KARUN REDDY [pic]
Hyperion Infrastructure Administrator
E-Mail:acf763@r.postjobfree.com
Mobile: 917-***-****
Work:713-***-****
SUMMARY:
. Over 11 years of total experience with Hyperion products which
includes EPM 11, System 9.3.1, 9.2 and 9.0.1 (Planning, Essbase& HFM)
Hyperion Analyzer.
. Over 10 years of experience in administering Hyperion products which
includes upgrades, security setup, performance tuning, end user
support, trouble shooting & production support.
. Over four years of experience in creating reports using Hyperion
reports, Hyperion Analyzer and AlphaBlox App. server.
. Assist in managing users and security as needed and recommend Best
Practices in the Hyperion world.
. Provide user support and other ad hoc requests and manage Hyperion
Services for up-time.
. Administration and setup of Hyperion Dev, QA, Sandbox and Production
environments.
. Over six years on scripting experience using UNIX (shell scripting)
and HTML under WINDOWS NT/XP and also extensive experience in RDBMS.
. Recommend corrective actions for issues, taking into account user
needs and IT resources.
. Basic maintenance of applications HFM, FDM, Hyperion Planning,
Essbase, & Financial Reporting. Experience in EPM trouble shooting,
tuning, disaster recovery, backup and restore
. Five years of experience in creating web forms and reports for
budgeting and forecasting using Hyperion Planning, Analyzer and
Hyperion Reports.
. Five plus years of Oracle, DB2, PL/SQL, SYBASE years of experience.
. 3+ years using Data Modeling experience using Dimensional Data
Modeling.
. Trained end users, ability to synthesize data, perform quantitative &
qualitative analysis. Excellent communication, interpersonal &
analytical skills. Have good team management & decision-making skills.
Ability to work in teams as well as independently.
. Superior communication skills, strong decision making skills,
organizational skills, and customer service oriented.
Technical Summary:
Operating MS-DOS, UNIX, WINDOWS 98/2000/NT 4.0/XP/03/08
Systems
Languages SQL, PL/SQL, C, C++, Java, JSP, XML, Visual
Studio.Net
Web Design HTML, MS FrontPage, Dream Weaver, Macromedia
Flash
Databases EssBase, Oracle11R2,10g,9X/8.x/7.x/6.x, MS SQL
Server 2000/7.0/6.5, MS Access 2000,
DB2,PeopleSoft,Sybase
OLAP Tools Hyperion Essbase 6.1, EAS 6.5/7.1/.3.1,
Development 9.2.03.,901& 11.1.2.x, EIS 6.5/7.0/8, MS Excel
spreadsheet add-in,Informatica5.1/6.1
Business EPM 11.1.2, System.9.3.1, 9.2.03. & 901, HFM
Intelligence 9.3.1, 9.2.03&901,
Tools Hyperion Planning 4.1.1.1, 9.2.03., 901,
9.3.1&11.1.2 Hyperion Application Link (HAL).
HPCM, DIM, FDM, Shared Services
901,,9.2.3,9.3.1, 11.1.2.1 and 11.1.2.3
Reporting System9 Financial reporting, Hyperion Analyzer
Tools 6.x, Hyperion Reports2.6, BI workspace 11.1.2.x,
9.3.1, 9.2.03. & 901, Brio SQR 8, Business
Objects 5./6.X,Alpha Blox app server
Web Servers Apache Tomcat, Web Logic Server, Web sphere
Sr. Hyperion Infrastructure Administrator-Hyperion Apr'06- Till
date
Kellogs Brown&Root, Houston, TX
Project Description:
KBR is one of the world's largest providers of products and services to the
oil and gas industries and also a leading government services contractor as
well. The objective of the project is to design the planning applications
for the purpose of planning, budgeting and forecasting for the Planners and
the End Users using the EPM modules, Hyperion Planning (System 9). Hyperion
Essbase(EAS), HFM,DRM, ODI, FDM (Hyperion Upstream) used to develop the
Planning Applications . Hyperion Reports and Essbase Spreadsheet Services
are used to develop the Reports from the Planning applications. The whole
process is automated using ESSCMD and MAXLScripts.
Responsibilities:
. Administration of Production, QA, archive& Development landscape which
includes installation, maintenance and performance tuning and user
administration using the shared services.
. Provide System Admin support for HFM, FDM, Financial reports, Hyperion
Essbase & Planning including support MEC processing, application
testing and process documentation
. Managing Windows Servers (Monitoring resources on Windows Server,
Starting and Stopping Hyperion services, Monitor app back-ups, manage
resources ( CPU, disk space and RAM) and work with Windows server team
adding additional resources whenever needed.
. Worked on the installations of EPM 11.1.2 versions and migrated
applications from 9.x to 11.1.2.1, 11.1.2.3
. Production support which includes EPM (11.1.2.1) suite Hyperion
Financial Management (HFM), Essbase and Hyperion Planning
applications.
. Installation of EPM11.1.2, System 9 Shared services/License server,
EAL, AAS, HFM 11.1.2, 9.3.1, 9.2.03& 4.1.1.1, planning 11.1.2, 9.2.03.
& 4.1.1.1& BI reports 11.1.2, 9.3.1, 9.2.03. & 901. DRM 11.1.2& Calc
Mgr
. Migration from System 9.3.1 version to EPM 11.1.2.1, 11.1.2.3( HFM,
EAS,FDM, EAL& EPMA )
. Create/Maintain system administration scripts, and maintain
responsibility for creating and updating system documentation.
. Manage projects in Oracle Data Integrator to develop interfaces,
manage repositories and other artifacts.
. Identify, implement and test patches and upgrades and maintain up-to-
date documentation of Hyperion-related configuration.
. User administration and setting up MSAD, Groups/User security for
Planning, HFM & BI reports in Shared services.
. Also involved in performance tuning for BI reports, HFM and Planning
servers.
. Monitor application performance and availability. And worked closely
with management and end-users to develop and enhance the application
processes that will result in a stable productive environment.
. Facilitate the promotion of Hyperion objects to the Development and
Production environments and create/Maintain system administration
scripts, and maintain responsibility for creating and updating system
documentation.
. Identify, implement and test patches and upgrades and maintain up-to-
date documentation of Hyperion-related configuration.
. Fine tuning of BI+ workspace reports, HFM and Essbase which includes
OS, application & web services tuning.
. Weekly server maintenance of Production, Test & Development servers
which includes backup and recycling the services. Automation of
Essbase backups using ESSCMD& Maxl scripts.
. Involved DR testing and setup.
. Setup the CITRIX environment for Planning &HFM for windows 2007 users.
. Troubleshoot issues with both client and server systems i.e. Smart
View, Excel Add-in, Web Analysis, Essbase, Financial Reporting,
Workspace, Studio, Web Logic
. Responsible for providing weekly/monthly updated information to IT
internal security audit for SOX.
Environment: EPM11.1.2 (EAL, EAL, Workspace& FDM), System 9 shared services
11.1.2, 9.3.1, 9.2.0.3& 9.01, HFM 11.1.2, 9.3.1, 9.2.0.3& 4.1.1,
Planning4.1.1 &9.2.0.3, EAS11.1.2, 9.3.1&9.01.1,Upstream, DRM11.1.2, ODI,
FDM (9.3.1& 11.1.2) BI+ workspace 11.1.2, 9.3.1, 9.2.0.3& 9.01, DIM,
Hyperion Smart view 11.1.2, 9.3.1, 9.2.0.3& 9.01, Essbase excel-addin,
OBIEE, EBS11 with BI,. Oracle 10g&11g, Web logic 8.x & 9.x, Apache
Tomcat, IIS 6, OEL (Linux5.7) and Windows-2003& 2008R2.
MIT, Boston, MA Dec'05 to March'06
Hyperion Sr.Architect
The main objective of this project is converting the existing Brio
structure into Essbase cube structure for reporting to maintain Actual
&Budget data.
Tasks Done at MIT:
. Up gradation & migration of system 9.0.1 planning& HFM applications.
. Installation of System 9 Shared services/License server, AAS, HFM
4.1, planning 4.1.1.1& BI reports 9.01. Designed the process flow
diagrams and project plan.
. Reviewed the existing Brio-reporting structure and review of Brio-
queries.
. Reviewed the SQL queries and created flat files for the new system to
load the data in Essbase Cubes.
. Requirement gathering for new cubes include: dimensions, members and
business rules needed for the Essbase cubes.
. Designed outline structure of two new Essbase cubes(Institutes-
Finance, Research and Revenue.
. Added all the required dimensions for the new cubes and added members
and aliases for the dimensions.
. Defining the Security and Filters for Groups& Users.
. Create Esscmd scripts for the batch jobs to automate load,calculate
and backup the data.
. Created rule files, calc scripts to load and calculate the data
and dimensions into Essbase cube.
. Creation of new BSO /ASO applications including planning, ledger and
reporting cubes.
. Security setup on servers-LDAP configuration of Hyperion System 9 and
EAS servers on UNIX
. Finalized the Essbase cube structure which includes review of
dimensions, members and formulas.
. Created different type of reports such as POV's,graphs, charts and
pdf using Hyperion Analyzer.
. Data load testing and Essbase user training.
Environment: Essbase (EAS), Hyperion System 9 products, Excel add-in,
Hyperion
Analyzer, HFM, Oracle9i, Brio Query and Win-NT.
Hanger Oct'05 to Nov'05.
Hyperion Senior Administrator
Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc. is the world's premier provider of orthotic
and prosthetic services and products. This assignment is mainly focused on
Budgeting& Forecasting the Hanger financial data using Hyperion Planning.
Brief Description of my role:
. Administration of Essbase users and groups and assigned filters to the
groups.
. Updated the Essbase cubes based on the user requirement.
. Updated calc scripts and rule files to load and calculate the data.
. Validating the source data with the result data.
. Added new Groups and Users to the Planning and Synchronizing Essbase
password with planning and also associating Groups to the Planning
Forms.
. Associating Business Rules/Calc Scripts and security with the Planning
Forms.
. Created new web forms and business rules based on the user's request.
. Hyperion Forms testing includes security testing and functionality
testing.
Hyperion Reports Security:
. Created Groups and assigned Access to the groups.
. Associated Users to Groups and associating Groups to the individual
folders, books and reports.
Environment: EAS 7.1, Hyperion Planning 3.5,HAL, Hyperion reports
7.0,ESSCMD,Excel-
Add in, Sql server 2000,Windows-NT .
Morgan Stanley Jun'05 to Sept'05.
Hyperion Admin/Developer
This Financial project has various applications and the major one is IIG
(Individual Investment Group).This data is loaded from various sources like
flat files, oracle &Excel files.
Role& Responsibilities
. As a DBA my major role was upgrading the Essbase 6.5 Production &
Development server to EAS 7.2.
. Upgraded Hyperion reports 3.2 version to Reports 7.2.
. Installed EAS 7.2 with Tomcat webserver and Sql database.
. Imported all the Apps, Cubes, Scripts, outlines and Reports.
. Imported all the security which includes Users, Groups and Filters.
. Optimization of BSO cubes: Custom setting type of compression, data
cache, calculator cache settings, and allocation of dense /spare
configuration relating to hourglass model to have optimum database
block size.
. Optimization of ASO cubes - identifying views based on members,
creation of load buffer, aggregation views. Genearation of load
buffers for faster load of ASO cubes.
. Created various Expense and Revenue Web forms in Hyperion Planning
4.0.
. Implemented the Reports security in new version by importing all the
users and groups.
. Worked closely with Business users to gather the specifications for
Web forms and Reports.
. Used the functionality of point of view, pages, functions, prompts and
cell formulas to create reports.
. Created various Reports and books as per the user requirement and
scheduled batch jobs to run the reports and published on Web.
Environment: Essbase Application Manager 6.5,EAS 7.1, Hyperion System
9,Hyperion
planning 3.2& 4.1,Hyperion Reports 3.2 & 7.2,MS-Excel Add-In,
Web sphere,HAL, Sql server 2000, Unix &Windows-2000.
AITC USA
JPMorgan Chase/Bankone Nov'04-May '05
Essbase Administrator/Developer
This EDW (Enterprise data ware house) is built on DB2OLAP server which has
different data marts (credit/transactional/customer). The main scope of
this project is to merge JPM database & EDW (BankOne) into single data
warehouse for all lines of business which includes Home equity, prime& sub
prime.
My role& responsibilities:
. Created Esscmd and Maxl scripts to automate the load process.
. Involved in installation of Essbase and Hyperion planning on the
client's machine and on the new server which is built on Oracle 8.1.
. Involved in performance tuning, user administration & backups of
Essbase cubes.
. The following Essbase components were investigated & modified
appropriately:
1.Outline Structures
2.Data Load rules
3.Database Partitioning
4.Automated Scripts
5.Dynamic Calculations
. Published the reports using Alphablox app. Server and Hyperion
reports.
. Generated various reports for different channels and products for the
users.
. Used the functionality of crosstab, charts, graphs and slice and dice
as per the business requirement.
. Created web forms for user to input data and created applications
maintained folders and Business Rules.
. Setting up Application, Plan types, Dimensions, customizing time
periods, adding currencies and exchange rates, point of views, page
views and administration of users.
. Testing the functionality of the Web forms and Reports.
Environment: EssbaseApp.manager6.5, HyperionPlanning3.5, Alpha Blox App.
Server.,
Hyperion Reports 4.x, Hyperion Pillar,Excel Add-in, HAL,
DB2OLAP server, SAS, Unix, Windows2000, Acxiom, unix and
Oracle8.1.
AITC USA
Hyperion Administrator/ Developer Aug'04-Oct'04
PWC, Tampa/Fl
Role& Responsibilities:
. Created cubes for financial analysis, performance management and
customer order intelligence.
. Designed and optimized all of the outlines
. Involved in Upgrade of Essbase 6.1 to Essbase 7.1
. Responsible for the backup of the Essbase directories including
config.files, security files database and application settings,
calc.scripts, rulefiles, outlines and report scripts.
. Created various informatica mappings to transform and load the data
into database.
Environment: Essbase6.1&6.5,EIS,Essbase7.1,Oracle8.x,websphere,
Informatica6.1, Unix, Windows2000.
AITC USA
Hyperion Developer (Essbase, Planning and Reports) May'04-
July'04
Monster, NY
The Multi Dimensional (Star) Schema Financial project is developed for the
end users to maintain the Budget and Actuals data which shows all the
employee payroll, billings and Advertising, Marketing, Travel and
Entertainment expenses with the data warehouse as the base.
My Responsibilities:
. Used Hyperion Reports to generate different type of reports (Budget,
Forecast and Variance) for the users based on their requirement.
These reports are automatically scheduled and sent to customers via e-
mail in their preferred output format--PDF, Excel, text or HTML
. Involved in setting up custom dimensions, members and assigning
attributes.
. Used POV's, defined prompts conditional formats, functions and saved
objects for reports and also maintained the Repository for organizing
folders.
. Used Hyperion Planning for managing web based Planning, Budgeting and
Forecasting solutions for wide range of operational needs.
. Performance tuning of Essbase and Reports.
Environment: Hyperion Essbase6.5, Hyperion Planning3.5,Hyperion
Reports7.0,SQL
Server, BEA web logic server, Hyperion JDBC drivers, HAL, MS-
Excel, Excel Add-In, Windows NT.
AITC USA
Essbase Developer/Administrator
Goldman Sachs, New York. Aug-2002 to March'04
Global Clearance.
This Multi Dimensional (Star) Schema, Enterprise Wide Data (EDW)
project which includes Global operations such as Equities, Treasury, Fixed
income, Futures, Commodities developed for the Divisional Managers to
Analyze the Daily, Monthly, Quarterly and Yearly Business trends.
My Role and Responsibilities:
Primary Support for Equities-ABC (Activity Based Costing) Datamart system.
. Extracted and transformed the data from Metify & Ms-Access in
different regions (Asia, America, Japan and Europe) and loading into
Sybase and Essbase.
. Involved in calculating cost, hour, trade volume and activity driver
volume for different income functions and transaction types.
. Designed the outline structure by identifying different dimensions,
members and Hierarchies using Hyperion Essbase Application manager.
. Used Hyperion Analyzer to generate different reports for all regions
and periods (yearly, quarterly, monthly, weekly, daily).
. Validated the data after loading into Sybase and Essbase with the
source systems.
. Maintenance of the Backup after loading the data for all regions and
periods.
. Involved in performance tuning of Essbase.
. Involved in the meetings with the Users for gathering the requirement
for Reports.
. Assisted and managed the user group by providing Technical support for
Essbase and Metify.
Environment: Hyperion Essbase6.x, Hyperion Analyzer, Metify 1.x/2.0.5,
AlphaBlox app. server 3.5,Perl,DB2.0 7.x, Autosys, Sybase11.9,MS-Access,
Java, Jsp, Html, Jscript, Excel Add-In, Windows NT, Unix.
Education
. Bachelors degree in Electronics- Osmania University(1993-96), Hyd,
India.
. Post Graduate Diploma in Computers (NIIT).-Hyderabad(1996-98)
. Hyperion Essbase6.x certification.Oct-2005