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Release Notes JD Edwards

Version 2015.1

Desktop Reporting(Edition 1)

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Document Information

NOTICES

COPYRIGHT

Hubble® is a brand name of the insightsoftware.com Group. insightsoftware.com is a registered trademark of insightsoftware.com Limited. Hubble is a registered trademark of insightsoftware.com International Unlimited.

Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. The insightsoftware.com Group is the owner or licensee of all intellectual property rights in this document, which are protected by copyright laws around the world. All such rights are reserved.

The information contained in this document represents the current view of insightsoftware.com on the issues discussed as of the date of publication. This document is for informational purposes only. insightsoftware.com makes no representation, guarantee or warranty, expressed or implied, that the content of this document is accurate, complete or up to date.

DISCLAIMER

This guide is designed to help you to use the Hubble applications effectively and efficiently. All data shown in graphics are provided as examples only. The example companies and calculations herein are fictitious. No association with any real company or organization is intended tor should be inferred.

VERSION HISTORY

The following table description here.

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

For more information regarding our products, please contact us at http://gohubble.com/.

For product support, please create a case with our Customer Support Department via our Support Portal, which is accessed at http://supportportal.insightsoftware.com/.

Date Revision Software Version Comments

7/22/2015 1.0 2015.1 First release of Hubble re-branding

8/13/2015 1.1 2015.1 Additional requirement added

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CONVENTIONS USED

Throughout this document you will see words and phrases that appear in different formats and fonts. The following table describes the typographical conventions used in this document.

Item Convention Example

Bold in procedures, Titles Capitals. Menu names, commands on menus and buttons, titles of dialog, sections and boxes where you enter information.

Click Log Out.

Common button titles. First letter of button titles are capitalizied, except for the OK button, which is all capitalized.

OK and Cancel buttons on a confirmation dialog box.

Key names, key combinations and key sequences.

All Uppercase letters ENTERCTRL + TABCTRL + ALT+DELETE

Images clarify functionality being explained.

Italicized text indicate names of tables, etc.

Hyperlinks are used thoughout the document to point to resources that may be required or offer additional information about the task at hand.

Blue text with underlined. http://www.google.com

Important tables show important information that assist the user.

Tip or best practice.

Notes contain additional information for the user.

 

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The icons below are used in Hubble documentation to indicate type of user, experince and the ERP system applicable to the document and/or specific content inside a document.

Icon Type of User Icon Experience Icon ERP Type

Explorer Explorer users can consume content and contribute to planning.

Cloud JD Edwards

Power Power users can consume or create content, administer and contribute to planning.

Desktop Oracle

Designer Designer users can consume, create and extend content, as well as build, administer and contribute to planning.

Web PeopleSoft

AdministratorAdministrator users administer the Hubble Product.

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Contents

Document Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i

Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iCopyright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .iDisclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .i

Version History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iCustomer Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iConventions Used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii

Chapter 1 - General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Upgrading Information: Repository . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Upgrade Information: Budgeting & Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Customer Support Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Other General Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Chapter 2 - Feature Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3General Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Branding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Change to User Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Inside the Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Ribbon Touch Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Report Variables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Budgeting Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Cascade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Budgeting Workflow User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6Budgeting Workflow: Approvers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Multiple Approvers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Alternate Approvers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Multiple Level Approvers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Budgeting: Paste into Multiple Cells. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Administrator Enhancement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Change User Properties for Multiple Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Chapter 3 - Resolved Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15Administrator & Technical Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Budgeting Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Designer Express Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15General Updates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Module Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Scheduler Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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Contents: Page 2

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Chapter 1

General Information

UPGRADING INFORMATION: REPOSITORY

If you are upgrading from any version of insightunlimited/Hubble, please note that version 2015.1 requires a new license key. You will need to obtain a new License Key from Customer Support. Once this is received, please perform a replace in order to retain your License Assignments.

Prior to upgrading, be sure your Object Repository is backed up using your current version’s Administrator Application. This backup is essential for all types of installs, whether you are installing this version in parallel with an existing previous version or, alternatively, as a new stand-alone installation. The backup will be used to restore into the newer version of Hubble.

Additionally, 2015.1 requires Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2. Download Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2: https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=42642

2015.1 also requires you to have the Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package installed on your machine. For additional details about this package, please see the MTRs for 2015.1. To obtain these files you can download from the provided links.

32-bit: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5555

64-bit: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=14632

UPGRADE INFORMATION: BUDGETING & PLANNING

For clients with budgeting repositories, get a backup of the budgeting library/database/schema prior to upgrading. All upgrades, if running in parallel with your existing insightunlimited/Hubble version, require a new budgeting database to be created. You can restore into the new database from the backup.

For more information on upgrading your budgeting database, please contact Customer Support.

CUSTOMER SUPPORT ASSISTANCE

If you have any questions about upgrading, including installing multiple versions in parallel, please contact our Customer Support Department by creating a case on our Support Portal at the following location: http://supportportal.insightsoftware.com/

For information regarding consultancy services or training, please contact your Customer Success Manager.

A 32-bit version of Hubble is available upon request. However, because of its limited memory usage capabilities, we strongly encourage customers to use the 64-bit version.

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OTHER GENERAL NOTES

1. Budgeting Forms, Designer Express reports and Standard Templates created using Designer Express are currently only supported on SQL Server, Oracle or AS/400 DB2 Databases.

2. For a full list of Minimum Technical Requirements and Prerequisites, please see the MTR & Prerequisite for 2015.1 document.

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Chapter 2

Feature Enhancements

GENERAL ENHANCEMENTS

BRANDING

As part of the new company product strategy, the product previously known as “insightunlimited”, “Insight”, “Really Real Time Inquiry Suite”, “Inquiry Suite Enterprise Edition”, “GL Inquiry” and “Trial Balance by CatCode” will be branded simply “Hubble” as of the 2015.1 release. Accordingly, the user interface now reflects our united Hubble brand.

CHANGE TO USER TYPES

There are 3 Hubble user types:

1. Power - Previously known as Reporting users, Power users can consume or create content, administer and contribute to planning.

2. Designer - Designer users can consume, create and extend content, as well as build, administer and contribute to planning.

3. Explorer - Previously known as Console users, Explorer users can consume content and contribute to planning.

LOGIN

In 2015.1, the previous start menu items are dramatically slimmed down; instead of having 6 links, one for each application, there will now be a single unified login for one single product, Hubble.

After launching Hubble, you will sign on with your credentials. Users with access to only one application will be taken into that application directly. Users with access to more than one application, e.g. Console and Designer (DXD license), are offered the choice in the form of a drop-down menu.

You can see what type of user you are signed in as by going to the About dialog.

Reconciler users will now enter the Hubble application as a Power/Designer user with the ability to open Reconciliation reports.

Viewer and Budgeting Lite users will now enter the Hubble application as an Explorer user. Budgeting/Planning functionality is sold separately as an uplift. The login is the same with or without this functionality; users will now sign in as an Explorer user or as a Power/Designer user.

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Administrator and Scheduler are now accessed via the Login Form; the icons only appear in the upper right corner if the requisite license or application is installed:

INSIDE THE APPLICATION

There is no longer separate branding for Reporting, Console, Budgeting and Viewer; instead, the application is simply referred to as “Hubble”.

Web links for Support and our website are available within the About dialog.

Colors within Hubble have been unified, using a color from the Hubble color palette. You will see the change in colors in places like charting and in the Backstage View.

RIBBON TOUCH MODE

This functionality enables a Touch Mode for the ribbon bar, which changes the ribbon to be more usable in touch devices like tablets. This feature needs to be enabled by setting a capability in Administrator. To enable the feature, go to Advanced Capabilities. Navigate to the Touch Mode node (IS Inquiry settings > Options > Touch Mode), select the Enable Touch Mode Button option and activate Allow users to toggle touch mode for the desired user/role.

When the Enable Touch Mode Button capability is enabled, a button appears in the Home ribbon tab in the Options group. You can now press the Touch Mode button to toggle the ribbon touch mode on or off. The button areas are made larger and buttons are moved further away from each other to make them easier to access with fingers on high resolution smaller displays.

REPORT VARIABLES

Report variables provide the ability to create and manage report-wide variables, which are meant to be used in conjunction with other features. The first (and for now the only) usage of report variables will be in the report title. The variables can be of four different types (Text, Numeric, Date and Boolean) and their values can be controlled by filters.

Set up the variables by clicking on the Report Variables button on the Inquiry Objects tab. Once they are set up, you can control the current value of a variable by adding filters to the report. A user with a Configurator license can go to the Filter Layout window and add variables to the filter area. This can be done by dragging a variable from the new Variables group in the Available Filters & Controls to the Workspace Area. The other way to change the Current Value of variables is to use the Filter Selections dialog and change the values of variables in the Make Selections tab. When you open the Inquiry Title window, the available variables will appear under the Special drop-down menu. You can now add the variables to the title like you would do with any other Dynamic Selection.

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Here is an example title with a variable of each type:

BUDGETING ENHANCEMENTS

CASCADE Cascade is a similar concept to Apply Multiple, where you apply many models with a single button click. Cascade, however, allows you to set the order in which they should be applied as well as the mode each model should run in. This feature proves useful for calculating and then summarizing values in DX forms at any level and then pushing them into the GL balances form(s) with the help of pivot tables or lookups.

All models for the forms you want to be part of cascade are on the same workbook as your driver form. Once you have set up all your forms and have assigned models to them (all being in the same workbook), you can begin defining and using cascade.

There are three possible model modes that can be used for each form:

1. Full - This is the normal apply model mode, where the values from Hubble are pushed to Microsoft Excel and then pulled back after the worksheet is re-calculated.

2. Update – This mode only pushes the values from Hubble to Excel but does not pull them back to Hubble.

3. Create - This mode acts the same way as Export to Excel but exports to the worksheet that is assigned as the model. The contents of the worksheet are completely overwritten, so any formulas you may have there will be cleared out. Note this does not push back to Hubble either.

The following example calculates the employee payroll (Full Apply), then runs a form which summarizes payroll numbers over business unit and object account (Create) and finally pushes those

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numbers by the help of a Pivot Table (which exists as a separate worksheet in the workbook and is not part of the cascade) into a GL Balances form.

Once your cascade is set up and ready to be used, the Cascade button is available if you open your driver form, which is the form that you set cascade on.

Upon clicking the Cascade button, a progress dialog appears. This dialog indicates the progress of each of the items separately as well as the overall progress of Cascade. It also has a running timer to show the time duration taken so far.

Jobs can be canceled by pressing the x next to the status of each task. Note that tasks which involve wildcarded models cannot be canceled midway in the process.

You can hover over a specific item within the cascade to see the name and the description:

Once Cascade is complete, the Progress dialog will display results on how long each of the tasks took and the total duration taken to run Cascade.

BUDGETING WORKFLOW USER INTERFACE

A new budgeting workflow has been implemented for use in Financial and Strategic Planning. As before, a user must have a BUD license and be a Budgeting Administrator in order to be able to change the budgeting workflow.

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You can set up budgeting workflow through the Activities window. A blank participant tree will be displayed as shown below:

The Supervisor Group and Controller Group nodes of the tree are included on a blank participant tree so that a user may add participants to the relevant group.

To add a participant to supervisor group, a controller group, an approver group or a contributor group, a user can select the Add Participant button when a parent group is selected in order to be shown a new window as shown below:

This window has the same features as before, where you can select and de-select multiple users and choose their role, but there is also a filter which allows a user to quickly find a particular user rather than sift through a long list of users. The filter checks to see if either the username, first name, or the surname contains the contents of the filter.

The new budgeting workflow uses approver groups to allow a user to build more complex approval scenarios. To add an approver group, a user must select a controller, and then either choose to Add Group or Add Participant.

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“Add Group” Method:

This window is similar to the Add Participant window, but it is possible to add a group name and choose an approval rule to apply to the approver group if desired. The filter on this window works in the same way as the filter in the Add Participants window.

If a user has not entered a group name, they will be prompted to do so, after selecting OK.

Here is a scenario where a group name, a rule, and selected participants have been added to the form. It will produce the following participant tree.

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“Add Participant” Method:

A user can also add an approver group by selecting the Add Participant button when a controller is selected. This will automatically create an approver group and give it the “and” rule by default. Any participants selected in the Add Participants window will be added to this group.

If a user right-clicks on an approver group, they will be shown a context menu, and they will be able to change the approval rule, or rename the approver group.

Scope can be added and edited to a contributor using a context menu.

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There is a user name filter on this window which allows a user to filter through longer participant trees.

The budget cycle status window has also been changed.

The Cycle Status window has been changed to show form statuses and user statuses. Time stamps have been taken out of this UI as to not overcrowd the screen.

Tooltips have been added to this UI to give more information about contributions that have been approved by a particular approver:

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You can also see which approvers have approved a contribution.

BUDGETING WORKFLOW: APPROVERS

MULTIPLE APPROVERS

Allowing multiple approvers for single budgeting submissions is an enhancement in budgeting workflow. This feature was designed so that contributions from many contributors must be approved by any number of approvers before they can be uploaded. Previously, only one approver was able to approve single contributions before a controller could upload these figures.

To set up an activity participant tree with multiple approvers, a user must be a Budgeting Administrator and have a valid Budgeting license (BUD).

In order for a budgeting submission to be able to be approved by a number of approvers, a Budgeting Administrator must first set up the participants of an activity so that these approvers are defined. To do this, they must ensure that the “and” approval rule has been selected for the group of approvers. This rule will enforce that all members of this group approve a budgeting submission before the group’s status is approved. In the case that any approver rejects a submission, the overall status is reset so that a contributor can alter the numbers again.

ALTERNATE APPROVERS

Allowing alternate approvers for single budgeting submissions is an enhancement in budgeting workflow. This feature was designed so that budgeting submissions from any number of contributors only have to be approved by a single approver from a group of approvers. If this submission is able to be uploaded, it is possible for a controller to do so after only one approver has approved the submission. Previously, a contributor had to have their submission approved by only one approver, with no room for flexibility as to who this approver could be.

To set up an activity participant tree with alternate approvers, a user must be a Budgeting Administrator and have a valid Budgeting license (BUD).

In order for a budgeting submission being able to be approved by any one of many approvers, a budgeting administrator must first set up the participants of an activity so that these approvers are defined. To do this, they must ensure that the “or” approval rule has been selected for the group of approvers. This rule will enforce that only one member of this group need to have approved a budgeting submission before the group’s status is approved. In the case that any approver rejects a submission, the overall status is reset so that a contributor can alter numbers once again.

A JDE input form uses a Hubble budgeting ledger that can be uploaded to JDE. Once submissions have been approved, the budgeting submissions can be uploaded to JDE. The cycle status form

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shows who has approved a contribution. Upon a status override, it is assumed all approvers of a group have approved the submission.

MULTIPLE LEVEL APPROVERS

Allowing multiple level of approvers for single budgeting submissions is an enhancement for budgeting workflow. This feature was designed so that budgeting submissions from any number of contributors can be approved sequentially by a number of approvers. When an approver higher up in the hierarchy approves a submission, it is assumed that approvers below it have also approved the submission. If this submission is able to be uploaded, it is possible for a controller to do so after the top level approver has approved the submission.

To set up an activity participant tree with multiple level of approvers, a user must be a Budgeting Administrator and have a valid Budgeting license (BUD).

In order for a budgeting submission to be able to be approved by approvers in a hierarchy, a Budgeting Administrator must first set up the participants of an activity so that these approvers are defined. To do this, they must ensure that the Hierarchy approval rule has been selected for the group of approver. This rule will enforce that a budgeting submission will be approved once the top level approver has approved the submission. In the case that any approver rejects a submission, the overall status is reset so that a contributor can alter the numbers again.

BUDGETING: PASTE INTO MULTIPLE CELLS

This new functionality provides the ability to paste a cell (or selection of cells) into a highlighted group of cells while in Budgeting Mode. This feature can be used by anyone who can input budget values.

From with Budget Mode, select and copy the cells you want to paste. After the copy, you now need to select the cells where you want to paste the selected values and use the Paste option (or Ctrl + V). The copied values are spread across the highlighted cells.

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ADMINISTRATOR ENHANCEMENT

CHANGE USER PROPERTIES FOR MULTIPLE USERS

You now have the ability to change user properties over multiple users at one time in Administrator. By using the Edit command with more than one user, the dialog that appears allows you to change certain user properties for various users simultaneously .

This form shows the available user properties, which are a subset of the user properties that can be changed across multiple users at the same time. These properties are presented in the form of tri-state checkboxes. If a checkbox is checked/unchecked, it means that all the selected users have that option on/off. If a checkbox is dimmed, it means that some of the users have the option on while others have it off.

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Chapter 3

Resolved IssuesIn addition to the list below, 2015.1 also includes all fixes up to and including 2014.2 SP2.

ADMINISTRATOR & TECHNICAL UPDATES

● Details of License Key Server and Repository are now checked when a key is added.● All tables are now tested and results are returned for all tables regardless of failure in the

Run Test portion of the Profile Wizard. This allows for multiple problems to be fixed without needing to re-run the test.

● In the Profile Wizard, the word ‘Recommended’ has been removed from ‘Implement JD Edwards Security using temporary tables (recommended)’.

● %UserDocuments% can now be used as a print output location to mean a user’s Documents folder in its current location

● When deleting a user, the Confirmation dialog will default to NO, thus reducing the occurrence of accidental deletion.

● The default value of the Close All Inquiries capability has been changed to ON for all users.

BUDGETING UPDATES

● Multiple enhancements have been made to the Budgeting and Planning capability. Please see the Feature Enhancements chapter for further details.

● Alternate, Multiple, and Multi-level approval may all be combine in a single Planning Activity.● Within Budgeting, a single number in the clipboard can now be pasted into multiple cells

simply by selecting them and choosing Paste.● Users are now prevented from entering invalid user names during Ledger Copy.● Columns create by Power Pivot can be used for budget entry.● The system no longer hangs when selecting Finalize or Save & Continue.

DESIGNER EXPRESS UPDATES

Power Pivot is now available for reports created with the Designer Express capability.

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GENERAL UPDATES

● The Community Screen has become the Welcome Screen.● Web links for Support and our website are now available via the About dialog.● Sorting for calculated hierarchy rows functions correctly.● Referencing an amount in the condition of a Calculation is now supported by all reports in JD

Edwards (DX and non-DX).● User Defined Filters are activated by default and are displayed under the Explorer (Console)

tab and function for all user types: Explorer, Power and Designer.● An exception error is no longer received when exporting to Microsoft Excel from the

Hierarchy dialog or the Query Assist dialog.● On systems with Microsoft Office is 2007 or above, Excel export should function without

error.● Bookmark text in PDF export will now reflect the code and descriptions setting on the report.● A visual error is no longer encountered with Linking to certain inquiries containing

hierarchies. This ensures that all hierarchy nodes display correctly.● Hubble Desktop IU now supports High DIP devises such as Microsoft Surface tables and 4k

resolution screens.● A missing scrollbar now appears when editing a Calculation that contains a very large

hierarchy.● Improved behavior of report grid when editing Comment Columns.● Power Pivot is now available when a report contains a hierarchy.● Power Pivot for BU Cat Codes returns accurate data.

MODULE UPDATES

QSF: Additional database views are now available for the QSoftware module.

SCHEDULER UPDATES

● Access to Scheduler has been updated. Please see the chapter on Feature Enhancements for further details.

● A new version of Scheduler is available. If using Scheduler, Scheduler 2.2.0 is required with Hubble Desktop 2015.1.

● The new Scheduler version 2.2.0 no longer creates a new connection every time Run As Tab is clicked on an Oracle database.

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