Getting Ready for Kscope19

Seattle, here I come!

I'm really excited to be headed to Kscope19 in Seattle next month. I haven't been able to attend the last two years and I have really missed seeing everyone. Right now there are many people working feverishly to finish their presentations in order to bring you the best content available in our industry.

Long Live ASO

I will to be speaking about ASO Tuning and Calculations. If you've been hesitant to try writing ASO calculations, please come to this session. There is a new way of performing ASO calcs in OAC which I will go over. Oh, and I'll be sharing my Top 10 list of things never said by an Essbase developer. Stop by and say hello at 9AM on Wednesday morning in room 609.

Dodeca Rocks!

If you want to find out how Dodeca can help your company, please attend one of our customer sessions. Come hear how Dodeca is making an impact at LexisNexis, Abbott and Kroger. Also, be sure to stop by our booth in the expo hall.


A Journey Across the Kroger Enterprise Essbase Environment from the Grocery Store to the C-Suite Executive 
Come see how Kroger uses Dodeca to deliver Essbase data to 50,000 users!
Monday June 24 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM

Sleepless in Spreadsheets? Essbase…It’s Nice to Meet You!
How does going from ~140 Excel workbooks and ~400 Excel tabs to only 12 Essbase Dodeca views for the whole year sound?
Monday June 24 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM

Streamlining DRM System Change Request Workflows for Oracle EPM Using Dodeca
Hear how LexisNexis cut the time required to process change in their EPM environment in half, while improving quality and ensuring they pass Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) audits.
Tuesday June 25 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM

Trials and Tribulations
Find out how Abbott used Dodeca, a new ASO Essbase cube, and simple SQL to replace two expensive and un-scalable systems with a powerful platform for modeling clinical studies based on changing assumptions and drivers.
Tuesday June 25 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM

Applied OLAP: Dodeca Customer Panel - Dodeca Does It! (Again…and again…and again…)
Listen to testimonials by some of our customers about how Dodeca is changing their organizations for the better.
Tuesday June 25 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM

Sunday, Sunday, Sunday!

I also want to point out our Sunday Dodeca Symposium. This will be held on Sunday afternoon, starting at 1PM in room 609. You will hear about all of the new and exciting features in Dodeca and how they are increasing productivity for our customers.

Applied OLAP Experts Live Talking about things other than our products

Finally, the following sessions are led by technical experts at Applied OLAP with a focus on EPM related technologies.


30-Minute Session: Drill Through Your Essbase and Planning Data with APEX Interactive Reports
Monday June 24 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Introduction to Essbase MDX for Reporting
Tuesday June 25 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM

Up & Running with the OAC Essbase REST API
Tuesday June 25 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM

Docker & Essbase: Bring the Cloud to You
Wednesday June 26 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM

Congratulations on Your Shiny New Oracle Analytics Cloud Essbase Account! Now What Do You Do?
Wednesday June 26 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Collaborate 19

I wanted to let everyone know that my colleague Jason Jones will be speaking at Collaborate19 in San Antonio on April 7th and 10th. He is giving two great presentations on a couple of really current topics.

The first is Up & Running with the OAC Essbase REST API. This session will help you get started automating your Essbase cloud environment.

Abstract: Oracle's Essbase Cloud offering introduces a new and modern REST API in addition to its traditional Java API. The new REST API opens up many development, integration, and automation capabilities and differs greatly from the traditional API. This session will introduce the REST API, exploring how it's similar to and different from traditional APIs. We’ll also cover some real-world examples and how to get started with development.
Time: 3:00 PM–4:00 PM Apr 7, 2019
Location: CC 2ND FL 214C

The second is Docker & Essbase - Bring the Cloud to You. This session will teach you about using Docker to create an Essbase server. I love using Essbase in Docker. Gone are the days of lengthy and complicated Essbase installations or running slow virtual machines. I use Essbase in Docker everyday and it's improved my productivity tremendously.

Abstract: Docker is a modern technology for rapidly deploying and containerizing servers both on-premise and on the cloud. This presentation will introduce the Docker technology in a practical way, exploring interesting Essbase/EPM use cases in which Docker can be used to open up and enhance infrastructure, development, and testing in EPM organizations of any size.

Time: 4:30 PM–5:30 PM Apr 10, 2019

Location: CC 2ND FL 217D