Oracle DRM Blog

Got a question today about the new features on Oracle Hyperion DRM v11. In terms of this new release to be honest, most of the features had been pretty much the same as version 9.3.2. So don’t expect anything dramatic. I was told by reps that the next release will evolve to something quite different. Time will tell.

On with the list of new features that I find useful:

Synchonize by Property – The Synchronize feature has been extended to enable easy searching across multiple hierarchies simultaneously based on any common property value. Relationships between nodes using a property value can be discovered and navigated without creation of a query resulting in higher productivity when browsing mapped nodes across multiple hierarchies. This feature is more a visual tool.

Migration Reports – Reports can now be generated from the Migration Utility to provide offline HTML documentation for metadata extract files that are used for migration or archival. These reports can provide users the ease of reference to information stored in the XML file and allow additional user notation to be included in the report to capture the intended purpose and usage of the file. In my previous blog entry, I have opted to use the XML export in conjunction with Excel to document DRM members and properties. No doubt this new feature could come in handy.

Implicit Shared Node Export Option – The Hierarchy and Generation exports have the option to output the implicitly shared hierarchical structure below shared limb nodes (displayed in italics when browsing a hierarchy that has been enabled for shared node maintenance). Not that I can prove it, but I have submitted tickets for this useful feature to be included. Looks like finally it had. Thanks to me

System Property Category Security – Access rights to node-level properties on the System property category can be further restricted to allow users to update properties for their area of responsibility without allowing them to modify these common properties that may be used across multiple business functions. In the past, not having this feature meant you have to only allow the System Administrator to make critical changes such as this, instead of assigning it to various users.

There’re two other new features Difference Filters in Migration Utility and Select List for Setting WebBook System Preference which we won’t be mentioning. And there’s a sizeable list of defects fixed in the release.