Release 21.4.0.0.0 - September 2022 - Independent Deployment

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

Enhancements and updated / improved features

For recent new features and enhancements, see previous Release Notes. For a description of current features, see the Oracle Essbase 21c documentation.

Independent deployment only

• TLS certificate update tool - Simplifies and enhances the process to update TLS certificates, add external certificates, and replace self-signed certificates with CA certificates. Update TLS Certificates, Add External Certificates to Essbase and Replace Self-Signed Certificates with CA Certificates.
• Centralized URL from Smart View to access multiple Essbase instances. See Access Multiple Essbase Servers From Smart View.
• EPM Shared Services option - When you configure Essbase on Linux or Windows, you can now provide a cluster name that will be used to register Essbase with Shared Services. See Manage Multiple Essbase 21c Servers in Shared Services and Administration Services for details.

All deployments

• Auditing features - New audit capabilities allow you to track changes to audit security, artifacts changes, LCM events, and executed MaxL statements (including imports), as well as a change to the audit trail setting. See Audit Security, Artifact Changes, and LCM Events and AUDITTRAIL.
• Optimize cubes using cube designer - Enables you to optimize performance and setup on aggregate storage cubes, in addition to hybrid cubes. This applies to building and loading cubes, calculating and aggregating data, running queries, exporting data, and more. See Create Optimized Aggregate Storage Cubes.
• Improved migration and backup of applications - CLI and Essbase web interface improvements enable you to back up all applications on the instance to a single zip file, including server artifacts. You can also now selectively export individual cube artifacts. See LcmExport CLI command and Export LCM job.
• Efficient file uploads - Multi-part file upload, using the REST API, improves performance of uploads by paralleling them into threads, reducing the need to restart large uploads after network failures. See Create Multipart File Upload.
• Clear data in multiple aggregate storage regions - You can now clear multiple regions of data from aggregate storage cubes. See Clearing Data from Specific Regions of Aggregate Storage Databases.
• MaxL statements - display privilege, drop user, and drop group are available again for limited use cases.
• Drill through report execution in REST API - Enables you to run a drill through report, using REST API. See Execute Drill Through Report.
• Drill through drillable region definition - When creating drill through reports, you can now define drillable regions by browsing a Drillable Region Selector in the Essbase web interface. You browse for a member, select it, and then choose from a menu of options to define the region. See Define Drillable Regions for Drill Through Reports.

Version Details

• Patches certified with this release - we strongly recommend that you apply the supported patches listed below:
  • 34236279 - WLS Patch Set Update 12.2.1.4.220602
  • 34248976 - Coherence 12.2.1.4 Cumulative Patch 14
  • 31676526 - RCU Patches for ADB
  • 30540494 - RCU Patches for ADB
  • 30754186 - RCU Patches for ADB
  • 32647448 - ADR for WebLogic Server 12.2.1.4.0
  • 32622685 - OPSS Bundle Patch 12.2.1.4.210311
  • 34247006 - ADF Bundle Patch 12.2.1.4.220606
  • 33735326 - Fix for Bug 33735326, log4j (2.17.1) patch

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=2814450.1