The following announcements and considerations are outlined in the upcoming Oracle Tax Reporting Cloud (TRCS) update:

Monthly Update Schedule:

Oracle will apply the latest updates to your test environments starting at 22:00 UTC (15:00 PDT) on Friday, May 3, 2019 and to your production environment on Friday, May 17, 2019, 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:

• Changing Performance Settings for the Data Source Dimension
• Enhanced Auditing for Task Manager
• Task Manager Reassignment Requests
• Task Manager Reminders for Due Dates
• Task Manager Integration Enhancements
• Importing and Exporting Teams and Users in Supplemental Data Manager
• Data Management: New Workflow Mode
• New Version of the EPM Automate Utility
• Removal of the Ability to Create New Composite Forms
• Ability to Define Whether Missing, Error, and Zero Values Are Plotted on Charts in Financial Reporting Web Studio
• New Planning Admin Extension with Each Monthly Update
• New Ad Hoc Behavior Configuration Option
• New Version of Oracle Smart View for Office
• Removal of Support for Transport Layer Security Protocol 1.0 and 1.1
• Approvals Process

Upcoming Changes:

• EPM Cloud's New Look and Feel
• Classic Dimension Editor
• Additional Updates to the Connections Interface

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:

• 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 Tax 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 Profitability and Cost Management Cloud  (PCMCS) update:

Monthly Update Schedule:

Oracle will apply the latest updates to your test environments starting at 22:00 UTC (15:00 PDT) on Friday, May 3, 2019 and to your production environment on Friday, May 17, 2019, 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:

• Removal of Support for Transport Layer Security Protocol 1.0 and 1.1
• New Version of the EPM Automate Utility
• New Version of Oracle Smart View for Office
• New REST API Resource to Merge Slices of Data
• Data Management: New Workflow Mode
• Ability to Define Whether Missing, Error, and Zero Values Are Plotted on Charts in Financial Reporting Web Studio

Upcoming Changes:

• EPM Cloud's New Look and Feel

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:

• 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 Profitability and Cost Management 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 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, May 3, 2019 and to your production environment on Friday, May 17, 2019, 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

• Removal of Support for Transport Layer Security Protocol 1.0 and 1.1
• New Version of the EPM Automate Utility
• Removal of the Ability to Create New Composite Forms
• Filtering Members
• New Application Setting: Link Accounts by Default
• New Ad Hoc Behavior Configuration Option
• Updates to the Connections Interface
• New Form Validation Rule Options
• New 'Success with Warnings' Job Status
• New REST API Jobs to Import Security and Export Security, Export Audit Records and the Job Console, and Sort Members
• Index and Page File Run Time Statistics for Block Storage (BSO) Cubes in Calculation Manager
• New Planning Admin Extension with Each Monthly Update
• New Version of Oracle Smart View for Office
• Data Management: New Workflow Mode
• Oracle NetSuite Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service Sync SuiteApp Role ID
• Data Integration Updates
• Ability to Define Whether Missing, Error, and Zero Values Are Plotted on Charts in Financial Reporting Web Studio

Enterprise Planning and Budgeting Cloud Only:

• Additional Rolling Forecast Time Periods in Financials
• Manage Strategic Modeling Metadata with Model Change Management
• Capital Forms and Rules Allow Different Planning Years for Plan and Forecast Scenarios
• Groovy Rules
• New Scenario Formula Expressions in Calculation Manager Graphical and Script Rules
• More Flexibility in Setting Salary for Jobs
• Greater Flexibility in Making Mid-Year Changes

• EPM Cloud's New Look and Feel
• Changes to Default Setting for Exporting Smart List Textual Data
• Classic Dimension Editor
• Additional Updates to the Connections Interface

• 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.

• 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, May 3, 2019 and to your production environment on Friday, May 17, 2019, 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:

• Approvals Process
• On-Demand Rules
• Metadata Validation Enhancements
• Enhanced Auditing for Task Manager
• Task Manager Reassignment Requests
• Task Manager Reminders for Due Dates
• Task Manager Integration Enhancements
• Importing and Exporting Teams and Users in Supplemental Data Manager
• Support for Additional Essbase Functions in Configurable Calculations
• New Form Validation Rule Options
• Removal of the Ability to Create New Composite Forms
• Audit Entry for Copy Data and Clear Data
• Data Management: New Workflow Mode
• Index and Page File Run Time Statistics for Block Storage (BSO) Cubes in Calculation Manager
• Ability to Define Whether Missing, Error, and Zero Values Are Plotted on Charts in Financial Reporting Web Studio
• New Planning Admin Extension with Each Monthly Update
• New Version of the EPM Automate Utility
• New Ad Hoc Behavior Configuration Option
• New Version of Oracle Smart View for Office
• Removal of Support for Transport Layer Security Protocol 1.0 and 1.1

Upcoming Changes:

• EPM Cloud's New Look and Feel
• FCCS Environments with Extended Dimensions Patch Automatic Upgrade to 19.05
• Classic Dimension Editor
• Additional Updates to the Connections Interface

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

Considerations:

• Calculation Status
• Copying Data
• Editing Dates in a Data Collection Period
• Adding Shared Members in Smart View
• Self-Service Upgrade
• Horizontal Scroll on a Non-Tabular Form
• Unable to Refresh the Cube
• Viewing Members on Seeded Forms
• Viewing the FCCS_VIEW_SYSTEM_MEMBERS
• Translation Override Rule Redirection
• Simplified Dimension Editor and Metadata Validation
• Entity Member Names/Aliases with ICP Property
• Setting the Data Collection Period
• Errors When Importing Accounts
• Working with Metadata
• Ownership Management Enablement
• Smart View Summary Dialog Display
• Extended Dimensionality Performance

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, May 3, 2019 and to your production environment on Friday, May 17, 2019, 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:

• Working with Notes in Management Reports
• Using Hidden Grids in Management Reports
• Uploading File Options in Doclet Properties
• Uploading File Options in Style Sample Document
• Anchoring Support for European Single Electronic Format (ESEF) Jurisdiction
• Auto Tagging the Disclosure Management Master Document
• Ability to Auto Tag Table Cells with Multiple Dimensions
• New Alert for Extension Updates
• Updated Smart View Extension Available
• New Version of Oracle Smart View for Office
• Removal of Support for Transport Layer Security Protocol 1.0 and 1.1

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

Considerations:

• Access Control
• Report Packages
• Management Reporting
• Disclosure Management
• Smart View
• 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 Enterprise Performance Reporting Cloud - Product Documentation

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