1. MISSION POSSIBLE:  Migrating to Oracle’s Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service
Bob Usset, EPM Manager
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2. Minneapolis, MN based consulting firm
Business Analytics and Big Data focused
Over 250 EPM & BI customers
Employees:
Dedicated to Enterprise Performance Management and Business Analytics, enabling clients to make better business decisions
Proven customer satisfaction and experience across a variety of industries
Advisory services, strategic assessments, implementations, upgrades, training, customer enablement and managed services
eCapital
- Many of the people in this room have work with us
- Minneapolis based firm
- Over 250 EPM and BI customers
- Along with developing and implementing EPM and BI solutions we preform advisory services, strategic assessments, and training
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3. Oracle EPM & BI Client Sampling
- We have clients located throughout the county, however, as demonstrated from these logos most of our work is done right here in the Minneapolis area
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4. Today’s Discussion Migration Execution Migration Strategy
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What is planning Cloud
EPBCS vs PBCS
Migration Execution
Migration Strategy
What is the planning cloud
EPBCS vs PBCS
Migration strategy
Migration Execution
Questions
Demo if time
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5. What is Oracle’s Planning Cloud?
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- Cloud product that delivers functionality used to support budgeting and forecast processes
- Very similar to the product used on prem
- Allows for end user input through forms
- System can run calculations on data
- Reporting available through batched or ad-hoc analysis
- And like on-prem it is accessible through the web browsers and excel
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6. Today’s Discussion Migration Execution Migration Strategy
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What is PBCS
EPBCS vs PBCS
Migration Execution
Migration Strategy
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7. PBCS vs EPBCS Enable Oracle’s Planning Cloud
- These models are much better than they were on-prem
First decision is purchase PBCS or EPBCS
EPBCS will give you pre-built models
Overall the products are the same
4) EPBCS will have special features, mainly integrations with other cloud products, are being applied to EPBCS and the pre-built models (that makes sense, Oracle knows how they are setup)
5) Cost
- By leveraging these models you will have more custom plan types available
- But they will require change management from how you interact with planning today
- Wizard on setup, but there is still a learning curve to setup
- More functionality
Operational Modeling, Profitability, etc.
6) You don’t have to decide now, you can always upgrade to EPBCS
- Out of box functionality will have less development time but maybe more time for user training (change management)
- The costs to implement will be different
- EPBCS is more expense, work with the reps, it may not be as expensive as you think
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8. Today’s Discussion Migration Execution Migration Strategy
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What is PBCS
EPBCS vs PBCS
Migration Execution
Migration Strategy
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9. Migration Strategy Enable Oracle’s Planning Cloud
Consolidate your applications
Data movement is simplified if pushing data between plan types
Login processes are complicated if using multiple applications
License costs can be reduced by consolidating into fewer applications
Don’t worry about performance, we have seen excellent performance in the cloud
2) Understand new features before you start migrating to the cloud
- Some of the features must be enabled when application is created
- Some features require, or work better, with certain designs (web form layout as an example)
Most of the functionality is the same in the cloud, however; some cannot or should not be carried over to PBCS
SQL load rules are not more, EPMA, ODI, outline load utility metadata builds are done (see if this true)
MaxL with EPM Automate for scripting
Xwrite is replaced my Smart Push
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10. Today’s Discussion Migration Execution Migration Strategy
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What is PBCS
EPBCS vs PBCS
Migration Execution
Migration Strategy
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11. Migration Execution Enable Oracle’s Planning Cloud
1) Objects can be migrated from on-prem using LCM in or better
- We have developed processes to migrate from older versions
- Migration order matters (in terms of the order of which things are LCMed in first, second, ….)
- Need have native user to invoke EPM Automate, doesn't work for SSO credentials
- We may need to modify LCM and some items will not move using LCM
2) Security on artifacts does not LCM over (i.e. Forms, rules, reports)
- Users are setup and maintained differently than today
- This is a good time to review and improve your security model (you will be rebuilding it anyway)
- SAML authentication can be setup
- When on EPBCS, the system will deploy objects, these objects will also require security setup
3) Data and meta-data integrations need to be updated
- May have a separate section to review this (depending on time)
4) Get ready to learn as you migrate and after
- Almost all functionality from on-prem is available in PBCS, but how you get to each screen is very different (and the old screens are going away)
- Task list can be setup to describe almost any set of tasks (both admin and end user)
- Academy is there, for many of the items it has videos
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12. Manual Loads & Exports Enable Oracle’s Planning Cloud
Files can be loaded through manually through the interface
These loads can be setup through the interface for certain times
Smart View also a administrator plug in that allows for metadata management
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13. EPM Automate What is it? What can I do with it?
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EPM Automate
What is it?
What can I do with it?
Pros
Easily automated and scheduled
Can be used in conjunction with other processes
Can run initiate numerous tasks within PBCS
Export Data
Import Data
Execute business rules
Cons
Command line tool
No mapping, validation, transformation
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14. Data Management Enable Oracle’s Planning Cloud Pros FREE!
Powerful mapping and validations engine
Automation available
Cons
No data exports
Can only import using flat files from inbox/outbox
Built in scheduler is almost never all encompassing
Need a business rule run before or after?
File upload to inbox before?
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15. FDMEE Enable Oracle’s Planning Cloud Pros
Single, consolidated hub of info coming to/from Hyperion
Cloud capable
Powerful mapping and validation engine
Oracle strategic direction
Cons
Not free
Not offered as a cloud service
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16. March PBCS Update - Webinar
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Discuss new features in March update
March 21, 12:00pm CST
Register:
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17. Questions? Please contact us!
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Questions? Please contact us!
Bob Usset
Manager, EPM Practice
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