Agenda
Ranzal & Samsonite Overview
Hyperion History at Samsonite
Project Overview
Project Details
Project Learnings
Who We Are
Edgewater Ranzal is a full-service Oracle
Platinum Consulting Partner with premier services
in North America and regional offices in the
United Kingdom
We deliver Business Analytics solutions that
include Oracle Enterprise Performance
Management (EPM) Business Intelligence (BI), and Big Data (BD) technology.
Our multiproduct focus offers domain expertise and technical leadership using the Oracle
Product Suite
We have industry expertise and specializations to help us deliver end-to-end solutions for each
clients business needs
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Our Services
Business Intelligence/Big Data
Big Data
Business
Intelligence/
Big Data
Tax Provisioning
Regulatory Requirements
Data Warehousing
Costing &
Profitability
Mgmt
Data Integration
Services
Enterprise
Planning &
Analytics
Infrastructure
Hardware Sizing, Installation, & Configuration
Exalytics Benchmarking
Infrastructure
Advisory Services
Training &
Support Services
Cloud Services
Waterfall Allocations
Advisory Services
Project/Program Management &
Process Change
EPM & BI Road Maps
Training & Support Services
Standard & Custom Training
Virtual Classroom
Performance Engineering
About Samsonite
Samsonite is the worlds largest luggage manufacturer
5 core regions North America, Latin America, Asia Pacific,
Europe, Corporate (Licensing)
Headquartered in Mansfield, MA
Listed on the Hong Kong Exchange (HKG: 1910)
2015 Sales $2.4B
Brands include:
Samsonite
American Tourister
Hartmann Luggage
High Sierra
Speck
Gregory
Tumi*
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Project Overview
Implementation New Exalytics Machine
T5 Linux 6
HFM
Planning
FDMEE
Financial Reports
Windows machine for EPMA & OHS*
Architecture
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Dimensionality
HFM
Planning
Account
Entity
Legal Entity
ICP
Trading Partner
Trading Partner
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Channel
Channel
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Brand
Brand
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Data Type
N/A
C5
N/A
Version
C6
N/A
Category
C7
N/A
Currency
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JDE
Dynamically calculate YTD balance from columnar data
Utilizes complex group to duplicate records for roll forward detail
Leverage SQL mapping
Override ICP Replaces event script
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JDE
Conditionally select data view based on account type
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Actual Process
Up to 6 data types moved from HFM to Planning
Eliminations, Journal Adjustments, Offline Legal Entity G/L & Roll Forward data, Joint Ventures, Statistics
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Enhanced Automation
Sweeps windows directory and moves files to Exa box for batch processing based on locations to
which the user has access
Loads data to HFM
Intelligently initializes batch process to load data to each of the regional Planning applications
Leveraged Password Encryption
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Automation Attachments
Missing Maps
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Automation Attachments
Essbase Enhanced Validate Report
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Automation Attachments
Check Report
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Project Learnings
Infrastructure & Hardware
Deadlocks
Batch
Data Protection
DLR Attribute Column
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FDMEE 11.1.2.4.100 patch introduced bug that prevented EPMA enabled applications to be
registered as a target
Fixed with a PSE, addressed in 11.1.2.4.200 PSU
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Deadlocks
Deadlocks plagued application testing
What is a deadlock?
A deadlock occurs when two or more tasks permanently block each other by each task having a lock on a
resource which the other tasks are trying to lock Technet
Batches
User Security
Users must have access to the locations being processed as part of the batch
Created process to dynamically read HSS security to determine location files to sweep
Missing Periods
Batch status reporting failed to create accurate results when run for a range of periods
Added custom process to add period records back to table
Invalid Files
Batch does not capture invalid files similar to how FDM Classic did, simply does not process
Added custom process to log files found in OpenBatch and compare to files processed
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Data Protection
What is data protection?
Ability to load data to a single HFM entity using replace mode from 2 distinct data sources and not
overwrite data from the other stream
Ex: General Ledger data and Statistical Data
Is Oracle aware?
Yes it has been formally recognized as a bug by Oracle and they are working on a resolution
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DLR Attributes
Clear calc utilizes DLR Custom Options to store varying RTSV values
@REMOVE(@RELATIVE("IncomeStatement",0),@LIST(@RELATIVE("ICSALES",0),@RELATIVE("ICCOS",0))),@RELATIVE("BalanceSheet",0)
@RELATIVE("IncomeStatement",0),@RELATIVE("BalanceSheet",0)
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#ShamelessPlug
The Definitive Guide to Oracle FDMEE:
http://www.amazon.com/Definitive-Guide-Oracle-FDMEE/dp/0992910528/
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Contact Information
Edgewater Ranzal
Tony Scalese
ascalese@ranzal.com
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