Using Functions

Note:

In this chapter, references to Oracle Hyperion Planning apply to both the on-premises and Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud versions of Planning.

If you are familiar with the contents of your database, you can use the Oracle Smart View for Office functions described in Table 22-1 to perform operations on specific data in Excel cells.

Note:

When using the Smart View functions in Table 22-1, do not use the hash mark (#) or the semicolon (;) in member names, dimension names, or variable names. These characters are reserved for delimiters in the functions noted in this chapter.

Table 22-1 Smart View Functions and Supported Providers

Function Description Supported Providers

HsGetValue

Retrieves data from a data source.

  • Oracle Hyperion Financial Management

  • Oracle Essbase

  • Oracle Analytics Cloud - Essbase

  • Planning

  • Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud

  • Oracle Enterprise Planning and Budgeting Cloud

  • Oracle Enterprise Performance Reporting Cloud

HsSetValue

Sends values to the data source.

  • Financial Management

  • Essbase

  • Oracle Analytics Cloud - Essbase

  • Planning

  • Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud

  • Oracle Enterprise Planning and Budgeting Cloud

  • Oracle Enterprise Performance Reporting Cloud

HsGetSheetInfo

Retrieves detailed information about the current worksheet.

Provider-independent

HsCurrency

Retrieves the entity currency for the selected members.

Financial Management

HsAlias

Displays the alias of the specified dimension member.

  • Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud

  • Oracle Enterprise Planning and Budgeting Cloud

  • Oracle Financial Consolidation and Close Cloud

  • Oracle Tax Reporting Cloud

HsDescription

Displays the description for the default member.

  • Financial Management

  • Essbase

  • Oracle Analytics Cloud - Essbase

  • Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud

  • Oracle Enterprise Planning and Budgeting Cloud

  • Oracle Financial Consolidation and Close Cloud

  • Oracle Tax Reporting Cloud

HsLabel

Displays the label for the default member.

Financial Management

HsGetText

Retrieves cell text from the data source.

Financial Management

HsSetText

Sends cell text to the data source.

Financial Management

HsGetVariable

Retrieves the associated value for a substitution variable.

  • Essbase

  • Oracle Analytics Cloud - Essbase