HFM Extended Analytics 101

One of my clients asked me to give them a quick write up of how Extended Analytics works in HFM since they've never used it before but are looking to explore more possibilities going forward.

Normal data extracts from HFM are limited in the point of view you get to select for the data being extracted.  You are limited to select on 6 of the 12 dimensions the remainder are defaulted, you can only select the following dimensions:

• Year
• Period
• Entity
• Account
• Scenario
• View

The remainder of the dimensions are defaulted for you: 

• ICP - Base ICP
• C1 - Base C1