Recently, a very typical request from business asking for the YTD data export to a file for an external integration. Although it seemed like a very simple request, the challenges we ran into are described below. We have decided to try with two options: Because I hadn’t yet looked at Groovy’s transformer function, we went…
One of my coworkers recently asked if there was a simple way to extract all the smart lists connected to members. The idea was to remove all unused smart lists. I could not do it in one step since smart lists might be associated with any member from any dimension. I don’t want to download…
Parallel execution can be accomplished in a planning application in a variety of methods. One of the most effective methods is to build a rule set with a parallel or serial tag. Parallel execution and error handling are automatically handled by the system. Since there is no coding required, I would always choose the rule…
The majority of us executes groovy rules in ‘Run Before Save’ operation to check if user-entered data fits all of the validation requirements. If the data does not meet the conditions, we have the option to cancel the ‘Save’ action. We’ll utilize the same “Run Before Save” groovy business rules and perform simple calculations on…
Thanks to the latest addition of export and import data functions in the Groovy EPM package, we can now export, transform, and load data in any EPBCS application. This, like Data Maps and Data Management, is a privileged function that only administrators can use. As we all know, there are a variety of ways to…
This is one of the first ever features, and it’s frequently utilized in most Hybrid Business Rules ( Groovy + Business Rule ) to collect the edited members from the form and execute the calculation exclusively to them. We create a Set and capture all the changed cells as shown below to collect only one…
Most of the information in this post will be redundant for people who started working with Essbase prior to the cloud era. The Groovy API provides a mechanism for clearing partial data in ASO straight from Calculation Manager using the Groovy API. Two parameters must be given. Logical Clear Vs Physical Clear The data is…
UPDATE : Cross Platform SmartPush Data push is available in the DataMaps The purpose is to push data using a webform attached business rule that captures the edited rows and pushes data to a different EPBCS instance. Within the application, the calculation manager has multiple options, including data map, smart push, and DataGridBuilder. The REST…
The EPBCS REST API provides the option to export all the job details to csv files. This is more helpful for consultants who support the application or for service admins who would like to see the summary of failed jobs in a csv file. I wanted to give it a try and explore this feature. We…