Using Essbase 21c with EPM System

You can now use Oracle Hyperion Planning and Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management applications, Oracle Hyperion Financial Reporting from an Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System deployment to report on Oracle Essbase cubes in a Oracle Essbase 21c deployment integrated with EPM Shared Services.

To use Essbase 21c from an EPM System deployment:

  1. Install and configure Essbase 21c.

    For information about independently installing and configuring Essbase 21c, see Installing Oracle Essbase in Essbase Independent Deployment.

  2. For information about configuring Essbase 21c with Shared Services, see EPM Shared Services Authentication in Essbase Independent Deployment.

  3. For information about configuring Financial Reporting data source to Essbase 21c. See Managing Database Connections.

Note:

  • Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management must be Installed and Configured on same machine along with Essbase 21.4.2 where Analytic Provider Services (APS) is up and running.
  • For Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management, Essbase 21c (Version 21.4.2) is now supported on both Windows and Linux environment.
  • If you choose to use Essbase 21c instead of Essbase 11.1.2.x, ensure that you perform an upgrade only via LCM to import your Planning applications.

For more information about licensing an independent usage of Essbase 21c, see the Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Licensing Guide.