With a new round of updates coming for Oracle’s EPM Cloud Service, users will notice an enhanced interface when they arrive at their landing page. This new interface is structured to be more consistent with other Oracle products, has a more modern look and feel, and provides a more responsive design that allows for easier navigation. Here are a few changes to expect (or not expect) when logging in:

Functionality Remains the same

The most important thing to point out is that the environment functionality has not changed. The changes associated with Oracle’s new EPM Cloud interface are cosmetic and have no bearing on how your environment functions.

New and existing environments take on a Sky-Blue Theme

All new environments for EPM Standard Cloud, EPM Enterprise Cloud, and all existing EPM Cloud Services will use Oracle’s new “Sky-Blue” theme.  Application administrators for both new and existing applications can switch their themes by navigating to the appearance card in the tool cluster on the landing page, or by accessing the tools link under the navigator (aka “hamburger”) menu icon.  To differentiate between test and production environments, Inspirage recommends that if you elect to keep the default backgrounds, you should consider choosing different background colors and communicate these changes to the end-users.

Sky Blue Theme Continues to Secondary Environment

Existing users will continue to see their current theme on the interface, while all new applications will adopt the new default “Sky-Blue” theme.  If business processes are integrated across connected environments, the theme on the primary environment will be applied to the secondary environment for consistency across applications.

Welcome Panel and Global Headers Automatically Adjust

The welcome panel and global headers will automatically adjust to your screen resolution to minimize the amount of scrolling that is necessary.  If infolet dashboards are used in an application, users can easily access this information by clicking on the dots at the top of the interface or on the side-arrows on the left and right side of the home screen.

Identify Interface Clusters by New Icons

Clusters on the interface will be represented by updated icons. Additionally, the navigator menu is larger, and while menu selections are listed in the same order they may now be in a new column.  The adoption of a larger menu allows for easier navigation and increased space for customization.

Timing of the new interface rollout:

Updates to test environments are happening now. Production environments will be updated during the first daily maintenance that occurs at or after 22:00 UTC (15:00 Pacific Time) on Friday, April 17, 2020.

Environment interfaces impacted:

• EPM Standard Cloud: Account Reconciliation, Financial Consolidation and Close, Narrative Reporting, Planning
• EPM Enterprise Cloud: Account Reconciliation, Financial Consolidation and Close, Narrative Reporting, Planning, Profitability and Cost Management, Tax Reporting
• Legacy Cloud Services: Account Reconciliation Cloud, Enterprise Performance Reporting Cloud, Enterprise Planning and Budgeting Cloud, Planning and Budgeting Cloud, Profitability and Cost Management Cloud, Tax Reporting Cloud
• Strategic Workforce Planning Cloud (part of Human Capital Management Cloud)
• Sales Planning Cloud (part of Customer Experience Cloud)