April 2020 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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Sales Planning Cloud

New Sales Planning Cloud Interface

Available in this update, there is an enhanced interface with improved navigation and new themes including the default Sky Blue.

New Oracle Sales Planning Cloud Operations Guide

The Oracle Sales Planning Cloud Operations Guide is now available. This guide discusses some common customer reported problems and the procedures to correct them. Use this guide to self-diagnose the reason why some Sales Planning Cloud issues occur and the steps involved in correcting them.

REST API to Review Rejected Metadata After Import

While using a REST API to import metadata, you can now specify an error file that captures the metadata records that are not imported for each dimension. If an error file is specified, a separate error file is created for each dimension. The error files are then zipped together and the zip file is stored in the Outbox where you can download the file using Inbox/Outbox Explorer or tools like EPM Automate or REST APIs.

REST API for Partial Clear

You can now use REST APIs to do a partial clear for an ASO cube. You can clear the cube, members, a valid MDX query, supporting details, comments, and attachments. You can also do a physical clear on Essbase. This gives you more flexibility and granularity when clearing the cube.

Action Menus Now Support Launching a Form in Member Context

Using an action menu, you can now launch a form, either in the web or in Smart View, in the member context of the original form. Previously, users could only launch forms in the dimension context of the original form.

New Flex Forms in Smart View

Flex forms are a new form type that provide flexible row management in Smart View. Flex forms retain all regular form properties and features, but you can now rearrange row members and sort or move rows. You can also open a flex form in ad hoc mode and use ad hoc analysis to modify the grid layout and submit data.

New Status Indicator on Forms

A new Status Indicator on forms now displays icons to indicate "busy" and "idle" server activity.

Reviewing Rejected Metadata After Import

While defining the Planning metadata import job, you now have the option to specify an error file which captures the metadata records that are not imported for each dimension.

Calculation Manager Option to Disable Flash

Calculation Manager Option to Disable Flash

Support for Microsoft Edge Browser

Starting with this update, Microsoft Edge browser version 80+ is now supported.