October 2021 Update

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Overview

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Enterprise Data Management

EPM Common

EPM Automate Updates

A new version of EPM Automate is now available. This version introduces the getApplicationAdminMode and optimizeASOCube commands. Additionally, this version includes changes to the cloneEnvironment command.

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

REST API to Clone Environments

This REST API clones the current environment and, optionally, identity domain artifacts (users and roles).

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

Features

Allow Duplicate Nodes in Specific Financial Trees for Financials Cloud Applications

An Allow Duplicate Nodes option is available for individual trees during the registration of a Financials Cloud General Ledger application.

Application Blockout Period

A Blockout Period can be configured for an application to prevent changes to data during a specified time frame.

Combination Node Type Parameter

The Combination Node Type parameter on a node type is used to identify nodes which represent a combination of values from multiple other node types.

Commit Policies and Workflow Stage for Requests

Commit policies allow users to perform a final review of In Flight requests after they have been enriched and approved.

Compare Selected Properties for Nodes

When comparing node properties across viewpoints, specific properties can be selected for comparison.

Disable Passthrough for Lookup Set in Expressions

When using the Find method on a lookup set in an expression, the Disable Passthrough argument allows a null value to be returned when the specified lookup key is not found.

Duration for Import, Export, and Extract Operations

The duration of an import, export, or extract process is now included in the results displayed on the Import, Export, and Extract screens.

Extract Unique Records Based on Specified Key

Extract columns can be marked with a Key option to only output a single row of data for each unique instance of the key values.

Include Blanks for Split Method in Expressions

The Split method for String data types in expressions provides an optional Include Blanks argument which allows blank values to be included in the resulting string list.

Incremental Extracts for Dimension Viewpoints

Incremental extracts provide the ability to output incremental changes for a dimension viewpoint between two specified time periods.

Invalid Values and First Characters for Properties

String data type properties can be configured with additional options to control the validity of property values.

OrElse Method for String Expression Terms

The OrElse method can be used with String data types to return a default value if a preceding expression has a null value.

Pivot List and String Properties in Viewpoint Extracts

The Pivot option for an extract column can be used to output a separate row for each value in List or String data type property.

Policy Filter for Updated Properties in Requests

A new policy filter is available to enforce a policy based on the update of specific properties in a request.

Rename Node During Enrichment Without Add Access

Approval policy users who can perform enrichment of request items are able to rename nodes which were added to a viewpoint in the request without the need for data access to add nodes.

Summary Node Validation for Financials Cloud and E-Business Suite Applications

A Summary Node With Missing Children validation is available for Financials Cloud and E-Business Suite application dimensions to ensure that nodes which are marked as Summary values have at least one child in a hierarchy viewpoint.

Synchronize Property Updates Previously Excluded by Subscriptions

Subscriptions will now synchronize property updates in rare cases where they were previously excluded by Action and Top Node filters or when a node's parent did not match between the source and target viewpoints.

Use Memo Properties in Expressions

Memo data type properties can be used in expressions for derived properties, property transformations, custom validations, policy filters, extract filters, and subscription filters. String methods and attributes are available for Memo properties in an expression.