EPM Cloud - NEW CLONE SNAPSHOT FEATURE

The Clone Snapshot feature is now available for all EPM Cloud business processes except Enterprise Data Management. 

This feature provides a screen-based method to migrate application snapshots from a source environment to a target environment. It is an alternative to writing an EPM Automate script to clone an environment. 

Note that security (users and their predefined role assignments) cannot be cloned using this feature.

Applies to: Financial Consolidation and Close, Narrative Reporting, Planning, Planning Modules, Tax Reporting

This feature was introduced in Account Reconciliation and Profitability and Cost Management in the 21.02 update.

Cloning of snapshots is useful in migration scenarios, including the following:

• Production to test cloning where only the application needs to be migrated.
• Test to production cloning where only the application needs to be migrated.
• Primary to secondary cloning for disaster recovery.

When you clone a snapshot, Oracle EPM Cloud automatically completes all the actions required to create an exact copy of the current application in the target environment. 

Because this process recreates the target environment, be sure to backup data and artifacts from the target environment before using this feature.

Business Benefit: Using the Clone Snapshot feature allows you to migrate application snapshots from a source environment to a target environment without writing EPM Automate scripts.