You must do the following tasks before you can deploy Profitability and Cost Management application to Essbase. When you deploy Profitability and Cost Management to Essbase, you use the model information from the application to create an Essbase database that can be fine-tuned for profitability and cost analysis without needing to understand a scripting language.
Profitability and Cost Management model design contains the information needed to generate Essbase outline and the calculation script required by the Essbase component of the model. Each model requires access to the following databases:
A relational database to store the model design, including the dimension metadata deployed from Performance Management Architect
An Essbase database that includes a Calculation database (BSO) and a Reporting database (ASO).
Note: | Multiple models can be stored in a database. |
Deploying Profitability and Cost Management applications to Essbase involves these tasks:
After completing these tasks, you must deploy the applications to Essbase.