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  1. February 2022 Update
  1. Revision History
  2. Overview
  3. Feature Summary
  4. Enterprise Data Management
    1. Enterprise Data Management
        1. Monthly Update Schedule
        2. Documentation Updates Available One Week After Readiness Documents
        3. Fixed Issues and Considerations
        4. Please Join Oracle Cloud Customer Connect
        5. Give Us Documentation Feedback
        6. Follow Us on Social Media
    2. EPM Common
        1. EPM Automate Updates
        2. CA-Toronto Data Center to Host New EPM Cloud Orders from Canada
        3. Updates to the Clone Environment Feature
        4. REST API for Upload to Be Able to Specify Upload Location for Outbox and Profitoutbox
        5. Support for Extract Dimension Integration in Task Manager
    3. Features
        1. Introduction of Quick Start Checklists for Enterprise Data Management Cloud
  5. IMPORTANT Actions and Considerations

February 2022 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:

Date Product Feature Notes
27 JAN 2022     Created initial document.

Overview

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Feature Summary

Column Definitions:

Report = New or modified, Oracle-delivered, ready to run reports.

UI or Process-Based: Small Scale = These UI or process-based features are typically comprised of minor field, validation, or program changes. Therefore, the potential impact to users is minimal.

UI or Process-Based: Larger Scale* = These UI or process-based features have more complex designs. Therefore, the potential impact to users is higher.

Features Delivered Disabled = Action is needed BEFORE these features can be used by END USERS. These features are delivered disabled and you choose if and when to enable them. For example, a) new or expanded BI subject areas need to first be incorporated into reports, b) Integration is required to utilize new web services, or c) features must be assigned to user roles before they can be accessed.

Ready for Use by End Users
(Feature Delivered Enabled)

Reports plus Small Scale UI or Process-Based new features will have minimal user impact after an update. Therefore, customer acceptance testing should focus on the Larger Scale UI or Process-Based* new features.

Customer Must Take Action before Use by End Users
(Feature Delivered Disabled)

Not disruptive as action is required to make these features ready to use. As you selectively choose to leverage, you set your test and roll out timing.

Feature

Report

UI or
Process-Based:
Small Scale

UI or
Process-Based:
Larger Scale*

Enterprise Data Management

EPM Common

EPM Automate Updates

CA-Toronto Data Center to Host New EPM Cloud Orders from Canada

Updates to the Clone Environment Feature

REST API for Upload to Be Able to Specify Upload Location for Outbox and Profitoutbox

Support for Extract Dimension Integration in Task Manager

Features

Introduction of Quick Start Checklists for Enterprise Data Management Cloud

>>Click for IMPORTANT Actions and Considerations

Enterprise Data Management

Enterprise Data Management

Monthly Update Schedule

Test Environments: Oracle will apply this monthly update during the first daily maintenance that occurs at or after 22:00 UTC on Friday, February 4, 2022.

Production Environments: Oracle will apply this monthly update during the first daily maintenance that occurs at or after 22:00 UTC on Friday, February 18, 2022.

NOTE: The monthly update will not be applied to any environment for which this monthly update is requested to be skipped using the EPM Automate skipUpdate command or service request to Oracle.

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

The Oracle Help Center provides access to updated documentation. The updates will be available in the Help Center on Friday, February 4, 2022.

NOTE: Some of the links to new feature documentation included in this readiness document will not work until after the Oracle Help Center update is complete.

Documentation Updates Available One Week After Readiness Documents

Updated documentation is published on the Oracle Help Center on the first Friday of each month, coinciding with the monthly updates to Test environments. Because there is a one week lag between the publishing of the readiness documents (What's New and New Feature Summary) and Oracle Help Center updates, some links included in the readiness documents will not work until the Oracle Help Center update is complete.

https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/epm-cloud/index.html

Fixed Issues and Considerations

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

NOTE: Fixed issues for EPM Cloud Common components (Smart View for Office, EPM Automate, REST API, Migration, Access Control, Data Management/Data Integration, Reports, Financial Reporting, and Calculation Manager) are available in a separate document on the My Oracle Support “Release Highlights” page.

This provides visibility into EPM Cloud release contents.

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EPM Common

EPM Automate Updates

A new version of EPM Automate is now available. This version of EPM Automate includes updates to the cloneEnvironment, exportAppAudit, exportJobConsole, exportQueryResults, and uploadFile commands.

Applies to: Account Reconciliation, Enterprise Data Management, Financial Consolidation and Close, FreeForm, Narrative Reporting, Planning, Planning Modules, Profitability and Cost Management, Tax Reporting

Updates to the cloneEnvironment Command

The cloneEnvironment command has been updated to accept the appAudit, jobConsole, and storedSnapshotsAndFiles optional parameters.

  • The appAudit optional parameter, which allows you to clone application audit data, applies to Planning, Planning Modules, and FreeForm only.
  • The jobConsole parameter, which allows you to optionally clone Job Console records, applies to FreeForm, Planning, Planning Modules, Financial Consolidation and Close, and Tax Reporting only.
  • The storedSnapshotsAndFiles optional parameter allows you to clone the contents of inbox and outbox, and stored snapshots. This parameter applies to all environments.

Updates to the exportAppAudit Command

The exportAudit command now supports the excludeApplicationId optional parameter, which identifies whether the application identifier is not to be written to the export file. Default is false.

Updates to the exportJobConsole Command

The exportJobConsole command now supports the excludeApplicationId optional parameter, which identifies whether the application identifier is not to be written to the export file. Default is false.

Updates to exportQueryResults Command

A new optional parameter, fileOutputOptions, now allows you to identify the output format of the query results file. Default is ZIP_ONLY, which creates fileName.ZIP or queryName.ZIP depending on whether a value for the fileName parameter is specified. Other options are TEXT_ONLY to create the output file as a text file and ZIP_AND_TEXT to generate both a text file and a zip file.

Updates to the uploadFile Command

The uploadFile command has been enhanced to upload files containing data, metadata, rule definitions, dimension definitions, mapped transactions, templates, and backup snapshots to the outbox and profitoutbox locations in an environment.

Business Benefit: Including application audit and job console data while cloning an environment makes the target environment keep the application audit and job console history. Including stored snapshots and files while cloning an environment makes sure that the stored snapshots and files are not lost. This is useful especially while cloning a Classic environment to an OCI (Gen 2) environment.

Changes to the exportAppAudit and exportJobConsole commands can benefit customers who do not want application identifier to be included in the export file to help import into their own systems. This export file cannot be used to import into an EPM Cloud environment.

Changes to the exportQueryResults command allows you the option to generate the export file in multiple formats. Changes to the recreate command helps you recreate the service when upgrading your application to Enterprise Profitability and Cost Management. Changes to the UploadFile command provides the flexibility to upload files to outbox and profitoutbox locations.

Key Resources

CA-Toronto Data Center to Host New EPM Cloud Orders from Canada

All new EPM Cloud subscriptions from Canada will be deployed to the CA-Toronto Data Center. Previously, due to capacity constraints, subscriptions from new customers based in Canada were not provisioned to data centers in Canada.

Applies to: Account Reconciliation, Enterprise Data Management, Financial Consolidation and Close, Narrative Reporting, Planning, Planning Modules, Profitability and Cost Management, Tax Reporting

All newly provisioned subscriptions in the CA-Toronto Data Center will be supported on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI (Gen2)).

Business Benefit: New subscribers from Canada can now access EPM Cloud from a data center hosted within Canada.

Updates to the Clone Environment Feature

The Clone Environment feature has been updated to optionally clone Application Audit and Job Console data, and stored snapshots and files.

Applies to: Account Reconciliation, Enterprise Data Management, Financial Consolidation and Close, FreeForm, Narrative Reporting, Planning, Planning Modules, Profitability and Cost Management, Tax Reporting

  • The Application Audit check box allows you to clone application audit data for Planning, Planning Modules, and FreeForm business processes.
  • The Job Console checkbox allows you to clone Job Console records for FreeForm, Planning, Planning Modules, Financial Consolidation and Close, and Tax Reporting business processes.
  • The Stored Snapshots And Files checkbox allows you to clone the contents of inbox and outbox, and stored snapshots. This parameter applies to all environments.

Updated Clone Environment Screen

Business Benefit: Including application audit and job console data while cloning an environment makes the target environment keep the application audit and job console history. Including stored snapshots and files while cloning an environment makes sure that the stored snapshots and files are not lost. This is useful especially while cloning a Classic environment to an OCI (Gen 2) environment.

Key Resources

REST API for Upload to Be Able to Specify Upload Location for Outbox and Profitoutbox

When using REST APIs to upload files, you can now use these values of the parameter extDirPath:

  • Inbox[/directory_name] - Upload files into the inbox; except for Profitability and Cost Management, EPM Cloud business processes look in this location for files to process
  • profitinbox[/directory_name] - Upload files to be processed by Profitability and Cost Management
  • to_be_imported - Upload a Narrative Reporting snapshot that is to be imported during the next daily maintenance of the environment
  • outbox[/directory_name] - Upload files to the outbox for all EPM Cloud business processes except for Profitability and Cost Management
  • profitoutbox[/directory_name] - Upload files to the outbox for Profitability and Cost Management

Applies to:  Account Reconciliation, Enterprise Data Management, Financial Consolidation and Close, FreeForm, Narrative Reporting, Planning, Planning Modules, Profitability and Cost Management, Tax Reporting

Business Benefit: Uploading files to these locations provides flexibility.

Key Resources

  • Upload in REST API for Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Cloud

Role Information

  • Service Administrators

Support for Extract Dimension Integration in Task Manager

A new Integration Type named Extract Dimension has been added to Task Manager. This integration will allow to extract a Dimension from Enterprise Data Management Cloud Service (EDMCS) application from the configured connection.

Applies to: Enterprise Data Management, Financial Consolidation and Close, Tax Reporting

Business Benefit: This new process automated integration will allow the users to perform tasks efficiently.

Key Resources

Features

Introduction of Quick Start Checklists for Enterprise Data Management Cloud

Wondering how to start using Enterprise Data Management Cloud? Use these checklists on your first day! Follow the steps to do initial tasks like set up your environment, login, configure applications, load data and manage data quality. The checklists are organized by predefined roles for Service Administrators, Owners, Data Managers, and  Users.

Enterprise Data Management Cloud Quick Start Checklists

Business Benefit: These quick start checklists help you learn how to speed up your first day using Enterprise Data Management Cloud.

IMPORTANT Actions and Considerations

One-Week Lag Between Readiness Documents Live and Help Center Live

Because Oracle readiness documents (What's New and New Feature Summary) are live one week before the monthly update is applied to Test environments, some links to documentation included in the readiness documents will not work until after the Oracle Help Center update is complete when the monthly update is applied to Test environments.