Hyperion FINANCIAL Management is designed to operate as a multi tier system.

Client tier: The client tier contains the user interface and the ability to COMMUNICATE with the application tier. You can display data and metadata, enter data, and maintain metadata in this tier.

Web tier: The Web server tier contains the Web server. You can access the Web-enabled portions of Hyperion Financial Management in this tier. The Hyperion Financial Management Web client contains all FUNCTIONALITY available in the Windows client with the exception of security ADMINISTRATION.

Middle tier: The middle tier contains the domain intelligence and connections to the relational DATABASE.

Database tier: The data tier contains the relational database and all Hyperion Financial Management data and metadata.

Hyperion Financial Management is designed to operate as a multi tier system.

Client tier: The client tier contains the user interface and the ability to communicate with the application tier. You can display data and metadata, enter data, and maintain metadata in this tier.

Web tier: The Web server tier contains the Web server. You can access the Web-enabled portions of Hyperion Financial Management in this tier. The Hyperion Financial Management Web client contains all functionality available in the Windows client with the exception of security administration.

Middle tier: The middle tier contains the domain intelligence and connections to the relational database.

Database tier: The data tier contains the relational database and all Hyperion Financial Management data and metadata.