Adding Cell Comments in EPM Cloud

You can add one or more comments per data cell. Each data cell can contain comments from multiple users.

Data source types: Planning, Enterprise Profitability and Cost Management, Financial Consolidation and Close, FreeForm, Tax Reporting

In release 11.1.2.5.620 and later, Oracle Smart View for Office conforms to the character limit set in Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Cloud. Depending on the permission level assigned to you by the administrator, you may be able to do any of the following in a data cell:

• Add comments.

• View the comments that you and other users have added.

• Delete comments that you have entered. You cannot delete comments added by other users.

Cells that contain comments can be associated with a cell style. See Cell Styles.

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To add comments to a data cell:

1. Select one data cell or a range of data cells in an ad hoc grid.

   Use the Shift key to select a range of data cells. Do not use the Ctrl key to select cell ranges.

2. From the provider ribbon or provider ad hoc ribbon, select Cell Actions and then Comments.
3. From Comments, click .
4. If you selected a range of cells in step 1, you can either enter comments for one cell at a time or apply a comment to all selected cells.

   • To enter a comment for one cell, select the cell from the drop-down menu.

   • To enter a comment for all selected cells, select Apply to all selected cells.

5. In the field at the right, enter a comment. If you want to format the comment, use HTML tags.
6. Click to save the comment.

   The comment is displayed in the list of comments to the left of the comment field. This list contains comments entered by all users.

7. Click OK.
8. Optional: To delete a comment, click . You can delete only the comments that you have entered.