Keeping up with EPM Cloud

In the past, when data load jobs needed to be scheduled in EPM, there were two main options; Batches or EPM Automate scripts. Now however, there is a third option of the new Pipeline functionality which was released as part of the new Data Integration interface in June 2023. Pipelines are set to replace the existing Batch functionality currently available in Data Management, that will soon be decommissioned by Oracle. While it’s always exciting when Oracle release new functionality, it can be hard to keep up sometimes – this switch however is one that is definitely worth the effort! This blog will tell you all about the differences between the old Batch functionality, existing EPM Automate scripting and the new Pipelines, and why it’s worth making the switch to Pipelines as soon as possible. 1. Batches   Let’s start with Batches. If you’ve not used them before, Batches are defined and scheduled within data management and are a way to schedule a range of data management load rule