Release Notes
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A comprehensive list of defect corrections for major releases, refresh packs and fix packs of OpenPages GRC Platform 7.4 and OpenPages GRC Platform 8.0.
PLEASE NOTE: As of IBM OpenPages GRC Platform 8.0 FP1 (renumbered from 7.4.0.1 to 8.0.0.1) all later fix packs and interim fixes will be numbered as 8.0.0.x.x
Details of the APARs listed below can be accessed by clicking the link for the APAR number. If you have questions about a particular defect, please contact Customer Support.
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| Issues corrected in IBM OpenPages GRC Platform 7.4 (*) Updated since the fix list was initially published. |
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| Number | Description |
|---|---|
| PI09905* | [Documentation update] Current OpenPages Rename/Move Command Line Utility / Documentation Could Lead to Data/Security Corruption |
| PI24082 | Starting with release 7.4 OpenPages supports custom profile names |
| PI25574 | Custom Security menu item appears in Administration menu for users without access to it |
| PI26866 | Date selector pop-ups show incorrect year |
| PI28072 | Multi-user field change history showing the system value, not honoring the display name setting |
| PI29844 | Cannot run Cognos Workspace from OpenPages UI |
| PI37902 | Long field name causes field selector to go off screen, making the field unselectable and not displaying the selection criteria |
| PI39268 | Launching Cognos workspace from OpenPages UI does not display correctly |
| PI39434 | SOXDocument Filter views on Home Page displays OP-00024 error when switching to Active Reporting Period |
| PI41650 | Cognos report images are not displayed in Reporting Fragment |
| PI49335 | The startallservers.sh/bat script fails if multiple version of Java are installed |
| PI51323 | Session log contains some failed messages even after OpenPages install completes |
| PI64613 | [Tech Note]OpenPages 7.0.0 GRC REST API returns 403 status code after install or upgrade |
| PI65207 | Permissions denied to users in Activity View when domain contains extra spaces |
| PI68620 | OpenPages install fails when attempting to install multiple Cognos servers for OpenPages |
| PI69422* | [Documentation update] "SSL for OpenPages GRC Platform environments" is updated in Administrator's Guide |
| PI69621 | Getting unwanted email from [email protected] on creation of QuestionnaireAssessment |
| PI69802 | SAXParseException error is logged in SystemOut.log when starting OpenPages server |
| PI70244 | Existing filter criteria will not work correctly if the display type of the actor field is changed in the profiles |
| PI71134 | Server error message should not show server information |
| PI71494 | User Selector minimum access different in Add New Wizard and Edit screen |
| PI72298 | CrossTrack Reports do not work in Chrome |
| PI72683 | Detail Reports will not be able to cross-track back to OpenPages in Chrome |
| PI73307 | Having any URI reserved character e.g "@" as part of Solr's password will break global search |
| PI74868 | Audit Deviation Report prompt displays ResourceID instead of Audit names |
| PI76258 | Advanced Filtering on date fields returns zero results if start date is set to 80 years or more relative to current date |
| PI78000 | Reporting period is missing if the create process for the label failed first and then succeeded |
| PI78763 | Using Administration Timesheet Entry, the select user does not disappear as expected when 'openpages' is removed from URL |
| PI80133 | Comparison Helper is not showing changes when there is a line return at end of the section |
| PI80208 | Comparison Helper is not showing changes when there is an extra space after a comma |
| PI80692 | Cannot run saved output of Cognos Active report from Cognos Connection when accessed via OpenPages |
| PI81186 | Installing in a mixed Linux/Windows environment with DB2 fails validation |
| PI81428 | If the client has a logon trigger that sets the CLIENT_IDENTIFIER via DBMS_SESSION then SAM mode will not work (Oracle Only) |
| PI81437 | Changing expired password with IE11 compatibility mode on, results in no change |
| PI81470 | Fix Pack install may fail in Cognos load balanced environment |
| PI83125 | If a field label in the current locale contains a “,” comma, then it cannot be added to a Field Level Security Rule for that field |
| PI83354 | OpenPages Installer is incorrectly identifying ports as being used |
| PI83971* | [Documentation update] "The data exported to a workbook by FastMap" section is updated in Administrator's guide |
| PI84410 | Dependent field does not appear on Approval App |
| PI85925 | Poor performance of bundlelist query when an FLS rule is enabled |
| PI86168 | "Copy from Previous Assessment" feature is not working when using a copied Questionnaire Template |
| PI86224* | [Documentation update]Updated the Administrator's Guide with steps about how to update the global search settings after refreshing a test environment |
| PI86364 | Improper security rule syntax being generated when combining hierarchy walk with another clause Note: If your application has security rules that are impacted, you will need to edit and re-save the impacted rules. |
| PI86780* | [Documentation update]"Dependent field behavior" section updated in Administrator's Guide |
| PI86839 | Configuration of email attributes in the GRC Trigger does not work as expected for creation of Questionnaire Assessments |
| PI86912 | Notification email sent to the Action Item assignee contains inactive/incorrect URL to the Action Item |
| PI87017 | The Post Installation Tasks Section of the Installation Guide is not clear |
| PI87025 | In the Approval App, JavaScript error occurs and related content section is empty when no child object types are included in the view |
| PI87056 | Username display format is not honored in the Approval App |
| PI87075 | Approval App throws generic error in the UI instead of the error message defined in Triggers |
| PI87178 | Updated Install guide with steps for how to prepare for, and perform a rollback of an OpenPages deployment |
| PI87185 | Updated PCM Word Import Trigger |
| PI87233 | Fastmap delete fails with a null error if the registry setting for Cascade Delete to Included Object Types is empty |
| PI87335 | Currency field set to Turkish Lira (TRY currency code) was not allowing decimal values |
| PI87358 | Not able to configure the due date in Approval App to be another date field |
| PI87554 | The out of box Trigger 'ActionItemLifeCycleTriggerOnCreate' throws error message when creating a folder from ‘Folder View’ |
| PI87871 | Fields disappear from the Approval App object detail cards when a Required or Editable dependency is defined |
| PI87900* | [Documentation update] Administrator's guide updated to describe a known issue, the business entity selector field does not get updated when the name of the chosen Business Entity is updated in the UI |
| PI88061 | Creating or updating an object via the API which sets currency field values to null results in an unexpected NullPointerException Note: Please refer to the GRC API JavaDocs for more details |
| PI88518 | When the Object view is modified in the Approval App profile to show files under the principal object, two files sections are shown |
| PI88570 | Performance of OP_OBJ_HIERARCHY_MGR.GET_DESCENDANTS can be poor with some Object Type deployments in DB2 |
| PI88689 | Public API to rename an Object, does not update folder name for self contained objects |
| PI89059 | Unable to disable a user or associate a group even though you are a superuser |
| PI89777 | Add New wizard cannot associate an Object as a secondary parent if the Object cannot be primary parent |
| PI89792 | Garbled output in the browser with Natural Language Classifiers when the Compression Enabled setting is true |
| PI90452 | User Selector with display type settings includeDisabled performs very slow with a starting group |
| PI90723 | Email notification is not sent when an assignee is changed and 'Update Assignee' field is selected before the configurable lifecycle process has begun |
| PI91202 | Filtered List View fails to load if a field dependency controller field has an invalid default value |
| PI91965 | Dependent Field doesn’t work well when Display Type is Business Entity Selector |
| PI92218 | NullPointerException is thrown and the OpenPages detail view is inaccessible when Field Level security is enabled and instance data includes fields that are not part of Object Type schema |
| PI93803 | Dependent Fields do not work if positioned after a dependent field with Display Type Business Entity Selector Note: See related APAR PI91965 |
| PI96060* | DojoNlsServletFilter Errors in log files after upgrading to OpenPages 7.3 |
| PI99300* | Versions view is missing from the Detail Viewof the File attachment (SOXDocument) object type |
| PM58253 | Framework Generation no longer requires parameters for user and password in the framework.properties file |
| PM82254 | [Tech Note]RT table naming convention for relationship tables is inconsistent between deployments |
| Issues corrected in IBM OpenPages GRC Platform 7.4 IF1 | |
| Other Fixes | |
| Description | |
|---|---|
| On Windows servers in certain locales, the disk space check performed by the installer returns the wrong result causing validation to fail for the server | |
| Issues corrected in IBM OpenPages GRC Platform 8.0 FP1 which is the first 7.4 fix pack (renumbered from 7.4.0.1 to 8.0.0.1) | |
| Number | Description |
|---|---|
| PI40449 | Integer fields accept alphanumeric values unless it is first character |
| PI59358 | ObjectManager load of Actor Object Profile Associations performance degrades and even fails with large numbers of users |
| PI69716 | Questionnaires Assessment lifecycle doesn’t honor Completion Required setting |
| PI85066 | Export Migration on Profiles does not export all the registry entries required for Auto Naming |
| PI85274 | Cannot copy objects from Library (Entity) where user has ‘Read Only’ access to objects |
| PI85296 | Create ResourceLink helper does not run if user does not have access to root level security domain |
| PI85320 | Profile export includes object type references to objects not in profile |
| PI85792 | RCM Theme Deployer and Configuration tool throwing errors |
| PI86326 | Associated SOXTestResult Objects are not being copied |
| PI86685 | [Documentation update]Due Dates becomes blank in the issue, when Request for Due Date change is granted |
| PI86800 | Issue Status is not changed to closed when request for closure is approved. |
| PI87339 | KRI Creation Utility fails to create child KRI value objects when Threshold values are greater than 7 digits to left of decimal point |
| PI89653 | Query service for multi-enum fields is not restricted to current reporting period |
| PI92921 | The Allowed Browsers administration setting does not block out Microsoft Edge without also blocking Google Chrome |
| PI93034 | Adding new fields with read-only field level security enabled displayed as editable in Grid views when viewed by a non-administrative user |
| PI93399 | [Documentation update]Administrator's guide has been updated with more information for "Lock and unlock objects" and "Configure the Lock and Unlock application permissions" |
| PI93647 | Policy Compare Helper is not showing changes with copying html source code |
| PI94113 | [Documentation update]Documentation regarding Grid/Activity Views and what child/descendants are displayed needs to be updated |
| PI94126 | Questionnaire launch fails due to hidden dependent picklist ordering |
| PI94392 | Add subsystem field exclusion capability for reporting schema |
| PI95958 | Reports that are set up to pass parameters, executed from a workflow TaskNode will fail to run on Chrome |
| PI96881 |
Notification Manager fails when Restricting Browser setting is enabled |
| Issues corrected in IBM OpenPages GRC Platform 8.0 FP2 | |
| Number | Description |
|---|---|
| PH00460 | NullpointerException in Global Search during Sync Index operation for file types |
| PH00522 | [Documentation update] Ambiguity regarding Lock permissions in Questionnaires |
| PH00550 | [Documentation update] Install guide needs to be more specific about setting the JAVA_HOME environment variable for app servers and reporting servers |
| PH00632 | Configuration export is missing to export read/update permission for FLS rules on certain object types |
| PH01318 | Default value of Enumerated field is saved instead of the value defined in Dependent Picklist |
| PH01340 | On demand rich text field displays multiple extra empty lines when created before a table |
| PH01506 | [Documentation update] Documentation of API function isSingleParent confusing |
| PH01806 | Unable to access the IBM BPM Process Portal and Process Center URL from OpenPages if the username contains '@' |
| PH02808 | [Documentation update] Config.log contains error after app data upgrade completed successfully |
| PH02821 | Database validation is failed when openpages-storage is set to a long path on Linux OS |
| PH02822 | [Documentation update] In version 7.4 and later, all application servers use the same path for OP_HOME |
| PH02965 | Screen for answers of a questionnaire assessment complains that registry was saved by another user, when a POST trigger is configured for the questionnaire assessment |
| PH03350 | Additional permissions are required to associate an Object by recently used Tab |
| PH03530 | [Documentation update] Excluding fields from Reporting Schema doesn’t allow a Select * operation to complete successfully |
| PH03612 | File upload on IE11 compatibility mode errors or hangs |
| PH04107 | JSON creation fails when creating a view from detail page with Primary Association Path |
| PH04381 | Computed field requests from detail page send wrong header |
| PH04525 | Unable to delete files from Questionnaire |
| PH05175 | Enter key in Add New Wizard produces SPACE instead of CARRIAGE RETURN (IE11 only) |
| PH05952 | Creation process hangs in New Task Focused UI when “System Fields:Name” is included inside Group node in JSON |
| PI59326 | Unable to type user name on Login Page without mouse clicking in user name field first |
| PI86629 | Associate child object fails in OpenPages Version 7.3 if parent has single quote in name |
| PI94360 | Lifecycle dropdown not responding in Approval App |
| PI95346 | Lifecycle emails not working properly for Multi users and Groups |
| PI96692 | If exportActorDisplayName is set to TRUE, empty user fields are incorrectly populated |
| PI97468 | Risk Eval 'Status' sets to 'Awaiting Assessment' post RCSA Completion |
| PI97731 | IBM BPM 8.5.7 Cumulative Fix 2017.06 or later does not work with the existing OpenPages Custom Portal Page that is part of the OpenPages Platform toolkit. |
| PI97995 | Approval Status of Risk Assessment reverting to Awaiting Approval |
| PI98109 | Performance issue : Timesheet takes long to load |
| PI98983 | ProcessManager Java object is currently hardcoded to 10.000 rows of output |
| PI98984 | Algorithm that produces column prefix for an object type can fail if too many objects start with the same letter |
| PI98985 | Unable to create a 'Creation View' in Portuguese |
| PI99284 | Add New Wizard > Object Types Disabled” impacts Global Search |
| PI99299 | Spacing formatting inconsistent in rich text field between edit and view modes |
| PI99301 | Accessing /ajax URL in OpenPages reveals a stack trace error to the user |
| PI99724 | API function getRelativePath returns truncated results for folders containing a period in the name |
| PI99785 | BPM Integration service does not allow to set an enum field to blank |
| Issues corrected in IBM OpenPages GRC Platform 8.0 FP3 | |
| (*) Updated since the fix list was initially published. | |
| Number | Description |
|---|---|
| PH01931 | TDI Assembly line not creating secondary parent relationships between Requirements and Mandates/SubMandates |
| PH04988 | Task Focused UI enumerated string field display HTML code instead of symbol character |
| PH06430 | Task Focused UI view selection rule does not work correctly when Multi-valued selector user is used |
| PH06473 | [API changes] Hard delete API failing for soft-deleted objects |
| PH06504 | Exception in ObjectManager loader during app permission loading |
| PH06514 | Creation view does not show field default value when it is inside a group definition in the JSON |
| PH06515 | Watson NLC authentication requires changes |
| PH06775 | Filtering on Multi-user select fields return incorrect results |
| PH06958 | [API changes] Moving Business Entity via REST API does not change Security Domains |
| PH07138 | The child object title is not clear and visible in Activity view |
| PH07316 | Task focused UI JSON editor allows name labels under object fields, but it prevents the view to publish |
| PH07351 | Task Focused UI Grid view filter count does not honor security |
| PH07646 | Query Service causes error creating a query where the RESOURCE object is the child |
| PH07653 | [API changes] Anonymization API gives error when used with an object that has been deleted in the current reporting period |
| PH07656 | [API changes] API method getParentFolder() always uses the current reporting period does not consider the reporting period from which the IGRCObject is read |
| PH07666 | [Documentation update] Update SSL configuration using IBM Console Web Application section in Admin Guide |
| PH07810* | Changing expired password without access to Standard UI results in no changes |
| PH07837 | The entity Move/Rename utility causes security issues when name includes a period |
| PH07987 | Loss Event Dashboard not display the status of Loss Event Lifecycle |
| PH08076 | GRC Workflow is not saving and cannot be published on Oracle RAC environment |
| PH08153 | SOXIssue views are unusable, it is published with no title and JSON |
| PH08221 | Loss Event Entry App pre-filled parent business entity from URL is not working |
| PH08393 | [Documentation update] Updated the SSL socket factory providers |
| PH08465 | [Documentation update] SSL setup for OpenPages GRC platform |
| PH08495 | Task view is rendering the error page where it should not |
| PH08549 | When mixed mode SSO is enabled, native OpenPages authentication users cannot change their password |
| PH08647 | PolicyHelper is unable to save policy fields containing large amounts of text |
| PH08749 | [Documentation update] Knowledge Center appears to be missing guidance for custom actions for native workflow feature |
| PH09001 | Chart Legend should not show hidden Enum's if no data |
| PH09053 | Policy create/edit Rich Text Editor loses indentation, bullets turned to numbers after saving |
| PH09061 | [Documentation update] Added documentation on how to configure the Task Focused UI Primary menu |
| PH09183 | Several new currencies are available to select but not enabled |
| PH09277 | Watson classifier authentication method no longer compatible with OpenPages |
| PH09350 | Auto-naming does not work for the Task Focused UI on copied objects |
| PH09359 | Failed to create Reporting Schema when using non-default db schema |
| PH09393 | System allows user to disable System Admin Mode (SAM) when Field level encryption is performing encrypt/decrypt operations, leading to failure and inconsistent data |
| PH09422 | [Documentation update] Loss Event Entry App keep directed to log.on.do due to Loss Event User password expire |
| PH09459 | Error message not clear in Task Focused UI and does not provide clean widgets to recover from the error. This is similar to PH08495 |
| PH09652 | Certain functionality such as timesheet may experience performance issue on a large scale deployment of OpenPages on DB2 |
| PH09779 | Rules are not working with End User actor controllers in Task Focused UI |
| PH09790 | The object text for a public filter in the Task Focused UI only display EN_US locale, user locale setting is ignored |
| PH09801 | When copy operation takes longer and transaction is timed out, you no longer can enable SAM until the server restart |
| PH09983 | [Documentation update] Added documentation that Task Focused UI rules does not apply to fields in the header |
| PH10095* | Field Dependency controller field cannot be removed from View JSON Note: Problem may occur when JSON editor is used alone. Switching to the Design or Preview tabs will fix the issue for the editing session. |
| PH10227 | Failed to start workflow when a custom trigger tries to retrieve user info |
| PH10361 | Minimum access on user selector does not work on Task view |
| PH10409 | Access is Denied Error when uploading file through IE Compatibility Mode |
| PH10627 | [Documentation update] Updated the software prerequisites section in the Installation Guide |
| PH10794 | Rich text fields in Task focused UI can't be edited multiple times in IE |
| PH11070 | [Documentation update] Updated the Administrator's Guide to clarify the Java version that is required for OPX |
| PH11195 | Deleting sortFieldName allows the JSON to be published |
| PH11654* | Folder Path filter not applied to relationship fields in creation view |
| PH11790* | Reporting Framework Generation is failed when the user who kicks in the framework regeneration logs out of the application |
| PI79021 | If a policy section ends with a table aligned left, the section heading appears directly to the right of the table rather on its own line |
| PI79805 | If RCSA process is run again, the Risk Assessment status changes from approved to awaiting |
| PI88703 | RAEval and RiskEval have incorrect status after running the RCSA Completion Helper |
| Other Fixes | |
| Number | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Docker Cheat Sheet for integration with IBM BPM is pointing to old version of the OpenPages Knowledge Center |
| 2 | Tables in on demand rich text fields in the Task focused UI may not display with all of the formatting available in the Standard UI. No data is lost and this is a cosmetic issue only |
| 3 | GRC Workflow Admin, Internet Explorer Only: 'Delete' key cannot remove a Stage or Action |
| 4 | In the Task Focused UI with or without GRC workflow, when filtering on user/actor fields, if the Actor field is configured as a Multi-user selector, the filtering does not correctly find the user. Filtering works correctly for all other Actor display types |
| 5 | In the Task Focused UI with GRC workflows, the "now" point in the chart may be off by one interval if the browser date/time is different from the server date/time |
| 6 | GRC Workflow: Object Profiles for users who administer workflows or who will use the Task Focused UI with workflows should have access to all objects defined in the workflows including the related objects. If you don't have access to the objects you may see an error message or you may not be able to administer the workflow |
| 7 | GRC Workflow: Object profiles for users who administer workflows must include access to all fields that maybe used in the workflow definition, including task overrides, related objects etc. If the user's profile does not include access to fields in the workflow definition, the user may see empty fields in the workflow property page |
| 8 | Task Focused UI: An integer or decimal field will not allow a value of 0 (even when it's valid) in a task or creation view if that field is required by a field dependency on the object |
| 9 | User provisioning: Force password reset causes an error |
| 10 | GRC Workflow: Setting assignee based on a field which is populated by a transition does not work |
| Issues corrected in IBM OpenPages GRC Platform 8.0.0.3 IF2 | |
| Number | Description |
|---|---|
| PH13225 | Slow performance loading Fastmap Data using an external or lookup key configuration |
| PH14180 | Refreshing OpenPages Home page occasionally throws OP-00002 error when report tab is selected |
| PH15401 | Attempting to associate a parent fails when FLS rule is enabled and fields are excluded from the schema |
| PH16026 | In the Task Focused UI, associations may be lost if the relationship field has multiple pages or is filtered |
| PH16411 | In the Task Focused UI, when using SSO, the session immediately expires when you switch profile |
| PH17260 | In the Task Focused UI, search in grid view returns matches on the object’s path |
| PH17261 | In the Task Focused UI, text fades after clicking on the ‘more’ link on fields with large amounts of text |
| Other Fixes | |
| Number | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Security Updates |
| Issues corrected in IBM OpenPages GRC Platform 8.0.0.3 IF7 | |
| Number | Description |
|---|---|
| PH07912 | OpenPagesSecurity Provider search API is updated for self |
| PH12510 | Incorrect date value shown in date field after using Bulk Update functionality on Filtered List View |
| PH22830 | Server can crash if user repeatedly switches between Filtered List View and Object View using breadcrumbs |
| PH22864 | Extra dependency on LCTransition ignored in Standard UI |
| PH23103 | In the Task Focused UI, associations are lost when relationship field has a filter on it in the view design |
| PH24421 | Filter does not run when user clicks on a filtered list from the homepage that redirects to the Filtered List View |
| Other Fixes | |
| Number | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Security Updates |
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