It’s here! Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) 11.2.8 is now available, and relatively quickly after the release of version 11.2.7 which was announced less than 5 months ago in October 2021.
Packed with new features and innovation, Oracle EPM 11.2.8 supersedes all previous versions as the latest, most up-to-date version of the software.
Oracle recommends that clients carefully read the 11.2.8 readme documentation in its entirety, so please go ahead and give it a thorough review.
So, what can you expect from release 11.2.8 of Oracle Hyperion EPM? Search no more as we’ve condensed a careful summary of all the innovations, changes, and new features you can expect to find in this release, all to help you chart your path to modernization.
EPM 11.2.8 Release Benefits
Resource-intensive organizations almost always rely on Enterprise Performance Management solutions like Oracle Hyperion EPM to cover their financial needs in terms of reporting, planning, forecasting, modeling, and more.
Since made available, Oracle Hyperion EPM is the industry’s leading solution provider, giving clients plenty of resources, modules, and capabilities that enable them to have a centralized location to review and execute financial processes.
In this latest release of Oracle Hyperion EPM 11.2.8, clients can expect to benefit from:
- Updated technology, inclusive of Fusion Middleware 12g.
- Updated platform certifications.
- Simplified architecture with an updated underlying technology stack.
- Simplified repository configuration to streamline the infrastructure and architecture for the future.
- Premier Support through at least 2032.
In parallel to understanding the benefits of being upgraded to the latest version of the EPM software, it’s also important to consider the features and products that are no longer supported:
- After release 11.2.6, the EPM system no longer distributed Oracle Essbase Studio and was removed from the EPM System Installer.
- IIS is no longer supported as a web server for EPM, other than for Oracle Data Relationship Management.
- Solaris, AIX, and DB2 are no longer supported with no future plans to include them in future releases.
- Users can no longer create new Oracle Hyperion Public Sector Planning and Budgeting applications. Instead, users are recommended to upgrade Public Sector Planning and Budgeting applications from release 11.2.4 to release 11.2.4+.
- Users can no longer perform vertical scaling.
- Removing EPM Oracle instances is no longer supported.
- The smart push capability is not supported in release 11.2.8.
- Oracle Hyperion Strategic Finance is no longer supported.
- Oracle Crystal Ball is now replaced by Predictive Planning.
- Offline Planning is no longer supported.
- Oracle Hyperion Workforce Planning is no longer supported.
- Oracle Hyperion Capital Asset Planning is no longer supported.
- Oracle Project Financial Planning is no longer supported.
- Financial Management Analytics is no longer supported.
- Quantitative Management and Reporting for Solvency is no longer supported.
- Disclosure Management is no longer supported.
- Hyperion BI Plus is no longer available but users can now use Financial Reporting.
- The Oracle Hyperion Financial Close Management release 11.2 doesn’t support Financial Management integrations, event monitoring, end-user integrations, and automated integrations.
- Oracle Hyperion Financial Data Quality Management, Enterprise Edition, no longer supports SOAP web services and integration with on-premise Oracle Fusion Financials. Please note that Oracle Financials Cloud integration is available.
- Users can no longer perform direct posting of Budget Revision to Peoplesoft Commitment Control.
- For now, the JD Edwards and Peoplesoft HCM source adapters are not available in 11.2.x release but are planned to be considered for certification in future releases.
- Users can no longer use Visual Basic scripting for new installations since release 11.2.5.
- Oracle Hyperion EPM Architect is no longer available in release 11.2.x.
Oracle EPM 11.2.8 New Features
Now, onto the good stuff! These are the new features you’ll be getting out of this new release, split by product category:
Calculation Manager
- EPM System Release now installs Essbase Release 11.1.2.4.045 and Java 8 Update 301
- Fusion Middleware Patch Set updates.
- Log4j is now upgraded to 2.17.1. See doc ID 2828262.1.
- Added support for MSAD 2019.
- Added support for Enabling User Access Control (UAC).
- Added support for Delegated List Functionality from Shared Services Console.
- Direct updates to 11.2.8 are now supported from all the previous releases (starting from Release 11.2.2).
- For platform requirements, use the Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System Certification Matrix.
Data Relationship Manager
- Log4j is now upgraded to 2.17.1. See doc ID 2828262.1.
EPM System Installation and Configuration
- EPM System Release now installs Essbase Release 11.1.2.4.045 and Java 8 Update 301.
- Fusion Middleware Patch Set updates.
- Log4j is now upgraded to 2.17.1. See doc ID 2828262.1.
- Added support for MSAD 2019.
- Added support for Enabling User Access Control (UAC).
- Added support for Delegated List Functionality from Shared Services Console.
- Direct updates to 11.2.8 are now supported from all the previous releases (starting from Release 11.2.2).
- For platform requirements, use the Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System Certification Matrix.
Financial Close Management
- EPM System Release now installs Essbase Release 11.1.2.4.045 and Java 8 Update 301.
- Fusion Middleware Patch Set updates.
- Log4j is now upgraded to 2.17.1. See doc ID 2828262.1.
- Added support for MSAD 2019.
- Added support for Enabling User Access Control (UAC).
- Added support for Delegated List Functionality from Shared Services Console.
- Direct updates to 11.2.8 are now supported from all the previous releases (starting from Release 11.2.2).
- For platform requirements, use the Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System Certification Matrix.
Financial Data Quality Management
- EPM System Release now installs Essbase Release 11.1.2.4.045 and Java 8 Update 301.
- Fusion Middleware Patch Set updates.
- Log4j is now upgraded to 2.17.1. See doc ID 2828262.1.
- Added support for MSAD 2019.
- Added support for Enabling User Access Control (UAC).
- Added support for Delegated List Functionality from Shared Services Console.
- Direct updates to 11.2.8 are now supported from all previous releases (starting from Release 11.2.2).
- For platform requirements, use the Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System Certification Matrix.
Financial Management
- EPM System Release now installs Essbase Release 11.1.2.4.045 and Java 8 Update 301.
- Fusion Middleware Patch Set updates.
- Log4j is now upgraded to 2.17.1. See doc ID 2828262.1.
- Added support for MSAD 2019.
- Added support for Enabling User Access Control (UAC).
- Added support for Delegated List Functionality from Shared Services Console.
- Direct updates to 11.2.8 are now supported from all previous releases (starting from Release 11.2.2).
- For platform requirements, use the Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System Certification Matrix.
Financial Reporting
- EPM System Release now installs Essbase Release 11.1.2.4.045 and Java 8 Update 301.
- Fusion Middleware Patch Set updates.
- Log4j is now upgraded to 2.17.1. See doc ID 2828262.1.
- Added support for Enabling User Access Control (UAC).
- Added support for MSAD 2019.
- Added support for Delegated List Functionality from Shared Services Console.
- Direct updates to 11.2.8 are now supported from all previous releases (starting from Release 11.2.2).
- For platform requirements, use the Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System Certification Matrix.
Planning
- EPM System Release now installs Essbase Release 11.1.2.4.045 and Java 8 Update 301.
- Fusion Middleware Patch Set updates.
- Log4j is now upgraded to 2.17.1. See doc ID 2828262.1.
- Added support for MSAD 2019.
- Added support for Enabling User Access Control (UAC).
- Added support for Delegated List Functionality from Shared Services Console.
- Direct updates to 11.2.8 are now supported from all previous releases (starting from Release 11.2.2).
- Planning applications now support Essbase 21c.
- For platform requirements, use the Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System Certification Matrix.
Profitability and Cost Management
- EPM System Release now installs Essbase Release 11.1.2.4.045 and Java 8 Update 301.
- Fusion Middleware Patch Set updates.
- Log4j is now upgraded to 2.17.1. See doc ID 2828262.1.
- Added support for MSAD 2019.
- Added support for Enabling User Access Control (UAC).
- Added support for Delegated List Functionality from Shared Services Console.
- Direct updates to 11.2.8 are now supported from all previous releases (starting from Release 11.2.2).
- Profitability applications now support Essbase 21c.
- For platform requirements, use the Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System Certification Matrix.
Shared Services
- For platform requirements, use the Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System Certification Matrix.
- EPM System Release now installs Essbase Release 11.1.2.4.045 and Java 8 Update 301.
- Fusion Middleware Patch Set updates.
To sum up, release 11.2.8 now installs:
- Essbase Release 11.1.2.4.045
- Java 8 Update 301
- Fusion Middleware Patch Set updates including:
- WebLogic Patch Set Update 12.2.1.4.210330
- ADR for WebLogic Server 12.2.1.4.0
- JULY CPU 2020 for WebLogic Server SPB
- Bundle patch for Oracle Coherence Version 12.2.1.4.8
- ADF Bundle Patch 12.2.1.4.210706
- Log4j is now upgraded to 2.17.1. For more details, see Oracle Support – Doc ID 2828262.1.
- Planning and Profitability applications now support Essbase 21c.
- Added support for MSAD 2019.
- Added support for Enabling User Access Control (UAC).
- Added support for Delegated List Functionality from Shared Services Console.
- Direct updates to 11.2.8 are now supported from all the previous releases (starting from Release 11.2.2).
