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Release Date: 25 May 2018
Brand New Features
| Feature | About the feature | Section in BizTalk360 |
|---|---|---|
| Import & Export | We have enhanced the existing import & Export functionality for users to be able to export User Access Policies, saved queries, and Secure SQL queries (along with their configurations) from one environment (ie. QA/Development/UAT) and import them as it is into another environment (ie. Production). The users can also change the configuration while importing into the destination environment. | Settings > Import And Export |
| Stop Alerts for Maintenance improvement | We have added the capability to allow the user to set up multiple (future) maintenance windows, along with a notification message being shown on the Operations Dashboard and Alert maintenance screen. Historical maintenance schedules are preserved for auditing purposes. | Settings > Monitoring and notification |
Enhancements
| Enhancement | Comments/Fix Provided | Section in BizTalk360 |
|---|---|---|
| Pagination for Improved Performance | Implemented pagination across the board in BizTalk360 to improve the performance and usability in each grid view. This will divide the grid dynamically, into separate pages, using the System Settings configuration and user can also change the grid page size dynamically. | Across the application |
| Renaming Message Pattern | Implemented the capability to rename the message pattern title, directly from the Message Pattern detailed view. | Home > Analytics> Message Patterns |
| Filters for all the grid columns | The BizTalk360's grid columns got a new makeover! This new capability is specially designed to improve grid performance in high-volume environments. Filtering grid columns could result in a good end-user experience and get faster-desired result. | Home > Operations Home > Monitoring |
| Host Instance restart | From now on you don't need to go to the BizTalk Server Administration console or Windows Management instrumentation to restart the host instances. This new capability is provided in BizTalk360. | Home > Operation > Infrastructure settings > Host Instances Home > Operation > Infrastructure settings > Host > Host Instance |
| Restart option for the Analytics and Monitoring services | Implemented restart functionality for the Monitoring & Analytics services, where you can perform a restart operation within BizTalk360, without switching to Windows services. | Settings > Analytics Health > Analytics Service Status Settings > BizTalk360 Health > Monitoring Service Status |
| Email Alert with High Importance | We have provided an option in the Alarm configuration screen to set a High Priority for the email notifications. This functionality is very much useful for Support people to determine the priority of the emails. | Home > Operations > Monitoring > Manage Alarm |
| Business Rules are not displayed in the application section, when the user doesn't have access to Business Rules composer | In Application section, Business rules are not displayed when the user doesn’t have access to the actual Business Rules Composer in BizTalk360. This limitation is relaxed and the user is able to view the business rules associated with the applications, although they don't have access to the Business Rules Composer. | Home > Operations > Application support > Application > Business Rules |
| Export to Excel Implementation for all the sections in Operation and Monitoring | This is an existing functionality in many of the sections in BizTalk360. In this release, we have implemented it in all applicable modules, where the user can download and save data quickly and easily using the Export to Excel capability. | Home > Operations Home > Monitoring |
| Terminate option not available for Service Instances with scheduled status | Earlier the Terminate option for Scheduled Service Instances was not implemented. We received this feature request from some of our customers and we have implemented an option now for Scheduled Service Instances that can be terminated from BizTalk360. | Home > Operations > Message Box (Queries) |
| Enable the Zoom in/out options for the modules Graphical Message flow /message patterns | We have enhanced the view of Graphical Message flow, in the Operations section and MessagePatterns, in the analytics section with additional functionality which helps you to view the Message Patterns page to full-screen mode. In the full-screen mode, there is an option to zoom in and zoom out theMessage Flows, which is very helpful for business users who wanted to see complex architecture/flow. | Home > Operations > Data Access > Graphical Flow Tracking Home > Analytics > Message Patterns |
| Date & Time consistency for BAM | We have made the date & time format consistent with the BAM activity. Based on the user preferred timezone and the date & time will automatically get adjusted according to the selection. | Home > Operations > Data Access > Business Activity Monitoring |
Bug Fixes
| Reported Issue | Comments/Fix Provided | Section in BizTalk360 |
|---|---|---|
| Service instance status is greyed out in the grid view | When mapping an Alarm for service instances in a BizTalk Application, the status for the service instance is greyed out, when the current count and the Error /Warning count is same. This issue is fixed and the proper status will be displayed | Home > Monitoring > Manage Mapping > Applications > Service Instances |
| Loader is spinning forever in the Host Instances monitoring section | The Loader icon is spinning forever, when are fresh operation is performed in host instance monitoring section. This issue is fixed | Home > Monitoring > Monitoring->Manage Mapping ->BizTalk Environment ->Host Instances |
| DateRange column is disabled while customizing EDI Dashboard | When we click on the customize option for the widgets in the Dashboard , the date range column is disabled but edit icon (pencil) present for this option which is therefore not required. Hence it is removed from the Widget UI. | Home > Operations-> EDI Dashboard Home > Operations-> ESB Dashboard Home > Analytics-> Home |
| Available Memory % counters are not displayed in the graph for SQL Server | When the Available memory % counter for SQL server is added to the custom widget and when the widget is refreshed, the data for memory % was not getting displayed in the graph. This is fixed and now the data will be available in the widget. | Home > Analytics-> Home |
| Validation message appears when CPU % counters for two BizTalk servers are compared | When the CPU % counters for two BizTalk servers are compared, a validation message appears and it is not allowing to save the widget. This issue is fixed. | Home > Analytics-> Add Widget -> Custom Widget |
| SQLException TempDB Growth causes a performance issue when fetching data from DTA database for the widgets | Based on the auto growth settings in the SQL server, the TempDb will grow and results in SQL Exception for few widgets. The code is modified to delete the temporary tables after fetching data. Hence, data growth is controlled and there will not be any performance glitch. | Home > Analytics |
| Unable to execute the query when "EXEC" keyword is used in the comment section in Secure SQL Queries module | Due to security reasons, data manipulation keywords such as CREATE, INSERT, UPDATE etc., are restricted to use in theSecure SQL Queries module. When these keywords are used as column name, the restriction was applied though. We have relaxed this in our last releaseV8.7, but when the EXEC keyword is used in the query and in the comment section (including CREATE, INSERT, UPDATE, etc.), this resulted in an exception. This issue is fixed. | Home >Operations-> Data Access -> Secure SQL Queries |
| Data Purging | Data purging is not happening properly for few functionalities. We have fixed this issue and purging will happen as per the schedule. | Settings-> BizTalk360 Health ->Purge Data |
| Timeout exception in Mapping Data sub service | Exceptions of the MappingData sub service are written in the Event Log directly. This is fixed now and instead of writing into the Event Log directly the exceptions are captured in a log file. | Settings-> Analytics Health -> Mapping Activity |
| The mouse pointer indication on query instances link in application section is irrelevant to the actual operation | When the cursor has hovered over the Query Instances link, the cursor is not getting changed to a pointer, instead the hand symbol is shown. This user experience is improved and pointer symbol is shown to indicate the proper operation. | Home > Operations->ApplicationSupport->Applications |
| EventLog XML exception message is not formatted in Threshold Email alerts | EventLog XML exception messages are not formatted in the Threshold Monitoring Email alerts. This issue is fixed and all the exception XML messages are formatted in the email alerts for easy reference | Home > Monitoring |
| Up alert is not routed to Event Log, once the configured artifacts are back to the normal state | When the configured artifacts are back to the Expected State as per the alarm configuration, the Monitoring service will trigger an Up alert. This is not routed to the Event Log. This issue is fixed and the Up alert will be sent to the Event Log. | Home > Monitoring-> Manage Alarm Home >Operations-> Data Access -> Advanced Event Viewer |
| Web endpoints monitoring is not working when the XPath navigator has a namespace in the response code | Web endpoint monitoring is not working when the XPath navigator has a namespace in the response code. This issue is fixed. | Home > Operations->Monitoring-> Manage Mapping -> BizTalk Environment |
| NT Services are sorted in the grid view based on the service name | NT services are displayed & sorted based on the service name, whereas this is not the actual case inWindows Services. This is fixed and the services are sorted based on the display name. | Home > Operations-> Infrastructure Setting -> BizTalk Servers -> NT Services |
| Confirmation before deleting the Logic Apps | In the Azure operations section there is no confirmation message implemented while deleting a logic App. The issue is fixed. | Home > Operation->Azure Services->Logic Apps |
| User Windows services are getting orphaned in Windows 10& 2016 Server | In Windows 10 & 2016 Server, there are new Windows services created with dynamic values when a user logs in & out. Due to this, previous NT services configuration for the same services are getting orphaned and sending false alerts. This issue with regards to handling these dynamic services is fixed and these services are avoided to turn into the orphaned state. | Home > Monitoring->BizTalk Server-> NT services\nHome > Monitoring->SQL Server-> NT services |
| Manage Dependency File in the Analytics folder is not persisted during the upgrade of BizTalk360 | During the upgrade from v8.6 to v8.7, BizTalk Reports managed dependency file is not persisted in the analytics installation folder. This leads to having to configure the Dependency File again after the upgrade process. This issue is fixed. | Home > Monitoring > Alarms |
| Strange.Net version in Troubleshooter -> Dependencies | Under Troubleshooter -> Dependencies, where the.Net versions are displayed, there is a blank option with only 'v' word is mentioned, without any version numbers. This issue is fixed and the proper.Net versions will be displayed | Troubleshooter-> Dependencies |
| b360_BizTalkDB_Tbl_sizesgrowth | The data in the table dbo.b360_BizTalkDB_Tbl_sizes is growing at a rate of approximately one record per table per minute, causing a performance issue. This is fixed and data is properly purged and removed from the table | Home > Analytics-> Reporting |
| Exception in the Artifact Tracker sub service | In Analytics, the ArtifactTracker sub service throws an exception when the regional settings contain a dot or space in the date format option. This issue is fixed; Message pattern and Analytics data, such as message count, will be displayed as expected irrespective of the date format option. | Settings -> Analytics Health -> Artifact Tracker |
| There is a mismatch in the ReceiveLocation schedule time window property display, during the daylight savings | There is a mismatch in the Receive Location schedule time window property, during the daylight savings. This issue is fixed and proper time will be displayed as per the user profile time zone and format. | Home > Operations-> Application support -> Application -> Receive Location |
| Unnecessary link "More" is shown in for single line exception messages, across the application | When an exception message has only a single line, an unnecessary "More" link is shown. This is removed now. Only for large exceptions, this link is provided. | Across the application |
| Removed Host Instance cache functionality | Environment host instances are displayed in another environment, due to caching the state of Host Instance in BizTalk360. This issue is fixed and only the corresponding host Instances will be displayed in the respective environment. | Home > Operations-> Infrastructure Setting->Host |
| Creation Time and suspended time are not displayed in the local time zone in the Data Monitoring emails | When Data Monitoring is configured for Message Box Data, the Creation Time and Suspended Time are displayed in the UTC time zone in the alert email. This is fixed and the date time is displayed in the local time zone as per the System Settings. | Home > Monitoring-> Data Monitoring |
| KB Articles are not displayed when navigating from an Analytics widget to MessageBox queries section | While navigating from the Suspended Service Instance widget from the Analytics section to the message Box Queries section in Operations, associated KB articles are not displayed for corresponding Service instances. This issue is fixed now. | Home > Analytics-> Home |
| Orphaned applications are not displayed in the application section, due to application count limitation for the trial license. | BizTalk360 allows displaying only 100 applications in the Application section. Orphaned applications are not shown due to this limitation for removal. This issue is fixed; now orphaned applications can be removed. | Home > Monitoring-> Manage mapping -> Application |
| Grid column resize issue across the application | Browser zoom size is not set to default (100%), grid columns are not resizable. This issue is fixed now and irrespective of the zoom settings grid columns are resizable. | Across the application |
| BAM Filter issue | Filter conditions End With, Start With, Later & On or Later are not working. This is fixed and the user will filter data using those filters. | Home >Operations-> Data Access -> Business Activity Monitoring |
| Download Related documents from Database or Archive Folder | Previously, unable to download the related documents from the database. This is fixed and now, related documents can be downloaded from a database or archive location. | Home >Operations-> Data Access -> Business Activity Monitoring |
| Detailed information is not shown when there is custom activity id for the BAM views | Detailed information is not shown for the BAM activity which has custom activity id. This issue is fixed. | Home >Operations-> Data Access -> Business Activity Monitoring |
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