Sometimes I feel like I am the only evangelist out there for Essbase Studio and I wonder why that is since Essbase Studio is such a great tool.  This is especially true when you look at its ability to connect to a myriad of data source such as OBIEE, Teradata, MySQL, EPMA Dimension Server, netezza, etc.  Below is the top 10 list of why an organization should migrate their existing Essbase Integration Services models to Essbase Studio.  If your team is not an early adopter, run it in parallel.  If your team is scared of change, have them read “Who Moved My Cheese?“.  Otherwise, let’s make it happen.  Get with the program and enjoy the fruits of this fantastic toolset made for those who believe analytics are always evolving for the better.

Top 10 List

10. It has a familiar feel to EIS but its actually intuitive and user friendly.

9. It integrates with the new features of Essbase Server 11x.  Has EIS been touched since System 9x?

8. Introspection

7. There is a step-by-step tutorial on Essbase Studio Server made just for you (here).

6. Security provisioning and roles can be assigned in Shared Services.  Deliniate data modelers from administrators.

5. Essbase Integration Services is about to get sunset and Oracle Support will go bye-bye.

4. It connects to EPMA Dimension Server out-of-the-box. Ever heard of Master Data Management?

3. Essbase Studio Models are deployable with native MaXL Scripting.  Have you tried to automate a EIS deployment?

2. Essbase Studio comes with an Integration Services Catalog Migration Wizard. (hint, hint)

1. Larry Ellison wants you to.  Seriously, Oracle’s BI roadmap is taking Studio to the next frontier, not EIS.  Its a good train…get on it.

As promised, based on my previous post regarding setting up Essbase Studio Server and OC4J to run as a Windows Service, I have provided a video to visually assist you with your integration.

Essbase Studio Server & OC4J As a Windows Service from ArtOf BI on Vimeo.

If you have any questions or comments please post them so that everyone can benefit from them.

As you know, the Hyperion 11.1.1.3 release of Essbase Studio Server was not release as a windows service. After my last Essbase Studio implementation project, and being repeatedly asked, “How do we run Essbase Studio as a Windows Service?”, I decided to dig deep into the details and deliver a concrete answer to those that care to read on.  Of course, I was successful in my endeavor, hence this post. Now, I ask, Do you want to see Essbase Studio Server launchable in your services panel like this…?

I keep getting asked “Was the Essbase Studio installation ever provided as a windows service?”. My reply to that now is “Who cares?”. If the Oracle think-tank decided not to make life easier for us with a Windows Service for Essbase Studio upon install then so be it. At least now, I’ve got a great rebuttal and a top-notch solution. Now, no longer must this one piece of the Hyperion BI suite be the outcast with only the startServer.bat file to launch the server.
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By now every knows that the release of Hyperion 11x has provided us with the latest and greatest Essbase modeling application, Essbase Studio.  A lot of us are familiar with Essbase Integration Services and have been looking at Essbase Studio like a two-headed dog.  They either are scared and don’t want to go near it or they are so used to their purse-dog, i.e: EIS, that they stick with what they know best and haven’t unwrapped Essbase Studio yet.

This blog post should put and end to any reluctancy.  I introduce to you the first Essbase Studio tutorial on the web. 

You can download the PDF here. (I’ll eventually move this to a CDN if the downloads get to big, so please link to this post and not the document itself.)

Hyperion Essbase Studio Tutorial by Example (PDF)

I am also breaking the tutorial into a series with this being part 1.  There are a lot of cool new functions with Essbase Studio and you will immediately see the benefits it has over EIS. Soon, you’ll see other blog post here on Essbase Studio tutorials part 2, 3, etc. so be sure to check back often or subscribe to the RSS.

If this series is good, bad, or indifferent please let me know.  I would like to keep these up and with your feedback I can revise and make the documents that much more informative everyone.

Cheers.

Update 8/30/2009

- This should have been posted to the live site last week. I am in the middle of switching hosting providers for my blog and uploaded this post to my test site instead of this one. Sorry for the delay.

We’ve been working with Oracle for sometime now with the latest release Oracle EPM release and there has been a lot of demand for some demonstration and quick training on Hyperion Essbase Studio.  Since this is new to the 11x release there is not a lot for the general developer or user.

Check out the link to a quick 45 minute training video that was put together.  It should help you to get ramped up on the topic.

http://ilearning.oracle.com/ilearn/en/learner/jsp/rco_details_find.jsp?srchfor=null&rcoid=535889535

I plan to provide several tutorials on Essbase Studio over the next few months furthering this demo so check back or subscribe to the RSS feed.

Cheers,

Christian