A reporting application is a target application on
which you can report on and aggregate Planning data. The primary use cases:
a. The reporting
application contains data from any source, such as a data warehouse. You want
to push new Planning data to it and report on the data.
b. You want to report on
Smart Lists in Planning, which you cannot do in Planning.
You can map dimensions between source planning
applications and reporting applications to enable:
a. Reporting on planning
data in a reporting application
b. Aggregating and
querying on Smart Lists, which are converted to regular dimensions in the
reporting application?
c. Linking Planning data
to multiple reporting applications for various consolidations
If you look at the broader level it does nothing
but to export data and load the data to the target of course with specified
mappings. Mapping can be of two types:
Dimension
to dimension: Displays the available unmapped dimensions in the Planning
application. In order to push data, the dimension and all of its members must
reside in both the source and target applications. Dimensions that are
identical between the Planning and reporting applications (for example,
Scenario to Scenario) are automatically mapped.
Smart List
to Dimension: Displays the available Smart Lists. When a Smart List is
selected, the account members associated with it are displayed. If there is
only one member, it is automatically selected.
Note: Smart List labels are used for mapping to
member names or member aliases in the reporting application.
If we don't want to link a dimension we have an
option of No Link, when you select No Link option to a particular dimension,
you can set the member for this dimension in POV section of mapping and map it
to a different member. Ex: You can have Year Dimension Member FY10 mapped to FY12.
Step 1: Source Application Outline (BSO)
Step 2: Reporting Application Outline (ASO)
Step 3: Go to “Administration” à “Map Reporting Application”
Step
4: Click “New” for creating Application Mapping
Step 5: New window opens where you can enter Source Application Name , Plan Type and Mapping Details too.
Step 6: If you want
to add Essbase server you can add by clicking “Add Server”
Step 7: Select Source Application and Reporting Application
and click “Next”
Step 8: In “Map Dimension” select Mapping Type as
Dimension
to dimension: Displays the available unmapped dimensions in the Planning
application. In order to push data, the dimension and all of its members must
reside in both the source and target applications. Dimensions that are
identical between the Planning and reporting applications (for example,
Scenario to Scenario) are automatically mapped.
Smart List
to Dimension: Displays the available Smart Lists. When a Smart List is
selected, the account members associated with it are displayed. If there is
only one member, it is automatically selected.
Note: Smart List labels are used for mapping to
member names or member aliases in the reporting application.
If we don't want to link a dimension we have an
option of No Link, when you select No Link option to a particular dimension,
you can set the member for this dimension in POV section of mapping and map it
to a different member. Ex: You can have Year Dimension Member FY10 mapped to
FY12.
Step 9: In Next tab “Point of View”
Step 10: when you click “Save” button you will be getting
pop-up message like this
Step 11: After saving the Mapping file window look like this
after that select Application Mapping Name and click “Push Data”
Step 11: go to “Job Console” and check the status
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