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Release Notes - IBM Watson Explorer Analytical Components, Version 12.0

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Abstract

This document describes new features, known issues, and deprecated features for the Analytical components of IBM Watson Explorer Version 12.0.

Content

Watson Explorer V12.0 Release Notes

What's New in Version 12.0.3.20

Note:

For Windows Platform only: IBM Watson Explorer Analytical Component and Agent for Windows File Systems has been updated to run with 64-bit versions of Windows. 

To upgrade from version 12.0.3.16 or earlier, follow one of these two approaches:

  • Use the backup/restore method.
  • Do a manual upgrade.
To do a manual upgrade:
  1. Ensure you do not delete the existing data directory during uninstallation.
  2. Save a copy of the following file: ES_INSTALL_ROOT/nodeinfo/es.cfg.
  3. Proceed with the installation of the new 64-bit version.
  4. Copy the CK value from the backed-up es.cfg file into the newly created es.cfg file after installation.
  5. Run the eschangepw.bat script to apply the same encrypted password across all servers.
  6. Restart the server to complete the upgrade.
 

To replace an earlier version of the agent, complete the following steps:

  1. Copy the configuration file that defines the shared network directories that the Windows File System agent can access to a directory that is outside the agent's file path, which is C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\es.

    For example, copy the C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\es\distributed\esadmin\config\esfsexport.txt file to a directory such as C:\temp directory.

  2. From the Microsoft Windows Apps & features utility, find the earlier version of IBM Watson Discovery Agent for Windows File Systems, and then click Uninstall.
  3. Choose Completely delete IBM Watson Discovery Agent for Windows File Systems, and then click Uninstall.
  4. Restart your system.
  5. Complete the steps in Installing the agent to install the latest version of the agent.

  6. Replace the new version of the C:\Program Files\IBM\es\distributed\esadmin\config\esfsexport.txt file with the file that you copied in Step 1.

    This step adds the configuration of the shared directories that you set up for the previous version of the agent to the new installation. When you reuse the file share, you can skip the step of configuring the shared directories.

  7. Run the following command to verify that the directory is shared with the agent service:

    C:\Users\Administrator> esagent --lsshare

 

Installing the agent

To install the IBM Watson Discovery Agent for Windows File Systems for the first time, complete the following steps:

  1. From the navigation pane, choose Manage collections..
  2. Click New collection.
  3. Click Windows File System, and then click Next.

  4. Scroll to the Download & install Windows Agent section, and then click Download Windows Agent Installer.

    A ZIP file is downloads.

  5. Decompress the WindowsAgentServer.zip file.
  6. You can choose one of the following methods to run the installation program:
    • Double-click the install.exe file to launch the installation wizard.
    • To run the installation program in text mode from a console, complete the following steps:
      • Change to the agent directory.

      • Enter the following command:

        $ install.exe -i console

        The screens are rendered in text and prompt you for the same information as the graphical installation.

        NOTE:After you enter the command, a process runs in the background for several seconds before the console installation program is displayed.

    • To install the agent server silently, complete the following steps:
      • Change to the Agent/responseFiles directory.

      • Edit the DistributedFileSystemCrawler.properties template response file to provide information about your environment. To run the installation program, change to the agent directory, and then specify the name of the file that you edited.

        See the following example:

        $ install.exe -i silent -f responseFiles/DistributedFileSystemCrawler.properties

        If you copy a template file to another location to edit, specify the fully qualified path for the file when you run the installation program. If the response file path includes a space, enclose the path in double quotation marks ("). See the following example:

        $ install.exe -i silent -f "c:\My Documents\DistributedFileSystemCrawler.properties"

  7. You must provide the following information during the installation process:

    • hostname: Enter or verify the fully-qualified hostname of the computer you are installing the agent server on.

      Important: You cannot specify an IPv6 address as the hostname of the server.

    • username: Enter the username of an account that can be used to authorize access to the agent server.

      Important: To crawl a domain in a secure collection, the username must be an existing domain user with administration privileges for the Windows system to be crawled. To specify a domain user, use the format @.

    • password: Provide the password that is associated with the username.

  8. Optional: If you want to change the default path and port settings, click Advanced Options.

    Copy the file named tls.p12 from the decompressed directory to the root directory where the agent is installed. For example, the root directory might be C:\Program Files\IBM\es\distributed\esadmin.

  9. Restart your computer.

Installing Version 12.0.3.20

For the information about installing or upgrading to Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.20, see

Watson Explorer Enterprise Edition V12.0.3.20 readme file

NOTE:

  • Remove java directory (if exists) after uninstalling IBM Watson Explorer Analytical Component Engine.
  • Remove _jvm and _jvm64 directories (if exist) after uninstalling IBM Watson Explorer Foundational Component Annotation Administration Console.

 

For the information about connecting to Fix Central website to obtain the software, see download documents.

 

 

What's New in Version 12.0.3.19

Note:

For Windows Platform only: IBM Watson Explorer Analytical Component and Agent for Windows File Systems has been updated to run with 64-bit versions of Windows. 

To upgrade from version 12.0.3.16 or earlier, follow one of these two approaches:

  • Use the backup/restore method.
  • Do a manual upgrade.
To do a manual upgrade:
  1. Ensure you do not delete the existing data directory during uninstallation.
  2. Save a copy of the following file: ES_INSTALL_ROOT/nodeinfo/es.cfg.
  3. Proceed with the installation of the new 64-bit version.
  4. Copy the CK value from the backed-up es.cfg file into the newly created es.cfg file after installation.
  5. Run the eschangepw.bat script to apply the same encrypted password across all servers.
  6. Restart the server to complete the upgrade.
 

To replace an earlier version of the agent, complete the following steps:

  1. Copy the configuration file that defines the shared network directories that the Windows File System agent can access to a directory that is outside the agent's file path, which is C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\es.

    For example, copy the C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\es\distributed\esadmin\config\esfsexport.txt file to a directory such as C:\temp directory.

  2. From the Microsoft Windows Apps & features utility, find the earlier version of IBM Watson Discovery Agent for Windows File Systems, and then click Uninstall.
  3. Choose Completely delete IBM Watson Discovery Agent for Windows File Systems, and then click Uninstall.
  4. Restart your system.
  5. Complete the steps in Installing the agent to install the latest version of the agent.

  6. Replace the new version of the C:\Program Files\IBM\es\distributed\esadmin\config\esfsexport.txt file with the file that you copied in Step 1.

    This step adds the configuration of the shared directories that you set up for the previous version of the agent to the new installation. When you reuse the file share, you can skip the step of configuring the shared directories.

  7. Run the following command to verify that the directory is shared with the agent service:

    C:\Users\Administrator> esagent --lsshare

 

Installing the agent

To install the IBM Watson Discovery Agent for Windows File Systems for the first time, complete the following steps:

  1. From the navigation pane, choose Manage collections..
  2. Click New collection.
  3. Click Windows File System, and then click Next.

  4. Scroll to the Download & install Windows Agent section, and then click Download Windows Agent Installer.

    A ZIP file is downloads.

  5. Decompress the WindowsAgentServer.zip file.
  6. You can choose one of the following methods to run the installation program:
    • Double-click the install.exe file to launch the installation wizard.
    • To run the installation program in text mode from a console, complete the following steps:
      • Change to the agent directory.

      • Enter the following command:

        $ install.exe -i console

        The screens are rendered in text and prompt you for the same information as the graphical installation.

        NOTE:After you enter the command, a process runs in the background for several seconds before the console installation program is displayed.

    • To install the agent server silently, complete the following steps:
      • Change to the Agent/responseFiles directory.

      • Edit the DistributedFileSystemCrawler.properties template response file to provide information about your environment. To run the installation program, change to the agent directory, and then specify the name of the file that you edited.

        See the following example:

        $ install.exe -i silent -f responseFiles/DistributedFileSystemCrawler.properties

        If you copy a template file to another location to edit, specify the fully qualified path for the file when you run the installation program. If the response file path includes a space, enclose the path in double quotation marks ("). See the following example:

        $ install.exe -i silent -f "c:\My Documents\DistributedFileSystemCrawler.properties"

  7. You must provide the following information during the installation process:

    • hostname: Enter or verify the fully-qualified hostname of the computer you are installing the agent server on.

      Important: You cannot specify an IPv6 address as the hostname of the server.

    • username: Enter the username of an account that can be used to authorize access to the agent server.

      Important: To crawl a domain in a secure collection, the username must be an existing domain user with administration privileges for the Windows system to be crawled. To specify a domain user, use the format @.

    • password: Provide the password that is associated with the username.

  8. Optional: If you want to change the default path and port settings, click Advanced Options.

    Copy the file named tls.p12 from the decompressed directory to the root directory where the agent is installed. For example, the root directory might be C:\Program Files\IBM\es\distributed\esadmin.

  9. Restart your computer.

Installing Version 12.0.3.19

For the information about installing or upgrading to Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.19, see

Watson Explorer Enterprise Edition V12.0.3.19 readme file

NOTE:

  • Remove java directory (if exists) after uninstalling IBM Watson Explorer Analytical Component Engine.
  • Remove _jvm and _jvm64 directories (if exist) after uninstalling IBM Watson Explorer Foundational Component Annotation Administration Console.

 

For the information about connecting to Fix Central website to obtain the software, see download documents.

 

Deprecated Features for 12.0.3.19 and effective from 30 October 2025:

  • Watson Explorer Content Analytics Studio Desktop
 

What's New in Version 12.0.3.18

Note:

For Windows Platform only: IBM Watson Explorer Analytical Components and Agent for Windows File Systems has been updated from 12.0.3.16 or earlier version to run with 64-bit versions of Windows. You must uninstall the previous version without deleting the data directory and reinstall it. Please refer Note section of What's New in Version 12.0.3.17.

To replace an earlier version of the agent, complete the following steps:

  1. Copy the configuration file that defines the shared network directories that the Windows File System agent can access to a directory that is outside the agent's file path, which is C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\es.

    For example, copy the C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\es\distributed\esadmin\config\esfsexport.txt file to a directory such as C:\temp directory.

  2. From the Microsoft Windows Apps & features utility, find the earlier version of IBM Watson Discovery Agent for Windows File Systems, and then click Uninstall.
  3. Choose Completely delete IBM Watson Discovery Agent for Windows File Systems, and then click Uninstall.
  4. Restart your system.
  5. Complete the steps in Installing the agent to install the latest version of the agent.

  6. Replace the new version of the C:\Program Files\IBM\es\distributed\esadmin\config\esfsexport.txt file with the file that you copied in Step 1.

    This step adds the configuration of the shared directories that you set up for the previous version of the agent to the new installation. When you reuse the file share, you can skip the step of configuring the shared directories.

  7. Run the following command to verify that the directory is shared with the agent service:

    C:\Users\Administrator> esagent --lsshare

 

Installing the agent

To install the IBM Watson Discovery Agent for Windows File Systems for the first time, complete the following steps:

  1. From the navigation pane, choose Manage collections..
  2. Click New collection.
  3. Click Windows File System, and then click Next.

  4. Scroll to the Download & install Windows Agent section, and then click Download Windows Agent Installer.

    A ZIP file is downloads.

  5. Decompress the WindowsAgentServer.zip file.
  6. You can choose one of the following methods to run the installation program:
    • Double-click the install.exe file to launch the installation wizard.
    • To run the installation program in text mode from a console, complete the following steps:
      • Change to the agent directory.

      • Enter the following command:

        $ install.exe -i console

        The screens are rendered in text and prompt you for the same information as the graphical installation.

        NOTE:After you enter the command, a process runs in the background for several seconds before the console installation program is displayed.

    • To install the agent server silently, complete the following steps:
      • Change to the Agent/responseFiles directory.

      • Edit the DistributedFileSystemCrawler.properties template response file to provide information about your environment. To run the installation program, change to the agent directory, and then specify the name of the file that you edited.

        See the following example:

        $ install.exe -i silent -f responseFiles/DistributedFileSystemCrawler.properties

        If you copy a template file to another location to edit, specify the fully qualified path for the file when you run the installation program. If the response file path includes a space, enclose the path in double quotation marks ("). See the following example:

        $ install.exe -i silent -f "c:\My Documents\DistributedFileSystemCrawler.properties"

  7. You must provide the following information during the installation process:

    • hostname: Enter or verify the fully-qualified hostname of the computer you are installing the agent server on.

      Important: You cannot specify an IPv6 address as the hostname of the server.

    • username: Enter the username of an account that can be used to authorize access to the agent server.

      Important: To crawl a domain in a secure collection, the username must be an existing domain user with administration privileges for the Windows system to be crawled. To specify a domain user, use the format @.

    • password: Provide the password that is associated with the username.

  8. Optional: If you want to change the default path and port settings, click Advanced Options.

    Copy the file named tls.p12 from the decompressed directory to the root directory where the agent is installed. For example, the root directory might be C:\Program Files\IBM\es\distributed\esadmin.

  9. Restart your computer.

Installing Version 12.0.3.18

For the information about installing or upgrading to Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.18, see Watson Explorer Deep Analytics Edition V12.0.3.18 readme file. For the information about connecting to Fix Central website to obtain the software, see download documents.

NOTE: Remove _jvm and _jvm64 directories (if exists) after uninstalling IBM Watson Explorer Analytical Component.

 

Deprecated Features for 12.0.3.18 and effective from 27 April 2025:

  • Deprecated Feature
  • Deprecated Feature
  • Deprecated Feature
  • Deprecated Feature

What's New in Version 12.0.3.17

Note:

For Windows Platform only: IBM Watson Explorer Analytical Components and Agent for Windows File Systems has been updated to run with 64-bit versions of Windows. You must uninstall the previous version without deleting the data directory and reinstall it.

To replace an earlier version of the agent, complete the following steps:

  1. Copy the configuration file that defines the shared network directories that the Windows File System agent can access to a directory that is outside the agent's file path, which is C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\es.

    For example, copy the C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\es\distributed\esadmin\config\esfsexport.txt file to a directory such as C:\temp directory.

  2. From the Microsoft Windows Apps & features utility, find the earlier version of IBM Watson Discovery Agent for Windows File Systems, and then click Uninstall.
  3. Choose Completely delete IBM Watson Discovery Agent for Windows File Systems, and then click Uninstall.
  4. Restart your system.
  5. Complete the steps in Installing the agent to install the latest version of the agent.

  6. Replace the new version of the C:\Program Files\IBM\es\distributed\esadmin\config\esfsexport.txt file with the file that you copied in Step 1.

    This step adds the configuration of the shared directories that you set up for the previous version of the agent to the new installation. When you reuse the file share, you can skip the step of configuring the shared directories.

  7. Run the following command to verify that the directory is shared with the agent service:

    C:\Users\Administrator> esagent --lsshare

 

Installing the agent

To install the IBM Watson Discovery Agent for Windows File Systems for the first time, complete the following steps:

  1. From the navigation pane, choose Manage collections..
  2. Click New collection.
  3. Click Windows File System, and then click Next.

  4. Scroll to the Download & install Windows Agent section, and then click Download Windows Agent Installer.

    A ZIP file is downloads.

  5. Decompress the WindowsAgentServer.zip file.
  6. You can choose one of the following methods to run the installation program:
    • Double-click the install.exe file to launch the installation wizard.
    • To run the installation program in text mode from a console, complete the following steps:
      • Change to the agent directory.

      • Enter the following command:

        $ install.exe -i console

        The screens are rendered in text and prompt you for the same information as the graphical installation.

        NOTE:After you enter the command, a process runs in the background for several seconds before the console installation program is displayed.

    • To install the agent server silently, complete the following steps:
      • Change to the Agent/responseFiles directory.

      • Edit the DistributedFileSystemCrawler.properties template response file to provide information about your environment. To run the installation program, change to the agent directory, and then specify the name of the file that you edited.

        See the following example:

        $ install.exe -i silent -f responseFiles/DistributedFileSystemCrawler.properties

        If you copy a template file to another location to edit, specify the fully qualified path for the file when you run the installation program. If the response file path includes a space, enclose the path in double quotation marks ("). See the following example:

        $ install.exe -i silent -f "c:\My Documents\DistributedFileSystemCrawler.properties"

  7. You must provide the following information during the installation process:

    • hostname: Enter or verify the fully-qualified hostname of the computer you are installing the agent server on.

      Important: You cannot specify an IPv6 address as the hostname of the server.

    • username: Enter the username of an account that can be used to authorize access to the agent server.

      Important: To crawl a domain in a secure collection, the username must be an existing domain user with administration privileges for the Windows system to be crawled. To specify a domain user, use the format @.

    • password: Provide the password that is associated with the username.

  8. Optional: If you want to change the default path and port settings, click Advanced Options.

    Copy the file named tls.p12 from the decompressed directory to the root directory where the agent is installed. For example, the root directory might be C:\Program Files\IBM\es\distributed\esadmin.

  9. Restart your computer.

Installing Version 12.0.3.17

For the information about installing or upgrading to Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.17, see Watson Explorer Deep Analytics Edition V12.0.3.17 readme file. For the information about connecting to Fix Central website to obtain the software, see download documents.

NOTE: Remove _jvm and _jvm64 directories (if exists) after uninstalling IBM Watson Explorer Analytical Component.

 

Deprecated Features for 12.0.3.17 and effective from 31 January 2025:

  • Content Manager crawler
  • Exchange crawler
  • NNTP crawler
  • Seedlist crawler (Portal, WCM, Connections)

What's New in Version 12.0.3.16

  • Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.16 includes PSIRT fixes.
  • You can install Watson Explorer Analytical Components Version 12.0.3.16 directly without installing Watson Explorer Analytical Components Version 12.0.3 GA.

Installing Version 12.0.3.16

For the information about installing or upgrading to Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.16, see Watson Explorer Deep Analytics Edition V12.0.3.16 readme file. For the information about connecting to Fix Central website to obtain the software, see download documents.

Note:

It is recommended that you reinstall Watson Explorer Analytical Components to the latest image if your systems are running an earlier image of 12.0.3.16.

 

Deprecated Features for 12.0.3.16 and effective from 26 July 2024:

  • BoardReader crawlers
  • Case Manager crawlers
  • Quickr for Domino crawlers

What's New in Version 12.0.3.15

  • Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.15 includes PSIRT fixes.
  • You can install Watson Explorer Analytical Components Version 12.0.3.15 directly without installing Watson Explorer Analytical Components Version 12.0.3 GA.

IBM Watson Explorer oneWEX is deprecated and removed effective 30 March 2024.

Installing Version 12.0.3.15

For the information about installing or upgrading to Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.15, see Watson Explorer Deep Analytics Edition V12.0.3.15 readme file. For the information about connecting to Fix Central website to obtain the software, see download documents.

In that case, try the following steps:

Note

Watson Explorer Analytical Components is refreshed to "Level: 122". Verify the installed version of Analytical Components in the filepath: ES_INSTALL_ROOT/nodeinfo/bldinfo.txt file.

It is recommended that you reinstall Watson Explorer Analytical Components to the latest image if your systems are running an earlier image of 12.0.3.15.

Lotus Notes v9.x and v10.x will be deprecated and end of support effective 1 June 2024, since the underlying software is no longer supported after that date.

What's New in Version 12.0.3.14

  • Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.14 includes PSIRT fixes.
  • AIX version 7.3 is newly supported in this fixpack release along with the existing version 7.2.
  • AIX 7.1 is no longer a supported platform.
  • You can install Watson Explorer Analytical Components Version 12.0.3.14 directly without installing Watson Explorer Analytical Components Version 12.0.3 GA.

Installing Version 12.0.3.14

For the information about installing or upgrading to Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.14, see Watson Explorer Deep Analytics Edition V12.0.3.14 readme file. For the information about connecting to Fix Central website to obtain the software, see download documents.

 

Note

Watson Explorer Analytical Components is refreshed to "Level: 122". Verify the installed version of Analytical Components in the filepath: ES_INSTALL_ROOT/nodeinfo/bldinfo.txt file.

It is recommended that you reinstall Watson Explorer Analytical Components to the latest image if your systems are running an earlier image of 12.0.3.14.

Lotus Notes v9.x and v10.x will be deprecated and end of support effective 1 June 2024, since the underlying software is no longer supported after that date.

Known Issues in Version 12.0.3.14

  • The FileNet or Case Manager crawler requires to run the following script, https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/watson-explorer/12.0.x?topic=cmc-configuring-crawler-server-support-case-manager-filenet-p8-crawlers#iiysacp8setup. But this is not supported in Windows FP14.
    • In stead of the script, change the configuration file directly.
      •         FileNet crawler: $ES_INSTALL_ROOT\configurations\adapters\p8\adapter.xml
      •         Case Manager crawler: $ES_INSTALL_ROOT\configurations\adapters\acm\adapter.xml
    • After $ES_INSTALL_ROOT\lib\filenetp8crawler-.jar, add the following
      •         FileNet server V5.5.5 and earlier versions: $FileNet_CE_CLIENT\lib
      •         FileNet server V5.5.6 and later versions: $FileNet_CE_CLIENT\lib\jace.jar
    • If you want to apply this update to existing crawlers, restart the Watson Explorer Content Analytics system.

What's New in Version 12.0.3.13

  • Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.13 includes PSIRT fixes.
  • Windows Server 2022 is now supported in this fix pack.
  • You can install Watson Explorer Analytical Components Version 12.0.3.13 directly without installing Watson Explorer Analytical Components Version 12.0.3 GA.

Installing Version 12.0.3.13

For the information about installing / upgrading to Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.13, see Watson Explorer Deep Analytics Edition V12.0.3.13 readme file. For the information about connecting to Fix Central website to obtain the software, see download documents.

Note

Lotus Notes v9.x and v10.x will be deprecated and end of support effective 1 June 2024, since the underlying software is no longer supported after that date.

What's New in Version 12.0.3.12

  • Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.12 includes PSIRT fixes.
  • Windows Server 2022 is now supported in this fix pack.
  • You can install Watson Explorer Analytical Components Version 12.0.3.12 directly without installing Watson Explorer Analytical Components Version 12.0.3 GA.

Installing Version 12.0.3.12

For the information about installing / upgrading to Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.12, see Watson Explorer Deep Analytics Edition V12.0.3.12 readme file. For the information about connecting to Fix Central website to obtain the software, see download documents.

Removed Features in Version 12.0.3.12

Products integrated in Analytical Components

The below platforms are no longer supported since the supported software versions have reached end of support (EOS).

  • Cognos Analytics 11.0.6.0 (Formerly known as Cognos BI)
  • Lotus Notes Version 8 (Later versions are supported for crawling)
  • IBM Open Platform with Apache Hadoop (Biginsights)
  • Integration with IBM Content Classification

Lotus Notes v9.x and v10.x will be deprecated and end of support effective 1 June 2024, since the underlying software is no longer supported after that date.

What's New in Version 12.0.3.11

Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.11 includes PSIRT fixes.

Installing Version 12.0.3.11

For the information about installing / upgrading to Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.11, see Watson Explorer Deep Analytics Edition V12.0.3.11 readme file. For the information about connecting to Fix Central website to obtain the software, see download documents.

Removed data sources in version 12.0.3.11

  • Data sources that are supported by IBM Content Integrator
  • IBM InfoSphere Federation Server

What's New in Version 12.0.3.10

Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.10 includes PSIRT fixes.

Installing Version 12.0.3.10

For the information about installing / upgrading to Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.10, see Watson Explorer Deep Analytics Edition V12.0.3.10 readme file. For the information about connecting to Fix Central website to obtain the software, see download documents.

What's New in Version 12.0.3.9

Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.9 includes PSIRT fixes.

Installing Version 12.0.3.9

For the information about installing / upgrading to Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.9, see Watson Explorer Deep Analytics Edition V12.0.3.9 readme file. For the information about connecting to Fix Central website to obtain the software, see download documents.

What's New in Version 12.0.3.8

Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.8 includes PSIRT fixes.

Installing Version 12.0.3.8

For the information about installing / upgrading to Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.8, see Watson Explorer Deep Analytics Edition V12.0.3.8 readme file. For the information about connecting to Fix Central website to obtain the software, see download documents.

What's New in Version 12.0.3.7

New Data Source Support

  • HCL Digital Experience 9.5 is newly supported. HCL Digital Experience is formerly known as IBM WebSphere Portal. Please see the HCL Digital Experience 9.5 section below for details.

HCL Digital Experience 9.5

  • When you create a crawler for HCL Digital Experience 9.5, select Seed list as Crawler type and WebSphere Portal 8.5 as Server type. Test the configuration link in Test the Seed List Documents page does not work in this release.
  • Integration with Search bar is not supported.

Installing Version 12.0.3.7

For the information about installing / upgrading to Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.7, see Watson Explorer Deep Analytics Edition V12.0.3.7 readme file. For the information about connecting to Fix Central website to obtain the software, see download documents.

What's New in Version 12.0.3.6

Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.6 upgrades IBM Java to 8.0.6.30 and includes PSIRT fixes.

System requirements in Version 12.0.3.6

  • Windows Server 2019 Standard Edition is newly supported.
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Server 8 on x86-64 platform is newly supported.

Installing Version 12.0.3.6

For the information about installing / upgrading to Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.6, see Watson Explorer Deep Analytics Edition V12.0.3.6 readme file. For the information about connecting to Fix Central website to obtain the software, see download documents.

Known Issues in Version 12.0.3.6

  • Due to the security enhancement in Java, the default support for TSL v1.0 and TSL v1.1 has been dropped from the bundled JVM from this release. This has some influences to Web crawler and corresponding countermeasures described below:
    • When crawling websites that mandate TLS v1.2 and/or TLS v1.3, add support for those TLS versions in the crawler's configuration file manually. Please refer to Watson Explorer Analytical Components (WEX AC): How to Configure TLS for the Web Crawler for details. We are planning to make this configuration by default in the future fix pack release.
    • When crawling websites that still use TLS v1.0 or TLS v1.1, remove "TLSv1" or "TLSv1.1" from jkd.tls.disabledAlgorithms in the following files.
      •     On AIX and Linux (including Linux on System z and PowerLinux BE):
        •         $ES_INSTALL_ROOT/_jvm/jre/lib/security/java.security
        •         $ES_INSTALL_ROOT/_jvm64/jre/lib/security/java.security
      •     On Windows:
        •         %ES_INSTALL_ROOT%\_jvm\jre\lib\security\java.security
        •         %ES_INSTALL_ROOT%\_jvm64\jre\lib\security\java.security
      • If you want to apply this update to existing crawlers, restart them.

What's New in Version 12.0.3.5

Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.5 upgrades IBM Java to 8.0.6.25 and includes PSIRT fixes.

Installing Version 12.0.3.5

For the information about installing / upgrading to Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.5, see Watson Explorer Deep Analytics Edition V12.0.3.5 readme file. For the information about connecting to Fix Central website to obtain the software, see download documents.

Known Issues in Version 12.0.3.5

  • When you export documents from Watson Explorer Content Analytics version 12.0.3.5, the export requests may be kept 'Processing' and make no progress.

    In that case, try the following steps:

    1. Stop Watson Explorer Content Analytics with "esadmin system stopall" command
    2. Copy commons-io-2.8.0.jar file from ${WEX_V12.0.3.x_INSTALL_ROOT}/wlpapps/servers/admin/apps/ESAdmin.ear/ESAdmin.war/WEB-INF/lib/commons-io-2.8.0.jar to ${WEX_V12.0.3.x_INSTALL_ROOT}/lib/
    3. Restart Watson Explorer Content Analytics with "esadmin system startall" command

What's New in Version 12.0.3.4

Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.4 upgrades IBM Java to 8.0.6.10 and includes PSIRT fixes.

Installing Version 12.0.3.4

For the information about installing / upgrading to Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.4, see Watson Explorer Deep Analytics Edition V12.0.3.4 readme file. For the information about connecting to Fix Central website to obtain the software, see download documents.

What's New in Version 12.0.3.3

Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.3 upgrades IBM Java to 8.0.6.7 and includes PSIRT fixes.

System requirements in Version 12.0.3.3

Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 6 are not supported in Version 12.0.3.3 or later.

Installing Version 12.0.3.3

For the information about installing / upgrading to Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.3, see Watson Explorer Deep Analytics Edition V12.0.3.3 readme file. For the information about connecting to Fix Central website to obtain the software, see download documents.

What's New in Version 12.0.3.2

Thumbnail Generation

Thumbnail Generation can be enabled on Admin GUI from V12.0.3.2. The previous versions of V12 do not support Thumbnail Generation.

Annotators from Watson Knowledge Studio

  • Watson Knowledge Studio machine-learning annotators for Chinese language and Dutch language are supported.
  • Watson Knowledge Studio rule-based annotators for Chinese language and Dutch language are supported.

Installing Version 12.0.3.2

For the information about installing / upgrading to Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.2, see Watson Explorer Deep Analytics Edition V12.0.3.2 readme file. For the information about connecting to Fix Central website to obtain the software, see download documents.

What's New in Version 12.0.3.1

AIX v7.2 Support

AIX v7.2 is newly supported.

Installing Version 12.0.3.1

For the information about installing / upgrading to Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.1, see Watson Explorer Deep Analytics Edition V12.0.3.1 readme file. For the information about connecting to Fix Central website to obtain the software, see download documents.

Known Issues in Version 12.0.3.1

  • When you perform graphical installation of Watson Explorer Content Analytics version 12.0.3.1, you may see the following error:
    (java:6688): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "adwaita", 
    Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "pk-gtk-module" 
    Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module" 
    *** Error in `/tmp/install.dir.6688/Linux/resource/jre/jre/bin/java': free(): invalid pointer: 0xe5304d04 *** 

     

    In that case, try the following steps to install Watson Explorer Content Analytics version 12.0.3.1:

    1. Before installing Watson Explorer Content Analytics version 12.0.3.1, run cp -r ${WEX_V12.0.3.x_INSTALL_ROOT}/_jvm /tmp/_jvm
    2. Install Watson Explorer Content Analytics version 12.0.3.1 with ./install.bin LAX_VM /tmp/_jvm/jre/bin/java

What's New in Version 12.0.3

Japanese New Era Support

Reiwa (Japanese: 令和) is recognized as a date expression.

Installing Version 12.0.3

For the information about installing / upgrading to Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3, see Watson Explorer Deep Analytics Edition V12.0.3 readme file. For the information about connecting to Fix Central website to obtain the software, see download documents.

What's New in Version 12.0.2.2

Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019 support

SharePoint Crawler can crawl Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019.

Installing Version 12.0.2.2

For the information about installing / upgrading to Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.2.2, see  Watson Explorer Deep Analytics Edition V12.0.2.2 readme file . For the information about connecting to Fix Central website to obtain the software, see download documents.

Known Issues in Version 12.0.2.2

  • Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019 has an issue in handling the content MIME types, which prevents correct crawling.  Consult Microsoft to get the latest information about the issue including a workaround.

What's New in Version 12.0.2.1

Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.2.1 upgrades IBM Java to 8.0.5.26.

Installing Version 12.0.2.1

For the information about installing / upgrading to Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.2.1, see  Watson Explorer Deep Analytics Edition V12.0.2.1 readme file . For the information about connecting to Fix Central website to obtain the software, see download documents.

 

What's New in Version 12.0.2

Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.2 upgrades IBM Java to 8.0.5.21.

Installing Version 12.0.2

For the information about installing / upgrading to Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.2, see  Watson Explorer Deep Analytics Edition V12.0.2 readme file . For the information about connecting to IBM Passport Advantage Online website to obtain the software, see download documents.

 

What's New in Version 12.0.1

New Data Source Support

  • IBM FileNet Content Manager v5.5.0
  • IBM Case Manager v5.3.2
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2016

Sample Text Analysis Resources for Korean Voice-of-Customer Analysis

  • Sample user dictionaries and text analysis rules to analyze Korean voice-of-customer data are provided as samples. To use these resources, check readme file at $ES_INSTALL_ROOT/samples/voc.

 

Installing Version 12.0.1

For the information about installing / upgrading to Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.1, see  Watson Explorer Deep Analytics Edition V12.0.1 readme file . For the information about connecting to IBM Passport Advantage Online website to obtain the software, see download documents.

 

Known Issues in Version 12.0.1

Installer

  • In some environments, an indicator for installation progress (a pane on the left side of the installer in GUI mode) may not be shown. This is just a display problem and it doesn't affect the installation functions.

 

Content Analytics Studio Installer

 

 

 

Known Issues in Version 12.0.0

Installer

  • In some environments, an indicator for installation progress (a pane on the left side of the installer in GUI mode) may not be shown. This is just a display problem and it doesn't affect the installation functions.

 

Content Analytics Studio Installer

 

 

 

Deprecated Features in Version 12.0.0

The term deprecation is used to notify you when a certain feature or features may be removed from the offering. This notification may allow clients to anticipate any actions necessary to accommodate the removal of the features. If not removed in Watson Explorer V12, the following features may be removed from future releases without further notice.

Effective with Watson Explorer V12, the following features in Watson Explorer Analytical Components are included as a convenience, but will be removed in subsequent releases.

 

  • DIIOP is the official way to connect to Domino Notes, not NRPC.
  • The text extractor Stellent is deprecated, replaced by Apache Tika. Thumbnail generation is not supported.


The following data source connector in Watson Explorer Analytical Components is included as a
convenience and unsupported because the underlying data source is no longer supported. It will
be removed in subsequent releases.

  • IBM InfoSphere Federation Server
  • IBM Content Integrator


The following integration features in Watson Explorer Analytical Components are included as a
convenience but will no longer be enhanced for use with subsequent versions of the offerings
they integrated:

  • Search Portlet for IBM WebSphere Portal Server
  • Hadoop Integration with IBM InfoSphere BigInsights Enterprise Edition

Watson Explorer V12.0 Release Notes

 

What's New in Version 12.0.3.15

  • Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.15 includes PSIRT fixes.
  • You can install Watson Explorer Analytical Components Version 12.0.3.15 directly without installing Watson Explorer Analytical Components Version 12.0.3 GA.

Installing Version 12.0.3.15

For the information about installing or upgrading to Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.15, see Watson Explorer Deep Analytics Edition V12.0.3.15 readme file. For the information about connecting to Fix Central website to obtain the software, see download documents.

 

Known Issues in Version 12.0.3.15

  • The Salesforce connector does not start in version 12.0.3.15. See the following work-around to solve the issue.

Copy connector-salesforce-5.1.15.zip and connector-box-5.1.15.zip under $ENGINE/lib/java/plugins/ to your working directory. Run the following command in your working directory. unzip connector-salesforce-5.1.15.zip plugin.xml Under the runtime section, add the following line:

 

Run the following commands: $ zip connector-salesforce-5.1.15.zip plugin.xml $ unzip connector-box-5.1.15.zip lib/scala-library-2.10.7.jar $ zip connector-salesforce-5.1.15.zip lib/scala-library-2.10.7.jar> Copy the folder connector-salesforce-5.1.15.zip back to $ENGINE/lib/java/plugins/ EXSLT function exlt:nodeset is no longer available. Use exsl:node-set instead.

In that case, try the following steps:

Note

Watson Explorer Analytical Components is refreshed to "Level: 122". Verify the installed version of Analytical Components in the filepath: ES_INSTALL_ROOT/nodeinfo/bldinfo.txt file.

It is recommended that you reinstall Watson Explorer Analytical Components to the latest image if your systems are running an earlier image of 12.0.3.15.

Lotus Notes v9.x and v10.x will be deprecated and end of support effective 1 June 2024, since the underlying software is no longer supported after that date.

What's New in Version 12.0.3.14

  • Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.14 includes PSIRT fixes.
  • AIX version 7.3 is newly supported in this fixpack release along with the existing version 7.2.
  • AIX 7.1 is no longer a supported platform.
  • You can install Watson Explorer Analytical Components Version 12.0.3.14 directly without installing Watson Explorer Analytical Components Version 12.0.3 GA.

Installing Version 12.0.3.14

For the information about installing or upgrading to Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.14, see Watson Explorer Deep Analytics Edition V12.0.3.14 readme file. For the information about connecting to Fix Central website to obtain the software, see download documents.

 

Note

Watson Explorer Analytical Components is refreshed to "Level: 122". Verify the installed version of Analytical Components in the filepath: ES_INSTALL_ROOT/nodeinfo/bldinfo.txt file.

It is recommended that you reinstall Watson Explorer Analytical Components to the latest image if your systems are running an earlier image of 12.0.3.14.

Lotus Notes v9.x and v10.x will be deprecated and end of support effective 1 June 2024, since the underlying software is no longer supported after that date.

What's New in Version 12.0.3.13

  • Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.13 includes PSIRT fixes.
  • Windows Server 2022 is now supported in this fix pack.
  • You can install Watson Explorer Analytical Components Version 12.0.3.13 directly without installing Watson Explorer Analytical Components Version 12.0.3 GA.

Installing Version 12.0.3.13

For the information about installing / upgrading to Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.13, see Watson Explorer Deep Analytics Edition V12.0.3.13 readme file. For the information about connecting to Fix Central website to obtain the software, see download documents.

Note

Lotus Notes v9.x and v10.x will be deprecated and end of support effective 1 June 2024, since the underlying software is no longer supported after that date.

What's New in Version 12.0.3.12

  • Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.12 includes PSIRT fixes.
  • Windows Server 2022 is now supported in this fix pack.
  • You can install Watson Explorer Analytical Components Version 12.0.3.12 directly without installing Watson Explorer Analytical Components Version 12.0.3 GA.

Installing Version 12.0.3.12

For the information about installing / upgrading to Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.12, see Watson Explorer Deep Analytics Edition V12.0.3.12 readme file. For the information about connecting to Fix Central website to obtain the software, see download documents.

Removed Features in Version 12.0.3.12

Products integrated in Analytical Components

The below platforms are no longer supported since the supported software versions have reached end of support (EOS).

  • Cognos Analytics 11.0.6.0 (Formerly known as Cognos BI)
  • Lotus Notes Version 8 (Later versions are supported for crawling)
  • IBM Open Platform with Apache Hadoop (Biginsights)
  • Integration with IBM Content Classification

Lotus Notes v9.x and v10.x will be deprecated and end of support effective 1 June 2024, since the underlying software is no longer supported after that date.

What's New in Version 12.0.3.11

Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.11 includes PSIRT fixes.

Installing Version 12.0.3.11

For the information about installing / upgrading to Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.11, see Watson Explorer Deep Analytics Edition V12.0.3.11 readme file. For the information about connecting to Fix Central website to obtain the software, see download documents.

Removed data sources in version 12.0.3.11

  • Data sources that are supported by IBM Content Integrator
  • IBM InfoSphere Federation Server

What's New in Version 12.0.3.10

Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.10 includes PSIRT fixes.

Installing Version 12.0.3.10

For the information about installing / upgrading to Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.10, see Watson Explorer Deep Analytics Edition V12.0.3.10 readme file. For the information about connecting to Fix Central website to obtain the software, see download documents.

What's New in Version 12.0.3.9

Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.9 includes PSIRT fixes.

Installing Version 12.0.3.9

For the information about installing / upgrading to Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.9, see Watson Explorer Deep Analytics Edition V12.0.3.9 readme file. For the information about connecting to Fix Central website to obtain the software, see download documents.

What's New in Version 12.0.3.8

Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.8 includes PSIRT fixes.

Installing Version 12.0.3.8

For the information about installing / upgrading to Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.8, see Watson Explorer Deep Analytics Edition V12.0.3.8 readme file. For the information about connecting to Fix Central website to obtain the software, see download documents.

What's New in Version 12.0.3.7

New Data Source Support

  • HCL Digital Experience 9.5 is newly supported. HCL Digital Experience is formerly known as IBM WebSphere Portal. Please see the HCL Digital Experience 9.5 section below for details.

HCL Digital Experience 9.5

  • When you create a crawler for HCL Digital Experience 9.5, select Seed list as Crawler type and WebSphere Portal 8.5 as Server type. Test the configuration link in Test the Seed List Documents page does not work in this release.
  • Integration with Search bar is not supported.

Installing Version 12.0.3.7

For the information about installing / upgrading to Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.7, see Watson Explorer Deep Analytics Edition V12.0.3.7 readme file. For the information about connecting to Fix Central website to obtain the software, see download documents.

What's New in Version 12.0.3.6

Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.6 upgrades IBM Java to 8.0.6.30 and includes PSIRT fixes.

System requirements in Version 12.0.3.6

  • Windows Server 2019 Standard Edition is newly supported.
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Server 8 on x86-64 platform is newly supported.

Installing Version 12.0.3.6

For the information about installing / upgrading to Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.6, see Watson Explorer Deep Analytics Edition V12.0.3.6 readme file. For the information about connecting to Fix Central website to obtain the software, see download documents.

Known Issues in Version 12.0.3.6

  • Due to the security enhancement in Java, the default support for TSL v1.0 and TSL v1.1 has been dropped from the bundled JVM from this release. This has some influences to Web crawler and corresponding countermeasures described below:
    • When crawling websites that mandate TLS v1.2 and/or TLS v1.3, add support for those TLS versions in the crawler's configuration file manually. Please refer to Watson Explorer Analytical Components (WEX AC): How to Configure TLS for the Web Crawler for details. We are planning to make this configuration by default in the future fix pack release.
    • When crawling websites that still use TLS v1.0 or TLS v1.1, remove "TLSv1" or "TLSv1.1" from jkd.tls.disabledAlgorithms in the following files.
      •    On AIX and Linux (including Linux on System z and PowerLinux BE):
        •        $ES_INSTALL_ROOT/_jvm/jre/lib/security/java.security
        •        $ES_INSTALL_ROOT/_jvm64/jre/lib/security/java.security
      •    On Windows:
        •        %ES_INSTALL_ROOT%\_jvm\jre\lib\security\java.security
        •        %ES_INSTALL_ROOT%\_jvm64\jre\lib\security\java.security
      • If you want to apply this update to existing crawlers, restart them.

What's New in Version 12.0.3.5

Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.5 upgrades IBM Java to 8.0.6.25 and includes PSIRT fixes.

Installing Version 12.0.3.5

For the information about installing / upgrading to Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.5, see Watson Explorer Deep Analytics Edition V12.0.3.5 readme file. For the information about connecting to Fix Central website to obtain the software, see download documents.

Known Issues in Version 12.0.3.5

  • When you export documents from Watson Explorer Content Analytics version 12.0.3.5, the export requests may be kept 'Processing' and make no progress.

    In that case, try the following steps:

    1. Stop Watson Explorer Content Analytics with "esadmin system stopall" command
    2. Copy commons-io-2.8.0.jar file from ${WEX_V12.0.3.x_INSTALL_ROOT}/wlpapps/servers/admin/apps/ESAdmin.ear/ESAdmin.war/WEB-INF/lib/commons-io-2.8.0.jar to ${WEX_V12.0.3.x_INSTALL_ROOT}/lib/
    3. Restart Watson Explorer Content Analytics with "esadmin system startall" command

What's New in Version 12.0.3.4

Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.4 upgrades IBM Java to 8.0.6.10 and includes PSIRT fixes.

Installing Version 12.0.3.4

For the information about installing / upgrading to Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.4, see Watson Explorer Deep Analytics Edition V12.0.3.4 readme file. For the information about connecting to Fix Central website to obtain the software, see download documents.

What's New in Version 12.0.3.3

Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.3 upgrades IBM Java to 8.0.6.7 and includes PSIRT fixes.

System requirements in Version 12.0.3.3

Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 6 are not supported in Version 12.0.3.3 or later.

Installing Version 12.0.3.3

For the information about installing / upgrading to Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.3, see Watson Explorer Deep Analytics Edition V12.0.3.3 readme file. For the information about connecting to Fix Central website to obtain the software, see download documents.

What's New in Version 12.0.3.2

Thumbnail Generation

Thumbnail Generation can be enabled on Admin GUI from V12.0.3.2. The previous versions of V12 do not support Thumbnail Generation.

Annotators from Watson Knowledge Studio

  • Watson Knowledge Studio machine-learning annotators for Chinese language and Dutch language are supported.
  • Watson Knowledge Studio rule-based annotators for Chinese language and Dutch language are supported.

Installing Version 12.0.3.2

For the information about installing / upgrading to Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.2, see Watson Explorer Deep Analytics Edition V12.0.3.2 readme file. For the information about connecting to Fix Central website to obtain the software, see download documents.

What's New in Version 12.0.3.1

AIX v7.2 Support

AIX v7.2 is newly supported.

Installing Version 12.0.3.1

For the information about installing / upgrading to Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3.1, see Watson Explorer Deep Analytics Edition V12.0.3.1 readme file. For the information about connecting to Fix Central website to obtain the software, see download documents.

Known Issues in Version 12.0.3.1

  • When you perform graphical installation of Watson Explorer Content Analytics version 12.0.3.1, you may see the following error:
    (java:6688): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "adwaita", 
    Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "pk-gtk-module" 
    Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module" 
    *** Error in `/tmp/install.dir.6688/Linux/resource/jre/jre/bin/java': free(): invalid pointer: 0xe5304d04 ***

     

    In that case, try the following steps to install Watson Explorer Content Analytics version 12.0.3.1:

    1. Before installing Watson Explorer Content Analytics version 12.0.3.1, run cp -r ${WEX_V12.0.3.x_INSTALL_ROOT}/_jvm /tmp/_jvm
    2. Install Watson Explorer Content Analytics version 12.0.3.1 with ./install.bin LAX_VM /tmp/_jvm/jre/bin/java

What's New in Version 12.0.3

Japanese New Era Support

Reiwa (Japanese: 令和) is recognized as a date expression.

Installing Version 12.0.3

For the information about installing / upgrading to Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.3, see Watson Explorer Deep Analytics Edition V12.0.3 readme file. For the information about connecting to Fix Central website to obtain the software, see download documents.

What's New in Version 12.0.2.2

Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019 support

SharePoint Crawler can crawl Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019.

Installing Version 12.0.2.2

For the information about installing / upgrading to Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.2.2, see  Watson Explorer Deep Analytics Edition V12.0.2.2 readme file . For the information about connecting to Fix Central website to obtain the software, see download documents.

Known Issues in Version 12.0.2.2

  • Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019 has an issue in handling the content MIME types, which prevents correct crawling.  Consult Microsoft to get the latest information about the issue including a workaround.

What's New in Version 12.0.2.1

Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.2.1 upgrades IBM Java to 8.0.5.26.

Installing Version 12.0.2.1

For the information about installing / upgrading to Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.2.1, see  Watson Explorer Deep Analytics Edition V12.0.2.1 readme file . For the information about connecting to Fix Central website to obtain the software, see download documents.

 

What's New in Version 12.0.2

Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.2 upgrades IBM Java to 8.0.5.21.

Installing Version 12.0.2

For the information about installing / upgrading to Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.2, see  Watson Explorer Deep Analytics Edition V12.0.2 readme file . For the information about connecting to IBM Passport Advantage Online website to obtain the software, see download documents.

 

What's New in Version 12.0.1

New Data Source Support

  • IBM FileNet Content Manager v5.5.0
  • IBM Case Manager v5.3.2
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2016

Sample Text Analysis Resources for Korean Voice-of-Customer Analysis

  • Sample user dictionaries and text analysis rules to analyze Korean voice-of-customer data are provided as samples. To use these resources, check readme file at $ES_INSTALL_ROOT/samples/voc.

 

Installing Version 12.0.1

For the information about installing / upgrading to Watson Explorer Analytical Components V12.0.1, see  Watson Explorer Deep Analytics Edition V12.0.1 readme file . For the information about connecting to IBM Passport Advantage Online website to obtain the software, see download documents.

 

Known Issues in Version 12.0.1

Installer

  • In some environments, an indicator for installation progress (a pane on the left side of the installer in GUI mode) may not be shown. This is just a display problem and it doesn't affect the installation functions.

 

Content Analytics Studio Installer

 

 

 

Known Issues in Version 12.0.0

Installer

  • In some environments, an indicator for installation progress (a pane on the left side of the installer in GUI mode) may not be shown. This is just a display problem and it doesn't affect the installation functions.

 

Content Analytics Studio Installer

 

 

 

Deprecated Features in Version 12.0.0

The term deprecation is used to notify you when a certain feature or features may be removed from the offering. This notification may allow clients to anticipate any actions necessary to accommodate the removal of the features. If not removed in Watson Explorer V12, the following features may be removed from future releases without further notice.

Effective with Watson Explorer V12, the following features in Watson Explorer Analytical Components are included as a convenience, but will be removed in subsequent releases.

 

  • DIIOP is the official way to connect to Domino Notes, not NRPC.
  • The text extractor Stellent is deprecated, replaced by Apache Tika. Thumbnail generation is not supported.


The following data source connector in Watson Explorer Analytical Components is included as a
convenience and unsupported because the underlying data source is no longer supported. It will
be removed in subsequent releases.

  • IBM InfoSphere Federation Server
  • IBM Content Integrator


The following integration features in Watson Explorer Analytical Components are included as a
convenience but will no longer be enhanced for use with subsequent versions of the offerings
they integrated:

  • Search Portlet for IBM WebSphere Portal Server
  • Hadoop Integration with IBM InfoSphere BigInsights Enterprise Edition

 

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