What are the correct predefined types of base periods that can be established when creating the calendar in a planning application?
Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Custom
Monthly, Quarterly, Custom
Monthly, Quarterly, Weekly
Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Yearly, Custom
Only Custom periods are possible
Identify the two statements about the Planning Import security utility
Imports Planning application access for users and group
Imports Users and groups into planning
Requires the source text file to be named PLANSECFILE.txt
Can be scheduled to run nightly using an encrypted password
Clears existing security definitions by default before the import takes place
Identify the two true statements about a sparse Entity dimension in Hyperion Planning
You cannot build alternate rollups or assign custom attributes
Base currencies are assigned to entity members
Exchange rates are assigned to entity members
Entity along with Scenario and Periods make up a planning unit
Entity along with Scenario and Version make up a planning unit
In a non-multicurrency Planning application, what three things happen if all options are checked for Refresh Database?
Dimension and member changes are pushed to Essbase
Cell text and supporting detail changes are pushed to Essbase
Security filters for dimensions and members are pushed to Essbase
Security filters for shared members are pushed to Essbase
Data changes are pushed to Essbase
You are designing a monthly project Planning application. A starting point project file is received with the current month data. Data forms, business rules, essbase data load rules, and reports should always focus on the current project month. What is most efficient way to design the components to reduce maintenance each month?
Use the Planning data form utility to update data forms; Use "CurMo" Global variable for business rules and use a "CurMth" substitution variable for essbase data load rules, and reports
Manually update the forms each month and use a "CurMth" substitution variable for Business Rules, Essbase data load rules, and reports.
Manually update the forms each month; Use "CurMo" Global variable for Business Rules and use a "CurMth" substitution variable for Essbase data load rules, and reports.
Use the Planning data form utility to update data forms and use a "CurMth" substitution variable for Business Rules, Essbase data load rules, and reports.
Use a "CurMth" substitution variable for data forms, Business Rules, Essbase data load rules, and reports.
Identify three key benefits of the Planning solution.
Standardized data forms for plan data entry available both or) the Web and in Excel
One tool to budget and forecast as well as provide reporting for very detailed Actuals Information
Central repository of business rules that can be run by end users to calculate plan data
Detailed security down to the cell level
Flexible solution customizable for almost any kind of budgeting and forecasting process
The budget office analyst needs to enter and plan data, use the Planning spreading feature that allow* users to spread budget data based on last year's actuals, and modify data forms. What two roles should be provisioned for this user?
Grid Spread
Planner
Interactive User
Mass Allocate
Offline User
You are designing the storage properties for your Planning application. What two design principles should you follow related to the dynamic calc storage property?
Dynamically calculated members should roll up to stored members.
You cannot calculate and store dynamic calculated members in calc scripts and business rules.
Consider dynamic calc members on sparse parents with 100 t children.
Tagging upper-level members ofspaise dimensions can reduce block size.
If you use a large number of dynamiccalcs, you should consider increasing the Dynamic Calculator Cache.
Consider Dynamic Calc and Store over Dynamic Calc.
Identify the two true statements with regard to Versions and Scenarios.
Versions control data entry based on time periods set by the administrator.
There is only one Version to one Scenario.
Versions allow several "what-if" Scenarios.
Users must have the same security settings in the Version dimension as they have in the Scenario dimension.
Versions can be top down or bottom up.
Identify two times when a security refresh needs to be performed.
Member access has been assigned to a group.
Member access has been assigned to a user.
New group is created.
Member "East" has OHDESCENDANTSCREAD.access assigned; A new
New business rule is created.
Identify two ways that Essbase data load rules cannot manipulate source data files.
Select or reject records based on certain criteria.
Flip the sign for records with a certain member tagged with a comment.
Split or join columns in a source.
Find and replace manipulations on source records.
Map data based on an external table.
What four prebuilt actions are available In EAS Business Rules?
Aggregate
Copy Data
Clear Block
Clear Data
Create Block
Allocate
Identify the two true statements assuming you are working with a single application with multiple plan types.
A user-defined custom dimension may exist in one plan type but not the other plan types.
A user-defined custom dimension may have members in one plan type but not the remaining plan types.
All members in the entity dimension must exist in all plan types.
All members in the accounts dimension must exist In all plan types.
All periods must exist in all plan types.
Identify the three characteristics of the Scenarios dimension.
Security can be assigned to members of the Scenario dimension.
It allows the administrator to assign valid periods for data entry
It allows bottoms up or target planning
Exchange rate tables are tied to the Scenario dimension.
One member in the scenario dimension may be valid for Plan Type may be valid for Plan Type 8.
Which three components can be changed after the creation of the Planning application?
Number of years
Names of plan types
Number of plan types
Initialization of WFP orCapEx Planning modules
Weekly distribution spread
Year Dimension Name
Default Currency
You need to create a highly formatted, printable Income statement for each store in your company. Each report should be emailed to the store manager at the close of each week (each store has a different store manager). What is the best way to deliver this solution?
With Financial Reporting, create a book for each store that contains a P&L for each store and use the book to distribute the reports to store managers via email.
With Financial Reporting, create a store P&L and use batch bursting to distribute the report to store managers via email.
With Web Analysis,create an income statement that store managers can log in and access.
Within Smart View Report Designer, use the Cascade feature to generate and distribute each store income statement via email.
Create a Planning P&L Data form and use email notification to send to store managers.
What four read or write security assignments allow end users to be able to view at least some data?
At least one member in the Scenario dimension
At least one member In the Version dimension
At least one member in the Period dimension
At least one member in the Account dimension
At least one member in the Entity- dimension
If security has been assigned for a Custom dimension, at least one member in the user-defined custom dimension
Identify the three true statements about attribute dimensions in Planning.
Aliases are supported for attribute members.
Consolidation properties are supported for attribute members.
Hierarchies are supported for attribute dimensions.
Only Text attributes are supported.
Text, Boolean, Numeric, and Date attributes are supported.
What four functions can Administrators use the Copy Data feature In Planning to do?
Copy data values from one dimensional intersection to another dimensional intersection.
Copy planning unit annotations.
Copy supporting detail.
Copy cell text.
Copy account annotations.
You have a measure in your Accounts dimension for "Price". Price Is Input by users (along with Units). Sales is calculated as Units * Price. Identify the two correct properties that should be assigned to Price to meet this requirement.
~
^
Stored
Dynamic Calc
Dynamic Calc and Store
Identity the true statement about Custom Menus.
Custom menus can provide links to data forms, Business Rules, URLs, and Planning preferences.
Custom menus require Java scripting knowledge to create.
You can assign security to custom menus so that only specific users or groups can see the custom menu.
Custom menus are assigned to data forms only.
Custom menus are limited to a single list of tasks; you cannot group them into sub categories.
A planner is supposed to be able to submit data within a data form but the data form all the possible causes for an end user not being able to enter data on a data form? 1-The planning unit is set to first pass. 2-Another user owns the planning unit. 3-The user has read access to the members on the data form. 4-The form contains summary-level members In a bottom up version. 5 The form is set to Read Only.
1, 4, 5
1, 2, 3
2,3,4,5
1,2,3,5
1, 2,3,4,5
The Hyperion Planning administrator needs to run several calculations in a specific order against two different databases within the application. Identify the two options that are not valid.
Esscmd
Calc Script
Business Rule Sequence
MaxL
Business Rule Macro
Assuming the following dimensions and members: Scenario - Actual, Budget and Year - 2010, 2011, you need to create a data form with two columns. One column should list Actual for 2010 and the second column should list Budget 2011. You do not want to show data for Actual 2011 even though the first three months of the year have been loaded from the GL. What Is the best way to only show the 2 columns In the data form?
You cannot build a data form with these two columns, hour columns will display: Actual >2010, Actual >2011, Budget->2010 and Budget >2011
Use Segments on the data form to create the asymmetric columns.
Use User Variables on the data form to create the asymmetric columns.
Use a composite data form to meet this requirement.
Use data suppression on the data form.
Identify the three true statements about weekly distribution.
For Weekly Distribution options 445, 454, 544, the quarterly values are treated as if they are divided into 13 weeks and the weeks are distributed via a pattern you specify.
The only valid weekly distribution options are 445, 454, and 544.
If you select the 4-5-4 Weekly distribution option, Planning treats the first month in the quarter as if it has 4 weeks, the second month as If it has 5 weeks, and the third month as if it has 4 weeks.
If you choose weekly distribution for Custom-based time periods. Planning will not distribute the data values across base periods.
Weekly distribution determines how data entered into summary periods should spread to its base periods.
What are the three supported methods to create and update a member and its properties (assuming Classic or non-Classic Planning applications)?
Planning Web Client
EAS
EPMA
DRM
Outline Load Utility
Identify the one Planning component that Is not accessible over the Web.
Dimension Editor for Planning
Shared Services
Exchange Rates Definition
Planning Utilities
Create and Manage Database Options
Create Data Sources
Identify two true statements about the DATAFXPORT calc script command.
Using DATAEXPORT within the FIX statement of a calc script allows you to export specific data sets from anEssbase database.
DATAEXPORT only exports level zero data.
DATAEXPORT only exports to flat files.
DATAEXPORT only exports entire data blocks.
DATAEXPORT is faster thanEssbase Report.
Identify the three true statements about attribute dimensions.
Planning supports hierarchies and aliases for attribute dimensions.
Planning supports all attribute types (for example.Boolean, Date, Text).
Planning supports varying attributes (where an attribute can vary over one or more other dimensions).
Attribute dimensions can be assigned to dense dimensions.
Attribute dimensions may only be assigned to one base dimension.
Planning utilizes which type of database to store data (for example, "the numbers")?
Block Storage OptionEssbase database
Aggregate Storage Option Essbase database
Relational database
XOLAP database
Which three tasks can be performed using the Smart View Planning Provider in Microsoft Excel?
Open a data form and submit data.
enter supporting detail and cell text.
Run business rules.
Enter planning unit annotations.
Perform workflow tasks.
A planning unit is the basic unit______.
for preparing, reviewing, and approving data.
for calculating and storing currency plan data.
or assigning security to plan data.
for reporting and analyzing plan data.
made up of Scenario, Entity, and Account.
You need to build the Entity into your Classic Planning application. You can dynamically build the Entity dimension in the Planning application via: 1-Essbase load rules 2-Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) 3-Data Integration Management (DIM) 4-Data Relationship Management (DP.M) 5-Outline Load Utility 6-EPMA
2, 3, 6
2, 3, 5
2, 3
1, 2, 3,4,5,6
You need to create an allocation Business Rule that allocates marketing expense from corporate down to each region based on FYIO actuals for the Budget scenario. What is the correct formula assuming this syntax is used in an enhanced calc script?
FIX (Budget, 0LEVMBRS (Market,0)) "Marketing expense" = "Marketing expense "->Corporate * ("Marketing expense" Actual / "Marketing expense" -> Actual -> TotalMarket); ENDFIX
FIX (Budget, (3LEVMBRS (Market, 0) ) ) "Marketing expense" = "Marketing expense"->Corporate * ("Marketing expense"/"Marketing expense" -> TotalMarket) ; ENDFIX
FIX (Budget, (3LEVMBRS (Market, 0) ) --- "Marketing expense" = "Marketing expense"->Corporate * ("Marketing expense Actual ->FY10 / "Marketing expense" -> Actual ->FY10 TotalMarket); ENDFIX
FIX (OLEVMBRS (Market, 0) ) "Marketing expense" = "Marketing expense"~>Corporate * (^Marketing expense Actual ->FY10 / "Marketing expense" -> Actual ->FY10 TotalMarlket); ENDFIX
You are designing a form for fast retrieval speed. Assuming a plan type with two dense dimensions and four sparse dimensions, what is the optimal layout?
Sparse dimensions in Page and POV, Dense dimensions in Rows and Columns
Sparse dimensions in Rows and Columns, Dense dimensions in Page and POV
Sparse dimensions in Page and Columns, Dense dimensions in Rows and POV
Sparse dimensions in Page and Rows, Dense dimensions in POV and Columns
The layout of sparse and dense dimensions has no impact on form performance; only the number cells on a data form impacts form performance.
Why is the Create Blocks function in calc scripts and Business Rules important in Planning?
Data may not exist for the combination of dense members so you have to create the block before calculating the data value for the block.
Data may not exist for the combination of sparse members so you have to create the block before calculating the data value for the block.
Data may not exist for the combination of dense members so you have to create the block before block loading data to the block.
Data may not exist for the combination of sparse members so you have to create the block before loading data value to the block.
Identify the three true statements about the CapEx Planning module.
Is a prebuilt plan type focused on capital expense relatedplanning
Provides complete out-of-the-box functionality forcapex planning including dimensions, data forms, business rules and security
Can be initialized within an existing Planning application
Can be created as a stand-alone application
Because planning limits an application to three plan types,Capex Planning must be the third plan type.
A planning end user opens a data form and sees a long list of entities in the drop-down list in the Page section. She would like to shorten this list and use the search functionality instead. How can she change the number of members needed on a form to initiate a page dropdown search?
Form Management>>Display tab
Form Management>> Options tab
Preferences>>Database Settings tab
Preferences>> Display Options tab
This change can only be made by the Planning Administrator.
Name the valid ways to create blocks in an underlying Essbase database. A-Copy data B-Load data C-Create block on Equation D-Aggregate data
ABC
BCD
ACD
ABCD
You have the following design requirement: You need to track customer status for a sales planning application. Valid options for customer status include: Active, Inactive, Out of Business. Customer status can change on a month-by-month basis. What is the best way to build Customer Status into the Planning application?
Attribute dimension
Varying attribute dimension
Smart List
Free Form Text
Alternate hierarchy
Management dictates a major reorganization of the company structure, meaning you need to rebuild the Entity dimension From the beginning. You need to delete members in the Entity dimension. Identify the three true statements about deleting members from a Planning application.
You must delete members one by one.
You must delete a reference to a member from all data forms before deleting it from the dimension.
In a data form definition, you selected @IDescendants(IT) for the entity dimension in the page section. The IT member will remain but 2 of its 10 cost centers are being removed. You must remove the reference to "IT" in this data form.
You should back up all data for the deleted entity members; after a member is deleted, the data is not retained.
A database refresh is required after deleting members from the Entity dimension.
What differentiates a user-defined custom dimension from the Entity and Account dimensions?
You can only add custom attributes to user-defined custom dimensions.
You assign valid plan types for the user-defined custom dimension at the dimension level.
You assign data types for the user-defined custom dimension at the dimension level.
You cannot: assign security for user-defined custom dimensions.
You can easily delete a user-defined custom dimension in Planning but you cannot delete an Entity dimension.
When opening a data form, the user experiences slow performance. What three steps could you do to improve the time it takes to open the data form?
Reduce the number of rows and columns displayed in the data form.
Upgrade the client machine's operating system processing speed and RAM.
In the data form definition, remove the option to display alias.
Reduce the number of page dimensions used on the Web form
Tune the index and data caches inEssbase.
Measures (Dense): 40 stored members, 50 total members Time (Dense): 17 stored members, 17 total members Scenario (Dense): 2 stored members, 5 total members Market (Sparse): 100 stored members, 100 total members Product(Sparse): 500 stored members, 550 total members What is the block size in bytes?
Block size = 40 * 17 * 2
Block size = 40 * 17 * 2 * 8
Block size = 50 * 17 * 5 * 8
Block size = 50 * 17 * 5
Block size = 100 * 500 * 8
Planning administrators can access which four administration tools via the EPM Workspace?
Planning
ODI
LCM
Calculation Manager
FR Studio
Identify the three differences between Grid Spreader and Mass Allocate.
Grid Spreader processes on the client whereas Mass Allocate processes on the server.
Mass Allocate generates and runs a business rule behind the scenes, allowing members not displayed on the form to be updated.
Both M-3CG Allocate and Grid Spreader require special roles in Shared Services.
Grid Spreader gives users a "preview" to the spread result before saving whereas Mass Allocate will automatically save results to the server.
Both Mass Allocate and Grid Spreader support relational spread.
What are two user interfaces to Planning data forms?
EPM Workspace
Excel Add-in
Smart ViewEssbase Provider
Smart View Planning Provider
Planning ADM Driver for FR
Fragmentation in an underlying Planning Essbase database that is caused by what two actions?
Delete member from a sparse dimension.
Delete member from a dense dimension.
Renaming a member.
Renaming an alias.
Submitting data / deleting data frequently.
Identify the true statements regarding Supporting Detail. 1-Importing Supporting Detail from Excel is supported. 2-Supporting Detail must be entered cell by cell; entry for multiple columns at once is not possible 3-Supporting Detail can contain a hierarchy with an aggregation of values for that hierarchy. 4-Supporting Detail can be viewed using the Smart View Add-in Essbase Provider. 5-Supporting Detail is stored in Essbase.
1,3,4,5
3
2
Measures (Dense): 40 stored members, 50 total members Time (Dense): 17 stored members, 17 total members Scenario (Dense): 2 stored members, 5 total members Market (Sparse): 100 stored members, 100 total members Product (Sparse): 500 stored membero, 550 total members How many potential blocks could be created?
Potential Blocks = 40 * 17*2
Potential Blocks = 40* 17*2*8
Potential Blocks = 100 * 500
Potential Blocks = 100 * 500 * 8
Potential Blocks = 100 * 550
Potential Blocks = 100 * 550 * 8
What option contributes to making an Enhanced Calc Script more flexible than a native Essbase Calc Script?
Run on Save
@CALCMODE function
Run time prompts
Can be run over the web
Substitution Variables
Custom Defined Functions
You are designing a new Planning application. Which two requirements dictate multiple plan types in a single Planning application?
Multiple currencies are required.
Currency rates must be kept in a separate database.
Sales are planned by product and channel, and salary expenses are planned by position.
Security is applied to the Entity dimension but can differ for users for accounts "sales" and "expenses".
You have decided to implement the Capital Expense planning module in addition to PSL budgeting.
Data cannot be shared across the Organization dimension.
Identify the two true statements about Enterprise performance Management Architect.
If you decide to implement EPMA, all Planning applications must be f PMA-deployed applications.
EPMA-deployed applications may either use EAS Business Rules or Calculation Manager in 11.1.1.3.
You can create Planning, TM,Essbase, and FDM applications in FPMA.
Data can be shared from a Planning application to an FM application within EPMA.
EPMA can be used by end users to manage and update member properties such as hierarchies and aliases
In the Dimension Library, you can maintain one full dimension (for example. Account) but filter portions of the dimension for different applications (for example, Revenue accounts. Balance Sheet)
You have a new Planning administrator to manage the Capital Expenditure application. He will assign security for the application as well as maintain dimensions In FPMA, Business Rules in Calculation Manager, and load data via Essbase rules files. He will not need access to other applications. Choose the two valid roles that will address part or this entire requirement.
Administrator for theCapEx application
Administrator for the Planning Server
Provisioning Manager for theCapEx application
Planning Calculation Manager for theCapEx application
Dimension Editor for theCapEx dimensions
Application Manager inEssbase for the CapEx dimensions
As a Planning end user, you need to add additional commentary to your plan, documenting assumptions and other notes. What are the six available options to add this information?
Supporting detail
Planning unit annotations
Cell text
Free form text (if defined by your Planning administrator)
Smart Lists (if defined by your Planning administrator)
Attach a document to a data form from Workspace (if enabled by your Planning administrator)
Financial Reporting Annotations in a Financial Reporting document (against the Planning application)
Assuming you have a Period dimension with calendar months rolling to quarters to total year. If you assign the property Time Balance Last to the "Headcount" account member, what will user see for Q1?
January's value
March's value
The total of January + February + March
The average of January + February + March
Identify the correct set of required dimensions for Planning. 1- Account 2- Entity 3-Version 4-Years and Periods combined into one dimension 5-Scenario 6- Minimum one user-defined dimension
1, 2,3,5,6
Based on the following design:
Plan type 1: Summary Plan type with all Accounts by Entity Plan type 2: Sales Plan type with Sales by Product by Entity Plan type 3: Salary Plan type with Salary Expense by Employee by Entity
You need to get Sales data to the Summary plan type. Identify the two true statements about sharing revenue data between the sales plan type and the summary plan type.
Planning will build in @XREF calculations in a calc script by default to share data between plan types.
A replicated partition could be created to replicate data from the sales plan type to the summary plan type and this would be done if we wanted to store the sales data in the summary plan type
A transparent partition and @XREF calculations could have performance issues for retrievals because data is not stored; it is dynamically calculated.
A calc export script on the source database with the DATAEXPORT command could be used to export data out of the revenue plan type and calc import script on the target database with the DATAIMPORT command could be used to import the data file to the summary plan type.
To disable the building of @XREF, update the HSP Properties file for the application before you click Create during the application creation process.
You need to calculate benefit expense in your Planning application using the following logic: Benefit expense is equal to the Total Salary of the Organization multiplied by a factor data loaded to each cost center.
Given the following components, what is the correct order of calculation: 1-Custom calculation (Total Salary * Factor) 2-Aggregate benefits 3-Aggregate salaries
3, 2, 1
2, 3, 1
3, 1, 2
Assuming EAS Business rules, a user cannot see a business rule on a data Form. What are three possible causes?
The business rule has not been assigned to the data form.
The business rule was created for another plan type.
The valid locations have not been defined for the business rule.
The valid locations have not been defined for the data form.
The Validate and Launch privileges have not been granted for the business rule.
The Validate and Launch privileges have not been granted for the data form.
Product status is a data element you need to include in your Planning application. Each product will have a product status that can vary over time. You will use product status in calculations and will need to report sales by product status and across products in a cross tabs. What is the best way to meet all of these requirements?
Define Product Status as a Smart List.
Define Product Status as a Separate Dimension
Define Product Status as an Attribute.
Define Product Status as a Varying Attribute.
Define Product Status as an alternate hierarchy in the Product dimension.
A Business Rule is launched from a data form.
What will Planning utilize to provide a valid list of members for a run-time prompt?
Members defined on the data form
Planning Metadata security
Business Rules security access privileges
Essbase security filters
Business Rules Basic User Role
In the Workforce Planning module, an employee is terminated. What two activities do you perform in WFP, so that total salary numbers are correctly calculated?
Run a business rule to change the employee's status.
Change the employee's status on a data form using the Smart List drop down.
Change the employee's status on a data form using the free form text measure.
Change the employee status attribute association in the Employee dimension.
Delete the employee from Workforce Planning.
You've created an EAS business rule and assigned it to the data form but an end user can't see it. What are two valid reasons?
The user doesn't have the Launch Business Rules role in Shared Services.
The user hasn't been assigned Validate and Launch Privileges in EAS.
The location for the Business Rule hasn't been defined.
The user hasn't been assigned access to the Business Rule in the Planning Web client.
What are valid data types for the Accounts dimension? 1 -Currency 2-Non-currency 3-Percentage 4-Saved Assumption 5-Text 6- Smart List 7-Date
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7
1, 2, 3, 6
1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7
1, 2, 3, 4, 6
Identify the two true statements about shared members.
You can assign a custom attribute value to a shared member.
You can define a member formula for a shared member.
You can assign security rights to a shared member.
There is no limit to the number of shared members that you can create for the base member.
Shared members may be defined for Accounts and Entity dimensions only.
A Planning Unit has a status of First Pass; what two user types can input data?
Anyone with write access to the planning unit
Anyone with write access to the planning application
Anyone with read or write access to the planning unit
The owner of the planning unit
The administrator
What are the two possible effects on the database when the data storage property of a parent member in the sparse Entity dimension is set to Dynamic Calc?
Essbase data block size decreases.
The member is not available for process management.
Retrieval performance could be slower when referencing the parent entity member.
Data cannot be input to the parent in target versions.
What is the order an Essbase cube consolidates?
Accounts, Time, remaining sparse, remaining dense, Two-Pass
Time, Accounts, remaining dense, remaining sparse, Two-Pass
Accounts, Time, remaining dense, remaining sparse, Two-Pass
Sparse, Accounts, Time, remaining dense, Two-Pass
