Major Release - v8.1
Major Release - v8.1
This release improves several areas of the product areas, including:
•A new name for Collector.... erwin Data Transformation, or erwin DT for short.
•erwin Licensing now governs the product, replacing the 2 step licensing used by Casewise.
This means that you will need to contact support to receive a new licensing code.
The erwin licensing system does now require the software to have access to the internet, in order to authenticate your license, each time the product is used. Note, if there is no connection available for a short period of time (1 to 3 days).
The software will continue to function, but will eventually request internet access to continue.
•Simpler usage - now no need to logon to erwin EA/BP.
The next thing you will notice, after a new name and upgraded licensing, is the fact that you don't need to login anymore.
Since erwin DT is becoming more central to the ETL landscape of erwin EDGE, and EA or BP are not always part of the workflow, the login to erwin EA/BP no longer made sense. This makes for simpler experience when using erwin DT, only requiring login to EA/BP when an input or output adapter to those products will actually be required.
•We now package the latest Java Runtime release for Java 8 (JRE 8u201). In future releases we intend to upgrade furtherto Java 11, but 8 seems to remain popular with customers, and this release includes all the latest security patches.
•New Adapter Support. We've been busy providing integrations to more products and platforms. So, we can now talk; Veracode, Zendesk, CloudHealth, Open Group File Format, SQL Database schema, and also have improved integration with erwin EA agile and DGc.
•Database Adapters:
oDatabase Metadata adapter (for JDBC databases)
Read meta data (schema) from your favourite JDBC compatible databases. This allows a simple "Reverse Data Engineering" facility directly in Collector, so you can see your schema in other products, including erwin DGc.
•REST/API Adapters:
oVeracode adapter - read status information about your Applications into your erwin products, to ensure your Enterprise Architecture is telling you the most up to date information.
oZendesk adapter - If you use Zendesk for tickets, it is now possible to read a whole host of information directly into your erwin products. Track tickets against Applications and provide updates inside your erwin product, and feed that back to the ticket in Zendesk. Even create new tickets against your EA, BP or DG project right inside erwin, and have your support team handle them as usual.
oCloudHealth adapter - Being able to know the state of your cloud applications from inside your Enterprise Architecture is critical to knowing the health of your EA as a whole. Now you can bring this information into your erwin products, and include this in your dashboards.
oBasic Generic JSON Adapter - Have an API you wish to talk to that we don't support. We can now handle simple JSON requests without a bespoke adapter. But as always, if you have something you'd really like to talk to, let us know and we'll see how we can help.
•Transformations:
oAdded transformation to allow the export of elements and their relationships and properties into the Open Group File
Format (OGFF). Allowing simple export of your EA assets for consumption by other OGFF compatible products.
oAdded transformation to allow the import of OGFF elements and then their relationships into erwin products. Bring data
in from your other OGFF compatible products.
•erwin Workspace and Model Adapters:
oApplication connections and workspace/model adapters for EA Agile, DGC, or EA can be created from within the client.
•Other Improvements:
oFor those who have REALLY complex workflows, you can now use more than 8 adapters in a single workflow
oAn external identifier stored as a property of an erwin EA/BP object can now be used when importing a dataset in EA Agile or DGC. This allows strong binding between objects in the two separate tools. Allowing updates to be more accurate, including the ability to rename in one tool, and see this in the other.
oWorkflows for any workspace/model adapter can be created and run without a separate logon
oLots of other little tweaks and fixes!
Resolved Issues and Enhancements
The following issues were resolved in this release:
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RFA |
Description |
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8.4.1.2 | |
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Bug Fix |
Fixed an issue with empty cells in the Excel Adapter |
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8.4.1.1 | |
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Bug Fix |
Fixed an issue with the start row/column in the Excel Adapter |
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Bug Fix |
Fixed minor issues with install and configuration |
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8.4.1.0 | |
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Enhancements |
Added support for containment hierarchies in EA agile v3 Added support for encrypting the workflow configuration in the database Introduce DG BGM adapter to support Business Term transfer Now able to use a different DG sitename, than default |
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Bug Fix |
Fixed Date/Time range writing to EA agile v3 |
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Performance |
Reduced memory consumption and improved the speed of XSLX file processing |
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Security Fix |
Fixed insecure randomness concern |
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Bug Fix |
Improved startup stability for services |
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Security Fix |
Removed Trustmanager acceptance of specific certificates |
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Changed |
Switched AdoptOpenJDK Java to Hotspot, from J9 |
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Security Fix |
Command Injection vulnerability improvements |
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Bug Fix |
Numerical chars from Adapter name are omitted when selecting Adapter during WF creation |
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Changed |
Renamed DG to EA Agile V3 - in line with new marketing |
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8.3.0.0 | |
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Enhancements |
erwin Licensing now supports offline licensing. Added support for AdoptOpenJDK Packaged AdoptOpenJDK 8 installer rather than Oracle JDK 8 installer Added the ability to extract "Created At" and "Updated At" fields from EA Agile |
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Bug Fix |
EA Agile Adapter: Fixed issue with mapping to EA Agile by a value other than the name. |
|
Bug Fix |
JDBC SQL Adapter: Increased the maximum character length for SQL queries; linting on save was added in an earlier version of Collector (7.5), which meant that those migrating from 7.0 were unable to migrate, as they were unable to edit their SQL queries without hitting the character limit. |
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Bug Fix |
CloudHealth Adapter: Bug Fix for CloudHealth GCP Project rules support. |
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Bug Fix |
EA Agile Adapter: Fixed bug with posting single array values to EA Agile. |
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Security Fix |
Password Management: Use of a hardcoded password in a part of the tool removed. |
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Security Fix |
Password Management: Use of a hardcoded password in a comment removed. |
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Security Fix |
Password Management: All passwords stored in the database are now encrypted appropriately. |
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8.1.0.1 | |
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Enhancement |
CloudHealth can now manage objects: |
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Upgraded |
Updated packaged jdk from jdk-8u191 to jdk-8u201 |
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Bug Fix |
Fixed bug relating to the use of an alternative identifier as key for POSTs to EA Agile/DGC where the key contained a space it its name. |
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Modified Behaviour |
In DGC object export, a relationship involving two objects of the same type that have the same relationship name in both directions and are not compositions will be considered as being non-directional, and the related object should therefore appear for both the source and the target of the relationship. |
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Bug Fix |
Fixed defect relating to object deletion from erwin EA |
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Bug Fix |
Fixed defect where workflows involving an EA/BP adapter for a remote connection, as the source, were not showing up in the scheduler. |
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Bug Fix |
Fixed defect where the scheduler UI was taking too long to load, making DT appear to be frozen. |
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Bug Fix |
Fixed defect where the wrong username could be saved for an EA/BP model adapter. |
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Bug Fix |
Installer: Fixed bug where the latest user manual was not updated if a previous version of the user manual was left over from a previous install. |
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8.0.0.2 - Beta (RC3) | |
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Enhancement |
Licensing: Added support for Proxy Servers when using the new licensing |
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Bug Fix |
Remote batch jobs: Fixed an issue where remote batch jobs (PSExec) would not run |
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Bug Fix |
Transform: Fixed a bug where newly added transforms did not have the file extension set correctly |
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Documentation |
Help: Updated documentation details Proxy support, and better describes the use of the Open Group File Format Adapter |
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8.0.0.1 - Beta (RC2) | |
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Bug Fix |
Adapter: Fixed bug where Exchange connections would not appear for selection in the model configuration |
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Bug Fix |
Transform: Fixed bug in "Sum Values in Column" transformation |
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Bug Fix |
Compatibility: Fixed bug that prevented model backup (user will need to re-save the model adapter if created in an earlier version of DT/Collector) |
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Enhancement |
Compatibility: Added support for SQL Server 2016. We now support SQL Server 2012r2, 2014 and 2016. |
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Support Change |
Compatibility: Dropped support for SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008 |
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Enhancement |
Added support for proxy servers |
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Enhancement |
Added an "Integrated Security" checkbox for configuring database adapters when using SQL Server: |
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8.0.0 - Beta (RC1) | |
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Bug Fix |
Scheduler: Fixed bug where email configuration used for email notification on job sequences could not be edited |
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Bug Fix |
Fixed a bug where some fields would disappear from the filters list when modifying an existing workflow that used an EA Agile or DGC export adapter as a source |
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Bug Fix |
Fixed bug where an FTP PUT adapter could not be configured and run correctly when using folders other than "/" |
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Bug Fix |
When configuring an FTP adapter, the correct error message will now be displayed |
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Bug Fix |
Fixed bug that could result in persistant wait cursor when the user cancels the deletion of a workspace/model adapter |
Product Licensing
Product Licensing
During first erwin DT log on, users will be prompted to enter an activation code. The activation code will be released by ServiceDesk. For further details on licensing, consult the erwin DT User Manual.