Using Essbase 21c with Profitability and Cost Management Applications

Note:

• Essbase cube(s) for a Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management application may not appear within the legacy Essbase Administrative Services (EAS) user interface. Ensure that you use the Administrative Essbase Web Interface to work with the Essbase cubes.
• For Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management, Essbase 21c (Version 21.4.2) is now supported on both Windows and Linux environment.

Registry changes

To make changes to the Registry, see Registry changes in Using Essbase 21c with Planning Applications.

Running the Profitability and Cost Management applications with Essbase 21c

1. Stop all the EPM services and Essbase services.
2. Navigate to essbase.cfg configuration file. The configuration file, essbase.cfg is located in the following directory:

   <Domain Root>/<Domain Name>/config/fmwconfig/essconfig/essbase

   Note:

   <DOMAIN_DIR> is the Essbase 21c domain directory (for example, /ESB214/user_projects/domains/essbase_domain) where ESB214 is the install folder for Essbase 21.4.2.
3. Open essbase.cfg in a text editor.
4. Add FILEGOVPATH OFF.

   Note:

   By default, File Governance is implicitly ON.
5. Save essbase.cfg configuration file.
6. Patch ess_japi.jar (downloaded from Essbase Jet UI) in /Oracle/Middleware/EPMSystem11R1/common/EssbaseJavaAPI/11.1.2.0/lib on all the EPM servers.

   Note: To download the ess_japi.jar file:

   1. Open Essbase Jet UI.
   2. Click Console.
   3. On the Console page, click Desktop Tools > Essbase JAPI.
   4. Click the Download icon to download the ess_japi.jar file.
7. Restart all the EPM services and Essbase services.