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***PLEASE SCROLL DOWN TO VIEW MULTIPLE MESSAGES*** Updated on April 19, 2019 The Spring FINDINI 4.0.15 Release will be live on April 29. Please see the outage information below. More information regarding this upcoming release can be found: https://oracle.fss.finance.harvard.edu/oracle-ebs-findini-4015-release-notes Please note: The planned sun-setting of the Oracle Vendor Request Form will no longer take place on Wednesday April 24th. The rollout to the new B2P Supplier Portal has been postponed, and we are working on a new delivery date which we will announce soon. The VRF form will be available for use until further notice. More information is forthcoming via our B2P Project Change Management program. Additional Tips: The FINDINI 4.0.15 release will include a Java JRE update to 1.8.0_201. For Mac desktop users only, when logging in for the first time after April 29, those users will be prompted to download this updated Java JRE. This is needed for Mac users who rely on the Safari 11 browser using Java JRE plug-in to open Oracle Forms. Please note, that Safari 12 and higher used on the Mac, no longer supports Java JRE plug-in, thus Oracle forms will not open using this browser. Safari browsers on the Mac are currently incompatible with Java Web Start Technologies. Also, for Mac users, with this release, Firefox version 60.x and greater will now allow Oracle Forms to open using Java Web Start Technology as long as the base level of JRE 1.8.0_201 is installed. If users receive a popup message that a more recent version is available, they should NOT act upon the request. MAC Users should be using JAVA JRE version 1.8.0_181 until FINDINI 4.0.15 is live. Windows PC desktop users no longer have to install Java JRE updates for Oracle Financials due to the Java Web Start technology. Oracle Forms no longer prompt Windows PC users to update their Java JRE. For Windows PC users, using Oracle Forms requires a base level of Java JRE version 1.8.0_141 which all of FAS and Central Administration have already. We have advised all other Schools outside of FAS and Central Administration to also follow suite. There is no harm for windows users to update to JAVA JRE 1.8.0_201 after April 29. To Learn more about Java Web Start, it is highly recommended to go to our site: https://oracle.fss.finance.harvard.edu/user-resources found under https://oracle.fss.finance.harvard.edu/ Always clear your browser cache if you encounter any screen issues or errors. Oracle Financials Users should always review the desktop standards after each FINDINI Release to be better informed of desktop requirements. These can be found on site https://harvard.service-now.com/ithelp?id=kb_article&sys_id under the EnterpriseApplication Supported Desktop Configurations section. Please review the HUIT Service Status Dashboard for all System operational status. This can be found on site: https://status.huit.harvard.edu/ It is highly recommended for all users to subscribe to this page to receive status alerts and notifications. If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact the HUIT Service Desk at 5-7777.

Upcoming April System Access Outage for Oracle Financials Systems: Oracle Financials will be unavailable due to the implementation of our Spring FINDINI 4.0.15 Release beginning Friday, April 26 at 6:00pm until Monday, April 29 at 7:00am The Spring FINDINI release will be available to users on Monday April 29. The Oracle EBS Financial systems that will be offline during this time include: Accounts Payable, Accounts Payable Adjustment Form for Assets, Accounts Receivable, iReceivables & Collections, Bottomline, CAPS, Cash Management (CMRA), Chart Security Maintenance Application (CSMA), Chart of Accounts GL Validator, FedEx, General Ledger, Oracle Assets, HCOM & iProcurement, PCard, Vendor Request, Web ADI, & Web Reimbursement. CPATH (Capital Planning at Harvard), DMS Financial Data Warehouse, & HART reporting will also be offline during this same outage window. CPATH & DMS Financial Data Warehouse are also having a release during this weekend.