Why You Should Be Using The Redwood Theme in EPM Cloud

Watch the Customer Connect recording presented by Shankar Viswanathan.

Oracle’s Redwood UX Design is helping organizations improve user productivity, reduce training costs, and increase user satisfaction. As such, it has gained wide adoption across our Oracle Cloud user base. Within Cloud EPM the Redwood Theme has had significant adoption, and major new platform innovations over the past few years have primarily been released only within the Redwood theme. Going forward, future innovations in Cloud EPM and Redwood UX Design patterns are likewise targeted to be available within the Redwood theme only. This session covered why users should be adopting the Redwood theme, customizations available within the theme (such as company logo) and the future plans around non-Redwood themes for Cloud EPM. A copy of the presentation can be downloaded from there, too!

Non-Redwood Theme De-support Announcement

  • EPM Cloud will discontinue support for Non-Redwood Experience  Themes in early 2024.
  • April 2023 Release Notes
  • All EPM Cloud business processes will be impacted:
    • Planning, Close, Tax, FreeForm, Profitability, Account Reconciliation, Narrative Reporting, EDM.
  • Starting now: All new implementations should be initiated with Redwood theme only.


Effective Early 2024

  • Oracle EPM Cloud will support only Redwood Experience theme.
  • All non-Redwood themes will be de-supported.
    • No support tickets on Non-Redwood Themes will be entertained.
    • All issues will have to be reproduced using Redwood theme before logging a support ticket.
    • Oracle will not test non-Redwood themes.
  • For existing pods with Redwood theme
    • Non-Redwood themes will not appear as an option to choose from in Appearance card.
  • For existing pods on non-Redwood theme
    • You can switch to Redwood theme but will not have the option to switch back to other themes.
  • All EPM Cloud business processes are impacted:
    • Planning, Close, Tax, Profitability, FreeForm, Account Reconciliation, Narrative Reporting, EDM.
  • Customers are advised to plan towards shifting their user base to the Redwood Experience theme within CY 2023.
  • For new pods the ability to choose an alternate theme outside of Redwood will not be available by late CY 2023.
  • Oracle aims to address any concerns reported around using Redwood theme before the de-support.