Top Gun 2007 Hyperion Smart for Essbase Presentation Title Top Gun 2007 Hyperion Smart for Essbase Slide 1: Title Slide Insert title of presentation, presenter’s name, position, and company name. Michael Nader Sr. Product Manager Hyperion Solutions

CLASS PREP Start in order: Foundation Services Administration Services Analytic Services Analytic Provider Services (APS) Administration Console Copyright © 2006, Hyperion. All rights reserved.

Performance Visibility via Smart View Presentation Title Hyperion Planning Hyperion Financial Management Hyperion Essbase Hyperion Financial Reporting Hyperion Interactive & Production Reporting Hyperion Web Analysis FINANCIAL & OPERATIONAL REPORTING ANALYSIS BUDGETING AND PLANNING FINANCIAL CONSOLIDATION TAILORED APPLICATIONS Copyright © 2006, Hyperion. All rights reserved.

Advanced Office Integration Presentation Title Presentation Title Excel Forms Ad-hoc Functions System 9 BI+ content Word / PowerPoint / Outlook Smart Tag alternative System 9 BI + content Financial Reports Web Analysis Interactive Reporting Copyright © 2006, Hyperion. All rights reserved. | Company Confidential | Roadmap Details are Subject to Change Copyright © 2006, Hyperion. All rights reserved. 4 4

Analytic Provider Services Presentation Title Formerly – Analytic Services Smart View Provider Replaces Analytic High Availability Services Current capabilities: Smart View communication Java API XMLA API Completely rewritten per XMLA standard for Beckett Viable interface into Analytic Services JPivot, MS Reporting Services Provides High Availability access to any tool that come through XMLA, Java (including ADM based) JAPI Stand alone .JAR deployment Copyright © 2006, Hyperion. All rights reserved.

Analytic Provider Services Presentation Title Smart View Client BI+ Tools Partner/Custom XMLA Tools Partner/Custom Java Tools Java API Smart View Communication XMLA API Analytic Provider Services High Availability / Failover Analytic Services Analytic Services Analytic Services Stand Alone or Clustered Data Source Copyright © 2006, Hyperion. All rights reserved.

Feature Highlights Point of View (POV) Smart View Toolbar Functions Presentation Title Point of View (POV) Toolbar POV Manager Smart View Toolbar Functions Multiple data sources Integrated across Office suite System 9 BI+ Integration Updated styles Precedence Dirty cells Data Adjustment Scaling Copyright © 2006, Hyperion. All rights reserved.

General Efficiency Tips Presentation Title Governing query requirements: Navigating without data: Using multiple sheets Spreading Data Copyright © 2006, Hyperion. All rights reserved.

Smart View Configuration Presentation Title Three Easy Steps: Add Smart View Provider. Add Analytic Server to general Administration Services. Add Analytic Server to Smart View Provider. Local Essbase instance is autoconfigured. 2 1 3 Copyright © 2006, Hyperion. All rights reserved.

Formatting Tricks Formatting with style: Capture data formats Presentation Title Formatting with style: Capture data formats Preserve Excel formats Copyright © 2006, Hyperion. All rights reserved.

Analytic Services Data Function Support Presentation Title Available functions include HsGetValue and HsSetValue Ability to combine or display Financial Management and Analytic Services data in one worksheet Multi-data source calculations HFM Data Analytic Services Data Copyright © 2006, Hyperion. All rights reserved.

Query Designer Cross-dimensional layout Filtered selection UDA Presentation Title Cross-dimensional layout Filtered selection UDA Attribute Children Descendants Select by measure value Filter ([Product].levels(0).members, [Qtr1] <= 0.00) Top/Bottom Etc. Copyright © 2006, Hyperion. All rights reserved.

Moving Data Across Office Presentation Title Presentation Title For example: Start in Excel Export data points to Word Double-click data point in Word and move to Excel Features: Tool tips in Word and PPT Data points fully refreshable Linked to visualizations in HVE Document can be e-mailed and linked queries and data points remain Copyright © 2006, Hyperion. All rights reserved. Copyright © 2006, Hyperion. All rights reserved. | Company Confidential | Roadmap Details are Subject to Change 13 13

Smart View Toolkit Navigation Member information queries Presentation Title Navigation Member information queries Direct member queries Member property validation Calculation and data submission Copyright © 2006, Hyperion. All rights reserved.

Functions of Note HypQueryMembers HypIsUDA HypIsAttribute HypIsExpense Presentation Title HypQueryMembers Executes the member selection query HypIsUDA Boolean check to see if member specified has a specific UDA HypIsAttribute Boolean check to see if member specified has a specific attribute HypIsExpense Boolean check to see if member specified has an Expense tag HypConnected Check to verify whether a sheet is currently connected HypOtlGetMemberInfo Query to find out the member comment, formula, UDA, Attribute Copyright © 2006, Hyperion. All rights reserved.

Functions of Note HypFindMember HypBusinessRules HypListBusinessRules Presentation Title HypFindMember Retrieves member information like dimension, alias, generation and level names HypBusinessRules Uses a calculation script (or Business rule script) to initiate a calculation on the server HypListBusinessRules Lists all calc scripts present on the Analytic Server HypMenuVCalculation Opens the Smartview - Calculation dialog box HypGetDataPoint Retrieves member information for a single data cell HypSetCellsDirty Marks selected data range dirty for submit Copyright © 2006, Hyperion. All rights reserved.

New VBA Functions HypVSetSubstitutionVariable HypVGetSubstitutionVariable HypIsDescendant HypIsParent HypGetChildren HypGetParent HypGetAncestor HypExecuteQuery HypCreateCalc HypDeleteCalc HypSetActiveConnection HypConnectionExist Copyright © 2006, Hyperion. All rights reserved.

Creating a Highly Available Environment Presentation Title Database clustering Read Only Query aware Failover User sessions are database specific – “sticky” During failure, connection rerouted to active instance Disable and enable data sources from UI or utility Requirements Licensed on Analytic Services Server Analytic Services High Concurrency Option Copyright © 2006, Hyperion. All rights reserved.

BI+ Content in Office Presentation Title Presentation Title Copyright © 2006, Hyperion. All rights reserved. Copyright © 2006, Hyperion. All rights reserved. | Company Confidential | Roadmap Details are Subject to Change 19 19

Slide 14: Closing Hyperion Logo Slide Presentation Title Slide 14: Closing Hyperion Logo Slide This slide must be used as the closing slide. Do not advance beyond this slide when presenting.