Downtime Schedule:

• Start:Friday, July 25, 2025, at 5:00 PM
• End:Monday, July 28, 2025, at 8:00 AM

During this time, PBCS will be unavailable as we transition to a new platform.

What This Means for Colleges:

• PBCS access will be unavailable from July 25-28, 2025.
• Beginning Monday, July 28, you’ll need to use a new URL to access PBCS.
• The interface will remain the same only the access link is changing.

Choi Halladay recently shared at the last BAC meeting that we anticipated changes in our PBCS licensing due to a substantial cost increase. We were awaiting final confirmation, and that confirmation is now in place.

SBCTC leadership has successfully negotiated with Oracle to replace PBCS with Oracle EPM Cloud Enterprise (EPM)  to offset the higher subscription costs.

Understanding EPM Enterprise and PBCS

Oracle EPM Enterprise and PBCS are both enterprise performance management solutions offered by Oracle. While PBCS is designed as a more streamlined and cost-effective option suited for smaller organizations, EPM Enterprise provides a broader set of advanced features and capabilities tailored for larger and more complex institutions.

What This Means for Colleges

Oracle has assured us that transferring to the EPM Enterprise platform will not impact existing configurations, business processes, or the user interface/experience.

• Colleges that currently use PBCS will continue to do so without disruption.
• The look and experience that colleges know with PBCS will continue to be the same, just on a different platform.
• Colleges in the process of configuration are not expected to experience any impact. Our estimated deployment time-frame still remains January 2026.

Next Steps

We are in the process of transitioning existing PBCS functionality to the EPM Enterprise platform. While EPM offers additional features, our primary focus is on re-platforming the current toolset without disrupting the user experience. When feasible, we will assess and document relevant enhancements; however, our top priority remains completing this transition while staying on schedule with the next deployment group. The transition is expected to be finalized by August, and we will provide updates on our progress and any timeline adjustments as needed.

The Department Hierarchy structure provided by Columbia Basin College, Bates Technical College, and Whatcom Community College is now being configured in PBCS!

Next up College Activity- User Acceptance Testing (UAT) estimated to be in the  November-December time-frame. 

If you are looking for schools that are actively using PBCS Everett or Green River would be a great resource.  Please check out the recording from Everett on how they have been using PBCS.

Deployed February 12, 2021

• Tacoma Community College
• Spokane Community College
• Spokane Falls Community College
• State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
• Clark College
• Lower Columbia College
• Olympic College
• Pierce College
• Peninsula College
• Cascadia College

Deployed January 10, 2022

• Highline College
• Edmonds College
• Centralia College
• Wenatchee Valley College

Deployed January 17, 2023

• Bellevue College
• Everett College
• Grays Harbor College
• Big Bend Community College
• Bellingham Technical College (Expenses only)
• Green River College
• Skagit Valley College

Deployed January 8, 2024

• Bellingham Technical College (PBCS WorkForce)
• Walla Walla College
• South Puget Sound Community College

Deployed January 14, 2025

• Shoreline College
• Lake Washington Technical College
• Yakima College