Join us at Kscope26!
Aurora, Colorado
June 14-18, 2026
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Sunday Symposium: Applied OLAP Dodeca
Kick off your Kscope experience with a full day of deep dives into Dodeca, featuring real-world customer stories, and expert insights. Whether you’re new to Dodeca or looking to take your implementations further, this symposium delivers practical strategies you can apply immediately.
What you'll gain:
- Real-world use cases from - Kroger, and LexisNexis (and more to be announced)
- Product insights and roadmap updates directly from Applied OLAP leadership
- Modern reporting strategies, including automation, validation, and enterprise-scale data management
- AI-driven innovation and how it’s transforming financial reporting and decision-making
- Best practices for extending Excel with governance, scalability, and control
Schedule
If you have a hammer – How Dodeca improved Kroger’s project monitoring
Monday, June 15
10:50 AM – 11:40 AM
Location: Red Rocks 3
Katie Walker, Kroger
Billy Ruge, Kroger
We have all been there: have a problem, need a simple and cost effective solution. See how the Kroger Finance Systems Team built a project status tool in Dodeca. And then we liked it so much we built an attached time tracker to expand it into a key efficiency visualization tool. No fees for expense project management software, no extra layers of management handcuffing us to enterprise tools. Sometimes the simple solution is the best solution!
Automating the Enterprise:
Building a Smart Data Integration Framework in Oracle Cloud DI (OCI DI)
Monday, June 15
10:50 AM – 11:40 AM
Location: Red Rocks 10
Jimmy Hellyer, LexisNexis
Behind every fast reload and seamless forecast lies an intelligent data integration layer. Join LexisNexis as we reveal how Oracle Cloud Data Integration (OCI DI) became the automation backbone of the RELX OneFinance transformation. We’ll show how our team orchestrated hundreds of jobs through parameter-driven pipelines, environment-specific variables, and table-controlled configurations that eliminate hard-coding and simplify migrations between development, UAT, and production. See how we built observability into every flow—error logging, row-count validation, and alerting via REST APIs—and leveraged OCI Vault for credential management to remove passwords from code entirely. You’ll also learn how we used DI to drive Essbase replication through Autonomous Data Warehouse (ADW), enforce fail-fast behavior, and implement resilient retry logic. We will also share our insights into what the ADW has to offer in terms of machine learning and artificial intelligence. Whether you’re modernizing existing processes or designing new ones in OCI DI, this session delivers reusable patterns and best practices you can apply immediately.
Can AI Write MDX Better Than We Can? A Technical Deep Dive.
Tuesday, June 16
11:10 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Red Rocks 1
Tim Faitsch, Dodeca Software
MDX is powerful, flexible and often frustrating. With the rise of advanced AI coding assistants, it’s now possible to ask a machine to write complex MDX queries, build member formulas, or even convert existing procedural logic into cube-ready calculations. But how good are these AI tools and can they be trained?This session takes a hands-on look at how different AI engines such as GPT-5, Claude, and Gemini perform when tasked with generating and refining MDX.
We’ll test their ability to:
- Write simple and complex MDX to extract data and metadata
- Write new calculations from natural language descriptions
- Debug broken MDX
- Translate calc scripts into MDX
Attendees will see real examples of what works, what doesn’t, and the sometimes hilarious responses the AI engines give.
Dodeca Customer Panel Sesson
Delivering Confidence Behind Every Cell: Dodeca Customer Success
Wednesday, June 17
03:40 PM – 04:30 PM
Location: TBD
Discover how organizations are transforming spreadsheets into governed, enterprise-ready solutions with Dodeca, while laying the groundwork for AI-driven insights and automation. Learn how teams automate processes and integrate data from EPM Cloud, Essbase, and other cloud and on-premises sources to enhance decision-making and boost user productivity.
Join leaders from Kroger, LexisNexis, and ACSI as they share how Dodeca delivers confidence behind every cell, saves millions, eliminates manual errors, and accelerates access to trusted insights.
One Truth, Two Engines: Synchronizing OAC and Essbase through Federated Partitions at Association of Christian Schools International
Tuesday, June 16
03:30 PM – 04:30 PM
Location: Red Rocks 6
Roger Cressey, Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI)
Organizations increasingly need consistent, real-time access to analytics across both operational and financial domains. Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC) and Essbase together form a powerful ecosystem—combining intuitive visualization with deep multidimensional modeling. This session introduces a modern integration approach using Essbase Federated Partitions to seamlessly expose Essbase Cubes through OAC. Participants will learn how live data synchronization can be achieved so that when OAC data refreshes, Essbase remains perfectly aligned.
- The presentation explores:
- Architectural patterns for connecting OAC to Essbase.
- How federated partitions provide live, bidirectional access without duplication.
- Best practices, pitfalls, and performance considerations.
By the end, attendees will understand how to architect a single analytics truth across planning, reporting, and advanced analytics with minimal maintenance and maximum agility.
Inside the Oracle EPM REST API: Advanced Strategies for Automation and Integration
Wednesday, June 17
09:30 AM – 10:20 AM
Location: Red Rocks 2
Jason Jones, Dodeca Software
Go beyond the basics and discover what’s really possible inside the Oracle EPM REST API. This session is designed for developers and administrators who want to take their automation and integration skills to the next level. We’ll dive deep into advanced REST API capabilities, covering how to orchestrate complex workflows, automate data loads, trigger business rules, and seamlessly connect Oracle EPM with other cloud and on-prem systems. Attendees will see real-world examples and reusable patterns that demonstrate how to make REST-based automations more efficient, resilient, and maintainable. Along the way, we’ll explore tips for handling authentication, managing large data sets, improving performance, and blending REST with other tools and pipelines. If you want to leave with a toolkit of practical techniques for building smarter, faster, and more innovative EPM integrations, this session is for you.
From Cubes to Cognition: The Fusion of Essbase and AI
Wednesday, June 17
03:40 PM – 04:30 PM
Location: Red Rocks 2
Jason Jones, Dodeca Software
Essbase has long been a cornerstone for multi-dimensional analytics and enterprise performance management, but the integration of artificial intelligence is unlocking unprecedented potential. In this presentation, we’ll explore how AI is enhancing Essbase capabilities—automating data modeling, improving forecast accuracy, and uncovering actionable insights with advanced algorithms. From leveraging predictive analytics to streamlining scenario planning, we’ll demonstrate how the fusion of Essbase and AI is transforming data into cognition. Join us to discover how this powerful combination is driving smarter decision-making and redefining the future of enterprise analytics.
The Power Trio: Revolutionizing Enterprise Reporting with Oracle ADW, Essbase & OAC at the Association of Christian Schools International.
Wednesday, June 17
03:40 PM – 04:30 PM
Location: Red Rocks 11
Roger Cressey, Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI)
In today’s data-driven enterprises, delivering timely, scalable, and insightful reporting from one version of truth is both a challenge and a necessity for ACSI. ACSI operates in a 104 countries across the globe, in multiple languages, cultures and currencies! This session explores how combining Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse (ADW), Oracle Essbase, and Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC) at ACSI creates a best-in-class, end-to-end analytics ecosystem. Learn how this integrated stack delivers unmatched performance, agility, and breadth—supporting everything from real-time operational dashboards to complex, multidimensional analysis. We’ll demonstrate how this trio streamlines data management, unlocks advanced analytics, and empowers users across all lines of business, making it the definitive solution for enterprise reporting needs. From reconciliation reports for our Grants management system to slice and dice Financial analytics to a map directory for finding staff in the organisation. “Chat” to the report and let AI give you the answers!