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New Capabilities

Metastorm is proud to include the following new capabilities in Metastorm Knowledge Exchange 6.2.3:

• Enhanced Model Interpretations – Knowledge Exchange now supports enhanced script-driven model interpretations that include additional content and direct access to object properties. The interpretations are more similar to those provided by ProVision.

• Application Server Deployment Targets – Each of the application servers now have an application resource file (EAR or WAR ) generated specifically for that application server. This allows easier product installation and configuration.

• Representational State Transfer (REST) Interface – The new REST interface allows an easier way to access server resources. This release exposes Server, Repository and Notebook, User, and Group and Scheduler resources. For more information about REST, go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_State_Transfer.

Enhancements

The following table lists enhancements included in this release of Metastorm Knowledge Exchange.

Support Case ID	Enhancement Summary
SR-05072010-0018	64-bit SUSE Linux with WebSphere 6.1.0.28 is now certified.
--	Generating permissions reports based on users or groups and having reports display a resultant set of policies at each level (server to object), with denotation of whether the policy is set directly for that user, or if the policy is inherited through group membership (also applies to nested groups.) is now allowed.
--	Performance improvements have been made reducing the time it takes to load a model for viewing (both navigating to a model and opening a bookmarked model).

Resolved Issues

The following table lists issues resolved in this release of Metastorm Knowledge Exchange.

Support Case ID		Issue Summary
SR-09022010-0014		Objects are locked after checking in; checked out objects are not listed as checked out.
SR-09022009-0015		Viewer – Nested models do not display correctly.
SR-09012009-0005		Model warehouse does not refresh content.
SR-08122010-0001		Custom properties do not display in the Warehouse Extract table.
SR-08102010-0007		Attempting to check in a notebook with a missing start object in a containment link yields a “NullPointerException” message.
SR-08022010-0013		Drilling down to a child level does not allow creating access rights for a model.
SR-07232009-0003		Resource Utilization Grid values and column order do not match ProVision values and column order.
SR-07152009-0012		Custom gallery objects in a model are not maintained after a check-in or checkout operation.
SR-07142010-0018		Installation does not set correct log file location in log4j.properties.
SR-06172010-0011		Allow multiple selections criteria (change/create/delete and notebooks) for History queries.
SR-06102010-0015		Slow performance checking in a notebook with 100,000 objects.
SR-06042009-0012		Knowledge Exchange does not automatically copy the KEServer.xml settings file to the Tomcat localhost folder during installation.
SR-05252010-0011		Release 6.1 converted databases: Versions are not created automatically during check-ins with changes or with checkouts.
SR-05202010-0009		Configure the log4j.properties to create a new log file each time a server is rebooted.
SR-04232010-0012		An SQL exception error occurs on check-in with 64-bit servers utilizing a 64-bit SQL server instance.
SR-04192010-0012		Warehouse Extract needs CRUD links emitted.
SR-03252009-0008		Clicking a workflow link in a Navigator model yields error message: “JScript error ‘undefined’ is null or not object, line: 880 column 4.”
SR-03092010-0012		In .PNG mode, a new model is displayed using the zoom factor of the previous model.
--		“Edit Scheduled Task Details” dialog box does not display a message to update the Notebook field when a previously selected notebook has been deleted.
--		A user with Administrative rights cannot log in to Warehouse Extract and receives error: “E0031: Insufficient permission: {0}.”
--		A user with Administrator rights is not permitted to clear the “Do not allow modifications” check box and receives error message: “You have attempted to perform an operation that requires certain access rights currently not assigned to you. Please contact your Knowledge Exchange Server administrator.”
--		Adding a new value, editing an existing value, or deleting an array element yields an error message and does not save.
--		Adding artifacts to associations of an object are not saved and yields an error on the Internet Explorer page or displays a popup with runtime error at the ProVision internal browser.
--		Admin page – Custom data type deletion does not change the custom property type to “Undefined.”
--		Analysis Grids – The scroll bar does not cover the entire frame.
--		Artifact name changes on the Association dialog box of an activity are listed incorrectly after it is added to the checked out notebook and then checked in to Knowledge Exchange.
--		Associations tab – The vertical scroll bar does not display to allow viewing all associations.
--		Attempting to check in a checked out notebook yields an error message.
--		Bridge is jumping to another model instead of jumping from one spot to another in the same model.
--		Change the default font for UNIX installations to Arial to prevent text from showing as a box shape.
--		Check-in – A user can create and check in objects locked by another user without receiving a warning message during check-in of those objects.
--		Checking out a full or partial notebook creates “no context” objects and yields error message: “An error occurred while writing the results. (exception java.lang.NullPointerException).”
--		Checkout – The position and size of context objects are not maintained after checkout.
--		Clicking an artifact does not open the artifact.
--		Contextual and non-contextual workflow lanes are not displaying.
--		Contextual objects that have been reduced in size and placed to the far left of a workflow lane beneath the lane text are shifting to different locations in their respective workflow lanes and are being resized.
--		Conversion from 6.1.1 does not set correct foreign keys for the Locks/LockMembers/CheckoutMementos tables.
--		Details tab – Clicking the Save button on any model yields a JScript error message and does not save the changes.
--		Entity State Grids display incorrect values in Knowledge Exchange when compared with ProVision values.
--		Improve Webvision load times by loading WebvisonStyles.css only on new page loads.
--		Installation does not uninstall the previous version, causing an unknown error to occur, and aborting the installation.
--		KE Client inventory views do not handle Filter Access Rules properly.
--		Link Inventory – Links that begin or end with a dimensioned object do not show the dimension.
--		Models (locked by ProVision) are unlocked and editable when the Cancel or Save button is clicked.
--		Navigator models display numbering on objects and model subjects that do not exist on the ProVision client.
--		Newly added object Regions are not maintained in BIM models.
--		Notebook Details tab – Clicking the Update button after selecting the “Do not allow modifications” check box does not save the change and yields error message: “java.lang.NullPointerException.”
--		Object detail, Association tab displays two identical folders with the same content rather than one folder per association type.
--		Oracle user schema assigned any table privilege fails Knowledge Exchange initialization with Ora-942 error.
--		Preferences – Incorrect information is displaying in .PNG format.
--		Preferences tab – When clearing the Project View, Nested View, Object View, Analysis and Frame View options and opening the Inventory bar, some views remain, and a JScript error is displayed if the list is expanded.
--		Resizing the Internet Explorer page and switching between the Modeling Language tab and the Access Rules tab does not display each tab one at a time.
--		Scheduler – A warning message does not display to alert users that the start date and time are mandatory fields when scheduling a task.
--		Scheduler Cache clean up, Synchronization Impact Analysis, and Warehouse Extract content are missing from the Knowledge Exchange Admin and Client user guides.
--		Scheduler tab – Creating Warehouse Extract tasks are allowed with a null notebook and no warning message to alert users.
--		Subtype model does not have all the links connected as it does in the checked in ProVision image.
--		The Configuration Editor using the “Oracle Thin with Service Name” option does not set the URL properly.
--		The configurator.bat file is writing registry values to the wrong key. After restarting Windows, Knowledge Exchange yields error message: “No administrative repository specified error.”
--		The cursor position of the Detail tab is maintained across the other tabs.
--		The Edit button does not allow editing when it is clicked the first time; the Cancel button must be clicked and then the Edit button clicked again to allow field modifications.
--		The Edit button is not disabled, allowing data change in locked models.
--		The Operator value does not display in bold within a Frame object as it does in ProVision.
--		The results on the Cost Grids in Knowledge Exchange and ProVision do not match.
--		Unable to clear attributes that do not apply to the subject of a Business Class model.
--		Updated artifacts for object associations change the Webvision display of the artifacts for that object.
--		Updates and additions are not saved on the Model details tab.
--		Upgrading from 6.2.1 to 6.2.2 does not open the Configuration Editor and yields error message: “Error occurred while initializing configurator.”
--		Viewer – Artifact detail dialog Association tab is missing attachment links.
--		Viewer – BPMN modeling language “Exclusive and Inclusive Gateway” object images are not changed when the control type is changed.
--		Viewer – Dimensions on deliverables do not display.
--		Viewer – Role and Rule custom link associations are not maintained.
--		Viewer – Sink names are shown as <<unnamed ID = 1370426>> rather than blank names.
--		Viewer – The Arrow style is incorrect in the Operation model.
--		Viewer – The custom link of a Risk (Control ownership) link does not display on the Rule detail dialog box.
--		When viewing history through administration, the archived history is not included even though the “include archived events” check box is selected.
--		When WebLogic 10.0 with Metro 2.0 Web services is deployed to Knowledge Exchange, a deployment exception warning occurs.

Known Issues

This section describes known issues that have been identified in this release. 

Support Case ID	Issue Summary
SR-11192008-0026	Methodology notebook is missing GUID, stopping the conversion.
SR-08192008-0017	A link between object and external properties is rebuilt after check in/out.
SR-07282010-0004	The number of changes to process objects is not maintained correctly.
SR-07152009-0012	Original gallery objects in a model are replaced by other gallery objects upon check out.
SR-06162010-0011	Updating Abbreviations on sharable objects requires changing the data to allow the Refresh option to update the abbreviation.
SR-04212009-0013	Moving the mouse pointer over a context object displays a ghosting icon that flashes on and off.
SR-04202009-0023	Customized stencil objects do not retain customization.
SR-03182009-0014	When using bridges, after jumping to a new business process, the numbering of the Model and Business in the business process disappears.
--	Access rules for “create notebook” are different between release 6.2 and 6.1, specifically, subcontainers in 6.2, which allow all users to view and modify notebooks rather than a specified group.
--	Attempting to check in a massive amount of contexts for workflow models in a notebook causes the check-in process to close unexpectedly.
--	Automatically include associated objects as editable upon checkout.
--	SUN JES 8.1 is not certified for Knowledge Exchange Server.
--	History does not record changes to security settings.
--	MS SQL databases for KEServer 6.0 are not encrypted.
--	The username/passwords in the KEServer.xml file are not encrypted.
--	Viewer Print does not allow multiple page printing of a zoomed in image.
--	When numbered objects are checked out, the numbering of the checked out objects are renumbered to start from one.