Oracle Financial Services Customer Analytics - Application Pack v8.0.0.0.0 Minor Release #1 (8.0.1.0.0)

This readme has the following sections:

·         Description

·         Prerequisite

·         How to apply this release

·         Oracle Financial Service Analytical Applications Infrastructure (OFSAAI)

·         Oracle Financial Services Customer Analytics Application (OFS CA)

Description

Oracle Financial Services Customer Analytics Application Pack v8.0.0.0.0 Minor Release #1 8.0.1.0.0 (ID 21682453)

This release of OFS CA Application Pack is cumulative of all enhancements and bug fixes done since v8.0.0.0.0 release.

Prerequisite

·         The minimum patch set level should be OFS CA Application Pack v8.0.0.0.0.

·         The 1-off patch for AAI that has been generated for bug 21571807 needs to be applied for the following  issue:

o    Bug 21571807 – Required tables for models are not getting populated in Sandbox

How to apply this release?

For detailed instructions on installing this OFS CA Release, refer to Oracle Financial Services Customer Analytics Application Pack Installation and Configuration Guide_8.0.1.0.0.

Starting 8.0.0.0.0 release, Oracle Financial Services Analytical Application (OFSAA) applications are packaged and released as Application Packs.

Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure (OFSAAI)

This section includes the following sub-sections:

·      New features in this release

·      List of bugs fixed in this release

·      Known Issues/ Limitations

New features in this release

Following is the list of new features incorporated in this release. For detailed information on usage of these features, refer to Oracle Financial Services Advanced Analytical Infrastructure 8.0.1.0.0 User Guide.

1.           Business Restructure

·         Business Restructuring in corporate management is act of reorganizing Ownership, Operational or other structures of the company for making it more profitable or better organized for its present needs. Other reasons for restructuring include demerger or a response to major change in the business such as repositioning or buyout.
A module has been introduced in this release to configure and manage the restructuring process across the organization.

2.           Process Orchestration Framework

·         A new module has been introduced to support built-in tooling for orchestration of human, automatic workflow interfaces as well as various OFSAA Processes.

·         Support for visual modeling of the Workflow and Processes.

·         Support for registration of Process /Activity/ Transition Logic implementation, separated from the modeling process itself.

·         Built-in orchestration engine (included within OFSAAI’s runtime) for workflow execution (interactive model as opposed to the batch model supported through Rule Run Framework).

·         Published interface for abstraction of workflow task implementation. 

·         Representation of the workflow-routing rule logic in Java/ PL-SQL / Web-service.

·         Process Monitoring Admin Tool to view and control the Execution Process Instances.

3.           Data Management Tools

·         Ability to preview Database details while creating Data Sources has been introduced.

·         Ability to preview data of the source/ target entities has been provided while defining Data Mapping and Data File Mapping.

·         For Data Mapping, there is no default limit set for Rejection Threshold and the value needs to be set if it is required.

·         Data Sources creation has been modified to pick up the connection details created from the Database Details screen.

4.           Data Quality Framework

·         Data Quality rules can be defined on Data Management Sources. 

·         Data Quality checks can be performed based on Unique Identifier Columns other than Primary Key columns.

·         In the Data Quality Reports, the Primary Key columns or Unique Identifier Columns are displayed.

5.           Mapper

·         Copy feature of Mapper definitions is introduced.

·         While defining a Mapper, an option to create Database View has been provided.

6.           Business Metadata Management

·         Ability to preview the query and the data from the Dataset definition is introduced.

7.           Object Migration

·         Command Line Migration now supports Security Management System (SMS) objects such as Users, Usergroups, Functions, Roles, and Profiles along with the mappings.

·         The Object Migration Command Line Utility (offline option) supports wildcard (*) feature.

8.           Run Rule Framework

·         The Use Descendants option for a Parent Child hierarchy has been provided to apply self/ descendants to a Run/Process condition implicitly.

·         The Process engine has been enhanced to support “Select Insert” and “Partition Swap” query along with the “Merge” query.

·         The Rule engine has been enhanced to support “Select Insert” and “Partition Swap” query along with the “Merge” query.

9.           Model Upload

·         A command line utility has been introduced to perform Object Registration independently for an Information Domain where model upload is done successfully.

10.        DEFQ

·         From the Excel Entity Mappings and Excel Upload screen, you can download the Excel template which is used in the mapping.

11.        System Configuration and Identity Management

·         Create New Application feature has been introduced, which enables to create an Application using the standard platform frameworks.

·         The Database details screen has been enhanced to support for heterogeneous database.

·         Users can be created with an option to authenticate through SMS even when LDAP or SSO authentication is enabled.

·         SSO authentication using SAML v2 is introduced. This release supports only 1-way SAML authentication.

·         User Provisioning API is provided so that User Objects can be provisioned in OFSAAI using web service call.

·         An option to reinstate the deleted users has been introduced.

12.        Forms Framework

·      Flexible Key Business Dimensions(KBDs)

·         Configuring Flexible KBDs is supported, which provides centralized configuration approach to KBD usage in the Applications, other than the seeded KBDs.

·    Other Enhancements

·         Spell check feature can be enabled for Text Box, Text Area, and Rich Text controls.

·         A new feature is provided to pick the list of values for radio button and check box dynamically.

·         Dynamic Filtering of drop-down for multi-select control has been introduced.

·         Tool tips are provided for the wrap and unwrap buttons when the Image text is blank.

·         Auto-fit feature is provided for Editable grid with multiple grids.

·         Special characters are supported in multi-select control.

·         Document delete feature is provided.

13.        Metadata Browser

·      Data Mapping along with User Defined Properties (UDPs) can be exported to Excel.

·      An option to display Data Mapping with the selected UDPs is provided.

·      The following objects are supported:

·         Data Sources

·         Data Source Entity

14.        Link Analysis

·         Single click option has been provided for Nodes.

·         If multiple links (different types) are shared between two nodes, then the link is considered as complex link instead of duplicate link.

·         Link Analysis graph has been enhanced to display with scroll bars for large graphs. Additionally, when a graph is zoomed out, the scroll bars will be displayed.

List of bugs fixed in this release

Component

Sub Component

Subject

Administration

Utilities

LINK TO METADATA PUBLISH FROM UI TO BE REMOVED

Unified Metadata Manager

Metadata Browser

COLUMN NAME ON WHICH MEASURE BUILT IS MISSING IN METADATA BROWSER

FORMAT OF PDF DOWNLOADED FROM MDB SCREEN IS NOT PROPER

Data Quality Definition

QUERY VALIDATION FAILING WHEN CLICKED ON GENERATE QUERY FOR CUSTOM CHECK

Technical Metadata Management

REMOVE RLT FROM MAPPING SCREEN FOR FILE EXTRACTS (SysDate and Constant value are supported)

IF TABLE LOGICAL NAME IS EMPTY THE UI APPENDS NULL TO IT WHEN U REOPEN ENTITIES

Data Entry Forms and Queries

Forms Designer

'SELECT LIST' DOES NOT WORK IN 'INEDIT OR ADD' IN DEFQ FOR FOREIGN KEY COLUMN

Data Entry

NUMBER FORMAT CAUSE EDIT TO FAIL WITH SPECIAL CHARACTER NOT ALLOWED ALERT

FILTERS NOT WORKING PROPERLY ON DEFI WHEN EXPORT SELECTED

DATA ENTRY SCREEN ALLOWS TO ENTER SPECIAL CHARACTERS IN TABLES USING COPY/PASTE

FILTER CONDITION IS MISSING WHEN EXPORTING DATA FROM ENTRY FORM INTO CSV FILE

CLICKING ON GRID VIEW & THEN COPY IS SHIFTING TO THE RIGHT BY ONE COLUMN.

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INVALID INPUT FOUND FOR PARAMETER TABLE NAME" ERROR ON CLICKING COLUMN HEADER

SEARCH FUNCTIONALITY NOT WORKING WHEN CREATED A FORM WITH TWO TABLE

Dimension Management

REV_HIER_FLATTENED USE & AS DELIMITER CAUSING BATCH HIERARCHY LOAD OVERLOAD

Operations

TIMESTAMP(DATE & TIME) REQUIRED IN ICC SERVER LOG

Batch Execution

BATCH EXECUTION SHOULD THROW PROPER ALERT IF ICCSERVER IS DOWN

Forms Framework

Forms Manager

MASKING ISSUES IN FORMS FRAMEWORK

FORM DATASET ENTITIES DOES NOT ALLOW CONFIGURATION OF MORE THAN 4000 CHARACTERS

Metadata such as T2T, F2T, etc

MESSAGE SERVER SHOULD SHOW PROPER LOG IF PASSWORD ABOUT TO EXPIRE

F2T LOAD SUCCESSFUL BUT RECEIVED [6601] COULD NOT READ HEADER FILE

F2T Issues

UNABLE TO F2T WHEN SOURCE IS DEFINED ON A REMOTE SERVER

Preferences

Global

GLOBAL PREFERENCES: FUNCTIONAL CURRENCY AND SIGNAGE BLANK

Rules Framework

Manage Run Execution

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO LAUNCH 2 RRF BATCHES IN PARALLEL ORA-00001 IS RECEIVED

BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY MISSING FOR WSMRE UTILITY

GETTING WEBSERVICE EXCEPTION WHILE EXECUTING WSMRESTARTUP.SH

Rule Execution Engine

CHANGE OF MERGE WITH PARTITION SWAP

MERGE ARE NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PARTITION LOGIC IN CASE QRY_OPT_USE_ROWID=Y

Link Analysis

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NETWORK VISUALIZATION GRAPH IS NOT LOADING (DISPLAYING), ITS THROWING JSP ERROR.

LINK ANALYSIS AFTER LOADING THE GRAPH ACKNOWLEDGMENT IS REQUIRED

Install and Upgrade Issues

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MEDIA PACK INSTALLERS ARE NOT VALIDATING ORACLE DATABASE VERSION PRE-REQUISITES

PRE-CHECK UTILITY SHOULD VALIDATE THE EXISTENCE OF EN_US.UTF-8 LOCALE

SCHEMA CREATOR UTILITY VALIDATION FAILS IF ORACLE SERVER IS ON A WINDOWS MACHINE

PORTC.JAR DOES NOT CHANGE PORT TO 443

*User Interface link to publish Metadata in Metadata Browser is removed from Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure > Object Administration > Utilities. Instead Command Line Utility is available to publish Metadata in Metadata Browser.

Known Issues/Limitations in this release

Component

Sub Component

Subject

Administration

-

OFSAAI does not allow to enter the special characters such as '~!@#$%^&*()_+' in SFTP / FTP details screen

Data Entry Forms and Queries

Excel Upload

The Description of an Excel-Entity mapping definition is not getting updated in edit mode.

Model Upload

 

Model upload summary grid does not display the status of Object Registration process.

Rules Framework

Rule Execution Engine

Execution log does not provide detailed steps of execution if Execution mode is set as SELECT or PARTITION SWAP at Rule/Process/Run Level.

System Configuration

Database Details

No field restriction is given for the Name field in the Database details. Validation is done only after user clicks Save.

Unified Metadata Manager

Business Metadata Management

When a multi level hierarchy is used and the same hierarchy is repeated in more than one level, Pushdown operation is failing.

Data Quality Group

Data Quality Group Summary grid does not display whether the DQ group is defined on Data Source or Infodom.

Data Quality Definition

Java script error occurs when user clicks the online help icon from DQ Rule Summary page.

Data Quality Rule Summary grid does not display whether the DQ Rule is defined on Data Source or Infodom.

If you are defining Data Quality check on a Data Management Source, only quality check will be done; data correction will not be done since it is an external source. The UI does not restrict to perform any assignments on such DQ rules.

Import Business Model

Model Upload log file provides incorrect information about indices.

Metadata Archive Restore

From the Object Migration> Restore Metadata, when you click Browse to select the DMP file, the folders are not displayed.

Technical Metadata Management

Table Logical name is empty for Data File Mapping screen.

Show Details/ Data Preview should be available under selected Members tree.

Forms Framework

Forms Manager

Forms Manager application expects IE 11 Compatibility Mode setting from every client browser.

Link Analysis

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Link Analysis context menu is going out of page and user has to scroll to view it.

 

Oracle Financial Services Customer Analytics Application (OFS CA)

This section includes the following sub-sections:

·      New features in this release

·      List of enhancements in this release

·      List of bugs fixed in this release

New features in this release

Following is the list of features incorporated in this release. For detailed information on usage of these features, refer to Oracle Financial Services Retail Customer Analytics 8.0.1 User Guide.

·         Marketing triggers: This functionality enables to identify the account or customers based on the respective dimensions and measure values.

·         Generic cross-sell model: This functionality enables to compute cross-sell scores across all product type.

·         Model score validation: Inclusion of an observation period to validate the model outputs.

·         Additional Reports:

·         Attrition Analysis: This report provides the details of attrition of accounts and balance in a time series format in absolute terms as well as a proportion to the portfolio of accounts.

·         Flow Rates: This report provides details of the number of accounts and balance in a particular delinquency band for each month and the movement of accounts and balances from one delinquency band to another over a period of time.

 

List of enhancements in this release

Component

Subject

DATA_MODEL

Move FSI_MBA_PRODUCT_BASKET to reporting area

Move FSI_CHANNEL_PROPENSITY to reporting area

Account value forecast to be stored in reporting area

OTHER

Cross-sell model and reports

Model score validation – Observation period inclusion

WEBCAT

Additional Reports

 

List of bugs fixed in this release

Component

Subject

INSTALL

Sandbox datamodel upgrade to be done for RCA 8.0.1 through installer

Data Model upload failing for 8.0.1.0.0 installer

DATA_MODEL

ACRM_CAMPAIGNANALYSIS - T2T_FCT_RESPONSE is failing

Precisions required to be modified for table columns

LTV columns must be named NPV instead of LTV

META

Missing column mappings for FCT_CAMPAIGN_EXEC_SUMMARY

Missing column mappings for FCT_CAMPAIGN_SUMMARY

SCRIPTS

ODBC errors due to VW_ENHANCED_ACCT_LTV_RCA in reports

T2T mapping missing for FCT_CAMPAIGN_DETAILS.N_NO_OF_TIMES_CONTACTED

Source Mapping for N_F_TXN_ACCT_NO COLUMN of FCT_TXN_CHANNEL is missing

UPDATE_BANDS batch unavailable

Full script for model technique R_RCALRAT has not got updated in latest CA build

Model level filters are not getting migrated from sandbox to production infodom

OTHER

Placeholder bug for folder creation in SVN

RPD

Count Measures in RPD need to be corrected

WEBCAT

Listed are few issues related to the look of the CA reports

Please add the amount in millions (USD) tag in the below reports

Filter condition are not getting applied to reports

Issue with ACCT_ORIGINATION_DATE and ACCT_CLOSED_DATE in BI reports

The font size needs to be increased across dashboards