Upgrading to Financial Report Builder Spring 2024

This page describes the changes to make when upgrading to Spring 2024.

See the Upgrade Steps section under each feature for details of any action required. If you don't want to use or upgrade an optional feature, you can skip the upgrade steps for that feature. To perform upgrade steps in your org, you must be assigned administrator permissions.

See the Included in This Feature section under each feature for details of items such as objects, fields, or buttons that have been added in this release.

Note:

Where new objects, fields, or buttons have been added for a feature, we recommend that you add them to any relevant page layouts, profiles, and permission sets. For information on how to do this, see the Salesforce Help.

For information on new features and changes to existing features in Spring 2024, see New Features and Enhancements in Financial Report Builder Spring 2024.

Dependencies on Other Packages

This release of Financial Report Builder requires the following package to be installed:

  • Foundations Summer 2023

You must install this package before installing or upgrading to this release of Financial Report Builder.

Searching Reports

Upgrade Steps

No upgrade steps are required to upgrade this feature to Spring 2024.

Ordering Reports

Upgrade Steps

No upgrade steps are required to upgrade this feature to Spring 2024.

Commenting on Reports

Upgrade Steps

No upgrade steps are required to upgrade this feature to Spring 2024.

Included in This Feature

This section details the assets that have been added or changed in this release.

Formatting Options added in Spring 2024
Option Description Further Information
Comment The comment detailing the contents of the report. Formatting Reports

Read-Only Components

Upgrade Steps

No upgrade steps are required to upgrade this feature to Spring 2024.

Included in This Feature

This section details the assets that have been added or changed in this release.

Options added in Spring 2024
Option Description Further Information
Read-Only If selected, sets access to your workspaces that contain Financial Report Builder components to read-only. Financial Report Builder Lightning Components Overview

Soft Dates, Number Formatting and Filtering Improvements

Future Soft Dates

Upgrade Steps

No upgrade steps are required to upgrade this feature to Spring 2024.

Included in This Feature

This section details the assets that have been added or changed in this release.

Period formats added in Spring 2024

Period Format

Further Information

Next Year
Next Year (Cumulative)
Next Year to Date
Next Year to Date (Cumulative)
Next Year (Current Period)
Next Year (Current Period, Cumulative)
Next Year (Last Period)
Next Year (Last Period, Cumulative)
Next Year (Current Quarter)
Next Year (Current Quarter, Cumulative)
Next Year (Last Quarter)
Next Year (Last Quarter, Cumulative)
Next Year (Current Quarter -2)
Next Year (Current Quarter -2, Cumulative)
Next Year (Current Quarter -3)
Next Year (Current Quarter -3, Cumulative)

Opening Balance Soft Dates

Upgrade Steps

No upgrade steps are required to upgrade this feature to Spring 2024.

Included in This Feature

This section details the assets that have been added or changed in this release.

Period formats added in Spring 2024
Period Format Further Information
Current Year (Opening Balance)
Last Year (Opening Balance)

Number Formatting: Decimal Precision

Upgrade Steps

No upgrade steps are required to upgrade this feature to Spring 2024.

Included in This Feature

This section details the assets that have been added or changed in this release.

Formatting Options Added in Spring 2024
Option Further Information
3 decimals Configuring Financial Report Tables
4 decimals
5 decimals

Percentage and Decimals

Upgrade Steps

No upgrade steps are required to upgrade this feature to Spring 2024.

Included in This Feature

This section details the assets that have been added or changed in this release.

Formatting Options added in Spring 2024
Option Further Information
None Configuring Financial Report Tables
1 decimal
2 decimals
3 decimals
4 decimals
5 decimals

Single Selection in Filter Configuration

Upgrade Steps

No upgrade steps are required to upgrade this feature to Spring 2024.

Included in This Feature

Checkboxes Added in Spring 2024
Checkbox Description Further Information
Limit values to single selection If selected, enables users to select only one filter value in the filter configuration of your report. Configuring Filters in Financial Reports

Security: OAuth Flow Authorization

Upgrade Steps

No upgrade steps are required to upgrade this feature to Spring 2024.

Included in This Feature

This section details the assets that have been added or changed in this release.

Services Added in Spring 2024
Service Description Further Information
OAuth Flow Authorization Authentication and approval system introduced when editing or reviewing a lens in Analytics Studio. Configuring Financial Report Tables

Release Content

Upgrade Steps

To upgrade this feature to Spring 2024, take the following action.

Upgrade steps for Spring 2024
Action Further Information
Deactivate any deprecated prompts that are active in your org.

Managing Certinia In-App Guidance

Included in This Feature

This section details the items that have been added or updated in this release.

In-App Guidance

Financial Report Builder In-App Guidance Updated in Spring 2024
Name App Tab Type Active Created
Release Overview Financial Report Builder Financial Report (List) Tutorial No Spring 2021
Getting Started with FRB Financial Report Builder Reports (List) Tutorial No Spring 2021