Onestream access using Citrix/Virtual desktop
We are exploring pros and cons of enabling Onestream access to our global users using Citrix / Azure virtual environment. Primary reason are, to reduce the .net installation in individual desktops, ...
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Thanks for the reply.
In our Company, we have been using Citrix for various other application and as of now not much -ve feedbacks. But, agree on the slowness, user experience issue to login again to a different application to access etc..
Based on our pilot users, all of our users are required to install .NET client in their desktop calling Helpdesk. Incase of a future version upgrades in .NET or Onestream side, this will be problem for all users to upgrade their local instances individually.
Reason for excel templates question, we do have many templates where we collect inputs from end users.. How do we manage a common ONE version of truth.
Interesting on the need for the .NET install. I'm on the Finance side (not IT side) so its outside my area of expertise, but maybe there is a way to identify your OneStream end users and then ensure they get the required .NET versions with a software deployment / package management tool.
Regarding templates. This is a common use case for OneStream; those templates turn into workflows with associated forms that can be used by entity (or another of your user defined dimensions). That way everyone is using the same form to provide their inputs.
Similarly on the reporting side. You can create common reports that have parameters that follow the workflow or they could simply prompt a user to make a selection. This way its 'one version of the truth' but still has the flexibility for different reporting views based on your requirements. This is all maintained directly in OneStream without the need for a traditional folder/fileshare. A good implementation partner should be helping to identify and build out these workflows, forms, and reports.