December 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

Certification for Chrome 85-86 and Chromium Edge 85-86 Browsers

Oracle Sales Planning Cloud now certifies Chrome 85-86 and Chromium Edge 85-86 browsers.

New Sample Application

A Sample application is now available on Oracle Cloud Customer Connect on the EPM Planning, Sales Planning, and Strategic Workforce Planning Sample Applications Idea Lab post. The Sample application allows customers to learn more about features using training materials provided by Oracle on a common application. The training materials provide step-by-step instructions on how to use features as well as examples of use cases to modify the pre-delivered content to meet your specific requirements within the framework of pre-delivered content.

New Version of Oracle Smart View for Office

Oracle Smart View for Office version 20.200 is planned to be available in December 2020. This version includes new features and fixed defects.

EPM Automate Updates

A new version of EPM Automate is now available. This version introduces the skipUpdate command.

REST API to Copy a File Between Instances

Use this REST API to copy a file from one environment (source) to another environment (target). This API is executed on the target environment after details are provided for the source environment from which the file is to be copied.

REST API to Skip Updates

Use this REST API to set a skip update request asking Oracle to skip applying a monthly update to an environment. You can also remove all previous skip update requests so that the environment is updated to the main code line, and you can list the skip update requests currently specified for an environment.

Updates to Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Cloud Operations Guide

The Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Cloud Operations Guide has been enhanced with several updated procedures.

New Activity Report Generation on Restarting an Environment

Starting with this update, Sales Planning Cloud will generate a new Activity Report each time you run the resetService EPM Automate command to restart an environment.

Support for Selecting Dimension Members Based on UDAs in Form Designer

When designing forms, administrators can select members for forms based on a common attribute, which was previously defined as a user-defined attribute (UDA).

New System Maintenance Process to Reset Environment in Data Management

In Data Management, a new Reset Environment system maintenance task is now available that enables you to reset an environment by deleting all customer created content.

Clear All Data and Setup When Deleting an Application

In Data Management and Data Integration, all data and setup information are now cleared automatically when you delete an application.

Support for Summary Drill with More Than 1000 Descendants in Data Integration

The drill down from summary feature now supports a summary drill for more than 1,000 descendants.

New Proxy Authentication Support in the EPM Integration Agent

The EPM Integration Agent now supports the Basic, Digest, and NTLM proxy authentication methods.

New Drill Through Options When Drilling to Source from Excel In Smart View

Drill through to Excel source data in Smart View supports displaying source data using hyperlinks or an EPM Integration Agent query in an upcoming release of Smart View, planned for December 2020.

Task Lists Now Supported in Smart View (Mac and Browser)

Task Lists are now supported in Smart View (Mac and Browser). Task lists help you organize, track, and prioritize your workload. Service Administrators set up tasks lists to guide users through the planning process.