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Move to cloud Essbase to Oracle Cloud

Practice

Tool Selection Finance Transformation Change Management

Team

1 project manager / architect, 1 consultant

Technical environment

Recent & optimized

version of Essbase

Upgrades

to a high-performance

Painless

migration

CHALLENGES

Obsolescence of the reporting platform and instability due to peak loads on the various applications, leading to a deterioration in service and performance.
Overhaul of existing reporting and forecasting applications (ASO) and conversion model
Upgrading of Essbase 21C application administration skills

SOLUTION

Deployment of Oracle Cloud Platform (OCI)
Essbase deployment via OCI marketplace
Migration of ASO as is applications: validation of move to cloud approach
Redesign of applications to BSO model, and implementation of hybrid mode
Design of calculation scripts based on existing MDX and batch scripts

BENEFITS

A modern, dedicated, high-performance platform
A recent, optimized version of Essbase
Painless migration, with effective transfer of historical data and existing functionalities
Upgrades to a high-performance, configurable calculation model (BSO). Optimization of standard consolidations for the benefit of end users. Simplified application maintenance.
Appropriation of the new version and new calculation typologies.