Performance Mistakes Planning Essbase Top Dimension

PERFORMANCE MISTAKESHYPERION PLANNING/ ESSBASE

INFRATECTS & TOP DIMENSION

A.Leandri /J.S.NathaliaMarch2013

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Program ServicesofTopDimension Customercases,whatwentwrong Howdidweresolve? Whatisimportant

DesignandEPMarchitecture Outlineanddatabasefundament Essbase serverconfiguration Businessrules

Customerresults CombiningpowerofInfratects andTopDimension

100%specializedinimplementationofPerformanceManagement solutions: FinancialAccounting/ManagementAccounting Budgeting&RollingForecasting Allocations,DriverBasedPlanning Profitability&CostManagement ActivityBasedCosting FinancialReporting

Workingglobally TopDimensionNetherlands:coversWestern/Central/NorthernEurope TopDimensionUnitedKingdom:EnglandandIreland TopDimensionMiddleEast(Dubai)tocoverG.C.C.(Gulfarea) Russia,HongKong,US


Top Dimension Architects


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Architecture&Design PerformanceOptimization QualityAssurance Implementations


Top Dimension Services

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Smallcoreimplementationteamaligningcloselytogetherwiththeclientsbusiness Highlyexperiencedconsultants=Bestinclassonly Highlybusinessdriven,technicallyskilled Extensiveexperience:wearenotthebiggestimplementer,butwewereinvolvedatmanyprojects(probablythemostofallimplementers)becauseofourinvolvementinQualityAssuranceandotherspecificservices

Knowledgeofapplicationarchitecture Weknowmostappropriatesolutions(fore.g.financialconsolidation,currency,capex,workforce)

Impressivetrackrecordofspecialprojectsandturnaroundcapabilities


Top Dimension approach

ANDREA,CUSTOMERPORTFOLIOSLIDE?


TELECOM

TRANSPORT

LOGISTICS

MANUFACTURING

PACKAGINGUTILITIES

CHEMICAL

RECYCLING

BANKING

FINANCIAL SERVICES

MEDIA

ENTERTAINMENT

EDUCATIONHEALTHCARE

PHARMA

AUTOMOTIVE

COMPUTING

RETAIL

CONSULTING

FOOD

CONSUMERPRODUCTS

SOFTWARE

Softwareleaders Oracle|Hyperion SAP|BPC IBM|Cognos

Oursolutionscharacterize: Solid Sustainable Performing =HighQuality =>LowTotalCostofOwnership

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Top Dimension solutions

OracleExalytics(inmemorymachine) Morepowerfullhardware BringinTopDimension...


What did you advice?

INGBank&Insurance(processingfrom20hoursto1minute) GoodyearDunlopTires(processingfrom20hoursto20minutes) PricewaterhouseCoopers(unabletodeliverbudget,backtoseconds) Nokia(complexallocationandgroupconsolidation15minutes) Lassila &Tikanoja (150%performancegain) Alcatel(13stagesofallocation,similarlikeHPCM,butinminutes) Finnair (ourowntasteofplanningbasedonEssbase) Vion Food(solutionoptimizedby400%)Copyright 2013, Top Dimension Architects Worldwide b.v. All rights reserved. 13

Customer cases

ActivityBasedcosting Calculationbasedonhoursxrate Allocationtechniques(upto15stepallocation) Differencesandanalysisbudgetversusactual

Processingfrom20hoursto1minute)


ING Bank & Insurance

Processingfrom20hoursto20minutes


Goodyear Dunlop Tires

Unabletodeliverbudget 200businessrules Itdidntrock


PricewaterhouseCoopers

Complexallocation Groupconsolidation OnlypossibleinEssbase/Planning 15minutestoprocessworldwide


Nokia mobile phones

ItstartedwithanassessmentbyInfratects 150%performancegain


Lasilla & Tikanoja

CurrencyConversionmoduleofOracle QuickStartingKit

Lesscostsatthebeginning Morelater

PerformanceandFunctionalBottleneck


APM Terminals

13stagesofallocation SimilarlikeHPCM 9dimensionsinsteadof54 Processinginminutes


Alcatel

DidHyperionPlanningexistin2001?


Finnair

Mistakesatthefundament Outline Moregeneral:applicationarchitecture&design

Businessrules Approachofcoding Nongenericcode Serialcalculation 64bitscomputation

Essbaseconfiguration(databaseorserverlevel)


What went wrong?

1. Hugedatabasesize

2. Fundamentalissuesindesign/outline

3. StandardHyperionPlanningcurrencymodule

4. StandardHyperionPlanningWorkforceandCapex module

5. Terriblecalculationscripts/businessrules

6. Serialcalculation

7. Highfragmentationofdatabase

8. Configurationwithdefaultsettingsoruncorrelatedpeek&poke values


Priority of problems

Firstofall:anidentifiedissuecanneverbesolvedisolated!!!

Redesignisnormallyapplicable,althoughcommerciallywecannotsay Customerssometimesasktoresolvepartially Target>100%,sometimesunbelievable!Convincingisdifficult Takingahugerisk:nocure,nopay! Weexecutepreferablyfromourlabtoworkwithinafullyisolatedenvironment

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How did we resolve it?


Example: bringing downtime back to ZERO

Main

Calc ->Data Store

Data Store

Temp Calc

Preparations &Modifications

Step 0: Delete Transparent Partition DefinitionStep 1: Rename Data Store to TempStep 2: Rename Calc Store to DataStep 3: Create Transparent Partition DefinitionStep 4: Rename Temp to Calc Store

Aboveall:gettoknowthebusinesscaseveryclear

1. Hugedatabasesize Newoutlinedesign Compressiontechnique

2. Fundamentalissuesindesign/outline Usingourexperiencewithsimilarcases Outline

Dense/sparsesettings Creatingmoredimensions Useofhierarchies

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The solutions (1)

3. StandardHyperionPlanningcurrencymodule Across3dimensions Inefficient Insufficientfunctionality Longcalculation Blowingupthedatabasesize

Wehavedesignedourowncurrencymoduleputting15yearsofexperienceandfinancialcontrollingbackgroundintothesolution


The solutions (2)

Examplecurrencymodel DefaultsolutionbyHyperion

3dimensions Accounts HSP_Rates Currency

PVAmethodonly,VALnotsupported Exchangescenarios blowingevenfutherthesizesignificantly


The Solutions (3)

4. Terriblecalculationscripts/businessrules

5. Serialcalculation

6. Highfragmentationofdatabase

7. Configurationwithdefaultsettingsoruncorrelatedpeek&poke values


The Solutions (4)

Examplesofoptimization Goodyear INGInsurance


Customer results

Twospecializedfirms: Infrastructure+Softwareinstallation=Infratects Useofsoftware+Functionality=TopDimension


Infratects & Top Dimension

ComplementaryservicesfromInfratects &TopDimension Facingperformanceissues


WINNING Combo

Hardware Infrastructural (VM etc) Installation design Load balancing Stress testing Etc

Functional Understanding of business Translation into model The development side Etc...

Infratects Top Dimension

Togetherwearecooperating: Bringinga100%complete&performingsolution Getasatisfiedcustomer,alsoforthelongrun EnhancingthelinkamongITandBusinessatthecustomerside Importantduringthegolivestageandalsoafter(!) Keepsthecustomersatisfiedduringthetotalprojectlifespan Everythingyouneed


Results Infratects & Top Dimension


Performance pit-stop

MonitortheCPUduringprocessing Low%andonlyonecoreactive

Alotofdeviationinprocessingtime Fragmentation

DatabasesizeanddataExplosions CheckEssbaselogfile(evenforPlanning)

Serialsmode Calculationtimes

Whenhittingsaveorsubmititshouldonlytake10seconds Calculation Refreshofscreen


Symptoms and Signals

Ourmaingoalistokeepthecustomersatisfied

andkeeptheretentionforchoosingOracle|Hyperion


Thank you

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