ERPI - Overview

What is ERPI?

Oracle provides a nice wrapper layer called ERPI (ERP Integrator) designed to allow easy access to low-level utilities such as ODI for the specific purpose of importing and exporting data into and out of Hyperion. It is predicated on having the low-level layer configured and, as such, does not replace the need for the utilities at that layer. But it does do a nice job of consolidating the functionality into one user interface.

Oracle's documentation for ERPI states the following as the intended use of the product -

• Integrate metadata and data from an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) source system into an Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) target application.
• Drill through from the EPM target application and view data in the ERP source system.
• Write-back budget data to the source system from any Oracle Hyperion Planning, Oracle Essbase ASO, or Essbase BSO application.

How Is It Accessed?

ERPI is part of the Hyperion Workspace and can be accessed by traversing the following menu path:

Navigate->Administer->ERP Integrator

More Reading

Full documentation on the ERPI product is available from Oracle here for version 11.1.2.1 and 11.1.2.2.