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Release 21.5.0.0.1 - June 2023 - Marketplace Deployment

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

New Features, Enhancements, and Issues

For prior new features and enhancements, see previous Release Notes topics. For a description of current features, see the Oracle Essbase 21c documentation. Following are the details specific to this release for specific deployment options.

Marketplace deployment only

  • Federated Partition Enhancements

    The following features were added to Essbase integration with Autonomous Database via Federated Partitions. For more details, see Integrate Essbase with Autonomous Database Using Federated Partitions.

    • Support for execution of calculation scripts, with limitations
    • Ability to load data using Oracle Essbase processes into the fact table in Autonomous Database
    • Perform write-back (update Autonomous Database fact table) using Smart View

Note:

Transparent and replicated partitions created previously may not work after upgrade stack is run. You must re-create connections, sources, and partitions after upgrade stack.

All deployments

  • Audit Trail Support Enhancements

    Essbase users can now stream audit information to an external database for connections that are defined on the platform. For more details, see Audit Security, Artifact Changes, and LCM Events.

  • Outline Enhancements

    Essbase users can now compare outlines, side-by-side, on a single browser window. You can also copy members and hierarchies from one outline to another, which can be on the same Essbase instance or on a different one. For more details, see Compare Outlines and Copy and Paste Members Within and Between Outlines.

  • Performance Analyzer Enhancements: You can now indicate the number of files you want to retain. For more details, see About Performance Analyzer.

Version Details

  • Software versions:
  • Applied patches - listed below and as noted in the documentation:

    Note:

    Essbase Release Update patches only contain Essbase binaries. In addition, other patches, such as for Fusion Middleware, can be downloaded and applied manually. These patches are included in the latest listings.
    • 35233446 - Oracle WebLogic Server Stack Patch Bundle 12.2.1.4.230329
      • 35233518 - WLS Stack Patch Bundle 12.2.1.4.230329 (Patch 35233446) (Interim Patch 35233450)
      • 33639718 - ADR for WebLogic Server 12.2.1.4.0 CPU JULY 2022
      • 35226999 - WLS Patch Set Update 12.2.1.4.230328
      • 35098700 - WebLogic Samples SPU 12.2.1.4.230418
      • 35122398 - Coherence 12.2.1.4 Cumulative Patch 17 (12.2.1.4.17)
      • 33093748 - FMW Platform 12.2.1.4.0 SPU for APRCPU2021
      • 35162846 FMW Thirdparty Bundle Patch 12.2.1.4.230309
      • 28186730 - OPATCH 13.9.4.2.11 for EM 13.4 and FMW/WLS 12.2.1.3.0, 12.2.1.4.0 and 14.1.1.0.0
      • 32944803 - JDBC 19.3.0.0 for CPUJAN2022 (WLS 12.2.1.4, WLS 14.1.1)
      • 35035861 - RDA release 23.2-20230418 for FMW 12.2.1.4.0
    • 31676526 - RCU Patches for ADB
    • 30540494 - RCU Patches for ADB
    • 30754186 - RCU Patches for ADB
    • 35148842 - ADF Bundle Patch 12.2.1.4.230306
    • 33950717 - OPSS Bundle Patch 12.2.1.4.220311
    • 33735326 - Fix for Bug 33735326, log4j (2.17.1) patch
    • 34685293 - Essbase Release Update

Patching

See Patch and Roll Back for patching instructions.

Bug Fixes and Known Issues

The following are the new or continuing known issues in this version of Oracle Essbase via Marketplace:

For defects fixed and other known issues in Oracle Essbase, see https://support.oracle.com/rs?type=doc&id=2814450.1.

Deprecation Notes

Measures Dimension (DV) Flattening Selector has been deprecated from the Essbase web interface. Essbase metadata is managed by DV.