EPM Cloud Updates – March 2019 – EPBCS, FCCS, PCMCS, ARCS, EPRCS & EDMCS

Posted by Jun on February 22, 2019

Oracle releases the application updates documentation on new features and fixed issues from the Applications Release Readiness site. From there, you will be able to check the update for Customer Experience, Human Capital Management, Enterprise Resource Planning, Supply Chain Management, Enterprise Performance Management.

A quick recap of the EPM applications.

For PBCS, Enterprise Planning Cloud (EPBCS), FCCS, PCMCS, ARCS, EPRCS and EDMCS, usually, the latest update will be installed on the first Friday of each month to test environment, and third Friday of each month to production environment. The update will be applied during the normal daily maintenance window.

For the March update, it will apply the latest updates to test environment on Friday, March 1st, 2019 and to production environment on March 15th, 2019.

In this patch, these are the major updates:

Enterprise Planning Cloud

1.EPM Cloud’s New Look and Feel

Starting with the May update (release 19.05), there will be a revised interface with enhanced navigation and a new theme called Sky Blue.

The revised interface retains existing functionality and enhances your Home page experience with a more responsive design. The Welcome panel and the global header readjust after resizing, which means less scrolling. Clearer announcements and notification areas are added to the Welcome panel, as are arrows to help you navigate easily between the Home page and your Infolets. A bigger Navigator menu has improved usability, more themes for customization are included, and a bigger work area has more space to maneuver and provide better visibility. The interface is more consistent with other Oracle products, such as Fusion Applications.

After the interface is released, all new customers will use the new lighter-colored Sky Blue theme, and existing customers will keep their current theme. You can switch themes using Tools, and then Appearance.

Financial Consolidation and Close Cloud

N/A

Profitable and Cost Management Cloud

N/A

Account Reconciliation Cloud

N/A

Enterprise Performance Reporting Cloud

1.Additional Data Source Support for Importing Management Reports in Oracle Smart View

Starting with the April 2019 update (Release 19.04), these additional data sources will be supported for importing a Management Report grid as an ad hoc grid in Smart View:

Oracle Profitability and Cost Management Cloud Essbase Provider
Oracle Analytics Cloud – Essbase
Oracle Fusion Applications Essbase Provider

Enterprise Data Management Cloud

N/A

These are the March updates for EPM Cloud. I will keep my eyes on the monthly updates and will share more ideas going forward. See you next time.