Essbase History-1.pdf

Essbase History Year 1991

Milestones • Arbor Software releases Essbase v1

1992

• Essbase v2

1994 1995

• Arbor Software receives U.S. patent for Essbase • Essbase Web Gateway

1997

• Essbase Adjustment Module • Essbase v5

1998

• Essbase Objects • Essbase Integration Server

2000

• Arbor Software merges with IMRS to become Hyperion • Essbase v6

Details • Time & Financial Intelligence • Multi-user Read/Write • Spreadsheet Macros • Application Manager – first GUI for creating OLAP applications: o Codeless environment o Drag-n-drop functionality o Validation routines o Scripting environments • First Multi-platform OLAP Product

• Ad-hoc Tool for analyzing OLAP data: o Thin Client o HTML-based o Highly scalable and fast response • Supports “light-weight” consolidation • Dynamic Calculations • Dynamic Time Series; a.k.a. “To-Date” • Partitioning o Replicated o Transparent o Linked Partitions • Greater Scalability o Cube Calculation Process Tied to CPU • Built-in Functions • 1st integrated set of ActiveX controls for VBA Development • GUI for building applications from DW or Star relational sources • Provides contextual drilling for spreadsheet users

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Attribute Dimensions Query Designer Cross Cube calculation functionality Forecasting, Trending & Allocations Extensible Function Library o I.e., user-defined custom functions Extensible Calculator o E.g. email alerts, calculator functions, etc. Parallel Functionality for Data Exports Performance Statistics for Essbase Server 1st OLAP Server to Support Linux Page 1 of 5

Essbase History Year 2001

2002

2003

Milestones • Essbase v6.2

Details • IT Deployment Enhancements o LDAP integration o Parallel Data Load o Session Management

• Essbase Integration Services v6.2

• Supports drill to Teradata • SQL override functionality

• Essbase Deployment Services v6.2

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1st Mid-tier Technology for Deploying OLAP JAVA API Web Services Connection Pooling, Query Failover and Cube clustering

• Essbase Administration Services v6.2 • Essbase v6.5

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Next Generation GUI Application Manager Multi-server Support Hybrid Analysis Parallel Calculation Enhancements for Hyperion Planning

• Essbase Integration Services v6.5

• Multi-source connectivity • Enhanced SQL override

• Essbase Administration Services v6.5

• Wizards for Application & User Migrations between Essbase Servers • Smart Editors • “Fire-n-Forget” for Batch Processing

• Essbase Deployment Services v6.5

• HTTPS Support

• Essbase Spreadsheet Services v6.5

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• Essbase v7

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Thin-client, Web-deployable spreadsheet add-in Utilizes EDS for Failover, Connection Pooling, etc Provides Domain View of Essbase Applications Predictive Analytics o Data Mining Framework o Write Triggers o Sampling MDX support Attribute Dimension Support for Hybrid Analysis Metadata Security Unicode Applications for Global Deployments Common Installer for Windows

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Essbase History Year Milestones 2003 • Essbase Integration Services v7.0 (cont.)

Redesigned GUI Wizards New Editors Initial Hyperion Hub integration. “Batteries included” for common components

• Essbase Administration Services v7.0

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• Essbase Deployment Services v7.0

• Focus… Needs of ESS • XMLA Web Service. o Hyperion is a lead author of the XMLA specification o 1st Release of XMLA for Hyperion • Outline Caching • Batteries included • Common Installation

• Essbase Spreadsheet Services v7.0

• Near Parity with “Classic” Spreadsheet Add-in • Common Installation • Aggregate Storage Option o 100x Data Scalability over Essbase v6
More Dimensions
More Members per Dimension o 10x Faster Load & Calc
Allow for a “balance” between query performance and disk space o Optimization of Sparse Data Sets o 20x Smaller Footprint o Native 64-bit edition on Itanium • Duplicate Member Names • Smart View for MS Office o General analytic capability
Query designer
Linked views o Hyperion Planning enhancements
UI for Planning off-line
Leveraging MyAnalytics o BI + repository
Run-time prompt support in Reports
Multi-page support
Editing POV of imported objects

2004

• Essbase v7X (aka v7.1.3)

2005

• Essbase v9

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Details • Drill-through adds Parameterized URL Support • Mainframe DB2 as Source • Initial Integration with Hyperion Hub • Common Installer for Windows

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Essbase History Year Milestones 2005 • Essbase v9 (continued) (cont.)

2006 2007

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• Information Age rates Essbase as one of the Top 10 Most Influential Technology Innovations of the previous 10 years (along with XML, virtualization, Netscape, Google, VOIP, Linux, and the Pentium processor) • Essbase v9.2 • Essbase v9.3

Details • ASO o Restructure o Export o Improved Compression • Substitution variable enhancements o Outline formulae o Partition definitions o MaxL and MDX scripts o Data load rules • Advanced relational access • Data mining o Scoring o Transformations o PMML importing • Common User Provisioning shared across all Hyperion offerings (BI tools, EPM apps and Essbase) • Hyperion Visual Explorer option

• Clustered Drill-back • 64-bit editions for Solaris, AIX, Xeon and Opteron • Analytic Provider Services o Replaces Analytic High Availability Services (AHAS) o Smart View “Provider” o Java API for stand-alone .JAR deployment o XMLA API
Rewritten to XMLA standard
Supports JPivot, MS Reporting Services • MaxL Encryption • Reference Cubes o In-Memory cubes for rapid @XREF calculations • ASO: o Time Intelligence o Time balance Tags o Intelligent Aggregations o Write-Back o Data Streaming • BSO o Subset export o BSO to ASO Partitions Page 4 of 5

Essbase History Year Milestones 2007 • Essbase v9.3 (continued) (cont.)

2008

• Oracle acquires Hyperion • Essbase v11

Details • Smart Space gadgets for MS Windows • Smart Search (Google or Oracle Search runs Essbase query) • Support for Office 2007 • MS Analysis Services Conversion Utility

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2009

• Essbase v11.1.1.3

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Varying Attributes Text and Date Measures Back-Up, Recovery, Transaction Logging and Replay ASO: o Trickle Feed o Write-Back to Level 0 o Partial Data Clear o Direct Target of a Partition Essbase Studio – New GUI for Essbase application design o Consolidates Cube Construction Activities
Replacement for Essbase Integration Services (EIS) & Essbase Administration Services (EAS)
Unifies deployment and management of cube factory o Unifies modeling of many sources
RDBMS | Flat files | EPM Architect Dimensions
OBIEE o Creates Reusable Objects at a Granular Level
Hierarchies | Metrics | Dimension | Elements o Lineage Tracking o Drill-Through Reports
Relational, OLAP Cubes, URL, BI+ Repository and Java Method as drill report targets
Define which columns can be drilled
Control aggregation rules and customize the SQL
Row Governors XOLAP – Cube metadata design in Essbase with actual data storage in existing relational source Oracle BI EE Integration o OBI EE as a Data Source for building Essbase cubes o Essbase as “Aggregate Persistent Storage” in Oracle BI Metadata ERP Integration o Both Data and Metadata from ERP into Essbase o Drill-back from Essbase summary to ERP detail Crystal Ball Integration Calculation Manager – GUI tool for complex calc designs

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