Purpose

This document includes important, late-breaking information about this release of Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System. Review this Readme thoroughly before installing EPM System.

Overview

This Quarterly Release Update is distributed as an OPatch comprising OPatches for individual EPM system components. Release 11.2.14 is a cumulative update and includes all updates from Release 11.2.13. This release update can be applied on top of Release 11.2.8.x or any release starting from 11.2.8.x. See OPatch Dependencies and Details for the list of OPatches for individual EPM system components.

Note:

  • Oracle recommends that you apply the set of all Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System Release 11.2.14 product OPatches together, using the ApplyUpdate script. See Applying Release 11.2.14 for more details.
  • Oracle Data Relationship Management (DRM) is installed separately and will remain as a full install release. See Installing Data Relationship Management in the Oracle Data Relationship Management Suite Installation Guide for instructions.

Release 11.2.14 (Release 11.2, Update 14) includes the following deliverables:

  • Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System - 11.2.14.0.000 for Microsoft Windows x64 (64-bit)
  • Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System - 11.2.14.0.000 for Linux x86-64
  • Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System - Client Installers 11.2.14.0.000 for Microsoft Windows x64 (64-bit)
  • Oracle Data Relationship Management 11.2.14.0.000 for Microsoft Windows (64 bit)

    Release 11.2.14 won't include an Installation and Configuration guide for . See Installing EPM System Products in Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System Installation and Configuration Guide for instructions.

Note:

Enterprise Performance Management System Release 11.2.x does not support Essbase Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) Web Services.

New Features

This section includes new features in this release. To review the list of new features from earlier releases, use the Cumulative Feature Overview tool. This tool enables you to identify the products you own and your current implementation release. With a single click, the tool quickly produces a customized report of new feature descriptions. This tool is available here: https://apexapps.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=20620:1:0

Note:

Release 11.2.14 includes the following new features:

  • Essbase version (11.1.2.4.048) remains unchanged in Release 11.2.14.
  • Java 8 Update 371.
  • WebLogic Patch Set Update 12.2.1.4.230329.
  • Fusion Middleware (FMW) Third Party Bundle Patch Set Update 12.2.1.4.230309.
  • Application Data Framework (ADF) Bundle Patch 12.2.1.4.230306.
  • Oracle HTTP Server (OHS) Patch Set Update 12.2.1.4.230320.
  • There are no Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) Patches in Release 11.2.14.
  • Beginning with Release 11.2.11, the version numbers are displayed in "11.2.14.0.000" format under Help > About Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System Workspace, Fusion Edition. To view the build number, navigate to the status page for your deployment, for example, http://epm.example.com:19000/workspace/status. Build number is displayed as displayVersion for a logged in session, for example, displayVersion=11.2.14.0.000.04.
  • For all the new features in Release 11.2.13, see New Features: 11.2.13.

Supported Platforms

This update can be applied to all platforms supported in release 11.2.14.0.000. See the Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System - Certification Matrix for a list of supported platforms. This update supports all locales supported in Release 11.2.8.0.000.

Supported Paths

Oracle recommends that you apply the set of Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System Release 11.2.14 product Opatches together, using the ApplyUpdate script. EPM System Release 11.2.14 can only be applied on top of Release 11.2.8.x or any release starting from 11.2.8.x. If you are updating from an earlier release, you must first update to Release 11.2.8.

  • EPM System updates are released on a quarterly basis, generally in January, April, July, and October.
  • Updates include changes for all embedded components, such as WebLogic and Java, as needed.
  • Updates are applied in place.
  • Any customer patches that were released are rolled into the next update.
  • Updates are expected to be easy to apply and have minimum impact for you to absorb.

Installing EPM for the first time

  1. Install Release 11.2.8: See Installing EPM System Products in Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System Installation and Configuration Guide for instructions.

  2. Download Release 11.2.14: Download the Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System Release 11.2.14 files from Oracle Software Delivery Cloud (http://edelivery.oracle.com/). Oracle recommends that you download files to a shared drive.

    For the list of files available for download in Release 11.2.14, see Overview.

    From the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud (http://edelivery.oracle.com/), select the products that you licensed and add them to the cart. All required zip files are included. Select your platform, and download the files into /download_location.

  3. Apply Release 11.2.14: See Applying Release 11.2.14 for more details.

  4. Configure Release 11.2.14: See Configuring EPM System Products in a New Deployment for more details.

Note:

Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System Release 11.2.8 may now be installed on Windows Server 2022. Note that the configuration and product functionality is not certified in Release 11.2.8. It is only certified in Release 11.2.12 and later.

Updating from Release 11.2.x

Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System Release 11.2.14 can only be applied on top of Release 11.2.8.x or any release starting from 11.2.8.x. If you are updating from an earlier release, you must first update to Release 11.2.8 before proceeding with the steps below:

  1. Download Release 11.2.14: See Step 2: Download Release 11.2.14 in Installing EPM for the first time for more details.

  2. Apply Release 11.2.14: See Applying Release 11.2.14 for more details.

Upgrading from Release 11.1.2.x

You can upgrade Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System Release 11.1.2.x products to Release 11.2.x.

  1. Install Release 11.2.8: See Installing EPM System Products in Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System Installation and Configuration Guide for instructions.

  2. Download Release 11.2.14: See Step 2: Download Release 11.2.14 in Installing EPM for the first time for more details.

  3. Apply Release 11.2.14: See Applying Release 11.2.14 for more details.

Applying and Rolling Back Release 11.2.14

Prerequisites

  1. Disable the anti-virus software before you apply Release 11.2.14 to your environment. Ensure that you have the anti-virus software disabled for the entire duration of the update process. Anti-virus software can be re-enabled when the update is complete.
  2. To identify any EPM patch conflicts before applying the quarterly update, enter the following command:
    1. On Windows:

      Note:

      The following script must only be run with Administrator privileges.
      .\ApplyUpdate.ps1 <MIDDLEWARE_HOME> -verify
    2. On Linux: ./ApplyUpdate.sh <ORACLE_HOME> -verify
  3. Stop services:
    • Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System services
    • Node Manager Windows Service and Oracle HTTP Server, if you are using Oracle HTTP Server as your web server
    • WebLogic Administration Server

    For information about stopping services, see Starting and Stopping EPM System Products in Enterprise Performance Management System Installation and Configuration Guide .

  4. Back up these folders:
    • EPM Oracle Home. The default EPM Oracle home location is MIDDLEWARE_HOME/EPMSystem11R1.
    • EPM Oracle Instance. The default location for the EPM Oracle Instance is MIDDLEWARE_HOME/user_projects/epmsystem1.

    You can delete these folders after you apply the update and validate the installation.

  5. Back up the keystores from:
    • MIDDLEWARE_HOME\jdk\jre\lib\security\cacerts
    • MIDDLEWARE_HOME\EPMSystem11R1\common\JRE\Sun\1.8.0\lib\security\cacerts

    Note:

    A new version of JDK is included with every 11.2.x Release update. During this update process, existing JDK folders are removed and replaced with newer versions. After applying the Release update, you must restore the backed up keystores (cacerts).

    To import the keystores, run the following command: 
    keytool -import -alias alias_name -keystore <path_to_keystore_file> -file <path_to_certificate_file> -storepass keystore_password -trustcacerts
    Once the keystores are imported, restart all the EPM services for the changes to take effect.

    See Configuring SSL-Enabled External User Directories for more information.

    Note:

    If Kerberos authentication is set up and if Certificate-Based Authentication is enabled, note that Applying Release 11.2.14 update will reset this change. Ensure that you re-enable the Client Certificate-Based Authentication. See Enable Client Certificate-Based Authentication in Web Applications in Kerberos Single Sign-on.

Applying Release 11.2.14

Release 11.2.14 applies a set of OPatches for all EPM system components on your environment. Oracle recommends that you apply the entire set using the ApplyUpdate utility.

Ensure that you meet all the prerequisites before you apply Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System Release 11.2.14 to your environment. See Prerequisites for more details.

From the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud (http://edelivery.oracle.com/), select the products that you licensed and add them to the cart. All required zip files are included. Select your platform, and download the files into /download_location.

For the list of deliverables in Release 11.2.14 (Release 11.2, Update 14), see Overview:

Unzip the files into /download_location.

  • Use a zip file extraction program that can handle long path names, such as 7-Zip.
  • If you are prompted that any files or common components already exist, click Yes to overwrite the files.
  • Unzip to a directory with no spaces in the name.
  1. To Apply Release 11.2.14 (Release 11.2, Update 14):
    1. On Windows: Launch Windows PowerShell as an Administrator from the Start menu. Navigate to the directory where you extracted the ZIP files and run the following script. For example, navigate to 11.2.14.0-Update-Win directory and run the following script.

      Note:

      • The following script must only be run with Administrator privileges.
      • Before running the following script, ensure that you do not extract any additional OPatch ZIP folders or OPatch ZIP files under 11.2.14.0-Update-Win directory (which contains the ApplyUpdate.ps1 script) in addition to the ZIP files/folders that are already present. 
      .\ApplyUpdate.ps1 <MIDDLEWARE_HOME>
    2. On Linux: Navigate to the directory where you extracted the ZIP files. Run the following script from the directory where you extracted the ZIP file. For example, navigate to 11.2.14.0-Update-Linux folder and run the following script:

      Note:

      Before running the following script, ensure that you do not extract any additional OPatch ZIP folders or OPatch ZIP files under 11.2.14.0-Update-Linux directory (which contains the ApplyUpdate.sh script) in addition to the ZIP files/folders that are already present. 
      ./ApplyUpdate.sh <MIDDLEWARE_HOME>
  2. Redeploy Oracle Hyperion foundation services after applying Release 11.2.14. For remote server, Weblogic Admin server must be up and running to redeploy and start Foundation services.
  3. You must now start all the services. For information about starting services, see Starting and Stopping EPM System Products in Enterprise Performance Management System Installation and Configuration Guide.

Rolling Back Release 11.2.14

Ensure that you meet all the prerequisites before you proceed with the rollback feature. See Prerequisites for more details.

The rollback feature allows you to rollback all the OPatches except the following:

  • JDK OPatches
  • Weblogic CPU OPatches
  • Oracle Virtual Directory (OVD) OPatch
  • Oracle HTTP Server (OHS) OPatch
  • Fusion Middleware (FMW) OPatches
    • FMW.ADF
    • FMW.EM
  • ODBC OPatch
  • Oracle Hyperion Shared Services OPatch
  • Oracle Hyperion Infrastructure OPatch
  1. To Rollback the update:
    1. On Windows: Launch Windows PowerShell from the Start menu as an Administrator and run the following script from the directory where you extracted the ZIP file. For example, navigate to 11.2.14.0-Update-Win directory and run the following script:
      .\RollbackUpdate.ps1 <MIDDLEWARE_HOME>
    2. On Linux: Navigate to the directory where you extracted the ZIP files. Run the following script from the directory where you extracted the ZIP file. For example, navigate to 11.2.14.0-Update-Linux folder and run the following script:
      ./RollbackUpdate.sh <MIDDLEWARE_HOME>
  2. You must now start all the services. For information about starting services, see Starting and Stopping EPM System Products in Enterprise Performance Management System Installation and Configuration Guide.

Note:

  • If Essbase OPatches are applied externally, the rollback feature will update the Essbase version to 11.1.2.4.033. If you want to further upgrade the version, note that you must apply the required OPatch manually.
  • Essbase version is rolled back to 11.1.2.4.045 following the rollback from Release 11.2.13 to Release 11.2.12.

Verifying Status

You can check the status of the ApplyUpdate or Rollback script by following one of the steps below:

  1. Open Oracle Enterprise Management System Workspace, click Help > About Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System Workspace, Fusion Edition > Show Details.
  2. Check the inventory for Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) OPatches. To check the inventory for EPM OPatches, enter the following command in one line:

    Before running this command, ensure that you change the directory from the command line to : <MIDDLEWARE_HOME>\EPMSystem11R1\OPatch

    • On Windows: opatch lsinventory -oh <MIDDLEWARE_HOME>\EPMSystem11R1 | findstr /i /L /c:"Patch"
    • On Linux: opatch lsinventory -oh <MIDDLEWARE_HOME>\EPMSystem11R1 | grep "Patch[ ][ ]"
    Sample Output:
D:\Oracle\Middleware\EPMSystem11R1\OPatch lsinventory -oh D:\Oracle\Middleware\EPMSystem11R1\OPatch | findstr /i /L /c:"Patch  "
Patch  33727616     : applied on Sun Feb 20 23:39:56 PST 2022
Patch  33678607     : applied on Sun Feb 20 23:36:01 PST 2022
Patch  33093748     : applied on Sun Feb 20 23:35:18 PST 2022
Patch  32720458     : applied on Sun Feb 20 23:34:51 PST 2022
  3. Check the inventory for Oracle Fusion Middleware (FMW) OPatches. To check the inventory for FMW Opatches, enter the following command in one line:

    Before running this command, ensure that you change the directory from the command line to : <MIDDLEWARE_HOME>\OPatch

    • On Windows: opatch lsinventory -oh <MIDDLEWARE_HOME> | findstr /i /L /c:"Patch"
    • On Linux: opatch lsinventory -oh <MIDDLEWARE_HOME> | grep "Patch[ ][ ]"
    Sample Output:
Oracle Interim Patch Installer version 13.9.4.2.7
OPatch version    : 13.9.4.2.7
OPatch detects the Middleware Home as "D:\Oracle\Middleware"
Patch  33727616     : applied on Tue Apr 12 19:02:01 EDT 2022
Unique Patch ID:  24578917
Patch description:  "WLS PATCH SET UPDATE 12.2.1.4.220105"
Patch  33678607     : applied on Tue Apr 12 18:59:04 EDT 2022
Unique Patch ID:  24558585
Patch description:  "RDA release 20.4-20211126 for OFM SPB"
Patch  33093748     : applied on Tue Apr 12 18:58:36 EDT 2022
Unique Patch ID:  24325771
Patch description:  "One-off"
Patch  32720458     : applied on Tue Apr 12 18:58:19 EDT 2022
Unique Patch ID:  24558359
Patch description:  "JDBC 19.3.0.0 FOR CPUJAN2022 (WLS 12.2.1.4, WLS 14.1.1)"
Patch  1221412      : applied on Tue Apr 12 18:57:54 EDT 2022
Unique Patch ID:  24516660
Patch description:  "Bundle patch for Oracle Coherence Version 12.2.1.4.12"
Patch  33697227     : applied on Tue Apr 12 18:54:58 EDT 2022
Unique Patch ID:  24560598
OPatch succeeded.
  4. Check the inventory for Oracle HTTP Server (OHS) OPatches. To check the inventory for OHS Opatches, enter the following command in one line:

    C:\Oracle\Middleware\ohs\OPatch>opatch.bat lsinventory -oh C:\Oracle\Middleware\ohs | findstr /i /L /c:"Patch"

The log file details and location of the files are described in the table below:

Table 1-1 Log Names and Location

Script Summary Log File Name Detail Log File Name Location
ApplyUpdate ApplyUpdateSummary.log ApplyUpdateDetail-<Day>.<DD>.<MM>.<YYYY>-<HH>.<MI>.<SS>.log <EPM_ORACLE_HOME>/diagnostics/logs/install/
RollbackUpdate RollbackUpdateSummary.log RollbackUpdateDetail-<Day>.<DD>.<MM>.<YYYY>-<HH>.<MI>.<SS>.log <EPM_ORACLE_HOME>/diagnostics/logs/install/

Summary log contains the status of each product OPatch and detail log contains the detailed information about the status of each OPatch applied along with the OPatch output. For more details on OPatches Common Error Messages, tips and troubleshooting, see Tips and Troubleshooting for more details.

Optional: Applying Individual OPatches

Oracle recommends that you apply the set of Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System Release 11.2.14 product Opatches together, using the ApplyUpdate script. See Applying Release 11.2.14 for more details.

However, you can also apply selected OPatches based on your operating system environment:

Note:

It is recommended to take a back up of the original configure<OS>.properties file before you edit the properties file for the desired OPatches.
  1. From the directory where you downloaded and extracted the 11.2.14.0-Update-<OS> folder, open configureWindows.properties or configureLinux.properties file based on your operating system.
  2. In the configure<OS>.properties file, include only those products that you want to apply. For example, if you want to apply Oracle Hyperion Calculation Manager OPatch, ensure that the entry CALC=34977412 is present in the configure<OS>.properties file. The list of individual products and their OPatch IDs in the configure<OS>.properties file are listed below:
    • CALC=34977412
    • FCM=35402580
    • FDMEE=35002965
    • FR=35397505
    • HFM=34955720
    • HP=35440021
    • HPCM=35360238
    • HSS=35382821
    • Infra=35382800
    • TAXPROV=35430119
    • Workspace=35395132

    Note:

    • Oracle Hyperion Tax Governance is included in Oracle Hyperion Financial Close Management (FCM) OPatch.
    • Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management OPatch cannot be applied if you have applied any of the following patches, which enable support for clustered environments:
      • 33832401 – Release Update Exception 11.2.8.0.500
      • 34049504 – Release Update Exception 11.2.9.0.500
      • 34315263 – Release Update Exception 11.2.10.0.500
    For more details on individual EPM system products, OPatch ZIP file names and OPatch IDs, see OPatch Dependencies and Details.
  3. Run the ApplyUpdate Script to apply the individual OPatch:
    • On Windows:

      Note:

      The following script must only be run with Administrator privileges. 
      ApplyUpdate.ps1 <MIDDLEWARE_HOME>
    • On Linux: 
      ApplyUpdate.sh <MIDDLEWARE_HOME>

    Note:

    Refer to your individual OPatch Readme Guide for more information.

OPatch Dependencies and Details

The following table lists the set of OPatches and dependencies for individual EPM system components:

Table 1-2 OPatch Details

Product Product OPatch ID OPatch Dependency - Component OPatch Dependency - ID
Oracle Hyperion Calculation Manager (CALC) 34977412 NA NA
Oracle Hyperion Financial Data Quality Management Enterprise Edition (FDMEE) 35002965 NA NA

Oracle Hyperion Financial Close Management (FCM)

Note: Oracle Hyperion Tax Governance is included in this OPatch.

35402580 NA NA
Oracle Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) 34955720 ADF 33697227
WebLogic 33751264
Oracle Hyperion Financial Reporting (FR) 35397505 NA NA
Oracle Hyperion Planning (HP) 35440021 Oracle Hyperion Essbase Runtime Client 11.1.2.4.048 Patch Set Update (PSU) 33731145
Oracle Hyperion Essbase Server 11.1.2.4.048 Patch Set Update (PSU) 33731148
ADF CPU 34535558
Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management (HPCM) 35360238 NA NA
Oracle Hyperion Shared Services (HSS) 35382821 Oracle Hyperion Infrastructure (Infra) 35382800
Oracle Hyperion Infrastructure (Infra) 35382800 Oracle Hyperion Shared Services (HSS) 35382821
Oracle Hyperion Tax Provision (TAXPROV) 35430119 NA NA
Oracle Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management Workspace (Workspace) 35395132 NA NA

Error Correction Policy

This topic outlines the error correction policies for Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) Release 11.2.x.

For information on the Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Error Correction Policy, visit these My Oracle Support articles:

  • Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) 11.2 Software Error Correction Policy [Doc ID 2749950.1]
  • Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) Release 11.2 Grace Periods for Error Correction [Doc ID 2627593.1]

Defects Fixed

Release 11.2.14 resolves the following defects:

Table 1-3 Defects Fixed in 11.2.14

Product Defect Number Decsription
Oracle Hyperion Financial Data Quality Management, Enterprise Edition 35370892 Typeerror: configlogger() takes exactly 3 arguments (4 given).
35140412 Source Adapter blank in Portuguese - Brazil.
34987202 Parameters do not appear in browser when using Portuguese Language.
Oracle Hyperion Financial Close Management 34681336 Replicate Question List values when a Task is copied.
35209272 Display apostrophes in Task instructions.
Oracle Hyperion Financial Management 31929157 Entity dropdown list only show 25 favorite members.
33309166 HFM 11.2.5.1 RUE 33170932 does not update HFM version in workspace, system messages or ODL logs.
33629979 Task list document displays red cross icon for the user which they do not have access in 11.1.2.1 but it is not showing in 11.2.6.
33968016 HFM 11.2.8 cell info dialog displayed too small.
34073800 HFM data extracts taking longer in 11.2.8 compared to 11.1.2.4.
34259722 Clearing data also clears rates even when rates not selected.
34823874 No warning message when moving from linked form to parent form when data entered was not submitted.
35027199 Data forms using wrong cell information and POV values on linked forms.
35112638 HFM DSN test fails if database password contains =.
35147760 Smartview ad-hoc does not show the full member names in HFM 11.2.12.
35195676 Unable to save line item details in 11.2.12 for lineitemdetailsingleperiod=true.
35238228 Error while working with journals - you do not have the security rights to perform this action.
35255314 Zoom in shows a parent child combination in 11.2.11 but not in the 11.2.12 release.
35261655 Error in journals: invalid parent or parent/child combination.
35305058

Smartview HFM not displaying children members as "PARENT.CHILD" when zoomed in.

35328526

Odbc environment needs to be reset error "An error occurred in the database".

35397002 HFM 208 performance issue drilling down account hierarchy.
Oracle Hyperion Financial Reporting 35275584 FR Related Content properties dialog box for HTML is limited to 400 characters.
35246389 Active Directory usernames listed in report permissions appear as ‘user’ for reports created by bursting.
34993424 Removing the Expand All option from Web Studio and HTML Preview.
34956866 LCM Utility export of Document Repository that contain additional non-FR objects fails to export.
34954103 Using the batch scheduler to set permissions to a group does not update properly.
34887619 FR report with a long header wraps under other report objects.
Oracle Hyperion Planning 33731351 When editing a task in Planning task-list, user may not be able to change the type of task from descriptive to business rule type.
35026241 An error may be displayed when generating rolling forecast settings in Planning data form.
35112512 ImportSecurity command line utility may throw an error in certain cases.
35127855 Searching for a particular user in user/group selector in Planning Unit Hierarchy may not highlight the user correctly.
35181111 Search option may not be displayed in Planning member selector.
34987580 Selecting smart list entry in Planning data form may result in the focus moving from current cell to first cell.
Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management 35224776 A Profitability service startup failure due to registry inconsistencies for Detailed Profitability is resolved in this patch.
35155745 If a dimBuild.err file exists within the LCM_Import_Export directory from a previous ML Cube Deployment, the file is removed at the start of a new ML Cube Deploy job.
35251896 Introduced logging statements helpful for identifying performance bottleneck for long running script generation phase of a Standard Application calculation job.
35425704 Significant assignment rule parsing errors during script generation for a Standard Application calculation job result in warning messages instead of job failure.
35505365 When a significant assignment rule parsing error occurs during script generation for a Standard Application manage calculation job, the actual XML and details about the assignment rule selection are logged to the hpcm.log file.
Oracle Hyperion Shared Services 34969673 Unable to add users to groups in the SS Console with non-English characters in their usernames.
34796521 Unable to extract HFM artifacts with LCM due to an error, EPMLCM-66116: An error occurred writing metadata file content to LCM file system.
34704138 Access violation issues in shared services.
Oracle Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management Workspace 35299660 Last modified by is missing in Financial Reporting properties.
32520048 User does not have the delete option to delete another users object.
34250696 Database connection menu items are not displayed even if user has designer role.

See Defects Fixed: 11.2.0 - 11.2.13 for the list of cumulative defects fixed starting from Release 11.2.0.

Known Issues

Release 11.2.14 includes the following known issue.

Table 1-4 Known Issues in 11.2.14

Product Defect Number Description
Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management 35294199 The Staging Import feature in Standard and Detailed Profitability applications is not supported with Oracle 21c.
35343084 Standard Profitability applications should now be migrated to the Management Ledger application type. See the MOS (My Oracle Support) article Doc ID 2938476.1 - HPCM Transitioning Standard Applications to Management Ledger for details on the migration process .
35807139 While creating a new Standard Profitability application, when the Unicode checkbox is checked, this choice fails to be saved to application preferences. The result is that later, when deploying the cube, it can get created in non-Unicode mode.

See Known Issues: 11.2.0 - 11.2.13 for the list of cumulative known issues starting from Release 11.2.0.

Tips and Troubleshooting

Tips and troubleshooting topics are listed in the Installation and Configuration Troubleshooting Guide.

All Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System guides are available in the library on the Oracle Help Center: https://docs.oracle.com/en/applications/?tab=8.

Documentation Updates

Accessing EPM System Product Documentation

Find the latest Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System product guides in the Oracle Help Center (https://docs.oracle.com/en/). To access documents to view or download, click the Applications icon. In the Applications Documentation window, select the Enterprise Performance Management tab, and then look for your release in the Enterprise Performance Management list.

You can also find deployment-related documentation on the Oracle Technology Network (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/index.html) and on the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud website (http://edelivery.oracle.com/EPD/WelcomePage/get_form).

Appendix

New Features: 11.2.8 - 11.2.13

This section includes the list of cumulative new features starting from Release 11.2.8. You can also review the list of new features from earlier releases, use the Cumulative Feature Overview tool. This tool enables you to identify the products you own and your current implementation release. With a single click, the tool quickly produces a customized report of new feature descriptions. This tool is available here:https://apexapps.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=20620:1:0

Release 11.2.13 includes the following new features:

  • Essbase version (11.1.2.4.048) remains unchanged in Release 11.2.13.
  • Java 8 Update 361.
  • OPatch Version is now upgraded to 13.9.4.2.11.
  • DataDirect ODBC Drivers (Windows & Linux) are now upgraded to Version 8.0.2.2621.
  • WebLogic Patch Set Update 12.2.1.4.230112.
  • Fusion Middleware (FMW) Third Party Bundle Patch Set Update 12.2.1.4.221209.
  • Application Data Framework (ADF) Bundle Patch 12.2.1.4.230103.
  • Oracle HTTP Server (OHS) Patch Set Update 12.2.1.4.221128.
  • Release 11.2.13 does not contain any Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) Patches.
  • Beginning with Release 11.2.11, the version numbers are displayed in "11.2.13.0.000" format under Help > About Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System Workspace, Fusion Edition. To view the build number, navigate to the status page for your deployment, for example, http://epm.example.com:19000/workspace/status. Build number is displayed as displayVersion for a logged in session, for example, displayVersion=11.2.13.0.000.04.
  • For all the new features in Release 11.2.12, see New Features: 11.2.12.

Release 11.2.12 includes the following new features:

  • Certification of EPM 11.2 for desktop components on Windows 11.
  • Certification of EPM 11.2 with Windows Server 2022.
  • Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management, Essbase 21c (Version 21.4.2) is now supported on Windows and Linux environment.
  • Essbase version is now updated to 11.1.2.4.048.
  • Java 8 Update 351.
  • WebLogic Patch Set Update 12.2.1.4.221011.
  • Fusion Middleware (FMW) Third Party Bundle Patch Set Update 12.2.1.4.220915.
  • ADF Bundle Patch 12.2.1.4.220825.
  • OHS Patch Set Update 12.2.1.4.220823.
  • There are no ODI Patches in Release 11.2.12.
  • Beginning with Release 11.2.11, the version numbers are displayed in "11.2.12.0.000" format under Help > About Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System Workspace, Fusion Edition. To view the build number, navigate to the status page for your deployment, for example, http://epm.example.com:19000/workspace/status. Build number is displayed as displayVersion for a logged in session, for example, displayVersion=11.2.12.0.000.04.
  • For all the new features in Release 11.2.11, see New Features: 11.2.11.

Release 11.2.11 includes the following new features:

Note:

Essbase version (11.1.2.4.047) remains unchanged in Release 11.2.11.
  • Certification of Essbase 21c (Version 21.4.0, Windows and Linux).

    Note:

    For Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management, Essbase 21c (Version 21.4.0) is supported only on Linux environment.
  • Java 8 Update 341.
  • WebLogic Patch Set Update 12.2.1.4.220711.
  • Fusion Middleware (FMW) Third Party Bundle Patch Set Update 12.2.1.4.220616.
  • OHS Patch Set Update 12.2.1.4.220608.
  • There are no April/July patches for ODI in Release 11.2.11.
  • Added a new System Settings option Workbench Export to File Format to export .XLS and .CSV files in FDMEE. See Setting System-Level Profiles.
  • Beginning with Release 11.2.11, the version numbers are displayed in "11.2.11.0.000" format under Help > About Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System Workspace, Fusion Edition. To view the build number, navigate to the status page for your deployment, for example, http://epm.example.com:19000/workspace/status. Build number is displayed as displayVersion for a logged in session, for example, displayVersion=11.2.11.0.000.04.
  • For all the new features in Release 11.2.10, see New Features: 11.2.10.

Release 11.2.10 includes the following new features:

Note:

Essbase version (11.1.2.4.047) remains unchanged in Release 11.2.10.
  • Java 8 Update 331
  • WebLogic Patch Set Update 12.2.1.4.220418
  • ADF Bundle Patch 12.2.1.4.220314
  • Added Oracle 21c database support.
  • Added -verify option support to the ApplyUpdate command. This option is used to identify any EPM patch conflicts.
  • Support for Console mode will be removed from EPM System Configurator in the next full installer of EPM Release.
  • Wallet creation section in the EPM Security guide is now updated. See Enterprise Performance Management System Security Configuration Guide 11.2 for more details.
  • Added support to enable Automated and Event Monitoring Integrations for Oracle Hyperion Financial Close Management.
  • Added support to Install and Configure SOA Suite 12c for Oracle Hyperion Financial Close Management. See Enterprise Performance Management Installation and Configuration Guide for Release 11.2.8 for detailed instructions.

Release 11.2.9 includes the following new features:

  • EPM System Release now installs:
    • Essbase Release 11.1.2.4.047
    • Java 8 Update 321
    • WebLogic Patch Set Update 12.2.1.4.220105
    • ADF Bundle Patch 12.2.1.4.211221
  • Added support for enabling HFM Server Connection with an SSL-Enabled Oracle Database. See Enabling HFM Server Connection with an SSL-Enabled Oracle Database for more details.

Release 11.2.8 includes the following new features:

  • EPM System Release now installs:
    • Essbase Release 11.1.2.4.045
    • Java 8 Update 301
    • Fusion Middleware Patch Set updates including:
      • WebLogic Patch Set Update 12.2.1.4.210330
      • ADR for WebLogic Server 12.2.1.4.0 JULY CPU 2020 for WebLogic Server SPB
      • Bundle patch for Oracle Coherence Version 12.2.1.4.8
      • ADF Bundle Patch 12.2.1.4.210706
  • Log4j is now upgraded to 2.17.1. For more details, see Oracle Support - Doc ID 2828262.1.
  • Planning and Profitability applications now support Essbase 21c (Version 21.2.2).

    Note:

    Essbase 21c (Version 21.2.2) is a Linux only release and it is not supported on Windows environment.
  • Added support for MSAD 2019.
  • Added support for Enabling User Access Control (UAC).
  • Added support for Delegated List Functionality from Shared Services Console.
  • Direct updates to 11.2.8 are now supported from all the previous releases (starting from Release 11.2.2).

Defects Fixed: 11.2.0 - 11.2.13

Table 1-5 Defects Fixed in 11.2.13

Product Defect Number Decsription
Oracle Hyperion Financial Data Quality Management, Enterprise Edition 34852291 FDMEE rules using UDA fails with ODI Errors.
Oracle Hyperion Financial Close Management 34721684 Allow more that 65,000 rows to be exported from the ARM Reconciliation and Transaction Lists.
34474479 Improved support for SSL configurations.
34597421 Updated documentation for multi-node configurations.
Oracle Hyperion Financial Management 29408312 ERROR: EPMHFM-7100: Unspecified DROID Error Occured
30332989 SV Indentation incorrect when zooming all levels from intermediate parent.
31001141 Backport request for bug 29942897.
31002000 HFM 208 performance issue drilling down account hierarchy.
33380495 Server Filter in running tasks does not display all servers when more than 1 HFM cluster exists.
33730350 Delete data audit based on the current filter settings task does not appear in task audit.
34259992 Extracting journals causes Oracle Database to terminate connection with ORA-07445.
34410471 HFM data extract slower in 11.2.8.x vs 11.1.2.4.
34547747 Task Audit is showing data retrieval under activities.
34784732 Bulk posting of journals errors out you do not have the security rights to perform this action.
34887407 Error loading metadata file: errors occurred in load file [[]].
34920936 Cannot input Multi Period. Bug 33885215 not fixed in Release 11.2.11.
34922381 OBP application manage ownership not working as expected.
35033382 Unable to load dat file from FDMEE when size exceeds 2 GB.
35060648 Assign access control under shared service for HFM app the right window start flicker.
35073111 Assign access control buttons no longer work after applying ADF patch 34944256.
34830916 Issue in Journal Extracts.
Oracle Hyperion Financial Reporting 35121501 Annotation text functions fail to process in reports.
35007142 Batch tasks older than the scheduled date are not removed by the FR Batch Scheduler cleanup process.
34825179 Additional, unwanted, characters appear with annotations when viewed in a PDF report.
Oracle Hyperion Infrastructure 34537824 The APPLYUPDATE Script should perform better with the incorrect ORACLE_HOME Argument
34784355 Before replacing, the EPM 11.2.10 Update does not verify that the JDK in the Patch is newer.
34809648 Applying 11.2.11 on a server without OHS results in an error message.
35080071 If JDK ZIP is extracted in the same folder as 18143322-JDK-WINDOWS.ZIP, EPM APPLYUDATE script fails.
34085951 OPatch log files are filled with full disk capacity
Oracle Hyperion Planning 34801421 Instructions defined for task lists may not be readable when screen reader mode is enabled.
33647449 There might be an issue with navigating through Planning data form cells when arrow keys are used and when the JAWS tool is enabled.
34652495 When a Planning data form is opened via Financial report, data form options in toolbar may not be enabled.
34868639 A blank page might be displayed when form designer page is opened via Planning task.
34859025 The error message might be displayed twice when an incorrect value for user variable is defined.
34821234 When the browser zoom level is set to 200%, user may not be able to navigate across all the options in the left pane of Planning landing page.
29145351 The data storage property of dynamic calc member may change to never share after metadata load is performed.
Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management 35127023 An intermittent failure for ML parallel calculations is resolved in this patch.
35094595 When a write permission failure occurs during Management Ledger Cube Deployment because of an incorrect configuration, a warning is now issued, and the Cube Deployment process now accurately shows Failure status in these circumstances.
Oracle Hyperion Shared Services 34969673 Unable to add users to groups in the SS Console with non-English characters in their usernames.
34796521 Unable to remove HFM artefacts due to an error, epmlcm-66116: An error occurred writing metadata file content to lcm file system.
34704138 Access violation issues in shared services.
Oracle Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management Workspace 35106836 Unable to open HTML links in explore .

Table 1-6 Defects Fixed in 11.2.12

Product Defect Number Decsription
Oracle Hyperion Financial Close Management 34311551, 34597421 Better support for LCM import in multi-node setups.
34630817 Synchronize email setting in multi-node setups.
34710727 Prevent error in group submission when the filter panel is visible.
33811290 Refresh button will now update My Worklist panel.
34719537 Automatically refresh My Worklist panel after task changes.
Oracle Hyperion Financial Management 22874615 INDENTATION WITH (ZOOM IN --> ALL LEVELS) IS NOT PROPER IN ALTERNATE HIERARCHIES.
30717365 IN IE11, FEW ACTIONS MENU BUTTONS GET HIDDEN ON ENTERING DATA IN DATA FORM.
33175200 RUNNING CLEAR INVALID RECORDS IN HFM APPLICAION, THE LOG ROW LENGTH GROWS EXPONENTIALLY.
33870727 OPENING FDMEE LINK WITH MODULE=WKSP.RELATEDCONTENT DOES NOT OPEN AT WORKSPACE LEVEL TAB.
34159035 UNABLE TO EXECUTE CONSOLIDATION AND CALCULATION IN HFM
34215127 SMART VIEW RETRIEVAL IS LONGER TO DRILL DOWN
34603978 HFM SECURITY REPORT, USERS BY GROUPS, WHERE SEVERAL THOUSAND USERS RETURNED FAILS WITH ERROR
34608331 HFM 11.2.10 - CHANGED BEHAVIOR WHEN USING CALCULATE BUTTONS IN WDEF
34643270 COPY DATA DOES NOT WORK FOR CELL TEXTS IF THERE IS NO VALUE IN THE RELATIVE SOURCE CELL.
34694087 HFM LINKS SHOW AN ERROR "EPMHFM-65604: THERE WAS AN ERROR READING DOCUMENT CONTENT FOR".
34774021 MERGE REQUEST FOR BUG 34603978 - HFM SECURITY REPORT, USERS BY GROUPS, WHERE SEVERAL THOUSAND USERS RETURNED FAILS WITH ERROR.
Oracle Hyperion Financial Reporting 34811937 Report objects in Workspace do not retain inherited permissions from the parent folder.
34690339 Web studio now supports connecting to an alternate Essbase setup on a different shared service environment.
34645175 Formatted negative numbers do not keep their saved formats when exported to Excel as previously done in older versions of FR.
34624877 The selected line style value fails to stay retained when reopening the report in FR Web Studio.
34522712 Older reports with a LINESYMBOL value set to NONE causes an ADF error while setting the chart element style.
33417606 Generation indent on expansion does not work properly when Freeze Grid Headers option is on.
Oracle Hyperion Infrastructure 34826076 COMPACT DEPLOYMENT: FOUNDATION WEB LIBRARIES FAILS AFTER APPLY 11.2.12 PATCH AND REDEPLOY.
Oracle Hyperion Planning 34289514 Migration of Planning data forms from source to target environment via Life Cycle Management (LCM) may not work correctly if the data form has data validation rules.
28843567 When a shared member is created using "Add Sibling", it may not inherit all the properties from base member.
30974459 When launching business rule from SmartView, selecting member for run time prompt variable may not select the correct member.
33656361 User may get ADF Faces error when working with composite forms.
33766616 Import Security command line utility will delete privileges assigned to administrator user when executed with SL_CLEARALL flag.
34192599 User may not receive warning message related to SmartView version when connecting to Planning from SmartView even after the property Smart_View_Display_Warning is set.
  1. Administrators need to define the SMART_VIEW_DISPLAY_WARNING Planning Application Property by navigating to Administration->Application->Properties->Application Properties in Planning web and set the value to Yes.
  2. Administrators need to copy version.xml from SmartView plugin download location to the below location on Planning server.EPM_ORACLE_HOME/common/epmstatic/wspace/SmartView. The default for EPM_ORACLE_HOME is Oracle/Middleware/EPMSystem11R1
27403943 Status message displayed after running data import may be incorrect.
30238270 In certain cases, shared members are not displayed as child member in Planning data form.
25766701 When running business rule from SmartView, selecting member form run time prompt variable using functions may not work.
29513592 Support to disable "Export to Spreadsheet" functionality.

Note: Administrators need to define the below Planning Application Property by navigating to Administration->Application->Properties->Application Properties in Planning web and set the value of DISABLE_EXPORT_TO_SPREADSHEET to true.

31422506 User may not be able to copy/paste text data from Excel to smartlist in Planning data form.
30639498 When launching business rule from SmartView, the status message displayed may be incorrect.
Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management 34510912 If the Essbase Cluster value is missing or is invalid, the Rule Balancing screen in Management Ledger applications now displays a useful message which includes actions to correct the issue. Previously, a non-actionable message, "unexpected exception", was displayed.
Oracle Hyperion Shared Services 34492123 HFM TASKFLOW STUCK IN ACTIVE STATUS ON A SSL ENABLED ENVIRONMENT.
Oracle Hyperion Tax Provision 34293471 Deleted Tax Automation rules are no more reappearing after refresh.
Oracle Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management Workspace 34131656 Unable to download large files from explorer.
34529800 Last modified by field is not displaying correctly in financial reports.
34832859 User name display issue in shared services.

Table 1-7 Defects Fixed in 11.2.11

Product Defect Number Decsription
Oracle Hyperion Financial Data Quality Management Enterprise Edition (FDMEE) 34514595 DRM To FDMEE Mapping Sync failing on Linux
34299757 Issue In FDMEE Export File.
Oracle Hyperion Financial Close Management 34615725 Close Manager/Tax Operations - Allow saving of Day Labels
34326503

Supplemental Data Manager/Tax Supplemental Schedules Correctly display column names in the Data Set summary view
34457707

Close Manager/Tax Operations - Ensure correct schedule will be closed
34353422

Close Manager/Tax Operations - Ensure end date appears for all completed tasks
34425162 Reconciliation Manager - Ensure aging violation indicator is always set correctly
Oracle Hyperion Financial Management 31625183 MERGE REQUEST ON VERSION 11.2.11.0.000 FOR 30503050 - SECURITY CLASS ACCESS IS NOT UPDATING PROPERLY FROM ASSIGN ACCESS CONTROL
32463987 HFM DATA FORM RIGHT CLICK SCROLLING ISSUE
32601647 UNABLE TO OPEN HFM APPLICATIONS AFTER UPGRADE FROM 11.1.2.3 TO 11.2.3
33175800 CONSOLIDATION PERFORMANCE ISSUE AFTER UPGRADING FROM 11.2.2 TO 11.2.5
33374184 WDEF RIGHT CLICK CONTEXT MENU OPTIONS ARE NOT GETTING FOCUSED WHEN MOVING MOUSE OVER
33505360 USERS BY GROUP SECURITY REPORT ERROS WITH EPMHFM-65962 EVEN AFTER APPLYING RUE
33658664 HFM SHOULD PREVENT USERS FROM CREATING JOURNALS FOR ENTITIES TO WHICH THEY LACK ACCESS
33698888 WHEN LOADING METADATA MODIFICATIONS TO THE ENABLECUSTOMAGGR PROPERTIES FOR DYNAMIC ACCOUNTS ARE IGNORED
33789415 FAILED DATA EXTRACTS TO DATABASE STILL SHOW AS COMPLETED TASKS IN TASKFLOW, TASK AUDIT AND RUNNING TASKS
33849807 TO CAPTURE SMART VIEW RETRIEVAL TIME IN TASK AUDIT
33885215 CELL LINE ITEM DETAILS - CANNOT INPUT MULTI PERIOD
33973463 RUNNING TASK PROGRESS BAR IS NOT UPDATING PROPERLY WHEN CONSOLIDATIONTHREADINGSCHEME IS SET TO 6 OR 7
34247650 UNLOCKING MULTIPLE PERIODS SELECTED USING SHIFT WILL ONLY UNLOCK THE LAST PERIOD
34256714 DATA IMPORT WITH HEADER FAILING WITH ERROR ERROR: NO SUCH MEMBER
34469937 HFM WEB NOT CLOSING OPEN FILE HANDLE FOR JOURNAL EXTRACTS GENERATED FROM TASKFLOW
34489314 UNABLE TO USE SSL ENABLED DSN TO EXTRACT DATA FROM TASKFLOW
34493017 EA EXTRACT OF ACCOUNT NOT REFLECTING AS EXPECTED FOR ISICP
Oracle Hyperion Financial Reporting 34389223 Format Chart utility has an ADF error in the Element style tab.
34374794 A report grid becomes a linked grid when saving the report.
34318378 Fonts selected to be used in a report appear as bold in HTML mode and in Web Studio but work in PDF.
34300434 Fonts selected to be used in a report appear as italic in HTML mode and in Web Studio but work in PDF.
34294780 Unable to enter a new annotation in an FR report when opening new report tabs.
34228214 After upgrading, some reports created in the previous version appear with italic fonts that cannot be changed.
34054242 The PeriodOffset function for HFM does not work in the web studio member selector.
34049309 Reports migrated with LCM appear with bold italics in HTML preview.
33623561 User Point Of View for Alias Table on Grid Properties does not show the alias on the report.
17603383 The shading in an FR text box is lost when exporting to Excel.
Oracle Hyperion Infrastructure 34447775 Essbase start up issue when OHS is configured is fixed
33625815 Issue Fixed for Email alerts from task manager when SMTP credentials are not present.
Oracle Hyperion Planning 34186847, 34037597, 34020220, 34181571 When a user opens Planning data form, save, refresh and other data form related icons may appear disabled.
34358010 If Period dimension members are renamed to numeric names, import of Scenario dimension may fail.
34227622 Planning metadata export may fail if the user running the export has "." in user-name.
33997226 Planning data form may not open if suppress missing data on columns is enabled.
33841498 Import of exchange rate tables may not work from Planning web.
34002354 If a business rule has GetStartYear("ScenarioName") or GetEndYear("ScenarioName") functions in the script, the rule may not validate correctly.
34192599 User may not receive warning message related to SmartView version when connecting to Planning from SmartView even after the property Smart_View_Display_Warning is set.
Oracle Hyperion Shared Services 33625815 EMAIL ALERTS FROM TASK MANAGER STILL DO NOT WORK AFTER APPLYING 11.2.6 RUE FOR BUG 33312214
Oracle Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management Workspace 33811463 Blank workspace screen after configuring OAM SSO.

Table 1-8 Defects Fixed in 11.2.10

Product Defect Number Decsription
Oracle Hyperion Infrastructure 33451229 Unable to perform silent configuration of HFM Cluster.
Oracle Hyperion Shared Services 34117795 If using Non-English, buttons on Migration status report page are small.
34108076 Email stage action fails when Japanese variables are used in HFM task flow creation on Japanese env.
Oracle Hyperion Financial Close Management 34094859 Enhanced Task Audit Trail report to handle a larger amount of data.
Oracle Hyperion Financial Management 15946914 NLS:BIDI:POV Square boxes are not shown.
17550726 Issues during Manual Data Entry on WEBDEF using 11.1.2.3.
22392296 Unable to scroll using scroll wheel in Firefox in Assign Access Control.
28035961 HFM 11.1.2.4 custom links sometimes don't work due to CR / LR chars in SSO token.
31146086 Journal report generating blank preview report if it doesn't have description.
31262916 Replacing \N character with underscore does not help when working with cell text.
31366064 HFM DSN database name field accepts only 50 characters and sending only SID connection not service name.
31542274 Level hierarchy does not collapse and expand correctly in a grid
31869483 Task lists and favorites in HFM 11.2.2 do not hold their position.
32804964 Consolidation in running tasks page stops updating for long period of time at 20-30% then suddenly jumps to 100%.
33175800 Consolidation performance issue after upgrading from 11.2.2 to 11.2.5.
33439961 TASK AUDIT shows the information that misleading the activity being run by a user.
33715034 Prevent overlapping consolidations from running in smartview based on the ALLOWOVERLAPPINGCONSOLIDATIONOVERRIDE setting.
33788166 Provisioning manager roles are missing for users while extract and loading the .sec file.
34006378 HFM 11.2.8 non-admin unable to use calculate button in data form: "EPMHFM-1659: YOU DO NOT HAVE THE PROPER ACCESS RIGHTS TO PERFORM THIS TASK"
34017995 INTERCOMPANY - ERROR in entity filter selection.
34060379 Unable to connect to TLS-enabled database when create DSN by using SSL parameters.
34135875 Unable to open HFM application after upgrade from11.1.2.4 TO 11.2.8: "AN UNKNOWN ERROR HAS OCCURRED IN THE HSVDSMEMBERLISTS OBJECT. [[]]"
34170218 Unable to open HFM application in 11.2.8.2 after upgrade from 11.1.2.4.
34178892 DB LINK does not appear in HFM import application on 11.2.7.
34200997 "EPMHFM-1659: YOU DO NOT HAVE THE PROPER ACCESS RIGHTS TO PERFORM THIS TASK" when performing calculate or force calculate from WDEF icons for non admin user.
Oracle Hyperion Financial Data Quality Management Enterprise Edition (FDMEE) 33403091 Role security attributes reset when updating another tab.
34196067 User encountered ADF_Faces error while choose a file
33313175 Receiving multiple ADF errors while working on data management after upgrade to 11.2.5.
Oracle Hyperion Planning 32628016 User may not be able to create financial reports using Descendants function in non-English locale.
33775515 In certain cases, Planning unit promotion process may run for a long time.
33774981

User may get ADF error when navigating to UDA screen in edit member properties UI.
32727120 Page dimension members in Planning data forms may not indent correctly when using the SmartView
32993010 When creating a new member in dimension editor, attribute members assigned to previously added member may get added.
33744785 In certain cases, Outline Load utility may not display correct error message.
33516490 Financial Reports may take a long time to run.
Oracle Hyperion Financial Reporting 29275132 Locally exported FR Reports that contain Annotations with special characters change to different values after an import..
32221189 Copying a group of formatted cells in Web Studio to a target range only applies the format to the first target cell.
33146398 Substitution variables applied as substrings of one another in member selection result in additional printed dollar symbols.
33544481 Related Content links entered into report grids on load-balanced set ups can open with incorrect URLs.
33634818 FR Web Studio displays a border around bars in a bar chart when the width value is set to zero..
33878988 Search Index Maintenance process logs numerous error exception entries.
33905783 Combo chart preview displays circles instead of diamond line markers when using Format Chart refresh.
33938086 Expand All in HTML preview does not display all children members.
33970318 Create utility to gather FR artifacts for audit purposes.
33972033 Format Chart utility for line charts Element Styles does not save selected colors.
33985548 Create a feature in Web Studio that will wrap all of the text in a grid.
33991505 Bar chart color selections reset to the default settings.
33997631 FR Web Studio Format Chart for combo charts does not retain selected colors when switching charts.
33997644 Chart line markers change to circles when previewing the report.
34017657 FR Web Studio Format Chart for line charts does not retain selected colors when switching charts.
34055160 Grid view does not immediately display updated row and column headings values when using Replace value with.
34057578 Adjusted grid cell text vertical alignment is not visible in Web Studio after applying it in the grid editor.
34057589 Web Studio report preview does not reflect conditional formatted grid cells
34068098 Reports migrated from much earlier versions of FR can show a dash instead of a zero when exported to SmartView.
34074460 Web studio preview does not display empty cells formatted with shading and colors.
34144823 An extra line appears before grids in reports that are migrated from earlier versions of FR when exporting to Excel.
34150743 Colors selected for Pie charts do not save properly and return to the default selections.
34182405 User POV is not available for all users when viewing HTML and PDF reports.
34357706 Imported LCM artifacts should show the current date for the modified date.

Table 1-9 Defects Fixed in 11.2.9

Product Defect Number Decsription
Oracle Hyperion Infrastructure 33589968 EPM 11.2.7 / Essbase 11.1.2.4.044 Opmn Errors, Cannot Open LIBESSUTLU.SO
33907002 Applying 11.2.8 Update does not apply Fusion Middleware Patches listed in Readme.
33861399 EPM 11.2.7 Installation removes OCI Library files required for Essbase SQL Interface functionality.
33406589 FDMEE ODI Agent Log missing on Version 11.2.4.0
33805278 Applying 11.2.7 Maintenance Release JAVA doesn't change
Oracle Hyperion Financial Data Quality Management Enterprise Edition (FDMEE) 33591510 CHANGE SIGN OPTION GETTING RESET WHEN YOU EDIT SCRIPT IN MAPPING PAGE
Oracle Hyperion Enterprise Management System Workspace 30833231 Default start up options are not shown for selected users in Manage Preferences section
33596553 Accessibility issue, press control plus F6 followed by tab not launching floating frame
Oracle Hyperion Financial Close Management 33974107 Performance improvement for handling high user loads.
33811290 Refresh button will now add new tasks to the Worklist.
33937144 Dataset Dashboard column headers will refresh correctly to match the table data

Table 1-10 Defects Fixed in 11.2.8

Product Defect Number Decsription
Oracle Hyperion Infrastructure 32850663 The cluster name does not get erased during reconfiguration in distributed set up.
33318327 Deployment Options Guide updated with credential map update steps in DR environment.
33542696 The CALC issue in SSO environment has been addressed and security guide is updated with Calc URLs to unprotect.
32506218 The Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System Installation and Configuration Guide is updated with steps for creating the RCU Schema for a Non - System Admin User.
27551746 Import metadata failure in Admin tool for SSL enabled Essbase is now addressed.
33200333 RCU now supports CONNECTION STRING option.
33318327 Deployment Options Guide updated with credential map update steps in DR environment.
33215104 MSAD connection pool settings are retained during restart.
33254858 Update failure because of out of space issue is now addressed.
33343399 MSAD ADVANCED OPTIONS PARAMETERS VALUES ARE RETAINED IN SHARED SERVICES.
33026674 The RCU connection string is now supported.
29302847 The connectivity issues between SSL enabled Essbase SSL and OBIEE admin tool are now resolved.
33298961 After applying an update, the FDMEE restart or redployment is now not required.
Oracle Hyperion Financial Close Management 33156475 Lists of more than 25 Templates or Schedules are now handled correctly.
33291093 Allows the Set Attribute action from the Reconciliation List to update a large number of Reconciliations where the Attributes are marked as Copy To Profile.
33324146 Improved performance while importing Tasks directly into a Schedule.
33387103 Obsolete Preparer names are no longer displayed in the Reconciliation List.
33390345 Tasks will not automatically close when the Task owner, who is also a member of the assignee team, submits without claiming the Task.
33499663 Questions are now in the right order after direct Task import.
33503310 Unexplained differences amounts are now correctly transfered during the LCM operation.
33576925 Auto reconciliation status is now correctly transfered during the LCM operation.
Oracle Hyperion Financial Management 22682291 Loading a RULEFILE now displays correct error messages.
23104733 Security Class for Documents without "OVERRIDE SECURITY CLASS" can now be changed.
27864093 Entity Dynamic Member list on Books POV is now in use.
30740926 Arabic Translations for Menus are now included.
32424617 Journal Module now displays the time correctly after Daylight Savings time change.
33046057 German Translation for description in Function tab is now corrected.
33050981 After submitting the data in Webform, Form picks correct cell information and the POV.
33063515 Dashboard Menu is now created correctly.
33136001 Double Clicking on Data Grid icon or Form icon from Documents tab now opens Grid or Forms.
33155183 Fixed invalid session ID's when users log off.
33162142 HFM Java API now returns correct Journal Create/Posted dates.
33192273 Member list is now extracted correctly.
33193552 Selecting Indentation Totals now works correctly.
33240790 HS.ENTITY.NUMDESCENDANT and HS.ENTITY.NUMBASE now displays the same behavior as in Release 11.1.2.4.
33391695 Server Filter in Data Audit Page now returns the records correctly.
33427715 HFM application now opens correctly after upgrade from 11.1.2.4 to 11.2.6.
33538445 HFM performance is now improved when drilling down the Account hierarchy.
33698811 ICP report now displays correctly.
33700358 HFM cluster preference is enabled for Taskflow submitted tasks.
Oracle Hyperion Financial Reporting 33635024 BI Publisher supported fonts list is now updated. See Release 11.2.8 Documentation Updates.
Oracle Hyperion Planning 31216871, 33056121 When switching between the dimensions in Planning dimension editor, the members displayed for the selected dimension may be incorrect.
31516829 When the alias is set for DTS members, user may not be able to perform ad-hoc analysis in SmartView.
31606396 The message displayed when a user logs-in to the Planning application that is in maintenance mode is changed to accurately describe the correct behavior.
32635299 When the smartlist drop down for a data form cell is open, user may not be able to open smart list drop down for another cell in data form.
32961459 When editing menu of type data form, User may not be able to update data form selection.
33124893 User may not be able to define formula on the row or column of data form.
33274479 If a RTP in business rule has limits defined on it, user may not be able to launch the business rule from SmartView.
33282726 For opening the data form in Planning web, user must hover the mouse over the data form name.
33439141 When the browser zoom level is se to to 100%, the buttons on the Run Time Prompt window of a business rule may not be visible when it is launched from My Tasklists.
33455696, 33551576 If a RTP in business rule has limits defined on it, user may not be able to launch the business rule from SmartView.
33557556 Changing the user variable value at run time from data form will not update the value displayed under user preferences.
Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management 33651383 The "Run SP Multi POV Calculation" REST API reports displayed the status as Complete after the script generation and prior to script execution. The API now displays the correct status after the calculation has been completed.

Table 1-11 Defects Fixed: 11.2.0 - 11.2.7

Release Link to Defects Fixed
11.2.7 Defects Fixed: 11.2.7
11.2.6 Defects Fixed: 11.2.6
11.2.5 Defects Fixed: 11.2.5
11.2.4 Defects Fixed: 11.2.4
11.2.3 Defects Fixed: 11.2.3
11.2.2 Defects Fixed: 11.2.2
11.2.1 Defects Fixed: 11.2.1
11.2.0 NA

Known Issues: 11.2.0 - 11.2.13

Table 1-12 Known Issues in 11.2.13

Product Defect Number Description
Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management 35155745

During subsequent cube deployments for any application, it is possible to get a false warning message about dimension build errors if a dimBuild.err file left over from a Cube Deployment job (for any HPCM application) that reported errors or warnings is present in the LCM_Import_Export directory.

Workaround:

Before running cube deployment, move or remove any dimBuild.err files from the LCM_Import_Export directory.

Table 1-13 Known Issues in 11.2.12

Product Defect Number Description
Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management 34510912 The Native option for the SPStatMethod installation preference for Standard Profitability applications is not functional in this OPatch.
34630290 Clustered environments including the Standard Deployment are not supported in this patch. If you need to install Profitability and Cost Management 11.2.12 on a clustered environment, contact Oracle Support through My Oracle Support for a patch that supports clustering.
34876637 The links to invoke Smart View directly by clicking on a balance amount in the Standard Profitability Stage Balancing screen or from the Management Ledger Rule Balancing screen are not functional from the Firefox browser in this release (11.2.12). As a workaround, you can use either the Chrome or the Edge browser.

Table 1-14 Known Issues in 11.2.11

Product Defect Number Description
Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management 34510912 The Native option for the SPStatMethod installation preference for Standard Profitability applications is not functional in this patch.
34630290 Clustered environments including the Standard Deployment are not supported in this patch. If you need to install Profitability and Cost Management 11.2.11 on a clustered environment, contact Oracle Support through My Oracle Support for a patch that supports clustering.

Table 1-15 Known Issues: 11.2.10

Product Defect Number Description
Oracle Hyperion Financial Reporting 34333268 On windows environments, generating audit reports from FR Web Studio may show up a dialog with no indication of the destination where the report is generated. This occurs if the EPM_ORACLE_INSTANCE environment variable is not set.

Workaround: Set the EPM_ORACLE_INSTANCE environment variable using the steps below.

  1. On the Windows taskbar, right-click the Windows icon and select System
  2. In the Settings window, under Related Settings, click Advanced system settings.

  3. On the Advanced tab, click Environment Variables.

  4. Click New to enter a new environment variable.
  5. Enter the following under each label:
    • Variable Name : EPM_ORACLE_INSTANCE
    • Variable value: MIDDLEWARE_HOME\user_projects\epmsystem1 (for example, C:\Oracle\Middleware\user_projects\epmsystem1)
  6. Click OK.
  7. Restart FR services.

Known Issues in Release 11.2.9

There are no known issues in Release 11.2.9

Known Issues in Release 11.2.8

See Known Issues in Release 11.2.8.

Known Issues in Release 11.2.0 - Release 11.2.7

The following table lists out the known issues starting from Release 11.2.0 - Release 11.2.7

Table 1-16 Known Issues: 11.2.0 - 11.2.7

Release Link to Known Issues
11.2.7 Known Issues: 11.2.7
11.2.6 Known Issues: 11.2.6
11.2.5 Known Issues: 11.2.5
11.2.4 Known Issues: 11.2.4
11.2.3 Known Issues: 11.2.3
11.2.2 Known Issues: 11.2.2
11.2.1 Known Issues: 11.2.1
11.2.0 Known Issues: 11.2.0