Product Updates

Inventory Management Starter Kit and Apps (2023-05-18) Starter Kit dependency removed from apps and KPIs streamlined The Inventory Management Control Center app (from version 2.0.0), Inventory Management Master Data Improvement app (from version 2.0.0), and Inventory Management Material Shortages app (from version 2.1.0) no longer depend on the Inventory Management Starter Kit. The apps now have their own fully self-contained Knowledge Models, so you don't need to install the Inventory Management Starter Kit and connect it to the apps before you can use them.We've streamlined the KPIs for Inventory Management as part of this change. KPIs, filters, and variables that were not used in the Starter Kit or in any of the Inventory Management apps have been removed to reduce complexity. For the Inventory Management Starter Kit, these changes are in version 1.3.0. We've also unified some intermediate KPIs in version 2.0.0 of the Inventory Management Control Center to optimize the computation of Target Stock and Excess Inventory Rate.If you still want to keep the previous setup, where the Inventory Management Starter Kit's Master Knowledge Model acts as a single point of truth for all Inventory Management KPIs, you can. That Knowledge Model contains all of the Inventory Management KPIs that are used by the apps. Follow the guide at App installation if you want to set up any of the apps to use the Master Knowledge Model instead of their self-contained Knowledge Model.

Payment Term Checker App 1.0.0 (2023-05-15) General Availability (GA) release of payment term comparison appThe Payment Term Checker App for Accounts Payable is now fully validated and has achieved GA status. The app compares payment terms on posted invoices, purchase orders, and vendor master data to identify unfavorable mismatches. The app is supported for SAP ECC, and it works best when you process both purchase orders and invoices in SAP.The GA release of the app no longer has a dependency on the Accounts Payable Starter Kit. We've updated the installation guide to help you with the install process.The invoice profile view now shows all the relevant details in one screen.We've updated some of the visualizations in the main action table to make it easier for you to identify mismatch categories and impact values.You can now access vendor details directly from the action view by selecting the vendor number for an invoice. When you're analyzing a single mismatch, this view gives you additional context on the historical patterns of payment term mismatches for the selected vendor. For the app documentation, see: Installation Guide.

Celonis IP addresses are changing (2023-05-15) Celonis is updating the IP addresses used by EMS. The previous Celonis IP addresses might be filtered in your company's firewall or connected Software-as-a-Service applications. To avoid EMS service disruption, please confirm with your IT infrastructure team if they maintain a list of allowed IP addresses for Celonis EMS and ask them to add the new IP addresses. The new IP addresses can be found here: Allowlisting Celonis IP addresses.

Smart ETL extended to extractions (2023-05-09) Celonis EMS can now calculate the optimal order for the tables within an extraction task, and for the extractions and transformations within a Data Job. We work this out by looking at historical extraction data and the dependencies between extractions and transformations. With this optimization, transformations can start while unrelated tables are still loading.The Smart ETL extension for extractions is automatically included for all of your Data Jobs as soon as it rolls out in your Celonis EMS instance. If you want to switch it off again, click the context menu (three dots) for a Data Job, select Execution Settings, and use the slider Include Extractions into the optimization of Data Jobs. For the full instructions, see Data Jobs.

New Meet our partners area with Partner Landings and Accelerator Packages (2023-05-04) To help you find and contact our ecosystem partners more quickly and easily, we've created the new Meet our partners area in the Marketplace to showcase the resources our partners offer. Select Meet our partners in the left navigation menu to get there. The Meet our partners area has digital storefronts for participating partners, called Partner Landings. Here, partners can list their apps, connectors, and Accelerator Packages, and share their areas of expertise, customer success stories, and information about themselves.Accelerator Packages are a pre-packaged combination of partner apps, Celonis EMS licenses, and partner implementation hours to deploy a specific use case for you. If you're a Celonis partner and you have at least three apps available in the Marketplace, talk to your Celonis representative to find out how to participate in the Partner Landings program.

Workforce Productivity (powered by Task Mining) (2023-05-03) Scaling up to 2500 concurrent users and 6 months of data (Limited Availability)Selected customers of Workforce Productivity (powered by Task Mining) can now create projects with up to 2500 concurrent users, and analyze on average 6 months of historical data. If you want to expand your projects beyond the current generally available limits (100 users and on average 60 days of data) to an enterprise scale, get in touch with your Celonis point of contact.That average time for historical data analysis is based on the maximum permitted number of users sending a typical amount of Task Mining events daily. The actual limit is 1.6 billion events, so if you have fewer users in your project or they send fewer events than expected, you can analyze the data for a proportionally longer timeframe. We might also be able to help you in certain scenarios to roll out beyond the upper limit of 2500 concurrent users. Realm-specific limits on the number of concurrent users might affect your maximum scalability.The Limited Availability package uses Views to match (and simplify) all the analysis features available in the GA package, and adds a Team Insights view. To learn more about Workforce Productivity (powered by Task Mining), see Task Mining.

Event details for Action Flows (2023-05-02) The audit log entries now include specific entries for Action Flow changes with relevant details about the event. The logged events are creation, activation, or deletion of an Action Flow, a change to its draft configuration, or a change to its schedule. See Viewing your audit logs for the full listing of audit log entries. 

Duplicate Checking App version 2.1.0 (2023-05-02) Machine learning ranking and (in Limited Availability) customization of matching algorithmThe Duplicate Checking App now uses machine learning to calculate a confidence score that predicts the probability of the group containing a true duplicate. This confidence is now the default sorting column in the Action View where the groups are ranked, so users can identify true duplicates more quickly and accurately.As a Limited Availability feature, you can customize the duplicate checking algorithm in the app's Knowledge Model to define custom patterns that determine a match. You can specify the columns that are checked for each pattern, perform multiple exact and fuzzy matches in the same pattern, and adjust the sensitivity parameters for fuzzy matches. Ask your Celonis EMS contact if you want to try this out. For the app documentation, see Duplicate Checking App.

Shipping Emissions Reduction App (2023-04-27) Certification of CO2e emissions calculation and major app improvements We're proud to share that our carbon engine, Climatiq's Shipping API, has been accredited by the Smart Freight Centre for GLEC compliant calculations of CO2e emissions. Accreditation demonstrates that our app provides accurate and reliable emissions data for your shipping operations.The Shipping Emissions Reduction App lets you check your shipping emissions compared to your target, explore clusters with high emissions, and identify opportunities to reduce emissions. The new app structure takes you through this flow more intuitively. We've also added more capabilities for this release: There's a new target tracking section in the cockpit, where you can set specific emissions targets, such as a 10% reduction compared to 2020.The Action View (an early-stage feature) helps you take actions on outstanding shipments to reduce emissions.You can specify shipping types in much more detail if you have that information available. For example, rather than just selecting road transport, you can specify a vehicle type, load type, fuel source, and more. The app uses this information to produce even more accurate emissions calculations.You can use more shipping types in simulations, such as estimating the potential saving in emissions for using LNG trucks instead of diesel trucks. For the app documentation, see Shipping Emissions Reduction App.  

Run Action Flows from Views (2023-04-20) Users can now run an Action Flow manually from a button in a View. To set this up, schedule an Action Flow to run “on demand” - which means it’s triggered manually - and define any inputs that users need to provide for it. Then include a button in a table or Profile View where you want to make the Action Flow available. When the user selects the button, they’ll get an input form to provide the inputs, and then the Action Flow runs. For full instructions to set up Actions, see Actions. 

Limit of 500 rows for action buttons on tables (2023-04-11) There’s now a limit on the number of table rows that you can trigger a skill for at the same time. If you select more than 500 rows, the button to perform the skill is disabled. See Adding Action to Tables and Provide default actions for instructions to set up the buttons. 

Studio features released in February 2023 Views (2023-03-02)Reset a View to the default stateYou can now use a single-click action to revert all your custom settings for a View and return it to its default state. Click "Restore default View" in the View settings to remove all the filters, variable values, sort orders, column or KPI visibility, and other customizations that you have applied to a View. Display mode for ViewsWe've added a display mode in the View settings, which shows the View alone on a screen with no distractions. In display mode, all navigation elements and surrounding browser elements are removed, but the View continues to operate as normal. It's a great way to display a View on a shop floor monitor or a similar public screen. Knowledge Models and KPIs (2023-02-15)Dynamic KPI targets in Knowledge ModelsYou can now define target values for KPIs directly in a Knowledge Model, either by specifying a fixed value or by using a PQL statement. If you use PQL, the value can be dynamic and filtered in Views, unlocking new use cases. You can choose whether end users can edit the target KPI value in Views or not. Second custom impact calculation for Execution GapYou can add a second impact calculation of your choice to the anomaly setup in the Knowledge Model. In Views, it'll appear as an extra impact column in the Execution Gap component for the relevant KPIs. At the moment you can only do this using YAML - it's the "SecondImpact" configuration. See Execution Gap List for setup instructions.

Platform features released in February 2023 Administrator notifications (2023-02-28)Five new notification typesWe've added some more notification types for your Celonis EMS team's admins. You can toggle these on and off in Admin and Settings > Notifications, and select which admins get emails in these situations:An application key is added, updated, or deleted.A user is removed from the team.A user's personal API key is added or deleted.The team's privacy settings are changed.SSO configuration is added or the team's SSO configuration is changed.See Notifications for more on these settings. Studio tracking service (2023-02-23)Views for adoption of Studio and app assetsFor teams with over 80 users, the Studio tracking service collects usage data for assets in Studio and the Business Apps. It lets you see what views and assets are being created and modified by your team members. In earlier versions, you could download the Studio adoption data as a CSV file, and build your own views to analyze it. We've now added ready-made views that let you explore and filter the collected data by package, asset, user, and group. For setup instructions for the tracking service, see Studio Tracking Service. User locking policy (2023-02-28)SCIM support for enhanced user lockingWhen you enable user locking policy (Admin and Settings > User locking policy), disused Celonis EMS user accounts are locked, and optionally also removed from the team, after a number of days of inactivity. We've added support for the SCIM protocol so that user locking decisions can be informed by active directory entries. Users who don't accept their invites to Celonis EMS and remain in the "Invited" state can now be locked and removed automatically. See User Locking Policy for the details.

Data Ingestion features released in February 2023 Asset downloads (2023-02-28)Download Portal for Extractors and other on-premise assetsWe've created a download portal where admins and analysts in productive teams can get the newest versions of these Celonis on-premise assets:Extractor for SAP ECC and S/4 HANA (RFC Module and Extractor agent)JDBC Extractor packages for databasesPython Extractor packageCelonis on-prem Agent for automationCDS Views for S/4 HANA Public CloudThese assets were previously available from links in the docs.celonis.com documentation. Now you can go to Admin and Settings > Download Portal to get and update them, and to see the release notes. You'll need to be an Admin or an Analyst with the permission MANAGE DOWNLOAD PORTAL for access. Data Connections (2023-02-24)Share different tables with each target Data PoolWhen you share a Data Connection with other Data Pools, you can now choose a different subset of tables to share with each target Data Pool. For a shared Data Connection, Celonis EMS creates views for the selected tables in the target Data Pool, and doesn’t duplicate the data.When you use the "Share Data with other Data Pools" option from the context menu for a Data Connection, turn off the "Use configuration for all target data pools" slider to create a separate export configuration for each target Data Pool. For the instructions to share Data Connections, see Transfer data between Data Pools. SAP RFC Module 3.5.0 for SAP Extractor 3.11.0 (2023-02-28 )Improved performance and use of hintsWe've refactored the RFC Module to improve extraction performance, especially for tables with many columns. Based on our internal tests, you could see performance improvements in the range of 30 to 60%.For SAP HANA databases, you can make further performance and load improvements by providing hints to the extraction queries. You can hint the preferred data source (snapshot or live data), and how many seconds the retrieved data can lag behind the live data.Version 3.5.0 of the SAP RFC Module is designed to work with Version 3.11.0 of the SAP Extractor, and some of these enhancements require that Extractor version. Extractor Builder (2023-02-23)Nested request parametersWhen you define a REST API endpoint in Extractor Builder, you can now nest one request parameter inside another in the API request. For example, you can use this capability for APIs that expect filters to be combined in a single query parameter. Pick "Do not use in request, but as parameter" when you add a request parameter that you want to nest. For the Extractor Builder instructions, see Extractor Builder.

Automation features released in February 2023 Action Flow notifications (2023-02-28)Working with notifications is simplerWe’ve updated the design of Action Flow notifications, and made it easier to unsubscribe from specific notifications about errors, warnings, or deactivation of an Action Flow. See Action Flow notifications for the documentation.

Application and Services features released in February 2023 EMS Connector for Power BI 1.0.1 (2023-02-01)Authenticate from Power BI with a personal API keyWhen you set up a connection from Microsoft Power BI to Celonis EMS, you can now authenticate with your Celonis EMS personal API key, as an alternative to the EMS Connector for Power BI's application key. For the connector documentation, see EMS Connector for Power BI. Parked & Blocked Invoices App 1.0.10 (2023-02-10)GA app release for processing parked and blocked invoicesThe Parked & Blocked Invoices App for Accounts Payable is now fully validated and has achieved GA status. The app intelligently prioritizes parked and blocked invoices, taking into account both the open and realizable cash discount and the net due date, to help you maximize your cash discounts and on-time payments. The app also supports you to resolve blocks and post parked invoices, by highlighting the root causes such as changes to price and quantity. For the app documentation, see Parked & Blocked Invoices App. Credit Memo Aging App 0.0.7 (2023-02-01)LA release of credit memo management appThe Credit Memo Aging App is a purpose-built application to show all your open, posted credit memos and their age.You can sort credit memos by their potential realizable value, and into different buckets (such as blocked and non-blocked).For each credit memo the app shows you all your open invoices that could be cleared by it - so that you can apply it to something you are already purchasing.The Credit Memo Aging App is in Limited Availability status. Ask your Celonis EMS contact, or request the app in Marketplace, if you want to try it out. Order Management Starter Kit 1.7.2 (2023-02-01)New views and reduced complexityWe've added two inefficiency views to help you with on-time delivery - Slow Processing and Insufficient Material Availability.The Seller Rejection and Customer Cancellation inefficiency views now have fewer settings for you to configure, and give more accurate results.We've simplified the in-app documentation structure so that there are fewer embedded views.The Starter Kit documentation is at Order Management Starter Kit. Inventory Management Starter Kit 1.2.1 (2023-02-02)New KPIs and Knowledge Model enhancementsWe've added recommendation logic for safety stock and reorder points to the master Knowledge Model to support Master Data Improvement use cases.New KPIs let you compute inventory projection for individual materials or entire plants.We've made changes to the KPI structure to reduce nesting and increase performance.The Starter Kit documentation is at Inventory Management Starter Kit. Inventory Management Control Center 1.2.1 (2023-02-02)Inventory projections and group level KPIsYou can view inventory projections for individual materials or for the entire organization.We've added KPIs at plant and material group level, together with profile views to deep dive on them.We've reworked the main consumption and replenishment charts to improve performance.The documentation for the app is at Inventory Management Control Center. Inventory Management Master Data Improvement App 1.1.0 (2023-02-02)Revamped app with enhanced recommendations and simulation featureA new simulation feature lets you change input parameters and examine the impact on recommended safety stock and reorder points.You can now make bulk updates to the parameters for multiple SKUs at once.You can deep dive on the app's recommendations by analyzing consumption, lead time data, and trends at a granular level.The app now prioritizes materials based on the deviation between planned and actual safety stock.We've also created a Lead Time recommendation model that uses machine learning to remove biases and outliers and determine accurate lead times. This model is in Limited Availability status - ask your Celonis EMS contact if you want to learn more.For the Master Data Improvement app documentation, see Inventory Management Master Data Improvement.

Task Mining features released in January 2023 Simplified project creation (16-01-2023)Simplifies the project creation process to allow you to create Task Mining projects even faster.For a detailed description of all changes we've made, see January 2023 (Task Mining).Documentation: Workforce Productivity (powered by Task Mining)----------------------------- 

Studio features released in January 2023 Carry filters between analyses (17-01-2023)Allows you to carry filters from one analysis in Studio to another.Note: In this release, you can carry filters from analysis to analysis only within the same space.Documentation: Not applicable----------------------------- Improved Views navigation (20-01-2023)Improves navigation between Views by using the Button component. From now on, you can link to a specific tab, without having to worry that your link is going to break when a view is extended. Additionally, EMS will automatically check if the View you're linking to is part of the same parent View and use the router link accordingly.Documentation: Button-----------------------------  

Platform features released in January 2023 Data Integration Brings a complete redesign to Data Integration to improve user experience and data transparency. For an overview of all changes we've made, see our Academy video.Documentation: Data Integration----------------------------- 

Data Ingestion features released in January 2023 Duplicate Removal for direct JDBC connections (19-12-2022)Allows you to remove duplicate records as part of an extraction. This applies to all direct (non-uplinked) JDBC connections. The option can be activated on the table level in the Extraction settings.Documentation: Database (JDBC) Connection----------------------------- Support of catalogs for Trino DB (19-12-2022)Introduces the support of catalogs for Trino database.Note: The JDBC Extractor does not support extractions from Trino database catalogs. The respective catalog name needs to be entered as a database name in the connection configuration.Documentation: JDBC Extractor----------------------------- 

Automation features released in January 2023 Support of additional Server Host Key and HMAC Algorithms in the SFTP App (30-01-2023)Introduces support for additional algorithms when creating a connection in the SFTP Action Flow's app.The following new algorithms are available from now on:Server Host Key algorithms:ssh-ed25519ecdsa-sha2-nistp256ecdsa-sha2-nistp384ecdsa-sha2-nistp521rsa-sha2-512rsa-sha2-256ssh-rsassh-dssHMAC algorithms:hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.comhmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.comhmac-sha1-etm@openssh.comhmac-sha2-256hmac-sha2-512hmac-sha1hmac-md5hmac-sha2-256-96hmac-sha2-512-hmac-sha2-256-96hmac-ripemd160hmac-sha1-96hmac-md5-96 Documentation: SFTP----------------------------- 

Application and Services features released in January 2023 Duplicate Checker 2.0.0 (30-01-2023)Adds fundamental changes to PQL structure and brings various improvements to Knowledge Model and Views.For a complete list of changes we've made to the Duplicate Checker App, see January 2023. Important: This package version is only compatible with the newest algorithm version and contains breaking changes that require a manual migration for all customized PQL statements.It is recommended to only update the package dependency once the algorithm has been enabled and a stable package version published (i.e. having a package without unpublished changes to be able to revert back, if necessary).Please create a service desk ticket to activate the newest algorithm on the EMS team basis and to receive instructions on how the migration will be performed. Documentation: Duplicate Checking App-------------------------------------- Order Management Starter Kit (January 2023)Brings a number of upgrades to the Order Management Starter Kit. For the detailed list of changes we've made, see Order Management Starter Kit (1.6.8). Documentation: Order Management Starter Kit-------------------------------------- 

Studio features released in December 2022 Table components (15-12-2022)Introduces an option to disable filtering using cell selections within the View’s Table component. This configuration can be defined in the component’s YAML setup.Documentation: Table documentation----------------------------- Sync filters between views (15-12-2022)Brings new ways of synchronizing filters between views. Until now, users could decide if filters should be carried over from one View to another View when using components such as a table or button. When a filter was applied on View 1, and the user jumped to another View 2 by clicking on a button, the filter was forwarded. With this new change, the user can decide if the filters should be shared forward only (as of today), backward only (bringing filters from View 2 to View 1 only), both ways or not at all. In addition to that, the filters are synced immediately. This works no matter if View 2 is a Profile View or linked to the table and button component via View key.Other components like execution gap list or process explorer will follow at later stage.Documentation: Table documentation----------------------------- 

Data Ingestion features released in December 2022 SAP Extractor (09-12-2022)Displaying the “Clean up job” status and retention period in the transaction code /CELONIS/CLMAN_UI. The “Clean up job” is a nightly background job to remove.Documentation: Not applicable----------------------------- File uploader (09-12-2022)Introduced support for 7z compression type.Documentation: Not applicable-----------------------------

Automation features released in December 2022 Salesforce Action Flows App Update (15-12-2022)Introduces the updated version of the Salesforce Action Flows app with even more out-of-the-box modules. Note: This change doesn’t affect the existing Action Flows that use the previous version of the app. However, we recommend updating Action Flows that use this app with the new app version, since only this version is going to be actively maintained and improved in the future. Documentation: Salesforce-----------------------------