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How to set up Parcel Services - Batch reporting
3 MIN READ Do you have many users that you want to send information? And is this information based on data that is available in OneStream, for instance a periodic internal financial statement? Use Parcel Services to automatically distribute books and documents from OneStream. Parcel Services enables you to create packages (groups) that can be shipped to email lists or a file share. This can be done via a dashboard button, or fully automated using PowerShell scripting.
How to make coffee with OneStream?
3 MIN READ Hi there! If you are reading this post it probably means that you are a coffee addict. Or a OneStream addict. Or both! Before starting the explanation on how to make coffee with OneStream, I would like to say I had the idea of making this while reading the OneStream Foundation Handbook – I recommend this book, it is fun to read and they are lots of good stuff in it! For example, page 21 where Greg Bankston (GregB) said “I have joked on numerous occasions that OneStream can probably even automate a customer’s coffee maker for them if they can find one that accepts the right commands. While it is indeed a joke, it is not too far from the truth either.” To make coffee with OneStream you will need to Buy a Philips hue system and connect your coffee machine to it. Connect the api of the Philips Hue to OS Create a powershell script Open some firewall ports Create a DM job that links the dashboard with the BR Create a BR that launches a script Create a dashboard – just because life is nicer with a dashboard! For the 2 first steps, after buying your Philips Hue System you should read this blog : https://developers.meethue.com/develop/get-started-2/#turning-a-light-on-and-off The idea here is to generate a remote username. Now you should test the api connection using a powershell script like the one below. When it is working then you should save this script on your OneStream server. You can notice that the power plug connected to the Philips Hue is seen as a light as it has only an On/Off state. # Hue Bridge $hueBridge = "http://192.168.109.10:80/api" # Username $username = '4HNMsqH9n5NwMH9n5NFVLY9n5NzZrml-45e' # Command to Turn on $apicontent= '{"on":true}' # Command to Turn off – activate it on another script # $apicontent= '{"on":false}' # Invoke commands Invoke-WebRequest -Method put -Uri "$($hueBridge)/$($username)/lights/21/state" -Body $apicontent As the script is sitting on your server, I would recommend that you run it with powershell directly on the server. It is a good way to test and check that all firewall ports are open. Once you have the powershell script running it should already turn on your coffee from the server. Do not forget to add the script to turn it off too. Now you need to go to your OneStream application to create a Extender business rules. It should call for the powershell script on your server. It will look like this : Namespace OneStream.BusinessRule.Extender.PlugOn Public Class MainClass Public Function Main(ByVal si As SessionInfo, ByVal globals As BRGlobals, ByVal api As Object, ByVal args As ExtenderArgs) As Object Try ' Process.Start("powershell", "-File C:\TurnOnHue") Shell("powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass ""C:\TurnOnPlug"" ") Return Nothing Catch ex As Exception Throw ErrorHandler.LogWrite(si, New XFException(si, ex)) End Try End Function End Class End Namespace Now you need to create a Data Management job that will kick your Extender BR. And last but not least you end up with your Dashboard!
