Oracle Cloud 25B Release Notes: What’s New?

Oracle’s 25B release is just around the corner. The tentative Oracle 25B release date is set for early May 2025. This blog covers what's new to look forward to in the Oracle's 25B release and how it can benefit you. We'll break down the key features concisely, so you can get the most out of your upgrade.

As a trusted Oracle partner, Opkey is here to guide and empower Oracle users with a smooth update process. Since robust testing is crucial for the seamless rollout of Oracle updates, we will highlight how Opkey can help you with that.

If you want detailed information beyond the features and benefits discussed here, check out the 25B Concise Summary Advisory or the Comprehensive 25B Advisory.

What’s new in Human Capital Management (HCM)?

You now have more flexibility when setting up work shifts and break times. Instead of being limited to 15-minute blocks, you can define exact durations like 25 minutes or 7 hours and 15 minutes. This helps create more accurate and customized schedules for your workforce.

What’s new in Financials Module (FIN)?

Payables users can now easily view and edit supplier invoices that are based on purchase orders (POs). This helps them make quick corrections or updates to invoice details directly, saving time and reducing errors in payment processing.

What’s new in Supply Chain Management (SCM)?

The new Redwood Inventory Transactions page makes it faster and simpler to review inventory activity, helping improve accuracy and streamline operations.

What are the New Technical Updates in Oracle 25B Release?

Human Capital Management (HCM)

Enhancements to Benefits - Enrollments Real Time Subject Area

• New Attribute for Benefits Enrollments: Added Rate Overridden through Date under Participant Rate Value in Benefits - Enrollments Real Time for better reporting.

• Enhanced Extra Input Rules Reporting: Now includes element entries not linked to rates, accessible via Input Value Name in the Input Value dimension.

Transactional Business Intelligence Enterprise for Compensation

• Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence (OTBI) is a real-time, self-service reporting solution for Oracle Cloud users. It enables HR managers, executives, and line managers to analyze workforce costs, staffing, compensation, performance, talent management, succession planning, and employee benefits for informed decision-making.

Financials (FIN)

List of Values for Tax and Accounting Attributes in Payables ADFDI Spreadsheet

• Use Lists of Values in tax and accounting columns in the Payables ADFDI spreadsheet to improve accuracy and efficiency when creating invoices.

Manual Creation and Application of Prepayment Invoices

• Other transaction activities, including disputes and adjustments, on prepayment invoices and sales invoices with prepayment lines are not supported using SOAP or REST API services.

Supply Chain Management (SCM)

Manage Inventory Profile Options

• You can define OTBI-based KPIs and visualizations using the Visualization Configurations tool. First, create an OTBI analysis, then for a KPI, select Metric Card as the visualization type, and for a visualization, choose Bar Chart, Pie Chart, Tabular Chart, etc.

Create Reports to Monitor Kanban Activity Using the Kanban Activity Real Time Subject Area in OTBI

• Kanban is a just-in-time inventory replenishment method that manages material supply based on actual consumption. Now, OTBI allows you to create personalized reports for Kanban replenishments, enabling quick review and analysis of related transactions and data.

Opkey for Oracle Cloud Testing: Oracle 25B

Opkey’s AI-enabled, ERP Lifecycle Optimization platform helps businesses validate new Oracle releases seamlessly, helping them to unlock the full potential of their Oracle environment.

Learn more: A Practical Guide to Testing Oracle Cloud Updates

Opkey reduces test cycles and helps businesses to achieve improved risk coverage with the power of AI test automation.

Here’s how:

• Pre-Built Test Cases: Opkey's library of pre-built test cases for Oracle applications accelerates the testing process.
• No-code Test Automation: Opkey's built-in AI enables business users to write and automate tests without requiring IT assistance.
• Change Impact Analysis: Opkey's impact analysis lets you know precisely what will change between your processes as-is and to-be, and it ensures that the most significantly affected business processes are tested first.
• Self-healing: Opkey's self-healing features fix broken tests with a single click. As a result, test maintenance efforts are reduced by 70%.
• Reporting and Analytics: Opkey's reporting and analytics features provide insights into test results for informed decisions.