FreeForm and EPM Cloud Platform Updates:

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, July 5, 2024.
  • Production Environments: Oracle will apply this monthly update during the first daily maintenance that occurs at or after 22:00 UTC on Friday, July 19, 2024.
NOTE: The monthly update will not be applied on any environment for which this monthly update is requested to be skipped using the EPM Automate skipUpdate command.

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.

Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) Cloud Platform

This section contains announcements related to the common EPM Cloud components:

  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
    • Oracle-Managed OCI Migration for Classic UK Government Environments
  • User Interface
    • Removal of Non-Redwood Themes
  • Security and Access
    • New Application Role: Access Control – View
  • REST APIs
    • REST API to Export Audit Reports for a Month or Other Date Range
    • REST API to Import Documents
    • REST API to Get the Current Theme of the Application
  • Simulate Concurrent Usage
    • SimulateConcurrentUsage Command and REST API Updated to Support Rulesets Simulation
    • SimulateConcurrentUsage No Longer Generates Provide Feedback
  • EPM Automate
    • Password Encryption File Created Through Groovy Scripts to be Retained Indefinitely
  • Essbase
    • Upgrading All Environments from Non-Hybrid Essbase Version to Hybrid Essbase Version
    • Non-Hybrid Essbase Outline Validation Now Runs During Database Refresh
    • Disable the Use of Hybrid BSO Cubes for Custom Planning and FreeForm Applications
  • Audit
    • New Audit Type: Application Administration
  • Data Integration
    • Job Scheduling in Data Management and Data Integration

FreeForm

  • There are no new features in this update except for the applicable features listed in the EPM Cloud Platform section.

Defects Fixed

  • 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: