Guest Blogger: Glenn Schwartzberg
With Kscope12 coming soon, I’m excited about a new track being offered this year. It is the Essbase Beginner’s track. This track offers a full 18 sessions of content designed for new and newer Essbase developers/designers/users. The track has some of the best, most experienced presenters of the conference giving you the things they had to learn the hard way. (Six are Oracle ACE/ACE Directors, five have written Essbase books, and one is an Oracle development manager). The track is laid out logically from introduction to more detailed topics. Even if you have some experience, this is a great track as it helps you to consider things you had not thought of before. I encourage you to tell your co-workers about this great way to increase their knowledge about Essbase.
You want me to lay out the schedule for you? No problem, this way you can easily schedule yourself without having to figure out what to attend. (Note: some sessions are shared with other tracks).
If you want detailed information on these sessions look at the schedule at a glance
| Day/time | Presentation | Speaker | Room |
| Monday 8:30 | Hyperion 101: An Introduction to the Oracle EPM/BI Suite | Andrew Jorgensen | Cibolo Canyon 9 |
| Monday 10:00 | Why Can’t I Look at an Essbase Cube? | Angie Wilcox | Cibolo Canyon 9 |
| Monday 11:30 | Essbase Application Design Considerations for Beginners | Edward Roske | Cibolo Canyon 9 |
| Monday 2:45 | Dimension and Data Loading | Alice Lawrence | Cibolo Canyon 9 |
| Monday 4:15 | BSO Calculation Basics | Alice Lawrence | Cibolo Canyon 9 |
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| Tues 8:30 | Managing an EPM Project Successfully – A Client’s Perspective | Panel led by Natalie Delemar | Peony* |
| Tues 11:30 | Don’t Do This! Effective Strategies to Avoid Building Ineffective ASO Cubes | Martin Slack | Cibolo Canyon 10/11* |
| Or | Essbase Experts Panel | Panel hosted by Edward Roske | Cibolo Canyon 9* |
| Tues 2:15 | Oracle Essbase Worst Practices – Lessons from a Moron | Edward Roske | Cibolo Canyon 10/11* |
| Tues 3:45 | Automation: MaxL and Scripting | Cameron Lackpour | Cibolo Canyon 9 |
| Tues 5:00 | Intro to MDX and ASO | Gary Crisci | Cibolo Canyon 9 |
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| Wed 8:30 | Getting the Most from EPM Product Support | Oracle Support | Cibolo Canyon 9 |
| Wed 9:45 | Getting the Most from EPM Product Support Part 2 | Panel hosted by Robb Salzmann | Cibolo Canyon 9 |
| Wed 11:15 | Intro to Essbase Studio | Glenn Schwartzberg | Cibolo Canyon 9 |
| Wed 1:45 | So Many Tools Which Do I Use | Glenn Schwartzberg | Cibolo Canyon 9 |
| Wed 3:00 | Essbase 11.1.2.2 New Features | Gabby Rubin | Cibolo Canyon 9 |
| Thurs 8:30 | Beginning Calc Manager | Jeff Richardson | Cibolo Canyon 9 |
| Thurs 10:30 | Intro to Analysis | Kevin Cox | Cibolo Canyon 9 |
| Thurs 11:45 | Beginner’s Guide to Financial Reporting | Mehmet Sevinc | Cibolo Canyon 9 |
* Shared session with another track
