Profitability and Cost Management applications are deployed to Essbase. The financial and other data required for allocation in Profitability and Cost Management are imported into an Essbase multidimensional database.
Essbase is deployed in Shared Services mode by default. See the Oracle Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management System Installation and Configuration Guide.
If Essbase is not deployed in Shared Services mode, see Administration Services Online Help for instructions to convert a stand-alone Essbase Server to Shared Services mode.
Essbase Server is running.
See the Oracle Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management System Installation and Configuration Guide.