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A comprehensive list of defect corrections for major releases, refresh packs and fix packs of IBM OpenPages with Watson 8.1.
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| Issues corrected in IBM OpenPages with Watson 8.1 (*) Updated since the fix list was initially published. |
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| Number | Description |
|---|---|
| PH03864 | [Documentation update] Fields marked to be both read only and required in AFCON profile spreadsheet will be loaded as neither |
| PH05048 | Intermittent NegativeArraySizeException when indexing large file attachments |
| PH05984 | Continue Button in Loss Event Entry APP navigates you to incorrect section |
| PH06451* | [Documentation update] Description for the "Unsuccessful Login Window" user logon security setting is not clear in 8.0.0.2 Administrator's Guide |
| PH07563 | Date picker in the LossEvent app missing days of week |
| PH07815* | Dynamic questions on questionnaire templates do not have their set values exported and cannot be imported using FastMap |
| PH07912 | OpenPagesSecurity Provider search API is updated for self-search |
| PH08310* |
The timesheet helper can create duplicate entries |
| PH08311 | Dashboard has alignment issues when viewed on the Task Focused UI |
| PH08823 | Loss Event Entry email notification throws StringIndexOutOfBoundsException when referencing a multivalued enumerator field |
| PH08988 | After updating an Action Item manually, the Cognos report generated by "ORM Issues and Action Items" shows the Approver and Due Date as blank |
| PH08992 | If an issue has multiple parents that are associated to the same hierarchy, the ORM Issue Dashboard report will double-count the issue |
| PH09058 | Loss Event Entry APP should automatically log out a user when they want to log in to OpenPages again |
| PH09201* | Change history for Business Entity Selector field showing escaped ampersand |
| PH09255 | Sorting on a currency field in the Filtered List View (FLV) throws error OP-00700 |
| PH09355 | Record level security does not prevent users from starting Edit wizard on objects in Task Focused UI |
| PH09742* | In the Task Focused UI, when the lifecycle of a Control object or Control Eval object is started an unnecessary confirmation dialog pops up |
| PH10184 | Autostart of a workflow does not work for copied objects |
| PH10426 | Recently used user field does not work in Loss Event Entry |
| PH10630 | "AuroraProcCreate.sh" fails in DB2 if user schema has repeating characters |
| PH10632 | If a URL link is defined via a rich text field, attempting to click the link hangs the Standard UI |
| PH10806 | Users are able to apply signatures to SOXControl when they shouldn't |
| PH10979 | Failed background action during Workflow start, does not display an error |
| PH10997* | [API changes]Rest API does not allow setting an empty value to Date Field |
| PH11015* | [Documentation update] Documentation should state that revoking a role does not disassociate the user |
| PH11016 | Header on the Task Focused UI is not wrapping text in IE |
| PH11075 | New line does not work on Guidance text of Task Focused UI |
| PH11354 | [Documentation update] Policy publishing job does not publish file attachments with extra whitespaces in the name |
| PH11658 | Moving Objects with FastMap is not working |
| PH11664 | Object Manager loading fails to update enumerated string field when new enumerated value is added with conflicting value |
| PH11669* | Could not Approve/Reject timesheet using new timesheet helper when user is in Spanish locale |
| PH11720 | Null pointer Exception when launching object picker with certain filter rules |
| PH12042 | Navigation Menu discrepancies from standard UI and new UI when default navigation view is not Filtered List View (FLV) |
| PH12099 | In standard UI Model detail page should not allow check out/check in the Model object |
| PH12131 | Incremental Folder ACL indexing may experience a performance issue over time |
| PH12138 | Framework Generation of Custom Models defined as "basic" format fails |
| PH12202 | [Documentation update] Solution Guide references documentation that does not exists |
| PH12297* | [Documentation update] Dependent field does not reset when controlling field is modified in Task Focused UI |
| PH12482* | [Documentation update] If a field level security rule is defined on the controlling field, then the resultant dependency doesn't work |
| PH12510 | Incorrect date value shown in date field after using Bulk Update functionality on Filtered List View (FLV) |
| PH12682 | [Documentation update] In Task Focused UI, Workflow conditions do not work on the comment system field |
| PH12755 | [Documentation update] Typing mistake in the Administration Guide |
| PH12834 | [Documentation update] Documentation updated with the Steps to update WebSphere Admin Password |
| PH13107 | View Definition Information should not be sent to server during view editor validation |
| PH13143 | OpenPages Encryption parameters are not available for the scheduled Cognos reports |
| PH13225 | Slow performance loading FastMap Data using an external or lookup key configuration |
| PH13725 | Primary icon disappears when switching tabs in Task Focused UI |
| PH13726 | Error when apostrophe is included in the workflow action status |
| PH13833 | [Documentation update] Overwriting custom strings disclaimer is missing in the Op 7.4/8.0 Upgrade Document |
| PH13848* | [Documentation update] New topic added in the User Guide for "Accessing the Recently Used tab" |
| PH13949 | Folder path not displayed in Task Focused UI when dependent field is included |
| PH14104* | [Documentation update]Document updated to specify Docker software versions supported by OpenPages |
| PH14180 | Refreshing OpenPages home page occasionally throws OP-00002 error when report tab is selected |
| PH14285 | Possible invalid data shared between sessions due to TriggerContext |
| PH15401 | Attempting to associate a parent fails when FLS rule is enabled and fields are excluded from the schema |
| PH15337* | [Documentation update]Documentation updated for disabling single sign-on for OpenPages |
| PH16026 | In the Task Focused UI when an associate action is used in a Task view, the resulting grid view only shows 10 checked associated objects not all |
| PH16155 | In the Task Focused UI, Public filters shows incorrect results when default filter overrides Active Only tasks |
| PH16335 | In the Task Focused UI, currency fields cannot be saved when locale is changed to Spanish locale |
| PH16446* | Certify IBM SDK 8.0.5.x for OpenPages 8.X |
| PH16758 | In the Task Focused UI, field rules cannot be defined where the controlling field is the same as the dependent field |
| PH16760* | Advanced filters not showing enum values with special characters |
| PH17224* | In the Task Focused UI, an invalid grid on a creation view causes a blank page |
| 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 the ‘more’ link on fields with large amounts of text |
| PH17303* | [Documentation update]Steps updated for modifying filters |
| PH17944* | Activity views in Standard UI have Save/Cancel buttons shifted to the left side of the page |
| PI16555* | Refresh steps do not provide clear steps for refreshing a DB2 System with different schema names |
| PI30820 | FastMap fails to validate an entry that has an unsuspecting space |
| PI46881 | KRI Due Notification not working properly |
| PI50237 | Solutions module trigger fails to check values correctly |
| PI53094 | KRI Creation Utility improperly handles Offset 0 for monthly frequency |
| PI61296 | Comment txt field with dependency becomes editable and errors out when cursor is placed on that field |
| PI70259 |
Dependent picklists are no longer detecting the invalid value when editing the object
Note: See PH12297 for the new behavior of displaying a validation message |
| PI70475 | [Documentation update] Security rule against SOXDocument affects FastMap |
| PI71282 | Creation View does not work with multi-byte names on Internet Explorer |
| PI74943 | FastMap is not properly validating Boolean Fields if the value was not in lowercase |
| PI75542 | Not able to turn back dependent field to 'editable' status, when operating on the editable field dependency |
| PI76022 | Read Only RTF field containing default text will truncate when displayed |
| PI81526 | Bulk Updates fails on a field that is configured as both a dependent field and dependent picklist |
| PI81661 | Moving resource may result in incorrect resource attribute log modification dates and out of sequence history when using Oracle RAC |
| PI84198 | Filters can get corrupted during ObjectManager load under certain circumstances |
| PI87265 | Security rule parser, when a create rule is compiled and it contains a hierarchy lookup the SQL generated is invalid |
| PI87593 | Copied objects not observing the Default Folder registry setting |
| PI87868 | In the BusEntSelector field, a Business Entity with special characters shows as HTML in detail view |
| PI89151 | Entering a blank currency code with a currency value corrupts the record |
| PI90669 |
[API changes] Rest API does not work when a field is excluded
Note : The API now supports select * statements even with excluded fields.
The select * statement returns all fields, except for the ones that have been excluded from the reporting schema.
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| PI92036 | Carriage return inconsistent between add new wizard and detail page |
| PI92400 | Dependent picklist fields are set to blank after leveraging the Bulk Update |
| PI95007 | OpenPages is adding a row to the Change History for a text field that has not been edited |
| PI95722 | Timesheet Entry Helper incorrectly names timesheet folder path when it contains an entity named "Plans" |
| PI96166 | Add New Wizard doesn't honor the Minimum Access configuration in the User Selector field |
| Other Fixes | |
| Number | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Task Focused UI: If you delete a workflow or view, the total count won't be updated until you reload the page |
| 2 | Task Focused UI: Header actions derived from configurable lifecycle displays all action values if there are no actions for the current stage |
| 3 | Task Focused UI View Designer: When creating a new Relationship field, Relationship type set to Children, after adding the Copy Recursive Action, when you click Set and choose multiple object types in the Object Type field and then click Add Associations, the object types you just chose in Object Type are not initially listed in Child Type. |
| Issues corrected in IBM OpenPages with Watson 8.1 IF1 (*) Updated since the fix list was initially published. |
| Other Fixes | |
| Number | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | TRRI Feed fails when the OpenPages application server is on Windows |
| 2 | Help links direct to the OpenPages with Watson 8.0 Knowledge Center instead of the OpenPages with Watson 8.1 Knowledge Center |
| 3 | Db2 only: Decimal and currency fields are rounded to the nearest integer in the Reporting Schema |
| Issues corrected in IBM OpenPages with Watson 8.1 IF2 (*) Updated since the fix list was initially published. |
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| Number | Description |
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| PH16411 | In the Task Focused UI, when using SSO, the session immediately expires when you switch profile |
| PH18541 | In the Task Focused UI, the associate action does not return all the association when the “Display selected only” option is chosen |
| Other Fixes | |
| Number | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | In the Task Focused UI, deleting an object not in the favorites, removes the last favorite in the list |
| 2 | Security Updates |
| Issues corrected in IBM OpenPages with Watson 8.1 FP1 (*) Updated since the fix list was initially published. |
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| Number | Description |
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| PH05188 | Drilling through to a PDF report results in parent report going blank |
| PH06955 | LOCKS_AUDIT_TRAIL incorrectly records lock user as the unlock operation performer |
| PH12878 | Questionnaire attachments cannot be downloaded unless Standard UI permission is granted |
| PH13472 | Global Search stops indexing updates/additions after changing display type to user-selector |
| PH13531 | In the Task Focused UI, the save button in a SOXExternalDocument creation view is greyed out therefore it is not able to create links |
| PH14859 | In the Task Focused UI, the display selected only filter is not being removed from the grid view display when the view is reopened from a card or grid relationship field using an Associate action |
| PH15461 | In the Task Focused UI, charts do not display the 10th value of a list of enumerated values for any given field in a task view |
| PH16018 | In Task Focused UI, unable to consistently remove users from a multivalued User/Group Selector field |
| PH16084 | Bulk update doesn't display Boolean field types |
| PH16411 | Session immediately expires when you switch profile |
| PH16503 | Installer doesn't properly handle Oracle errors ORA-28011 and 280000 |
| PH17300 | In Grid View, Deleting child object/record deletes parent if there is only one child record |
| PH17318 | Task Focused UI is not responsive when dragging widgets into view design pane |
| PH17339 | In the Task Focused UI, user filed search only returns 99 results |
| PH17550 | Disable Global Add New Button on legacy UI will also disable all the add new button on the Grid View |
| PH17653 | In the Task Focused UI, setting a default value on a user selector causes white page |
| PH18182 | Migrating Task Focused UI views with I18N labels from OP 8.0.0.3 to 8.1 loses non English label strings |
| PH18231 | System Fields custom labels not taken into accounts |
| PH18351 | Grid view does not get the correct Workflow instance name |
| PH18541 | The returned result is not correct on object picker if 'Display Selected Only' is selected |
| PH18650 | NPE when editing view not included by profile from manage view page |
| PH18929 | Global Search results in intermittent "Failed to Load Data!" errors when using custom Result Fields |
| PH19163 | [Standard UI] Home page Filter/Public Filter not return to new record added after the filter field is changed from user selector to multi-valued user/group selector |
| PH19166 | Task Focused UI slows logins by requesting unnecessary data |
| PH19247 | Bulk Update does not allow updating an Integer field to 0 |
| PH19374 | [Documentation update] Report Authors Guide Miscellaneous Folder documentation needs updating for workflow |
| PH19607 | Refresh page will cause label missing for file relationship field |
| PH20031 | In the Task Focused UI, Computed fields and Report fragments construct URLs incorrectly |
| PH20812* | In the Task Focused UI, association action buttons are removed if user does not have write access |
| PH22395* | In the Task Focused UI, user with Simplified User role template is not able to perform add/copy/associate Issues under an Entity |
| PI16555 | [Documentation update] Refresh steps do not provide clear instruction for refreshing a DB2 System with different schema names |
| PI49395 | [Documentation update] Loading security rules from ObjectManager overwrites existing rules |
| PI71475 | [API changes] The Rest API query fails, if you query against an enumerated string value that has a comma (,) within the name |
| PI88315 | Change History rows can be erroneously excluded from Change History View in UI |
| PI96180 | Advanced filter does not automatically display objects after dropdown selection, if filter has a "FOLDER EQUALS" condition |
| PI98592 | If a bulk update takes longer than 5 mins to complete, requests are aborted and the UI hangs |
| Issues corrected in IBM OpenPages with Watson 8.1.0.1 IF1 (*) Updated since the fix list was initially published. |
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| Number | Description |
|---|---|
| PH18858 | Security Rule Formula not imported during Import Configuration |
| PH20993 | Access Controls on FastMap cause home page and user provisioning pages not to load |
| PH21011 | Some characters are HTML- encoded by the Add New Business Entity selector |
| PH21249 | In the Task Focused UI, name of Filter Counts widget does not use correct translation |
| PH21274 | In the Task Focused UI, custom helpers built for versions prior to 8.0 may not work |
| PH21452 | In the Task Focused UI, filters on dates that have a single digit part generate an error ‘Date format should be undefined’ |
| PH21954 | The Analytics Button should not appear if you don't have Cognos Analytics role permission |
| Issues corrected in IBM OpenPages with Watson 8.1.0.1 IF3 (*) Updated since the fix list was initially published. |
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| Number | Description |
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| PH22206 | Internet Explorer only: In the Task Focused UI, a workflow action that includes a comment causes an unexpected error |
| PH22830 | Server can crash if user repeatedly switches between Filtered List View and Object View using breadcrumbs |
| PH23103 | Associations are lost when relationship field has a filter on it in the view design |
| PH23284 | OP-00700 Error when using User provisioning tool at the Role Assignments section |
| Issues corrected in IBM OpenPages with Watson 8.1.0.1 IF4 (*) Updated since the fix list was initially published. |
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| Number | Description |
|---|---|
| PH22346 | In Task Focused UI, associate parent does not honor associate security restrictions |
| PH22864 |
Extra dependency on LCTransition ignored in Standard UI
Note: This change results in a behavior change.
Prior to this fix, the Lifecycle button [the LCTransition field] in the standard UI was controlled only by the LCStage field. With this fix, the Lifecycle button can be controlled by LCStage and additional controller fields. To revert to the previous behavior, disable the additional controller fields except for the LCStage field. |
| PH24252 | In the Task Focused UI, system displays the parent Entities to which the user does not have access |
| PH24421 | Filter does not run when user clicks a filtered list from the home page that redirects to the Filtered List View |
| PH24594 | Incorrect version of dojo.js file in 8.1.0.1 interim fix packages |
| PI36313 | The RCSA Alignment Helper fails when the control object of the entity has a description text with a line break |
| Other Fixes | |
| Number | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Quick filter is not working correctly in Standard UI after switching from Task Focused UI |
| 2 | Public filters on Multi-actor field(s) with [END_USER] are not working properly |
| Issues corrected in IBM OpenPages with Watson 8.1.0.1 IF5 (*) Updated since the fix list was initially published. |
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| Number | Description |
|---|---|
| PH25725 | Folder based filters defined in OpenPages 7.2.x are not working after upgrading to 8.1.x |
| PH25726 | “Session has expired” error may occur when trying to create objects with unsupported characters |
| PH26089 | Invalid characters in a report definition can cause the Task Focused UI to appear blank for all the users until restarted |
| PH26345 | Proxy servers are not informed that some responses contain per-user data and should not be cached |
| Issues corrected in IBM OpenPages with Watson 8.1.0.1 IF6 (*) Updated since the fix list was initially published. |
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| Number | Description |
|---|---|
| PH29103 | Poor performance in Db2 ‘GET_IS_SYSTEM_FLAG’ function |
| Other Fixes | |
| Number | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Db2 only: Multi-Actor database functions perform poorly in certain data conditions |
| Issues corrected in IBM OpenPages with Watson 8.1.0.1 IF8 (*) Updated since the fix list was initially published. |
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| Number | Description |
|---|---|
| PH23950 | In the Task Focused UI, editing a private filter on an integer field results in an “Unexpected error occurred” message |
| PH29249 | In the Task Focused UI, the system does not apply the filter using the grid view link |
| PH30027 |
In the Task Focused UI, the ability to disable bulk update needs to be configurable
Note: The new registry setting is /Applications/GRCM/Filtered List/Bulk Update Disabled in Task Focused UI |
| PH30327 | In the Task Focused UI, “edit mode” in a task view overrides the Workflow Access Control |
| PH31136 | Implement performance improvements for the actor lookup functions in Db2 |
| Issues corrected in IBM OpenPages with Watson 8.1 FP2 (*) Updated since the fix list was initially published. |
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| Number | Description |
|---|---|
| PH18858 | Security Rule Formula not imported during Import Configuration |
| PH20993 | Access Controls on FastMap cause home page and user provisioning pages not to load |
| PH21011 | Some characters are HTML- encoded by the Add New Business Entity selector |
| PH21249 | In the Task Focused UI, name of Filter Counts widget does not use correct translation |
| PH21274 | In the Task Focused UI, custom helpers built for versions prior to 8.0 may not work |
| PH21452 | In the Task Focused UI, filters on dates that have a single digit part generate an error ‘Date format should be undefined’ |
| PH21954 | The Analytics Button should not appear if you don't have Cognos Analytics role permission |
| PH22206 | Internet Explorer only: In the Task Focused UI, a workflow action that includes a comment causes an unexpected error |
| PH22217 | In the Task Focused UI, grid view filters treat system user fields and system date fields as plain text |
| PH22346 | In Task Focused UI, associate parent does not honor associate security restrictions |
| 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
Note: This change results in a behavior change.
Prior to this fix, the Lifecycle button [the LCTransition field] in the standard UI was controlled only by the LCStage field. With this fix, the Lifecycle button can be controlled by LCStage and additional controller fields. To revert to the previous behavior, disable the additional controller fields except for the LCStage field. |
| PH23103 | Associations are lost when relationship field has a filter on it in the view design |
| PH23284 | OP-00700 Error when using User provisioning tool at the Role Assignments section |
| PH23950 | In the Task Focused UI, editing a private filter on an integer field results in an “Unexpected error occurred” message |
| PH24252 | In the Task Focused UI, system displays the parent Entities to which the user does not have access |
| PH24421 | Filter does not run when user clicks a filtered list from the home page that redirects to the Filtered List View |
| PH24594 | Incorrect version of dojo.js file in 8.1.0.1 interim fix packages |
| PH25725 | Folder based filters defined in OpenPages 7.2.x are not working after upgrading to 8.1.x |
| PH25726 | “Session has expired” error may occur when trying to create objects with unsupported characters |
| PH26089 | Invalid characters in a report definition can cause the Task Focused UI to appear blank for all the users until restarted |
| PH26345 | Proxy servers are not informed that some responses contain per-user data and should not be cached |
| PH29103 | Poor performance in Db2 ‘GET_IS_SYSTEM_FLAG’ function |
| PH29249 | In the Task Focused UI, the system does not apply the filter using the grid view link |
| PH30027 |
In the Task Focused UI, the ability to disable bulk update needs to be configurable
Note: The new registry setting is /Applications/GRCM/Filtered List/Bulk Update Disabled in Task Focused UI |
| PH30327 | In the Task Focused UI, “edit mode” in a task view overrides the Workflow Access Control |
| PH30860* | Exception during validation error when FastMap file name use accents |
| PH31136 | Implement performance improvements for the actor lookup functions in Db2 |
| PI36313 | The RCSA Alignment Helper fails when the control object of the entity has a description text with a line break |
| Other Fixes | |
| Number | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Quick filter is not working correctly in Standard UI after switching from Task Focused UI |
| 2 | Public filters on Multi-actor field(s) with [END_USER] are not working properly |
| 3 | Db2 only: Multi-Actor database functions perform poorly in certain data conditions |
| 4 | [API changes] REST API /grc/api/configuration/adminMode now requires users to have the System Administration Mode application permission |
| 5 | Security Updates |
| Issues corrected in IBM OpenPages with Watson 8.1.0.2 IF1 (*) Updated since the fix list was initially published. |
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| Number | Description |
|---|---|
| PH37718 | In the Task Focused UI, security rule for restricting association causes object creation to fail |
| Other Fixes | |
| Number | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Access to system files in the /Reports folder has changed. Now only super administrators and members of the OPAdministrators group can create or modify JSP report system files. Previously, all users with the Report object type in their profile had access |
| Issues corrected in IBM OpenPages with Watson 8.1.0.2 IF2 (*) Updated since the fix list was initially published. |
| Other Fixes | |
| Number | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Security updates |
| Issues corrected in IBM OpenPages with Watson 8.1.0.2 IF3 (*) Updated since the fix list was initially published. |
| Other Fixes | |
| Number | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Security updates |
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