This document will continue to evolve as existing sections change and new information is added. All updates appear in the following table:
| Date | Product | Feature | Notes |
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| 29 JUL 2021 | Created initial document. |
This document outlines the upcoming Enterprise Data Management Cloud update.
Column Definitions:
Report = New or modified, Oracle-delivered, ready to run reports.
UI or Process-Based: Small Scale = These UI or process-based features are typically comprised of minor field, validation, or program changes. Therefore, the potential impact to users is minimal.
UI or Process-Based: Larger Scale* = These UI or process-based features have more complex designs. Therefore, the potential impact to users is higher.
Features Delivered Disabled = Action is needed BEFORE these features can be used by END USERS. These features are delivered disabled and you choose if and when to enable them. For example, a) new or expanded BI subject areas need to first be incorporated into reports, b) Integration is required to utilize new web services, or c) features must be assigned to user roles before they can be accessed.
| Ready for Use by End Users Reports plus Small Scale UI or Process-Based new features will have minimal user impact after an update. Therefore, customer acceptance testing should focus on the Larger Scale UI or Process-Based* new features. |
Customer Must Take Action before Use by End Users Not disruptive as action is required to make these features ready to use. As you selectively choose to leverage, you set your test and roll out timing. |
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Report |
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Update to REST API Syntax for User Access Report and User Audit Report |
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Enterprise Data Management Cloud
Test Environments: Oracle will apply this monthly update during the first daily maintenance that occurs at or after 22:00 UTC on Friday, August 6, 2021.
Production Environments: Oracle will apply this monthly update during the first daily maintenance that occurs at or after 22:00 UTC on Friday, August 20, 2021.
NOTE: Backing up the daily maintenance snapshot and restoring the environment as needed are self-service operations. Oracle strongly recommends that you download the maintenance snapshot every day to a local server.
The Oracle Help Center provides access to updated documentation. The updates will be available in the Help Center on Friday, August 6, 2021.
NOTE: Some of the links to new feature documentation included in this readiness document will not work until after the Oracle Help Center update is complete.
Fixed Issues and Considerations
Software issues addressed each month and considerations will be posted to My Oracle Support.
NOTE: Starting with this update, fixed issues for EPM Cloud Common components (Smart View for Office, EPM Automate, REST API, Migration, Access Control, Data Management/Data Integration, Reports, Financial Reporting, and Calculation Manager) are available in a separate document on the My Oracle Support “Release Highlights” page.
This provides visibility into EPM Cloud release contents.
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New Topics in EPM Cloud Operations Guide
The EPM Cloud Operations Guide has been enhanced with additional sections.
Applies to: Account Reconciliation, Enterprise Data Management, Financial Consolidation and Close, Narrative Reporting, Planning, Planning Modules, Profitability and Cost Management, Tax Reporting
Newly added sections include:
- Troubleshooting Financial Consolidation and Close Retrieval Performance
- Resolving Clone Environment Issues
- Fixing Strategic Modeling Issues
- Using Control to-Date Storage with very large applications
- Managing Patching Issues
- Requesting an Increase in Planning Governor Limits
- Requesting Infrastructure Maintenance Delay
- Requesting Additional Environments for Oracle Enterprise Cloud Service Subscriptions
Business Benefit: These new topics help customers fix issues, optimize performance, and make requests to Oracle more efficiently.
Key Resources
A new version of EPM Automate is now available. This version introduces the cloneEnvironment, invalidLoginReport, and roleAssignmentAuditReport commands. Additionally, the addUsers and sendMail commands have been modified.
Applies to: Account Reconciliation, Enterprise Data Management, Financial Consolidation and Close, Narrative Reporting, Planning, Planning Modules, Profitability and Cost Management, Tax Reporting
cloneEnvironment Command
Clones the current environment and, optionally, identity domain artifacts (users and roles). This command is an alternative to using the Clone Environment feature in Migration.
invalidLoginReport Command
In OCI (Gen 2) environments, creates the Invalid Login Report, which lists the failed attempts to sign into the environment over a specified period of time (maximum last 90 days).
roleAssignmentAuditReport Command
In OCI (Gen 2) environments, creates an audit report that lists the changes made to predefined and application role assignments over a period of time (maximum last 90 days). This report lists the user name for which a role change was made, the role that was assigned or unassigned, the user who performed the role change, and the timestamp when the action was completed.
addUsers Command
The addUsers command has been modified to not send out emails to the newly added users if the value of the resetPassword parameter is set to false.
sendMail Command
The sendMail command has been modified to allow you to attach any file up to 10 MB in size, other than snapshots, available in EPM Cloud environments.
Business Benefit: The new and updated commands facilitate the remote administration of EPM Cloud environments.
Key Resources
- Working with EPM Automate for Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Cloud:
Update to REST API Syntax for User Access Report and User Audit Report
The syntax has been updated for the REST APIs for User Access Report and User Audit Report to conform to the JSON standard. This change occurred beginning in June 2021.
For the updated syntax to use, see User Access Report and User Audit Report in REST API for Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Cloud.
Applies to: Account Reconciliation, Enterprise Data Management, Financial Consolidation and Close, Narrative Reporting, Planning, Planning Modules, Profitability and Cost Management, Tax Reporting
Business Benefit: This allows you to conform to the JSON standard.
Key Resources
- User Access Report and User Audit Report in REST API for Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Cloud
Role Information
- Service Administrators
Created by and Created Date Properties for Nodes
Additional CoreStats properties are available to identify who created a node and when the node was created. The Created By and Created Date properties can be included in any node type which needs to provide this information. These properties are automatically populated at the time a node is added to a viewpoint and can be used in expressions as well as exports and extracts.
Business Benefit: Some users want the ability to view this information as properties of each node rather than needing to look at the history of a node. Certain external systems and processes consuming data from Enterprise Data Management also require this type of information to be provided.
Key Resources
- System and Statistical Properties in Administering and Working with Oracle Enterprise Data Management Cloud
IMPORTANT Actions and Considerations
Loaner Program for Cloud Infrastructure Generation 2 Testing
Oracle EPM Cloud is now live on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Gen 2 environments. If you are interested in testing your application performance on an OCI Gen 2 environment, open a service request following the process at https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/enterprise-performance-management-common/tsepm/op_procs_loaner_envs.html and request for a loaner environment in an OCI Gen 2 data center for a duration of 30 days with the business justification as “Want to test application performance in an OCI Gen 2 data center”.
After you have performed the testing, submit Provide Feedback from the loaner environment. Create a service request using the normal support process, if you have any issues or feedback for the OCI Gen 2 environment.
For more information, see What is a Gen 2 Cloud?
Null Values in Expressions – Change in Behavior
Starting in Release 21.07, null values are handled differently for certain expression methods. The following changes were made:
- Methods on literal null strings are evaluated using a null value instead of a blank string.
- StartsWith(null) and EndsWith(null) will return False instead of True.
- Substring on a null string will return a null value instead of a blank string.
- When comparing strings using LessThan or GreaterThan, nulls are considered the minimum possible value.
- When null values are used in predicates for NodeList and StringList methods such as Any, Count, and Find, those methods will return False instead of True.
These changes may affect the results of existing expressions for derived properties, property transformations, custom validations, subscription filters, policy filters, and extract filters. Verify whether this change in behavior has any impact in your environment.