Have administrator access to a working installation of Oracle Hyperion Planning 11.1.2.

Have access to relational storage used to create a Planning data source.

Have administrator access to Administration Services Console.

Have defined an Essbase Server view in Administration Services Console.

Log on to Workspace.

Select Navigate, then Administer, then Classic Application Administration, and then Planning Administration.

In the left pane, click Manage Data Source.

You can also click the Manage Data Source button in the content pane.

Click Create Data Source.

Perform the following actions for the application database:

• Select a database platform. In this example, Oracle is selected.
• Enter the server that hosts your database. In this example, localhost is entered.
• Enter the database port number. The default port for the Oracle database is 1521.
• Enter the Oracle service name or system identifier (SID). In this example, the Oracle SID is ORCL.
• Enter the user associated with the database schema. In this example, ST01PLN2 is used.
• Enter the schema password.
• Click Validate Database Connection.

The following message confirms that the connection was successful:

Enter the connection information to your Essbase Server, and click Validate Essbase Connection.

The following message confirms that the connection was successful:

Click Finish.

In the left pane, click Create Application.

You can also click Create from Classic Application Wizard to start the application creation process.

On the Select tab, perform the following actions:

• Select a datasource. In this example, the ST01PLN2 datasource created in the previous topic is selected.
• Enter the name of the application. The name can contain up to eight characters. It must be different than an existing Essbase application. In this example, we name the application PlanBud.
• Enter an application description. In this example, Planning and Budgeting application is entered.
• Select a Shared Services Project (application group). In this example, the PlanBud application will be grouped under the Default Application Group.
• Select an instance (cluster) to use for the application. In this example, Default is selected.
• Select an application type. In this example, General is selected.
• For Calculation Module, select Business Rules or Calculation Manager. In this example, Calculation Manager is selected.

Select the Calendar tab.

Select the base time period, fiscal start year, fiscal start month, weekly distribution, and total years.

Select the Currencies tab.

Select the default application currency. If the application supports multiple currencies, select Yes.

Select the Plan Types tab.

Perform the following actions:

• Select Plan Type 1 and Plan Type 2, and clear all other plan type selections.
• Enter a name for both plan types. In this example, Incstmt and Balsheet are entered.

Note: The name and number of plan types depend on your business requirements.

Select the Finish tab.

Review your selections and click Finish to create the application.

When the application creation is successfully completed, the following message is displayed:

In Workspace, select Navigate, then Applications, and then Refresh.

The Refresh menu option updates the navigation menu with new applications.

Select Navigate, then Applications, then Planning, and then [Application Name].

In this example, you open the PlanBud application.

The PlanBud application is displayed. After creating Classic Planning applications, you can add dimension members, data forms, menus, business rules, and task lists.

Select Administration, then Manage, and then Dimensions.

You can manage dimensions, set performance settings, and change the evaluation order in Dimension Editor.

Select Administration, the Manage, and then Data Forms and Ad Hoc Grids.

The Data Form Management page is displayed.

You manage data forms and folders, and ad hoc grids in the Data Form Management page.

After making changes to your application, you must refresh the Essbase database outline.

Select Administration, then Application, and then Refresh Database.

Make your selections and click Refresh.

The following example displays a Planning application with defined dimensions, members, data forms, and other Planning objects.

Log on to Administration Services Console.

In the left pane, expand Enterprise View, then Essbase Servers, then [Server View], then Applications, then Planbud, and then [Plan Type].

In this example, the PlanBud application is accessed from the UPKPS1RC4:1423 Essbase Server view. The Incstmt plan type is selected. Essbase refers to plan types as databases.

Select Actions, and then Load data for "[Plan Type / Database]".

In the Data Load dialog box, click Find Data File.

Select the File System tab, locate your data file, and click OK.

Click OK to execute the data load process.

You can also select the Abort on Error option in the Data Load dialog box to stop the loading process when an error occurs.

The following progress box is displayed during the data load process:

When the data load process is completed, the Data Load Results dialog box displays a status of Success.

Open a data form in your Planning application to verify that data was loaded successfully.