HFM Architecture

Financial Management uses a multitier architecture that includes a client tier, an

Application tier and a database tier.

The client tier contains the user interface. It communicates with the application

tier. The primary function of the client tier is to display, enter, and maintain data

and to maintain metadata.

The application tier contains the application, the report, and Web servers. The

Web server enables you to access the Web-based portions of Financial Management. The application server contains the financial intelligence and

connections to the relational database and OLAP engine. It also contains architect for managing metadata.

The data tier contains the relational databases for Financial Management

metadata and source data.