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    Article Summary

    Release Date: 02 July, 2014

    Note: Minor version update (from 7.5.1355.0 to 7.5.1360.0) to address licensing issue with standard license.

    Table of Contents

    • Brand New Features
    • Enhancements
    • Bug Fixes
    • Known Issues

    Brand New Features

    FeatureAbout the featureModules and Section in BizTalk360
    Graphical Message Flow ViewerThe user can view the graphical representation of message flow by clicking on the service instance. In addition, the user can view the Properties of the service instance, Context and Content specific to message instance. By clicking the ports, users can see the message flow depicted by arrow marks between the artifacts.Menu Bar > Graphical Flow (Tracking)
    Business RulesThe Business Rules created in Business Rule Engine (BRE) section of BizTalk server can be seen in BizTalk360. The user can view the policies and rules that are created and associated with applications in BizTalk server. The Business Rules information are read-only and only authorized users will have access to the Business Rules information.Menu Bar > Business Rules
    Throttling AnalyserWe have brought the Throttling Analyser feature back into BizTalk360. BizTalk360 offers a nice visual representation of the throttling condition based on predefined throttling state in a near real time basis. In addition, users can Filter Graph by BizTalk Hosts and Server Instances, and view the throttling information for the current day/yesterday/last 7 days/custom date range within the last 7 days.Menu Bar > Throttling Analyser
    Knowledge base with tagging supportThe users can add knowledge base articles for service instance error codes, ESB exceptions, Event logs, and Throttling data and attach them with tags. By doing this, the KB articles will be displayed based on the tags against the events/error codes.Knowledge Base

    Enhancements

    EnhancementComments/Fix ProvidedSection in BizTalk360
    Scroll bar enhancementThe application displayed the browser scroll bar for the different sections. From this release, the application will display the scroll bar for the individual grid. If the screen has 4 grids, the user will see 4 scroll bars for the respective grid view.Across the entire application
    Service status prominent displayThe service status in the Monitoring Dashboard section displayed a tick mark while the status was running, and a cross mark when the service was stopped. The visual cue has been replaced with a green circle indicating the service is in the running state and red circle indicating the service is in stopped state.Monitoring and Notification > Monitoring Dashboard
    SQL Injection issuesDuring our periodic checks of the application, in few areas, it was observed that user-controllable data was being used in the database SQL queries in an unsafe manner which can be prone to SQL injection attacks from a third party attacker. Also in addition to the SQL injection issue, it was seen that few pages in the application displayed an error message that displayed ‘sensitive’ information that can be used to launch other attacks on the system. The above issues have been resolved in this release.Across the entire application
    Search Artifacts will display application nameThe Search Artifacts results will display a new column ‘Applications‘ to display the associated application name when the user searches for BizTalk artifacts.Search Artifacts
    Tracked schema properties searchThe missing functionalities such as Page Refresh, Close All Query have been incorporated into the application in the respective sections. The user will now be able to close all the queries in a single click across the application. In addition to the above, we have added the ability to view Pending jobs in the grid. The user can now see the ‘Pending Job’ information in the query results section.Message Box (Queries);Across the entire application
    Meaningful error message when there is an error while launching the applicationThe error message that was displayed when there was an error while launching the application was very simple and did not convey much information to the user. We have now enhanced this message to give the user ways to troubleshoot the configuration issues. We are also providing the option for customers to contact us in case any assistance is required.Launcher page
    Filter option once selected will not appear again for next filter itemIn sections where the user can select a query and add filters, the filter options will no longer be visible once it has been selected by the user. For instance, once the Service name filter option is selected, while adding the next filter, the service name filter option will not be visible and other options will be available for the users. Once the filter is deleted, user can add the same filter once again.Message Box (Queries)Graphical Flow (Tracking)ESB Exceptions Advanced Event Viewer

    Bug Fixes

    Reported IssueComments/Fix ProvidedSection in BizTalk360
    Schema view not aligned properlyIn Version 7.2, we added the ability to view the schema in a nice tree view editor with the capability to expand/collapse the nodes. For few applications, the schema view was not displaying as expected. This issue is now fixed and the schema view displays as expected for all the applications.Search Artifacts > Application > Schema View
    Contains operator not working as expectedIn few sections, executing the query with the ‘URI’ filter using the ‘Contains’ operator was not working as expected and did not return the correct results. This issue has been fixed and now when the user executes the query with the ‘Contains’ operator, system displays the expected results.Message Box (Queries)Graphical Flow (Tracking)
    Date time stamp to be consistent in the Grid and Select Query areaIn few sections, the date time stamp was displayed in mm:dd:yyyy format in the grid while in the Select Query control, it was displayed in m/dd/yyyy format. This inconsistency has been fixed in this release and the date time stamp will display in dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss format. In addition, the tooltip for date time picker has been removed across the board.Message Box (Queries)Graphical Flow (Tracking)ESB Exceptions Advanced Event Viewer
    Modal window goes out of bounds in Internet Explorer 9 browserIn IE 9, the modal window for the properties was not within the page boundary limits. Upon analysis, it was found that the issue occurred because we had updated one of the libraries in the system. This caused the IE 9 to overshoot the boundary limits. This issue is now fixed and the CSS is structured to handle this. The property window displays within the page boundary limits in IE 9 and other browsers.Search Artifacts (and associated sections)Applications (and associated sections)Message Box (Queries) Graphical Flow (Tracking) ESB Exceptions Advanced Event Viewer Settings
    Spelling errorsThe spelling errors in the application have been fixed across the board.Across the entire application
    Service returns “Retrieving the COM class factory for component with CLSID {…} failed” error messageThis issue happens when you have BizTalk360 configured to run as a specific user. When you log off from the application, the application cannot read the registry keys in the user profile as the user profile gets unloaded. This is an inbuilt Windows functionality. Therefore, system returns the “Retrieving the COM class factory for component with CLSID {…} failed due to the following error: 800703fa Illegal operation attempted on a registry key that has been marked for deletion. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800703FA)” error. This issue has been fixed by identifying a workaround for this problem. To avoid the COM class factory error, you need to disable the user profile getting unloaded when you log off from the application. Enable the policy setting ‘Do not forcefully unload the user registry at user logoff”. By doing this, Windows does not unload the registry and waits until it confirms no other processes are using the user registry.Message Box (Queries)
    GroupBy filtering remains even after changing the queryIn Message Box (Queries), when then user builds a query expression with the Group Results By filter, system displays the results. But when the user immediately changes the query to ‘Messages’, system does not remove the Group Results By filter information and it remains on the screen. This issue has been fixed and now when the user clicks on ‘Messages’ after creating a query expression with Group Result By filter, system removes the information related to the previous query expression.Message Box (Queries)
    Unable to edit query after clicking on it for the second timeThe ‘Edit Query’ functionality was not working as expected due to Query text box formatting issue. This issue has been fixed and now the user can click on the edit query button multiple times to edit the predefined query information.Custom SQL Queries
    Issue with starting and stopping monitoring servicesOn few occasions, the starting and stopping of monitoring services did not happen correctly. This was because of the timezone differences of the server and how the start and stop times were being handled. This issue has been fixed and now the starting and stopping of monitoring services will happen correctly for servers located in different time zones.Settings > BizTalk360 Health Status
    UI validation issues when entering the event log valuesIn the ‘Event Log Alert – Threshold Violation Settings‘, the system did not accept the value as 0 for errors, warnings, and information events. Similarly, there was no validation being done for the values that can be entered for the fields. This issue has been fixed and proper validations are in place for the errors, warnings, and information events fields in ‘Event Log Alert – Threshold Violation Settings‘ section. Also in addition, a validation check has been added for the ‘Logged in Last’ field where the system can accept only 2 minutes or later.Monitoring and Notification > BizTalk Servers > Event Logs > Event Log Alert – Threshold Violation Settings
    Download messages via Email – ValidationsIn Message Box (Queries), the user has the ability to save the query results in PDF and send the result via email. But proper validations were not in place when the user entered special characters/invalid email address and so on. This issue has been fixed and validations have been added in the system that will check the email address entered by the user.Message Box (Queries)
    User access policy issue when viewing MessageDetailsIn the user access policy section under Settings, when the ‘Message Content/Context’ check box is not selected, system still displayed the option to query on the messages and view the message properties for Message Box (Queries). Similarly, for Graphical Flow (Tracking) section, despite the ‘Message Content/Context’ not being selected, system displayed the Message Context properties. This issue has been fixed and now when the user access policy is set for ‘Message Content/Context’, user will not see the option to be able to query on messages or download the messages, and also will not be able to view the Message Content and Content Properties information.Message Box (Queries)
    Setting NT Services to ‘Do Not Monitor’ status displays wrong status informationIn Monitoring and Dashboard section, when all the NT Services were set to ‘Do not monitor’, system displayed the wrong status in the dashboard. This issue has been fixed and now setting the NT Services to Do not monitor, system will remove the configuration information and does not display the information in the monitoring dashboard.Monitoring and Notifications > SQL Servers > NT Services
    Service property not displaying as expected for Normal UsersIn the Graphical Flow (Tracking) section, when the user (non-Super user) clicks on the Properties icon, the service properties information was displayed only for the first time. Subsequently when the user clicked the Property icon, the service information was not displayed. This issue has been fixed and now the service property information will be available for non-super users whenever they click on the Properties icon.Graphical Flow (Tracking)
    Application list did not get displayed completely for Non-Super usersWhen only few applications were permitted for non-super users under user access policy, not all the permitted applications were visible and only the first few items were displayed. This issue has been resolved and now all the selected applications will be listed for non-super users.Applications Search Artifacts
    Service property not displaying as expected for Normal UsersIn the Graphical Flow (Tracking) section, when the user (non-Super user) clicks on the Properties icon, the service properties information was displayed only for the first time. Subsequently when the user clicked the Property icon, the service information was not displayed. This issue has been fixed and now the service property information will be available for non-super users whenever they click on the Properties icon.Graphical Flow (Tracking)
    Time selection to stop alerts for maintenanceIn the Stop alerts for maintenance section, the user was unable to set stop alert for maintenance to an immediate time. This issue has been fixed and now by default if the maintenance is not present for the selected environment, the date time box will automatically be populated with the current date time. The time in the drop down will start from the next immediate 30 minute window. For e.g., if your maintenance time when you want to execute the process monitoring is 6/19/2014 3:04 PM, the date time picker drop down will display date from June 19 and time range will start at 3:00 PM. In addition, we have also fixed an issue where the date and time did not get displayed for an active maintenance alert. You will now be able to see the current time in the field (although it will be grayed out during an active maintenance period).Settings > Monitoring and Notifications > Stop Alerts to maintenance
    Validation issuesIn HP Operations Manager section under Settings, Save and Verify buttons are not enabled after a validation error message appears on the screen, and when the user wants to verify the information once again. This issue has been fixed and now when then there is a validation error message (when no values are entered and user clicks Verify) and then the user tries to enter some text and save the values, the Save and Verify buttons are enabled.The validation checks were also not in place for Disk Configuration sections in BizTalk server and SQL server section. When user did not enter any values and saved the setting, no validation error message is presented and system returned an exception error message. This issue is fixed and proper validations are now in place to verify whether the fields contain the valid inputs.In Manage Alarms page, when a duplicate alarm name was provided and > icon is clicked, the application displayed an error/exception message. But when the duplicate name was replaced with a different name, the error/exception message was still visible. This issue has been fixed and the exception message will no longer be visible once the alarm name is modified.Settings > Monitoring and Notifications > HP Operation ManagerSettings > Monitoring and Notifications > BizTalk Servers and SQL ServersSettings > Create some alarms and map artifacts > New Alarm
    Refresh icon (Page Refresh and grid refresh) issuesIn Message Box (Queries) section, when user clicks on the Refresh icon without executing a query, the query results for the item under ‘Select Query’ drop down was displayed by default. This issue has been fixed and clicking the refresh icon does not load the information for the item under ‘Select Query’ drop down.In Settings page, when user clicked on the ‘Refresh’ icon at the top of the page, the icon jumped to the next line. Once the refresh completes, the icon was restored back to its original position. We have fixed this issue and the icon is displayed in the same line when the page is being refreshed.In the ‘Governance/Audit-By Host Instance’ page, the Refresh icon was not as consistent as in the other areas of the application. This issue has been fixed and the Refresh icon look has been made consistent across the entire application.Message Box (Queries)Settings > Governance/Audit – By Host Instance
    For normal users, Group Results By arrangement is misleadingIn Message Box (Queries) section, when user executes the query based on ‘Group Results By’ filter, the column arrangement (application name and count) was swapped for super users and normal users. This issue is fixed and both super and normal users will see the same column arrangement for the Group Results By filter. In addition, Service Class filtering was not happening properly after the filtered result is selected in Message Box (Queries) section. This was happening when a filter (GroupBy Is Equal to Service Class) was added. This issue has also been fixed and now users will not see the service class filtering errors.Message Box (Queries)
    Unable to close the pop up window in few screensThe users were unable to close the pop up windows in certain screens (Schema View Properties). This issue is fixed across the board where this problem occurred and now clicking the close link closed the pop-up windows.Schema View Properties, Message Box Service Properties, Applications Schema Properties
    Clicking the ‘Select All’ check box in Firefox browser navigated the user back to dashboard pageWhen the user clicked the ‘Select All’ check box filter option, the application navigated back to the dashboard page. This issue has been fixed and now when the ‘Select All’ filter is selected, the records in the grid will be selected.Across the entire application
    Time latency with expandable/shrinkable feature in properties windowAcross the application, the properties window had the capability to be expanded/shrunk back to the original size. However, when the expanded area was being shrunk, it caused a time delay to complete the operation. This issue has been fixed and now the expandable/shrinkable option feature for properties window has been removed. The text area will automatically adjust according to the information.Across the entire application
    Unable to view the properties of unenlisted itemsIn few areas of the application, users were unable to view the properties of the unenlisted items. This issue was due to an undefined property error that was occurring when the user tried to view the properties. This issue is fixed and now when the properties icon is clicked for unenlisted items, user is able to see the properties information as a pop-up window.Application Search Artifacts
    Truncate long artifact names to fit size of window and display “…” with tool tipIn few areas of the application, few artifacts had very long names that extended beyond the property window text area, while few artifacts did not display the name in the properties window. This issue is fixed and now the artifact name is truncated to be displayed within the property window text area. The remaining text is replaced with “…”. In addition, we have added tool tips to display information. In few other sections, when mouse over happens, we have expanded the tool tip area to display the tool tip message completely.Applications (Property window sections)
    Validation while adding new SQL Server nameIn Settings page, when the user has the ability to add a new SQL server, there was no validation in place and the application allowed the user to enter junk characters. This created issues in monitoring dashboard where SQL servers were not being listed in the monitoring graph even though monitoring was enabled for the SQL server artifacts. This issue is now fixed and validations are in place to not allow the users to enter any junk characters. While addressing the fix, it was also noticed that the NT service monitoring for SQL servers was not returning the expected value when all NT Services were set to ‘Do not monitor’ state. This issue has been fixed and when all the NT Services are set to ‘Do not monitor’ state, the configuration is removed and the monitoring graph will not display the NT services leaf node.Settings > Monitoring and Notifications > SQL Servers for Monitoring
    Duplicate error messagesWhile trying to start the host instances, if the operation failed, the application displayed an error message “Failed to start the BizTalk Host Instance …”. But the error message was duplicated in the page. This issue is now fixed and only one error message will be seen in the page if the host instance fails to start as expected.Platform Settings
    “Test Connection” button not working in Manage EnvironmentsWhen the test connection button was clicked, the corresponding action (of validating the license and environment information) did not happen. This issue is fixed and now when ‘Test Connection’ button is clicked, system will validate the information in the form and display a confirmation message (at the background) as “Environment updated successfully”Settings > Environments/Licenses
    No warning message when the ‘Message Content’ data was too large to handleWhen the message content section had over 50000 characters, there was no warning message displayed and the complete message content was not visible. This issue is fixed and the application will display a warning message when the message content section has more than 50000 characters.Message Box (Queries) > Message Content Graphical Flow (Tracking) > Tracked Message Events Graphical Flow (Tracking) > Tracked Service Instance

    Known Issues

    IssueIssue DescriptionModules and Section in BizTalk360
    Date/time issue across the applicationThe Date/time format is not consistent across the entire application. In few sections, the date/time is taken as the server time, while in some other sections it is either UTC/local time. Also, the format of the date is not the same across the application. We are working towards setting a standard format for the date/time and will be addressing this issue in the next release.Across the application
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