Configuring IPM Calendars & Events
In November 2021, Oracle released Intelligent Performance Management (IPM), which integrates directly into your EPM applications to provide automated predictions, data analysis and insight into anomalies or patterns which may otherwise go unnoticed. Then in the August 2023 EPM patch, Oracle released new Calendars & Events functionality to IPM, which allows admins to setup regional calendars containing events. These events can then be taken into account for the predictions and insights generated, helping to add context that IPM may not be aware of from the data. Calendars and events can be setup in the Configure card, under IPM. Configuring Calendars Calendars can be setup to allow for different events to be assigned depending on the region or time. For example, an event for Christmas may only apply to EMEA/US, so we’d need a different calendar for those regions. Calendars can also be defined for a range of time series, e.g. Daily, Weekly, Monthly or Quarterly, depending on ...