Taking Advantage of the ORACLE EPM World

A picture is worth a thousand words, don't you think? I love a report with a pixel-perfect chart. But why not go beyond a table and pie chart?   Are you using the reporting tool that portrays your key information most effectively?  Continuing the premise of the importance of analysis and reporting for finance, I want on this occasion share with you a short discussion about the different options that Oracle EPM has to offer you and the differences among them.  At the time of writing, Oracle offers six (6) tools to help you to create interactive reports and analysis. In Part 1, I will cover Adhoc in the Web & Excel, Dashboards and  Reports / Financial Reporting. In Part 2, I will discuss  Narrative Reporting and Oracle Analytics Cloud.  What are they?   Adhoc in the Web & Excel Adhoc analysis web and Excel (using Oracle Smart View) is a functionality that helps you  to design your reports and  retrieve and analyse data by selecting members, using functions, and performing a v

Reporting and financial analysis are the starting point of modern business. That is why Oracle is constantly evolving and updating its financial and reporting tools. While you may already be aware of the different reporting tools that Oracle can offer you, I want to take the opportunity to share with you, the new generation reporting capabilities and its potential.   This new tool is called Reports . So…   what is this new Reports ? Well, to be honest, this is not a new tool; it has been part of Narrative Reporting business process for the past four years. Reports is now integrated into the EPM Cloud Platform applications (Planning, Financial Consolidation and Close, Tax Reporting, and Free Form) business processes and will eventually, replace the legacy Financial Reporting (FR). This is great news for those who have worked with FR and know it is not an easy tool to work with. And do not worry, you will have plenty of time to migrate your content from Financial Reporting to Reports