Oracle has just announced JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Release 26 (Applications Update 26 and Tools 9.2.26), reinforcing its position as a leading digital ERP platform. This release fully aligns with Oracle’s strategy: helping organizations adopt and accelerate their digital transformation by automating, optimizing, and securing business processes, while improving observability, compliance, and system availability.
Business application enhancements
Supply Chain and Purchasing
JD Edwards improves invoice-to-receipt matching with tolerance controls on foreign currency amounts, reducing FX-related discrepancies. It is now possible to reprint an invoice for an order that is partially shipped and on hold, streamlining the accounts receivable cycle. Approval delegation has been strengthened to ensure continuity during absences, and PO approval is now a Progressive Web App, enabling fast approvals on mobile, tablet, and desktop.
Key points :
- Foreign currency tolerance in voucher match
- Reprint invoices for partially shipped orders on hold
- Controlled approval delegation
- PO Approval as a PWA accessible via URL
Finance
“Invoices and Associated Receipts” report
A new report consolidates invoices, receipts, discounts, chargebacks, and write-offs, speeding up audits and improving visibility on collections.
Localizations
Brazil: support for CBS, IBS, IS
Implementation of tax situation codes, purchase return cycle, and NF-e (XML) generation for goods sales. Compliance maintained.
To go beyond business processes and compliance, let’s look at the technical evolutions that power this transformation: more customizable, more automated, and better observable tools.
Technical tooling enhancements
Digital transformation
Digital transformation takes shape with smarter interfaces and more controllable automation. Widgets now accept user input (for example, Business Unit), allowing personalization without proliferating objects and delivering a more relevant experience.
The Enterprise Automation Dashboard provides a unified view of process models, KPIs, and metrics, with split-view comparisons, threshold alerts, and the ability to drill down to data sources. EnterpriseOne Page tiles display unread badges in task context, making prioritization easier.
From Form Extensions, you can trigger orchestrations, notifications, or logic under specific conditions to cut noise and better align with business rules. Orchestrations gain flexibility with print options passed as variables—printer, number of copies, orientation, paper type—so outputs can be routed automatically based on context.
Debugging is enhanced: it supports input files and provides per-form detail for multi-form Form Requests, accelerating error analysis. Finally, Form Extensions extend to Power Edit screens to hide, disable, or rearrange fields and drive complex subforms, simplifying screens and reducing errors.
Key points :
- Widgets with user input for personalization without object sprawl
- Automation Dashboard: unified view, split view, thresholds, drill to sources
- Notifications on tiles to prioritize better
- Conditional triggers in Form Extensions
- Orchestrations with configurable print options
- Advanced orchestration debugging, including multi-form
- Form Extensions available on Power Edit screens
To move from automation to operations, let’s see how these evolutions are paired with concrete improvements in administration and security.
Administration and security
Day-to-day administration gets simpler with a Scheduler now fully manageable from the web. Configure and monitor scheduled jobs with advanced options like business day, time windows, Virtual Batch Queue, and high availability, while triggering orchestrations and notifications at the right time.
For code and data management, Web OMW lets you operate on tables directly from the web client: edit physical attributes, create and manage indexes, and perform ALTER operations that preserve data during format changes. Update Manager supports applying UN language packs via Web Software Update, with multi-platform deliverables and complete history tracking. For migrations, the Move and Improve Toolkit captures your environment and imports it into a current-code instance, even at another site, speeding and securing transitions.
Security and compliance are strengthened. Outbound messaging adopts OAuth 2.0 to align with modern SMTP services and reduce credential exposure. On Oracle Database, time-bound sessions automatically free resources and improve availability, while support for Oracle Database 23ai delivers more robust failover for greater continuity. Case-insensitive search simplifies the user experience. Microsoft SQL Server environments benefit from Always On clustering (FCI/AG) for controlled failovers and high availability during maintenance. Finally, UDO security performance is optimized, especially for users with many subscriptions.
Key points :
- 100% web Scheduler with advanced options and orchestration/notification integration
- Web OMW: manage attributes, indexes, and ALTER without data loss
- UN language packs deployed via Web Software Update with full traceability
- Move and Improve Toolkit for faster, safer migrations
- OAuth 2.0 for outbound email
- Time-bounded Oracle sessions, stronger failover with Oracle Database 23ai, case-insensitive search
- SQL Server Always On for high availability
- Improved UDO security performance
To complement these administration and security advances, content and reporting also gain flexibility and integration.
Content and reporting
Media Objects now support long URLs, making it easy to link to external storage like OCI Object Storage or Microsoft SharePoint without URL length constraints.
Embedded BI Publisher supports XLSX output, delivering smaller files through compression, extended security options, and broader compatibility with modern office suites.
For observability and integration, Server Manager exposes new REST APIs to manage Development Clients and retrieve runtime metrics, simplifying automation and industrializing monitoring.
Key points :
- Long URLs to easily integrate OCI Object Storage and SharePoint
- BI Publisher XLSX output: compact files, enhanced security, wide compatibility
- Server Manager REST APIs: manage dev clients and real-time metrics
Need support for your migration to Release 26 ?
Release 26 reaffirms Oracle’s commitment to continuous innovation in JD Edwards EnterpriseOne. Enhancements across business applications and technical tools create real opportunities to improve reliability, strengthen security, boost productivity, and accelerate digital transformation.
Our consulting team can help assess your needs, build a tailored migration strategy, lead the deployment (Applications Update 26 and Tools 9.2.26), train your teams, and optimize your processes to ensure maximum ROI.
Contact us today to discover how Release 26 can deliver value across your organization and secure your operations for the long run.
