Creating FDM Applications

Open the Web browser, and enter the following URL:

http://<WebServerName>/HyperionFDM

Note:

If you are using a nonstandard port number for IIS, you must include the port number in the aforementioned URL.

You can also create FDM applications by launching the FDM Workbench.

  1. Select <New Application> and enter an authenticated user account.

    This account is the default FDM Administrator account.

  2. In the General tab, enter the new FDM application name and path to the FDM application and the application group name in the App Group field.

Note:

The App Group field is visible only when Shared Services is the selected authentication provider.

  To create FDM applications:

  1. Navigate to the FDM Logon page by typing the following URL into the browser: http://<WebServerName>/HyperionFDM/

  2. From Application, select <New Application> and click Logon.

  3. Enter the user name, password, and domain of an account that can create FDM applications.

    See About Load Balance Manager for details on specifying authentication providers. The specified account is added to the FDM application as a FDM administrator.

  4. On the General tab in the New Application form, enter the name, description, path, and application group of the new application.

    Note:

    The App Group field (for entering the application group name) is visible only when Shared Services is selected as the authentication provider.

    If users access the application from multiple Web and application servers, Oracle recommends that you use the UNC naming convention to avoid problems with inconsistent drive letter mapping.

    Note:

    It is highly recommended to create the FDM application on the data server. When FDM imports GL data into the system, it uses a highly efficient technique that forces the SQL server process to access the GL file directly. If the FDM application path is not stored on the data server, the Windows account running the MSSQLServer Windows or Oracle service must have read access to the FDM Inbox folder.

  5. Select the Database tab, and on OLE DB Provider, select ORACLEDB.ORACLE (Oracle). SQLOLEDB (SQL Server OLE DB), SQLNCLI (SQL Server 2005), or SQLNCLI10 (SQL 2008 and 2008 R2).

    The image shows the New Application dialog box with the Database tab active and OracleOLEDB.Oracle entered as the OLE DB Provider.
    The image shows the New Application dialog box with the Database tab active and SQLDB entered as the OLE DB Provider.

  6. Optional: If using Oracle, to override the default tablespace settings:

    1. Click Options.

    2. Select the preferred settings.

    3. Click OK to return to the Database tab.

  7. Click OK.