New Features and Enhancements

IBM Connect:Direct Web Services 6.2.0.10 has the following features and enhancements:

• Implementation of storing IBM Connect:Direct Web Services data in JSON file:
  • IBM Connect:Direct Web Services uses PostgreSQL database to store data. Starting with IBM Connect:Direct Web Services release 6.2.0.10, the JSON file system will replace PostgreSQL and all information will be stored to the JSON file system.
  • PostgreSQL database will be removed.
  • Now the below details will be stored in JSON file system instead of Postgres database.
    • Admin authentication details to logged into IBM Connect:Direct Web Services admin UI
    • Token details (session details) generated from sign on activity
    • Audit Logs of IBM Connect:Direct Web Services admin user
    • Netmap partners associated with IBM Connect:Direct node
    • Secure partners associated with IBM Connect:Direct node

IBM Connect:Direct Web Services 6.2.0.8 has the following features and enhancements:

• CA Signed certificate at installation: User can import the CA Signed certificate at installation. For more details, refer to Installing, Uninstalling, and Upgrading IBM Connect:Direct Web Service
• Auto-Refresh in Statistics: Auto Refresh option has been added to automatically refresh statistics after a specified interval of time. Go to Statistics, click on Auto Refresh icon. Select the Auto Refresh checkbox and enter the time duration in minutes to specify the interval between refreshes.
• Initialization Parameter in Text View: User can also view and modify the Initialization Parameters in text view for all three platforms. Go to Settings > Initialization Parameters. Click on Show Text View.
• Export Statistics: To export statistics, go to Statistics, click on Export icon to export data.

IBM Connect:Direct Web Services 6.2.0.5 has the following features and enhancements:

• Control Center Integration: On the IBM® Connect:Direct® Web Service login page, now a user can view the node list configured at Control Center. For more information, refer to Connect:Direct Web Services and Control Center Integration.
• Group Authorities Enhancement: User can belong to multiple group authorities and permissions in different groups may vary. Sequencing of group authorities is important and will determine permissions for a specific group user. The order of the group authorities can be modified by dragging and dropping in IBM Connect:Direct Web Service. For more information, refer to Defining a Group Authority.

  This option is available for Web Services users under Settings > Users.

• Translation Table Enhancement: Two additional representations have been added to the translation table - Decimal and Octal. The desired representation can be selected using the options available such as Hex,Dec or Oct.

  This option is available for Web Services users under Settings > Translation > View/Edit/Create.

• Statistics Enhancement: The user can now view the statistics over a certain period. For example,you can select the view stat time to 2 hours and 35 minutes.

  To view this, go to Statistics > Log Time > All Statistics for Last. The user can enter hours and minutes to specify a time.

IBM Connect:Direct Web Services 6.2.0.1 has the following features and enhancements:

• External stat enhancement: External Stats Logging permission has been added in Functional Authorities. This permission will decide whether you have the permission to log statistics from external sources (like File Agent). Valid values are 'Yes' or 'No'.

  This option is available for Web Services users under Settings > Users > Create (New Functional Authority) > General Information.

• Receive functionality to transfer a file option: Receive functionality has been added to Transfer a File option for Windows and UNIX.

  Now, you can choose to send or receive a file depending upon the option (send/receive) selected on Transfer a File window. To do so, go to Transfers > New Transfer > Transfer > Transfer a File.

• Now, TLS Cipher Suites can be included/excluded via application.properties.
• Admin/CD User lockout: An Admin/CD user trying to login to CDWS will be blocked after N login failures. The value ‘N’ is now configurable via application.properties.

IBM Connect:Direct Web Services 6.2 has the following features and enhancements:

• IBM Connect:Direct Web Services is now supporting Process Library and File Agent for Connect:Direct UNIX, Windows and z/OS:
  1. Web console and REST APIs support for IBM Sterling Integrated Connect:Direct File Agent.
     • Navigate to Settings > File Agent to access File Agent configurations and rules.
  2. Process Library web console and REST APIs to add, edit, delete and rename the Connect:Direct process files.
     • Navigate to Settings > Process Library to add new process and listing view of added process files.