, you want to specify that data for all level 0 members of
South, all level 0 members of YearTotal, and all level 0 accounts of Net Sales should be
copied.
1. In Selected Values for Current Scratch Budget for Period, click the lookup button
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2. Select YearTotal.
3. In the Relationship drop-down list, select Level 0 Descendants and add your selection
to the Selected area.
4. Click OK.
5. In Selected Values for Current Scratch Budget for Account, click the lookup button
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6. Select Net Sales.
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9. Repeat steps 5 through 7, setting the member selection for Entity to
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Adjusting Data
In this part of the exercise, you specify that the data values should be increased by
15 percent.
1. On the Overview tab of the Copy Data component, select Apply calculation.
2. Select + on the process bar.
3. In the Select operator list, select X for multiplication.
4. Select Number on the process bar
5. In the Specify number text box, type 1.15.
6. Click Save.

Now that you have created a rule that copies data to the level 0 members of Budget, you
need to calculate the database so that the data is aggregated to the parent members.
Because the Net Sales account is dynamic calculation, you do not need to include the
Account dimension in the aggregation.
1. Drag the Aggregate Data component from the BR Language - Graphical palette to the
process bar, placing it to the right of the Copy Data component. m y
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3. In the Entity row, click the lookup button
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5. Click OK.
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6. After setting the value type of the following dimensions to User Defined, make these
member selections:
Dimension Value
Year FY09
Scenario Budget
Version Scratch
7. Select Aggregate missing values in the database.

8. On the Locations tab, click Add and select Planning/win2k3ent/BudPlan/Incstmt.
9. Click OK.
Assigning Access
1. Select the Access Privileges tab, and click Add.
The Add Privilege dialog box is displayed.
2. In the Privilege drop-down list, select Validate or launch.
3. In the Available list, select users trnadmin.
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10. Click Save.
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Testing the Business Rule

1. In Planning, select the Verify BR folder, and open the Verify Scratch Business Rule data
form.
2. In the Page drop-down list, select entity 230, N001, Working and click Go.
3. Enter the following data:

4200-100 1000 1500 2000
4200-200 8000
4200-300 6000
4. In the Page drop-down list, select entity 230, N001, Scratch and click Go.
Verify that there is no data in the Scratch version.
6. Select the Incstmt plan type.
7. Select the Incstmt - Rule - CopytoScratch rule and click Launch.
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8. Open the Verify Scratch Business Rules data form and verify that the Budget, Working,
FY09 data was copied to Budget, FY09, Scratch with a 15 percent increase.
9. In the Page drop-down list, select South and click Go.
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Creating a Business Rule Using Formulas
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Creating New Business Rules

1. On the Enterprise tab of the Administration Services Console, expand Business Rules
and Repository View.
2. Right-click Rules and select New Rule.
The Rule Editor is displayed in a new window.
3. Select the BR Language tab.
4. From the Select Outline drop-down list, select Select outline.
5. Expand Planning, win2k3ent, BudPlan, and select Incstmt, and click OK.
Setting the Business Rule Range

The Global Range specifies the portion of the database that is the same for the entire
business rule. In this rule, you calculate the travel and software expenses for the Budget
scenario, and the Working version for FY09. The calculation is performed for all
descendants of North America; because operating expenses are not stored by customer,
you use the No Customer member. For most business rules, use Local for currency. All
of these members are used throughout the business rule.
1. On the process bar, click (global range).
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Adding a Formula for Travel Expenses

You use the Units-Rates formula to calculate travel expenses for each combination of an
entity and the no customer member.The business rule uses the formula
Amounts = Units * Rates. In this section, you use the following formula: Travel Other
expense = Headcount * T&E Rate.
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5240 (Travel Other). Units is represented by account 6000 (Headcount), and
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Destination:
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<Destination> label NA Travel Expenses
Account 5240 (Travel Other)
Units:
Field Description
Rate:
Field Description
Account
Travel Rate
6010 (T&E Rate)
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Adding a Formula for Software Expenses
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an entity and the no customer member by multiplying headcount for each entity by the
software expense rate.
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Destination:
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<Destination> label NA Software Expenses
Account 5350 (Software Expense)
Units:
Field Description
Rate:
Field Description
Account
Software Rate
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Dimension Value
Entity 200
Scenario Budget
Version Working
Year FY09
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5. Select Incstmt - Rule - NA Expenses and click Launch.
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Case Study 1
Case Study Objectives

While completing this case study, you will do the following:
Set up a Planning application
Define dimensions
Load dimension members by using Performance Management
Architect
Add a member formula
Load data in Essbase
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Overview
The World Wide Delivery Service Company (WWDS) is an international delivery service
that serves commercial, government, and residential clients worldwide. WWDS offers a
variety of delivery services, such as same day, next day, priority, and regular delivery.
WWDS has just purchased Planning to manage its budget and forecast process. As the
administrator, your objective is to implement the 2009 budget and forecast for 20092011.
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Read through the entire case study before beginning. Phase I provides the details
needed to set up the application, define dimensions, and load data. Phase II
provides the details to assign security, create data forms, create calculations, and
create a task list.
Phase I: Setting Up the WWDS Planning Application

In Phase I, you will perform the following tasks:
Set up the WWDS Planning application
Define dimensions
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Copy data to new points of view
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Creating the WWDS Planning Application
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Planning implementation. You need to set up the WWDS Planning application based on
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The IT department created the WWDS Oracle database and universal data link (UDL).
The data source name (DSN) was registered.
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The WWDS management team decided to budget only revenue and expense items
from their profit and loss statement (PandL) at this time.
WWDS requires the application to store 5 years of data starting in January 2007. 2007
is used to store prior years actual data. 2008 is used to store actual data and
2009-2011 is used to store budget data.
WWDS budgets on a monthly basis, using the bottom-up method, and uses the Even
weekly distribution option for all expenses.
WWDS is based in the United States, but it has offices worldwide where planners
input data in their local currencies.
Create and deploy the application dimensions in Performance Management Architect.
The relational data source WWDS was created. You need to create the Essbase
database for the application. Register the WWDS application to the existing Planning
Training Applications application group.
Defining Dimensions and Members

In this phase of the implementation, you add dimensions and dimension members to the
WWDS Planning application based on the information provided below.
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Setting Up Currencies and Exchange Rates
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The following currencies are required:
U.S. dollar (default) - USD c a
Canadian dollar - CAD
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Creating Scenarios and Versions
You need to define the scenarios and versions that will define the planning units for
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Here are additional details about the WWDS budget process:

WWDS management requires the ability to Budget and Forecast based on prior years
Actual data. They also require the ability to see the effect of exchange rates on
budgets (Budget at Actual Rates) and the related Variance.
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Ensure that you create scenarios with the names Budget, Forecast, Actual,
Budget at Actual Rates, and Variance so that the security import file will reference
the same scenarios.
- The valid period range for loading Actual data is January 2007 through December
2011. Actual numbers are final. They are not adjusted; therefore, there is no need
to have these numbers reviewed or approved.
- The valid period range for entering Budget data is January 2009 through
December 2009. Budget numbers need to be reviewed and approved by the
corporate management team.
- The valid period range for entering Budget data at Actual Rates is January 2009
through December 2009. Budget numbers need to be reviewed and approved by
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- The valid period range for entering Forecast data is January 2009 through
December 2011. Forecast numbers need to be reviewed and approved by the
corporate management team.
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- The valid period range for viewing Variance data is January 2009 through
December 2009. Since Variance numbers are calculated, they do not require an
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management team.
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versions. First draft numbers need to be reviewed and approved.
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Creating User-Defined Dimensions and Attributes
You need to determine whether user-defined dimensions or attributes are required based
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WWDS management tracks revenue by Client.
Clients are classified by the type of delivery Service they receive:
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- 1_Rush: Rush overnight delivery service

- 1_Pri: Priority overnight delivery service
- 1_Reg: Regular overnight delivery service
- 2_Pri: Priority two-day delivery service
- 2_Reg: Regular two-day delivery service
- 3_Reg: Regular three-day delivery service
Answer the following questions:
Based on what you know so far, is it necessary to add user-defined custom dimensions?
If yes, what should they be? Write your answer in the space provided here:
_________________________________.
Is it necessary to add attribute dimensions? If so, what are they and with which
dimensions are they associated? Write your answer in the space provided here:
______________________________________.
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Before continuing, verify the dimensions with your instructor.
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Adding a Member Formula

WWDS requires the ability to analyze the effect of exchange rates on budget data. To
accomplish this task, you need to add a member formula to the Variance scenario. The
formula uses the @VAR math function to calculate the variance between Budget and
Budget at Actual Rates.
Creating Exchange Rates

Since WWDS is budgeting just revenue and expense items, you need to enter only
average exchange rates.
The following exchange rates are for Actuals 2008 and Budget at actual rates:
From To Rate
CAD USD .64
EUR USD .90
GBP USD 1.43
MXN USD .11
SGD USD .56
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GBP USD
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Loading Data and Calculating the Database
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data to new points of view and then calculate the database.
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Loading Data
Review the load files provided by the IT department before loading them. You may need
to reformat the files or create a data load rule because the legacy systems that provided
the data do not use Essbase. Check that the dimension names in the files match the
names in your outline.
The following table contains the data load files:
File Data Type

ActVal.xls Prior year actual final data
BudValPrior.xls Prior year budget final data
BudValCur.xls Current year starting budget data
Copying Data
The WWDS management team requested that you provide starting-point numbers for
forecasting. You need to seed the current years first-draft forecast planning units with
data from the prior years final actuals, including account annotations, supporting details,
or cell text. WWDS also requires the ability to analyze variances due to the impact of
exchange rates on budget data. You need to copy the current years budget data (FY09)
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Calculating Data
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calculate the currency conversion, and then calculate the default calculation scripts.
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Setting Up Security
The next step in the implementation is to set up security. You need to provision the
budget preparers who need to access the WWDS Planning application. The IT
department added these users and groups in Native security, but you need to add them
to your Planning application. You also need to define access rights for the application
dimension members.
Provisioning Planning Users and Groups

You need to provision the user groups based on the following information:
Role: WWDS Planning Application

and Business Rules Groups Users
Interactive User WWDS_Managers USMgr
UKMgr
Planner WWDS_Planners UserCanada
UserMexico
UserAPAC
UserFrance
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Defining Access Rights
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access by groups.
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Descendants(inclusive).
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Secfile.txt file. You will find a security file in the C:\CF\PLN_CMA\CaseStudy directory.
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The following table provides the information you need to assign member access:
User User User User

USMgr UKMgr Canada Mexico APAC France
Scenario
Actual Read Read Read Read Read Read
Budget Write Write Write Write Write Write
Budget at Actual Write Write Write Write Write Write
Rates
Forecast Write Write Write Write Write Write
Variance Read Read Read Read Read Read
Version
1st Draft Write Write Write Write Write Write
Final Write Write Read Read Read Read
Account
All Accounts
Payroll and Benefits
Write
Write
Write
Write
Write
None
Write
None
Write
None
Write
None
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UK Read Write None
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Canada
Mexico
Write
Write
Read
Read
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None
Write
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None
APAC Read Write
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France Read
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General Data Form Specifications

The planners are more familiar with the cost center, account, and client descriptions
than the member names.
When creating operating-expense data forms, use the No Client member for the client
dimension member selection because operating expenses are not client-related.
After reviewing the specifications and before creating the data forms, check whether
it would be beneficial to define substitution variables.
You may want to consider creating form folders for organizing similar data forms.
Specific Data Form Specifications

Budget vs Budget at Actual Rates Variance: Budget preparers need to compare
this years budgeted operating expenses that were converted with budget exchange
rates and with actual exchange rates. Budget preparers need to review their cost
center, as well as the cost centers parent variances for all local and reporting
currencies.
Client Revenue by Service Type: US and UK planning managers need to review
revenues by client and service type for all cost centers. They need to review this
information for all scenarios and versions.
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Drivers: Planners require quick access to the statistical data that drives the business
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Client member for the client dimension member selection. Planners are required to
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Operating Expenses: Planners need to budget operating expenses by cost center.
The planners should be able to spread data from quarters and year total to months.
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cost centers operating expenses in their local currency and across all reporting
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Revenue: US and UK planning managers are responsible for revenue planning for
all cost centers. Revenue planning involves planning for revenue-related costs and
allowances. Remember that revenues are analyzed by client, so be sure to have all
clients available. The managers are required to enter budgets only during the first
pass of the budgeting cycle and for the current year.
Creating and Verifying Business Rule Calculations

The WWDS management team would like to derive Cost of Sales. You need to create a
Business Rule calculation based on the following information:
General Business Rule Specifications

Associate each rule with the Planning:WWDS:PandL database.
Restrict the rule for: Budget, 1st Draft, Level 0 Periods, FY09, and Local.
Grant access for the US and UK manager, in addition to yourself, to Launch the rule.
Create a data form to verify the results of the rule.
Specific Business Rule Specifications

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task list.
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Lesson 3: Creating Dimensions Overview

Lesson 4: Managing Dimensions with Performance Management

Lesson 6: Setting Up the Entity Dimension

Lesson 7: Setting Up the Account Dimension

Lesson 8: Creating User-Defined Elements

Adding Dimensions from Shared Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Lesson 12: Setting Up Exchange Rates

r aVerifying User Provisioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Logging On to Performance Management Architect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Lesson 16: Setting Up Access Rights to Planning Applications

Lesson 17: Creating Data Forms and Folders

Lesson 18: Customizing Data Forms

Lesson 19: Entering Data

Lesson 21: Creating Business Rules

Lesson 22: Managing Business Rules

Setting Up Business Rules to Calculate Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Setting Up a Component to Calculate Travel Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

r aCreating Numeric Runtime Prompts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

O Setting Up Business Rules to Prompt for Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

viii Planning: Create and Manage Applications

Exercise 23.2 Adding Components to Business Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Lesson 24: Managing the Approval Process

Lesson 26: Migrating Applications and Artifacts

Lesson 27: Building Classic Applications

Lesson 28: Setting Up Classic Applications

r aImporting Data Forms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

O Setting Up Substitution Variables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

x Planning: Create and Manage Applications

Lesson 29: Setting Up Business Rules for Classic Applications

Lesson 5: Setting Up the Period, Year, Scenario, and Version Dimensions

Lesson 6: Setting Up the Entity Dimension

O Adding Members to the Salesrep Dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

xii Planning: Create and Manage Applications

Solution 8.2 Setting up Customer Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Lesson 9: Loading Metadata from a File

Lesson 10: Creating Applications

r aRedeploying Finbud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Lesson 12: Setting Up Exchange Rates

Lesson 14: Loading Data

O Viewing Security for Shared Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

xiv Planning: Create and Manage Applications

Generating Security Filters for All Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Lesson 17: Creating Data Forms and Folders

O Associating Custom Menus to Data Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Planning: Create and Manage Applications xv

Entering Data in Data Forms by Using Custom Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Lesson 19: Entering Data

Lesson 21: Creating Business Rules

r aDeploying Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Creating Business Rules Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Lesson 22: Managing Business Rules

Planning: Create and Manage Applications xvii

Lesson 24: Managing the Approval Process

Lesson 25: Creating Task Lists

O Creating applications using Classic Application Wizard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

xviii Planning: Create and Manage Applications

Lesson 28: Setting Up Classic Applications