Archived what's new in 2024

Important new features and enhancements were introduced in Sterling™ Order Management System in 2024.

4 October 2024 (Release 10.0.2409.1)

Improved the getPersonInfoList API performance: The performance of the getPersonInfoList API is improved by changing the implementation to use shadow columns for case-insensitive searches. To enable the getPersonInfoList API for case-insensitive searches, in the customer_overrides.properties file, set the value of the yfs.api.getPersonInfoList.UseShadowCol property to Y. For more information, see Enabling case-insensitive searches.

Issues were also fixed in this release. For more information, see 4 October 2024 (Release 24.3.9.1-10.0.2409.1).

Purge or delete the consumption data of inactive resource pools: You can purge or delete the consumption data that corresponds to the inactive resource pools without considering lead days. For more information, see Purge or delete the consumption data of inactive resource pools.

Microsoft Entra support: Microsoft Entra is supported for developer toolkit. For more information, see Supporting OIDC provider login in developer toolkit environment.

Docker compose version validation in developer toolkit: During the developer toolkit setup, the application validates the docker compose version and proceeds with the setup only if the version 2.x or later is installed.

System Management Administrator (SMA) agent dashboard deprecated: The Agent dashboard in the System Management Administrator (SMA) console is deprecated. To perform operations such as trigger, stop, and start the agent or integration servers, use IBM® Sterling Self Service - Order Management. For more information, see Deprecated components.

Preview containerized developer toolkit with Java™ SDK 21: As the support for Java SDK 8 will be withdrawn soon, the preview developer Toolkit with Java SDK 21 is made available for Sterling Order Management System environments. Ensure that you download the preview developer toolkit with Java SDK 21 and start testing your existing customizations. For more information, see Downloading the preview containerized developer toolkit with Java SDK 21 on the next-generation platform.

Support for transactional Kafka sender: The Service Definition Framework (SDF) now supports the transactional Kafka sender. For more information, see Kafka sender transport component.

Stack upgrade

Upgrade impact: No.

Issues were also fixed in this release. For more information, see 6 September 2024 (Release 24.3.9.0-10.0.2409.0).

Issues were fixed in this release. For more information, see 2 August 2024 (Release 24.2.6.2-10.0.2406.2).

Issues were fixed in this release. For more information, see 5 July 2024 (Release 24.2.6.1-10.0.2406.1).

Custom database truncation: You can truncate custom database transaction tables. For more information, see Self Service processes for the next-generation platform and Resetting the transaction database.

Upgrade impact: No.

Podman support: In addition to supporting Docker, Sterling Order Management System supports Podman, which is an alternative to the Docker command-line interface that can run stand-alone containers. You can install the developer toolkit by using Podman on the CentOS or Ubuntu operating system. For more information, see Podman support.
Upgrade impact: No.

Enhanced data extract capability: You can now export data to IBM Cloud Object Storage, AWS S3, and other Amazon S3 library compatible file storage services. For more information, see Data extract overview.
Upgrade impact: No.

Stack upgrades

Upgrade impact: No.

Third-party library upgrades: Some third-party libraries are upgraded or removed to mitigate security vulnerabilities. For more information about these upgrades, contact IBM Support.
Upgrade impact: No.

Issues were also fixed in this release. For more information, see 7 June 2024 (Release 24.2.6.0-10.0.2406.0).

Issues were fixed in this release. For more information, see 3 May 2024 (Release 24.1.3.2-10.0.2403.2).

Override transfer schedule between nodes: The application is enhanced to support the default carrier service for Node Transfer Schedule capability. For more information, see Override transfer schedule between nodes.

Issues were also fixed in this release. For more information, see 5 April 2024 (Release 24.1.3.1-10.0.2403.1).

Apple M1 support: Support is available for developer toolkit in arm64-based macOS machines, such as Apple M1. For more information, see Setting up containerized developer toolkit on macOS.
Upgrade impact: No.

Stack upgrades

Upgrade impact: No.

Third-party library upgrades: Some third-party libraries are upgraded to mitigate security vulnerabilities. For more information about these upgrades, contact IBM Support.
Upgrade impact: No.

Inventory Purge Enhancements: Inventory Purge has been enhanced to support selective table purge. You can also configure to purge YFS_INVENTORY_SUPPLY, YFS_INVENTORY_DEMAND, and YFS_INVENTORY_RESERVATION records irrespective of quantity for Sterling Intelligent Promising Inventory Visibility integrated environments.

For more information, see Inventory purge.
Upgrade impact: No.

Issues were also fixed in this release. For more information, see 1 March 2024 (Release 24.1.3.0-10.0.2403.0).

Internal serviceability improvements: Internal serviceability improvements for Sterling Order Management System application monitoring.
Upgrade impact: No.

Issues were fixed in this release. For more information, see 19 January 2024 (Release 23.3.9.2-10.0.2309.2).