ORACLE HYPERION CALCULATION MANAGER

Release 11.1.2.3.000
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CONTENTS IN BRIEF
Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
New Features in this Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Installation Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Migrating Oracle Hyperion Business Rules Artifacts to Calculation Manager . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Supported Platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Supported Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Supported Paths to this Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Defects Fixed in this Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Known Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Tips and Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Documentation Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Documentation Feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Accessibility Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Purpose
This document includes important, late-breaking information about this release of Oracle
Hyperion Calculation Manager. Review this Readme thoroughly before installing Calculation
Manager.
New Features in this Release
See the Oracle Calculation Manager New Features Guide. For new features relating to installation,
architecture, and deployment changes in this release, see "New Features" in the Oracle Enterprise
Performance Management System Installation and Configuration Readme.
Installation Information
Late-breaking information about installation of Oracle Enterprise Performance Management
System products is provided in the Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System
Installation and Configuration Readme. Review this information thoroughly before installing
EPM System products.
Migrating Oracle Hyperion Business Rules Artifacts to
Calculation Manager
Because Oracle Hyperion Business Rules is no longer available, if you are applying the
maintenance release or upgrading to Release 11.1.2.3, and if you have been using Business Rules
in an earlier release, you must migrate to Calculation Manager rules in Release 11.1.2.3. See
Business Rules Maintenance Release and Upgrade Installation Prerequisites in the Oracle
Enterprise Performance Management System Installation and Configuration Guide for
prerequisites you must complete before you install and configure in order to successfully migrate
business rules to Calculation Manager rules
Supported Platforms
Information about system requirements and supported platforms for EPM System products is
available in a spreadsheet format in the Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System
Certification Matrix. This matrix is posted on the Oracle Fusion Middleware Supported System
Configurations page on the Oracle Technology Network (OTN):
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/ias/downloads/fusion-
certification-100350.html
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Supported Languages
Information about supported languages for EPM System products is available in a spreadsheet
format on the Translation Support tab in the Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System
Certification Matrix. This matrix is posted on the Oracle Fusion Middleware Supported System
Configurations page on OTN:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/ias/downloads/fusion-
certification-100350.html
Supported Paths to this Release
You can upgrade to EPM System Release 11.1.2.3 from the following releases:
Note: For instructions to upgrade, see the Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System
Installation and Configuration Guide, "Upgrading EPM System Products."
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Release Upgrade Path From To Release 11.1.2.3
Release 11.1.2.x Apply the maintenance release to Release 11.1.2.3.
For Oracle Hyperion Financial Close Management, applying the maintenance release
is supported only from Release 11.1.2.1 and 11.1.2.2.
Release 11.1.1.4.x Upgrade to Release 11.1.2.3.
Release 11.1.1.0.x to 11.1.1.3.x Apply the maintenance release to Release 11.1.1.4 and then upgrade to Release 11.
1.2.3.
Release 9.3.3.x Upgrade to Release 11.1.2.2 and then apply the maintenance release to Release
11.1.2.3.
An environment that includes multiple releases,
which can include an environment with one
instance of Oracle Hyperion Shared Services or an
environment with two instances of Shared Services
See "Upgrading from an Environment with Multiple Releases" in the "Upgrading EPM
System Products" chapter in the Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System
Installation and Configuration Guide.
Note: If you are starting from Release 9.2.0.3+, 9.3.0.x, 9.3.1.x (except for Oracle Essbase
9.3.1.4.1, 9.3.1.5, 9.3.1.6, and 9.3.1.7), or 11.1.1.x, Oracle recommends that you first upgrade to
Release 11.1.1.3, then apply the maintenance release to Release 11.1.1.4, and then upgrade to
Release 11.1.2.3. If you are starting from an earlier release, Oracle recommends that you upgrade
to the highest level release that directly supports upgrade from your starting release.
Security Synchronization between Essbase and Shared Services was removed in Essbase Release
9.3, starting with Release 9.3.1.4.1. Essbase and Shared Services Release 11.1.1.3, however, still
synchronize security information. For this reason, if you are using Essbase Release 9.3.1.4.1,
9.3.1.5, 9.3.1.6, or 9.3.1.7, you must first upgrade all products to Release 9.3.3, then upgrade to
Release 11.1.2.2, and then apply the maintenance release to Release 11.1.2.3.
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Defects Fixed in this Release
This section includes defects fixed in Release 11.1.2.3.000. To review the list of defects fixed
between earlier releases, use the Defects Fixed Finder. This tool enables you to identify the
products you own and your current implementation release. With a single click, the tool quickly
produces a customized report of fixed-defect descriptions with their associated platforms and
patch numbers. This tool is available here:
https://support.oracle.com/oip/faces/secure/km/DocumentDisplay.jspx?id=1292603.1
l 16432724 -- If you use a short name for an Essbase function (for example, @IDESC instead
of @IDESCENDANTS), you may receive a validation error.
l 14697437 -- A design time prompt is available in Calculation Manager to determine what
application type is being used by an application.
l 12973638 -- Ctrl+F3 may not work for Find Next. To work around this, use the menu, Edit
and the menu option Find Next.
l 13655734 -- In script components, the mouse pointer may not display consistently. To work
around this, click with your left mouse button to display the mouse pointer.
l 13698783 -- When validating a Oracle Hyperion Financial Management business rule, a
validation error may be generated although deployment succeeds.
l 11700639 -- If you are creating a Workforce Planning, a Capital Expense Planning, a Public
Sector Budgeting, or a Oracle Hyperion Planning application created with either Oracle
Hyperion EPM Architect or Planning application administration, the application creation
may fail and you may receive the error message, "Content is not allowed in Prolog." To
prevent this, before you create the application, navigate to Calculation Manager and expand
or refresh the Planning application node.
l 13683860 -- If you are working with a Financial Management business rule using the new
enhanced cell text function, you may receive an error when you view the script of the business
rule or try to deploy it.
l 13542780 -- If you are working with a Financial Management business rule, when you try
to view the script of the business rule, you may receive an error if a user defined function is
used as part of the Expression function in the business rule.
l 13800000 -- In an Internet Explorer 9 browser, in the DTP type field of custom templates,
you can display DTP types, but you may not be able to select a type. To work around this,
double-click in the DTP type field to select a type.
l 13683860 -- If you are working with a Financial Management business rule using the new
enhanced cell text function, you may receive an error when you view the script of the business
rule or try to deploy it
l 13619510 -- If you are working with a Financial Management business rule that contains
functions with arrays, when you try to view the rule's script or deploy it, the array may be
treated as a simple variable.
l 14249859 -- Calculation Manager should have the ability to parse runtime prompts and
functions for the RUNJAVA command.
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l 14029629 -- If you use the function @MDALLOCATE in a business rule, it may cause a
validation error.
l 14029619 -- Business rules that are not deployed may display the status Deployed.
l 14306216 -- When you enter a validation value for a percent type variable, it may display as
a number type variable.
l 14306196 -- In a business rule that uses the variable types, Numeric, Percent, Integer,
DateAsNumber, and StringAsNumber, you should be able to enter #Missing as the
validation value without receiving an error message. Currently, you receive the error, The
entered value #Missing is not a valid number. Please enter the proper number when you
use #Missing in these variables.
l 13542780 -- If you are trying to view a script, you may receive an error if you use a user
defined function in the script expression. For example, if you use @Function = 3 +
@UserDefinedFunction, you will be able to view the script. If you use @Function =
@UserDefinedFunction + 3, you may receive an error message when you try to view the
script.
l 14303412 -- You may be unable to enter #MISSING as a value after you select the #MISSING
check box.
l 14333061 -- The functions, @MBRPARENT, @BETWEEN, @EQUAL, @EXPAND, @LIKE,
@MBRCOMPARE, @NOTEQUAL, and @TODAY are not supported in Calculation
Manager.
l 14319386 -- The Find/Replace feature may not search for conditions in design time prompts.
l 14318475 -- The function @ISACCTYPE may not validate in Calculation Manager.
l 14344859 -- In Internet Explorer 9, standard mode, the comment and uncomment features
may not work consistently.
l 14350747 -- When you create a script with user defined functions, some of the user defined
functions may not be supported by Calculation Manager and may cause a validation error.
l 11784731 -- If you are working with a Financial Management business rule, when you try
to view the script of the business rule, an error may occur if a member list is part of the
argument for OpenDataUnit.
l 13804703 -- Rules migrated from Business Rules to Calculation Manager, may lose the
comments.
l 14347952 -- Exporting rules from Oracle Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management
System Lifecycle Management for a Planning application that no longer exists, may give
errors on import.
l 14355073 --Rules may not validate if they contain StringAsNumber variables.
l 14462588 -- In a Financial Management script object, if you make a change and close the
object, you may get an error after selecting save.
l 14499615 -- In a Financial Management rule, making a change in a condition component
in script mode, convert to graphical may remove the double quotes from the strings.
l 14581979 -- Deploying a Oracle Hyperion EPM Architect Oracle Hyperion Planning
application, may cause an error related to member formulas.
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l 14587752 -- In Japanese, some of the descriptions in the Set Commands template overlap.
l 14647534 -- Converting a rule from script to graphical may remove parentheses.
l 14685895 -- When you migrate macros from Business Rules to Calculation Manager, you
may be unable to view the script in Calculation Manager.
l 14733813 -- In Chinese, when you expand Calculation Manager/ Consolidation in Oracle
Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management System Lifecycle Management, you may
get the error "Cannot process application artifact listing metadata."
l 14738362 -- In a Hyperion Financial Management rule, if you make changes to the rule in
script mode, then convert to graphical may result in the removal of the double quotes in a
formula.
l 14763674 -- In rulesets that have rules with variables, the variable value column should be
empty until input. It should also remain empty if the input value is removed.
l 15898295 -- In Financial Management, deployed rules may show as not deployed.
l 15923011 -- The @member function is missing from the function selector.
l 15957701 -- After upgrading from 11.1.2.1 to 11.1.2.2, validating a rule in Calculation
Manager may hang.
l 15979498 -- When using Essbase enabled for Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), you may receive
the following error: Cannot connect to OLAP service. Cannot connect to Essbase Server,
when expanding the Essbase node in Calculation Manager.
l 15997549 -- Validating a rule may cause the Calculation Manager server to become
unresponsive with an out of memory error.
l 15999661 -- The function selector should show functions for the destination side of a
formula.
l 16042225 -- In a rule that uses a fixed loop component, if you edit the rule in script mode,
converting the rule to graphical mode may add an extra set of parentheses around the
number in the fixed loop.
l 16059401 -- Migrating a macro from Business Rules creates a template in Calculation
Manager. Using this template in a rule may cause a default process error.
l 16062871 -- In a Oracle Project Financial Planning application, the option Load Predefined
Rules may not be shown.
Known Issues
The following are the noteworthy known issues of this release:
l 16270104 -- When you import Financial Management Visual Basic script to graphical
components, the method GetItemIDs2 may not import correctly.
l 16268740 -- Using the member selector to select a Financial Management member list in
the Value column may not work correctly.
l 16172438 -- The script to graphical feature may not convert Financial Management
conditional statements correctly.
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l 15879735 -- When you import Financial Management Visual Basic script to graphical
components, the method OpenDataUnit may not import correctly.
l 14851468 -- When you import Financial Management Visual Basic script to graphical
components, the method OpenDataUnitSorted may not import correctly.
l 14851185 -- The Financial Management method OpenDataUnitSorted may not deploy
correctly.
l 14383744 -- When you try to validate a Financial Management script object, validation may
fail. To work around this, use the formatting tool in the script editor to delete extra spaces
and lines in the script, and then validate the script again.
l 12853084 -- For classic Financial Management applications, you may receive an error
message when you are searching for members in the member selector.
l 12766158 -- A Financial Management script component's disabled property may not work.
l 11719731 -- A Financial Management business rule's deployment may fail if you defined a
function that is used in a component level conditional. To work around this, use a
conditional component.
l 9964318 -- If you create two business rules in Calculation Manager, and the names of the
rules use the same words with different spacing, such as Rule1 and Rule 1, spacing is not
retained within Planning, and the rules are displayed with the same name. In the database,
the rule names are displayed correctly.
l 13729396 -- Values for the member range or cross-dimension variables may not validate if
they are used in two applications that do not use the same dimensions.
l 13602784 -- The Rule Designer might not work on Windows 2008 Server R2 64 BIT
operating systems because Flash is not available for these operating systems.
l 9852647 -- If you are using the Allocate Level to Level template in a business rule, define the
offset member on the allocation dimension, save the business rule, then edit the dimension
to which to allocate the data, the offset member may still display the dimension you selected
prior to editing the business rule.
l 9815870 -- If you are working with a business rule in script mode and you edit the script of
the business rule, when you return to graphical mode, the edits you made may not be
retained. Modifications made to the generated comments (conversion helper tags) also may
not be recognized
l 9804886 -- If you are using Internet Explorer version 8 to create a business rule in script
mode, and you copy text from the script to the clipboard using the "Copy to Clipboard"
option, you may receive an error message.
l 9801375 -- If you are using a template that has POV as the first tab in the template wizard,
when you click the Action icon on the POV, the member, variable, and function menu
displays, but it may display in the top left of your screen. To work around this, press Enter
before you click the Action icon.
l 9799861 -- If you create a business rule with a script or formula component that has more
than five thousand lines, and save the rule, the browser may hang for a few minutes. To work
around this, Oracle recommends that if you have a formula or script component with more
than 400 lines, split these so that each formula or script contains between 1 to 400 lines.
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l 9798363 -- If you are working with a business rule in script mode, and you display the Find
and Replace dialog, the "Wrap Search" option is not in the dialog.
l 9795243 -- If you have a business rule with two formula components, each with an IF
condition and a common member block, the generated script of the business rule may
contain two member blocks. In graphical mode, the same business rule contains only one
(correct) member block.
l 9781874 -- In Internet Explorer, when you are working with a business rule in script mode,
and you receive an error, the line in the script with the error may not be highlighted. In
Firefox, when you are working with a business rule in script mode, and you receive an error,
the line in the script with the error is not highlighted.
l 9593061 -- Assume you create a business rule with an allocation component, validate and
save the business rule, then edit the allocation component. When you click on the Source
tab, delete the existing account, click on the Action icon, and try to select a member from
the Account dimension, the Member Selector may not open. To work around this, after
deleting the existing account, press Enter. Now click on the Action icon, select member, and
the Member Selector will display.
l 9593036 -- If you create a business rule using an allocation component, save and validate
the rule, then double-click on the allocation component in the Rule Designer, the Allocation
wizard may not open. To work around this, from the Summary tab, click Edit.
l 8866203 -- If you are using screen reader software, when you open the Rule Designer or the
Template Designer, the screen reader software reads out 10%, 20%, and so on, which
indicates that the page load is in progress, even after the module is completely loaded and a
confirmation message is announced.
l 8894789 -- You may receive the error message, "Error: Index: 1, Size: 1" if you paste a
component after expanding or collapsing a loop or condition component. To work around
this, use Ctrl+Shift+E to move the component within a loop or condition to the end of the
loop or condition. To paste a component in the Else part of the condition, use Ctrl+Shift
+I.
l 8860666 -- To read a script using screen reader software, you need to copy the script to an
alternate text editor.
l 13525497 -- If you are editing a Financial Management business rule with a data range loop
in script mode, when you return to editing in graphical mode, the data range loop's definition
may be empty.
l 12746625 -- If you upgrade to this release, business rule level variables may not be migrated
unless you restart Calculation Manager in Release 11.1.1.4.
l 13086605 -- If you are debugging a business rule in Calculation Manager, and another user
is trying to work with data forms, refresh the application, or perform other Oracle Essbase
operations on the same application, that user may be unable to perform these tasks. For
example, if you are working on a data form in the application, App1, and another user is
debugging a business rule for App1 in Oracle Hyperion Calculation Manager, you will be
unable to save the data form.
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l 13450828, 13767552 -- If you are working in an environment with a bi-directional language,
when you are in the Component Designer, the Formula drop-down list may not display all
of its selections.
l 13683588 -- You should not be able to name a business rule or function with the same name
as a major Oracle Hyperion Financial Management subroutine (for example, Allocate,
Calculate, Consolidate, Dynamic).
l 9862094 -- If you are working for more than eight hours, your session may expire. To work
around this, change the token timeout setting. In Oracle Hyperion Shared Services, select
Administration, then Configure User Directories, and then Security Options to change the
token timeout setting.
Tips and Troubleshooting
l To use the Rule and Template Designer, you must have Flash Player version 10 or higher
installed.
l As a best practice for the Analysis feature, always select "Track only modified values," and
enter 5000 or less for "Enter the number of entries to display". If you specify more than 5000
for "Enter the number of entries to display," the expected results and the response time
depend on the available memory of the server, and the browser and analysis information
may not be correct or may be incomplete.
l 13604731 -- Before migrating Business Rules databases to this release, back up or export the
database tables. When you migrate to this release, Business Rules tables may be removed,
which may cause loss of business rules and data from Oracle Hyperion Business Rules.
l 7133648 -- If you create a graphical business rule with components, you can convert from
graphical to script mode and from script to graphical mode, but if you remove any comments
in script mode, you cannot convert from script to graphical.
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