Course Description

Prepare to pass exam: Oracle Hyperion Planning 11 Essentials

The Oracle Hyperion Planning 11 Specialist Certification identifies professionals that are skilled in implementing solutions based on Oracle Hyperion Financial Management. The certification covers skills such as: creating Planning applications, setting up dimensions and account hierarchies, loading data, working with EPMA, defining forms, defining business rules and defining security. The exam targets the intermediate-level implementation team member. Up-to-date training and field experience are recommended. This certification is available to all candidates but is geared toward members of the Oracle Partner Network who are focused on selling and implementing Oracle Business Intelligence technology. OPN Members earning this certification will be recognized as OPN Certified Specialists, which helps their companies qualify for the Oracle Business Intelligence Foundation Specialization.

To pass the Oracle Hyperion Planning 11 Essentials exam, focus on mastering key topics such as planning architecture, forms, workflows, and business rules. Utilize study guides, practice exams, and hands-on experience to ensure a thorough understanding of the system's functionalities and best practices.

Exam topics covered

Overview of Hyperion Planning

• Describe the main features of Hyperion Planning
  
• Describe the product architecture of Hyperion Planning
• Access Planning through Workspace

Creating a Planning Applciation

• Set up data source
  
• Describe and use the Calendar
• Described and use Plan Types

Modeling in Planning

• Describe dimensions
  
• Describe members and member properties
• Create scenario dimensions
• Create version dimensions
• Set up entity dimensions
• Set up account dimensions
• Describe dense and sparse dimensions
• Set up currencies and exchange rates
• Set up user defined dimensions and attribute dimensions  Data Loading
• Describe different dimension build alternatives
• Describe different data load alternatives
• Share Planning data within an application and outside an application

EPMA

• Describe EPM Architect
  
• Create dimension members in EPMA

Forms Designer

• Create and edit data forms and folders
• Manage user variables
• Create Custom Menus
• Create Smart Lists

Planning End User Functions

• Perform Planning End User features over the web
  
• Use End User features in Smart View
• Use work flow process management to copy data between application versions 

Calculations, Business Rules, & Calculation Manager

• Describe Business Rules and capabilities
  
• Create and manage business rules
• Describe and use member formulas and calc scripts
• Use Calculation Manager

Planning Security and Administration

• Describe security in Planning
  
• Describe user provisioning in Shared Services
• Provision users and groups for Planning
• Generate provisioning reports
• Assign access rights in Dimension Editor
• Import access rights
• Create security filters
• Perform general application administration tasks

Other

• Describe financial reporting basics
  
• Described and use Workforce Planning
• Describe and use Capital Expense Planning