Digital Enterprise Suite

New and improved features:

• The Digital Distributed Containers family was expanded to also now allow to build containers with multiple services.
  • The existing Digital Distributed Container was migrated into what is now called Single Service Container.
  • Introduced Multi Service Container that allows to push containers that contain multiple services to a container registry from the Service Library.
  • The Single Service Container was enhanced to allow to push containers to an external container registry.
  • The admnistrator can now control if Single Service Containers are built for each execution environment and their destination (local or external registry).
  • Note that separate subscriptions are required for Single Service Container and Multi Service Container. Clients that purchased the Digital Distributed Container will be migrated to Single Service Container on renewal.
• A new automation service storage for long-running services (workflows and cases) based on MongoDB persistence can now be used in the Digital Automation Suite and in Digital Distributed Containers.
• An administrator can now create execution environments that do not register active triggers (Kafka, RabbitMQ, …) when deploying a service. These services can still be built into containers and deployed with active triggers.
• In the Form interface to services, BPMN signals accessible in the context of the current task are now presented as user actions that can be triggered from the user interface.
• When testing a decision model, it is now possible to scope the test to a given decision service, decision or business knowledge model.
• Flags are now displayed in the terms view.
• The test button is not disabled anymore when the workflow process is not marked as executable. It is now possible to make it executable from a new dialog.
• When validating an executable process with the validate button in the BPMN ribbon, it will also be validated for attriubtes required by the Trisotech Automation Suite.
• A data type that has an attributed named instance will not generate a warning anymore.
• It is now possible to iterate over a range of dates in FEEL. This is an upcoming feature of DMN 1.5.
• The Trisotech Help now contains the documentation of the Administrator inferface.

Bug fixes:

• When submitting an XML file to the automation engine, there was a condition that could cause an element defined with a collection data type to be parsed as an element instead of a single element in a collection.
• It was possible for scopes to not be sent properly when refreshing an OAuth token if the token URL did not echo back the scopes originally in the response.
• Links inserted into the rich text editor (description/notes) could fail to open in the Kommunicator because of iframe domain restrictions.
• Adding a second source to a term could result in an error.
• When editing the type of a case file item with the data type overlay on, the data type Any would appear in error on the overlay until a refresh.
• Empty example and notes are not displayed anymore in the term view.
• Labels were not always displayed on connectors.
• Some elements were not properly alphabetically sorted in the graph scope.
• An error could be incorrectly displayed when creating a new model and saving a previous one.
• Optimized the loading type of the Data Type dialog when hundreds of data types were present in the model.
• Optimized the number of graph queries required to sync data types.
• When importing Open API in the Operation library of a modeler, item definitions name were created with their title instead of their name which causes referencing problems.
• When importing Open API in the Operation library of a modeler, simple types definition could incorrectly create circular data types.
• The description field of connectors and annotations were not properly exported to CMMN XML.
• Some decision logic pages were not properly made read-only and returned to editable when testing a decision model.
• Links in comments were rendered smaller then intended.
• Message flows were incorrectly highlighted in blue in the animator.
• Suggestion did not show up in decision table, list and relation columns with a boolean or enumeration data type.
• In rare cases, the DMN XML export of a decision model could contain an import twice. This caused an issue with automating these models.
• Some errors were not properly reported to the user on a failed deployment to the automation.
• When using the dot (.) operator after a filter in a literal expression, null values were incorrectly filtered out of the result.
• When testing or automating an invocation that was calling a function with an undefined prefix, it could cause a non descript exception. The error is now clear.
• When reloading the Discovery Accelerator with an opened model sometimes all graph links are marked as missing.

Non-Backward Compatible Changes:

• The monitoring and health checks REST operations were removed from the main HTTP port (8181) and moved to a dedicated port (9080 inside the container). These operations are no longer protected by a basic authorization on the new port and port 9080 should not be exposed publicly. Clients hosting the Digital Enterprise Suite that previously used port 8181 with a basic authorization to access the health check functionality will need to update to port 9080 without authorization.

Bug fixes:

• Fixed a rare condition that could cause a timer trigger to be unregistered before being registered causing other triggers of the process to be removed as well.
• In the workflow modeler, when saving your models under certain conditions, relative digital enterprise graphs to process, decision or case could be made absolute.

Bug fixes:

• For clients not subscribing to the Trisotech Automation Suite, models will not be upgraded to use custom FEEL functions anymore.
• The DMN XML export had the wrong value serialized in the name attribute of a custom FEEL function library import element.
• The non-null functions (ex: nn count(), nn sum(), …) are still recognized properly by the FEEL highlighter.
• A digital enterprise graph semantic link was incorrectly added on top of a reuse link for BPMN call activities.
• The authorization header of the Digital Distributed Container base image can now be properly resetted from the admin interface when left empty.

Bug fixes:

• An initialization issue could rarelly prevent a decision model from properly loading in the Decision Modeler.

New and improved features:

• Custom FEEL function libraries are now available for modeling and automation.
  • The Trisotech extended (non standard) FEEL functions were removed by default from the Learn ribbon.
  • Custom FEEL libraries can be added to a model through the Learn ribbon (custom drop-down) or the standard ribbon (BPMN/CMMN/DMN) in the include section.
  • The initial offering for the custom FEEL libraries includes:
    • Automation: access the automation runtime. Those functions were previously always available in the default context.
    • Financial: domain-specific functions for the financial domain. Those functions require the optional Financial Feature Set subscription.
    • Healthcare: domain-specific functions for the healthcare domain. Those functions require the optional Healthcare Feature Set subscription.
    • Non-Null: specialized list functions that better handle null in lists. Those functions were previously always available in the default context.
    • Utility: conversion utility methods. These initially include converting from unix/epoch time to FEEL date and time, encoding/decoding JSON/Base64.
  • Some of the functions (Automation, Non Null, Healthcare) that previously existed in the default namespace had their names slightly changed to be namespaced in their new library (ex: healthcare term codes() becomes healthcare.term codes()). That change is backward compatible with previous version of the automation and the models will automatically get updated with the new function names. Note that the automation backward compatibility will be guaranteed only for the 11.X serie and models will need to be published before the release of the 12.X serie.
  • A few functions in the default FEEL namespace are not yet standard and were documented accordingly.
• The delivery platform for most of the modeling suite was updated to provide much faster load times.
• The data type interfaces now allows to import data types coming from a JSON schema.
• The OpenAPI endpoint for receiving messages on workflow services will now explicitly have the name of the message its receiving in its description.
• The Trisotech Help was moved to a new platform.

Bug fixes:

• Textual search in the modelers was not finding text in BPMN annotations, certain types of links and some other minor elements.
• The learn tab was not displayed in the Landscaping Modeler.
• Using the copy and paste modeling functionality on an element that is reused from the graph could not paste the graph link properly.
• Deleting the last row of a boxed context inside a Boxed Function would not render properly.
• Some models were generating duplicated identifies when exporting to CMMN XML.
• When binding a data store with a definition containing a non-typed column, it would cause a typing issue.
• The public API functionality to download a model with all of its dependencies (/publicapi/repositorycontent/package) will now consider modeling dependencies. It previously only considered execution dependencies.
• Deployment errors would prevent the ability to test a decision model.
• SMART on FHIR application relying on patient inputs could only receive their identifier at runtime.
• Some case file item data types could cause the automation form to think that a case file item is not available to a user incorrectly.
• Notes added to a new term could be lost when reloading the browser.
• Semantic link information were not always properly updated when the target of the link was renamed.
• The Microsoft Visio import was not working properly for the Case Modeler.
• The Save As action could fail in rare cases when workflow models were referenced from a different place.
• The change data type button was still usable when displaying the interface in read-only mode.
• Fixed an issue where sometimes multiple dialog opened in the relationship view.
• Sometimes copy of links were incorrectly reported as missing after the referred model was saved.
• Keyboard shortcut could not be used anymore after a Visio import.

Bug fixes:

• When selecting to not gather end events or milestones in a workflow or case model, it is now possible to use the end/milestones variables for other purposes.
• Under certain conditions, the OpenAPI documentation of a message was not aligned with its definition.
• When publishing a decision model, validation errors and warnings were not displayed in the user interface.
• In some rare cases, a missing data definition was assumed to be a String instead of an Any for workflow automation. This could cause typing warnings.
• When validating a decision model that had missing dependencies, the validation errors were not properly displayed.
• A workflow process using an event based gateway with instantiate set to true was incorrectly reporting a validation error about a missing start event.
• The order of the user tasks inner data inputs were not respected when displaying the input form at automation.
• Corrected an event serialization issue for FEEL functions that could cause performance issues in while testing a decision model.
• It was not possible to delete a disabled user.
• The RedHat connector was not using the right version of DMN when publishing.
• Dragging a BKM from the Digital Enterprise Graph could fail.
• Data stores were sometimes incorrectly synching with the Digital Enterprise Graph.

Bug fixes:

• The description of process, user tasks and decision models were not always displayed when starting or resuming a service.

New and improved features:

• Improvements to the test and form functionality of workflows and decisions automation:
  • The test input tab was renamed to in and the output tab to out. They are now always visible across the test session.
  • The test input mode selector was redesigned to use buttons instead of a drop-down to make it easier to find.
  • A button was added to lists to allow to upload and download the list data to/from Excel.
  • The test trace detail dialog now display a human readable rendering of the inputs and outputs.
  • A new input mode is now available to test the service from Test Data (requires the automation subscription).
  • The chevron next to collections and structured data type was replaced with a caret to expand or collapse the input.
  • Collapsing a collection or structure does not make its value null anymore, a separate null indicator was added that is either black (value is null) or gray (value is not null but collapsed).
  • Collections inputs and outputs now display borders to improve readability.
• The service OpenAPI v3 generated documentation now includes the nullable attribute to true to better reflect the actual behavior of the service.

Bug fixes:

• For some types of workflow nodes, the NodeStarted and NodeCompleted events had incorrect inputs/outputs/rawInputs/rawOutputs values.
  • inputs: the values actually passed to the task after the input mapping
  • outputs: the values returned by the task before the output mapping
  • rawInputs: the process variables used as input before the data mapping was applied
  • rawOutputs: the process variables returned to the process as output after the data mapping was applied
• NodeStarted events for decisions will not have inputs in the debug profile.
• Data objects/inputs/outputs with newline characters in their name would not display their data content in the test panel when focussed.
• When testing a decision or workflow, in some cases it was possible for the information marker to incorrectly display [Object object] instead of the result of the evaluation.
• Refreshing an OAuth 2 token with a token provider that does not return a scope should not cause a refresh failure anymore.
• Most Smart on FHIR application were failing to start with an error.
• Script tasks using data stores without a script defined were not able to access the datastore properly.
• The Message Event dialog could fail to close in some cases.
• New item definitions could not be created in the data object data dialog.
• Custom accelerators that does not define a known type for a node could cause an error preventing the semantic link panel from opening.
• It was not possible to successfully assign a performer on a workflow process.
• When displaying a null result for a structured data type, the test and form output were incorrectly rendering all its attributes as null instead of marking the element as null.

Bug fixes:

• In some client configurations, the Kommunicator was not able to load workflow models anymore.
• For rare cases of data definition, the OpenAPI documentation of a collection was incorrectly represented as a collection of collection.
• The order of the results of a service execution (test in modelers or through form in service library) could be represented in the wrong order.
• Loading a test case in the input form when a collection was changed to not be a collection anymore could cause the import to stop.
• Rendering the service results of a list of a simple type that was defined as an Any field could cause an issue that prevented the rendering of that field.

Bug fixes:

• Test cases could not be properly overwritten from the save test button.
• When testing a non-straight thru workflow model, it was possible that some output variables are incorrectly reported in the results.
• Test cases were not properly persisted in the model for some workflow models.

Bug fixes:

• When testing a decision model that had decisions returning null, it was possible depending on network latency, that their result was not displayed in the outputs panel.
• Restore the default values of the form input controls to their version 10.X values: Texts are empty strings and all other controls defaults to null.
• Null text value can be entered in the form input control by pressing the delete or backspace key on an empty text input.
• On the form input file control, it was not possible to re-select the same file after clearing it without selecting a different file before.
• The DMN TCK test case export for numeric value was exported with an invalid xsd:number data type.
• Fixed a very rare case where the modeler would froze when changing page or exporting to image.

Bug fixes:

• The OpenAPI generated for services were under certain conditions not marking a collection property as an array for objects.
• The response section of the OpenAPI documentation of a specific decision service was incorrectly containing all possible model outputs.
• The numeric constraints of a data type were not documented in the OpenAPI documentation of a service based on a workflow process.
• When testing decision models that include other decision models, the inputs form could ask for data inputs from the included models.
• While testing a boxed context logic with one context entry returning a function, the result of the evaluation of all of the context entries was not displayed.
• In the debug execution profile, ServiceNodeFinished were not being published if the node was implemented using a boxed context that contained a function definition.
• The export of decision test cases could generate an XML file that was not schema compliant with the DMN TCK XSD under rare conditions.
• Linking a call activity to a process defined in the current model was not working properly when the feature was accessed through the process icon on the call activity.
• The test input form was incorrectly asking users to provide the content of data inputs bounds to data stores.
• The form interface incorrectly displayed an Errors label even when there was no error in the execution of a decision service.

Bug fixes:

• For certain license configuration, the DMN Test functionality was considered unlicensed and was not starting properly.
• In the modeling execution test (Wofklow and Decision modeler) and the form interface (launched from the Service Library) accentuated characters could be incorrectly rendered under some browsers configurations.
• A workflow model containing a human task with no resources defined could create an exception at deployment time.
• Importing an OpenAPI model that contains an enumeration of numbers import them as strings instead of numbers.
• Importing a BPMN model with an invalid association could cause an exception preventing proper import.
• Some duration values were not correctly serialized to Cloud Events which cause the Test functionality of the Workflow and Decision Modeler to sometime display the duration as a complex object instead of as a duration.
• Test cases containing a number were not properly backward compatible with previous releases and were loaded as 0.
• Copying from a model that used recursive data types could prevent the copy function from properly working.
• In a Distributed Container deployment, the root path of the container was not properly redirecting using the base.url preference when the x-forwaded-port header was sent.
• Environment variables can now overload Digital Enterprise Suite preferences.

New and improved features:

• Digital Modeling Suite graphical interface changes
  • Under the execution ribbon, the Cloud Publish button was renamed Deploy.
  • The Operation library, CQL and PMML includes buttons moved to the execution ribbon.
  • A feedback button is now available under the home ribbon of the modelers.
• Digital Automation Suite graphical interface changes
  • The system of engagement (user interaction forms) was redesigned. See details below.
  • In the service detail dialog of the Service Library, the button position and grouping were slightly modified.
• The Test functionality of the decision modeler was redesigned and added to the Workflow Modeler.
  • The execution path is highlighted on the diagram.
  • It is now possible to add breakpoints before and after a task execution (workflow), on sequence flows (workflow), before and after a decision/bkm/decision service (decision).
  • Intermediate evaluation results are displayed in overlay on the diagram.
  • It is possible to update values on breakpoints.
  • Complete execution events are available in the history view.
  • It is now possible to input a collection of collection in the test interface.
• New system of engagement (user interaction forms) is now available for all users.
  • Simplified interfaces targeted at end-user interaction through web form or file.
  • Supports styling using CSS at various levels (environment, group, artifact, version).
  • An advanced developer mode allows to visualize the form structure, the received results, load and save test cases.
  • A new Test Bench allows to save test data associated with a data type name. This data can be used across different models.
• New system of records (data stores) is now available (requires a separate subscription).
  • Store data across process instances and decision executions using a persistent data storage.
  • Access the data using standard FEEL functions to manipulate collections.
  • Integrates in the workflow automation as data stores and in the decision automation as decision inputs that are provided by the system.
  • Integrates with Excel (through WebDav) to manipulate (import/export/edit) the data inside the data store.
• Introduced an alternative JSON response format (application/json+result) to the REST API.
  • Previous result format is still available using a content type of application/json+metadata in the Accept header.
  • This change is fully backward compatible and using an Accept header of application/json will use the application/json+metadata formatting by default.
  • The administrator can change the application/json format.
  • The Open API v3 definition of the services documents both formats.
• The workflow and case REST API to retrive running instances now support a tag parameter to find only instances matching a given tag.
• A new product is available for automation customers called the Cookbook. It contains Generic Automation and Healthcare recipes.
• System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM) is now supported to synchronize users and groups.
• Users access can now be disabled.
• A new public API resource allows to export a zip archive of a model and all its dependencies (/publicapi/repositorycontent/package).
• Groups shapes can now be created in diagrams in the Knowledge Entity Modeler.
• It is now possible to control if the end (workflow) and milestones (cases) variable are part of a service output. Backward compatible to default to true.
• Issues were added to the HTML and Word reports.
• Added an option to prevent copy of links from being generated when exporting to BPMN or CMMN.
• The Client Access Licenses CSV usage report now includes the date of users last activity. Note that this information starts being recorded with this release.

Bug fixes:

• Under certain conditions, the message OpenAPI documentation could be empty.
• Certain OpenAPI REST connectors could not be used by clients who have deployed the modeling environment on-premises.
• In a case model, multiple cases can cause a problem when publishing for automation.
• Terms linking could fail when a newline character was present in the selected text.
• When linking terms, sometimes an additional space is also selected.
• Autocompletion of FEEL expression inside squared bracket could confuse its internal context.

Bug fixes:

• XSLT script tasks did not properly accept a Data Object Reference as input.
• Discretionary stages could cause an error when deploying them for automation.
• Importing data types from an XSD does not properly validate duplicated data types from the current model.
• Under some conditions, it was impossible to add input parameters to an operation in the Operation Library.
• The FEEL functions list contains and the in keyword were too strict when matching numbers and 1.0 would not match 1 in the collection.