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Getting Started with Oracle Hyperion Planning 11

By : Enti Sandeep Reddy
Book Image

Getting Started with Oracle Hyperion Planning 11

By: Enti Sandeep Reddy

Overview of this book

<p>Oracle Hyperion Planning is one of the many products in the Oracle Enterprise Performance Management software suite, an industry-leading Business Intelligence software package. The primary focus of the Hyperion Planning product is to provide a planning, budgeting, and forecasting solution that helps you manage and coordinate all your business planning and budgeting needs.</p> <p>This book is a practical guide to implementing a Hyperion Planning solution in your organization, which addresses all your planning, budgeting, and forecasting needs.</p> <p>You will begin with the installation of Hyperion Planning and then design Planning applications as per some example user requirements. You will then learn to create the planning objects. The book moves on to explaining important concepts within Hyperion Planning such as data forms, task lists, business rules, validation rules, and workflows, with the help of many real-world examples to maximize your learning. Towards the end of the book, you will cover user provisioning and access rights and budget process management.</p>
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
Getting Started with Oracle Hyperion Planning 11
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Chapter 4. Creating an Oracle Hyperion Planning Application - the Classic Way

 

A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man displays folly.

 
 --Biblical proverb

In the previous chapter, Hyperion Planning Dimensions, we introduced the dimensions of a typical Planning Application, which will pave way in creating our first Planning application in this chapter. By the end of the chapter, we will have our first Sample Planning application standing tall and smiling.

Take a look at a possible conversation between Oracle Hyperion Planning guru (such as John Goodwin) and an Oracle Hyperion Planning beginner.

Planning beginner: I have installed Planning Dimensions, and learned the basics. I feel confident enough to create Planning Application now. Do you have any suggestions for me right now, Mr. Planning Guru?

Planning guru: Yes, I do. I would suggest you create a sample Planning Application, explore it, and after that try to create a Planning Application based on a user's requirements...