The following announcements and considerations are outlined in the upcoming Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud (PBCS) update:

Monthly Update Schedule:

Oracle will apply the latest updates to your test environments starting at 22:00 UTC (15:00 PDT) on Friday, July 6, 2018 and to your production environment on Friday, July 20, 2018, also starting at 22:00 UTC. The updates will be applied to your environments during the first subsequent daily maintenance.

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.

Planning and Budgeting Cloud and Enterprise Planning and Budgeting Cloud:

• New EPM Automate Utility Version
• Migration Export Scenarios: Clone and Incremental Export
• Changes to Labels and Threshold Values in Activity Report
• New Data Integration Component in the Simplified User Interface
• The New Data Exchange Card Includes the Data Maps User Interface
• Simpler Member Selector
• Updated Vision Sample Application
• Option to Show Hidden Files in the Financial Reporting Web Studio Repository

Enterprise Planning and Budgeting Cloud Only:

• Benefits and Taxes Wizard Enhancements
• Create Custom Calculation Logic in a Component
• Greater Control in Expense Timing
• More Flexibility with Hiring Requisitions
• Update Templates During Content Update
• Important Information for Current Workforce Customers

Upcoming Changes:

• Financial Reporting Studio Desktop Client
• Classic Dimension Editor
• Composite Form Creation Capability

Defects Fixed:

• Software issues addressed each month will be posted to Enterprise Performance Management Cloud Release Highlights (Doc ID 2055579.1)

Considerations:

• Only for Smart View for Office with Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus

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.

• Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud - Product Documentation

• My Oracle Support (MOS) Knowledge Article: Enterprise Performance Management Cloud Release Highlights Doc ID 2055579.1

The following announcements and considerations are outlined in the upcoming Oracle Financial Consolidation and Close Cloud (FCCS) update:

Monthly Update Schedule:

Oracle will apply the latest updates to your test environments starting at 22:00 UTC (15:00 PDT) on Friday, July 6, 2018 and to your production environment on Friday, July 20, 2018, also starting at 22:00 UTC. The updates will be applied to your environments during the first subsequent daily maintenance.

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.

NOTE: You can import backup snapshots into environments with the same, the preceding or the next update versions. For example, you can import backup snapshots from release 17.08 into releases 17.07 and 17.09. For more information about migration, see Administering Migration for Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Cloud.

Announcements and New Features:

• Manage Ownership Enhancements
• New EPM Automate Utility Version
• Migration Export Scenarios: Clone and Incremental Export
• Changes to Labels and Threshold Values in Activity Report
• Option to Show Hidden Files in the Financial Reporting Web Studio Repository
• Simpler Member Selector
• Updated Vision Sample Application
• Only for Smart View for Office with Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus

Upcoming Changes:

• Classic Dimension Editor
• Composite Form Creation Capability
• Financial Reporting Studio Desktop Client

• Software issues addressed each month will be posted to Enterprise Performance Management Cloud Release Highlights (Doc ID 2055579.1)

Considerations:

• Moving Seeded Members
• Consolidation Rules - Errors in Seeded System Rules
• Calculation Status
• Metadata Aliases
• Exchange Rate Type for Plug Accounts
• Intercompany Matching Reports
• Translation Rules
• Reconsolidating Data After Upgrading
• Ownership Management Enablement
• Copying and Clearing Data
• Change in Calculation of CTA for Net Income / Retained Earnings Current Accounts
• Self Service Upgrade
• Editing Dates in a Data Collection Period
• Entity Member Names / Aliases with ICP Property
• Working with Metadata
• Smart View Summary Dialog Display

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.

• Oracle Financial Consolidation and Close Cloud - Product Documentation

• My Oracle Support (MOS) Knowledge Article: Enterprise Performance Management Cloud Release Highlights Doc ID 2055579.1

The following announcements and considerations are outlined in the upcoming Oracle Enterprise Performance Reporting Cloud (EPRCS) update:

Monthly Update Schedule:

Oracle will apply the latest updates to your test environments starting at 22:00 UTC (15:00 PDT) on Friday, July 6, 2018 and to your production environment on Friday, July 20, 2018, also starting at 22:00 UTC. The updates will be applied to your environments during the first subsequent daily maintenance.

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 MemberProperty Member Selection Function
• Enterprise Performance Reporting Cloud (EPRCS) Reports allow you to Preview a POV Prior to Opening a Pending Report
• Row Banding Property Settings
• High Volume XBRL Tasks are Added in EPRCS REST API Document

Considerations:

• Report Packages
• Management Reporting
• Smart View
• Disclosure Management
• Only for Smart View for Office with Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus

Defects Fixed:

• Software issues addressed each month will be posted to Enterprise Performance Management Cloud Release Highlights (Doc ID 2055579.1)

• 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.

• Oracle Enterprise Performance Reporting Cloud - Product Documentation

• My Oracle Support (MOS) Knowledge Article: Enterprise Performance Management Cloud Release Highlights Doc ID 2055579.1

The following announcements and considerations are outlined in the upcoming Oracle Enterprise Data Management Cloud (EDMCS) update:

Monthly Update Schedule:

Oracle will apply the latest updates to your test environments starting at 22:00 UTC (15:00 PDT) on Friday, July 6, 2018 and to your production environment on Friday, July 20, 2018, also starting at 22:00 UTC. The updates will be applied to your environments during the first subsequent daily maintenance.

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 and New Features:

• Subscriptions
• Email Notifications for Subscriptions
• Request Types
• Compare Viewpoint Relationships and Properties
• Locate Nodes with Same Parents in Side By Side Layout
• Worksheet Labels for Uploading and Downloading Excel Files
• Improved Loading of Property Values from a File
• Enhanced Sort Order for List Viewpoints
• New EPM Automate Utility Version
• Migration Export Scenarios: Clone and Incremental Export

Defects Fixed:

• Software issues addressed each month will be posted to Enterprise Performance Management Cloud Release Highlights (Doc ID 2055579.1)

Considerations:

• Subscription Notifications
• Compare Property Values Results
• Compare Relationships Results
• Insufficient Permission Message When Saving Changes to Viewpoint
• Loading a Blank Value to a List Property
• Float Value Validation Error in Non-English Locales

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.

• Oracle Enterprise Data Management Cloud - Product Documentation

• My Oracle Support (MOS) Knowledge Article: Enterprise Performance Management Cloud Release Highlights Doc ID 2055579.1