OLAP for finance users
In this blog post I want to cover the difference between OLAP vs what I’m going to call Relational/OLAP. If you’re going to stop reading because you think that’s too…
2020 New Year blog post (and a little about dashboards)
Welcome to the first blog post of the new year. My goal is to do one a month for 2020. Please help encourage me with my goal by sending feedback.…
What have we been doing for the past year?
We’re back! Ok, we never really went away but now that we have a shiny new website. That means it’s time to start publishing things again. What have we been…
Why We Added OneStream to Our Portfolio
This wasn't an easy decision for us. Oracle Hyperion has been good to me for many years. We spent a lot of time evaluating the direction that Oracle is taking…
How to Improve Currency Translation
One of the areas that Brass Tacks specializes in is improving currency translation. Multinational companies not only rely on accurate translation, they often need it fast and agile. Look what’s…
Why Is It Difficult to Get Quality Hyperion People?
I interviewed someone this week who told me that their last job was at the US House of Representatives. It was a qualified applicant, but one thing really bothered me;…
The Finance Users Guide to Servers
So your IT department is always talking about servers and clouds and you have only a vague idea of what it all means. How much tech do you really need…
My Experiences with Hyperion Workforce
Workforce has been out for a while now, but based on the number of implementations I’ve done (more than anything except financials) I’d say that it was still a perennial…