Oracle Hyperion Financial Management Tips And Techniques

Rounding

I should start with what the differences are between scaling and rounding. Scaling is making the number appear as thousands, or millions. For example, 1,234,567 shown in thousands would be 1,234,000. What to do with the 567 is rounding. Typically, people will “round up” for this, so 1,234,567 scaled to thousands and rounded would be displayed as 1,235. The problem this can cause is that numbers scaled and rounded in a report will create reports that might not foot. If you have rounded numbers, you might want to consider how to deal with this.

Before I dig into rounding in reports, I should explain that this is just math. Most people who are looking at a financial report understand that when they are looking at them. When a report says ...