May Maintenance Pack for 22B

Revision History

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
29 APR 2022			Created initial document.

Overview

HCM Cloud applications have two types of patches you can receive that are documented in this What’s New:

• Release Updates (22A, 22B, 22C, and 22D)
• Optional Monthly Maintenance Packs to each update

It is important for you to know what Release Update your environment is on. You can find this in your Cloud Portal.

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HAVE AN IDEA?

We’re here and we’re listening. If you have a suggestion on how to make our products better, please let us know. To enter an idea go to the Ideas Lab on Oracle Customer Connect. In this document wherever you see the light bulb icon after the feature name it means we delivered one of your ideas.

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Suggested Reading for all HCM Products:

• Human Resources What’s New – In the Global Human Resources section you will find features on the base application in which other application are built upon. 

NOTE: Not all Global Human Resource features are available for Talent and Compensation products.

• Oracle Human Capital Management Cloud Functional Known Issues and Maintenance Packs (Document ID 1554838.1). These documents identify bug fixes and possible known issues. You will also need to review these documents based in the release update version you are currently on or will be moving to.

• Oracle Help Center – Here you will find guides, videos and searchable help.
• Release Readiness – New Feature Summary, What’s New, Feature Listing Spreadsheet, Spotlights and Release Training

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Feature Summary

Learning

Controlled Availability for Learning

The following is a list of Controlled Availability features that are being offered by our Controlled Availability Program.

NOTE: These features are not generally available for all customers at this time. These are only available through the Controlled Availability Program and will require approval to become a part of the features program. To be a part of these programs you will be required to participate in testing and providing feedback. Some programs may require other participation as well.

Not to worry if you don't have to time to be a part of these early stage programs. You can uptake this feature when it is generally available for all customers. When these features are available for all customers you will see the features under their product headings as usual.

We invite you all to browse through the list of features to see if there are any features you are interested in implementing in advance of the features scheduled release. The table below will provide information on signing up for features. Please sign up soon, as these programs have limited availability and some are designed for specific types of customers.

The table below gives you a brief description of the features available and how to sign up. Some features are bigger than others, so for more information there may be a What's New describing the feature in more detail below this table.

We look forward to hearing your thoughts and ideas as you participate the Controlled Availability programs!

Product	Feature Name	Feature Description	Type of Customer Needed to Test	How to Sign Up	Controlled Availability Release	Is the Program Still Open?
Learning	Learning Planning	Learning Planning allows learning departments to identify and disposition learner training needs, culminating in a set of learning assignments. Learning Plans may or may not be executed at some future date; a non-executed plan is sometimes referred to as a simulation.	Customers must be: Live with HCM	You will need to log a Service Request (SR) in My Oracle Support to request to be part of this program.	19D	Yes
Learning	Administrator Faceted Person Search	The 'Search Person' tab under Add Person action used in Assign, Initiative, and Access Groups has been enhanced.	Customers must be: Live with HCM Using Responsive pages	You will need to log a Service Request (SR) in My Oracle Support to request to be part of this program.	21B	Yes
Learning	Offering and Specialization Activity Completion Sequencing (formally Sequencing and Completion Criteria for Activities Within a Specialization with increased scope)	Enforce the order in which learners must complete offering or specialization activities, and which activities are required to be completed or can optionally be completed by learners. -Ability to define which activities are optional or required in offerings or specializations -Ability to set the order in which a learner completes offerings or specializations -Added support for sections in offerings -Enhanced support for system-wide default evaluation -Updated user experience for admins when managing activity definitions for offerings and specializations	Customers must be: Live with HCM Using Responsive pages	You will need to log a Service Request (SR) in My Oracle Support to request to be part of this program.	21C	Yes
Learning	Zoom Virtual Classroom Provider	Use the Zoom Integration with Oracle Learning Cloud. When you enable this integration, you can create and update Zoom web conferencing events directly in Oracle Learning Cloud. Instructors (hosts) and learners (attendees) can access training using web conferencing links located within offerings.	Using Responsive pages Newsfeed enabled. Refer to the document called Migrating Oracle Learning Cloud to the Responsive User Experience on My Oracle Support (Doc ID 2649721.1) for complete details.	You will need to log a Service Request (SR) in My Oracle Support to request to be part of this program.	21D Nov	Yes
Learning	Re-assigning Learning to Completed Learners (This feature is replacing the Option to Not Auto-complete Learning controlled availability feature)	Administrators can choose to exempt learners in the target audience who have already completed the learning item, or to require them to re-take the learning, instead of the system automatically completing those assignments. A system-wide default behavior can be set, which controls the outcome when managers assign learning in self-service, and when learning assignments are created by learning communities.	Using Responsive pages Newsfeed enabled. Refer to the document called Migrating Oracle Learning Cloud to the Responsive User Experience on My Oracle Support (Doc ID 2649721.1) for complete details. This feature is dependent on Offering and sequencing activity completion sequencing controlled availability program.	You will need to log a Service Request (SR) in My Oracle Support to request to be part of this program.	21D Nov	Yes
Learning	Observation Checklists	An Observation Checklist activity provides the ability for someone to confirm the learner has obtained the necessary knowledge from the training before their assignment is completed. An observation checklist is a new content item that supports self-assessment in addition to an observer assessment. It is based on a questionnaire similar to assessments. Scoring of the checklist is optional. Once the Learner has finished the training, a worklist notification is sent to the observer who must complete the questionnaire and submit.	Using Responsive pages Newsfeed enabled. Refer to the document called Migrating Oracle Learning Cloud to the Responsive User Experience on My Oracle Support (Doc ID 2649721.1) for complete details. This feature is dependent on Offering and sequencing activity completion sequencing controlled availability program.	You will need to log a Service Request (SR) in My Oracle Support to request to be part of this program.	21D Nov	Yes
Learning	Microsoft Teams Virtual Classroom Provider	Create and update Microsoft Teams web conferencing events directly in Oracle Learning Cloud. Instructors (hosts) and learners (attendees) can access training using web conferencing links in offerings.	Using Responsive pages Newsfeed enabled. Refer to the document called Migrating Oracle Learning Cloud to the Responsive User Experience on My Oracle Support (Doc ID 2649721.1) for complete details.	You will need to log a Service Request (SR) in My Oracle Support to request to be part of this program.	22B	Yes
Learning	Intuition Learning Content Provider Integration	Add Intuition learning content to Oracle Learning Cloud. When you enable this integration, you can import a single course at a time, or load multiple courses. After an import, an automatic process runs in the background to create the content, courses, offerings, and activities linked to the Learning content.	Using Responsive pages Newsfeed enabled. Refer to the document called Migrating Oracle Learning Cloud to the Responsive User Experience on My Oracle Support (Doc ID 2649721.1) for complete details.	You will need to log a Service Request (SR) in My Oracle Support to request to be part of this program.	22B	Yes
Learning	BizLibrary Learning Content Provider Integration	Add BizLibrary learning content to Oracle Learning Cloud. When you enable this integration, you can import a single course at a time, or load multiple courses. After an import, an automatic process runs in the background to create content, courses, offerings, and activities linked to the Learning content.	Using Responsive pages Newsfeed enabled. Refer to the document called Migrating Oracle Learning Cloud to the Responsive User Experience on My Oracle Support (Doc ID 2649721.1) for complete details.	You will need to log a Service Request (SR) in My Oracle Support to request to be part of this program.	22B	Yes
Learning	OpenSesame Learning Content Provider Integration	Add OpenSesame learning content to Oracle Learning Cloud. When you enable this integration, you can import a single course at a time, or load multiple courses. After an import, an automatic process runs in the background to create content, courses, offerings, and activities linked to the Learning content.	Using Responsive pages Newsfeed enabled. Refer to the document called Migrating Oracle Learning Cloud to the Responsive User Experience on My Oracle Support (Doc ID 2649721.1) for complete details.	You will need to log a Service Request (SR) in My Oracle Support to request to be part of this program.	22B	Yes
Learning	New Learner Experience	The new learner experience provides a faster learning catalog search engine for learners that includes higher relevancy search results in addition to a more natural browsing and simpler filtering that doesn’t first require the learner to enter a search term. The learner’s current learning and transcript pages are also redesigned into a single page pre-filtered on current learning. Filter chips and search also allow the learner to quickly access specific assignments or their entire learning history. Required assignments show prominently and visually differentiated for easy identification. Learning Recommendations are accessible from the Recommended Learning page with a richer, more visual experience that facilitates the learner’s engagement with learning items they have been recommended	Using Responsive pages Newsfeed enabled. Refer to the document called Migrating Oracle Learning Cloud to the Responsive User Experience on My Oracle Support (Doc ID 2649721.1) for complete details.	You will need to log a Service Request (SR) in My Oracle Support to request to be part of this program.	22B May Update	Yes

Learning Controlled Availability

Features under this heading are under the Controlled Availability Program. The Controlled Availability Program is a program for early testing and feedback of features, before they are included into the product line. You must request and be accepted into the Controlled Availability Programs to use these features. Please see the What's New for more information on being part of these programs.

NOTE: These features are not generally available to customers, customers must be approved to use these features. When these features are generally available to all customers they will be announced under their product area headings.

New Learner Experience

Be among the first to try the new, modern learner experience that simplifies searching the learning catalog as well as accessing your current learning and learning recommendations.

Three new pages are available and replace the learner's landing page (Me > Learning), searching the learning catalog, What to Learn, Current Learning and View Transcript pages when enabled.

• On the Explore page, you can browse and search the learning catalog
• On the What to Learn page, you can view your learning recommendations and filter by recommendation categories
• On the My Learning Experiences page, you can view your current learning and entire learning transcript

On the Explore page, you can browse and search the learning catalog. Browsing the entire learning catalog is more natural, and filtering doesn’t require you to first enter a search term.  When the page is loaded the learner can immediately start to browse, filter or sort the results. The callouts on the page shown here mark these features:

1. Noticeably faster and more relevant search results using Oracle Search.
2. Filters that let you find content in the learning catalog without entering a search term.
3. An expanded view with a Get Started button that lets you enroll in, and in most cases, directly launch the content.  Or click Learn More to view the item's details page for more information.
4. An expanded view that automatically plays the course or specialization trailer video, if it exists, to engage the learner without having to navigating away to a details page.

New Learning Experience: Explore Page

You can easily filter the catalog using categories, topics, learning item types, skills, outcomes, and languages, as well as other filters.

New Learning Experience: Search Filters

Sort the catalog by most recently featured, most recently added, title, starting soonest, rating, or most relevant, to have the more relevant results at the top.

New Learning Experience: Sort Search Results

On the What to Learn page, you can view your learning recommendations and filter by recommendation categories. The callouts on the page shown here mark these features:

1. Filters let you quickly engage with or dismiss recommendations
2. Just like on the Explore page, an expanded view that automatically plays the course or specialization trailer video, if it exists, to engage the learner without having to navigating away to a details page.

New Learning Experience: What to Learn Page

On the My Learning Experiences page, you can view your current learning and transcript. My Learning Experiences is the default landing tab when you click Me > Learning. The callouts on the page shown here mark these features:

1. Quickly access current or completed assignments using filters.
2. Sort the learning items by due date, most recently assigned, most recently completed, title or most relevant.
3. Easily identify required assignments because of prominent visual differentiation.

New Learning Experience: My Learning Experiences Page

These new pages give learners a modern experience that simplifies browsing and searching the learning catalog.

Steps to Enable

To enable this feature you need to log a Service Request (SR).

Currently, you need approval from Oracle to use this feature in production environments. Log a Service Request (SR) requesting production use.

Tips And Considerations

Take note of the following:

• The Explore page does not support filtering the learning catalog using Flexfields
• Filters on all 3 pages are only shown if there is data on the page that match that filter option, otherwise they are hidden 
• The What to Learn page will be displayed even when the Access What to Learn functional security privilege is not granted to learners.
• If using HDL data loader to regularly load new learning items or associating them to global access groups, you must re-ingest the learning catalog to Oracle Search afterwards.  Refer to step 3 of the steps to enable.  This will no longer be required with the 22C release onwards.
• The configuration options in My Client Groups > Learning > Configure Self-Service > Configure Browse Learning Catalog do not apply to the new experience as it supports browsing the entire catalog.
• The report tab is visible only when the functional privilege Configure Learner Dashboard (WLF_CONFIGURE_LEARNER_DASHBOARD) is granted
• Customizing the pages is done using Visual Studio Builder.
• What to Learn page will be renamed to Recommendations in 22C.
• My Learning Experiences will be renamed to My Learning in 22C.
• Using the background process called Reconcile User Access is not supported with the new learner experience.  You must enable Process User Access background process for reconciliation of access groups.

Key Resources

For information about enabling Process User Access, see the Process User Access Process topic in Implementing Learning.

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Revision History

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
29 APR 2022	Learning/ Learner Experience	Offering Title Display Changes in Available Offerings Section	Updated document. Revised feature information.
29 APR 2022	Learning / OTBI	Report on Learning Item Rating Details	Updated document. Revised feature information.
29 APR 2022	Learning / Controlled Availability	BizLibrary Learning Content Provider Integration	Updated document. Revised feature information.
29 APR 2022	Learning / Controlled Availability	Intuition Learning Content Provider Integration	Updated document. Revised feature information.
29 APR 2022	Learning / Controlled Availability	Microsoft Teams Virtual Classroom Provider	Updated document. Revised feature information.
29 APR 2022	Learning / Controlled Availability	OpenSesame Learning Content Provider Integration	Updated document. Revised feature information.
04 MAR 2022			Created initial document.

Overview

HCM Cloud applications have two types of patches you can receive that are documented in this What’s New:

• Release Updates (22A, 22B, 22C, and 22D)
• Optional Monthly Maintenance Packs to each update

It is important for you to know what Release Update your environment is on. You can find this in your Cloud Portal.

____________________

HAVE AN IDEA?

We’re here and we’re listening. If you have a suggestion on how to make our products better, please let us know. To enter an idea go to the Ideas Lab on Oracle Customer Connect. In this document wherever you see the light bulb icon after the feature name it means we delivered one of your ideas.

____________________

Suggested Reading for all HCM Products:

• Human Resources What’s New – In the Global Human Resources section you will find features on the base application in which other application are built upon. 

NOTE: Not all Global Human Resource features are available for Talent and Compensation products.

• Oracle Human Capital Management Cloud Functional Known Issues and Maintenance Packs (Document ID 1554838.1). These documents identify bug fixes and possible known issues. You will also need to review these documents based in the release update version you are currently on or will be moving to.

• Oracle Help Center – Here you will find guides, videos and searchable help.
• Release Readiness – New Feature Summary, What’s New, Feature Listing Spreadsheet, Spotlights and Release Training

GIVE US FEEDBACK

We welcome your comments and suggestions to improve the content. Please send us your feedback at oracle_fusion_applications_help_ww_grp@oracle.com. Indicate you are inquiring or providing feedback regarding the HCM Cloud What’s New in the body or title of the email.

Feature Summary

Learning

Learning

Oracle Learning Cloud is a skills driven learning platform that enables employees, teams and organizations to develop the most relevant set of skills. Oracle Learning combines informal and formal learning, from internal catalog and external learning sources into a single platform to provide learners with a single, unified learning experience.

Administrator Experience

Actual Effort Set Automatically for Bypass Complete Enhancement

When you, the learning administrator, define a course or specialization, you can set the minimum and maximum expected effort. Now when you set the learning record to Bypass complete, here's how the actual effort defaults:

• If you set only a minimum or maximum expected effort, that value's automatically set as the actual effort.
• If you set both a minimum and maximum expected effort, the maximum value's automatically set as the actual effort.

Course General Information Section with Minimum and Maximum Expected Efforts

Here are the ways you can set the learning record to Bypass complete via:

• Change Status > Bypass and Complete action
• Add Learners > Voluntary or Required > Advanced Rules > Initial Assignment Status > Bypass complete status

Course Bypass and Complete Dialog Box with Actual Effort in Hours Automatically Set with the Maximum Expected Effort

This enhancement improves productivity by leveraging expected effort to automatically set the actual effort.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Configurable Default Cover Art

You can now define the default cover art displayed for a specific type of learning item, such as Course. The default cover art is displayed for all learning items of that type without their own cover art defined. If a learning item has cover art defined, the default cover art is ignored and the learning item cover art is displayed instead.

The Configure Catalog Defaults Page Where You Select Default Cover Art for Your Various Learning Item Types

This enhancement improves productivity because you can set cover art once for the learning item type rather than add the same cover art every time you create a learning item. It also ensures consistence cover art across the learning items giving learners consistent visual cues to learning item types.

Steps to Enable

1. Add cover art Images to the content library
   1. Go to My Client Groups > Learning > and under Catalog Resources, click Content.
   2. On the Content page, Add Content menu, select Add Cover Art.
   3. Add cover art Images to the content library.

2. Select Default Cover Art for each learning item type: Courses, Specializations, Topic Communities, Category Communities, Official Communities, and Self-Service Communities.
   1. Go to My Client Groups > Learning > and under Setup, click Configure Catalog Defaults.
   2. On the Configure Catalog Defaults page, in the Default Cover Art section, click Edit.
   3. Select cover art for each learning item type.

Tips And Considerations

If neither the learning item nor the learning item type have cover art, then a blue banner is displayed.

External Providers Configuration Pages Update

The External Provider configuration pages were updated to be consistent with the responsive user experience.

The New Configure External Provider Page for a Specific Provider, in This Case, WebEx

These updates improve user experience by being consistent with the responsive user experience.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Load Global Access Group Relation Data with HCM Spreadsheet Data Loader

Let representatives from various organizations and lines of business to upload global access group relation data using HCM Spreadsheet Data Loader using custom roles that include the HCM Integration Specialist role. The people with these custom roles can upload the data using the secured spreadsheet templates. They won't be able to update records they don’t have access to.

The data security policies “View Global Access Group” and “View Catalog Learning Items by Administrator” secure which global access groups can be associated to which learning items using the spreadsheet data loader. The representatives must have access to the access group and the learning item they are trying to associate together.

This enhancement improves productivity by letting your business representatives load global access group relation data, without compromising on the data security.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

To use this tool, you need to install the Oracle ADF Desktop Integration Add-in for Excel.

Key Resources

For more information about HCM Spreadsheet Data Loader, see these documents in Oracle Help Center:

• HCM Data Loader guide, Introduction to HCM Spreadsheet Data Loader chapter
• Oracle Learning Library tutorial, Configure HCM Spreadsheet Data Loader Security

For information about access, see HCM Spreadsheet Data Loader (HSDL) Access on Cloud Customer Connect.

Rebuild Learning Item Text Indexes Background Process Removal

When you search for courses to add to specializations, relevant new items appear immediately. Search is now based on the item title, so you don't have to wait for the Rebuild Learning Item Text Indexes process to run. Search no longer looks at learning item descriptions, so make sure to use descriptive names for your learning items. You get this same behavior when you search for learning items to add to community catalogs.

You can now search for learning items only on the My Client Groups > Learning > Course, Offerings and Specialization pages. The search bar and advanced search links were removed from the Administrator Dashboard page.

This enhancement improves productivity because learning administrators now immediately see new learning items. They don't have to wait for the process to run.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

Any future scheduled instances of the Rebuild Learning Item Text Indexes process will be canceled because now there aren't any indexes to update.

External Providers

Enhanced Skillsoft Translation Support

If your Skillsoft subscription includes courses offered in multiple languages, they're typically imported to Oracle Learning as courses with multiple offerings, one offering per language. For example, a Skillsoft course is available in both English and French. Importing that course creates one course with the title and description in both English and French, two course offerings (one English and one French), and the related content item. Learners accessing Oracle Learning with their Fusion language preference set to English see the course title in English. Learners with French as their language preference see the title in French.

Your environment, however, may have additional Fusion language packs installed, for example you may have English, French, Spanish, and German installed. In such cases, learners having Spanish or German as their language preference will see the course text from the above example in English.

This new configuration parameter allows you to decide which language is used to populate the text for all other Fusion language packs installed on your environment when Skillsoft does not have a course in that specific language.

This new configuration parameter lets you set the language to use for the text of all other Oracle Fusion language packs installed in your environment when Skillsoft doesn't have a course in that specific language.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

English (US) was previously and remains the default language used when importing Skillsoft courses, to determine the text stored for all other installed Fusion languages when translations aren't available from Skillsoft. You need to set this configuration parameter only if you prefer to use another language available in your environment as the default. Changing this setting after Skillsoft items were imported into Oracle Learning updates existing items and updates their translations, to use the text defined for the selected language.

Learner Experience

Launch Self-Paced Offerings with Multiple Activities Enhancement

You can now launch directly into a self-paced offering when it has more than 1 activity, removing an extra click for the learner when launching from the course catalog details page, a course enrollment, or a specialization enrollment

The following conditions must be met:

• There is only 1 offering visible to the learner and it is a self-paced offering
• The enrollment form and enrollment approval are not enabled

The learner clicks enroll and is navigated to their enrollment details page showing the activities to complete. If the visible available offering has a single SCORM, AICC, or video-based activity, the learner is also automatically launched into the player for that content.

Optimized Flows Offering Page with Launch Buttons for Each Available Activity

This enhancement improves learner satisfaction by letting them more quickly access their learning activities.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Key Resources

For more context about this enhancement, see these two related enhancements:

• 21C What's New: Fewer Clicks to Launch eLearning from Course Enrollment Details
• 20C What's New: Optimized Learner Process Flow for Single Self-Paced Activity

Launching Offerings from Specializations Enhancement

When the option is enabled for Available Offerings section to only display offerings in the same language as the logged-in user, learners launching from a specialization enrollment can benefit from fewer clicks to launch the offering if only one is visible.

For example, if the course has two offerings, one in English and one in French, and learner’s language preference is English, then when learner is in his specialization enrollment page, he clicks on the Launch button for the course, he would be enrolled in the English offering of the course and it would launch automatically.

This enhancement improves learner satisfaction because they more easily get content in their preferred language.

Steps to Enable

1. Go to My Client Groups > Learning and under Setup, click Configure Self-Service.
2. On the Configure Self-Service page, in the Available Offerings section, select Set the language filter to a user's preferred language when they are in the available offerings list view.

Offering Title Display Changes in Available Offerings Section

Now, learners see the titles of enabled offerings in the Available Offerings section of course details pages. They no longer need to make an extra click to see them. You can also now use the primary classroom title to show a room number and location information for instructor-led training (ILT) and blended offerings in that same section.

The Course Details Page for an ILT Course with the Offering Title, Location and Classroom Info in the Available Offerings Section

These enhancements improve learner satisfaction because they can easily get the information they need to get to physical learning locations.

Steps to Enable

To make the Primary Classroom Title and Location Name values visible in the Available Offerings section, complete these steps:

1. Click My Client Groups.
2. In the Quick Actions area, click HCM Experience Design Studio. The action creates a sandbox and activates it before opening the studio.
3. On the HCM Experience Design Studio page, click the Transaction Design Studio tab.
4. In the Actions field, select Learning Select Offering Standalone.
5. In the Rules section, click Add.
6. Set Location Name and Primary Classroom Title to Visible.
7. Click Save and Close.

Withdrawn and Completion Date Time Zone

You now see the withdrawn, completed, and bypass completed dates on Me > Learning pages in your preferred time zone format.

The View Transcript Page with Dates in Meg Fitzimmons's Preferred Time Zone Format

This enhancements improves satisfaction and productivity because learners can now see dates in their preferred time zone format.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Key Resources

For more information about time formats, see the 21C What's New  Time of Day Displayed for Completion Dates.

Withdrawn Enrollments Excluded from Transcript

You can withdraw from learning assignments using the Me > Learning > Current Learning task, as appropriate. As a line manager, you can also withdraw a learning assignment from one of your team members using the My Team > Learning task, as appropriate. In both cases, the Withdraw Learning page now includes the Exclude learning record from learner's transcript option.

Withdraw Learning Page with the New Exclude Learning Record from Learner's Transcript Option

This enhancement keeps the learner's transcript cleaner showing information about completed learning.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

This option sets the assignment status to Deleted status and excludes the assignment from the learner's transcript. But, the assignment remains visible to administrators and in reports.

Learning Replaced or Removed Features

From time to time, Oracle replaces existing features with new features, or removes existing features.

Replaced features may be put on a path of removal, the features below will let you know what update you will have to have moved to the newer feature. As a best practice, you should move to the newer feature as soon as possible for full support and to stay up with the latest updates that the product offers.

Any feature that is removed, will have an Update in which that feature is no longer available. Please make necessary plans to move off the feature by the Update indicated, as it will no longer be available.

Recommendation Event Alert Removal

Send recommendation alerts using only the recommendation resource. As initially communicated in the 21D November maintenance pack, you can no longer send recommendation event alerts.

This removal lets you leverage resource alerts to notify learners of recommendations.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

For the initial communication of this removal, see the 21D What's New: Recommendation Event Alert Removal Notice.

Transactional Business Intelligence for Learning

Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence is a real time, self-service reporting solution offered to all Oracle Cloud application users to create ad hoc reports and analyze them for daily decision-making.  Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence provides human resources managers and specialists, business executives, and line managers the critical workforce information to analyze workforce costs, staffing, compensation, performance management, talent management, succession planning, and employee benefits.

Don’t want to start from scratch building a report or analytics? Check out the library of sample reports for all products on Customer Connect on the Report Sharing Center.

Observation Checklist Configuration Details

Now you can report on the configuration details of the observation checklist task using these new set of attributes:

Folder Name	Column Name
/Root/eLearning Specific Details/Content Details	Disable Self-Assessment Checklist
	Disable Reassignment of the Observer Checklist to Anyone
	Observer Type
	Route Using
/Root/eLearning Specific Details/Content Details/Observers	Observer Person Number
	Observer
/Root/eLearning Specific Details/ eLearning Specific Details/Attempt Settings	Observer Attempts Allowed
	Observer Recorded Attempts Rules
	Observer Attempt Review
	Disable Review for Observer Passed Attempts

This enhancement improves productivity by providing the ability to report on how observation checklists are configured.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

All of the listed new attributes relate to the Observation Checklist functionality, which currently has a status of Early Adaptor Program. This means that if you include the attributes in your reports and you aren't part of the program, your reports won't show any data.

Related Enrollment Details

As part of the Re-assigning Learning to Completed Learners feature, when a learner is re-assigned or exempted from a new assignment, the application relates the existing completion to the new assignment for reference. This shows on the learner's enrollment details page as a related enrollment.

You can report on these relations, if they exist, using the new Related Enrollments folder in the Learning Records subject area.

Folder Name	Column Name
/Root/Related Learning Records	Assignment Relation Type
	Assignment Relation Type Description
	Assignment Created Date
	Assignment Last Modified Date
	Enrollment Effective Start Date
	Enrollment Effective End Date
	Due Date
	Enrollment Number
	Enrollment Record ID
	Enrollment Profile Number
	Enrollment Profile Name
	Enrollment Record Status
	Enrollment Record Status Description
	Enrollment Record Sub Status
	Enrollment Record Sub Status Description
	Enrollment Type
	Enrollment Type Description
/Root/Related Learning Records/Related Enrollment Active Details	Assignment Start Date
	Enrolled On Date
	Content Completed Date
	Evaluation Submitted Date
/Root/Related Learning Records/Related Enrollment Learning Item Information	Assigned Learning Item Number
	Assigned Learning Item Title
	Assigned Learning Item Type
	Assigned Learning Item Type Description
/Root/Related Learning Records/Related Enrollment Assigner Information	Assigner Number
	Enrolled By
	Assigner Person Primary Email Address
	Assigner Person Primary Phone Number
	Assigner Attribution Type
	Assigner Attribution Type Description
	Assigner Comments to Learner
/Root/Related Learning Records/Related Enrollment Post Active Details	Completed Date
	Expiration Date
	Comments
	Status Change Reason Code
	Status Change Reason Code Description
	Status Change Type
	Status Change Type Description
	Withdrawn Date
	Withdrawn Requested Date

This enhancement improves accountability by letting you track why an assignment is exempted or expired.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

All of the listed new attributes relate to the Re-assigning Learning to Completed Learners functionality, which currently has a status of Early Adaptor Program. This means that if you include the attributes in your reports and you aren't part of the program, your reports won't show any data because offerings won't create any assignment relations data.

Key Resources

For more information, see the 22A What's New for Re-assigning Learning to Completed Learners Feature.

Report on Learning Item Rating Details

Now you can report on how learners rated a learning item using new Learning Item Rating Details attributes.

You can use these attributes to report on ratings details for courses, specializations, videos, and learning journeys.

Folder Name	Column Name
/Root/Assigned Learning Item Information/Learning Item Rating Details	Rating Number
	Rated by Person Number
	Rated on Date
	Rating
	Rating Comment
	Rated By
	Rating Status
	Rating Status Description
	Rating Count
	Average Rating

You can use these attributes to report on rating details for offerings.

Folder Name	Column Name
/Root/Assigned Learning Item Information/Selected Course Offerings/Offering Rating Details	Rating Number
	Rated by Person Number
	Rate on Date
	Rating
	Rating Comment
	Rated By
	Rating Status
	Rating Status Description
	Offering Rating Count
	Offering Average Rating

This enhancement improves productivity by letting you track on how learners rated a learning item.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Report on Learning Content Items Attempt and Score Configuration

Now you can report on content details, scoring details, and attempt settings using these new columns:

Folder Name	Column Name
/Root/eLearning Specific Details/Content Details	Author
	Auto Commit
	Questionnaire ID
/Root/eLearning Specific Details/ eLearning Specific Details/Scoring Details	Disable Scoring
/Root/eLearning Specific Details/ eLearning Specific Details/Attempt Settings	Show Response Feedback
	Recorded Attempts Rule
	Attempt Review

This enhancement improves productivity by letting you track the content and scoring details as well as attempt settings.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

IMPORTANT Actions and Considerations for Learning

REPLACED OR REMOVED FEATURES

From time to time, Oracle replaces existing Cloud service features with new features or removes existing features. When a feature is replaced the older version may be removed immediately or at a future time. As a best practice, you should use the newer version of a replaced feature as soon as the newer version is available.

Product	Removed Feature	Target Removal	Replacement Feature	Replaced In	Additional Information
Learning / OTBI	Learning Management Subject Area	TBD	Learning Record Subject Area is now Generally Available	21A March/ 21B	Customers should replace any reporting using the Learning Management subjects with the Learning Record subject area.
Learning	eLearning Player Version Removal Notice	22C	New eLearning Player is Now Available via Profile Option	21A
Learning	Recommendation Event Alert Removal	22B	None		Notifying learners of recommendations requires the use of resource alerts similar to notifying learners of new learning assignments.

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KNOWN ISSUES / MAINTENANCE PACK SPREADSHEETS

Oracle publishes a Known Issues document for every Update to make customers are aware of potential problems they could run into and the document provides workarounds if they are available.

Oracle also publishes Maintenance Pack and Statutory Maintenance Pack documentation of bugs that are fixed in the monthly or statutory patching.

To review these documents you must have access to My Oracle Support:

Oracle Human Capital Management Cloud Functional Known Issues and Maintenance Packs (Document ID 1554838.1)

Controlled Availability for Learning

The following is a list of Controlled Availability features that are being offered by our Controlled Availability Program.

NOTE: These features are not generally available for all customers at this time. These are only available through the Controlled Availability Program and will require approval to become a part of the features program. To be a part of these programs you will be required to participate in testing and providing feedback. Some programs may require other participation as well.

Not to worry if you don't have to time to be a part of these early stage programs. You can uptake this feature when it is generally available for all customers. When these features are available for all customers you will see the features under their product headings as usual.

We invite you all to browse through the list of features to see if there are any features you are interested in implementing in advance of the features scheduled release. The table below will provide information on signing up for features. Please sign up soon, as these programs have limited availability and some are designed for specific types of customers.

The table below gives you a brief description of the features available and how to sign up. Some features are bigger than others, so for more information there may be a What's New describing the feature in more detail below this table.

We look forward to hearing your thoughts and ideas as you participate the Controlled Availability programs!

Product	Feature Name	Feature Description	Type of Customer Needed to Test	How to Sign Up	Controlled Availability Release	Is the Program Still Open?
Learning	Learning Planning	Learning Planning allows learning departments to identify and disposition learner training needs, culminating in a set of learning assignments. Learning Plans may or may not be executed at some future date; a non-executed plan is sometimes referred to as a simulation.	Customers must be: Live with HCM	You will need to log a Service Request (SR) in My Oracle Support to request to be part of this program.	19D	Yes
Learning	Administrator Faceted Person Search	The 'Search Person' tab under Add Person action used in Assign, Initiative, and Access Groups has been enhanced.	Customers must be: Live with HCM Using Responsive pages	You will need to log a Service Request (SR) in My Oracle Support to request to be part of this program.	21B	Yes
Learning	Offering and Specialization Activity Completion Sequencing (formally Sequencing and Completion Criteria for Activities Within a Specialization with increased scope)	Enforce the order in which learners must complete offering or specialization activities, and which activities are required to be completed or can optionally be completed by learners. -Ability to define which activities are optional or required in offerings or specializations -Ability to set the order in which a learner completes offerings or specializations -Added support for sections in offerings -Enhanced support for system-wide default evaluation -Updated user experience for admins when managing activity definitions for offerings and specializations	Customers must be: Live with HCM Using Responsive pages	You will need to log a Service Request (SR) in My Oracle Support to request to be part of this program.	21C	Yes
Learning	Zoom Virtual Classroom Provider	Use the Zoom Integration with Oracle Learning Cloud. When you enable this integration, you can create and update Zoom web conferencing events directly in Oracle Learning Cloud. Instructors (hosts) and learners (attendees) can access training using web conferencing links located within offerings.	Using Responsive pages Newsfeed enabled. Refer to the document called Migrating Oracle Learning Cloud to the Responsive User Experience on My Oracle Support (Doc ID 2649721.1) for complete details.	You will need to log a Service Request (SR) in My Oracle Support to request to be part of this program.	21D Nov	Yes
Learning	Re-assigning Learning to Completed Learners (This feature is replacing the Option to Not Auto-complete Learning controlled availability feature)	Administrators can choose to exempt learners in the target audience who have already completed the learning item, or to require them to re-take the learning, instead of the system automatically completing those assignments. A system-wide default behavior can be set, which controls the outcome when managers assign learning in self-service, and when learning assignments are created by learning communities.	Using Responsive pages Newsfeed enabled. Refer to the document called Migrating Oracle Learning Cloud to the Responsive User Experience on My Oracle Support (Doc ID 2649721.1) for complete details. This feature is dependent on Offering and sequencing activity completion sequencing controlled availability program.	You will need to log a Service Request (SR) in My Oracle Support to request to be part of this program.	21D Nov	Yes
Learning	Observation Checklists	An Observation Checklist activity provides the ability for someone to confirm the learner has obtained the necessary knowledge from the training before their assignment is completed. An observation checklist is a new content item that supports self-assessment in addition to an observer assessment. It is based on a questionnaire similar to assessments. Scoring of the checklist is optional. Once the Learner has finished the training, a worklist notification is sent to the observer who must complete the questionnaire and submit.	Using Responsive pages Newsfeed enabled. Refer to the document called Migrating Oracle Learning Cloud to the Responsive User Experience on My Oracle Support (Doc ID 2649721.1) for complete details. This feature is dependent on Offering and sequencing activity completion sequencing controlled availability program.	You will need to log a Service Request (SR) in My Oracle Support to request to be part of this program.	21D Nov	Yes
Learning	Microsoft Teams Virtual Classroom Provider	Create and update Microsoft Teams web conferencing events directly in Oracle Learning Cloud. Instructors (hosts) and learners (attendees) can access training using web conferencing links in offerings.	Using Responsive pages Newsfeed enabled. Refer to the document called Migrating Oracle Learning Cloud to the Responsive User Experience on My Oracle Support (Doc ID 2649721.1) for complete details.	You will need to log a Service Request (SR) in My Oracle Support to request to be part of this program.	22B	Yes
Learning	Intuition Learning Content Provider Integration	Add Intuition learning content to Oracle Learning Cloud. When you enable this integration, you can import a single course at a time, or load multiple courses. After an import, an automatic process runs in the background to create the content, courses, offerings, and activities linked to the Learning content.	Using Responsive pages Newsfeed enabled. Refer to the document called Migrating Oracle Learning Cloud to the Responsive User Experience on My Oracle Support (Doc ID 2649721.1) for complete details.	You will need to log a Service Request (SR) in My Oracle Support to request to be part of this program.	22B	Yes
Learning	BizLibrary Learning Content Provider Integration	Add BizLibrary learning content to Oracle Learning Cloud. When you enable this integration, you can import a single course at a time, or load multiple courses. After an import, an automatic process runs in the background to create content, courses, offerings, and activities linked to the Learning content.	Using Responsive pages Newsfeed enabled. Refer to the document called Migrating Oracle Learning Cloud to the Responsive User Experience on My Oracle Support (Doc ID 2649721.1) for complete details.	You will need to log a Service Request (SR) in My Oracle Support to request to be part of this program.	22B	Yes
Learning	OpenSesame Learning Content Provider Integration	Add OpenSesame learning content to Oracle Learning Cloud. When you enable this integration, you can import a single course at a time, or load multiple courses. After an import, an automatic process runs in the background to create content, courses, offerings, and activities linked to the Learning content.	Using Responsive pages Newsfeed enabled. Refer to the document called Migrating Oracle Learning Cloud to the Responsive User Experience on My Oracle Support (Doc ID 2649721.1) for complete details.	You will need to log a Service Request (SR) in My Oracle Support to request to be part of this program.	22B	Yes
Learning	New Learner Experience	The new learner experience provides a faster learning catalog search engine for learners that includes higher relevancy search results in addition to a more natural browsing and simpler filtering that doesn’t first require the learner to enter a search term. The learner’s current learning and transcript pages are also redesigned into a single page pre-filtered on current learning. Filter chips and search also allow the learner to quickly access specific assignments or their entire learning history. Required assignments show prominently and visually differentiated for easy identification. Learning Recommendations are accessible from the Recommended Learning page with a richer, more visual experience that facilitates the learner’s engagement with learning items they have been recommended	Using Responsive pages Newsfeed enabled. Refer to the document called Migrating Oracle Learning Cloud to the Responsive User Experience on My Oracle Support (Doc ID 2649721.1) for complete details.	You will need to log a Service Request (SR) in My Oracle Support to request to be part of this program.	22B May Update	Yes

Learning Controlled Availability

Features under this heading are under the Controlled Availability Program. The Controlled Availability Program is a program for early testing and feedback of features, before they are included into the product line. You must request and be accepted into the Controlled Availability Programs to use these features. Please see the What's New for more information on being part of these programs.

NOTE: These features are not generally available to customers, customers must be approved to use these features. When these features are generally available to all customers they will be announced under their product area headings.

Microsoft Teams Virtual Classroom Provider

You can create and update Microsoft Teams web conferencing events directly in Oracle Learning Cloud after integrating the applications. In Learning, the events are part of virtual instructor-led training. Here's what learning administrators can do:

• Select a Microsoft Teams Account when creating virtual instructor led training activities.
• Create and modify virtual ILT activities that link to the selected Microsoft Teams account. When you save an activity, an background process runs and creates or modifies meetings in Microsoft Teams for the instructors and the learners assigned to the activity.
• Assign or withdraw learners from virtual ILT activities. When you assign learners to an activity, an background process runs and adds them as attendees to the associated Microsoft Teams meeting. When you withdraw learners from an activity, the job runs and removes them as attendees from the associated Microsoft Teams meeting.

Here's what learners can do:

• Add the virtual classroom information to their calendars from the activity details page prior to the event.
• Join the virtual classroom directly from the activity details page 15 minutes before the event.

Here's what instructors can do:

• Add the virtual classroom information to their calendars from the offering details page.
• Join the virtual classroom directly from the offering details page on the day of the event.

This feature lets you leverage Microsoft Teams as a virtual classroom provider directly in Oracle Learning Cloud.

Steps to Enable

To enable this feature, you need to log a service request (SR) because it's only available through the Controlled Availability Program at this time.

1. Configure Microsoft Teams as an external provider using the My Client Groups > Learning > Configure External Providers task.

2. On the Edit Instructor page, in the Virtual Accounts section, on the Create menu, select Microsoft Teams.

3. In the Search and Select Virtual Classroom dialog box, add the Microsoft Teams instructors.

Tips And Considerations

Capturing attendance and updating the learner’s activity status in Learning is not yet automated as it is with other supported classroom providers. Learning administrators must update the learners in Learning using the application, excel spreadsheet with Oracle Desktop Integration plugin, mass actions, or using bulk data loading (HCM Data Loader).

Storing the recording of the virtual session in Learning isn't yet automated, as it is with other supported classroom providers. Learning administrators can upload the recording as related material manually, as appropriate.

BizLibrary Learning Content Provider Integration

You can now integrate with BizLibrary learning content the same way you already can with LinkedIn and Skillsoft content.

1. Import BizLibrary courses into Oracle Learning Cloud and track completions there.
2. Import thumbnail images for each BizLibrary course as the branding image on the corresponding courses when created in Learning.

The BizLibrary integration supports automated course sync, so learners always have the most recent updates published by BizLibrary.

This enhancement extends the external content that you can leverage in Oracle Learning Cloud.

Steps to Enable

To enable this feature, you need to log a service request (SR) because it's only available through the Controlled Availability Program at this time.

1. Configure BizLibrary as an external provider using the My Client Groups > Learning > Configure External Providers task. Contact customer support at BizLibrary to get their billing ID and API key for their connector configuration.

The Configure External Provide: BizLibrary Page Showing the Configuration Parameters and Automatic Import Options

The Configure External Providers Page Highlighting the Configure button in the BizLibrary Row

2. Import BizLibrary content using the My Client Groups > Learning > Content task.
   1. On the Content page, Add Content menu, select Import External Content.
   2. On the Import External Content page, import the provider's entire catalog, or select the provider and search for and select the relevant subset of content to import.
   3. After you finish, click Done.

OpenSesame Learning Content Provider Integration

You can now integrate with OpenSesame learning content the same way you already can with LinkedIn and Skillsoft content.

1. Import OpenSesame courses into Oracle Learning Cloud and track completions there.
2. Import thumbnail images for each OpenSesame course as the branding image on the corresponding courses when created in Learning.

The OpenSesame integration supports automated course sync, so learners always have the recent updates published by OpenSesame.

This enhancement extends the external content that you can leverage in Oracle Learning Cloud.

Steps to Enable

To enable this feature, you need to log a service request (SR) because it's only available through the Controlled Availability Program at this time.

1. Configure OpenSesame as an external provider using the My Client Groups > Learning > Configure External Providers task. Contact customer support at OpenSesame to get their Customer Integration ID, client ID, and client secret key for their connector configuration.

The Configure External Providers Page Highlighting the Configure button in the OpenSesame Row

The Configure External Provide: OpenSesame Page Showing the Configuration Parameters and Automatic Import Options

2. Import OpenSesame content using the My Client Groups > Learning > Content task.
   1. On the Content page, Add Content menu, select Import External Content.
   2. On the Import External Content page, import the provider's entire catalog, or select the provider and search for and select the relevant subset of content to import.
   3. After you finish, click Done.

Intuition Learning Content Provider Integration

You can now integrate with Intuition learning content the same way you already can with LinkedIn and Skillsoft content.

1. Import Intuition courses into Oracle Learning Cloud and track completions there.
2. Import thumbnail images for each Intuition course as the branding image on the corresponding courses created in Learning.

The Intuition integration supports automated course sync, so learners always have the most recent updates published by Intuition.

This enhancement extends the external content that you can leverage in Oracle Learning Cloud.

Steps to Enable

To enable this feature, you need to log a service request (SR) because it's only available through the Controlled Availability Program at this time.

1. Configure Intuition as an external provider using the My Client Groups > Learning > Configure External Providers task. Contact customer support at Intuition to get their provider URL, client ID, and client secret key for their connector configuration.

The Configure External Providers Page Highlighting the Configure button in the Intuition Row

The Configure External Provider: Intuition Page Showing the Configuration Parameters and Automatic Import Options

2. Import Intuition content using the My Client Groups > Learning > Content task.
   1. On the Content page, Add Content menu, select Import External Content.
   2. On the Import External Content page, import the provider's entire catalog, or select the provider and search for and select the relevant subset of content to import.
   3. After you finish, click Done.

Key Resources

For more information, see the Setting up Intuition Integration (Document ID 2848946.1) on My Oracle Support.