ORACLE EPM CLOUD UPDATE 24.05

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Highlights from the May 2024 Release Below are what we consider to be the most significant changes for our customers in this month’s release. As always, for the full list of changes and supplementary information in the release navigate to the URL at the end of this post or contact PARC for more information or […]

Oracle Cloud EPM: Reports – The Next Chapter

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Reports Rolls Forward I attended an excellent Oracle Customer Connect seminar recently: “Reports Common Tricks, Tips and Best Practices”, hosted by Dave Roberts. Dave has been an acquaintance of mine since the Hyperion days, and he is still one of the best presenters I know. The session was full of new or newer features, some […]

ORACLE EPM CLOUD UPDATE 24.04

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Highlights from the April 2024 Release Below are what we consider to be the most significant changes for our customers in this month’s release. As always, for the full list of changes and supplementary information in the release navigate to the URL at the end of this post or contact PARC for more information or […]

Oracle EPM Upgrade: 11.2.15 Essbase and WebLogic Admin Password Restrictions

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We discovered an issue with WebLogic and Essbase 21c when upgrading an Oracle EPM Essbase environment to 11.2.15. The requirements for the WebLogic admin password changes, so if you’re using special characters you may have to change your WebLogic password before upgrading. The problem occurs because the EPM Configuration Tool allows for most special characters […]

ORACLE EPM CLOUD UPDATE 24.03

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Highlights from the Oracle EPM Cloud March 2024 Release Below are what we deem to be the most important changes for our customers in this month’s release. As always, for the full list of changes and supplementary information in the release navigate to the URL at the end of this post, or contact PARC for […]

EPM CLOUD UPDATE 24.02

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Highlights from the February 2024 Release Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Within the next 3 months, Oracle is planning to upgrade all environments currently on a non-hybrid Essbase version to a hybrid Essbase version. Once the February update has occurred on your environment and you are currently on a non-hybrid version you should run the Essbase Validation […]

ORACLE EPM CLOUD: OPTIMIZING USING PARALLEL CALCULATION – PART 2

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Make Your Calcs Run Faster Than Ever! This is Part Two of a two-part series. In Part One of this series, we covered the basics of parallel calculation, the use of CALCPARALLEL, and how to view test results in the calc script’s execution log. Understanding Log Information One of the messages that you will see […]

ORACLE EPM CLOUD: OPTIMIZING USING PARALLEL CALCULATION – PART 1

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Make Your Calcs Run Faster Than Ever! This is Part One of a two-part series. One of the biggest bottlenecks we see in EPM Cloud implementations is Business Rules (calc scripts) that take a long time to execute. In this blog post, we will explore these scripts and the use of parallel calculations to make […]

EPM CLOUD UPDATE 24.01

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Highlights from the January 2024 Release NOTE: There are no new features in this month’s update. If you skipped the 23.11 update (via a service request to Oracle or the EPM Automate skipUpdate command) your environment(s) will be updated unless you also skipped the 24.01 update. Upcoming Changes The following changes will be made in […]

Oracle EPM Managed Services Reimagined

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Why Do I Need Managed Services When I’m Using Oracle EPM Cloud?!? A common issue we hear is; “I spend most of my time tracking down small issues and doing monthly processes. I have limited time to do anything else!”. Seems crazy, right? You pay someone a large salary, give them all the corporate benefits, […]