What's New in This Release

This section describes the new features in Oracle BI Applications 11g Release 1 (11.1.1) that are documented in Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation and Configuration Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Applications.

This section contains the following topics:

• "New Features in Release 11.1.1.6.3"

• "New Features in Release 11.1.1.6.2"

• "New Features in Release 11.1.1.6"

• "New Features in Release 11.1.1.5.2"

• "New Features in Release 11.1.1.5"

• "System Requirements and Certification"

New Features in Release 11.1.1.6.3

New features in Release 11.1.1.6.3 that are documented in Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation and Configuration Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Applications include the following:

BI Extender Updates

Updates have been made to the BI Extender.

New Features in Release 11.1.1.6.2

New features in Release 11.1.1.6.2 that are documented in Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation and Configuration Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Applications include the following:

Informatica PowerCenter V9.1 HotFix 2

Oracle BI Applications Version 11.1.1.6.2 requires Informatica PowerCenter V9.1 HotFix 2.

Warehouse Component Deployment Assistant (WCA) Installs Informatica PowerCenter Services

(On UNIX platforms) Warehouse Component Deployment Assistant (WCA) installs Informatica PowerCenter Services V9.1 HotFix 2.

Oracle BI Repository (RPD) Trimming

Oracle BI Repository (RPD) Trimming is now a process that is performed in the BI Provisioning phase of the Oracle Fusion Applications installation.

Oracle BI Repository (RPD) Restoration

You must restore the 'Golden' Metadata Repository (RPD) for Oracle BI Applications as part of the post-installation setup steps (for more information, see Step 14 in Section 3.1.1, "High-level Tasks for Setting Up Oracle BI Applications").

New DAC Physical Data Sources Connection and Informatica Relational Connections

A new connection FUSION_V1 replaces the previous three connections FUSION_V1_FSCM, FUSION_V1_HCM, and FUSION_V1_CRM.

New Manual Patches for ATGLite and FSM

New patches are available for ATGLite and FSM.

New Features in Release 11.1.1.6

New features in Release 11.1.1.6 that are documented in Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation and Configuration Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Applications include the following:

New Warehouse Component Deployment Assistant (WCA)

The new Warehouse Component Deployment Assistant (WCA) streamlines the post-installation setup for Oracle BI Applications by automating the configuration of many components. For more information about using WCA, see Section 3.1.1, "High-level Tasks for Setting Up Oracle BI Applications".

New Features in Release 11.1.1.5.2

New features in Release 11.1.1.5.2 that are documented in Oracle Fusion Middleware Configuration Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Applications include the following:

Improvements to Oracle BI Applications Configuration Manager

The following updates were made to Oracle BI Applications Configuration Manager, as follows:

• On the Overview page, the Alerts pane only displays data relating to enabled Offerings.

• On the Edit Domain Member Mappings dialog, the new Sync To Source option enables you to automatically synchronize target domains with source domain values.

• On the Edit Domain Member Mappings dialog, you can now use the new Batch Edit option to update multiple target domain members at the same time.

• On the Manage Data Load Parameters page, the functionality relating to Global Parameters and Application Specific Parameters has been improved. For example, table column names and values have been made more intuitive, and the Edit All option enables you to update all Fact Groups and Dimension Groups that are associated with a Data Load Parameter.

New Features in Release 11.1.1.5

New features in Release 11.1.1.5 that are documented in Oracle Fusion Middleware Configuration Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Applications include the following:

New Oracle BI Applications Configuration Manager

Functional Configuration is performed in a Task-based guided format using Oracle BI Applications Configuration Manager and Oracle Functional Setup Manager (FSM). For each Offering that you are deploying, Oracle Functional Setup Manager provides a list of tasks that must be performed to configure that Offering. For more information, see Chapter 5, "Performing Functional Configuration".

Maintenance and Administration of Functional Configuration Data is performed using Oracle BI Applications Configuration Manager. For more information, see Chapter 6, "Administering and Maintaining Functional Configuration Data".

System Requirements and Certification

Refer to the system requirements and certification documentation for information about hardware and software requirements, platforms, databases, and other information. Both of these documents are available on Oracle Technology Network (OTN).

The system requirements document covers information such as hardware and software requirements, minimum disk space and memory requirements, and required system libraries, packages, or patches:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/ias/downloads/fusion-requirements-100147.html

The certification document covers supported installation types, platforms, operating systems, databases, JDKs, and third-party products:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/ias/downloads/fusion-certification-100350.html