Use Case Examples

Here are some use cases examples for your deployment of Oracle Essbase.

Sample Scenario	Description
Query and Analyze	Using Smart View, you can interact with Essbase in Microsoft Excel to query and analyze data.
Perform What-if Analysis	Create, manage, and analyze scenarios, and also use light-weight life cycle management of the scenario themselves.
Forecasting and Allocation	Perform top-down and bottom-up forecasting and allocations.
Drill Through to Source	Define and execute drill through reports so that you can analyze additional detailed data retrieved from external data sources.
Create and Manage Cubes from Excel	Design, create, and modify fully functional cubes from Excel-based application workbooks. Design the cube within the application workbook, import the workbook to the cloud service to create a cube, load data, and calculate the cube. Create cubes from tabular data, from any source system.