October 2022 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

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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 snapshotCompareReport command and changes to the setManualDataAccess command. It also supports the importDataManagement and the exportDataManagement commands for Account Reconciliation, the copyOwnershipDataToNextYear, exportOwnershipData, and importOwnershipData commands for Tax Reporting, and the setDemoDates command for Planning, Planning Modules, and FreeForm. Further, sample Linux and Windows scripts to automate the process of exporting and downloading application audit data has been added to the Working with EPM Automate for Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Cloud guide. These scripts help you to archive application audit data to support your data retention policies and to prevent the loss of historical audit data older than 365 days.

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

New Version of Migration REST APIs

A new, simplified v2 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 v2 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), and Set Encryption Key (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 for Multiple Identity Providers in OCI (Gen 2) Environments

You can configure Single Sign-On for a domain with multiple SAML 2.0 compliant identity providers in OCI (Gen 2) environments.

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

All Encryption Keys Stored in Hardware Security Module in OCI (Gen 2) Environments

In OCI (Gen 2) environments, all encryption master keys including the following are stored in Hardware Security Module (HSM):

• Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) master key for database encryption
• Block Volume Encryption master key for file system encryption
• Object Storage Encryption master key for encryption of artifact snapshots

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

DKIM Support for EPM Cloud OCI (Gen 2) Environments

EPM Cloud on OCI (Gen 2) environments supports DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail) for outgoing messages.

EPM Cloud email servers sign outgoing messages using a private key. Receiving mail servers can then use a public key published on the oraclecloud.com DNS record to verify the signatures on any emails sent out from EPM Cloud email servers.

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

Application Role Assignment Labels Changed to Manage Roles in Access Control

The Assign Application Roles tab name in Access Control is changed to Manage Application Roles. The Unassign Roles option is removed, and now Manage Roles replaces Assign Roles to assign and unassign application roles to users and groups.

Applies to: Account Reconciliation, Enterprise Data Management, Enterprise Profitability and Cost Management, Narrative Reporting, Profitability and Cost Management, Tax Reporting

The change to Assign Application Roles tab name does not apply to Financial Consolidation and Close, FreeForm, Planning, and Planning modules.

Provisioning of New Orders for Customers Migrating from Legacy Environments to EPM Standard or Enterprise Cloud Service

All new orders for customers moving from legacy environments to Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Standard Cloud Service or Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Enterprise Cloud Service environments will be provisioned in OCI (Gen 2) regions.

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

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