Top Gun 2007

Hyperion Smart
for Essbase

Michael Nader
Sr. Product Manager
Hyperion Solutions

CLASS PREP
Start in order:

Foundation Services
Administration Services
Analytic Services
Analytic Provider Services (APS)
Administration Console

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Performance Visibility via Smart View

Hyperion
Financial
Reporting
Hyperion
Interactive &
Production
Reporting

FINANCIAL &
OPERATIONAL
REPORTING

ANALYSIS

Hyperion Planning

TAILORED
APPLICATIONS

FINANCIAL
CONSOLIDATION

BUDGETING AND
PLANNING

Hyperion Financial
Management

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Hyperion Essbase

Hyperion Web
Analysis

Advanced Office Integration

Excel

Forms
Ad-hoc
Functions
System 9 BI+ content

Word / PowerPoint / Outlook

Functions
System 9 BI+ content

Smart Tag alternative

System 9 BI + content
Financial Reports
Web Analysis
Interactive Reporting
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Analytic Provider Services

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
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Analytic Provider Services

SmartViewClient

BI+Tools

Partner/Custom
XMLATools

SmartView
Communication

JavaAPI

Partner/Custom
JavaTools

XMLAAPI

AnalyticProvider
Services

HighAvailability/Failover

Analytic
Services

Analytic
Services

Analytic
Services

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StandAloneor
ClusteredDataSource

Feature Highlights
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
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General Efficiency Tips

Governing query requirements:

Navigating without data:

Using multiple sheets

Spreading Data
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Smart View Configuration

Three Easy Steps:
1. Add Smart View Provider.
2. Add Analytic Server to general Administration Services.
3. Add Analytic Server to Smart View Provider.
1.

Local Essbase instance is autoconfigured.

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Formatting Tricks
Formatting with style:
Capture data formats
Preserve Excel formats

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Function Support
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

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Query Designer
Cross-dimensional layout
Filtered selection

UDA
Attribute
Children
Descendants
Select by measure value
Filter ([Product].levels(0).members, [Qtr1] <= 0.00)

Top/Bottom
Etc.

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Moving Data Across Office

For example:
1.

Start in Excel

2.

Export data points to Word

3.

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

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Smart View Toolkit

Navigation
Member information queries
Direct member queries
Member property validation
Calculation and data submission

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Functions of Note
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

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Functions of Note
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

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New VBA Functions

HypVSetSubstitutionVariable

HypGetAncestor

HypVGetSubstitutionVariable

HypExecuteQuery

HypIsDescendant

HypCreateCalc

HypIsParent

HypDeleteCalc

HypGetChildren

HypSetActiveConnection

HypGetParent

HypConnectionExist

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Creating a Highly Available

Environment
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

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BI+ Content in Office

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