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Oracle’s quarterly updates are designed to drive innovation, strengthen compliance, and enhance user experience across ERP, HCM, and SCM modules. The Oracle 25C release is no exception. With new features spanning Financials and Project Financial Management, it offers enterprises smarter automation, improved controls, and better insights.
But with every update comes the responsibility to test and validate—quickly and thoroughly. In this post, we’ll break down the highlights of Oracle 25C and explore why quarterly updates demand a smarter approach to testing.
Why the Oracle 25C Release Matters
Oracle Cloud applications follow a rolling update schedule, with four major updates each year. These releases ensure the platform stays agile, secure, and aligned with regulatory changes. The Oracle 25C release introduces new features to help finance and project teams streamline workflows and make faster decisions.
However, because updates are automatically pushed to sandbox and production environments within weeks, organizations must test and certify their business processes before the release hits production. Failure to do so could disrupt critical operations such as payroll, invoicing, or financial closing.
Oracle 25C Release Highlights: Financials Module
1. Automated Posting of Subledger Entries
Manual subledger journal entries can now be automatically transferred and posted to the general ledger upon approval.
Benefit: Faster financial close and real-time reporting, reducing manual errors and delays.
2. Accounting Across Multiple Ledgers
You can now process transactions for multiple ledgers within a single subledger application process.
Benefit: Streamlined accounting operations and reduced system resource consumption.
3. Smarter Journal Posting
New Submission Options allow posting based on status—ready for posting, needing approval, or both.
Benefit: Flexible workflows and fewer posting delays.
4. Automated Intercompany Transactions
Payables invoices can now trigger intercompany entries automatically, improving global compliance and accuracy.
Benefit: Accurate cross-entity accounting with less manual intervention.
Oracle 25C Highlights: Project Financial Management
1. Bill Transaction Adjustment Prevention
The system now prevents credit memos and revenue reversals during contract changes unless explicitly enabled.
Benefit: Stronger revenue integrity and reduced billing errors.
2. Role-Based Rate Schedules in Bill Plans
Assigning rate schedules based on project roles (e.g., Analyst, Consultant) is now supported.
Benefit: Improved billing accuracy and client transparency.
3. Automated Change Order Updates
Approved changes to project scope automatically update the financial project plan.
Benefit: Reduced manual work and improved project control.
4. Side-by-Side Budget Comparisons
Compare current and proposed budgets directly within the Edit Budget interface.
Benefit: Clearer financial visibility during revisions and faster stakeholder alignment.
The Testing Challenge with Oracle Quarterly Updates
While the Oracle 25C release brings significant value, it also highlights a recurring challenge: how do enterprises test efficiently during every quarterly update?
Oracle updates follow a tight schedule:
- Week 1: Updates pushed to sandbox
- Week 3: Updates go live in production
In this short window, enterprises must verify that all critical processes still work—across finance, procurement, HR, and more. But manual testing is slow, resource-intensive, and often leads to missed test coverage. Many organizations find themselves scrambling to validate core processes, with teams putting aside other priorities just to meet update deadlines.
Why You Need an Enterprise Testing Tool
This is where adopting an enterprise testing tool becomes essential. Test automation not only speeds up validation but also improves coverage, accuracy, and repeatability across updates.
An enterprise testing solution can:
- Quickly identify impacted test cases,
- Automate test execution across environments,
- Provide clear, auditable reports for compliance,
- And reduce testing timelines from weeks to just days.
How Opkey Helps
Opkey is a no-code, AI-powered enterprise testing tool built specifically for platforms like Oracle Cloud. With over 5,000 pre-built Oracle test cases and built-in impact analysis, Opkey enables enterprises to:
- Certify their Oracle Cloud updates in as little as 3 days,
- Automatically detect which processes are impacted by each release,
- Execute tests across sandbox and production environments with minimal effort,
- And free up business and IT teams from time-consuming manual testing cycles.
By automating end-to-end testing for Oracle 25C and future releases, Opkey helps organizations accelerate innovation while reducing risk—ensuring every update rolls out smoothly and safely.
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