EPM 11.1.2.3 Installation and configuration Documented changes

EPM 11.1.2.3 Installation and configuration Documented changes 

 Supported upgrade paths:

There is no direct upgrade patch from 11.1.1.3 anymore.

 New features to Shard Services/LCM which are also worth mentioning:

• Log Analysis Utility is available to troubleshoot EPM System issues.
• Shared Services Console integration with Workspace. You access Shared Services Console using a menu option in EPM Workspace.

LCM

• Move application artifacts from one environment to another by downloading the artifacts from the File System node in Shared Services Console. Downloaded artifacts are saved in a ZIP file, which can be uploaded to another environment.
• After applying a patch to Release 11.1.1.4, import data sets into Release 11.1.2.3.
• LCM now supports Oracle Essbase Studio.
• An Artifact Change Report that identifies changes made to artifacts in EPM System. This report can be generated from the Lifecycle Management user interface and by using the command-line utility.
• New command-line utilities to help clone the applications supported by LCM from one environment to another.

From the Support Metrics it  doesn’t look like there have been that many noticeable changes, no mention of windows 8 as a supported client OS or windows 2012 as server OS, no office 2013, IE 9.x the latest, no Chrome, Firefox 17.x, EAS console supports JRE 1.7.0_07+

The installation files are available as usual from Oracle Software Delivery Cloud.

The format for the installation files is  same as  in 11.1.2.2

Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI) Client Installers are now provided for EPMA, Strategic Finance, Interactive Reporting, and SQR Production Reporting.

Once all the installation files have been download and extracted to the same base location the EPM Installer can be started up as usual by running installTool.cmd/sh as an administrator

There are no noticeable changes with the prerequisite checks.

In the list of top level product components ERPi has now been rebranded to FDM Enterprise Edition.

Any J2EE web applications are now named “<product component> Java Web Application” instead of “<product component> Web Application”.

Foundation Services  now comes with  Oracle 32 and 64 bit clients can be installed which is definitely a bonus.

As there is now a client installer available for EPMA the batch client and file generator options have been removed.

 Essbase and HPCM product components there is now the option to install the samples separately.

FDMEE  is tightly integrated  with ERPI ,ODI & FDM Capabilities  with  ODI automatic installation.

All the product components installed successfully.

After installation if you take a look at the Middleware home directory:

The Oracle database clients are installed under the home directory

Java 7  is not supported in this release and the versions deployed are still  supported with Java 6.
this should be supported in newer versions
ODI components are installed under the home directory.

The Oracle clients are available from the start Menu.

So which version of the client has been installed?

If you start up sqlplus then it confirms it is 11.2.0.3

On to the EPM configurator.

 changea in this version is the message about the instance homes.

Now as this is not a configuration guide I will just highlight the differences that I have initially spotted with the options available.

EPMA Dimension Server configuration has now been separated.

This allows you to define the ports to use instead of having to update properties.

Ability to configure Planning RMI separately and specify the port

FDMEE has an option to register the HFM adaptor and if the adaptor is being registered the Financial Management “Configure DCOM” task must also be run.

The database for Oracle Data Integrator is in same database as FDMEE and the Oracle Data Integrator agent application is deployed in same JVM as FDMEE.

If you select to configure Framework Services you can now also define the ports for the agent.

New option in the configurator is the ability to configure all databases at once without having to put them in the same schema/database.

The deploy to a single managed server is still enabled by default which is not a recommended option
Though ERPi has now become FDMEE the managed server is still called Erpintegrator.

There has been a new advanced option added to the configuration of OHS, it is now possible to use shared location for the configuration which is extremely useful if there are multiple http servers deployed in an environment.


If deploying on Windows you will notice a change in the start menu.

The Windows Start Menu and the Services Control Panel now reflect separate product instances.

The Windows service display names may have all changed to “Oracle Hyperion…” though the service names and executables still contain HyS9

The only change to the service name from previous versions is that it is suffixed with“_<instance_name>”

If you run the EPM deployment report there have been some updates to it.

To generate a report open a command line window and navigate to
<MIDDLEWARE_HOME>/user_projects/<instancename>/bin

Run the command epmsys_registry report deployment

In the application tier section there is additional information available compared to the previous version.

   

• The database connection section now includes the size of the data.

• The data/instance directories section includes the size.
• The middleware home location is listed for each instance.

As hightlighted in the key new feature there is an update to accessing Shared Services through Workspace.

At last it opens in its own tab instead of that annoying pop-up window.

The option for ERPi has been removed and instead of an FDMEE option there is “Data Management”

Within Data Management the ODI agent and Repository information are automatically configured, there is a “Check ODI connection” button that tests the agent is running which is a nice feature.

If you take a look in the WebLogic admin console and the FDMEE managed server you will see that the ODI console and agent have been deployed as part of it.

The ODI studio is not automatically deployed so that requires to be installed separately.

If the Studio is installed then it can be configured to point to the FDM database which contains all the ODI tables, the agent will have been automatically configured by the EPM configurator.

Alternatively the automatically deployed ODI console can be used.

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

Hyperion Financial Reporting (HFR)

Mobile Integration

• 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

Hyperion 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

Hyperion 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

Hyperion 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

Known Issues:


Please refer the below url for Known Isssues  and workaround for EPM 11.1.2.3 Suite.


http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E40248_01/epm.1112/readme/erpi_11123000_readme.html#epm_1112300_readme_template2_9


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Oracle  32 bit  & 64 bit  client ,it's a known bug 

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