Abstract: An enterprise planning system includes a plurality of application servers, and an administration console to generate a deployment map that associates each of a set of enterprise planning models with a respective set of the application servers. The administration console, either automatically or in response to input from a system administrator, may finely control the allocation of computing resources to enterprise planning. The administrator console may adjust the deployment map based on approaching deadlines for the enterprise planning activities. When administrating a task associated with an enterprise planning activity, the administration console may break the task into a number of jobs, each job associated with a different slice of the model in accordance with the organizational hierarchy defined by the model. Consequently, allocation of computing resources to enterprise planning may be finely controlled, and may be adjusted to meet the current needs within the organizational hierarchy.

Abstract: A spreadsheet environment is utilized to interact with a multidimensional data store associated with the enterprise planning session. In general, a conventional spreadsheet application is extended to provide additional functionality for interacting with the multidimensional data store maintained by the enterprise planning system. Instances of the extended spreadsheet application execute on a client computing device, and present a user with a two-dimensional representation of a portion of the multidimensional data store. For example, the extended spreadsheet application may present user with a workbook that includes one or more worksheets within which the user may view and update his planning data. In this manner, the extended spreadsheet application functions as an interface between two-dimensional worksheets maintained by the computing devices and the multidimensional data store maintained by the enterprise planning system.

Abstract: An enterprise business planning system includes a server to an application server to execute an enterprise planning activity in accordance with a model that defines a set of enterprise users. The system further includes an extension manager to selectively deploy software extensions to the enterprise users in accordance with the model. The model may, for example, define roles for the enterprise users, and the extension manager selectively deploys the software extensions to the enterprise users based on the roles assigned to the enterprise users. As another example, enterprise model may comprises a multi-level hierarchy of related nodes, and associates the enterprise users with the nodes. The extension manager may selectively deploy the software extensions to the enterprise users based on the levels of respective nodes associated with the enterprise users.

Abstract: An enterprise planning system includes a plurality of application servers, and an administration console to generate a deployment map that associates each of a set of enterprise planning models with a respective set of the application servers. The administration console, either automatically or in response to input from a system administrator, may finely control the allocation of computing resources to enterprise planning. The administrator console may adjust the deployment map based on approaching deadlines for the enterprise planning activities. When administrating a task associated with an enterprise planning activity, the administration console may break the task into a number of jobs, each job associated with a different slice of the model in accordance with the organizational hierarchy defined by the model. Consequently, allocation of computing resources to enterprise planning may be finely controlled, and may be adjusted to meet the current needs within the organizational hierarchy.