Planning and Applying FAW Service Updates: Updating FAW with Quarterly Application Release

Rajesh L-Oracle

Pre-Req: Please make sure FAW Admin Notification Email provided in FAW Console is current and if possible please use email-distribution-list so that it reaches to all FAW Admins as this will ensure that Admins are notified of updates and any other Critical Service Notifications. Ref: Steps to validate and update the FAW Notification Email -

Reviewing Available latest FAW Updates:

Step 1. Review following FAW documentation which lists latest available versions and the new features/changes for the release:

What’s New for Oracle Fusion Analytics Warehouse

Step 2. Review in FAW Admin Console available Release Updates options and Scheduled/Default Dates:

In Oracle Fusion Analytics Warehouse, open the Navigator menu, click Console, and then click Release Updates under Service Administration.

Following is an example of available updates in a test environment

Ref: Update Your Application

In FAW Console > Release Updates you can decide and apply the Application updates except the emergency patches that are deployed automatically. Once a Updated is available it will have a default date populated which is the last date by which this update will auto apply - please review and apply this updated as soon as possible

Types of FAW Updates:

1. Application Releases/Updates: Quarterly

Application Releases contain updates to the data model and new content when available. You'll receive notification emails about these releases.

You'll notice an "auto-update" target date for major releases. You can update to a release any time before the predefined date by changing it to a date convenient for you. Review Update Your Application

On the predefined date, if you haven't yet updated, then Oracle Fusion Analytics Warehouse automatically updates your data model and content without extending the predefined date.

You can expect a major release every quarter and optional updates or emergency patches. Each patch is cumulative. For example, if you choose to apply the 22.R1.P3 patch, then the previous patches (such as 22.R1.P1 and 22.R1.P2) are also applied with the 22.R1.P3 patch. You won't see the older patches listed in the Release Updates tile of the Console as available releases when the release changes to the current one (such as 22.R1.P3).

You aren't impacted by major application releases which have undergone testing to negate the impact to existing business users. Major application releases don't cause service downtime.

2. Platform Releases/Updates: major release every quarter, a minor patch every month, and emergency fixes as patches.

Platform Releases contain updates to your service; for example as security patches and updates to the Console accessible to administrators.

You don't need to make any selection or take any action. These updates include operating system and security patches and are applied for all customers on the same day because these releases don't change the data model or content, business users aren't affected.

Ref: About Oracle Fusion Analytics Warehouse Releases

Thank you,

-Rajesh L