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Custom EPM Tooltips using Groovy

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Groovy is a standard scripting language which is available in EPM applications to allow dynamic customisation in multiple contexts around the system. The availability of groovy is dependent on the EPM licensing; groovy scripting is available for EPM Enterprise applications only. As with all coding languages, use of the documentation is key and Oracle have provided a brilliant scripting reference which can be found here: https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/applications-common/22b/cgsac/groovy-basics.html In this blog we will focus on using groovy scripting to generate user tooltips , depending on the cell being referenced. Tooltips are the messages that show up for users when the cursor hovers over a particular cell. Depending on the form contents, these can be used to offer more specific guidance and to provide further context for data entry. In the below example, we will be using groovy to set tooltips which provide additional information on the different forecasting d