May 2021 Update

Revision History

This document will continue to evolve as existing sections change and new information is added. All updates appear in the following table:

Overview

This guide outlines the information you need to know about new or improved functionality in this update.

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Enterprise Data Management Cloud

Features

Activity Report Now Identifies the Cloud Infrastructure in Use

The Activity Report has been enhanced with additional information to identify the type of cloud infrastructure that your environment uses. Additionally, some table titles have been changed to better reflect the contents of the table.

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

Removal of Some Migration Options

Oracle has removed, on a test basis, some unused or rarely used options from the Import Options screen in Migration.

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

EPM Automate Updates

A new version of EPM Automate is now available. This version introduces support for using custom URLs with EPM Automate and includes changes to the behavior of  addUsers, assignRole, importSnapshot, recreate, runBusinessRule, setManualDataAccess, and unassignRole commands. Also, addUsersToGroup, addUserToGroups, assignRole, createGroups, deleteGroups, removeUserFromGroups, removeUsers, removeUsersFromGroup, and unassignRole commands have been enhanced to print failed records to the console. Additionally, the exportLibraryArtifact command has been enhanced with a new optional exportFormat=LCM parameter to convert the exported reports to the format used by Migration so that these reports can be imported into EPM Cloud and the copyPOV command has been enhanced to accept nonEmptyTupleEnabled=true|false as a runtime parameter.

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

REST API to Set Default Password, Force Password Reset, and Set Temporary Password While Importing Snapshot

When using the LCM Import REST API to import the contents of a snapshot into the service environment, you can now complete these tasks for imported users: Set a specific password for all users in the snapshot, Set a unique temporary password for each user in the snapshot, and Force password reset at first login.

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

REST API to Disable Emergency Access to Database

You can now use a REST API to to prohibit Oracle from manually accessing the EPM Cloud database even if a service request to remedy a database issue is open.

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

User Management REST APIs Now Show Details on Which Records Failed and Why They Failed

For the User Management REST APIs, you can now see which records failed and the reason why they failed. Previously, you could only see how many records passed and failed. This applies to the following REST APIs: Removing users from an identity domain, Assigning users to a predefined or application role, Removing users' predefined or application role assignment, Adding users to a group, Removing users from a group, Adding a user to a batch of groups, Removing a user from a batch of groups, Adding groups, Removing groups

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

Users Running the Role Assignment REST API Can Include Their Own Roles

For the User Management REST APIs, you can now assign and unassign a pre-defined or application role to the user who is running the REST APIs. This applies to the following REST APIs: Assigning users to a predefined or application role and Removing users' predefined or application role assignment.

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

Updates to the Clone Environment Feature

This update contains changes to the Clone Environments feature, which will now change the version of Essbase in the target environment to match the Essbase version in the source environment. Starting with this update, this feature retains the contents of the inbox and outbox and existing snapshots in the target environment and, optionally, imports users and their predefined and application roles into the target environment. Previously, this feature was named Clone Snapshot, which has now been changed to Clone Environment.

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

Assign and Unassign Role: Change of Behavior in Access Control

From Access Control screens, Service Administrators can now assign and unassign application roles to themselves. Previously, Service Administrators were prevented from using Access Control screens to assign or unassign roles to themselves.

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