Upgrading to Extended Planning and Analysis August 2024

This page describes the changes to make when upgrading to August 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 August 2024, see New Features and Enhancements in Extended Planning and Analysis August 2024.

Cloning Plans

Upgrade Steps

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

Upgrade Steps in August 2024
Action Further Information
Add the Clone Plan Lightning action to the Plan Layout page layout on the Plan object. See the Salesforce Help.

Included in This Feature

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

Buttons

Lightning Actions Added in August 2024
Lightning Action Description Further Information
Clone Plan Creates a copy of the plan and its scenarios.

Cloning a Plan

Plan Fields

Creating Plans from Plan Templates

Upgrade Steps

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

Upgrade Steps for August 2024
Action Further Information
Ensure that users who need to create plan templates are assigned the xP&A - Manage Data Sources and Plans and CRM Analytics Platform User permission sets. Permission Sets and Other Technical Documentation
[Optional] Ensure that you have selected a plan template in the Plan Template field from the xP&A Embedded Plan Lightning component if you are creating a plan for a record page. xP&A Embedded Plan Lightning Component Properties

Included in This Feature

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

Lightning Record Pages

Lightning Record Pages Added in August 2024
Lightning Record Page Description Further Information
Plan Template Record Page Create a plan from record pages for other objects using the xP&A Embedded Plan component Creating a Plan for a Record Page

Lightning Component Properties

Lightning Component Properties Added in August 2024
Name Description Further Information
Plan Template The plan template used when creating a plan using the component. xP&A Embedded Plan Lightning Component Properties

Permission Sets

Permission Sets Updated in August 2024
Permission Set Further Information
xP&A - Manage Data Sources and Plans Permission Sets and Other Technical Documentation
xP&A - Manage Plans

Displaying Planning Units

Upgrade Steps

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

Lightning Pages

Lightning Record Pages Added in August 2024
Object Page Description Further Information
Planning Unit Planning Unit Record Page The default Lightning record page for the Planning Unit object. Planning Units

Updating a Plan with the Latest Data from Analytics

Upgrade Steps

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

Included in This Feature

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

Permission Sets

Permission Sets Updated in August 2024
Permission Set Further Information
xP&A - Manage Data Sources and Plans Permission Sets and Other Technical Documentation
xP&A - Manage Plans

Using Allocations

Upgrade Steps

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