April 2023

Enhancements

Syniti Knowledge Platform

Systems now support two new connection types for replication:

• IBM Db2 LUW

• IBM Db2 OS/390

Refer to Supported Metadata Scanners for more information.

We are busy enhancing the Syniti Knowledge Platform, but nothing is ready for release just yet. Check back next week!

Enhancements

Migrate

• The following Migrate pages have been updated to use the React Javascript library to meet Syniti standards:

  • About Syniti Migrate

  • Active reports with validation errors (Migrate > Report Validations)

  • Attributes

  • Construct Page Deployments (Migrate > Construct Pages > Action icon)

  • Construct Pages

  • Default Application Tables (middle section on the Applications page, accessed through Administer > Advanced > Applications)

  • ETL Transform Job Lists (Migrate > ETL Jobs)

  • Excel Import Setup

  • File Management

  • Mapping Import Setup

  • Metrics Scorecard

  • My Profile

  • Object History Search

  • Parameters

  • Report Import Setup

  • Snapshot Management

  • Stakeholder Types (Administer > Advanced Stakeholders)

  • Standard Fields

  • System report Configuration

  • System Reports

  • System Views

  • Users Management

  • Value Mappings Config

• In Snapshot Management, a new view, MIG_XTVALUEMAP, has been added to the SRCCONSTRUCT database that provides access to the LOAD_VALUE for use by the Xref Update rules. The update rules use this view instead of the XTVALUEMAP table. Refer to Value Mapping Snapshot Data Stored in SRCCONSTRUCT for more information.

• In Value Mapping, the value that the Xref Update rule uses as the target value is now derived from the LOAD_VALUE if available, and, if there is no LOAD_VALUE, is derived from the TARGET_VALUE. Use the LOAD_VALUE field in situations where the value in the TARGET_VALUE field must be changed before being posted to the target. For example, the value in the TARGET_VALUE field can contain the value US-MN, but the value to be loaded to the target must be concatenated to MN.

  Note

  • This change applies to XREF Update rules created going forward, and is not applied retroactively. If you want to use the LOAD_VALUE field in existing ETL rules created prior to this release, you must:

    • Manually edit the existing Snapshot of the XTVALUEMAP table to reference the new MIG_XTVALUEMAP view in the Snapshot System Table Name field on the Table details page

    • Update your existing Xref Update rules to use the new code:

      ZFIELD = ISNULL(LOAD_VALUE, TARGET_VALUE)

Construct

Construct now uses the Orchestrate module to run workflows. A new procedure type, Orchestrate Workflow, has been added to the Page Business Rules page. Refer to Create an Orchestrate Workflow Business Rule for more information.

Bug Fixes

Syniti Knowledge Platform

• We fixed an issue on the Systems page where you could not save multiple contacts because the fields only allowed up to 256 bytes. We raised the limit to 2048 bytes to support multiple contacts. [KYB-6297]

• We fixed an issue on the Systems page where when an Objects tab had zero records, it loaded forever and produced a console error. With this fix, a message now displays to let you know that there are no records to load and no console errors are produced. [KYB-6506]

• We fixed a consistency issue with the color of the tabs on the Strategy card on Goals and Initiatives pages. [KYB-6145]

• Fixed an issue in Admin where the custom relationship example syntax was not updating dynamically. [KYB-5800]

Migrate

• When adding a Subject Area, an Application Instance is automatically created under Working Databases. However, the Application Instance's Description field on the Applications page did not display the description. It displayed the Subject Area name. With the fix, the Description field on the automatically generated instance displays the correct Description from the Subject Area. [11070]

• Simplified the color names for Environments and ETL Versions. [11034]

• When importing SQL Server Datasources via Guided Setup, the default schema was not being set, causing issues when building views. With the fix, SQL Server database schemas are always set to dbo and the Guided Setup for this database type can complete as expected. [11116]

• In the System Datasource definition of an ECC system, the Client field was not being used as a filter for all tables in the datasource. Updates to the scanner and the Syniti Knowledge Platform Connector have been made to correct the issue. The Syniti Knowledge Platform Connector version 1.1.5 now supports Application scanning at the database level. After you have updated the metadata by running a Netweaver scan, the column data types will be correct and the Client field will filter as expected for ECC System Datasources. [10932]

• Fixed an issue where the date format was connected to a user's language and not their Locale. Now, the date format is derived from the Locale set on the My Profile page. The field defaults to use a date format for English.

• If the Locale field is blank, the date format defaults to the browser-formatted date format. [11010]

Enhancements

Syniti Knowledge Platform

• We made an improvement to SSO integration when using the SAML 2.0 protocol for integrating with your Identity Provider (IdP) solution. As a result, you will be logged out after the expiration of the SAML assertion, which is configured in the IdP. Generally, that expiration is set to 60 minutes. Whether you are actively working in the platform or idle during that time, you will be forced to re-authenticate with the IdP. With the new improvement, if you are actively working in the platform, you will not be required to re-authenticate with the IdP for up to 8 hours. If you are inactive for over 60 minutes, then the inactivity will trigger the re-authentication process with the IdP. If you have any questions, please contact customersuccess@syniti.com.

• We improved the navigation to the Quality module from the Home page and the global navigation menu.

• You can now search for Connection Types when creating a connection for a system.

• You can now indicate tenant-level parameters for Orchestrate tasks.

Bug Fixes

Syniti Knowledge Platform

• Fixed a bug on the Search Results page where result counts sometimes displayed as 0 when there were actually 2 results. [KYB-6509]

• Fixed a bug where a 500 server error displayed when a page was deleted or couldn't be found, and a 404 error should have displayed. [KYB-6503]