Boston Computer School

1.Introduction to Financial Management

• About Enterprise Performance Management

2.HFM Basics

• Dimensions
• Define Application Profile
• Create application

3.Loading Metadata from a File

• About Metadata Load Files
• Loading Metadata
• Manage Metadata
• Prepare own Metadata

4.Configuring Accounts and Custom Dimensions

• About Accounts and Custom Dimensions
• Setting Up Account Types and Hierarchies
• Setting Up Accounts and Custom Dimensions
• Intercompany Account and Other Account Properties

5.Setting Up Entities, Calendars, and Scenarios

• Setting up Entities
• Setting Up Calendars
• Setting Up Scenarios

6.Loading Data

• Loading Data Files
• Extracting Data
• Copying and Removing Data

7.Creating Tasklist and Data Forms

• About Data Forms
• Accessing the Form Builder
• Defining the Point of View
• Defining Columns and Rows
• Setting Row and Column Options
• Exporting Data to Spreadsheets

8.Entering Data Using Data Grids

• About Data Grids and Accessing Data Grids
• Changing the Grid Layout and Display
• Selecting Members for Dimensions
• Selecting Members
• Saving Grid Settings
• Entering Data and Filling Multiple Cells
• Spreading and Calculating Data
• Adding Cell Text and Line-Item Detail

9.Creating Member Lists in Financial Management

• About Member Lists
• System and User-Defined Member Lists
• Creating Member Lists
• Identifying Member Lists in a File
• Creating Static Member Lists
• Creating Dynamic Member Lists for the Entity Dimension and Other Dimensions
• Loading and Extracting Member Lists

10.Entering Intercompany Data

• About Intercompany Transactions
• Intercompany Account Balances
• Elimination Process
• Plug Accounts
• Intercompany Eliminations and the Value Dimension
• Setting Up Entities and Accounts for Intercompany Data
• Creating and Running Intercompany Matching Reports

11.Adjusting Data with Journals

• About Journals and Journal Benefits and Adjusting Data
• Journals Review Process and the Value Dimension
• Multiple Journal Postings, Accessing Journals and Opening Periods for Journal Entry
• Creating Journal Templates and Journal Balance Types
• Creating Journals and Entering Journal Data
• Creating, Previewing, Running and Viewing Adjustments with the Entity Details Report
• Setting Journal Report Properties and Selecting Columns and Filters
• Saving Journal Reports Locally and Remotely

12.Running Consolidations and process management

• Consolidation Process and Percentages
• Entering Consolidation Information Using Ownership Management
• Running Consolidations
• Checking Consolidation Status
• Data Translation
• Entering Exchange Rates

13.Analyzing Data Using Smart View

• About Smart View
• Smart View Installation and Components
• Connecting to a Data Source
• Entering Data with Web Data Forms
• Functions in Smart View

14.Rule

• About Rules and Rules Syntax
• Rule Types and Rules Files
• Objects and Functions in Rules
• Assigning Values to Accounts
• Account Expressions
• Setting Values for Multiple Accounts
• Subcubes, Data Retrieval, and Rules
• Loading and Extracting Rules