While waiting for the release of the upcoming EPM version I
thought I would publish my notes from the Oracle webcast covering new features
in EPM 11.1.2.3. If you want to find out more details about each product I recommend
you to reserve two and a half hours and listen through the entire webcast as it
contains nice presentations from each of the EPM product teams. The recording
is available via the Oracle BI&EPM EMEA Partner Community blog.
In the Top Gun conference we also received lots of interesting information about the changes that 11.1.2.3 will bring to EPM infrastructure. Unfortunately Oracle does not want to share this information until the new release is made publicly available so you will have to wait patiently for the juicy technical bits until then...
All the information extracted from the webcast is naturally covered by the Oracle Safe Harbor statement which means that it's all subject to change until the new release has gone gold.
In the Top Gun conference we also received lots of interesting information about the changes that 11.1.2.3 will bring to EPM infrastructure. Unfortunately Oracle does not want to share this information until the new release is made publicly available so you will have to wait patiently for the juicy technical bits until then...
All the information extracted from the webcast is naturally covered by the Oracle Safe Harbor statement which means that it's all subject to change until the new release has gone gold.
General
Improvements (all EPM products)
- Better support for ODL logging and addition of ECID information to make troubleshooting across several product components easier
- Backwards compatibility to LCM - importing artifacts from release 11.1.1.3 and up supported in 11.1.2.3
Hyperion
Financial Management 11.1.2.3
Web form and grid usability enhancements:
- Save more POV settings in form definitions (show or hide dimensions and reorder them)
- Save POV members as favorites for easier access (no need to open the POV Member Selector panel every time)
- Support for dynamic POV memberlists
- Support for on-demand rules launched per form
Other new HFM features:
- General UI improvements (POV and Member Selector settings persist across HFM modules)
- Security user access UI implemented in ADF
- HFM modules that are not used (for example Process Control and IC Transactions) can be disabled and thus hidden from the menus by administrators via the Module Configuration panel
- Audit log for differences after loading metadata
- LCM supports additional HFM artifacts: application, data, audit, process management, Extended Analytics templates
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Planning 11.1.2.3
- Support for ASO databases in Planning applications
- Support for flexible custom dimensions that may differ in each plan type
- Ability for end users to create dimension members on the fly (only in separate modules such as Project Financial Planning). This feature can be enabled or disabled per hierarchy.
- Outline Load Utility implemented in the web interface: allows metadata to be imported and exported from the Planning UI
- Access to Planning metadata in Smart View (add or update members, build hierarchies)
- Export/import Planning metadata and data to/from a relational database
- Task list visualizations for easier tracking (by task status, type, users etc.)
- Planning Cloud Service: Service to be released later this year. Based on Planning 11.1.2.3.
Financial
Data Quality Management (FDM) 11.1.2.3 and beyond
- FDM rebranded as Financial Data Quality Management, Enterprise Edition (FDMEE)
- FDMEE combines classic FDM and ERP Integrator into a single product built on the ERPI platform (ODI installed and configured automatically)
- 11.1.2.3 will be the terminal release for classic FDM - new customers may only buy FDMEE
- FDMEE will be released in phases (11.1.2.3 GA, 11.1.2.3 Patch Set 1 and Patch Set 2)
- Core FDM features present in GA version but features like full HFM adapter functionality will follow later in PS1 and 2.
- Some functions to be introduced in PS1 and PS2:
- Scripting in Jython
- Integration with DRM
- Data synchronization between all EPM application types
- HSF adapter
- FDMEE UI is integrated in EPM Workspace
Financial
Reporting 11.1.2.3
- Old dog learns new tricks - FR reports and books to be supported on mobile devices via native browsers on each platform:
- iPhone and iPad (iOS5 and 6)
- Android phones and tablets (Android 3.x and 4.x)
- Mobile support allows read-only access with POV selection, prompts etc. but no authoring or scheduling features.
- Improved Smart View support (full FR formatting available when using Function Grids in Word and Excel)
- Create a cover page before TOC in report books
Smart
View
Upcoming SV features (some already
present in 11.1.2.2.310):
- OBIEE functionality added (view created content, program OBIEE objects in VB etc.)
- Performance improvements
- Improved ad-hoc functionality: change POV on the grid, perform operations on multiple cells etc.
- Expanded VBA toolkit
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Strategic Finance 11.1.2.3
- Smart View functionality greatly extended to provide full MS Office integration (complements the HSF Windows client)
Disclosure
Management 11.1.2.2.300
Note: Release already available.
- New publishing options: PDF generation, EDGAR-ready HTML output
- Variables for automating common text and TOC items
- Several UI improvements in Report Manager
Financial
Close Management 11.1.2.3
Lots of new features in ARM (Account
Reconciliation Manager):
- Advanced user assignments (backup assignments, team/group assignments etc.)
- Extended Auto Reconciliation module
- Improved data load functions
- UI improvements
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Profitability And Cost Management (HPCM) 11.1.2.3
- Addition of Calculation Rules for combining existing model artifacts, assignment rules and drivers into a single function
- Simplifies definition of assignment logic for groups of sources
- HPCM is certified on Exalytics since 11.1.2.2.350
- Smart View integration for drill-through links and custom queries to Excel
