Do You Want Early Access to Updates?
When you set up a new service you can opt to receive product updates early or on the regular schedule.
Oracle delivers innovative product updates on a regular basis, with zero customer downtime. If early access to new features is important to you, you can opt to receive updates immediately when they become available. If you manage multiple Oracle Analytics Cloud environments, early access gives you the flexibility to explore new features and stagger updates between environments.
After creating your Oracle Analytics Cloud environment and opting for either the regular or early update cycle, your selection is locked. You can't switch from the early rollout cycle to the regular rollout cycle (or the other way around). So, it's important to consider whether early updates are suitable for your environment from the start. If your needs change, you must create a new service instance with the desired update schedule and migrate your content to the new service.
| Update Cycle | Description |
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Early |
Oracle delivers updates as soon as they're available. If you manage multiple Oracle Analytics Cloud environments, early access gives you the flexibility to explore new features and stagger updates between environments. |
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Regular |
(Default) Oracle delivers updates a few weeks after completing the early update cycle. If you manage multiple Oracle Analytics Cloud environments on the regular update cycle, Oracle will share the actual date of software updates for each environment in your software update notification. |
Update cycle options are available in commercial, US government, US defense, UK government, and EU sovereign realms.
Oracle sends notifications to communicate actual dates for software updates for each Oracle Analytics Cloud environment that you manage. See Does Oracle send notifications for all service updates?
The update cycle you select takes effect from January 2025 onwards.