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  (IBM Product Master 12.0 Fix Pack 2)

• 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.
• Admin UI supports password strength check feature while creating or updating user information. For more information, see common.properties file.
• Elasticsearch upgrade:
  • Starting IBM Product Master 12.0 Fix Pack 1 release, the Elasticsearch version is upgraded to version 7.7.0.

• 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.

Enhancements

• MDMCE-I-188: Persona-based UI: Cannot redirect from the Custom Tab to other UI Components.
• MDMCE-I-193: Persona-based UI: Navigation buttons to scroll directly to the first and the last tab.
• MDMCE-I-232: Persona-based UI: Cannot redirect to single-edit or multi-edit page from the Custom Tabs or Custom Tools.
• MDMCE-I-234: The filter is not working on the search screen on the multi-edit page when the user tries to add a new column with the "Status" name.

Properties (IBM Product Master 12.0 Fix Pack 2)

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.

• 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 not required.

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.