Unlock the power of advanced data analytics directly within the familiar interface of Microsoft Excel with Essbase plugins. These innovative tools seamlessly integrate Oracle's Essbase capabilities into Excel, enhancing productivity and decision-making for finance professionals and data analysts alike. Our Essbase plugins for Excel enable users to perform complex data retrieval, analysis, and modeling tasks with greater efficiency and accuracy. On this page, we'll explore the essence of Essbase, the dynamic plugins that bridge Essbase and Excel, the diverse use cases that these plugins facilitate, and address frequently asked questions to streamline your experience.
Essbase is a business analytics solution that offers a robust architecture for analysis, reporting, and collaboration. It is designed to help users model, test, and manage complex business scenarios. Essbase supports a wide array of functionalities including the ability to work with various data sources, upload and harmonize spreadsheets, and collate disparate data inputs.
Available both as a cloud service and an on-premises application, Essbase provides flexibility in deployment and supports thousands of simultaneous connections, which makes it capable of delivering up-to-the-minute information for in-depth analysis. With its easy-to-understand user and administration interface, Essbase simplifies the process of modeling complex hierarchies and business scenarios.
Essbase enables the creation and management of analytic applications using business drivers and can conduct multiple what-if scenarios. It boasts a rich set of mathematical functions to derive new data and a hybrid query engine optimized for block storage cubes, which facilitates fast aggregation and dependency analysis. Additionally, automation is made possible through a REST API, and the software integrates seamlessly with Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse using federated partitions.
The Spreadsheet Add-in, known as the Essbase plugin for Excel, integrates Essbase functionalities directly into the Excel environment. Once installed, it adds an Essbase menu to the Excel menu bar, enhancing Excel's native capabilities with Essbase-specific features. The core file of the Spreadsheet Add-in is labeled essexcln.xll and resides within the directory path EPM_ORACLE_HOME/products/Essbase/EssbaseClient/bin. Installation of the add-in involves modifications to the Windows Registry to correctly reference the location of the essexcln.xll file.
The In2Hyperion plugin is designed to complement the Spreadsheet Add-in by utilizing its functions and adding an exclusive ribbon for improved user experience. To function properly, the In2Hyperion plugin mandates the presence of both the Hyperion Essbase add-in and the Excel Add-In. Despite its dependencies, the In2Hyperion plugin operates smoothly, with no known issues reported.
Essbase plugins like the Essbase Add-In for Excel and Smart View enhance the user experience by allowing the drilling through member hierarchies, which expedites the retrieval of substantial data volumes. These plugins include essential functions such as Keep-only, Remove-only, Member Selection, Undo, and Pivot, streamlining the data manipulation process within Excel.
Smart View, in particular, has extended its compatibility to work seamlessly with a variety of Oracle and Microsoft products. It boasts features such as the Submit Data function, which enables users to input and submit data directly from Excel to connected Oracle products. Additionally, Smart View facilitates the addition and editing of member properties, saving of connections to favorites, and simultaneous connection to multiple data sources. With its enhanced data retrieval capacity and customizable member display options, Smart View represents a significant advancement over the Essbase Add-In for Excel.
Yes, Dodeca can retrieve data from multiple Essbase databases in a single report.
Yes, Smart View includes a Submit Data function for entering and submitting data to connected products.
Report developers control the spreadsheet templates and settings in Dodeca.
Users can save connections to favorites in Smart View.
Dodeca maintains an audit log for changes to the Essbase database and system configurations.
The integration of Essbase plugins into Excel transforms the robust capabilities of Oracle Essbase, a pioneer in multidimensional databases, into a user-friendly environment within Excel. The In2Hyperion Excel Add-In, requiring the foundational Hyperion Essbase Excel Add-In, not only simplifies the user experience by implementing a familiar ribbon interface but also enhances functionality with features like custom preferences, a Replace 0 option, and comprehensive disconnection options. Furthermore, the Cube Designer tool empowers users to model, build, and customize Essbase cubes directly from Excel, streamlining the analytical workflow. However, for those seeking a more direct and simplified approach to importing data into spreadsheets, Sourcetable offers a seamless alternative to plugins. Sign up for Sourcetable to get started and revolutionize your data management without the need for additional plugins.