Look Smarter than You Are with Hyperion Essbase [Paperback]

Edward Roske (Author), Tracy McMullen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 21, 2008 | ISBN-10: 1435705300 | ISBN-13: 978-1435705302 | Edition: 1st

Essbase is everywhere these days. To survive and be productive in the business world, you need to take control of Essbase. If you don't have time (and money in the budget) to go to a class, if you just want to learn at your own pace, or if you want the information not covered in classes, this book will show you the way. Whether you're an end user looking to better analyze information or an admin building new applications, you will become a master of Essbase as your fellow workers look at you in sheer, dumbstruck awe. You will learn how to: Use the Excel Add-In and Smart View Add-in to retrieve and analyze data. Create dynamic reports that change as new data is uploaded. Build different types of applications quickly and easily following the proven steps provided in this guide. Use advanced techniques such as tuning and optimization, calc scripts, and MaxL.

Product Details

• Paperback: 476 pages
• Publisher: interRel Press; 1st edition (March 21, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1435705300
• ISBN-13: 978-1435705302
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 5.7 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #42,336 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book, June 30, 2008

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FLDonna (Tampa, Florida USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Look Smarter than You Are with Hyperion Essbase (Paperback)

I recently switched jobs, and I needed to learn ESSBASE. Although the HELP menus for ESSBASE were good, I needed more details. I am a programmer, and could have picked it up on my own, but I needed to learn ESSBASE quickly and thoroughly. This book makes it simple and easy to understand. I am not an Excel guru, but I do have a background in databases. None of that mattered as this book will teach you at the beginner level. Great book and it makes a nice quick reference book. It gets a '5 star rating' from me.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No matter your experience with Essbase this book has got it!, August 22, 2008

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Javier Fernandez (Reno, NV USA) - See all my reviews
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As the book itself states everybody involved or soon to be with Essbase should get one. First part goes from zero explaning multidimensional foundations and taking an in depth Excel Add-In review. It is well explained, sequenced with a great and tampered good humour style as well as it is rich and fundamental. The second part goes covering SmartView and the final part is a gem in the Essbase world covering everything you ever wanted to know about in the role of a Essbase Administration. Top book for a great software and a very challenging and interesting career path.

3.0 out of 5 stars Good Book but for the humor, which detracts, December 12, 2011

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This review is from: Look Smarter Than You Are with Hyperion Essbase (Kindle Edition)

Gives good overview of Essbase. Unfortunately, the authors pepper the prose with wisecracks and silly humor that detracts from and distracts the discourse. It baffles me why they feel the need to do that. Without the humor, it would be a much better book.

In their book on Hyperion Planning, the humor is even more overboard--and made that book a most difficult read--reader has to try hard to ignore the humor and stay on point. It was really silly.