Oracle Essbase 9 Implementation Guide- P82:Essbase is a multidimensional database management system. The name Essbase stands for Extended Spread Sheet dataBASE. Using the custom add-in provides the end-user with near seamless compatibility in the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet program. | Essbase System 9 Components Take a look at the following screenshot to see an example of how easy and intuitive using Oracle Essbase Financial Reporting really is On top of the reporting capabilities Oracle Financial Reporting also has functionality that allows the user to schedule batch report generation distribute reports and divert reports to a holding area. Then to complete the process Oracle Financial Reporting can be used to send notifications to specified recipients when their reports are ready. Smart View for Microsoft Office As you know Oracle Essbase comes with an Add-in tool designed to be used in Microsoft Excel. It is this add-in that is one of Essbase s biggest strengths and also makes all of the various data analysts very happy. Oracle being the industry leader that they are did not stop with the Essbase Add-in for Microsoft Excel. Oracle realized that in addition to making the data analysts very happy it would probably be a good idea to make the flashy sales people and the big shot executives very happy as well. With Essbase version and higher Oracle has introduced a new product called Smart View. Oracle Essbase Smart View simply put is like an Essbase Add-In for the entire Microsoft Office suite of applications. In today s world of on demand this and real time that just imagine a tool that allows you to go into a meeting with your beautifully prepared Microsoft PowerPoint presentation that itself is now directly connected to the Essbase database. Your presentation will always have up-to-the-second and accurate data. Also imagine that you need to send a quick email to your team alerting them to some data condition that needs immediate attention. Well your email can also connect directly to the database and will contain up-to-the-second data. ---------------------------------- 390 ---------------------------------- Download at Chapter 11 In the following screenshot you can see how Smart View will dynamically update values in a .
