Upgrading All Environments to a Newer Version of Essbase

In this monthly update, Oracle will upgrade all remaining environments on the older Essbase version to a newer Essbase version.

Applies to: Financial Consolidation and Close, FreeForm, Planning, Tax Reporting

If your environments are selected for Essbase upgrade, you must have already received a notification.

This change affects the Essbase version used in EPM Cloud; it does not affect the cube configuration in your application. For example, if the application is configured to use non-hybrid cubes, this update will not change it to use hybrid cubes. For detailed information on the use of Essbase in EPM Cloud, see About Essbase in EPM Cloud in Getting Started with Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Cloud for Administrators.

To ensure that your application is compatible with the newer Essbase version, you can validate the Essbase outline using the steps described in Validating Essbase Outline section (link in the following Key Resources section).

NOTE: The first time you perform a cube refresh after the upgrade to the newer Essbase version is complete, run the cube refresh with the Validate Metadata option enabled (whether performing the refresh now or performing it later as a scheduled job).

Business Benefit: Upgrading to the newer Essbase version across the EPM Cloud fleet enables Oracle to provide the latest Essbase features and bug fixes to your environments.

Key Resources