EPM 11.2.6 Features

EPM 11.2.6 includes the following new features :

·         Certification of SQL Server 2019.

·         Removal of Oracle Essbase Studio from EPM System Installer.

·         Automation of the process of uninstalling or updating Fusion Middleware patches as needed during Apply Update.

·         Delivery of updated HTTP client.

·         Support for any identity management product that supports header-based authentication.

·         Certification of Oracle Hyperion Planning Release 11.2.x with OGNL 3.2.18.

·         Documentation of database password change procedure in the Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System Deployment Options Guide.

Profitability and Cost Management New Features

·         "Enable Native ML Application" REST API. The "Enable Native ML Application" REST API has been generalized to enable any native application, including detailed and Standard native applications, and it has been renamed in the REST API Developer's Guide as "Enable Native Application".

·         "Create ML Application Using Native Method" REST API. The "Create ML Application Using Native Method" REST API has been generalized to create any native application, including Standard and Detailed native applications, and it has been renamed in the REST API Developer's Guide as "Create Application Using Native Method". The API has been expanded to accept new parameters needed for Standard and Detailed applications.

Planning New Features

·         Support for Custom Grid Spread. Planning now supports custom grid spread functionality, accessible from the Grid Spread dialog box.

  Defects Fixed in Release 11.2.6

• 32740134 - In EPM System Configurator, the Financial Management configuration task Configure Application Cluster now trims leading and trailing spaces in the cluster name.
• 32721749 - On Essbase installations on Linux, ODBC.INI and ODBCINST.INI files are now updated with install_location path.
• 32920143 - The process of uninstalling or updating Fusion Middleware patches as needed during Apply Update is now automated.
• 32905192, 32643520 - In Configure Common Settings in EPM System Configurator, email addresses with newer domain names are now accepted without giving an error.
• 32639517, 32449003, 32285792 - You can now configure single sign on and high availability for MSAD using DNS lookup.
• 32699989 - The CLIENT-CERT value that is required for Kerberos authentication is now included in the web.xml files for Oracle Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management Workspace and Oracle Hyperion Shared Services.

Defects Fixed in Release 11.2.5

• 32297265 - If there is more than one instance of Oracle Hyperion Financial Reporting servers in your environment, starting in Release 11.2.5, you no longer need to add the following in mod_wl_ohs.conf (usually located in INSTANCE_HOME\httpConfig\ohs\config\fmwconfig\components\OHS\ohs_component).

• <LocationMatch ^/frdesigner> section:  WLCookieName FRWEBSESSID

• 31524199 - Oracle Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management System Diagnostics doesn’t report on all products in a distributed environment that were installed using the Apply Update option.

• 31707007 - When upgrading from Release 11.1.2.4 or Release 11.1.2.4.700 to Release 11.2.x, Financial Reporting provisioning information is not migrated. See Migrating Financial Reporting Provisioning Information After Upgrading from Release 11.1.2.4 or Release 11.1.2.4.700 for details on the workaround required in previous releases.

• 31395782 - On Linux computers, silent mode EPM System Configuration works if executed manually. Silent mode configuration using scripting tools may not run reliably.

Defects Fixed in Release 11.2.4

Release 11.2.4 resolves the following installation and deployment defects:

• 31476519, 31759220 - When reconfiguring Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System using EPM System Configurator, if you cancel the configuration on the Configuration screen, four files are deleted (configtool.bat, start.bat, stop.bat, and setEnv.bat), and you can't start EPM System Diagnostics.

  Workaround:

  Run EPM System Configurator again and select the top level task for Hyperion Foundation. After configuration is complete, you can start EPM System Diagnostics.

• 22557163 - Can't add Essbase cluster to Oracle Essbase Administration Services after upgrading.

• 31882366 - Oracle Hyperion Financial Data Quality Management, Enterprise Edition deployment fails on Linux. When installing products with EPM System Installer, install all products at one time for each machine in the environment. You can't install one or more products first and then install another product later.

• 31905082 - In an SSL environment, when exporting artifacts, the migration status report shows the status Failed and the error: EPMLCM-13000: Service currently not available.

  Workaround:

  Add a directive to the ssl.conf file of Oracle HTTP Server:

  </IfModule>
  LimitRequestLine 20000
  </VirtualHost>
  </IfModule>
  

• 31905734, 32201567– After installing EPM System, if you are using SSL, you must install an Oracle HTTP Server patch from the following location: OHS Patch Download Location

  If Oracle HTTP Server fails to start after applying the patch, update EPM_ORACLE_INSTANCE/httpConfig/ohs/config/OHS/ohs_component/ssl.conf.

  Replace SSLSessionCache none with SSLSessionCache "shmcb:${ORACLE_INSTANCE}/servers/${COMPONENT_NAME}/logs/ssl_scache(512000)"

• 32138668 - If you use Apply Update to move Oracle Hyperion Financial Management from Release 11.2.x to Release 11.2.3, you must run the Upgrade Application task in EPM System Configurator on every Financial Management server. If you run the Upgrade Application task in EPM System Configurator on only one server, then you must manually run %EPM_ORACLE_HOME%\EPMSystem11R1\products\FinancialManagement\Server\update_server_files.bat on the remaining Financial Management servers.