Database Subscription management business rules

Interested in what others are using for hygiene related to their overall Eloqua database. What criteria do you use to remove someone? Do you have a recycle program that looks for second chance engagement first?

Hi,
when you define business rules with property values these values must exist on base level members. In such a scenario BPC simply looks for values on accounts with the relevant properties which, if those properties are only defined on summation level members, it would not find.
BR,
Arnold

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Business rules and calculation manager

Hi ,
Could anyone pls tell me the difference between the calculation manager and business rules?

Calculation manager is a web component that is designed to manage business rules from a web interface. It is enabled to build calculations also using a graphic interface, although this mode is more suitable for simple calculations than for complex ones. Calculation manager allows you also to use complex templates that you can customize with prompts in order to adapt them to each rule without being force to change the code. Basically it is an evolution of the essbase business rules macro function. Once a business rule is created it has to be deployed in order to be used with planning applications. The deploy activity copies the rule on the database, both in the calculation manager tables in and the planning tables.
Business rules are instead essbase artifacts. They aren't available any more from version 11.1.2.2 on.
In versions older than the 11.1.2.2 you were forced to use calculation manager for epma applications, while essbase business rules were used in classic applications. In terms of calculations there is no difference between the two technologies, they behave exactly in the same way. There is only a small difference in the prompts syntax, {} in calculation manager and [] in essbase business rules.
Although i find the calculation manager web editor quite slow and imprecise to use, I anyway advice to use it in order to make eventual release upgrades easier.

Upgrade Business rules with Calc Manager

Hello Gurus,
Recently performed an upgrade from 11.1.1.3 to 11.1.2.2 by replicating the Database to a new database machine.
I had Business rules in 11.1.1.3 and did not perform any steps to migrate the rules to Calculation manager in 11.1.2.2
The doubt I have is,
1. Are the business rules automatically upgraded when performing upgrade by EPM system configurator (since the database is replicated)
2. If so, how do I see the business rules in 11.1.2.2 environment? How can I use migrate feature option.
Thanks
HyperionEPM.

From 11.1.2.2 documentation:
Upgrade Wizard
If your application used Oracle Hyperion Business Rules, the Upgrade Wizard automatically converts Business Rules business rules to Oracle Hyperion Calculation Manager business rules. Release 11.1.2.2 supports onlyBusiness Rules business rules as the calculation module.
Notes:
•Classic application administration is now called Oracle Hyperion Planning application administration (versus Oracle Hyperion EPM Architect application administration).
•The Upgrade Wizard automatically upgrades applications having Oracle Hyperion Business Rules business rules, converting them to Calculation Manager business rules. However, the Upgrade Wizard does not automatically convert Release 11.1.2.1 applications having Oracle Hyperion Calculation Manager business rules. For those upgrade instructions, see the Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System Installation and Configuration Guide.
Business Rules Maintenance Release and Upgrade Installation PrerequisitesIf you are using Business Rules, you must migrate to Calculation Manager rules in Release 11.1.2.2. Before migrating business rules, you must perform prerequisite tasks. Note that these tasks are required if you are applying the maintenance release or if you are upgrading.
To prepare to migrate Business Rules, perform the following tasks in your current Business Rules environment before installing Release 11.1.2.2:
1.in Business Rules, within the Rule Editor, remove the associated outline (that is, the design time location) from each business rule. After you do this, the Associated Outline drop-down list should display the text, Select Outline.
2.On the Locations tab of the Rule Editor, ensure that each business rule has a valid launch location, which must be an absolute location. Although “All Locations” is valid in Business Rules, when you migrate business rules, you must provide the details of a specific launch location (that is, the application type---Planning or Essbase, the server name, the application name, and the database or plan type). If you want a business rule to be valid for multiple launch locations, you must provide the details for each location. The locations must be in different applications; you cannot migrate the same business rule to different plan types in the same application within Calculation Manager.
If the rule is a part of a sequence, then the launch location of the rule within the sequence must be one of the launch locations listed in the Locations tab of the rule.
3.On the Access Privileges tab of the Rule Editor, ensure that each business rule has security defined for a specific location or locations and not “All Locations.” If multiple locations are defined for a business rule on its Locations tab, you must add security for each location individually.
4.Do not modify rules in Calculation Manager until migration is completed.
5.If you are using Business Rules with Planning, as a precaution, create a backup of the rules: Use Administration Services to export the rules to XML in Business Rules format. If you are upgrading from 11.1.1.3 or 11.1.1.4, also export the rules to Calculation Manager format. EPM System Configurator exports the rules during database configuration for use during application upgrade.
6.If you are an Essbase-only Business Rules user, you must export business rules. To export the Essbase rule from Business Rules:
a.From Administration Services Console, right-click the Business Rules node and select Export.
b.Export the rules in Business Rules format and then select all of the Essbase rules in the repository. If you are upgrading from 11.1.1.3 or 11.1.1.4, also export the rules to Calculation Manager format.
c.Specify the location to save the XML file, and then click OK. If you are upgrading, the location should be a shared drive that is accessible from the upgraded environment.
Make a note of the location. You import the file later in the process.
Migrating Business Rules to Calculation Manager for use with Planning
If you applied the maintenance release to move from Planning Release 11.1.2.0 or 11.1.2.1 to Release 11.1.2.2, and you were using Business Rules rules, you must migrate the rules to Calculation Manager rules.
Before you migrate, ensure that user directories and native users with the same SID are available when you upgrade Shared Services.
Ensure that the Planning applications are upgraded to the current release and are available in Calculation Manager under SYSTEM View.
To migrate Business Rules rules to Calculation Manager rules:
1.In Calculation Manager, select the migrated Planning application, and then select Migrate.
The data that was exported during database configuration with EPM System Configurator is imported to Calculation Manager.
2.Repeat for each Planning application.
3.Deploy the rules from Calculation Manager to Planning. See the Oracle Hyperion Calculation Manager Designer's Guide.
After migrating business rules and rules security, if any of the rules had multiple launch locations and you migrated to more than one location, Calculation Manager creates a rule for the first migration, and shortcuts for all subsequent migrations. If the rule had rule-level variables, for the shortcuts that are created in the application in the new environment , its variables are moved to the Plan level. In this scenario, test rules in your environment to ensure that they work as expected.
If you still have problems, raise an SR and we can get on a call to figure out why the rules are not coming over.
-Sree

Problem running business rules through forms that are 15+ mins long.

I just upgraded to 9.3.1 from 9.0.1 and we are having some issues with our business rules. We have business rules that can run up to several hours but the status on the screen ends up timing out with a 'please see planning' log error.
The error in the log states: Status unknown, calculation context no longer available
I can tell every second planning is checking on the business rule but after about 15 mins it does not:[9/5/08 19:47:06:810 CDT] 000000c1 SystemOut O state in essMainCalc.getprocessstate = 1
Even though there is an error I can look at what is running in essbase and see that the business rule is still running. When it finishes it does what it is supposed to do.
I have tried updating HBRServer.properties to a new timeout but it does not work.
I am really lost here, can anyone help?

Hi,
There are a couple of you have, you can switch business rules to start running in the background after a certain time, the status of the rules can then be checked from planning with the business rules status page
To set this up :-
1 Select Administration > Manage Properties.
2 Select Application Properties to set properties and values for a Planning application.
3 Add the property by clicking Add, entering the property in the blank row, and entering a value in Property
Value:
Enter HBR_MAX_WAIT_FOR_RULE and the interval in milliseconds to wait before running
business rules in the background. If this property is not set, the feature does not work, and
business rules do not run in the background.
Optional: Enter HBR_MONITOR_DELAY and the interval in milliseconds for checking
business rule status.
The default and minimum value for both options is 180000 milliseconds (3 minutes). If you
set a lower value, that value is ignored, and the property is set to the default value.
4 Click Save and confirm your changes.
Or you could try installing patch 9.3.1.1.1 or above (it is now at 9.3.1.1.7) from metalink3.
The patch includes :- (8-665086601) When the Business Rules connection to the relational database is lost, Business Rules does not reconnect to it. To solve this problem, an optional property, HBR_CONNECTION_VALIDATE_TIME, was added to HBRServer.properties. This property specifies a time interval for checking the connection between Business Rules and the relational database. If the connection is not valid, a new connection is established
I hope this helps
John
http://john-goodwin.blogspot.com/

Business Rules Icon in EAS Enterprise view

Dear All,
I am currently using Hyperion planning 11.1.2.2, in EAS the Business rules icon (To use graphical mode) is not displayed in Enterprise view.
EPMA and calculation manager are not installed, I use instead classic application .
When I checked the roles attributed to admin user (Provisioning Tree) in Shared services, I did not find Business rules Role in the "Available Roles" Panel (the left one : there is only essbase cluster,foundation and planning)
Is it related to essbase installation? I did not install essbase integration service.
PS: when I created my application I could not choose Business Rules in the Application creation panel, it was not available back then
thank you for your help.
Regards

From the docs : "Oracle Hyperion Calculation Manager has replaced Oracle Hyperion Business Rules as the mechanism for designing and managing business rules, therefore, Business Rules is no longer released with EPM System Release 11.1.2.2. If you are applying 11.1.2.2 as a maintenance release, or upgrading to Release 11.1.2.2, and have been using Business Rules in an earlier release, you must migrate to Calculation Manager rules in Release 11.1.2.2."
Cheers
John
http://john-goodwin.blogspot.com/

Group Security Issue with Business Rules

Hopefully you experts out there can follow this. We have about 200 users in our Planning application split into 3 categories (Admins, Interactive Users and Planners) via groups setup in Shared services. We also have an email group list setup in Outlook that has all 200 users in it that we use to send out emails to all users regarding the application. So in Shared Services we have the email group list as an assigned group in the Planners group. So as new people are added to the group list in email they are automatically included as a user in the Planning application. People that are Admins or Interactive Users are manually added to those groups in Shared Services. Everything seemed to be working fine until we tried blocking the Planners groups from running certain business rules in the application. We have clusters setup in Essbase to control access to the business rules. I went into the cluster and set the Planners group to cannot validate or launch on certain rules but found that I now could not run the business rules either even though I am an Admin and the Admin group has vaildate and launch privledges in the cluster. I believe the issue has to do with the fact that I am by default in the Planners group because I am in the email group list which is assigned to the Planners group in Shared Services. Other than setting up and managing 3 seperate email group lists and assigning them individually in Shared Services, does anyone know how I can manage business rules security using the 3 groups i have setup? I hope this makes sense. If not I can provide more detail. Thanks.

Have you tried using Business Rules projects? Create a project for the admin Shared Services group and assign all rules to that group. Create a Planning project for planners and assign only rules that you want them to run. Any rule that planners should not have access to would be removed from the Planner business rules project, but still in the admin project for you to run.

Save button in apps do not trigger business rules but close window does

In our apps custom form the save button (and F10) generate the normal message that the information is saved in the database, although no business rules are triggered.
Only when the window is closed by the user the business rules are triggered.
It is possible to create several records with one orderscreen and save them, though only when the window is closed, the application asks again for the orders to be saved and then the business rules apply.
What can this be?
The only reference in the databaselog are several messages like the following:
Error 2091 trapped in 2PC on transaction 3.68.28343. Cleaning up.
Error stack returned to user:
ORA-02091: transaction rolled back
ORA-02290: check constraint (HST65.QMS_NEED_TO_CLOSE_TRANSACTION) violated
Fri Jul 4 15:46:42 2003

Hans,
I don't have an answer for you, but maybe your problem is related to the one in thread PL/SQL update not working against 9iR2 DB . I hope that the information in that thread can help you solve your problem.
kind regards,
Sandra

Business rules error

Hi all
We are using 9.3.1 ,this is a freshh installation I am able to login in to business rules through EAS previously without creating any separate repository for business rules. Now I am getting error when I am trying to access HBR in EAS . The error is
Detail:Error creating DBConfig object. Please check if there are exceptions in the log file and if HBR is configured correctly.
and can any one tell me ..how to configure the HBR with parrticular database(we are using microsoft SQL database) and also I need info regarding where I will find HBR log.
I appreciate if any one help me with this .
regards
M.V

Hi,
When you configured AAS using the hyperion config utility it will have created the SQL database tables which business rules uses, you must have done this already if you said you were able to login previously.
The hbrserver.log is in \hyperion\deployments\AnalyticAdministrationServices\server\bin
You can also try :-
\Hyperion\deployments\Tomcat5\aas\logs
You can change the level of logging from within EAS in the properties section
If you have configured AAS correctly then you should have hbrserver.properties in \Hyperion\AnalyticAdministrationServices\ which has the connection details for EAS to connect to the SQL repository for using business rules.
I have also seen in the past where if you are trying to use business rules with planning through EAS you first have to log into the planning web application.
Cheers
John

Issue with executing Business Rules from Planning web

Hi,
We are using Hyperion Planning 9.3.0.1 and we keep getting an issue with the Business Rules. We get an error if we try to run the rules from Planning web. The same rules validates and executes fine if we run it from AAS. This issue gets resolved if we restart the Planning and RMI service. But this issue keeps happening randomly. Is there a permanent resolution to it? Is it a bug or I am missing something here?
Thanks and Regards,
Amol
Edited by: user638718 on Apr 7, 2009 5:20 PM

Hi,
Have you installed any of the patches for 9.3.0.1, I think it goes up to 9.3.0.1.09
One of the fixes was :-
8-665086601 (6588823) – When the Business Rules connection to the relational database is lost, Business Rules does not reconnect to it. To solve this problem, an optional property, HBR_CONNECTION_VALIDATE_TIME, was added to HBRServer.properties. This property specifies a time interval for checking the connection between Business Rules and the relational database. If the connection is not valid, a new connection is established. The time interval is specified in milliseconds and defaults to 300,000 (five minutes).
Though I know there has been more attention to fixing known issues on 9.3.1 than 9.3.0.1
Cheers
John
http://john-goodwin.blogspot.com/

Business Rules - Configure Entities/Scope without elimination rules.

Hello Experts,
I am working on BPC 10 and have set many elimination rules that apply to all "SCOPE".
Is there a way to configure that for a given "SCOPE" elimination rules may be nullified, you bone not apply to a SCOPE in particular?
Thanks for your time.
Ariel Crovetto

Hi,
When you configured AAS using the hyperion config utility it will have created the SQL database tables which business rules uses, you must have done this already if you said you were able to login previously.
The hbrserver.log is in \hyperion\deployments\AnalyticAdministrationServices\server\bin
You can also try :-
\Hyperion\deployments\Tomcat5\aas\logs
You can change the level of logging from within EAS in the properties section
If you have configured AAS correctly then you should have hbrserver.properties in \Hyperion\AnalyticAdministrationServices\ which has the connection details for EAS to connect to the SQL repository for using business rules.
I have also seen in the past where if you are trying to use business rules with planning through EAS you first have to log into the planning web application.
Cheers
John

BizTalk 2010 Business Rule Composer possible bug...

****Initially i thought of writing this request, but I figured out what is the issue***********
When I am trying to access the business rule composer from the developer machine where the SQL server is configured on a customer domain, I am unable to use the Business Rule Composer.
I am using runas /netonly /user:<user id> to run the business rule composer so that I can pass the customer domain credentials.
The network credentails are successfully sent to the SQL server and I could see all the databases in the business rule composer dropdown.
But when I try to connect, i get an error saying "MachineName value <server>\<instance>, <port> is invalid"
when I try the same connection from a machine which is within the SQL server's domain it connects successfully (But i still get above error message, but it connects)
It seems there is a bug in the business rule composer GUI! and its related to network issue.
my colleague who is on the domain, doesnt gets this error message and he could able to connect successfully.
not sure what is causing the issue. any insight?!
its nothing to do with the network, domain...all systems has same issue when i check the "Start server if it is stopped" checkbox on the open rule store dialague.
I wont get the same issue in my local machine installation (where everything is local installation), but my development server installation has this issue.
Please let me know if anyone has same issue and what is causing this error?! is it the user dont have access to start the sql service?!
Thanks,
Suresh

Hey Suresh,
Did this same configuration work on BizTalk 2009? Sorry, I had not tried this before.
I would be glad to report the issue on the BizTalk 2010 Connect site. I know someone else reported an issue with the Business Rule Composer although I am not aware of any changes made to this tool for the BizTalk 2010 release.
Thanks,
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Oracle Rules Manager vs Oracle Business Rules

Hi
Can someone explain the difference between Oracle Rules Manager and Oracle Business Rules.
Is Oracle Promoting both the products?
What I understand is that Oracle Rules Manager comes a part of the Oracle Database 10g R2 (and 11g) and Oracle Business Rules is a part of the SOA suite.
Is there any difference in the positioning of both these products?
Our client is evaluating various Rules engines in the market and we want to make sure that we choose the correct product.
Thanks, Srini

Igor S. wrote:
He solves the same problem with rules and without. My question was what would be better? Why would you chose one over the other. I prefer rules that is easy to state, easy to read, and easy to implement. Clear text rules in Prolog being a firm favourite. :-)
Using a rules engine, with a fairly complex API, in order to define rules? I would want very sound and very robust justification for that.
Taking this EMP table example. If there is a single AddEmp() PL/SQL procedure interface for adding employees, it is simple matter to see what it does, how it does that, and test and debug that. The only knowledge needed is the ability to read and understand the source code. The same cannot be said of rules engines.
As for the issue of updating AddEmp() with new rules. Edition redefinition takes care of versioning database objects. And in a far more controlled fashion than dealing with a rules engine that is dynamically update now! while the database is in use - and you have no real idea or real control over when exactly now! was.

Unable to refresh database after forced stop of the business rule

Hello, Experts!
I am currently testing and tuning performance of business rules in Hyperion Planning 9.3.1. I launched a business rule in EAS Console that was running way too long so I decided to stop it manually. But after this manual stop when I try to refersh Essbase from Hyperion Planning (Administration>Manage Database>Database Refresh) I get the following error:
+com.hyperion.planning.olap.EssbaseException: Cannot restructure. There are other active users on database [%s] (1013101)+
I remember having done forced business rule stops earlier in other Hyperion Planning 9.3.1 deployments and they did not generate such errors. So could you help me on how I prevent Hyperion Planning from this error after manual business rule stops because most likely I will have to do them in the future? Thanks very much!

John, you are right. I erred earlier: I was thinking that I had stopped the business rule, but it still was running. I had not seen this rule running because of lack of permissions for my user name. After adding extra Essbase permissions to my user name in HSS, I was able to see in EAS Console in Ediit>Sessions window that the rule was still running and Hyperion Planning definitely will produce the above error message if one tries to refresh Essbase cube while the rule is still running.

Business Rules Disappearing in Calc Manager

I've got a classic planning app on 11.1.2.1 running business rules through calc manager but just the other day I logged in an i could no longer see the business rules in calc manager when i go to expand the database. The rules still run and are visible in other places like the business rule security manager but not in calc manager. I tried restarting calc manager, reconfiguring weblogic, creating new rules (which actually works but the old one still are invisible). I migrated over the environment from another environment, without luck. Any idea's what could be wrong?
Thanks!
Mark

Hi, have you migrated rules though Appication Group->Foundation->Calculation Manager path of LCM? Or just rules with your application. It looks like the second but it's not enough you should use first one too.
It's not explain what have happened with you rules but may help you to restore them

Business rule in MDS 2012 error: A database error has occurred. Contact your system administrator.

I get the following information in my MDS log as well as the above error message when I execute a business rule that has a condition of AND and an Action of Attribute must be unique in combination with 2 other attributes.
I'm running SQL Server 2012 11.0.3000
MDS database version 11.1.0.0
Any ideas?
MDS Error: 0 : SqlException message: A database error has occurred. Contact your system administrator.
at Microsoft.MasterDataServices.Core.DataAccess.DbHelper.HandleExceptions(Exception ex)
at Microsoft.MasterDataServices.Core.DataAccess.DbHelper.ExecuteDataSet(String spName, CloseConnectionBehavior closeBehavior, Object[] parameterValues)
at Microsoft.MasterDataServices.Core.DataAccess.MasterDataAccess.<>c__DisplayClass5.<ValidateEntityMembers>b__4()
at Microsoft.MasterDataServices.Core.DataAccess.DbHelper.ExecuteMethodWithDeadlockProtection(MethodDelegate method)
at Microsoft.MasterDataServices.Core.BusinessLogic.Validations.ValidateMembers(Int32 versionId, Identifier entityIdentifier, IList`1 memberIds, RequestContext context, OperationResult results)
at Microsoft.MasterDataServices.Core.BusinessLogic.Validations.Process(ValidationProcessCriteria criteria, Boolean commitVersion, Boolean validateEntityAsync, Boolean returnValidationResults, RequestContext context, OperationResult results)
SQL Error Debug Info: Number: 208, Message: Invalid object name 'cteDuplicates0a070e37b106b9e3efe35a455076efa7'., Server: SQLRS-01, Proc: udp_SYSTEM_3_38_CHILDATTRIBUTES_ProcessRules, Line: 230
SQL Error Debug Info: Number: 266, Message: Transaction count after EXECUTE indicates a mismatching number of BEGIN and COMMIT statements. Previous count = 0, current count = 1., Server: SQLRS-01, Proc: udp_SYSTEM_3_38_CHILDATTRIBUTES_ProcessRules, Line: 230
SQL Error Debug Info: Number: 266, Message: Transaction count after EXECUTE indicates a mismatching number of BEGIN and COMMIT statements. Previous count = 0, current count = 1., Server: SQLRS-01, Proc: , Line: 0
SQL Error Debug Info: Number: 266, Message: Transaction count after EXECUTE indicates a mismatching number of BEGIN and COMMIT statements. Previous count = 0, current count = 1., Server: SQLRS-01, Proc: udpBusinessRule_AttributeMemberController, Line: 0
SQL Error Debug Info: Number: 266, Message: Transaction count after EXECUTE indicates a mismatching number of BEGIN and COMMIT statements. Previous count = 0, current count = 1., Server: SQLRS-01, Proc: udpValidateMembers, Line: 0
DateTime=2013-08-15T13:25:15.6684023Z
MDS Error: 0 : <ArrayOfError xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/masterdataservices/2009/09" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<Error>
<Code>208</Code>
<Context i:nil="true" />
<Description>A database error has occurred. Contact your system administrator.</Description>
</Error>
</ArrayOfError>
DateTime=2013-08-15T13:25:15.7152026Z

OK I bit the bullet and contacted support on this one.
There is a known issue with MDS 2012 and business rules with a combination of "must be unique" attributes. If you do not list the attributes in the same order that they were created you will get the generic error I cited. At first they told me it must be
in the same order the attributes are in and that worked on one entity but not the other. The difference was that in the second entity I previously rearranged the attributes in question. Once I changed the order in the business rule to reflect the *original*
order it worked like a champ.
Hopefully this helps save someone some time and money.

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