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3. Viasat Launches to the Cloud
with Oracle Enterprise Data
Management
June 25, 2021
Robert Kursten – Viasat
Kevin Black - Alithya

4. AGENDA
• Background
• Viasat
• Alithya
• Speakers
• Project Overview
• Objectives
• Approach and Timeline
• Challenges/Solutions/Benefits
• Implementation Overview
• Solution Architecture
• EDM Details
• Wrap Up
• Key Learnings
• What’s Next
• Q&A

5. CHALLENGES SOLUTIONS BENEFITS
Our Mission: We think big, we act intelligently, and we’re not done…we’re just beginning.
Business Segments: Viasat has three business segments Satellite Services, Commercial
Networks and Government Systems
About Viasat
Our people are true thought leaders in our markets,
with a long history of new ideas that become long-term business successes
Stay Connected Anywhere – Viasat is a Global Communications Company specializing in hard-to-reach locations.
Think IoT, Connected plane, train, car, boat, oil rig ….cabin in the woods …remote village – we got you covered!

6. Alithya
2400
employees
3000+
projects
375+ ERP/EPM
Cloud projects
23+
years
NASDAQ
ALYA
225+ Oracle
consultants
7 Oracle
ACEs
1000+
clients
Enterprise Applications Application Services Business Strategy Data & Analytics
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP/SCM)
Human Capital Management (HCM)
Enterprise Performance Management (EPM)
Customer Relationship Management (CRM/CXM)
Cloud Infrastructure Migration
Cloud Enterprise Services
Digital Applications Development
Legacy Systems Modernization
Quality Assurance
Strategic Consulting
Digital Transformation
Enterprise Architecture
Organizational Performance
Change Management
Business Intelligence
Data Governance
Modern Data Architecture
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning

7. ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
• Robert Kursten
• Product Owner for Finance Transformation &
Delivery at Viasat Inc
• 20+ years experience in Finance – 15 of which
have been implementing and managing Financial
Systems for companies like AT&T, HSBC,
Accenture
• Recent projects:
• EDMCS Implementation with Viasat
• Global footprint expansion for Viasat
implemented 12 new OU’s in Oracle EBS with
associated ancillary systems
• Redesign and implementation of Viasat’s Global
Chart of Accounts
• Redesign of Viasat’s Planning Process and
overhaul of Hyperion Planning System
• Email: Robert.Kursten@viasat.com
• Reside in San Diego, CA
• Kevin Black
• Product Manager, Master Data, at Alithya
• 30+ years experience in multiple IT roles with
technology companies including Hewlett-Packard,
Agilent Technologies, and First Data Corporation
• Involved in EPM space since 2005 – first as a
client, then as a consultant since 2014
• Oracle ACE
• Twitter: @kblackEPM
• Blog: https://www.alithya.com/en/insights/author/kevin-black
• Email: Kevin.black@alithya.com
• Reside in Tucson, AZ

8. OBJECTIVES & Current State
• Goal implement EDMCS during COVID-19 – With Significant Budget Constraints
• Viasat Finance and Viasat IT were looking for consulting services to assist in the implementation of Oracle Enterprise Data
Management Cloud Services (EDMCS) for Viasat’s Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS), Hyperion Planning platforms and Workday. Viasat
found Alithya to partner with us in a very unique way, meaning Alithya worked through a bucket of hours engagement and Viasat
was able to fully control resource allocation. Key take away we highly recommend Alithya as a partner that will tailor the
engagement to suit the situation and current market conditions.
• In the current state Viasat has a very manual process for making changes to its metadata structures in Oracle, Workday, and
Hyperion.
• The process begins when a Financial Analyst completes a spreadsheet form and sends an email to FBS for a change to their
metadata structures which may include a new LE, Division, Cost Center, or Account.
• The request is reviewed by FBS/P&C to understand if further meetings are required to refine our understanding of the
change required. This can be as simple as adding a new cost center to an existing product line or could be part of a much
larger global expansion request. A larger request often involves synthesizing the needs of multiple groups requests into a
cohesive requirement.
• Once changes have been vetted the request goes through the applicable approval process
• Once approval is obtained a coordinated effort must be made to update the applicable systems like Oracle, Workday and
Hyperion. (and now Fin360)
• This process runs between days and months depending on the changes requested. Moving large amounts of people from one
cost center to another is often a reason for the process to drag on as all PO’s need to be changed before the cost center can
be closed.
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9. APPROACH AND TIMELINE
• Fantastic, collaborative effort!
• Design – Alithya
• Implementation – Viasat
• Viasat Business and Technical teams engaged throughout, extremely knowledgeable, and very responsive
• Alithya led a series of (remote) high level and detailed design workshops
• Business Teams/SMEs
• Hyperion Team
• EBS, Technical Integration, and Workday Teams
• Focused on 3 pillars: Master Data Content (subject areas), EDM Architecture, Technical Integrations/Automation
• Viasat delivered the build, testing, and rollout with advisory support from Alithya as needed
• Timeline
• Design workshops, deliverables, and signoff: Aug-Sep 2020
• Phase 1a implementation: Sep-Oct 2020
• Implement EDM Planning/Essbase applications and integrations
• Phase 1b implementation: Oct 2020-Jan 2021
• Implement EDM EBS application, request applications, full data governance workflows, and integrations
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10. CHALLENGES SOLUTIONS BENEFITS
CLOUD
Deployed in North America
Telecom
Re-imagining master data by partnering with Alithya to bring EDMCS to Viasat
• Highly manual process for metadata changes in
Oracle, Workday and Hyperion. Data governance
and complexity
• Extensive data governance workflows
• Change requests can take days to months to
complete
• Difficult to keep systems in sync
• New to cloud products, needed on-prem
integration/ adaptors
• EDMCS as Viasat’s metadata hub utilizing
built-in and custom integrations for
downstream applications:
• Hyperion Planning & Essbase (Out-the-box
adaptor)
• Oracle EBS – (Partial adaptor through patch)
• Workday (Full custom integration)
• Single easy to use tool for end users
• Created a change management engine for
administrators shortening change time for
change requests
• Overall enhanced experience for all Oracle
Hyperion and EBS users
• Improved validations and data enrichment
through workflows
• Helping to define a go-to-cloud strategy model
for Viasat
Oracle EDMCS delivered a single, easy-to-use tool to end-users as well
as created a change management engine for administrators.
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11. EDM ENTERPRISE CAPABILITIES
> System of Reference
> Single “Source of Truth” for enterprise master data
> Master Data Integrity
> Automatic enforcement of master data quality
> Direct integration to EPM Cloud applications
> Modern UX
> Optimized for change management by business power users
> Built-in visualization of changes, drag-and-drop operations, side-by-
side hierarchy comparison
> Real-time collaboration
> Audit Trail
> All master data changes governed by a request mechanism
> Always-on, granular transaction log of every change performed in
EDM
> Architecture and Philosophy
> Purpose-built application-centric deployment
> Share common hierarchy maintenance across EDM applications for
alignment, while allowing for necessary differences
> Packaged Adapters
> Provide streamlined configuration, validations, and integration to
EPM Cloud applications
> Current Adapters:
> Planning (PBCS) and Planning Modules (EPBCS)
> Financial Consolidation & Close (FCCS)
> Financials Cloud General Ledger
> Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS)
> Universal Adapter
> Approval Workflows
> Data governance to approve requests before commit
> Email notifications, Approve/Reject/Pushback, Sequential or Parallel
approvers, Separation of Duties
> Future
> Heavy R&D investment by Oracle
> Monthly updates; Major features released ~1x/quarter
> Robust product roadmap
EDM is a Foundational layer of your ERP/EPM eco-system

12. SOLUTION ARCHITECTURE
12
EDM Master Data Hub for Viasat Back office
EDM
Governance
Users
Hyperion
Tool Server
Application Outputs
Backup of Snapshots
Application Inputs
Restoration of Snapshots
EBS
EBS
output
from EDM
Planning
Output
from EDM Planning
App
Admins
Workday
Workday
Output
from EDM
EBS Projects
Segment
Workday
Studio
Essbase
Essbase
Output
from EDM
App Admins
Approval
Workflows
Hierarchy
maintenance
requests
> EDM manages dimensions for EBS, Planning
(on-prem), Essbase (on-prem), Workday
(future phase)
> EDM is master data hub for ERP and EPM
> Centralized request application for data
governance requests with automated
validations and data enrichment
> Automated batch process exports and
refreshes dimensions in target applications

13. EDM APPLICATION ARCHITECTURE
SVC
EMP
FIN
PRJ
DNA
Workday
EBS
App
Admins
EmpASO
RPT
Biz Users
App
Admins
Biz Users
EBS
Project
Feed
Special EBS to EDM request feed for
projects. This feed is further
enriched within PRJ for project task
details and related EPM usage.
Subscription of LE/CC/Div
combinations leveraging node
type converter
Planning App
Planning App
Request
Master
App
Admins
App
Admins
Reference
Master
This is a technical abstraction to
host custom properties, facilitate
subscriptions, and provide future
design flexibility
GBB
 Requests are originated and approved for all dimensions in Request
Master
 Approval Policies are defined in Request Master and FIN
 FIN is primary Planning app and clearing house for common
dimensions and hierarchies. Subscriptions from FIN to other
Planning applications are mostly auto-submit.
Universal App Universal App
Universal App
Universal App
Universal App
EBS App
App
Admins
Subscription for
Account, LE, CC, Div
Planning App
Planning App
Planning App
Planning App
Subscriptions

14. EDM Details
• 12 Applications
• (5) Universal Adapter – (1 Request Master, 1 Reference Master, 2 ASO, 1 Workday)
• (1) Oracle E-Business Suite Adapter
• (6) Planning Adapter
• 6 Dimensions – Account, Division, Legal Entity, Cost Center, Project, Asset
• Over 50k Records
• 10 Approval Policies (1 to 6 approval levels depending on the policy)
• 25 Custom Validations
• Full end-to-end automation with EPM Automate
• Extensive use of derived properties, node type converters, node name and parent transformations,
subscriptions, list and hierarchy viewpoints
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15. KEY LEARNINGS
• Consider phased implementations instead of big-bang approach
• Leverage Oracle resources to help with learning curve and application build
• Product documentation, Cloud Customer Connect forum, Idea Lab
• Oracle was responsive to questions and issues as Viasat was utilizing EDM in a unique use case
• The EDM-to-EBS integration leverages same approach as DRM-to-EBS (staging tables and
concurrent program)
• Requires specific EBS patch-level and documentation was not always easy to follow
• Mindset change
• EPM On-Premise allows extensive customization; EPM Cloud does not and requires configuration and
adaptation
• EDM employs a very different philosophy and architecture than DRM; it can do what DRM does but
goes about it differently
• Evaluate third party integrations
• Example - Blackline Journals/ Recon integrated with Oracle EBS do not have same benefit when
considering Oracle's cloud
• KEY TAKEAWAY: These learnings are helping to shape our go-to-cloud strategy as we move to
migrating our existing on prem solutions (Hyperion Planning & Oracle EBS) to the cloud. EDM-
>Planning->EBS
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16. WHAT’S NEXT FOR VIASAT?
• Data Warehouse
• Ground to Cloud plans
• Dimensions
• Integrations
• Workday
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