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Ref360 February2023 WhatSNew en
February 2023
What's New
Informatica Reference 360 What's New
February 2023
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Enhanced user interface for reference data attributes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
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Preface
Read What's New to learn about new features, enhancements, and behavior changes in Reference 360 for the
current release.
For information about fixes and known limitations, see the Release Notes.
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Chapter 1
February 2023
The February 2023 release of Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services℠ Reference 360 includes the following
updates.
Important Notices
The February 2023 release of Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services℠ Reference 360 includes the following
important notices.
You can use the export and import model version 3 APIs to export and import assets from source to target
organizations.
For more information about exporting value mappings of crosswalks in a code list, see Exporting value
mappings of crosswalks.
For more information about reference data export jobs, see Defining reference data export jobs.
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REST API
The Reference 360 REST API includes the following new and enhanced resources:
Use this API to export new assets and the assets with incremental changes from source organizations.
Use this API to import the previously exported new assets and the assets with incremental changes to
target organizations.
code lists
You can create a subset ID for a subset of code values in a hierarchical code list and export the subset
of code values to the CSV or JSON format.
For more information about the extension, see SAP Financial Management extension for Reference 360.
January 2023
The January 2023 release of Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services℠ Reference 360 includes the following
updates.
REST API
The Reference 360 REST API includes the following enhanced resource:
code value
You can move a code value to another node within the same hierarchical code list without locking the
code list.
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Chapter 3
December 2022
The December 2022 release of Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services℠ Reference 360 includes the following
updates.
Important Notices
The December 2022 release of Reference 360 includes the following important notices.
You can use the export and import model version 2 APIs to export and import assets from source to target
organizations.
For more information about adding advanced rule associations, see Add advanced rule associations.
REST API
The Reference 360 REST API includes the following new resources:
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export model version 2
Use this API to skip any existing asset and import only the previously exported new assets to target
organizations.
You can synchronize Reference 360 with SAP ECC and SAP S/4HANA in batches. Use advanced validation
rules to govern the key finance master data sets for the General Ledger (GL) accounts and the Cost Centre
objects.
For more information about the extension, see SAP Financial Management extension for Reference 360.
Changed behavior
The December 2022 release of Reference 360 includes the following changed behavior.
Asset tabs
Assets preserve the current view even when you navigate to another workspace or switch between assets in
the Explore panel.
Previously, the assets displayed the default tab when you navigated to the assets from a different workspace
or switched between assets in the Explore panel.
November 2022
The November 2022 release of Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services℠ Reference 360 includes the following
updates.
For more information about adding advanced rule associations, see Add advanced rule associations.
Localization
The user interface labels and error messages are localized to French, German, Spanish, and Brazilian
Portuguese.
REST API
The Reference 360 REST API includes the following enhanced resources:
export model
You can export reference data sets, including hierarchies and advanced rule associations of code list
attributes, from source organizations.
import model
You can import previously exported reference data sets, including hierarchies and advanced rule
associations of code list attributes, to target organizations.
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Changed behavior
The November 2022 release of Reference 360 includes the following changed behavior.
Previously, you could select a value from the picklist values of reference data attributes for a large number of
picklist values.
September 2022
The following topics provide information about new features, enhancements, and changes in the September
2022 release of Reference 360.
REST API
The Reference 360 REST API includes the following enhanced resources:
export model
You can export reference data sets, including workflow configurations that contain workflow tasks with
user group assignments, from the source organization.
import model
You can import previously exported reference data sets, including workflow configurations that contain
workflow tasks with user group assignments, to the target organization.
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Chapter 6
August 2022
The following topics provide information about new features, enhancements, and changes in the August
2022 release of Reference 360.
Notices
The August 2022 release of Reference 360 includes the following notices:
You can use the basic and advanced rule associations to validate or transform the attribute values based on
the enhanced data validation framework.
For more information about downloading error reports, see My jobs page.
https://{POD region}.informaticacloud.com/rdm-service/api-docs
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REST API
The Reference 360 REST API includes the following enhanced resources:
export model
You can export reference data sets, including user groups in the stakeholder configuration of assets,
from the source organization.
import model
You can import previously exported reference data sets, including user groups in the stakeholder
configuration of assets, to the target organization.
Changed behavior
The August 2022 release of Reference 360 includes the following changed behaviors.
Previously, you could add nodes and a recursive relationship only to the last child node of a hierarchy model
that contained data.
Previously, you could change the name of a reference data set created in Business 360 Console.
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Chapter 7
July 2022
The following topics provide information about new features, enhancements, and changes in the July 2022
release of Reference 360.
REST API
The Reference 360 REST API includes the following enhanced resources:
export model
You can export reference data sets, including basic rule associations of code list attributes, from the
source organization.
import model
You can import previously exported reference data sets, including basic rule associations of code list
attributes, to the target organization.
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Chapter 8
June 2022
The following topics provide information about new features, enhancements, and changes in the June 2022
release of Reference 360.
For more information about adding advanced rule associations to attributes of code lists, see
Add advanced rule associations.
For more information about stopping reference data import and file import jobs, see Monitoring jobs.
View task details for code values of a code list on the History tab
You can view task details for code values of a code list on the History tab when the record is associated with
an approval workflow.
For more information about viewing task details, see Viewing history of a code value.
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Changed behavior
The June 2022 release of Reference 360 includes the following changed behavior.
Previously, the Import Values icon was disabled for a draft code list.
May 2022
The following topic provides information about changes in the May 2022 release of Reference 360.
Changed behavior
The May 2022 release of Reference 360 includes the following changed behavior.
Previously, the History tab displays the chronology of updates to the code lists, crosswalks, and code values
of a code list in a simple table.
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Chapter 10
April 2022
The following topic provides information about changes in the April 2022 release of Reference 360.
Changed behavior
The April 2022 release of Reference 360 includes the following changed behavior.
Previously, the History tab displays the chronology of updates to the reference data sets and the hierarchies
in a simple table.
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February 2022
The following topics provide information about new features, enhancements, and changes in the February
2022 release of Reference 360.
Important notices
The February 2022 release of Reference 360 includes the following important notices.
The Tasks workspace is replaced with the Workflow Inbox workspace. You can use the Workflow Inbox to
manage and review tasks and draft code lists. You can also configure and manage multi-step approval
workflows.
You can enable the Workflow Inbox and multi-step approval workflows by performing the following actions:
1. If you have draft code lists and open tasks in the Tasks workspace, resolve the tasks and close the draft
code lists.
2. Use APIs to update the approval implementation mode and enable the Workflow Inbox. For more
information, see Reference 360 REST APIs.
Note: Existing draft code lists and tasks in the Tasks workspace will not be migrated to the Workflow Inbox
workspace.
If your organization uses the Tasks workspace, Informatica recommends that you migrate to the Workflow
Inbox workspace.
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Reference data export jobs and job schedules
You can create a reference data export job to export code lists from Reference 360 data store to an external
data source, and define job schedules to run the jobs at a specified time.
You can view and manage reference data export jobs on the My Jobs page.
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