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  • Dave Pucetas
    PCM Allocations
    Summary Calculation will not run in PCMCSContent We are encountering the following: Cannot Perform Custom Calc. Essbase Error(1200601): Not enough memory for formula exe…
    Received Response
    Dave Pucetas 39 views 1 comment Most recent by Don Bean-Oracle
  • AL.
    Custom Calculation Help needed
    Content Hello Experts, I'm coming to planning calculations to PCMCS and I'm trying to achieve what I believe is an easy calculation (at least with BSO essbase calculatio…
    Accepted answer
    AL. 46 views 15 comments Most recent by AL.
  • User_CX05Z
    Data Load from PCMCS to EPBCS using DM
    Summary Extraction of data from PCMCS and loading it into EPBCS is taking vast amount of timeContent We want to transfer allocated data from PCMCS to EPBCS. These are th…
    Received Response
    User_CX05Z 74 views 3 comments Most recent by User_CX05Z
  • User_2025-02-03-21-21-21-124
    Dimension aliases not displaying correctly
    Content We recently built a new application for our PCM implementation, and from very early on I noticed that the aliases for each dimension were not displaying correctl…
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    User_2025-02-03-21-21-21-124 23 views 2 comments Most recent by User_2025-02-03-21-21-21-124
  • User_2025-02-01-07-41-50-723
    Supportive MDX Functions for PCMCS
    Content Hi Experts, As per my knowledge there are only few MDX functions available to write member formulas or custom calc in PCMCS.I want to know about which MDX functi…
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    User_2025-02-01-07-41-50-723 44 views 1 comment Most recent by ramesh balasubramanian
  • Parmit Choudhury-Deloitte
    PCMCS Testing and Smartview Template
    Summary PCMCS Testing and Smartview TemplateContent Hi I want to know what is the best possible way that the client can verify that the Allocation Model is allocating da…
    Received Response
    Parmit Choudhury-Deloitte 44 views 3 comments Most recent by Parmit Choudhury-Deloitte
  • ZA
    Driver Dimension
    Summary Considerations for adding a driver dimension to MetadataContent Hi, What are the considerations for adding a driver dimension to metadata, whereas we can maintai…
    Accepted answer
    ZA 26 views 3 comments Most recent by Alecs
  • User_2025-02-03-21-21-21-124
    Smart View access for non-power users
    Summary How to grant users and viewers access to PCM data within Smart View?Content We are rolling out our completed PCM implementation to our larger team, and trying to…
    Received Response
    User_2025-02-03-21-21-21-124 75 views 2 comments Most recent by User_2025-02-03-21-21-21-124
  • ZA
    Apply security on Rules
    Summary Restrict rule sets execution and modification by userContent Hi, Wondering if we can restrict power user access to Run Calculation by rule set. Just like plannin…
    Received Response
    ZA 25 views 2 comments Most recent by ZA
  • User_F2OU1
    PCMCS to EPBCS data load using Data Management
    Summary PCMCS to EPBCS data load using Data ManagementContent Hi, Is it possible to directly load data from PCMCS to EPBCS using data management without having to extrac…
    Received Response
    User_F2OU1 53 views 2 comments Most recent by Thejas Shetty-Oracle
  • Ofelia Ladao
    Need Update Dimension Job for PCMCS Integration
    Summary Looking for Alternate Solution to Execute Update Dimension Job using REST APIContent We are looking into building a metadata integration process in PCMCS. We fou…
    Received Response
    Ofelia Ladao 40 views 2 comments Most recent by Thejas Shetty-Oracle
  • Matt Treml.
    Rules and Attribute Hierarchies
    Content It appears their is no way to use the attribute hierarchies within a rule if you want all members under a parent to be considered. From what I can tell you need …
    Received Response
    Matt Treml. 46 views 4 comments Most recent by Don Bean-Oracle
  • Amit Agarwal-158816
    Need Contnous Running Numbers on Invoices
    Summary Web Reporting Studio - Continous Numbering requiredContent Hi All, We are using one instance or PCMCS for Invoicing purpose. We have generated some reports as in…
    Received Response
    Amit Agarwal-158816 27 views 1 comment Most recent by Don Bean-Oracle
  • Ofelia Ladao
    Loading of Metadata in PCMCS using REST API - Can this be done ?
    Summary Need to automate integration process by loading metadata to PCMCS using REST API. Has anyone done it ?Content We are looking into automating our integration proc…
    Received Response
    Ofelia Ladao 34 views 4 comments Most recent by User_2025-01-30-05-17-11-782
  • AL.
    Models on PCMCS
    Content Hello Experts, I've been testing the use of models in PCMCS and reading several posts. Unfortunately, I didnt find it pretty useful, since I can not assign speci…
    Received Response
    AL. 22 views 2 comments Most recent by AL.
  • AL.
    Exclude members in an allocation rule.
    Content Hi Experts, I was wondering if there is any option to exclude members in a allocation rule. Thanks and regards,
    Received Response
    AL. 17 views 1 comment Most recent by AL.
  • AL.
    Summarize rules results into a single one
    Summary Summarize rules results into a single oneContent Hello guys, I want to sum all result from a selected rules into a singe one. The target of this is export those …
    Accepted answer
    AL. 53 views 2 comments Most recent by AL.
  • Parmit Choudhury-Deloitte
    Allocation Rule Execution is not finishing
    Summary Rule execution is taking too much time and we have to restart essbase service to kill the rule.Content Hi Guys, We are getting the following error when we are re…
    Received Response
    Parmit Choudhury-Deloitte 169 views 2 comments Most recent by Alecs
  • Amit Agarwal-158816
    Smart View Error in Excel 2016, Windows 10 64 Bit
    Summary Error Message preventing logging in to Smart ViewContent Dear all, I am getting the error as "The current compatibility setting is not supported. Disable compati…
    Received Response
    Amit Agarwal-158816 32 views 5 comments Most recent by Amit Agarwal-158816
  • Amit Agarwal-158816
    Inadvertent error stopping the entire E2E Job Running at PCMCS
    Summary Inadvertent error stopping the entire E2E Job Running at PCMCSContent Hi, Can anyone throw some light on the problem - "While a job is running in PCMCS, an inadv…
    Received Response
    Amit Agarwal-158816 32 views 9 comments Most recent by Amit Agarwal-158816
  • Amit Agarwal-158816
    Concurrent request error when retrieving an increasingly bigger data
    Summary Smart View not able to retrieve data from PCMCSContent Hi Champions, Greetings!! When I am trying to refresh an excel worksheet through Smart View (11.1.2.5.900)…
    Received Response
    Amit Agarwal-158816 62 views 2 comments Most recent by Amit Agarwal-158816
  • Matt Treml.
    Cube Savvy usage with PCMCS
    Content Has anyone tried to use Cube Savvy with PCMCS? Any luck in connecting to the service. Trying to use it to quickly export some data as our exports are quite large…
    Received Response
    Matt Treml. 29 views 1 comment Most recent by Alecs
  • AL.
    Custom calulations limitations
    Content I'm writing a custom calculation. My surprise was after several row of code (10 more or less) it didn't let you write more. Is there any character limits on cust…
    Accepted answer
    AL. 33 views 1 comment Most recent by Evan L
  • AL.
    Dynamic queries.
    Content Hello Experts, I've built some queries but all period and year member are hardcodes. is there Anyway to make it dynamic? I meant, I've found I can set the curren…
    Received Response
    AL. 45 views 3 comments Most recent by AL.
  • Akancha Sinha
    Inventory Valuation Account
    Summary Derive Inventory Valuation Account based on Deliver to LocationContent We have a requirement to derive the Inventory Valuation account for different events raise…
    Received Response
    Akancha Sinha 41 views 1 comment Most recent by Don Bean-Oracle
  • AL.
    Automate custom rule PCMS
    Summary Automate custom rule PCMSContent Hello Experts, I want to do the following in a custom rule: Account1=Account2*Account3. I'm able to validate the rule and the fi…
    Accepted answer
    AL. 28 views 4 comments Most recent by Alecs
  • Jean-Luc Mosley-154935
    Importing Metadata into PCMCS
    Summary I am looking for the most efficient ways to import Metadata into PCMCS from Oracle Financials CloudContent I would like to integrate Oracle Financials Cloud and …
    Received Response
    Jean-Luc Mosley-154935 57 views 4 comments Most recent by Jean-Luc Mosley-154935
  • Kathy Day-Oracle
    Are you looking for a quick list of your EPM Cloud new features ?
    Summary EPM Cloud Features tool is now available for all customersContent The tool enables you to quickly get a list of features released each month for each EPM busines…
    Received Response
    Kathy Day-Oracle 27 views 1 comment Most recent by Alecs
  • MarkDrayton
    Management Ledger (11.1.2.4.129) - Custom Calculation Performance
    Content Hi, Are there any performance considerations when using Custom Calculations in Management Ledger, specifically when copying data values from a member formula to …
    Received Response
    MarkDrayton 36 views 6 comments Most recent by MarkDrayton
  • Naplez
    Export Snapshot and Exit code EPMAT-6
    Summary Epmautomate Exit code 6 when exporting a snapshot. Migration Report shows successful exportContent Export/Import snapshot with epmautomate sends Exit Code- 6. On…
    Received Response
    Naplez 32 views 7 comments Most recent by Alecs