INTERVIEW PREPARATION GUIDE

1) Parent and parent currency meaning Parent means ultimate parent and parent currency means any parent currency 2) Journal significant Journal main significant Is to not disturb main data and avoid unnecessary entries by the different people. Journal is no where related to metadata and is main related to adjustments of data. 3) 11.1.2 Version changes 1) Hyperion Name changed to Oracle middleware 2) We have only 1 database in 11.1.2 that is WEBLOGIC APPLICATION SERVER and that will be installed automatically while in installation 3) IR1 and IR2 were added 4) Core components V20843 were added 5) Shared services relational database is now used as a native directory(replace LDAP) 6) Smart view providers page has removed and it has to be in done by EPMA configuration utility 7) Extended analytical analysis was not appeared in 11.1.2 version 8) Calculation manager and performance manager were added 4) 11.1.1.3 version new features 1) Java coding agile development 2) Database development 3) Web service development 4) ADF business development 5) ADF framework 6) ADF mobile client 7) ADF view 8) Bug 6582074(review level) was cleared 5) Servers in real time 1) Java RMI server 2) Print server 3) Report server 4) Scheduler server 5) Reporting web application

6) Types of rues 1) Calculation 2) Translation 3) Allocation 4) Consolidation 5) No iput 6) Input 7) Ic transactions 8) Dynamic

7) ICP rules Sub transaction () Hs. Supportscan s#actual.A # sales Hs. Supportscan s#actual.A # purchases Hs. Supportscan s#actual.A # salesic Hs. Supportscan s#actual.A # purchases ic End sub 8) Extended analytis Used to export the data from one database server to another database server by creating star schema Must be data consolidated Donot use same database as destination source database Only selected POVs can export 9) Cluster An array of servers or database that behaves as a single source which shares task load and provide failover support It is a load balancer of servers 10) LDAP : Lightweight directory active protocol 11) Create application in workspace Navigate Classic application administration Consolidation administration Create application Note: we can create and register application in workspace but cannot define

application in workspace 12) Sometimes we cannot post a journal what will be the reason In entity dimension we should check alove adjustments and period open and we have security authority to create journal

13) Consolidation types 1) Legal consolidation 2) Geographical consolidation 3) Consolidation by entity 14) Consolidation methods 1) Consolidate 2) Consolidate all 3) Consolidate all with data

15) Types of journals 1) Balanced journal (debit = credit) 2) Unbalanced journal (debit not = credit) 3) Balanced by entity ( only particular entity is balanced)

16) Triangulation Converting currency from one currency to another via third common currency 17) HFM tasks 1) Collect and load data 2) Calculate data 3) Adjust data 4) Translate data 5) Consolidate data 6) Lock data 7) Publish data 18) Colours of tabs 1) Blue color 2) Half white 3) Light yellow 4) Light gray

Header cell input cell locked or derived cell no write or read access

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Dark yellow Light green Dark green Pink -

modified but not saved allow allocation read only (parent data) invalid intersection/POV

19) Implementation phases 1) Requirement gathering 2) Implementation and infrastructure 3) Development 4) User acceptance test (QA) 5) Go live/production

20) When we create a application in HFM then two HFM objects will create 1) HSV data create 2) HSX server

21) Can we take 2 different POVs report Yes we can take report 22) Can we take 2 grids in report Yes we can 23) Can we take 2 application report Yes we can create but it is complex reporting 24) How many consolidations we can do Only 1 consolidation in 9.3.1. version We can do in 11 versions but some problems in load balancer 25) . What is a Recurring Journal? Some Journals we use repeatedly. So, for that purpose, we will create recurring templates. By using the recurring templates, we will create recurring Journals. 26) What is an Auto Reversing Journal? If we create a journal as Auto Reversing Journal, the journal will posted in the next period by reversing the Debit and Credit. 27) How will you perform Currency Translations? First we have to create all the currencies in the Meta Data Item called currencies. Then we have to perform currency translations in Explore data module by using

custom dimensions and value dimension. 28) How will you perform Review Process? To perform Review process, we should have the Review Supervisor Security authority. In Explore Data Module, we will perform Process Management. 29) Sometimes, we cannot post a Journal. What will be the Reason? In Entity Dimension, we should check the alove adjustment property. And the period in which we created the journal should be kept open. And we should have the security authority to create journals. 30) What is Consolidation A. Consolidation is aggregating the Base level entities amounts with the Parent level entities amounts.

30) Which sub routines of Rules will execute when you run consolidations ? Calculate, Translation, Consolidation 31) How do you enable Rules to customize consolidation ? Application Settings -> consolidation Rules -> Y 32) What is Translation ? It is Currency translation happens when a parent entity's default currency is different from a child entity's default currency. runs when you choose Translate or Consolidate. 33) What is Adjustment ? Adjusment is to correct the data. It is done by Journals at value dimension member Entity currency Adjs and Parent curr Adjs. 34) What is the difference between consolidate, consolidate all and consolidate all with the data ? consolidate : only entities that require logic or consolidation are updated by the system. Consolidate All with Data option is available for any parent entity regardless of its status.NODATA are skipped. Consolidate All : any Parent entity regardless of its status.NODATA

are also consolidated. 35) how can you cancel consolidation ? HFM Web client -> Administration -> running Tasks -> click on the Red button 36) what is ICP ? The Intercompany Partnership Dimension provides an efficient way to identify, report, and reconcile intercompany account differences. With the ability to view detail transaction at any time, you can reconcile intercompany account differences frequently and thus minimize their impact on the closing cycle. 37) You are not able to load ICP tansactions. what is the Reason ? Cause: IC Period is not opened. expand Tasks and select IC Transaction Tasks. Select Manage IC Periods. From the Scenario drop-down list, select a scenario for the period. From the Year drop-down list, select a year for the period. Select the check box next to each period that you want to open. 38) How to extract Intercompany Transactions ? In the Browser View, expand Tasks and select Extract Tasks. Select Extract IC Transactions. From the Point of View bar, select the scenario, year, and period. Enter the names of the Entity and Partner dimension members, or click Browse to find the Entity and Partner members. Select to include one or more of the following options in the extract process: UnMatched, Matched, MisMatched, Posted, UnPosted, Reason Codes. 39) what is Tolerance amount ? Tolerance amount is small discrepancies in the amounts in Intercompany Transactions. 40) What is the difference between switch sign for and switch type for and in which dimension it exists It exists in custom dimension Switch sign for: It is ticked to change ASSET to LIABILITY LIABILITY to ASSET EXPENSE to REVENUE REVENUE to EXPENSE

 BALANCE to FLOW FLOW to BALANCE Switch type for: It is ticked to change ASSET to EXPENSE EXPENSE to ASSET LIABILITY to REVENUE REVENUE to LIABILITY BALANCE to FLOW FLOW to BALANCE

41) What is dynamic member list As dimension members are added and deleted, the dynamic member list automatically reflects the changes by reapplying the user-defined criteria. 42) What are the types of Journals Balanced Unbalanced Balanced by entity Balanced: All the Debits and Credits will be balanced Unbalanced: Debits and Credits will not be balanced Balanced by entity : Debits and Credits for particular entity will be balanced

43) what is data lock A user-controlled mechanism that prevents changes to data according to specified criteria, such as period or scenario 44) How do you lock the data Select Lock/Unlock IC Entities and Select Scenario, period year and click lock

45) How do you eliminate intercompany transactions? Intercompany transactions are eliminated through plug account. Steps Create plug account in account dimension Tick the check box called IS ICP in account dimension Tick the check box called IS ICP in Entity dimension Then automatically the difference between the Intercompany transactions will be transferred to plug account

45) How do you load the data into HFM. HFM directly cannot take the data from ERP packages. So the data should be downloaded from ERP and loaded into Upstream tool like FDM and ODI etc. Then it should be mapped with HFM. And then load that into HFM.

46) What is HFM ARCHITECTURE? Hyperion Financial Management is designed to operate as a multitier system. Client tier The client tier contains the user interface and the ability to communicate with the application tier. You can display data and metadata, enter data, and maintain metadata in this tier. Web tier The Web server tier contains the Web server. You can access the Web-enabled portions of Hyperion Financial Management in this tier. The Hyperion Financial Management Web client contains all functionality available in the Windows client with the exception of security administration. Middle tier The middle tier contains the domain intelligence and connections to the relational database. Database tier The data tier contains the relational database and all Hyperion Financial Management data and metadata.