I was looking through the list of sessions coming up for Kscope16 to get an initial idea of what I want to attend. And, wow. There are so many incredible sounding presentations this year. I seem to say this every year, but the content this year seems just especially strong.
That said, a few sessions jumped right out at me as things I absolutely want to attend:
How ADT Gained User Acceptance in Its Delivery of Essbase and Oracle General Ledger Data to Business Users
Should be a very solid real-world example of using the Dodeca Spreadsheet Management System (disclosure: I am an Applied OLAP employee… but I’d be attending this anyway!).
Torn Between Two Worlds: Is Essbase a Business or an IT Tool
Joe always does a nice job on presentations, and I’m looking forward to one that might be more philosophical than technical, especially as the nuance of where Essbase resides (and is therefore managed, used, and more) is a very important issue that a lot of companies struggle with. As a developer, the most successful Essbase environment I have participated one is where Essbase was ‘owned’ by Finance or a line of business. On the other hand, I have done work for organizations where Essbase was managed (and sometimes mismanaged) by IT. But the reverse has also been true…
Essbase Does It, but Dodeca Makes It Easy
Dodeca’s success in the enterprise has resulted in an unprecedented number of Kscope sessions this year as more customers adopt this powerful technology. This presentation is by a customer – St. Jude Medical – and I am very curious to hear about their successes, particularly with respect to being long-time Essbase users.
A Stomp Through the Tulips of Essbase Cloud Service
Steve Liebermensch of Oracle always puts on good, information-packed presentations and I am confident this will be another one that I won’t want to miss.
Case Study: Reduce the Kroger Essbase Footprint without Sacrificing ANYTHING! And Have Room for Growth…
Kroger is near and dear to my heart. It’s where I started (literally) – in a small division, bagging groceries – and eventually worked up to finance where I helped deploy Essbase across the entire enterprise. This presentation immediately caught my eye, owing to its co-presenter. The main presenter is Kadee Rodriguez, who I never had the pleasure of working with directly). The co-presenter is Christine Blea. During my time at Kroger, Christine administered Essbase for another division, and it wasn’t uncommon for us to call or email and share some knowledge, calc script, formulas, or whatnot. If I’m not mistaken, this is Christina’s first time presenting (or at least co-presenting!) at Kscope. In any case, I just gotta go see what my favorite grocer is up to and cheer on the team.
And I’ll definitely be attending my own sessions:
Drillbridge: The Easy Way to Implement Hyperion Drill-through
Drilbridge is back for its second Kscope presentation. Last year I did a “soup to nuts” live demo of Drillbridge – starting at literally downloading the ZIP file from the web, unzipping it, installing Drillbridge, making a custom report, deploying it to Essbase, and using drill-through from Smart View – in exactly 14 minutes. Let’s just say that Drillbridge has learned a few new tricks since then.
Hey Mom! Look What I Built with the Essbase Java API!
This session is ostensibly presented by Tim Tow and Harry Gates as co-presenter. Which I guess makes me the co-co-presenter. In any case, this is a bit of a hybrid format presentation were we can talk about the Essbase Java API and some of the interesting things we’re doing with it.
On-Premises Planning vs. PBCS: Common Administrative Tasks Compared, Contrasted, and Recommended
Cameron and I will take a look at on-prem versus PBCS. My angle on this will be more on the REST API for PBCS and how its usage compares to traditional ways of implementing things.