Oracle Account Reconciliation
What's New
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  1. February 2019 Update
  1. Revision History
  2. Oracle Account Reconciliation Cloud, February Update
        1. Monthly Update Schedule
        2. Please Join Oracle Cloud Customer Connect
        3. Give Us Documentation Feedback
    2. Announcements
        1. View Size and Last Modified Date of Snapshot
        2. Loading an MT940 SWIFT Bank File into Account Reconciliation Cloud Using Data Management
        3. New Columns for Auto Submit and Auto Approved
        4. New Column for Attachments Total (Count)
        5. All Users Now Have Access to the Compliance Dashboard
        6. Export and Import Match Types Within or Across Account Reconciliation Cloud Environments
        7. Attribute Field Size Increased
        8. Reassignment Notifications
    3. Defects Fixed
    4. Considerations
        1. Academy
        2. Using Refresh

February 2019 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:

     
24 JAN 2019   Created initial document.

Oracle Account Reconciliation Cloud, February Update

This document outlines the upcoming Oracle Account Reconciliation Cloud update.

Monthly Update Schedule

Oracle will apply the latest updates to your test environments starting at 23:00 UTC (15:00 PDT) on Friday, February 1, 2019 and to your production environment on Friday, February 15, 2019, also starting at 23:00 UTC. The updates will be applied to your environments during the first subsequent daily maintenance.

The Oracle Help Center, which provides access to updated documentation, has a new look and feel. The updates will be available on February 1, 2019. Some of the links to new feature documentation included in this document will not work until after the Oracle Help Center update is complete.

Reminder: Backing up the daily maintenance snapshot and restoring the environment as needed are self-service operations. Oracle recommends that you download the maintenance snapshot every day to a local server.

NOTE: Account Reconciliation Cloud does not support migration of snapshots from the latest service version to an earlier service version (for example, when moving snapshots between test and production pods during the window when test is upgraded before production.) Migration between the same versions is supported.  Some objects, such as Profiles, may still be moved from the latest to an earlier version outside of migration snapshots by exporting them from the latest service version and importing them into the earlier version.

Backing up the daily maintenance snapshot and restoring the environment as needed are self-service operations. Oracle recommends that you download the maintenance snapshot every day to a local server.

Key Resources

Please Join Oracle Cloud Customer Connect

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NOTE: The Settings and Actions menu now contains a link to Cloud Customer Connect. To access this link, from the Home page, click the down arrow next to the user name (in the upper right-hand corner of the screen), and select Cloud Customer Connect.

Give Us Documentation Feedback

We welcome your comments and suggestions to improve the content of the What's New document and the product documentation. Please send us your feedback at EPMdoc_ww@oracle.com. In the body or title of the email, state that you are inquiring or providing feedback, and indicate for which EPM Cloud service and the monthly update cycle.

Announcements

View Size and Last Modified Date of Snapshot

The Snapshots tab in Migration has been modified to include the size and last modified date and time of available snapshots.

Snapshots Tab Displaying Snapshot Size and Last Modified Time

The last modified time is displayed based on the time zone specified in User Preferences. If it is not set, the last modified time is displayed based on the browser time zone.

To access the Snapshots tab, open Migration and then click Snapshots.

Key Resources

  • About Snapshots in Administering Migration for Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Cloud

Loading an MT940 SWIFT Bank File into Account Reconciliation Cloud Using Data Management

Account Reconciliation Cloud customers who need to load SWIFT MT940 bank file transactions to Account Reconciliation Cloud Transaction Matching can now use Data Management as the integration mechanism. Previously, Data Management has been able to convert the Banking Administration Institute (BAI) bank files into Account Reconciliation Cloud Transaction Matching, so with this update, Data Management can natively process both the BAI and SWIFT MT940 bank files.

Key Resources

New Columns for Auto Submit and Auto Approved

New columns have been added to the Reconciliation List and Filters so you can monitor which roles have been automatically completed via Format or Profile Rules.

For example, if you have configured a Rule for the Reviewer 1 role to automatically approve when Unexplained Difference is 0.00, the new column called Auto Approved (Level 1) will indicate that a Rule was used to automatically complete that role. On a related note, reconciliations that have been automatically reconciled using an Auto Reconciliation method will still remain as separate columns indicating if the reconciliation was Auto Reconciled and which Auto Reconciliation Method was used.

Key Resources

New Column for Attachments Total (Count)

A new column called Attachments Total (Count), which indicates the total count of attachments at the reconciliation and transaction level for a given reconciliation, has been added. 

Previously, users and Rules had one column called Attachments (Count) which indicated the total count of attachments at the reconciliation level for a given reconciliation. As part of this change, the previous column Attachments (Count) has been renamed  Attachments Reconciliation (Count). This is a rename only, as it still calculates the same count it did previously.

All Users Now Have Access to the Compliance Dashboard

All users can now access the full Compliance Dashboard metrics, which include the default status charts as well as the configurable “traffic light” dashboard metrics. As always, security still applies, so users will only see details for the reconciliations that they are assigned to.

Key Resources

  • Dashboards in Administering Oracle Account Reconciliation Cloud

Export and Import Match Types Within or Across Account Reconciliation Cloud Environments

System Administrators can now export the configuration of a Match Type, then import it back into the same environment (with a different Match Type name) or to another Account Reconciliation Cloud environment. 

For example, the System Administrator may configure and test a Match Type in their Account Reconciliation Cloud test environment and then once it’s ready, export from test and import into their production environment.  

Attribute Field Size Increased

Data Management and Account Reconciliation have increased the size of the data fields that can be moved between them. This also allows larger fields for drillback detail.

Reassignment Notifications

When reconciliations are reassigned, email notifications are now sent immediately to reassigned users.

Defects Fixed

Software issues addressed each month will be posted to My Oracle Support.

Considerations

Academy

In the Academy, some pages and icons may appear different in the video and the Cloud service.

Using Refresh

It is a best practice to use Refresh within the Account Reconciliation Cloud user interface rather than performing a browser refresh.