1. Hyperion Business Modeling
®
Release 3.0
Installation Checklist
The Hyperion Business Modeling Package
Hyperion® Business Modeling offers organizations a powerful decision support
and business simulation framework. Operational planning features enable users to
make strategic decisions based on resource capacity, profitability or shareholder
value.
Hyperion Business Modeling helps organizations implement advanced modeling
techniques, such as Economic Value Added (EVA), Value Based Management
(VBM) and Activity Based Costing/Management (ABC/M), and highlights
opportunities for process improvement by quantifying cost reduction strategies.
Individual models can be linked to create an enterprise model that accurately
represents the costs and revenue for an entire organization.
This Installation Checklist provides a high-level list of the tasks required to install
Hyperion Business Modeling. In addition, the Checklist supplies information
regarding additional templates that are shipped with Hyperion Business Modeling,
and identifies other available product-related tools and documentation.
This checklist contains the following information:
q Applications
q Templates and Tools
q Installation Checklist
q Where to Get More Information
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2. Applications
The Hyperion Business Modeling Package consists of the following Hyperion
products:
q Hyperion® Business Modeling Release 3.0 for Windows 98, Windows NT,
Windows 2000 and Windows XP (Professional Edition)
q Hyperion® Essbase® Release 6.5
q Hyperion Analyzer Release 6.1
q Hyperion Application Link Release 3.0, if applicable
All applications within the bundle may be installed independently of the others.
Templates and Tools
The following templates and tools are available for use with Hyperion Business
Modeling.
Hyperion Analyzer Views
Use the Hyperion Analyzer Views file to deploy standard views of Hyperion
Business Modeling results, including these report formats:
q Operational Flow Report
q Category Report
q Financial Report
q Resource Report
The Hyperion Analyzer Views Guide contains instructions for setting up the views.
To view or print the guide, select Analyzer Views from the Information Map.
Hyperion Essbase Excel Templates
Use the Hyperion Spreadsheet Add-in for Excel templates to analyze an Essbase
database of Hyperion Business Modeling results. There are three templates in the
Hyperion Essbase Excel Template folder, as follows:
q Regular View (Net Profit) - HBM_OLAP_Template.xls
q EP View (Economic Profit) - HBM_OLAP_EVA_Template.xls
q Enterprise Model - HBM_ENTERPRISE_MODEL_Template.xls
q Drill-Through Add-In - HBM_Drilling.xla
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3. For information on using the templates, see the Hyperion Business Modeling
Results Analysis and Reports Guide.
To view or print the guide, select Results Analysis and Reports
Guide from the Information Map.
Installation Checklist
Complete the tasks below to install Hyperion Business Modeling and its related
products and templates.
For more
✔ Installation Tasks information
Ensure that the PC on which you are installing Hyperion Business Modeling, Release Hyperion Business
3.0, meets the following minimum requirements for the configuration you are using: Modeling Installation
Guide,
Hyperion Business Modeling Running on Windows NT or 2000: Chapter 1
q Pentium II 266 MHz microprocessor or better
q 128 Mb of RAM
q 4 Mb of video memory
q 20 Mb of printer memory
q 100 Mb hard disk space (Minimum)
q VGA graphics monitor with 256 colors (16-bit color recommended)
q CD-ROM drive
Hyperion Business Modeling with Enterprise Model Running on Windows NT or
Windows 2000:
q Pentium III 800 MHz microprocessor or better
q 256 Mb of RAM
q 8 Mb of video memory
q 20 Mb of printer memory
q 150 Mb hard disk space (Minimum)
q VGA graphics monitor with 256 colors (16-bit color recommended)
q CD-ROM drive
q Plus an additional 1 Mb RAM for each model
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4. ✔ Installation Tasks
For more
information
Hyperion Business Modeling Running on Windows XP Professional Edition: Hyperion Business
Modeling Installation
q Pentium II 300 MHz microprocessor or better Guide,
q 128 Mb of RAM Chapter 1
q 4 Mb of video memory
q 20 Mb of printer memory
q 150 Mb hard disk space (Minimum)
q VGA graphics monitor with 256 colors (16-bit color recommended)
q CD-ROM drive
q Plus an additional 8 MB of RAM for each Office application (such as Microsoft Word)
running simultaneously
q Plus an additional 16 MB of RAM for Visio Standard and an additional 49 MB for Visio
Professional
Hyperion Business Modeling with Enterprise Model Running on Windows XP
Professional Edition:
q Pentium III 800 MHz microprocessor or better
q 512 Mb of RAM
q 4 Mb of video memory
q 20 Mb of printer memory
q 150 Mb hard disk space (Minimum)
q VGA graphics monitor with 256 colors (16-bit color recommended)
q CD-ROM drive
q Plus an additional 1 Mb RAM for each model
q Plus an additional 8 MB of RAM for each Office application (such as Microsoft Word)
running simultaneously
q Plus an additional 16 MB of RAM for Visio Standard and an additional 49 MB for Visio
Professional
Install one of the following versions of Microsoft Windows: The relevant
Microsoft Windows
q Windows 98 documentation
q Windows NT
q Windows 2000
q Windows XP (Professional Edition)
Note: Depending on the version of Essbase, Hyperion Essbase Server requires
Windows 98, Windows NT or Windows 2000.
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5. ✔ Installation Tasks
For more
information
If you already have a previous release of Hyperion Business Modeling on your system, Hyperion Business
uninstall the previous release before installing Release 3.0. Modeling Installation
Guide
Note: This step is optional, as Release 3.0 does work with Hyperion Business
Modeling, Release 2.1.1 installed on the same workstation.
Install Hyperion Business Modeling, Release 3.0. Hyperion Business
Modeling Installation
Guide
If you want to save your project to a database, you must have access to a relational The relevant
database. Hyperion Business Modeling is ODBC and JDBC compliant, and has been relational database
tested with the following databases: installation
documentation
q DB2 7.1
q Oracle 8.0 and 9.0.1.1
q Microsoft Access 2000
q Microsoft Access XP
q SQL Server 7.0, and 2000 (Enterprise Edition)
If you are saving your model results to DB2 using JDBC, you must upgrade to the Hyperion Business
JDBC driver and JDK 1.2 support for this release of Hyperion Business Modeling. Modeling Installation
Guide
If you want to save your results to a multidimensional database, you must install one of Hyperion Essbase
the following versions of Hyperion Essbase: Installation Guide for
the appropriate
q Hyperion Essbase 6.1 release
q Hyperion Essbase 6.2
q Hyperion Essbase 6.5
If you want to view and analyze Hyperion Essbase results through report templates, Hyperion Business
install Hyperion Analyzer. Modeling Analyzer
Views Guide
By default, the template is installed in Program FilesHyperion
SolutionsHyperion Business Modeling 3.0Hyperion Analyzer
ViewsHBM.arg.
If you want to analyze an Essbase database of Hyperion Business Modeling results, Hyperion Business
install Hyperion Spreadsheet Add-in for Excel template. Modeling User’s
Guide,
By default, the template is installed in Program FilesHyperion Chapter 10
SolutionsHyperion Business Modeling 3.0Hyperion Essbase
Excel Template.
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6. Where to Get More Information
Except for late-breaking news, each topic in this booklet is described in more detail
in the documentation. For answers to questions on product features, pricing,
documentation, training or technical issues, contact your local support office.
q In North America, contact Client Support at 1-877-901-HYSL (4975).
q In Asia Pacific, please contact the Hyperion Support Center, Asia using your
local support number:
Australia 1800-123-987
China 10800-650-0116
Hong Kong 800-90-0513
Japan 813-5545-9320
Malaysia 1-800-80-1123
New Zealand 0800-44-4032
Philippines 1800-1651-0295
Singapore 65 224-2242
South Korea 00308-651-1351
Taiwan 0080-65-1501
Thailand 001800-656-331
q In Europe, please contact the Hyperion Support Center, Europe (HSCE) using
your local support number:
Austria 00 43 150 222 1085
Belgium 00 32 2626 3840
Denmark 00 45 35 445 507
Finland 00 35 8 9817 10050
France 00 33 149 939 065
Germany 00 49 69 29 993 720
Ireland 00 353 1 605 8413
Italy 00 39 02 2641 2065
Netherlands 00 31 30 291 0073
Spain 00 34 91 375 3365
Sweden 00 46 8 519 92018
Switzerland 00 41 1 439 5264
United Kingdom 00 44 20 7 458 0125
You can also visit the Hyperion Solutions Web site home page at
http://www.hyperion.com .
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