1. Administering Profitability and Cost Management
  2. Creating and Migrating Profitability and Cost Management Applications
  3. Working with an Application in the Profitability Application Console
  4. Performing Other Application Tasks

Performing Other Application Tasks

You can update and order dimensions, validate metadata, export and import templates, and access diagnostics.

To perform these tasks:

  1. Open the Profitability Application Console (Using the Profitability Application Console and Other Application Features).
  2. Optional: To delete the current application, click Delete button.

    Ensure no other users require this application before deleting it.

    Note:

    If you want to delete an application, delete it using the Service Administrator user that created the application.

  3. Optional: Click Actions, and then select one of the following options:

    • Update Dimensions—Add or remove dimension members for the selected application

      For details, see Updating Application Dimensions with Flat Files.

    • Metadata Validation—Runs cross-dimension validations on the deployed data for the selected application but does not enable valid applications

      Results are displayed in the Job Library (Job Library icon). If a validation error occurred, click the link for details. You can create a file of errors for easier correction.

    • Export Template—Create a zip file of an entire application for backup or migration (Exporting Template Files)

    • Import Template—Only available if no application exists yet; create a new application by loading an exported template file (Building Applications by Importing Template Files)

    • Re-Order Dimensions—Move dimensions up or down the dimension outline

    • Repair Data Grants—Push all data grant assignments to Oracle Essbase where they are enforced, in case a synchronization error occurs.

    • Export Supplemental Diagnostics—Submit a job that collects various diagnostic information in the form of .csv files, text files, and reports and zips them into a single file. This file is saved in the Profitability and Cost Management File Explorer, where you can download it. When working with Oracle Support to diagnose a problem, you may be requested to provide this file.

      Note:

      The general types of information collected are metadata, aggregate, and statistical, related to the structure of the application and its execution characteristics. Information is collected for diagnosis and support. No sensitive information or actual data is collected.

    • Enable Diagnostics—Enable diagnostic logging for error debugging.

  4. Respond to any confirmation prompts.

    The selected action is performed.

Tip:

View and refresh the Job Library, Job Library icon, to check the current status of a Profitability Application Console job (Viewing Tasks in the Application Job Library).