Hyperion Essbase Consultant Resume
Kettering, OhiO
SUMMARY
- Overall 8+ years of IT experience with 7 years of experience in application designing and development using Oracle/Hyperion Essbase as a Developer/Analyst with analytical and designing skills
- Extensive experience in Design and development of applications in client/server environment using Hyperion Essbase 11.x/9.x/7.x, Hyperion Planning, Hyperion Essbase Integration Services, Hyperion Financial Reporting, Hyperion Web Analysis, MaxL, MDX and ESSCMD scripts, Essbase Spread sheet add - in, SmartView
- Extensive experience of designing and developing Essbase applications with balance of Dense and Sparse Dimensions
- Skilled in architecture design of Essbase cubes using Block/Aggregate storage and Partitions
- Experience in creation and maintenance of numerous applications with excellent balance of dimensions, developing various OLAP Models & Meta-Outlines across Block Storage (BSO) and Aggregate Storage (ASO) Essbase kernels.
- Skilled in automation, optimization and performance tuning of Essbase application data/metadata processing, upgrading, testing and migrating of cubes in different environment.
- Involved in managing the infrastructure and services supporting Business Intelligence, troubleshooting and assisting in month-end/Year-end consolidations.
- Written and implemented Calculations scripts
- Automated the Essbase cubes using MaxL, Esscmds, MDX and Batch Scripts
- Developed reports using Hyperion Financial Reports, Excel Add-in and SmartView
- Skilled in optimization and performance tuning of Essbase application data/metadata processing, upgrading, testing and migration of cubes in different environment to assure security
- Developed and Implemented SQL, PL/SQL scripts
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Reporting Tools: Hyperion Financial Reporting Studio 11.x/9.x, Web Analysis 9.3, Hyperion Reports 7.2/7.0, Hyperion Analyzer 7.2/7.0, Hyperion Essbase Excel Spreadsheet Add-in 11.x, Hyperion Smart View 11.x, 9.2, MS-Excel.
Job Function: Design, Analysis, Processing, Upgrading, Maintenance, Testing
Database: DBMSEssbase 9BI+/7.x/6.x, Oracle 10i, SQL Server2012
Languages: JavaScript, C, C++, Java, PL/SQL
Operating Systems: Windows
Change Mgt Tools: TFS, Quality Centre, Selenium Eclipse, QTP
Office Tools: MS Office Suit
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Confidential, Kettering, Ohio
Hyperion Essbase Consultant
Responsibilities:
- Involved in creating new members in outlines and optimized them by grouping and positioning.
- Modified Essbase Cube outlines and created member formulas for various Block storage cubes.
- Created and modified rule files for accommodating data format changes theirby enabling cube loading.
- Developed and optimized outlines by grouping and positioning developed rules files for dimension building and data loads.
- Created and modified various Unix scripts for data loads.
- Implemented mathematical functions for computing derived data and worked on optimization of data loads and calc-scripts.
- Developed outline formulae, calc scripts, developed MaxL and batch scripts to automate dimension build, data loading, backups and other Essbase processes.
- Developed Transparent partition on BSO cubes between source and target cubes.
- Modified and developed numerous report scripts.
- Involved in testing tasks and validating reporting data by retrieving through Excel Add-in
Environment: Hyperion Essbase 11.x, Microsoft Excel 2010, MaxL, Excel Add-In, Smart View 11.x, UNIX.
Confidential, SanFrancisco, CA J
Hyperion Systems Analyst
Responsibilities:
- Translate business requirements into application design
- Responsible for design and development of Hyperion Planning applications and related artifacts such as dimension structures, data forms, business rules, task lists, etc.
- Assist in the design and development of data interfaces and testing templates.
- Perform and assist in unit, system, integration and user acceptance testing.
- Develop administrative, user and testing manuals.
- Transfer knowledge Hyperion System Administrators.
- Involved in analysis of user requirements and finalizing dimensions for cubes
- Translated user requirements into application design specification
- Extensively Used Essbase Integration services to design develop and modify outlines for Essbase cubes.
- Modified the existing outline for some applications according to the requirements
- Optimized outline structure, loading and calculations through appropriate dense and sparse settings of dimensions, storage allocations and dynamic calculations
- Designed the ETL process for data load into the new database from SQL tables
- Developed and ran calculation scripts to calculate complex values
- Worked in developing automation scripts using Hyperion Essbase ESSCMD, MaxL scripts and UNIX Shell Scripts
- Optimized Data load and Calculation scripts by using different techniques
- Maintained user input capabilities to the applications using Filters
- Managed application migration, established substitution variables and setting for dynamic time series, editing/validating scripts
- Handled performance tuning, weekly back-ups and monthly consolidations of data
- Automated monthly/quarterly/annual report generation
- Provided technical support for existing cubes, resolving and troubleshooting related issues and documentation
- Provided business analyst with advice and options on opportunities to leverage the tool and increase the usage
Environment: Hyperion Essbase 9.3.1, Essbase Integration Services 9.3.1, Hyperion Financial Reporting 9.3.1, Essbase Excel Spread sheet Add-in.
Confidentia., Indianapolis, INEssbase Developer
Responsibilities:
- Played major role in user requirement analysis, development and implementation of finalizing dimensions and members of the cubes
- Involved in defining requirements, functional specifications, design documentation and testing strategies
- Involved in designing and implementing new cubes
- Created and maintained Essbase application objects including Database outline, Calculation scripts and security settings
- Developed Rules files to upload data from financial system’s database to Essbase cube and manipulate data source file using various build methods
- Responsible for Partition databases for better data retrieval, security of databases, database migration, managed sessions and log analysis to optimize the database
- Performed tuning by using Dense/Sparse settings and developed the required alternate roll ups for the reports
- Developed SQL and PL/SQL scripts to extract and transform data into the data warehouse system
- Involved in redesigning existing cubes for overall database outline performance and optimization
- Maintained and supported existing applications, worked on production, participated in routine maintenance of applications for better performance
- Performed recovery and back up process on regular basis
- Assisted in migrating Essbase cubes
- Worked on user systems with Excel Add-in and trained users on Excel client usage
- Used Hyperion Analyzer to design reports like Balance sheets, P&L sheets, and Cash flow and Income statements
Environment: Hyperion Essbase 9.x, Hyperion Financial Reporting, Web Analysis, Excel Spread sheet add-in
Confidential
Hyperion System Analyst
Responsibilities:
- Worked as a systems analyst in the sales reporting team on various reporting tools
- Worked with Business Analysts and Business Integrators to gather requirements for various projects
- Responsible for design and development of Hyperion Planning applications and related artifacts such as dimension structures, data forms, business rules, task lists and workflows
- Designed and developed ASO cubes according to the business needs.
- Involved in modifying existing cube outlines to meet the business requirements
- Managed Data Form Builds
- Created business Rules for rolling month’s calculations and allocations
- Involved in migration of different applications across different environments
- Involved in cube and report design changes for performance and optimization
- Implemented Security through Shared Services
- Developed numerous reports using Financial Reporting and SmartView for managing business processes
- Created various reports from different databases using Web Analysis, MDX and Query Designer for management for their monthly and quarterly reviews
- Planned, coordinated, and managed the testing strategy and activities for testing of Reporting applications in Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System Version 11.1.1
- Assisted testing team with bug and defect resolutions in the testing environment
- Worked closely with production team for the end user support in resolves emergency issues
- On time completion of all assigned tasks and desirables meeting of business expectations and timelines
- Involved in Knowledge transfer and development transition to the other team members and to production team
Environment: Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System Fusion Edition 11.1.1, Oracle Hyperion Financial Reporting 11.1.1 Oracle Hyperion Web Analysis 11.1.1 Hyperion Essbase System 9 BI+, Oracle Hyperion Planning 11.x, Hyperion System 9 BI+ Financial Reporting 9.3.0.1, Hyperion System 9 BI+ Web Analysis 9.3.0.1, Hyperion System 9 SmartView for Office 9.3.0, Microsoft Excel 2007, Unix, MaxL, MDX, Excel Add-In, Query Designer
Confidential
Test Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Involved in Preparation of Test Plans & Test Cases.
- Performed all kinds of testing starting from Smoke test, Acceptance testing, System testing, User acceptance testing etc.,
- Performed Positive, Negative and Boundary testing around the application
- Performed thorough Regression testing when bugs were resolved.
- Generated reports using Excel.
- Coordinated with QA Leads during the test cycle.
- Generated Training docs for internal and Clients use.
Environment: HP Quality Center, Microsoft Excel, Outlook.
