December 2022 Update

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Overview

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Enterprise Data Management

Enterprise Data Management

EPM Common

New Version of Migration REST APIs

A new, simplified version of several Migration REST APIs has been released. This new version contains all parameters in the payload and does not require URL encoding while calling the REST APIs. The new version is backward compatible, so no changes are needed for existing REST APIs.

Previously, the new version applied to these REST APIs: Copy to Object Store (v2), Copy from Object Store(v2), Send Email (v2), Delete File (v2), Run Recreate on a Service (v2), Restart the Service (v2). Now, the new v2 version applies to these REST APIs: List Files (v2), Copy a File Between Instances (v2), Copy Application Snapshot (v2), Running Daily Maintenance While Skipping the Scheduled Daily Maintenance (v2), Get the Build Version and Daily Maintenance Window Time (v2), Set the Daily Maintenance Window Time (v2), Manage Permission for Manual Access to Database (v2), Skip Updates (v2), Set Encryption Key (v2),  LCM Import (v2), LCM Export (v2), Rename Application Snapshot (v2), Provide Feedback (v2), User Access Report (v2), User Audit Report (v2), Export Essbase Data (v2), and Delete Files (v3).

Now, the new version applies to these additional REST APIs: Add Users to a Group (v2), Remove Users from a Group (v2), Assign Users to a Predefined Role or Application Role (v2), Remove Users' Role Assignment (v2).

Applies to: Account Reconciliation, Enterprise Data Management, Enterprise Profitability and Cost Management, Financial Consolidation and Close, FreeForm, Narrative Reporting, Planning, Planning Modules, Profitability and Cost Management, Tax Reporting

Support of Identity Cloud Service (IDCS) Groups in OCI (Gen 2) Environments

EPM Cloud OCI (Gen 2) environments now support Identity Cloud Service (IDCS) groups. You can add individual users to an IDCS group and then assign predefined roles to the group.

Applies to: Account Reconciliation, Enterprise Data Management, Enterprise Profitability and Cost Management, Financial Consolidation and Close, FreeForm, Narrative Reporting, Planning, Planning Modules, Profitability and Cost Management, Tax Reporting

NOTE:

• The Role Assignment Report created from Access Control, EPM Automate, or REST API shows the predefined roles assigned to the users directly, even if they are assigned through IDCS groups.

• When you clone an environment with the option to clone users and predefined roles, the cloned users on the target environment have the predefined roles assigned to them directly, even if they are assigned through IDCS groups.

Features

Additional Sort Options for Nodes in Hierarchy Sets

Nodes in a hierarchy viewpoint can be sorted differently based on the configuration of its hierarchy set.

Commit Stage for Requests in Expressions

An IsCommit method is available for the Request Stage object in an expression to customize behavior of a custom validation, subscription, or policy when a request is in the Commit stage.

CompareTo Method for Locations in Expressions

The Node object in an expression includes a CompareTo method which enables the comparison of two node locations to evaluate whether a given node instance is the same as a specified node location, has the same parent as a specified node location, or has some of the same ancestors as a specified node location.

Consolidation of In Flight Requests

Multiple requests in the Approve or Commit stage can be consolidated into a single request by a data manager to be approved or committed together as a whole.

Data Source Column Added to Financials Cloud General Ledger Segment Values File

When exporting Financials Cloud General Ledger dimensions, a Data Source column was added to the generated GL_SEGMENT_VALUES_INTERFACE file with the keyword EDMCS automatically populated.

Default Type and Inheritance Columns on Properties Page

Additional columns are displayed on the Properties page to identify whether a property is configured with a Specified or Derived default type or uses Positional inheritance.

Download Request Items from Multiple Requests to Same File

Request items from multiple selected requests can be downloaded to a single file from the Request Activity page.

Download Transaction History with Workflow Details

When transaction history is downloaded, workflow information for completed requests can be optionally included in the resulting file.

Download Viewpoint Query Results to File

Viewpoint query results can be downloaded to an Excel file for offline sharing or to work with the results in an external format.

Enable and Disable Custom Validations in Node Type and Hierarchy Set Inspectors

Custom validations can be enabled or disabled on the Validations tab of the Node Type and Hierarchy Set inspectors.

Enable and Disable Subscriptions in Viewpoint Inspector

Subscriptions can be enabled or disabled directly from the Viewpoint inspector.

Enterprise Profitability and Cost Management Application Type

A new application type is available in Enterprise Data Management to manage dimensions and mappings for the Enterprise Profitability and Cost Management business process in Oracle EPM Cloud.

Equivalent Nodes Validation for Financials Cloud General Ledger Applications

An Equivalent Nodes validation is available for Financials Cloud General Ledger applications to ensure the consistency of bottom level nodes across viewpoints in a dimension.

Filter, Min, and Max Methods for Node Collections in Expressions

Additional methods are available for node collections in expressions to evaluate and return nodes in the collection which meet certain criteria.

Identify Read Only Properties in Node Type Converters

Read only properties are marked with a warning in a node type converter to make users aware that changes made to the source property cannot be propagated to the target property.

Manage Descriptions in Additional Languages for Financials Cloud General Ledger Applications

Four additional languages are supported for descriptions of segment values from Financials Cloud General Ledger applications managed in Enterprise Data Management: Estonian, Latvian, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese.

Manage Labels for Tree Nodes in Financials Cloud General Ledger Applications

Labels for tree nodes in Financials Cloud General Ledger applications can be managed in Enterprise Data Management.

Merge Import Options for Auto Submit and Bypass Workflow

Additional merge import options are available for application dimensions to control whether a resulting import request is auto-submitted and bypasses workflow policies.

Numeric String Property Data Type

A Numeric String data type is available to manage string data values which consist of all numeric characters.

Redwood Theme for Email Notifications

Email notifications sent from Enterprise Data Management now use the Redwood theme which gives an enhanced look and feel in terms of colors and brings consistency across Oracle cloud applications.

Request Comments and Attachments in Expressions

Expressions can now evaluate request comments and attachments when used in a custom validation, subscription filter, or policy filter.

Request State Option for Custom Validations

A Request State option is available for custom validations to control the state in which specific validations will run in the context of a request.

Request Type Filter for Workflow Policies

Policies can be filtered to conditionally enforce a particular policy for specific types of requests only.

REST API to Query Request Activity

A REST API endpoint is available to query existing requests using a variety of filters.

REST API for Template Import and Export

REST API endpoints are available to import and export templates in an automated fashion.

Show More Option for Import, Export, and Extract History

A Show More option can be used in import, export, and extract history to view a larger number of jobs that have been run.

Viewpoint Load from File

Data managers can bulk load data into individual viewpoints as an alternative to dimension import or using request files.