What is EPM Automate in the CLOUD ? Some Highlights !!!

- EPM Automate is the new utility that comes with the Oracle PBCS (Planning Budgeting Cloud Service)
- The utility provides Admins to perform administrative tasks remotely using the PBCS offering
- Admins can create various scripts that they used to create earlier using MAXL and then automate them using Windows Scheduler tasks

Some of the commonly used tasks that EPM Automate can perform are as follows:
1 - Import/Export Metadata and Data in Planning
2 - Import/Export Application and Artifacts snapshots (Previously as what LCM used to do on-premise)
3 - Refresh application
4 - Run Business Rules within the application
5 - Run Data Management (FDMEE) batch jobs

Why use EPM Automate ?  Some benefits highlighted below:
1 - Dependency on IT tasks is removed.  No need to install any client software
2 - When using PBCS, you no longer have direct Essbase access, therefore, cannot use MAXL or other administrative tasks.
3 - Oracle has come up with EPM Automate, to make things easier for savvy Admin folks