1. Release Notes for Oracle Essbase
  2. Releases
  3. Independent Deployment
  4. Release 21.3.0.0.0 - December 2021

Release 21.3.0.0.0 - December 2021

Here’s an overview of new features, enhancements, issues, patches, other changes, and version information for this independent deployment version.

New Features and Enhancements

  • Support for Microsoft Windows installation

  • Support for Generic JDBC driver

  • Datasource enhancement

    • Support for substitution variables using Runtime parameters

  • Drill-through enhancements

    • Ability to define mapping when datasource has runtime parameters
    • Support for level 0 mapping of runtime parameters
    • Support for recursive drill-through with runtime parameters
    • Logs include runtime parameters

    See Access External Data with Drill Through Reports

  • Hybrid Engine enhancements

    • Improved storage for aggregate storage dynamic hierarchies
  • Member ID enhancements and changes
    • All members now have unique member IDs. In previous releases, shared members and their prototype members had the same member ID.
  • Shared member enhancements or changes
    • Zooming out on a shared member now returns the shared parent. In previous releases, it returned the prototype member.

Version Details

  • Patches certified with this release::
    • 33455144 - WebLogic Stack Patch Bundle 12.2.1.4.211011
      • 28186730 - OPatch 13.9.4.2.7 for FMW/WLS 12.2.1.3.0 and 12.2.1.4.0
      • 33416868 - WLS Patch Set Update 12.2.1.4.210930
      • 33286160 - Coherence 12.2.1.4 Cumulative Patch 11 (12.2.1.4.11)
      • 32148640 - WebLogic Samples SPU 12.2.1.4.210119
      • 31544353 - ADR for WebLogic Server 12.2.1.4.0
      • 32772437 - FMW platform 12.2.1.4.0 SPU Patch
    • 31676526 - RCU Patches for ADB
    • 30540494 - RCU Patches for ADB
    • 30754186 - RCU Patches for ADB
    • 32784652 - OPSS Bundle Patch 12.2.1.4.210418
    • 33313802 - ADF Bundle Patch 12.2.1.4.210903
    • 33671996 - WebLogic overlay patch for October 2021 PSU for CVE-2021-44228 and CVE-2021-45046

Patching

See Patch and Restore for patching instructions.

Bug Fixes and Known Issues

For defects fixed and known issues in Oracle Essbase, see https://support.oracle.com/rs?type=doc&id=2735146.1