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We are pleased to introduce new subscription, usage and operational metrics for Oracle Cloud Fusion Applications. These metrics will allow you to better understand the use of your Oracle Cloud Services, including user activity, performance and subscription status.
New Metrics for Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications
We are pleased to introduce new subscription, usage and operational metrics for Oracle Cloud Fusion Applications. These metrics will allow you to better understand the use of your Oracle Cloud Services, including user activity, performance and subscription status. We have started a phased roll out of the new metrics to customers in February with availability to all Release 10 production environments in the near future. You will access the metrics by downloading reports directly from the My Services dashboard. Because the metrics are provided in My Services, your Service Administrator(s) will have access to them.
Once the metrics are available and you've had a chance to review them, you can help us by providing your feedback and ideas for further improvement of these metrics. Refer to this link for a MOS Community page provided for this purpose. Problems or issues with metrics should be reported via a My Oracle Support Service Request (SR).
Note: We sometimes find that some customers are not sure what the user ID or password is for their Service Administrators. These login credentials are different from those used to access your Fusion applications. If this applies to you, open an SR requesting that their passwords be reset. Service Administrators will then receive a notification with their User IDs and temporary passwords, which they can reset when they log on to My Services. Access to My Services is available through cloud.oracle.com; simply click on Sign In and follow the information provided.
New Subscription Metrics
Subscription metrics allow you to view usage of Cloud Applications based on subscription characteristics. Most Oracle Cloud Applications are based on the number of active users associated with the service (e.g., Oracle Fusion Financials Cloud - Hosted Named Users) whereas others are based on record or transaction volume (e.g., Oracle Fusion Financials Expenses - Hosted Expense Reports).
New Usage & Operational Metrics
Usage and operational metrics allow you to view common activity of your Cloud Applications instances. These metrics provide information over various time spans on user interface performance, user login patterns, scheduled job history, report execution history, etc.
Metric |
Description |
Active Hosted Employees |
The count of every Person, regardless of Person Type, with at least one active assignment during the month reported. Each Person is counted just once. Displays the number of active hosted employees so that you can understand the status of certain HCM subscriptions (for example, Human Capital Base Cloud Service) relative to your entitlement. |
Advanced Collections Cloud Service |
The count is based on the number of active users which are assigned the "Manage Collections Dashboard" privilege. |
Automated Invoice Processing Cloud Service - Hosted 1,000 Records |
Provides information regarding the number of payables invoices created through automated invoice imaging processing on your Fusion Cloud Applications instance. The table displays the number of invoices processed per month. The number of invoices does not include invoices created through other methods (e.g. Payables Invoice Workbench). |
Business Intelligence Publisher Report Usage |
Provides information regarding the most frequently used Business Intelligence (BI) Publisher reports on your Fusion Cloud Applications instance. The table includes information about which reports are run, the number of executions of each report, the number of times the execution of each report succeeded and failed and the average run time. The information is provided on a daily, weekly and monthly basis. |
Career Development Cloud Service |
The count of active users for the "Fusion Career Development Cloud Service" is based on the number of active users which are assigned the "Manage Development Goal" privilege. |
Expenses Cloud Service - Hosted Expense Report |
Provides information regarding the number of expense reports created on your Fusion Cloud Applications instance. The table displays the number of expense reports created per month. |
File Attachments |
Total storage used by all file attachments uploaded in the application by users. |
Financials Cloud Service |
The count of active users for the "Fusion Financials Cloud Service - Hosted User" is based on the number of active users with at least one of the following privileges. If a user is assigned more than one of the following privileges, that user is counted only once toward the service.
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Global HR Base Cloud Service - Database Storage Records |
Identifies the count of each unique instance of a worker with any number of assignments: past, current, or future. Each person is counted only once. The intent of this metric is to display the number of HCM Person Records so that you can understand subscription status relative to your Database Storage Record entitlement. |
Global Payroll Cloud Service |
The count of persons for whom payroll was calculated during the reported month. |
Goal Management Cloud Service |
The count of active users for the "Fusion Goal Management Cloud Service" is based on the number of active users which are assigned the "Manage Performance Goal" privilege. |
Grants Management Cloud Service |
The count is based on the number of active users which are assigned any of the following privileges. If a user is assigned more than one of the following privileges, that user is counted only once toward the service.
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Hosted Named Users |
Displays the monthly maximum number of Active Named Users by cloud service for those cloud services which base their subscriptions on active named users. This metric is calculated on the first day of the month following the month to which it applies. For example, June values will be determined on July 1. Values will not be reported for the current month until that month ends. It displays the number of Active Named Users authorized to access each of the services to which you subscribe so that you can understand subscription status relative to your entitlement. Active named users for a cloud service are determined in one of two ways, depending on how they are documented in Fusion Applications service descriptions:
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Load as Sessions and Page Views over Time |
Identifies the number of page views for the time period to which it applies (daily, weekly or monthly) and the number of sessions for that time period. This metric is intended to help you understand how much work your users are doing when they log in. A high ratio of page views to sessions means that they are accessing multiple user interfaces; a low ratio means that they are accessing fewer user interfaces. |
Page Response Time: Advanced |
Identifies the number of page views for the time period to which it applies (daily, weekly, or monthly) and the average amount of time (in seconds) required to load all pages. It also identifies the percentage of page load times as poor, fair or good. This metric will help you understand how often your users are waiting for slow pages to appear. |
Page Response Time: Basic |
Identifies the average amount of time, in seconds, required to load all pages. Information is provided on a daily, weekly and monthly basis. Its intent is to report online performance for you and help you identify trends with online performance. |
Performance Management Cloud Service |
The count of active users for the "Fusion Performance Management Cloud Service" is based on the number of active users with at least one of the following privileges. If a user is assigned more than one of the following privileges, that user is counted only once toward the service.
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Project Billing Cloud Service |
The count is based on the number of active users which are assigned any of the following privileges. If a user is assigned more than one of the following privileges, that user is counted only once toward the service.
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Project Costing Cloud Service |
The count is based on the number of active users which are assigned any of the following privileges. If a user is assigned more than one of the following privileges, that user is counted only once toward the service.
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Project Management Cloud Service |
The count is based on the number of active users which are assigned any of the following privileges. If a user is assigned more than one of the following privileges, that user is counted only once toward the service.
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Project Resource Management Cloud Service - Managed Resources |
The number of resources managed using Fusion Project Resource Management cloud service for execution of projects. |
Purchasing Cloud Service |
The count is based on the number of active users which are assigned the "View Purchasing Work Area" privilege. |
Purchasing or Self Service Procurement Cloud Service |
The count is based on the number of active users which are assigned the "Manage Requisition" privilege. If Self Service Procurement is part of the subscription, the count represents the number of active users for Self Service Procurement. Otherwise, the count represents Purchasing active users that have the authority to create requisitions. |
Scheduled Processes Usage |
Provides information regarding the most frequently used scheduled processes on your Fusion Cloud Applications instance. The table includes information about which processes are run, the number of executions of each process, the number of times the execution of that report completed with success, warning or error, and the average run time. The information is provided on a daily, weekly and monthly basis. |
Sessions by Browser and Time |
Number of user logins during the period broken down by the users' browser type. If a user session spans two reporting periods, it is counted once in each period. |
Sessions by Country and Time |
Identifies the number of user sessions during the period broken down by country. The country is determined by the IP address of the device the user is accessing the system from. If the user is accessing via a proxy server, the IP address of the proxy server is used to determine the country. If a user session spans two reporting periods, it is counted once in each period. |
Sessions by Device OS |
Number of user logins during the period broken down by the users' device operating system type. If a user session spans two reporting periods, it is counted once in each period. |
Sessions Over Time |
Identifies the number of user sessions during the period. If a user session spans two reporting periods, it will be counted once in each period. |
Sourcing Cloud Service |
The count is based on the number of active users which are assigned the "View Supplier Negotiation Work Area" privilege. |
Storage Records and Sales Cloud Service Activity |
Number of total records created in Oracle Sales Cloud Service as of that date for the object. |
Supplier Portal Cloud Service |
The count is based on the number of active users which are assigned the "Access Supplier Portal Overview" privilege. |
Supplier Qualification Cloud Service |
The count is based on the number of active users which are assigned the "View Supplier Qualification Workarea" privilege. |
Talent Review & Succession Management Cloud Service |
The count of all persons present in any of the following:
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Task Management Cloud Service |
The count is based on the number of active users which are assigned the "Manage Project Tasks" privilege. |
Time and Labor Cloud Service |
The count of active users for the "Fusion Time and Labor Cloud Service" is based on the number of active users which are assigned the "Manage Time Work Area" privilege. |
Total Logins by Product |
Identifies the total number of logins for the time period to which it applies (daily, weekly, or monthly) and further breaks down these logins by product. Its intent is to identify the reason users are logging in by determining the first application page to which the user navigates after they log in. In addition to end user-directed products, it also identifies products shared across Fusion Applications; an example is Functional Setup Manager. |
Unique User Logins per Day |
Provides information regarding the number of unique users who logged into the Fusion Cloud Applications in a given day, to indicate user activity and adoption. |
Unique User Logins per Week |
Number of Unique users who logged into the Fusion cloud application in a given week. The intent of this metric is to indicate user activity and adoption. |
Uptime & Downtime Status |
Identifies planned outages based on the snapshot of "Current Status" on the My Services Dashboard. Days with planned outages are identified in amber. If multiple planned outages occurred during one day, all are identified. |
Workforce Compensation Cloud Service |
The count of all persons included in a Compensation Worksheet during the preceding 12 months for the month reported. |
Workforce Reputation Management Cloud Service |
The count of active users for the "Fusion Workforce Reputation Management Cloud Service" is based on the number of active users with at least one of the following privileges. If a user is assigned more than one of the following privileges, that user is counted only once toward the service.
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Best Practices document now available: Performing and Tuning Best Practices
We are reaching out to all SaaS customers that are leveraging or may be signing up for PaaS/IaaS services in the future.
We are pleased to share a Performing and Tuning Best Practices document designed for Developers, DevOps Engineers, System Administrators, Database Administrators, Essbase Administrators, and BI Administrators.
Our experience has shown that these Best Practices can increase performance and reliability for customers using PaaS/IaaS. Use this information to find recommendations, procedures, standards, checklists, and resources, to help optimize your configurations.
The Best Practices document will be updated frequently, so check back often.
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Overview of changes for the Oracle Cloud (Fusion) Application Update Policy which provides details on what is changing and what remains the same.
Effective 1 November 2016, the frequency of the Oracle Cloud (Fusion) application update cycle is changing from monthly to quarterly. The revised update policy will provide the following benefits:
To learn more about this specific policy change, please refer to the Update Policy.
Oracle's E-mail Announcements Are Getting a Facelift!
Based on your feedback, Oracle's cloud event notifications are getting a facelift! With the new look and feel, we will improve both the standardization and modernization of the e-mails.
For example, we want you to be able to quickly determine if an e-mail is asking you to take action or if it is just delivering information. Also, we are standardizing the layout of the cloud service notifications (new purchase, upgrade, outage, etc.) to give you a better user experience.
These 'new' notifications will start to roll out in the next weeks.
Feel free to reply to this post with your comments and feedback as you start to receive the newly formatted notifications.
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