October 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

EPM Automate Updates

A new version of EPM Automate is available. This version introduces these new commands: copyfromObjectStorage and copyToObjectStorage.

REST APIs to Copy Files To and From the Oracle Object Storage Cloud

You can use the Copy to Object Store REST API to copy a file or a backup snapshot from the outbox of the current cloud environment (the source) to the Oracle Object Storage Cloud (the target). In addition, you can use the Copy from Object Store REST API to copy a file from the Oracle Object Storage Cloud (the source) to the cloud environment (the target). Using  REST APIs allows you to schedule and automate these tasks.

REST API to Rename Application Snapshot

Use the Rename Snapshot REST API to rename snapshots in Sales Planning Cloud instances to a desired name. This feature gives you flexibility in naming your snapshots.

Instance Name Removed from Predefined Role Names in Access Control

The Access Control screens of Sales Planning Cloud environments no longer display the instance name prefix with predefined role names. Instead, predefined role names are displayed as Service Administrator, Power User, User, and Viewer. This change is applicable to all screens and reports that list predefined role names.

This change does not affect how the role names are displayed in the MyServices customer portal.

Activity Report Enhancements

The Activity Report has been enhanced by adding a number of tables that provide additional information on business rules, calculation scripts, Essbase data load, data extraction, restructure, and performance of Essbase queries. Additionally, the tables now use a standard set of column labels to group information.

Import Users' Group Assignments from File

Service Administrators can now import group assignments of users from a Comma Separated Value (CSV) file to create new assignments in existing Access Control groups. After the import is complete, Sales Planning Cloud enforces appropriate application-level and artifact-level security assignments based on the new group assignments.

Business Rules in Data Integration Are Now Available

In Data Integration, you can now register business rules when integrating data with Sales Planning.

Terminal Release of EPM Mobile

This update is the terminal release of the EPM Mobile App. Oracle recommends that users using Oracle EPM Mobile App prepare to instead use the approval functionality using supported mobile browser in tablet devices.

New Data Import Options for Essbase Source Types - Delimiter and Abort on Error

New data import options for Essbase source types (Delimiter and Abort on Error) enable you to configure Essbase data imports similar to the way you configure Sales Planning data imports.