MS-DOS Batch Scripts Can Not Suck Note, I am assuming you are familiar with Microsoft Windows, possibly batch scripting, or at least have some interest in the topic. If you didn't know, the world is rife with batch scripts that suck. Common side-effects of batch scripts that suck
Oracle SQL Developer SQL Developer 4.1 and SSH Tunnels In a presentation by krisrice [https://twitter.com/krisrice] and thatjeffsmith [https://twitter.com/thatjeffsmith] at KScope15, Jeff pointed out some new features including one for creating SSH tunnels using SQL Developer. SQL Developer is an all purpose (and free) development environment for the
Hyperion Intro to Version Control for Oracle EPM Find out how to go from "zero to version control" in less than 12 minutes. In a previous post [https://icodealot.com/pragmatic-version-control-for-oracle-epm/] I wrote about using version control tools with Oracle EPM. Based on all the feedback I received from that
Hyperion Pragmatic Version Control for Oracle EPM This story does not have to end on such a sad note. Stories like this one can happen any time we open up a system for change. The rest of this post shows examples of how to use version control software with Oracle EPM.
Node.js Node.js Syntax Highlighter Update: In general my preferences (and requirements) have evolved slightly and I have switched from using pre-generated HTML in practice to using Prism.js [http://prismjs.com/download.html]... for now. That said, I still use highlight.js as noted below but wanted to
VBscript Dynamic Methods in VBScript Drawing Hands by M.C. Escher, 1948 Lithograph. [http://www.mcescher.com/gallery/most-popular/drawing-hands/] One challenge that comes up with VBScript is "how to make your scripts modular&
Hyperion Updated Guidance on Customizing the FDMEE Open Interface Adapter Please skip ahead to the next section if you already know about FDMEE and the history of the product otherwise please continue for a brief introduction. FDMEE is the amalgamation of two separate products historically. Just a few major releases ago Oracle introduced a
Essbase Debugging Drill-Through With Node.js Reporting or ad-hoc analysis of summarized data values is often sufficient but there are times when you or your client may be looking for more functionality. I frequently get requirements for “drill-through”. Drill-through in this context means a user is able to navigate from
Hyperion Using Windows 8.1 and Internet Explorer 11 with Oracle EPM Update: (03 Apr 2015) I don’t plan to update this post further but wanted to provide this final update. As of Oracle EPM version 11.1.2.4, IE11 is now supported. This is great since it does not require a work around
Essbase Unconfirmed Bug in CREATEBLOCKONEQ I wrote a short side-note in a previous post [https://icodealot.com/have-you-seen-me-missing-block/] that CREATEBLOCKONEQ did not seem to be working correctly. I had a Linux server with Essbase 11.1.2.3 (no patches at the time), but now has Essbase patched to
Essbase Planning Date Type to Unix Time Hyperion Planning ships with a feature that allows you to create Date type measures for those times when a calendar date is relevant. (Hire Date for employees, Purchase Date for assets, etc...) This is a cool way to represent calendar days on planning forms
Essbase Have You Seen Me? (Missing Block) By the time my eyes and my brain could not take anymore I decided to put this calculation script away for the day. It was syntactically correct, mathematically correct, syntactically correct (just double checking) and could run to completion in less than a second.
