FDMEE: The Sequel Is Here! First Impressions of 11.1.2.4

In late January 2015 , Oracle Corp. released the first sequel to FDMEE – Release 11.1.2.4.  As expected, it’s chock full of some good stuff. 1) New Look FDMEE 11.1.2.4 has a new skin.  (That’s geek speak for a new visual style.)  With FDMEE 11.1.2.4 you get a slightly cleaner appearance than FDMEE 11.1.2.3.  There’s less shading in various component borders.  (If you’re using or have seen Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service (PBCS), it has the same look and feel.) A flatter user interface has been the trend for a couple of years now, as evidenced by the Windows 8 Modern user interface and Apple ditching it’s signature skeuomorphic design elements in iOS and Mac OS. 2) Fix Mapping Feature This important FDM Classic feature makes its way to FDMEE.  Using the Fix Mapping Feature the end user can view and fix mapping errors right from the Validate screen.  (In FDMEE 11.1.2.3, the end user had to leave the Data Load Workbench component and launch the Data Load Mapping component to fix the maps.) Fix Maps screen is a a handy end user feature, for sure. 3) POV Locking by Location Another critical FDM Classic feature finds it’s way to FDMEE – POV locking by location.  By locking a point of view (POV) you can prevent the location from modifying data.  FDMEE 11.1.2.3.520 provided the ability for the FDMEE administrator to lock all locations from the Application Settings component.  With 11.1.2.4, the end user can lock his/her POV at the location level.  Like FDM Classic, the end user even gets the groovy little lock symbol in the POV to...