Hyperion Specific Differentiators

Accelatis was designed with Hyperion in mind.  All of the functionality applies to broad IT challenges but is focused on the specific challenges of Hyperion administrators.  At the heart of Accelatis is the capability to communicate with Hyperion at the component level yielding insight simply not available with other solutions.  Accelatis also brings together all the relevant aspects of monitoring and management into one analysis space.

Environment Manager

This module provides access to the majority of ongoing maintenance tasks in one console. It takes a holistic view of the deployment and leverages the construct of ‘Environments’ so properties and activities can be viewed at the Server, Application and Environment level.
Hyperion Specific functionality

• Reflection of Server, Product and Application settings with descriptions, boundaries, best practices
• Controlled change process for modifying product settings across Hyperion environment
• Reconciliation of HsvDataSource.exe processes with Application names displayed
• Audit trail reporting of product property changes even if they were not made through Accelatis
• Real time view of users currently on Hyperion System and what jobs they are running
• Managed script execution across multiple servers concurrently with retrieval of script logs

Load Generation

• Out of the box Hyperion tests ready to run in minutes by a Finance Administrator with no Custom Scripting required.
  • Smartview
  • Reports
  • Web Forms
  • Web Grids
  • Planning Forms
  • Planning Calcs

• Replay historical user activity example: Simulate a previous close cycle
• Manage Software and Hardware upgrades:  replay a close cycle from one environment in a new environment
• Load results tie into the other performance tracking data already collected by Ascension Suite

Dashboards

Hyperion Specific functionality

• Stock and custom dashboards of Hyperion specific Metrics and Health indicators

KPIs

Hyperion Specific functionality

• Application UserLoad, VirtualMemory, ThreadCount, HandleCount

Health Analysis

One of the most important pieces of functionality that Accelatis now offers is the Health Analysis
powered by the Health Analysis Check Designer. Specific Hyperion health checks are provided out-ofthe-
box and additional custom checks are easily created to generate a comprehensive sweep of all
aspects of a deployment’s health.

Hyperion Specific functionality

• HFM Applications
• HFM Server
• HFM Database
• Web Applications status and response time
• Process status
• Service status
• File and Fileshare availability
• Intercomponent PING
• Remote User connectivity response time and Trace RT data
• Historical reporting and graphing of response time and status

Activity Analysis

This module provides immediate insight into the cause-and-effect relationship of system activity while cutting hours and days off the process of diagnosing system issues. View User Activity, System Events and System Metrics all in one graph with a single button click. Data from any activity log can be pulled and plotted against any other along with key system metrics on the same time scale. Data can also be streamed in real-time to show how user activity affects system performance.
Hyperion Specific functionality

• Automated retrieval and normalization of Hyperion and system logs
• Custom ‘composite’ Hyperion logs such as ‘Running Consolidations’.
• Automated translation and simplification of HFM System Messages
• Graphing of user activity, system events and system metrics on a single time scale

Real Time Alerting

Ascension Suite provides a consistent approach to triggering and alerting across the entire EPM suite. Ascension can alert off of any log event, system event, or performance threshold. In addition to singular events Ascension can alert on behaviors and patterns of activity. For example, you can be alerted to the following events while there is still time to prevent disruption or other negative side-effect:
Hyperion Specific functionality

• Built-in alerts to detect Hyperion specific conditions such as Subcube thrashing
• Custom log event alerting to detect ‘patterns’ of activity in any log
• Threshold triggering on Hyperion specific metrics
• Triggering on Hyperion specific health failures
• Alert triggers can start an automation job (Example: Application memory over 1.6GB can trigger job that restarts application)

Enterprise Automation and Benchmarking

Create flows of tasks from any product within Hyperion or outside Hyperion for complete versatility.
Hyperion Specific functionality

• Automated tracking of performance times for key tasks
• Establish processes for automated ‘corrective’ action

Performance Analysis and Optimization

This functionality embodies expert-level knowledge that is used to optimize Hyperion deployments. In addition to performance bottlenecks identified through a comprehensive review of web traffic and process data, the system is analyzed at both the configuration level and application level for conditions that could cause sub-optimal performance. Results are compiled into a comprehensive set of graphs and charts that help eliminate bottlenecks and optimizing system performance.

Hyperion Specific functionality

• Automated Profiling of HFM Consolidation Rules and Essbase Calc Scripts
• Automated detection and troubleshooting of misconfigured and sub-optimal environments
• Subcube data analysis
• Zero data analysis

Analyze the following aspects of performance all in one place:

• System Metrics
• End-User Performance
• Component Performance
• Network Performance
• Benchmark Task Performance

Sample Optimization Report Page Sample Optimization Report Page
With over 60 built-in statistical and heuristical (performance over time) graphs, the client can instantly retrieve information on web usage, errors, and user performance which can be used to identify system bottlenecks down to the component and document level. Results can be compared to industry averages. Just a few of the graphs available are:

• Longest running consolidations (and the users who ran them)
• Longest running Reports
• Users with slowest response times
• Web Forms that use the most bandwidth
• Most accessed documents
• User load history
• Traffic volume by geography
• Average traffic volume

Our optimization functionality takes all the knowledge about how to tune a Hyperion deployment and automates it so the user and get a snapshot at anytime. Some specific optimizations include:

• Server and Application Uptime Reports
• Sub Cube Analysis
• Clock Synchronization
• Product Settings Range Validation
• Product Settings Compatibility (w/each other)
• Product Settings Consistency (across servers)
• Log File Size Analysis
• File Version Consistency
• Machine Settings Consistency
• Software Version Consistency
• Zero Record Analysis

SOX Audit and Reporting

This functionality gives the CFO instant access to critical data required for SOX audits through
automated reporting capabilities. The SOX Change Reports detail changes in the system between two points in time. This information can be extremely time consuming or impossible to reconcile after the fact. The data available out-of-the-box for this report includes changes to:

• Security Controls
• Organizational Structure (Metadata)
• Production Reporting
• Consolidation Rules
• User Logins

Custom data controls can be added to include anything important to the organization even if that data is not related to Hyperion. Reports can be generated automatically or on-demand. In addition, internal reference numbers along with commentary can be associated with each specific change for inclusion in the report.