The following announcements and considerations are outlined in the upcoming Oracle Planning update:
Oracle Planning
Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud (PBCS) and Enterprise Planning and Budgeting Cloud (EPBCS)
July 2019
Monthly Update Schedule:
Oracle will apply the latest monthly updates to your Test environments during the first daily maintenance that occurs at or after 22:00 UTC (15:00 PDT) on Friday, July 5, 2019. Oracle will apply the latest monthly updates to your Production environments during the first daily maintenance that occurs at or after 22:00 UTC (15:00 PDT) on Friday, July 19, 2019.
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. Refer to Backing Up and Restoring an Environment Using the Maintenance Snapshot in Getting Started with Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Cloud for Administrators.
Announcements:
- New EPM Cloud Features Tool
- REST API Updates
- Changes to Provisioning Terminology
- Export Expanded Reports to Excel
- Maintenance Notification in the Simplified User Interface
- New Version of EPM Automate
- Removal of Support for Transport Layer Security Protocol 1.0 and 1.1
- Self-Service Content Update
- Working with Funding Options (Strategic Modeling)
- Working with Time Periods (Strategic Modeling)
- Ability to Call External REST Resources from Groovy Object Model
- New Domain Option in Smart View (Mac and Browser) Manifest File
- Classic Dimension Editor
- EPM Cloud's New Look and Feel
- Removal of Instance Name from Predefined Role Names
- Software issues addressed each month will be posted to Enterprise Performance Management Cloud Release Highlights (Doc ID 2055579.1)
Refer to the following links and documents for further information:
- Oracle Cloud Release Readiness - Get up to speed on the latest cloud release and ensure your upgrade is a success with Oracle's Release Readiness assets. To access this broad range of assets, locate your service on the left, then choose a release from the service's drop-down menu. Learn and how to plan your upgrade by reviewing expanded discussions of new features,including capability overviews, business benefits, setup considerations and usage tips.
- My Oracle Support (MOS) Knowledge Article: Enterprise Performance Management Cloud Release Highlights Doc ID 2055579.1