In November, the companies announced that Microsoft would back BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation as "a preferred solution for companies running their business applications on the Microsoft platform." Microsoft will also participate in various marketing initiatives.

The move seemed like a natural fit, given Microsoft had retired its own dedicated EPM product, PerformancePoint Server, earlier this year, and that BusinessObjects Planning & Consolidation uses Microsoft's .NET technology.

[via Infoworld]

Notable features of Hyperion Essbase System 11

- Lifecycle Management
- Typed Measures
- Varying Attributes
- Backup and Recovery
- ASO Data Management
- The use of Environment Variables
- Monitoring Environment Reponses
- Common Log Locations
- Override Implied Shares
- Notable Calculations Additions

Via [In 2 Hyperion Blog]

Automating load using HAL



[via Hyperion Starters Blog]

EPMA is meant for managing the metadata like dimensions, hierarchies, data loads across product sets etc. So, in effect it is like ODI or Hyperion DIM but with more product specific multi-dimensional features thrown in. So, if you are managing Planning, Essbase and HFM (or any of these 2) in your organization EPMA could be a good fit when you want to use a single tool for managing the common dimensions, data loads etc.

[via Business Intelligence Blog]

Hyperion Planning is an application that sits on top of the Essbase OLAP server and is used by organizations to perform planning and budgeting.

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Creating your first simple application

Installing the Sample Planning Application in EPM 11.1