Creating and Deploying Standard Profitability Applications

Standard Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management must abide by these conditions:

• At least one dimension has been set to POV (Point of View) type. Up to four dimensions may be marked as POV dimensions.

• The application should contain at least one Business dimension.

• The application must contain one each of these dimensions.

  • Measures

  • Allocation Type

• Dimension Sort Order is set for the model.

To create Standard Profitability and Cost Management applications:

1. Access Oracle Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management Workspace. See Accessing EPM Workspace.
2. Select Navigate, then Administer, and then New Application.
3. In Name, enter an application name (maximum seven characters). Application names should not contain special characters (for example, a space or an asterisk).
4. In Type, select Profitability.

   Note:

   You can create an empty application, into which you can import metadata. To create an application outline, select Create Blank Application, and then click Finish.

5. Optional: Select Auto Create Local Dimensions to automatically create dimensions that are required in the application.

   The dimension name for each new dimension is the dimension type with (New) in parentheses. Automatically creating local dimensions save time because it populates the required application dimensions.

6. Click Next.
7. In the Dimension Selection window, choose the dimensions for the application. You must select the required default dimensions as local dimensions:

   • Measures

   • AllocationType

   • POV (At least one and up to four POV dimensions may be included)

   • At least one Business dimension

   • Alias (optional)

   • Attribute (optional)

   To create the dimensions for the application:

   1. Click in the Dimension column, and then select Create New Dimension.
   2. Enter a dimension name and an optional description.
   3. Click OK.
8. Click Next to create the application.
9. In Application Settings window, do the following tasks. See the Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management Administrator's Guide.
   1. Ensure that Dimension Sort Order is set correctly for each dimension (Measure 1, Allocation Type 2, POV 3, Business Dimension 4).
   2. Ensure that each Business Dimension in the application has at least two members, including NoMember, and that NoMemer is the last member in the hierarchy.
   3. Select Deploy when finished. This selection launches the Deploy window when you click Finish.
10. Click Validate and correct reported errors. You can find detailed validation information in the Library Job Console. To open the Library Job Console, select Navigate, then Administer, and then Library Job Console. See the Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management Administrator's Guide for a list of validations.
11. Click Finish.
12. Deploy the application. The deployment process registers the application with Oracle Hyperion Shared Services and deploys it to the application server.
    1. Select Instance Name, Application Server, and Shared Services Project for the Profitability and Cost Management application. Consult online help for assistance.
    2. Select Deploy.