Oracle EPM
Oracle EPM Guide for FP&A Professionals
A plain-English guide to Oracle EPM Cloud, its core modules, career paths, and the implementation lifecycle for finance and technology professionals.
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Oracle EPM articles for finance and enterprise teams
Practical guides, transformation perspectives, and Oracle EPM lessons shaped for teams moving from manual effort to governed finance operations.
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Oracle FCCS
Oracle FCCS 13-Period Calendar Migration
How a leading independent global provider in the maritime industry moved from a 12-period to a 13-period fiscal calendar in Oracle FCCS while preserving audit history, exchange rates, journals, and close integrity.
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Finance Transformation
From Spreadsheets to Intelligence with Oracle EPM
A detailed look at how finance planning evolved from manual ledgers and spreadsheet chaos to governed, AI-assisted Oracle EPM Cloud performance management.
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Oracle EPM
How to Clear Oracle Smart View for Office Cookies
A practical cleanup guide for resolving Oracle Smart View login, session, and WebView2 cache issues across Oracle EPM environments.
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Oracle EPM
Oracle EPM Interview Preparation Document
A practical guide for preparing for Oracle EPM interviews, covering planning, consolidation, Essbase, security, data load, reporting, and how to answer questions with business context.
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Oracle EPM
How to Fix Oracle EPM 502 Bad Gateway
A practical guide to troubleshooting Oracle EPM 502 Bad Gateway errors, including common causes, checks, and recovery steps for planning, close, and reporting environments.
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Oracle EPM
Cannot Update the Connections If EPM Versions Are Different
If you have an EPBCS application and want to connect it to Narrative Reporting for report development, you cannot update the connection unless both applications are on the same EPM version. Production must connect to Production, and Non-Production must connect to Non-Production.
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Oracle EPM
Oracle EPM August 2026 Updates
A breakdown of Oracle's August 2026 Cloud EPM update, from EPM Assistants in AI Agent Studio to the continued Redwood UI rollout and new EPM Automate and REST API capabilities.
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Oracle EPM September 2026 Updates (26.09)
A breakdown of Oracle's September 2026 (26.09) Cloud EPM update: new FCCS AI assistants, Dashboard 2.0 upgrades across Planning, SQL support for Data Integration Quick Mode, EDMCS Change Management Assistant enhancements, and the new runApplicationDiagnostics EPM Automate command.
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Oracle Hyperion
Oracle Hyperion Infrastructure: Release 11.2.26 Explained
What's new in Oracle EPM System Release 11.2.26, the latest on-premises Hyperion infrastructure update: component versions, the SSO backward-compatibility removal ahead of 11.2.27, the VBScript retirement timeline, and what Hyperion admins must do before upgrading.
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Oracle EPM November 2026 Updates (26.11)
A breakdown of Oracle's November 2026 (26.11) Cloud EPM update: new EPM Agent Skills, FCCS Multiple Cube Support and two new FCCS AI assistants, IPM Insights Analysis, natural language filtering in Account Reconciliation, the new PCM Assistant, and the account-prefixed user name removal that can break EPM Automate scripts.
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Oracle Hyperion
Oracle Hyperion Patching: Frequency and How to Apply on Windows and Linux
How often Oracle releases Hyperion EPM 11.2 updates, which upgrade path applies to you, and a step-by-step guide to applying the quarterly release update with ApplyUpdate on Windows and Linux, including prerequisites, verification, rollback, and post-patch tasks.
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