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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 DEC 2021 | Created initial document. |
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Billing and Revenue Management
Invoice Attachments Included in Invoice Approval Notification
Enable project contract invoice approvers to view invoice attachments from the invoice approval email notification.
Project Progress Updates for All Contract Lines
Enable Contract Administrators to perform the Update Progress action for all contract lines, regardless of the invoice or revenue method assigned. The action updates percent complete at the contract line or associated project level.
Search by Item When Managing Events
Search for revenue and billing events using the item associated with the event. Billing Specialists and Project Accountants can more easily search for item-based billing events.
Ship-To Account and Site Editable on Invoice Line
Enable Billing Specialists to view and override ship-to information on a project contract invoice line.
Additional Options and Reporting for Cross-Project Rates Refresh
Refresh rates across a range of projects for financial project planning, budgeting, and forecasting using additional options and reports. Use additional parameters to filter impacted projects, an option to refresh resource rates due to organization changes and job-based promotions, additional output report details, and notifications to project administrators and project managers.
Parallel Participant Support for Project Cost Adjustment Approval Workflow
Create parallel participants for the Project Cost Adjustment Approval workflow to meet business requirements. Using this feature, configure approval rules for the project cost adjustment approval workflow to route the workflow to multiple approvers in parallel.
Planning Currency Modifications for Planned Resources
Modify the planning currency of planned resources the budgets, and forecasts without having to delete and recreate the plan line.
Redwood Theme for Labor Distribution Schedules and Costs
Labor Distribution pages now have the Redwood theme and user experience. The Labor Schedule and Labor Cost pages provide revamped search and display experiences, improving the efficiency of labor distribution data administration.
Separate Line Burden Transaction Reconciliation When Grouping by Transaction Number
Reconcile burden transactions to source transactions when creating burden transactions as a separate transaction and grouping by transaction number. Use the Burden Grouping Process Configurator to configure this option.
Upfront Validation of Project Cost Adjustments Before Initiating Approval Workflow
View validation messages in real time when you perform an adjustment on a single project cost instead of navigating to the Adjustment History tab. Project accountants, grants accountants, and project billing specialists can take immediate corrective actions and perform the adjustment again to successfully initiate the workflow for approval.
Workflow Transaction Console for Project Cost Adjustment and Project Expenditure Batch Approval
Using a single console, administrators can proactively monitor workflow tasks and resolve any exceptions for the Project Cost Adjustment and Project Expenditure Batch Approval workflows. Project application administrators can review workflow exceptions and either resubmit the task after making a correction to the underlying rules or withdraw the task in progress. The Transaction Access Console also provides details for the project cost adjustment and project expenditure batch approval workflows such as approval history and comments.
Award Budget Period Date Updates Using a REST API
Update award budget period dates using a REST API. Advance or postpone the start date or the end date of the award or specific dates of the award budget period to comply with federal regulations when you receive modifications from the sponsor. Update the control budget and contract with the new dates to ensure effective cost control.
Award Budget Version Additional Actions Using a REST API
Refresh resource and conversion rates for an award budget version using the Award Budgets REST API. Specify a percentage to adjust planning amounts.
Planning, Scheduling, and Forecasting
Attributes for Identifying Projects Imported from Enterprise Performance Management
Identify the projects that are imported from Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management (EPM Planning) using the Integration Application Code and Integration Project Reference attributes on the Manage Financial Project Settings page.
Expanded View Project Plan Access for Non-Team Members
Control view-only project plan access in My Work work area using view project security configuration. Application administrators can define the data security policies to configure view-only project access based on business needs. For example, provide view-only project plan access to certain critical projects for non-team members. Previously, project managers could provide access either to all users or only project team.
Project Business Object Audit Support
Track the changes made to projects by leveraging an audit mechanism that provides details about what, when, and by who a project was updated. Project application administrators can keep a close tab on projects by viewing audit reports that list the nature, time, and the user who effected the change.
Quantity-Based Forecasting and Reporting for Supply Chain Transactions with Multiple Cost Distributions
Track actual quantities on project-related item-cost or resource-cost transactions that have multiple cost distributions in Supply Chain Management. Forecast and report on project tasks and resources using transaction quantity, in addition to cost amounts, for project-based supply chain activities. Easily filter and review supply chain costs using additional details, such as supply chain transaction type, source transaction quantity, and cost distribution layer identifier.
Rates for Persons Without Active Assignments
Define rates for resources without active job assignments in person rate schedules. Project application administrators can define rates for persons that don't have an assignment or for persons with assignments that occurred in the past. This allows a more accurate rate to be used for labor resources based on business needs, especially if person assignments change frequently or aren't essential to rate determination.
Enhanced Edit Work Plan Template Capabilities for the New Project Planning User Experience
Edit work plan template capabilities are expanded to match the scheduling capabilities available when using the new planning user experience. These enhancements include partial-day scheduling, summary task dependencies, multiple resource assignments on summary tasks and milestones, and additional dependency types for milestones and gates. Opt in to the feature, Expedite Your Project Planning with a New User Experience, to take advantage of these new capabilities.
Mass Transfer of Resource Pool Memberships
Allow application administrators to transfer multiple resources out of one pool into another pool. This transfer capability provides smooth pool membership management when the resource pool structure is reorganized. For example, a pool structure is based on geographic location. One geographic region needs to be split into two or more regional pools and the original pool needs to be removed from the hierarchy. Application administrators can transfer all the resources out of the original resource pool and into one of the new pools. When all resources are transferred, optionally remove the original pool from the hierarchy.
Non-Project Events Update and Deletion Using a REST API
Update and delete non-Project events for resources using the Resource Events REST API. Manage events that are associated with a specific resource. For example, update dates for off-site training meetings or delete a canceled leave for a team member.
Notification to Project Manager of Resource Request Cancellation
Inform the project manager using a workflow notification when the Resource Manager cancels a project resource request. This improves the information flow between Project Manager and Resource Manager during busy staffing activities. For example, a Project Manager requests a specific resource for the project. The Resource Manager reviews the request and determines that the resource is not a good fit. When the Resource Manager cancels the request for that specific resource, the application sends a notification to the Project Manager. The project manager can request a different resource or send a general request to the Resource Manager to fill the role with an alternative resource.
Reserved Resource Confirmation Using a REST API
Confirm reserved resource assignments using the Project Resource Assignments REST API. Resource managers can change the status of the assignments from reserved to confirmed.
Utilization Details for Resources Using a REST API
View projected and target utilization of one or more resources using the Project Enterprise Labor Resources REST API. Project utilization is the percentage of hours that a resource is confirmed or reserved to work on project assignments compared to the available hours.