December 2024 (25.12)
- Introduced Cloud EPM System Reports within Reports: allows embedding relational system data (e.g., Task Manager, Supplemental Data, Enterprise Journals) directly into Reports with features like member selectors, POV, formatting, drill options.
oracle-hub - Financial Reporting deprecation confirmed as June 2025.
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February 2025 (25.02)
- Included one notable Report Package enhancement (details in Oracle “What’s New” guide).
oracle-hub - Reaffirmed plans to deprecate Oracle Financial Reporting; customers to monitor Oracle Support Document 2910806.1.
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March 2025 (25.03)
- Shared Variable Lists introduced in Narrative Reporting—central storage for commonly used static report variables (e.g., company, periods).
oracle-hub - Migration surprises: Migration snapshots earlier than December 2022 are no longer supported in Enterprise Data Management.
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April 2025 (25.04)
- Group Assignment Audit Report enhancements: reports now include new “User/Group Type” and “Group Type” columns, with renamed “Performed By” field for clarity.
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May 2025 (25.05)
- Report Reference Doclets can now embed relational tables as content within Word or PowerPoint doclets—Word tables and PowerPoint images auto-generated.
oracle-hub - ML property files for GenAI in Narrative Reporting were updated—customers with customizations should test and merge as needed.
Oracle Documentation
June 2025 (25.06)
- Discontinued support: Oracle Financial Reporting is no longer supported across Cloud EPM (except Tax Reporting).
oracle-hub+1 - Platform-wide security shift: Oracle is discontinuing TLS 1.2 in favor of TLS 1.3 for all connections.
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July 2025 (25.07)
- The readiness documents outline broad Actions & Considerations, including:
- Stricter Groovy engine validation incoming—tools for validation to be provided in August update.
- Continued EPM Automate Java 8 deprecation starting 25.08; move to Java 17 advised.
- Secure settings for web service connections—secure parameters marked “Secure” will no longer be exportable/importable.
Oracle Documentation
August 2025 (25.08) — Spotlight Features
- Advanced Predictions introduced—brings multi-driver, ML-enhanced forecasting capabilities to Cloud EPM.
Oracle Documentation - GenAI summarizes Notes in Narrative Reporting for enhanced insights.
Oracle Documentation - The new job type “Refresh Report Package Data Source” enables automation of data refresh within Report Packages.
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