3 EPM Platform Updates in 25.11 That Will Change Your Admin Workflow

These are the updates that impact EPM Automate, Data Integration, and our user-facing tools like Smart View. They have a ripple effect across every module we manage. The 25.11 update has delivered a few gems that directly target our admin workflows.

Let's talk about environment management. We all rely on EPM Automate and REST APIs for our critical maintenance, but there have always been a few gaps. The 25.11 update continues to build out our admin toolkit with new Migration-specific REST APIs and updated file-handling commands for Object Storage.

But the most significant change is a crucial security and cleanup enhancement to the recreate command. Previously, using recreate would clear your environment, but it left a potential gap: snapshots in your Object Storage archive remained. Now, when you use the recreate command with the new removeAll=true parameter, it renders all archived snapshots in Object Storage unusable. This ensures that when you wipe an environment, you are truly wiping its entire backup history, leaving no security holes or orphaned files. It's time to review your environment refresh scripts to see if you should implement this new, more secure parameter.

Anyone who has managed both Account Reconciliation (ARCS) and Data Integration knows about a particularly frustrating "gotcha." You'd go into ARCS and modify a Transaction Matching "Match Type"—maybe change a data source ID or a journal column name—and suddenly, your data integration would fail. Why? Because Data Integration had no idea you made the change, forcing you to go in and manually update the application to re-establish the link.

The 25.11 update finally fixes this. With the new "Updates to Match Types Reflected in the Associated Data Integration Applications" feature, that link is no longer manual. When you update those properties in a Match Type, the changes are seamlessly reflected in the associated Data Integration application. It's a simple, brilliant fix that eliminates a common point of failure, saving us troubleshooting time and letting us cross one more manual check off our list.

The rollout of Smart View for Google Workspace is a hot topic, as many of us are drafting new admin guides and training plans for it. The 25.11 update delivers a killer feature that will solve a major headache for our users (and for us, the admins who support them): managing connections.

Users constantly need to switch between development, test, and production environments. The new "Enhancements to Active Connections" feature now allows them to switch connections for both forms and ad-hoc grids without losing their changes. Imagine your power user finishes their work on a form in the Test environment. They can now simply use the "Set Active Connections" feature, switch to the Production environment, refresh the sheet, and their work is carried right over. This is a massive usability enhancement that makes testing and validation significantly easier and dramatically simplifies the "go-live" process.

The 25.11 update is a great example of how platform-level tweaks can have a major impact on our administrative workflows. Staying on top of these changes is key to running an efficient and secure EPM environment.

If you're looking to optimize your EPM administration, automate your processes, or get expert guidance on rolling out new features like these, reach out to Nadia Lodroman at www.lodroman.com.