1 What's New in This Release

This section lists changes in Oracle BI Applications release 7.9.5.1 and in the corresponding documentation.

What's New in Oracle BI Applications Release 7.9.5.1

The main changes in Oracle BI Applications release 7.9.5.1 are the following:

• Financial Analytics has been enhanced to add U.S. Federal Financial Analytics for U.S.-based federal agencies using Oracle e-Business Suite as a data source. This new application provides insight into budget authority and execution and includes metrics, such as Appropriations, Apportionments, Allotments, Commitments, Obligations, Expenditures, and Available Authority.

• HR Analytics now supports PeopleSoft department-based organization hierarchy. The organization hierarchy (W_INT_ORG_DH) has been expanded to support 15 levels. ETL mappings are available to extract and flatten PeopleSoft department trees into a flattened organization hierarchy. ETL parameters are also available to flatten department trees by SetID and tree name."

This version of Oracle BI Applications Upgrade Guide for Informatica PowerCenter Users includes the following changes:

• All sections were updated to reflect the requirement to install Informatica PowerCenter version 8.1.1 SP5.

• Chapter 3, "Upgrading Siebel Analytics 7.5.x" was updated to include instructions for upgrading to release 7.9.5.1.

• Chapter 4, "Upgrading Siebel Business Analytics 7.7, 7.7.x and 7.8.x" was updated to include instructions for upgrading to release 7.9.5.1.

• Chapter 5, "Upgrading Oracle BI Applications 7.9.x for the Siebel Adapter" was updated to include instructions for upgrading to release 7.9.5.1.

• Chapter 6, "Upgrading Oracle BI Applications for the Oracle Adapter" was updated to include instructions for upgrading to release 7.9.5.1.

• Chapter 7, "Upgrading Oracle BI Applications for the PeopleSoft Adapter" was updated to include instructions for upgrading to release 7.9.5.1.