OfficeConnect - Miscellaneous Enhancements

During refresh of multiple worksheets, we now display the messages list docked at the bottom of the screen. You can then move the messages list and dock it anywhere on the screen for your convenience. We use your last docking position and size to display any future refresh messages.

Also, the messages list starts displaying as soon as refresh completes for one of the worksheets. If you want, you can close the messages list. As refresh completes for the remaining worksheets, the messages list can reopen if necessary.

For OfficeConnect for Financial Management, we now rename Company currency to Primary ledger currency in the workbook properties. The renaming is consistent with the introduction of alternate ledger currency.

We now significantly improve the performance when you expand a row or column where you've applied multiple elements. Previously, OfficeConnect appeared to hang when you tried expanding more than 3 elements. You experience the improved performance only when you select the

Exclude rows with no data

option.

When you click Log Out in OfficeConnect for Word or PowerPoint, we now automatically sign you out of both applications.

When you click Log Out in OfficeConnect for Word or PowerPoint and you're simultaneously signed into these other applications, we won't automatically sign you out:

OfficeConnect for Excel
Excel Interface for Planning

See:

About OfficeConnect for Word
Start OfficeConnect for PowerPoint

We now enable you to manage your regional settings from the Manage Tenants option on the OfficeConnect sign in page.

If you use a regional gateway and authentication service and you've previously set up a regional connection, it now displays as Default. To change this connection, you can use the

Manage Tenants

option. To set up a new regional connection, you can use the

Set Up Tenants

option.

See Steps: Set Up Tenant Connections

For OfficeConnect for Financial Management, we made some backend changes to the Set Up Financial Reporting and Analytics Data Model task. Consequently, these sections in the data model display some visual changes:

Versions: We now have a Version table for plans and actuals.
Dimensions: We've now renamed the Dimension column header to Cube Field.
Show Details: We've now renamed the Field column header to Cube Field. Also, we've added these columns:
Version Types: You can now use the Show Details option for the configured version types.
Report Sort Direction: You can now sort the report data alphabetically.

See Set Up the Financial Reporting Data Model.

For OfficeConnect for Financial Management, you can now configure optional hierarchies for the Project dimension in the Financial Reporting and Analytics Data Model. You can then report on the optional hierarchy in OfficeConnect.

See Setup Considerations: Project Hierarchies