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Release Notes

Release: 9.1.2

Build: 9.1.2.2

Overview

This release has been developed in accordance with Nimbus' software development life cycle quality standards and processes. Described in this document are the enhancements, bug fixes and known issues in Nimbus Control release 9.1.2. Please read this document carefully before installing any component of Nimbus Control. For further information please consult the Administration Guide that is included on the CD or contact support (details below).

Release Scope

This release includes the following:

Software Nimbus Control Client

Nimbus Control Web Server

Nimbus Control Action Server

Nimbus Control Business Intelligence Server

Nimbus Control Utilities

Nimbus Control Performance Monitor

Documentation

Installation Licence controlGuide (PDF)

WebServerGuide (PDF)

Installation Planning Guide (PDF)

Administration Guide (PDF)

Quickstart-guide (PDF)

Classic Web Server Branding (PDF)

SharePoint Customization Guide (PDF)

Office Integration Server (PDF)

Exporting to a SQL Database (PDF)

Language Packs The following language packs are available for the TIBCO Nimbus Web Server. These are installed as part of the Web Server.

Brazilian Portuguese Chinese Dutch English (US) English (UK) French German Japanese Spanish Swedish Turkish

Note: It is possible to create a new localization or modify an existing one using the TIBCO Nimbus Localization Text Editor utility. Please contact Support for more information.

Other

Oplocks and SMB2 registry files

Nimbus Control SharePoint solution package

SharePoint Web configuration changes file

System Requirements

Hardware Requirements

Minimum Hardware Requirements

Pentium III 1GHz or greater

1GB RAM

500MB Disk Space

Graphics 1024x768 16 Bit Color

Please Note: iSCSI over TCP/IP is not supported.

Software Requirements

Platform support

The following platforms are supported for the Nimbus Control suite. Please note that for 64-bit environments, Nimbus Control runs in 32-bit compatibility mode.

Desktop Client: Windows XP 32-bit (all service packs)

Windows XP 64-bit (all service packs)

Windows Vista 32-bit (service pack 1 or above)

Windows Vista 64-bit (service pack 1 or above)

Windows 7 32-bit (all service packs)

Windows 7 64-bit (all service packs)

Windows Server 2003 32-bit (all service packs)




Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit (all service packs)

The following thin-client server platforms are supported:

Windows Server 2003 (all service packs) with Citrix Metaframe XP

Windows Server 2003 (all service packs) Terminal Services

Windows Server 2008 32-bit (all service packs) Remote Desktop Services

Windows Server 2008 64-bit (all service packs) Remote Desktop Services

Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit (all service packs) Remote Desktop Services

Citrix Presentation Server 4.0 and 4.5

Citrix XenApp 5.0

Note: Windows NT4 TSE (Terminal Server Edition), Citrix Metaframe 1.8 and Windows 2000 Server Terminal Services are not supported.

Classic Web Server:




Windows Server 2008 64-bit (all service packs) * see note below

Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit (all service packs) * see note below

Note: In a Windows Server 2008 64-bit environment, the Control application pool must be running in 32-bit compatibility mode.

SharePoint Server:






Browser Support for the Classic Web Server and SharePoint: Internet Explorer 9

Internet Explorer 8

Firefox 17

Action Server:






Business Intelligence Server:






Performance Monitor Plug-in:





Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit (all service packs) * see note below

Note: In a 64-bit environment, the performance monitor must be run in 32-bit mode.

SAP Solution Manager (integration):

SAP Solution Manager 4.0

SAP Solution Manager 7.0

Unsupported Software

The following operating systems are not supported: Windows 98

Windows NT

Windows 95 (from release 6.1)

Windows ME (from release 6.1)

Windows XP without SP2 (when using Nimbus Control in the Microsoft SharePoint environment)

Windows 2000 Server (from release 7.0.2)

The following terminal service platforms are not supported:

Windows NT4 TSE (Terminal Server Edition) Citrix Metaframe 1.8 Windows 2000 Server Terminal Services

The following releases of control-ES, Control 2007 and Nimbus Control are not supported: control-ES 4.x and earlier releases (withdrawn 1st July 2004) control-ES 5.x (withdrawn 1st April 2005) control-ES 6.0.x (withdrawn 1st July 2006) control-ES 6.1.x (withdrawn 1st April 2007) control-ES 6.2.x (withdrawn 1st June 2008) control-ES 6.3.x (withdrawn 1st Sept 2008) control-ES 6.4.x (withdrawn 1st December 2009) Control 2007 6.5 (withdrawn 1st December 2010) Control 2007 6.5.1 (withdrawn 1st April 2011) Control 2007 6.5.2 (withdrawn 1st February 2012) Nimbus Control 7.0.0 (withdrawn 1st February 2013) Nimbus Control 7.0.1 (withdrawn 1st April 2013)

The following releases of Nimbus Control will not be supported from the following dates:

Nimbus Control 7.0.2 will be withdrawn from 1st December 2013 Nimbus Control 8.0.0 will be withdrawn from 1st October 2014 Nimbus Control 8.1.0 will be withdrawn from 1st May 2015 Nimbus Control 8.1.1 will be withdrawn from 1st September 2015 Nimbus Control 8.1.2 will be withdrawn from 1st March 2016 Nimbus Control 8.1.3 will be withdrawn from 1st May 2016 Nimbus Control 8.1.4 will be withdrawn from 1st July 2016 Nimbus Control 8.1.5 will be withdrawn from 1st November 2016

The following operating systems with previous releases of control-ES are not supported:

Windows NT4 Server and Workstation New major releases (e.g. 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5) are not supported Critical incident support for previous releases has been withdrawn as of 1st January 2006

Windows 98 (all versions) New releases are not supported Critical incident support for previous releases has been withdrawn as of 16th January 2005

Functionality Retirement

The following functionality will be retired as of Nimbus Control 9.2.0:

Novell File Server Support

This functionality allows access to resources on a Novell File Server.

Tracking Log

This functionality allows administrators to track diagram access and printing.

Export Action Regsitry to Excel (SharePoint)

This functionality allows users to export a list of actions in the Action Registry to Excel.

Installation

Important: If you are installing on Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista, please refer to the Installation Planning Guide for important information before installing Nimbus Control.

New Installations

Please refer to the Administration Guide and Installation Planning Guide for new installations.

Upgrades

If you are upgrading from a previous version, i.e. Nimbus Control v8.0 or earlier, you must first migrate the data to make it compatible with this version. Please refer to the Administration Guide for instructions on data migration. After upgrading the Web Server, it is advisable to stop the Web Server and delete the existing Cache table (default directory is C:\Nimbus Control). When the Web Server is restarted, the new Cache table will be created which has improved indexing. If you have any questions regarding data migration please contact Nimbus Technical Support:

Telephone +44 (0)23 9241 0352 (UK), +1-800-706-1196 (US) Email [email protected]

Nimbus Control Player iPhone Edition

You can download the Nimbus Control Player iPhone app to your iPhone, iPad and iPod from the Apple iTunes store at: <<http://itunes.apple.com/app/nimbus-control-player/id359839026?mt=8>>

Feature Enhancements and Fixes in this Release

Enhancements

The following localization text files are included in the installation for the TIBCO Nimbus Web Server: Brazilian Portuguese, English (US), English (UK), German, Spanish, French, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Turkish and Chinese. (CR3630)

Improvements to the performance of archives have been made. (CR3628)

Documentation

Administration Guide and Author Client help has been updated to state that Authors are entitled to use the TIBCO Nimbus Player Desktop Edition and the TIBCO Nimbus Player iPhone Edition. (CR3632)

Bug Fixes

tibbr integration was not working properly. There were issues with the keyword and storyboard integration. Log-in issues were also observed. (CR3629)

Feature Enhancements and Fixes in v9.1.1

Enhancements

New locale files have been included with the Web Server installation. Brazilian Portuguese, German, Spanish, French, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Turkish and Chinese. (CR3622)

Feature Enhancements and Fixes in v9.1.0

Main Features

Administration New user group permissions - User Group Favorites - allows authors in selected user groups to edit user groups favorites. Users can edit the favorites for all user groups, or they can be restricted to edit the favorites for user groups that they are a member of. (CR3379)

Map Administrators can now update and delete recurring reviews. (CR3433)

Reporting

New statement set report is available - Statement Set Usage. This lists all diagrams within a specified scope of diagrams where statement sets are associated. (CR3219)

Other Features

The product name has been changed from Nimbus Control to TIBCO Nimbus in the default email notifications. (CR3443)

'Memos' are now referred to as 'Feedback' in the Author Client. (CR3419)

Password complexity and archive settings are greyed out in Author Clients that are running on Nimbus' hosted services. (CR3441)

Diagram Print Rights functionality has been removed. (CR3353)

Override User Preferences functionality has been removed. (CR3354)

Map Password Protection functionality has been removed. (CR3355)

The Dictionaries folder has now been removed from the installation media. (CR3489)

The instructions for integrating with SharePoint have been updated. The 'What if the Nimbus Control Web Server has already been installed as a standard web site' section has been updated to state that the 'nimbus_control' virtual directory should be created within the '_layouts' folder. (CR3491)

Allow users to use the 'Enter' key to initiate searches in the Document Registry within SharePoint and in the Diagrams Search page. (CR3539)

Documented the browser cache settings in the [Cache] section in the Administration Guide. (CR3551)

Known issue relating to the Microsoft JavaScript engine in specific versions of Windows has been documented in the Known Issues section in the release notes. (CR3434)

The documentation for switching languages in the Author Client and web interface has now been improved. (CR3487)

Acknowledgement text is now displayed in SharePoint during acknowledgement. (CR3536)

SharePoint access rights are now consistent with the new web interface. (CR3424)

Performance improvement when opening large statement sets with no hierarchy. (CR3517)

Documents that users are not permitted to view are hidden in the Document Registry. (CR3550)

Users can no longer choose to view the old "classic" toolbar. (CR3422)

Release Notes and Administration Guide are embedded as resources in the Setup.exe on the installation startup application. (CR3537)

New LDAP configuration parameter added - DeriveDomainFromDN. This allows the domain used for authentication to be derived from the Users DN. (CR3555)

The default archive map retention system options have been updated to allow for 6 months between removing access to archived maps and deleting them. (CR3415)

Bug Fixes

The password reset notification text has been updated for v9. (CR3557, Case111231)

The 'Add Local' and 'Add Central' in the Activity Resources window have been widened to allow for better German localization of the Author Client. (CR3430)

When the last reviewer was reviewing a master diagram and the draft was open with write access, the draft review date was not being correctly updated. (CR3020)

Orphaned statement audits are prevented from being imported as part of the unpackage routine. They are also prevented from being included in packages. (CR3426)

Access violation prevented when building a Business Comparison Report. This occurred when business controls using the 'Field value in a statement's data table' type existed in two maps. (CR3449)

Contents in the Options.npdta (system options) file is now prevented from being erased. This was due to the UNC path specified in the archives storage location. (CR3461)

When authorizing multiple diagrams from users' To-Do lists, the Author Client only recorded audit information in the history log for one diagram. (CR3453)

JavaScript error is prevented if tibbr is offline. (CR3319)

Invalid levels that were previously tagged with keywords do not now show up in My Searches results. (CR3400)

Resource percentages are now included when exporting to MS Project. (CR3411)

Language tags for flow links are now saved after editing. (CR3490)

Corrupted information about user/status is not displayed for diagrams and documents in the Collaboration Console after migrating from 8.1 to 9.x if there are more than one reviewers. (CR3502)

The link to the Nimbus Self Service Portal in the Administration Guide has been removed. Users are now encouraged to contact Support. (CR3527)

Access Violation error prevented when exporting data using the Control Data Export utility. (CR3554)

The Reports To field is now updated from the 'manager' attribute in ActiveDirectory when performing an LDAP sync. This was broken in version 9.0.1. (CR3575)

Change logs now capture the addition of resources as roles in storyboards. (CR2440)

An extra bullet point has been removed from the authorizers list. (CR3467)

When restoring an archived document to the same location as an existing document, but with a different file name, a new document is created. Previously the existing document was overwritten. (CR3492)

Users can now delete a drill down after the 'undo' operation for drill downs that were recovered or deleted from the Deletion Recovery Manager. (CR3511)

When trying to sort a popup list that has no items, a 'List index out of bounds' error occurred. (CR3552)

After copying activities with drill downs or copying and pasting actual drill downs, the Undo operation now checks if anybody is viewing the lower levels before deleting the levels. (CR3225)

'List index out of bounds' error fixed in storyboard after restarting the web server. (CR3350)

The 'Allow single click sign-off' option is now hidden in the Action Categories window. (CR3412)

Partly-hidden button was present in the Sending Acknowledgements Status window. (CR3451)

DBISAM Engine Error occurred when attempting to edit the internal image attachment. (CR3469)

Wrong error message was displayed when exporting deleted drill downs as packages. (CR3496)

Error occurred when adding columns to the Grouping Panel in the Deletion Recovery Manager. (CR3514)

Author Client didn't restore drill downs for 'free text' and 'image' objects. (CR3515)

The IsReviewNavigatorInfo text string has been fixed. (CR3541)

Deleted levels from scenarios were being saved in the same location as draft deletions. (CR3226)

My Searches in SharePoint was returning everything where no keywords matched. (CR3382)

Access Violation error occurred after running the Object Language Text Usage report. (CR3418)

An error was displayed in some circumstances when closing the My Searches Console. (CR3455)

The 'Maximum drill downs that can be pasted' warning message was being displayed when this system option was not changed. (CR3464)

A 'List index out of bounds' error appeared when adding an attachment to statements if the 'link title' was shrunk. (CR3545)

Web server version number was available to view without logging into the web server. This posed a potential security risk. (CR3431)

Help link in the File Archive Manager was a dead link. (CR3460)

After performing a drill down import followed by an export drill down and before saving the diagram, an invalid level is displayed in the Diagram Explorer after closing and reopening the map. (CR3493)

After changing the owners of internal WP documents, the new owners were not saved in some circumstances. (CR3448)

A number of strings in the Author Client were missing positional parameter information on one or more replacement parameters where multiple replacement parts existed in the string. (CR3578)

In rare circumstances, all acknowledgement requests for an item were being deleted if an acknowledgement request could not be completed by one or more users (after a system check). This could lead to data loss and the acknowledgement To Do not being regenerated. (CR3590)

Feature Enhancements and Fixes in v9.0.x

Main Features

General Enhancements Brand New Web Server interface. The Web Server interface has had a complete redesign. It's now more user friendly and the whole user experience has been greatly improved. (CR2894) SharePoint 2010 look and feel is now supported when integrating Nimbus Control into SharePoint 2010. (CR3009)

A new Welcome screen in the Author Client provides process authors and administrators with quick access to recently-opened diagrams, the Document and Action registries, tasks, help and support, the tutorial and feature focuses. (CR2826)

Drawing Maps Apply backgrounds to scopes of diagrams using diagram scope list files. (CR3201)

Populate data table attachments on activities across a scope of diagrams by importing data from a CSV file. (CR2852) Assign relevant file types to Web links in the Document Registry. This allows Web users to easily distinguish the type of file attachment before launching Web links. (CR1468, Case29135)

The spell-checker has been updated to provide additional functionality, such as live spell checking. (CR3186)

Governance and Compliance (Statement Sets)

Copy data table attachments from a scope of diagrams to all associated statement links within a nominated statement set. (CR2893) Include attachments, such as URL links, file links and SAP transactions when importing statement sets from a CSV file. (CR2771) Two additional statement set reports are provided. (CR2883)

The Statement Data, Links and Link Audits report includes all statements in a selected scope of statements, including any statement links and associated statement link audit records. The Linked Statements report includes all statements in a selected scope of statements and any linked statements.

A new statement set report - Statement Links and Related Statements - reports on all activity statement links within a scope of diagrams and includes information such as statement names, additional data, activity text and statement-to-statement references. (CR3035)

Actions Quick access to action group and action details from both the Assignee Actions and Owner Actions reports. (CR2721)

Scorecards Use custom cover images for scorecards in the Web. (CR3018)

Storyboards Users can launch attachments on activity input and output lines when playing storyboards. This includes the Classic Web Server, SharePoint and the Nimbus Control Storyboard Players. (CR1832, Case41054)

Management and Collaboration Dynamically assign activity roles (resources) as diagram acknowledgers using the <Based on Resources> field. When an acknowledgement request is sent, if <Based on Resources> is included then all currently assigned resources for the scope of diagrams will be requested to acknowledge the content. (CR3033) Users can choose from pre-configured outcomes when signing off review requests. The available review outcomes are defined by administrators in the system options and include None, Raise Change Request, Raise Action, Notify Review Requestor and Notify Owner. (CR2913)

Force users to submit change requests when rejecting content and indicating that a change is required. (CR3234) Create recurring reviews across a scope of diagrams and documents. (CR1582)

Integration Integrate with TIBCO's tibbr. Nimbus Control can be integrated with Tibco's tibbr, allowing users to post messages on their tibbr walls from their Home page. Keywords can also be associated with tibbr subjects and this allows users to search for tibbr discussions based on associated keywords. tibbr subjects can also be associated with storyboards and tibbr-related discussions can be viewed by users when playing storyboards in the web. (CR3228) Nimbus Control can be integrated with additional TIBCO products, including AMX BPM Process, Formvine Form and Spotfire Analytics. These can be added to diagram objects as Web link attachments. (CR3345)

Integrate with Oracle. Lightweight integration allows Oracle URL links to be attached to diagram objects. (CR2959)

Exporting Data Data can be exported from Nimbus Control and imported into Simul8 via a CSV file. This allows business processes to be used as a basis for running process simulations in Simul8. (CR3054) Export even more data to a SQL database. The variety of data that can now be exported from a process repository to a database has been significantly expanded to include most data tables in a repository. (CR3272)

Administration Prevent SMTP timeouts by configuring the Action Server to limit the connection time to SMTP servers and the number of emails sent in one instance. (CR3031)

Use SMTP servers to send out email notifications after running process repository diagnostic checks. This is useful when running diagnostic checks against off-line process repositories such as backed-up process repositories. (CR2990) Define how draft document version numbers are incremented. Three system options are now available: (1) Increment draft versions when a draft is unlocked (recommended); (2) Increment draft versions when a draft is promoted; (3) Allow users to manually increment version numbers. (CR3101) Associate additional custom data with user accounts through the association of a nominated data table. (CR2996)

Report on the Total Number of Page Hits against the Total Number of Web Server Logins within a specified time period using the Web Logs Utility. (CR2241) Apply rounded corners to existing activities and dog-leg lines through the system options. The amount of rounding can be set. (CR2434)

The process repository folder structure is now virtualized. This has a number of advantages, such as being able to easily change path names and allowing path lengths over 260 characters. (CR2754)

Other Features

Correct authorization date is now used when performing authorization overrides. (CR3147, Case94357)

Attachments can now be added to change requests in the Web Server and in SharePoint. (CR2937)

Users can select which map types to display in the diagram usage list when viewing a document's details. (CR2864)

End users can be prevented from accessing draft documents in the Document Registry. This can be set on an individual user basis or set as a default end user setting. (CR2645)

Test emails can be sent from the Admin Utility in order to test the Email service. (CR3343)

The Web Server can be configured to display any of the seven drop-down fields in users' acknowledgement To-Dos relating to documents in the Document Registry. (CR2811)

If a diagram owner changes and the <OWNER> has been assigned as a recurring reviewer, the review request will be automatically sent to the new owner. (CR3242)

Web Server updated to assist in support issues with HTTP error codes and error handling. (CR3051)

Database pool only opens tables when they're needed. This reduces the number of file handles that Control has to open (CR2137)

Users are now warned when assigning access rights, authorizers, acknowledgers and reviewers across scopes of diagrams. This helps to prevent the accidental overwriting of existing settings. (CR3244)

Two additional HTTP header values have been added to headers sent with Web Server remoting requests in a remoted SharePoint installation to avoid extra overhead. (CR3221)

Users are returned to the previously selected node when adding resource groups to make it easy for users managing large resource libraries. (CR1208)

German translations better supported by adjusted space in some of the forms. (CR3135)

Users can easily create Web links to functionality in the Web Server without having to specify the server name (as this sometimes changes). (CR2923)

A target folder can be specified for external applications and scripts when running the Nimbus Control backup utility. (CR3044)

The Data Table window can be resized if required, allowing users to easily view longer data table field names and manage data tables with lists including long fields. (CR3333)

SAP logon (saplogon.ini) files are now stored in a new user-specific local file path location. This is due to the default location for storing saplogon.ini files changing in SAP GUI for Windows 7.20. (CR3360)

More characters can now be displayed in the Initial Notes column in the Change Requests window. (CR3375)

The term 'mandatory user' has been changed to 'acknowledger'. (CR2987)

When scheduled reports are executed, the 'last run time' field value is now saved using a separate routine rather than having to access the Windows Scheduler. (CR3084)

The 'Add URL to clipboard' functionality now allows the suffix '&Viewers=1' if the license includes viewers. (CR2841)

Audit history logs now use UTC date and time format. This ensures audit history log entries work correctly across multiple time zones. (CR3273)

Change logs now use UTC date. (CR3276)

Diagrams and steps are now exported in a scalable format so that diagrams can be zoomed in and out without blurring in the Storyboard Player Desktop Edition. (CR3361)

Diagram titles are now included in authorization and memo email notifications. (CR2715)

Document drop-down fields are now included in the Authorization Progress Tracking report for Documents in the Document Registry. (CR2409)

Users can choose which filter by map type when viewing statement details in the both the Author Client and the Web Server. (CR2865)

Flow lines now do not overlap flowchart shape objects. (CR2192)

Navigation links and collaboration buttons are now available in the SharePoint interface. (CR2011)

Some of the windows have been adjusted to provide extra space for German translations. (CR3178)

The performance of some diagram operations has been improved to improve the performance of the Web Server. (CR3294)

The performance of the Statement Link report has been improved to better handling when running the report against large statement sets. (CR2871)

The performance of the SSync.exe processing of withdrawn documents has been improved. (CR3120)

The performance of the SSync.exe reminder checking process has been improved. (CR3123)

The performance of the other statement-related reports has been improved to provide better handling when running these reports against large statement sets. (CR3016)

The performance of the SSync.exe search table update has been improved (no schema change). (CR3387)

The performance of the SSync.exe search table update has been improved (simple schema change). (CR3388)

Action host information is included in the SQL Server export routine. (CR2942)

The Statement Description column is now included in the Statement Links and Statement Data reports. (CR2927)

URLs and full file paths references for attachment links are now included in diagram XML exports. (CR2924)

Inconsistencies fixed with respect to internal images and internal documents. The authorization status has been removed from the Internal Document window in the Author Client. The image promotion status has been removed from the Internal Image attachment page in the Web Server. (CR2503)

Diagram titles can be locked in order to prevent them from being refreshed by authors using the Refresh Titles functionality. (CR1893)

Document Registry archives are maintained when migrating from v7.0 to v8.0. (CR3194)

Administrators now have the option to run the Action Server services as one process or as individual processes. (CR1979)

The installation ID is now easily accessible in both the Author Client and in the Web Server. This is useful for support calls as previously the installation ID was only available to view in the Author Clients and only by administrators. (CR3314)

More details can be provided in the log produced by the SSync.exe with the addition of a further logging level parameter. (CR2827)

Links to other statements can now be displayed and accessed when viewing statements in both the Author Client and in the Web Server. (CR2604)

Mandatory users can be set on draft diagrams when the 'Automatically send an acknowledgement request after promotion' system option is enabled. (CR2640)

The Review Progress report now only displays the latest requested reviews for a scope of diagrams or documents. (CR3232)

Documents with embedded macros are now better supported through a system option that allows users to choose whether to save or launch a document in the Web Server. (CR2939, Case89505)

An option allows diagram link arrows on activities to be excluded in the Nimbus Control Player Desktop Edition. (CR2968)

Flow lines and diagram links that point to the wrong map can be redirected. Please note that this functionality should only be used when directed by Nimbus Support. (CR2521)

Short-cut keys allow the setting of text styles for selected text, including bold, italics and underline. (CR2554)

Registry drop-downs are prevented from significantly slowing down document-based reports in the Document Registry. (CR2992)

Column customizations made by users in the Change Request window are now remembered between sessions. (CR2664, Case85828)

ActiveStrategy Enterprise integration is no longer available. (CR3142)

Session IDs of logged on users was a security risk and has now been removed in the

Web Server. (CR3198)

Text cropping in data exported to a SQL server has now been removed. (CR3109)

Reviewers comments are now included in the email notifications that are returned back to the initiator of the review request. (CR2423)

Rounded corners are now applied to activity resource and costing boxes. (CR2123)

Keywords can now be managed for scenarios in the My Searches Console. (CR2900)

Multiple Web Parts are now prevented from delaying page loading where communication issues arise in a remoted environment. (CR3153)

The Review Outcome information is displayed in a separate column within the Review Progress report. (CR3231)

The Authorization To-Do list in SharePoint is now sorted based on map name and level number for diagram-related authorization To-Dos. (CR3019, Case 93815)

The list of users in the Acknowledgement, Review and Action nodes are alphabetically ordered in the Collaboration Console for easier management. (CR2941)

The current owners of diagrams and documents are now picked up when the <Owner> tag is assigned as a reviewer in recurring reviews. Previously the original owner was stored and sent review requests when recurring reviews were generated, even after the owner had changed. (CR3233)

Storyboard cover art images are now scaled down when a storyboard is published, i.e. on the server side. (CR3129)

Add cover images to keywords (to be displayed in the Web interface). (CR3246)

Internet Explorer 9 and Firefox 17 are now supported. Internet Explorer 6 and 7 and now unsupported. (CR2892)

The Data Table Attachment page in SharePoint now supports text wrapping. (CR2324)

The VerifyNames parameter is now switched off for the Web Server by default. This is to prevent spammers validating email addresses. (CR2797)

Malicious scripts are prevented from running in two cases where content was not escaped in the web. (CR3197)

The EULA text displayed in the installers has been updated. A copy is also included in the Documents folder. (CR3156)

User's notes are now included in the Review Progress Report. (CR3047)

The iPhone can now retrieve the owner and number of steps for each storyboard returned by the Web Server without needing to make separate queries. (CR3122)

Web Server cached streams now have the 'np' prefix to prevent them from being flagged up by anti-virus products. (CR2838)

The width of the action category drop-down field has been increased. (CR2858)

Improved connection handling for remoted SharePoint instances. (CR3245)

Lazy decoding of data strings added to the acknowledgement log. (CR3103)

Unnecessary requests during Web Server To-Do item completion avoided. (CR3107)

The method by which the Web Server records users' last logged in time has been updated to prevent lock-ups during heavy loads. (CR3082)

DBISAM record lock retry count modified to avoid issues where edits are held for a long time. (CR3218)

Document Registry searching in the Author Client has been speeded up. (CR3111)

A number of changes have been made for the major change in version number, including changes to migration. (CR2973)

ANSI calls and non-unicode controls have been removed from the Localisation Utility. (CR1273)

The KwdID field in the KwdGrps table has been indexed to increase performance in some keyword library operations. (CR3196)

I/O operations on the Landing page reduced. (CR3216)

The Localisation Text Editor utility is no longer dependent on the Author Client code. (CR3218)

Memory leak in the Acknowledgement Summary report has been fixed. (CR3235)

TControlReader optimized to further reduce string operations. (CR3154)

Potential access violation error in AutoAdap unit under some conditions. (CR3089)

File I/O operations for diagram loading reduced. Unnecessary file I/O operations were due to unnecessary refreshes (mostly statement tables). (CR3321)

Check for authorization sequence removed from acknowledgement operations. (CR3106)

Draft migration check feature removed from the Document Registry. (CR3389)

HTML export functionality removed. (CR3338)

HTML export self-extracting executable file option removed. (CR3145)

ImageLib component removed. (CR3175)

The JavaScript Graphics Library (wz_jsgraphics.js) has been replaced. (CR3155)

DBISAM blob block sizes checked to ensure correctly based on observed and likely data. (CR3229)

Acknowledgement Progress report load time improved. (CR3337)

Some client user account methods that blocked other write operations for too long as been fixed. (CR3230)

Registry To-Do items are prevented from holding the record edit lock for too long. (CR3217)

TUserLibrary use in Document Registry access cache is now thread safe. (CR3240)

The Acknowledgement Progress List report was using two fixed linear searches which slowed it down. (CR3238)

SSync.exe updated to avoid missing search results in Web Server during updates. (CR2822)

TControlReader used in more classes to reduce string allocations. (CR3104)

User account record in sessions stored to reduce the number of times the user account record needs to be loaded in the Web Server. (CR3236)

Expired field in Web Server cache now indexed. (CR3181)

Web Server TWebActionPost module now has less overhead in its OnActivate event. (CR3316)

Dependence on ImageLib removed from old migration utilities. (CR3182)

Changes to licensing, include 7 day demo with unlimited licences for first installations.

(CR3164)

Reassignment of reviewers is supported. (CR3242)

Users' search settings are remembered between sessions in the Web Server. (CR3202)

Bug Fixes

When using the 'Insert Diagram' function an error occurred. An error occurred after inserting a diagram, creating a new child diagram at the same level as the inserted diagram parent activity and then deleting that activity. (CR2958, Case 91131)

Floating errors could occur during a number of operations (e.g. draft promotion) where diagram object image sizes were '0'. (CR3056)

Migration Utility could crash when pressing Back and Next after the Impact Assessment Step. (CR2986)

When adding new acknowledgers, an access violation could occur. (CR3160)

Master access rights for a document could look different when viewed in the Access Rights List window compared to the Document Access Rights window. This issue was apparent when the Automatically unlock draft after promotion option was enabled. (CR3331)

Access violation error in rare instances around user logout. (CR3003)

Access violation error when running the spell checker on a storyboard after changing commentary mode. This error occurred when changing the commentary mode from Step Commentary to Activity Commentary and then running a spell check. (CR3064, Case

95177)

Acknowledgement emails were sent from the logged in user. Acknowledgement emails are now sent from the user that created them. (CR3004)

Action Registry could display data from other users when navigating through paged action list under certain conditions. (CR2963)

User-entered category data could be intermittently lost or corrupted in the Web Server's Action Registry. (CR3271, Case 100352)

Thread safety issue when using additional fields from a data table for actions. (CR3303)

FileUploadPath Web Server configuration parameter was not being included in the configuration file when installing the Web Server. (CR3330)

Access violation error occurred when adding new acknowledgers. This occurred when adding acknowledgers in the Collaboration window if an action or review had been raised after the initial acknowledgement request. (CR3160)

Archived maps were not being ignored when running a diagnostic check in the Admin Utility. (CR3346)

Activity attachments that were hidden were displayed in the activity details panel. (CR3162)

All review requests in a multiple scheduled review were modified in some cases where a user signed off one review request for a diagram or document. (CR3017)

When the <Based on Resources> option was used to add acknowledgers and a request sent, the Collaboration window would display the request as 'Complete' and the list of acknowledgers would be empty. (CR3049)

Access violation error occurred when running multiple instances of the Control Backup Utility on Windows Server 2008 x86. (CR3117)

Access violation error could occur when opening the context menu in the storyboards and scorecards window. (CR3239)

Backup Utility would ignore newly added files in the process repository generated from running a script after copying the data. This would be seen when choosing to compress the data after backing it up. (CR3043)

Users that didn't have access to draft diagrams were unable to view the author and owners of diagrams. (CR3435)

Requesting acknowledgement twice created empty entries in the audit logs. (CR3427)

Nimbus SharePoint site template didn't allow document libraries to be created. (CR3425)

Attachments were visible to users in the Activity Details panel for users that did not have viewing rights. (CR3348, Case 098198)

Several issues have been fixed around saving SAP preferences. (CR3407)

Copying and pasting metric links caused notification users to be lost. (CR3414)

Users' search preferences were not remembered when performing a process search from the Home page. (CR2608, Case 39152)

When building maps from statement sets, statements with child statements were added to the diagram first. This resulted in the diagram not being ordered properly. (CR3401)

Unable to change the 'Change Diagram Scale' setting for end users. (CR3326, Case102891).

Incorrect user preferences used during web async operation. (CR3363)

Cloned actions did not include the owner category data table if present. (CR2979)

Users prevented from selecting lines connected at both the start and end of an activity when selecting a target line for a flow line link. (CR3386)

The Compare and Update functionality would show changes where no changes had occurred in some cases. (CR3021)

Nimbus Control licensing did not allow for spare process author licenses. (CR2835)

Data table attachments were sometimes not displayed in the Data Table report after exporting and then importing a drill-down diagram. This could occur when the user preference 'Show diagram link redirection prompt' was enabled. (CR3128)

DBISAM Duplicate Key error could occur when unpacking a statement set. (CR3249)

DBISAM Duplicate Key error could occur when updating an existing statement set with an unpackaged one. (CR2908)

When removing a drill down from an activity, diagrams didn't refresh until the user clicked something else. (CR2796)

Diagram Explorer was not closing automatically when diagrams were closed when an item in the Diagram Explorer was selected. (CR3028)

When a diagram link was in use and the Modify option was selected for the link, users would be directed to the top-level diagram. (CR3023, Case93589)

Document details weren't included in change requests that were created via the main Document Registry list window. (CR3083)

Document information was being duplicated in the Additional Information section of automated email notifications. (CR2849)

The Document Registry Files List report showed incorrect statuses for master documents. This would occur only when the draft version was unlocked. (CR2704,

Case86048)

It was possible to schedule document reviews without assigning reviewers. (CR2896,

Case90302)

DBISAM Duplicate Key error could occur when copying a scenario diagram to a draft version. (CR3116)

Duplicate information was being included in acknowledgement request emails. (CR3030, Case94166)

Review initiators were sometimes not being notified when all reviewers had signed off their review requests. (CR2935, Case82468)

An issue with file locations was observed when promoting documents within the Document Details window using the default Document Registry system options for documents that had not been promoted before. (CR3298)

Images on the SharePoint Home page overlap the user menu drop-down. (CR3119)

Use of 'Import Links from Map' feature in the Document Registry could leave broken links when the 'Move new documents when added' system option was set. (CR3066)

My Searches Console was focusing on the bottom item of the list when viewing the keyword groups for user groups. (CR2880)

Incorrect error message was displayed when specifying a new archive location in the system options. (CR3342)

The text in the Search On tab within the Find window incorrectly stated the location of the Keyword Search menu option. (CR2710)

The incorrect user was shown in the change log on statements after unpackaging a statement set. (CR3029)

Access Violation error could result when copying and pasting a section of text using a custom font in an Internal WP Document. (CR3399)

Invalid date and time error when unpackaging a statement set when unpackaged on a different PC with a different regional setting. (CR2907)

'Cannot create object' error message could occur when importing a MS Visio file with Divided events. (CR3053, Case89744)

Archived documents would not be retrieved in rare cases. (CR2989, Case92518)

Incorrect date format was being used on Windows 7/Server 2008R2 due to an issue with Delphi. (CR2997)

Incorrect date specified in some continuous acknowledgement request email notifications. (CR3224)

It was not possible to login automatically as a viewer if the IntegAutoLogonOnly parameter in the Web Server configuration file was set to '1'. (CR2931)

Language variant text for activities could not contain tabs as you could have in the main activity text. (CR2167)

Large images were resized when they were imported or used to replace existing

images without allowing the user's chosen size to be applied. (CR3050)

Links in storyboards that were included in drill down package exports could become broken in the storyboard when unpackaged into a different process repository. (CR3022)

Web link URLs longer than 2048 characters were being truncated when registered in the Document Registry. (CR3195)

Map names that included special characters, for example the '&' character, would prevent access to storyboard attachments that had statement links. (CR3008, Case90609)

The Memo Body column in the Memos List report was being truncated to 256 characters. (CR3046, Case15486)

Access Violation error and memory leak in the Web Server where logging of exceptions was turned on. (CR3296)

A memory leak was observed during Web Server shutdown. (CR3176)

Migrating a process repository from 6.4 to 8.1 could crash the migration utility. (CR3167)

The My Searches Console was incorrectly showing Index Rebuild status. (CR2915)

The menu option to return to the master version of a diagram when viewing an archived map was missing. This occurred in the Web Server for users that did not have the user permission for accessing draft maps and either when no scenarios existed, or where the user did not have the user permission to view scenario maps. (CR2795)

Only one instance of the VSS Backup Utility could be run at any one time on 64-bit versions of Windows Vista/Server 2008 and later. (CR2839)

When creating actions, it was possible to specify a due date to occur before the start date. (CR2401)

Possible to update locked draft diagrams via the Compare and Update functionality. (CR3061)

Invalid levels could be introduced when copying scenarios to drafts. (CR2259)

Printing and print previewing in the Action Registry was broken. (CR2978)

File paths for stored document links in diagrams were not being updated by the Path Name Replace feature in the Author Client. (CR2022, Case72508)

The Remove Unused Documents functionality in the Document Registry did not work. (CR2947, Case91134)

Some reports in the Web Server were not thread safe. (CR3179)

Requestors of review requests were not being notified when review requests had been signed off by individual reviewers or when completed by all reviewers for documents. (CR2953, Case91491)

The Review Text column in the Review Progress Report was being truncated to 256 characters. (CR3034)

Scheduled reports could be created whilst editing and viewing templates. (CR2265)

Yes/No data table fields were represented by tick boxes in Data Table reports. These fields would then convert to text when exporting to Excel, making them indistinguishable True/False data table field types. (CR3036)

'An invalid character was found in text content' error was found after subsequent

simplified XML exports. This error arose when exporting over an existing XML file. (CR2972, Case91690)

A number of errors could arise when special characters were used in statement set backup paths. (CR2981)

The SSync.exe utility would hang when replacing users using the User Search and Replace wizard if invalid levels were present. (CR3177, Case00097559)

Statement link audit records were lost after undoing a statement link deletion. (CR1882)

Statement link data was being loaded slowly in the Statement Properties window with large sets of data. (CR2895)

Any changes in an open Storyboard Edit window were lost when Control was closed. (CR2304)

An error occurred when a storyboard was edited when one of the steps was an inserted storyboard. (CR1725)

When upgrading from 8.1.1 to 8.1.3, certain text would not be wrapped under certain circumstances. (CR3299)

A column name in the Acknowledgement Log List was incorrectly named. (CR2976)

It was possible for the Control Backup Utility to delete the wrong backup file. When creating a new backup file it would delete the backup file from the previous day instead of the oldest backup file. (CR3055, Case94713)

When in Snap to Grid mode, the size of activities would increase when copied. (CR2748)

Thread safety issue in the Document Registry. (CR3374)

Concurrency issues weren't being handled properly. (CR3215)

Data table links not working in SharePoint and the Web Server where data tables had restricted access rights assigned. (CR3171)

MS Visio import stored form positions could be displayed off-screen. (CR3227)

Warning messages in the Web Upgrade Utility were displaying incorrect version numbers of Control. (CR3328, Case00102776)

XML export could delete maps and subfolders. This occurred where folders existed within the same map path as the specified Output Folder setting and if the folder had the same name as the map that was being exported as XML. (CR3283, Case100586)

Documentation

Note added to the Administration Guide with respect to Load Balancing in a remoted SharePoint integration with multiple Nimbus Control back-end Web Servers. (CR3188)

SharePoint instructions updated to provide clarity regarding SharePoint Web Part operation. (CR3351)

Nimbus Control Author Client help wrongly stated that blank passwords in a CSV file used to import user accounts would be set to 'Changeme'. (CR3193)

Incorrect column setting order stated in the Author Client help with respect to importing resources. (CR2999, Case92972)

Localization Guide has been updated and now also includes information for localizing

the Web Server. (CR3005)

Notification in release notes about pending removal of functionality in Nimbus Control 9.1. This includes Diagram Print Rights, Map Override Preferences and Map Protection. (CR3352)

Release note now includes information about how to access the iPhone application. (CR3170)

The company name in the template for the Example Company map has been updated to Tibco. (CR3248)

Known Issues

MHT-based scorecards do not open in Mozilla Firefox. When users click an MHT-based scorecard to open it in Mozilla Firefox, users are prompted to save or open the MHT file with information relating to the Scorecard. Solution: To allow users to view an MHT-based scorecard, users must install the UnMHT addon in Firefox. This can be downloaded from <https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/unmht/> Note: The UnMHT addon does not fully support MHT-based scorecards, therefore users may notice some issues with formatting and some embedded images may not be present.

"Error: Specified map <map name> cannot be exported because it does not exist." When exporting a scope of diagrams to XML using an existing CSF file from a previous version, you may receive the above error. This is due to the new folder virtualization that's been implemented in Nimbus Control v9. Solution: To rectify this you must edit your old CSF files. Instructions on how to create and structure CSF files can be found in the Administration Guide (under Administration/Importing and Exporting/Exporting Diagrams to XML).

Intermittent failure of web page requests due to exception class 'EScriptError' and error type 'is null or not an object'. This is a known issue for TIBCO Nimbus with some versions of the Microsoft JScript engine and Windows Server 2008 R2, although other versions of Windows Server may also be affected. Solution: To fix this problem on Windows Server 2008 R2 you can install Internet Explorer 9, then install the security update 'Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 9 in Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 (KB2618444)'. <http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=28392>