Oracle AI World Tour Milan: AI in EPM

2026-04-07Consulting

It’s been a while since my last post; it’s a very busy time with year-end closures, and I’m very busy with that. But last week, I wanted to attendee Oracle AI World Tour Milan. AI is a vast topic, especially seeing it applied to Oracle’s countless applications. Many are talking about a true revolution. What … Read More

Consulting stories: what to do with final Consolidation Difference?

2026-02-27Consulting

We’ve developed a report to explain how the Goodwill Offset account, or consolidation difference in Oracle #FCCS, is calculated. The report shows the holding company’s investment in its subsidiary with its elimination, and the subsidiary’s net equity with its elimination, and shows users whether the difference is positive or negative. This is influenced by retained … Read More

Consulting Stories: playing with copy data

2026-02-13Consulting

Crazy days of Financial Closing simulation !! 😇 What happens if we move companies from one node to another one, in the consolidated financial statements? We’ll see. For us (and for #FCCS) is very easy to: 1. Create a new scenario; 2. Copy data from the official scenario to the new one; 3. Lock the … Read More

EEH – New helpdesk service

2026-02-04Consulting

EEH (Experlab Epm Helpdesk) is a first-class technical and functional support for issues encountered by users on following Oracle Hyperion products: HFM, FCCS, PBCS, EPRCS. How does support work? The user, having encountered an issue, sends an email to support@experlab.it with a description of the issue and details useful for identifying a solution. EXPERLAB guarantees … Read More

A perspective on the transition from HFM to FCCS

2026-01-25Consulting

For those companies that consider it every year. It’s an old topic and we’ve discussed it many times, but we’ll repeat it: moving from HFM to FCCS is not a migration … But also, it’s not a new project starting from scratch. I see these steps in our implementation plan for an FCCS based on … Read More

Consulting Stories: Validating Cash Flow Statement with Indirect Method

2025-12-18Consulting

An exercise that CFOs enjoy and that brings great satisfaction when everything matches. Cash Flow Statement with indirect method in #FCCS. Accounts and transaction tracking, basic levels of sophistication (pure raw variation in Working Capital) to advanced levels (Cash In and Cash Out from investments and loans, exchange rate effects). The template, including the calculation … Read More

Consulting Stories: Process Control on Financial Consolidation

2025-12-15HFM

Data Unit in #HFM, Approval Unit in #FCCS (and in #PBCS). The name changes, but the concept remains the same: a building block consisting of a scenario/year/period/company to be managed in data validation process and segregated by user, using securities. Highly recommended! Many users don’t complete all the validation steps; simply managing opening and locking … Read More

Consulting stories: playing with EPM scenarios

2025-11-25Consulting

Many key users and controllers call them “environments.” Technically, they’re called “scenarios.” We can use them in #FCCS, #PBCS, and #HFM to test major changes without corrupting official data. Yesterday, we needed to see in real time how balance sheet and profit and loss uploaded with a TXT file rather than an Excel Input Package … Read More

Consulting stories: Beloved old HFM TXT for data

2025-11-20HFM

Who remembers the good old #HFM TXT? That 13-fields file with .dat extension that we upload with Load Data? We used it today, and it still provides great satisfaction. Sure, it’s not Data Management with direct integration between accounting and HFM, but it’s a must-have for speeding up data entry operations, bypassing XLS files. The … Read More