Hyperion Essbase Excel Add-in 9.3

Hyperion Essbase Excel Add-in is a Microsoft Excel extension that connects spreadsheets directly to Hyperion Essbase multidimensional databases. It enables analysts to retrieve, explore, and update cube data from within Excel, combining the flexibility of spreadsheets with the performance and governance of an OLAP platform. It is widely used for planning, budgeting, forecasting, and ad hoc analysis.

Key capabilities:

• Ad hoc analysis: Pivot dimensions across rows, columns, and page; drill down/up (zoom in/out); keep or remove selected members; and quickly slice data.
• Data retrieval and write-back: Pull real-time cube data into worksheets and, where permitted, submit updates (Lock and Send) to write-enabled cubes.
• Member selection and metadata awareness: Browse dimensions, use aliases, filter members, and reference substitution variables.
• Reporting and templates: Build reusable, formatted reports that preserve Excel formulas and formatting while supporting dynamic refresh.
• Performance and layout controls: Suppress missing or zero values, manage shared members, and tailor retrieval options for speed and readability.
• Security integration: Honors Essbase user roles, filters, and data access permissions defined on the server.
• Excel-native workflow: Works within Excel’s interface, supporting multiple connections and sheet-level points of view.

Typical users include finance and operations teams who need fast, governed access to multidimensional data for variance analysis, forecasting, and management reporting. In many environments, the classic add-in has been succeeded by Smart View for Office, but it remains in use in legacy deployments.

Hyperion Essbase Excel Add-in is developed by Hyperion Solutions Corporation. The most popular versions of this product among our users are: 6.5 and 9.3. The names of program executable files are essadmin.exe, EXCEL.EXE and HyperionEssbaseClientShortCut.EXE.