Hyperion Planning and Essbase

Feature Comparison
V1.0

Prepared By: Syntelli Solutions

1/12/2009

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Table of Contents
Essbase Definition ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 3
Hyperion Planning ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 3
Features ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 4
Dimensionality ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Data Load .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 6
Planning Forms and Data Input Templates............................................................................................................................................................. 6
Implementation Process........................................................................................................................................................................................ 7

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Hyperion Planning and Essbase

Essbase Definition
Oracle Essbase is the leading online analytical processing (OLAP) server available today. Oracle Essbase provides an environment for rapidly
developing custom analytic and enterprise performance management (EPM) applications that is managed by business users. Engineered for
scalability, security, and rapid-response, Oracle Essbase brings analytics to the business user and enables the business to quickly model complex
business scenarios. Through an intuitive interface, business users can manipulate large data sets to model complex scenarios, forecast outcomes,
and perform what-if analyses to identify trends and optimize business results.

Hyperion Planning
Oracle Hyperion Planning is a centralized, Microsoft Excel- and Web-based planning, budgeting, and forecasting solution that integrates financial
and operational planning processes. Oracle Hyperion Planning provides an in-depth look at business operations and its impact on financials by
tightly integrating financial and operational planning models. With Oracle Hyperion Planning, you can meet your immediate financial planning
needs while enabling a platform for future cross-functional expansion and automated process integration
Essbase is the backend engine for storing data for Hyperion Planning

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Features
Hyperion Planning
Centralized, web based solution providing excel interface for budgeting
and forecasting activities
Essbase as the backend to store the data

Essbase
Powerful Analytic Engine to do what if analysis

Provides powerful Workflow including email notifications, alerts, and

tasks lists to better control and manage the budget process
Provides Task lists which can be assigned to the team to manage the
budget process
Account annotations and supporting details functionality is available to
provide justification on the budget numbers
Out-of-box functionality for workflow and capital asset is available
System 9 workspace provide single web based interface to manage
planning and forecasting and associated financial and web analysis
reporting.
Data load can be done through Planning Web forms

No such workflow is available

Security is role based

Security can be provided on Dimension Members, data forms,
workflows and task lists

No task lists are available

No such functionality
No such prebuilt solutions available
Essbase application is managed by a separate console which is also
available on web but is not integrated with Hyperion Reports.
No web based forms/templates available. Need to develop excel based
templates.
Security is role based

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Dimensionality
Hyperion Planning

Essbase

20 maximum dimensions
8 mandatory dimensions
1. Accounts
2. Entity
3. Period
4. Year
5. Scenario
6. Version
7. Currency ( only for multi currency applications)
8. HSP_Rates ( only for multi currency applications)

No limit
No limitations

Maximum 5 types of Plan Type

3 Genric PlanTypes
Reserved for Workforce Planning
Reserved for Capital Planning
Calc Scripts are available
Business Rules provide graphical interface to write complex business
logic
User prompts are available in Business Rules

Plan Type corresponds to the db in Essbase Application

Calc Scripts are available for writing complex logic

Not available on the excel templates
No user prompts are available in calc scripts
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Data Load
Hyperion Planning
Dimensions
Manually through Planning Web GUI
ODI/DIM/EPMA/FDQM
Data Load
Manually via Planning Web Forms
Directly into Essbase using Load Rules
ODI/DIM/FDQM
Using Offline Planning Forms through Excel using Smart View

Essbase
Manually through AAS Console GUI
ODI/DIM/FDQM

Use Load Rules to load the data

ODI/DIM/FDQM
Need to build to the excel templates to load the data

Planning Forms and Data Input Templates

Hyperion Planning
Planning Forms are available over the intranet, thin client
Same Planning Web Forms can be made offline

Essbase
No centralized location for maintenance of the data input templates
Always offline

Allows Complex Formatting

Asymmetric Layouts are allowed
Business Rules can be tied to the form
User Prompts can be linked to the forms and business rules
Visual cue is provided for the change of data

Simple data inputs

Asymmetric Layouts are not allowed
Calc Scripts can be tied to the template?? -- probably NO VERIFY
No user prompts are available
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Implementation Process
Hyperion Planning
Design the Application in Planning
Build the Dimensions mandatory 8 dimensions
Test Data load using Load Rules or Smart View
Build Web Forms
Write Business Rules
Create FR and

Essbase
Design Essbase Application
No limit
Data load
Build Excel Templates complex
Write Calc Scripts

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