General description

This fix resolves the APARs and defects that are listed in the Problems fixed section.

Problems fixed

This fix addresses the following APARs.

Release highlights

• Added support for expressions predicate type in the Rules engine.
• Implementation of redirection to linked or related items from Linked items or Related items tab for the Single-edit page.
• Implementation of the Flag Attribute as a radio button on the Single-edit page.
• Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML v2.0) support for the Persona-based UI and Admin UI with windows and form authentication methods.
• Operator-based product deployment with container images.
• Official support of the Microsoft Edge browser for both the Admin UI and the Persona-based UI.
• Magento connector support upgrade from version 2.0 to version 2.4. For more information, see Magento2 connector.
• Persona-based UI and custom sample library supports Angular version 8. For existing custom components, upgrade your custom sample library. For more information, see Upgrading the existing custom sample library.
• Authentication is mandatory for MongoDB, thus you need to correctly enable authentication for Digital Assets Management and Machine learning. For more information, see Enabling MongoDB authentication.
• Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) support is available for MongoDB. For more information, see Enabling SSL for MongoDB.
• Persona-based UI supports password strength check, password expiry, and user lockout features. For more information, see common.properties file parameters.
• Admin UI supports a password strength check feature while creating or updating user information. For more information, see common.properties file parameters.
• Elasticsearch upgrade:
  • Starting IBM Product Master 12.0 Fix Pack 1 release, the Elasticsearch version is upgraded to version 7.7.0.

Post Installation instructions

• You need to import the latest mdmce-env.zip, vendorportal.zip, and dammodel.zip  files.
• Entries of the Completeness Lookup Table need to be saved after the mdmce-env.zip file import.
• If you run the configureEnv.sh script with no overwrite option, the existing mdmce-roles.json file gets retained and needs manual merge. But if you run the configureEnv.sh script with overwrite option,
  • Backup of the existing mdmce-roles.json file gets created.
  • The new mdmce-roles.json file gets created from its default file.
• The mongodb_username and mongodb_password properties in the env_settings.ini file are now used for both Digital Assets Management and Machine learning.

Properties

Following is the list of new or updated properties,

• common.properties
  • enable_password_expiry
  • enable_user_lockout
  • force_strong_password_for_users
    Note: On an Oracle environment, if you toggle the value of this property, and then modify the password, you need to restart the Free Text Search service.
  • maximum_password_attempts
  • maximum_password_age_for_users
  • maximum_password_age_for_vendor
  • password_strength_criteria

  For more information, see common.properties file parameters.

• dam.properties
  • mongo.database
  • mongo.password
  • mongo.username

  For more information, see dam.properties file parameters.

• damConfig.properties
  • dam_catalog_linkagefile_header
  • dam_collab_linkagefile_header

  For more information, see damConfig.properties file parameters.

• mass-edit.properties
  • batch_size

  For more information, see mass-edit.properties parameters.

• restConfig.properties
  • category_max_limit

  For more information, see restConfig.properties file parameters.

Following is the list of deleted properties,

• dam_linkagefile_header
• maximum_password_age
• password_strength_criteria

Known problems and limitations

Note: The following limitations are only applicable to the new Angular 2 or REST services-based Persona-based UI.

• Rich Text (Persona-based UI) - When you open a Rich Text pop-up window in an editable mode, by default 'b' (bold) icon is enabled which is not required.
• Rich Text (Persona-based UI) - If a Rich Text attribute has no content and is in readable mode, you can still click its icon.
• Left navigation for nested menu [Reports] (Translation) - When you click the Dashboard menu, the report names are not translated even though the translation is available for every report.
• Filter - Value for a filter is not getting cleared from the text box even if you click Clear, but the filter box gets closed.
• Select category - Category value selected from the drop-down list versus selected from the category pop-up window shows different display formats. Zeros get truncated in case of selection from the drop-down list.
• Specs definition tab - In the Category single-edit page, the Cross button is in the disabled mode as it's not editable.

Prerequisites

• IBM Product Master 12.0
• Hardware and software compatibility: For information, see System requirements for the IBM Product Master

Modifying the database schema

Database schema migration is required. For more information, see Database schema migration.

Note:

• In case of any docstore-related error, rerun the migrateToInstalledFP.sh (migration) script.
• For the GDS feature, you need to perform database schema migration.

Installation instructions

For more information, see Installing the product.

Uninstallation instructions

Delete the $TOP folder and reinstall the IBM Product Master 12.0.