5.5.71 Release (January 2024)

New Features and Enhancements

The following table lists new features and enhancements for this release.

ID

Description

Product

DPFM-607

Changed the behavior of the UP Universal Discovery XSF Extractor when using the Update XSF Action Rule:

1. The update action will now publish the original date/time value from the scanfile for lastused and usagelastused fields.
2. When deduping results in multiple entries being collapsed into entry, the pass-thru data, such as installation directory and usage* with the most recent usagelastused is published to the scanfile.

Data Platform

DPFM-575

Upgraded PostgreSQL version to 13.13

User Console

Resolved Issues

The following table lists the resolved issues for this release.

ID

Description

Product

DPFM-609

Increased the timeout between some API requests that required external authentication and could cause the installation to fail when retried too aggressively.

User Console

DPFM-350

Fixed an issue where a Normalize Inventory configured to export results to CSV would exhaust the temporary database storage on Microsoft SQL Server.

Data Platform

DPFM-266

Fixed issues that made it possible to unintentionally upgrade the Data Platform release/patch version without also updating the User Console. Newly added logic now enforces a requirement to help keep Data Platform and the User Console on the same patch version. To allow customers to override this new default behavior, we have also added an override key.

New Behavior

New behavior for Technopedia Software updates when your license contains User Console/Analyze and you are downloading Technopedia Software Updates, if the Admin Console is not connected to the User Console, updates will not be downloaded during Technopedia Synchronization. A message will appear in Activity Monitor and the logs:

Software Updates are not downloaded from Technopedia Services. Please check whether DP is connected to UC.  

When your license contains User Console/Analyze, and you are downloading Patch Updates, if the Admin Console is not connected to the User Console, patch updates will not be downloaded during the Patch Update. An exception message will appear in Activity Monitor and the logs:

Patch update is not successful. Check whether DP is connected to UC. 

Override Key

A new key, Override_Check_AC_ConnectedTO_UC, has been added for use in the NormalizeConsole section of the norm.configuration.config file. To add the key edit the file at <DataPlatform>\Conf\Norm.Configuration.config. The key allows customers to override this new logic meant to maintain patch-level consistency across components.

• When Override_Check_AC_ConnectedTO_UC=0, the new logic checking for disconnections between the Admin Console and User Console will be applied. (This is also the case if the Override_Check_AC_ConnectedTO_UC key is not included in norm.configuration.config.)
• When Override_Check_AC_ConnectedTO_UC=1, the new logic checking for disconnections between the Admin Console and User Console will be overridden. For example:

<key>

<string>Override_Check_AC_ConnectedTO_UC</string>

</key>

<value>

<string>1</string>

</value>

Data Platform and User Console