1 Learn and Connect Checklist for Narrative Reporting Service Administrators
Welcome, Narrative Reporting Service
Administrators!
Here’s a checklist to help you learn about Narrative Reporting with links to training, reference materials and community resources.
Learn about Narrative Reporting
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Orient yourself with Narrative Reporting by watching this video tour.
Watch this video: Overview: Tour of Narrative Reporting in EPM Enterprise Cloud. (5 minutes)
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Read this: Narrative Reporting Overview. (5 minutes)
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Visit the Narrative Reporting library on the Help Center, your one-stop shop for videos, tutorials, documentation and tools. Narrative Reporting Help Center. (5 minutes)
Start using Narrative Reporting
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Get familiar with the business process and how you’ll start your Narrative Reporting activities. (25 minutes)
Read this: Overview of Narrative Reporting. (5 minutes)
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Review the basic Narrative Reporting steps that you’ll perform. (60 minutes)
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Read this: Learn about Report Packages (5 minutes)
- Watch this video: Overview: Report Packages in Narrative Reporting Part I (5 minutes)
- Watch this video: Overview: Report Package in Narrative Reporting Part II (5 minutes)
- Watch this video: Report Package Basics Learning Path (5 minutes)
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Read this: Create Report Packages (5 minutes)
Watch this video: Creating the Report Package Structure in Narrative Reporting (5 minutes)
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Read this: Manage Report Packages (5 minutes)
Watch this video: Overview: Managing Report Packages in Narrative Reporting (5 minutes)
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Read this: Working with Reports (5 minutes)
Watch this video: Overview: Management Reports in EPM Cloud Narrative Reporting (5 minutes)
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Read this: Working with Report Designer (5 minutes)
- Watch this video: Creating Management Reports (5 minutes)
- Watch this video: Designing Reports (5 minutes)
- Watch this video: Viewing Reports (5 minutes)
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See new features in each monthly update
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Once you’re up and running, read about the new features in each monthly update. (5 minutes)
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See all the Narrative Reporting features from previous monthly updates. (5 minutes)
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Read about new and upcoming features. Enterprise Performance Management Roadmap.
Connect with Narrative Reporting
communities
Join Customer Connect, an online community, to collaborate and learn with colleagues. Review each of these areas: (10 minutes)
- Use the Narrative Reporting Category to ask questions, connect with experts, or share your thoughts on key topics.
- Use the Idea Lab to influence Oracle’s product development, share, vote, and comment on your favorite ideas.
- Use the EPM Platform Category to pose questions, connect with experts, and share your thoughts and ideas.
- Attend Enterprise Performance Management Events to be among the first to know about new release functionality and industry best practices.
To ensure you are always in the know, confirm your Customer Connect notification preferences are set for EPM Announcements as well as each Category you're following.
- To set notification preferences for EPM Announcements, go to Categories, then Announcements, and then Enterprise Performance Management. Next, select the Notification preferences drop down.
- To set notification preferences for each Category, navigate to the Category page and select the Notification preferences drop down. You must go to each category page separately and select the Notification preferences drop down.
Join a Narrative Reporting User
Group to collaborate and learn more
Participating in user groups keeps you on the cutting edge of the EPM Cloud landscape. Join one of these user groups:
- Join ODTUG to stay on the cutting edge of the Oracle technology landscape.
- Join OATUG to learn about Oracle applications and technology.
- Join UKOUG to connect, learn, and collaborate with UK users and partners.
- Join a local User Group to connect with users in your area.
- Attend Developer Events to exchange ideas, network, and build communities.
Creating and Running an EPM Center of Excellence
A best practice for EPM is to create a CoE (Center of Excellence).
An EPM CoE is a unified effort to ensure adoption and best practices. It drives transformation in business processes related to performance management and the use of technology-enabled solutions.
Cloud adoption can empower your organization to improve business agility and promote innovative solutions. An EPM CoE oversees your cloud initiative, and it can help protect and maintain your investment and promote effective use.
All customers can benefit from an EPM CoE, including customers who have already implemented EPM.
The EPM CoE team:
- Ensures cloud adoption, helping your organization get the most out of your Cloud EPM investment
- Serves as a steering committee for best practices
- Leads EPM-related change management initiatives and drives transformation
How Do I Get Started?
Click to get best practices, guidance, and strategies for your own EPM CoE: Creating and Running an EPM Center of Excellence .
Learn More
- Watch the Cloud Customer Connect webinar: Creating and Running a Center of Excellence (CoE) for Cloud EPM
- Watch the videos: Overview: EPM Center of Excellence and Creating a Center of Excellence.
- See the business benefits and value proposition of an EPM CoE in Creating and Running an EPM Center of Excellence.