Stardust Release 2.1.0

Release 2.1.0 is a combined feature and maintenance release.

Supported Platforms

The following tables list all supported micro versions for:

Note
We do not expect any problems in all micro versions covered in the following tables of supported platforms, but we cannot strictly guarantee correct end-to-end system functionality in other platform versions than the Reference Test Platforms, as bugs in the platform code and problems introduced by combining different unforeseen micro-level versions of the different platform components could in rare cases introduce incorrect system behavior that is beyond our control. Refer to section Reference Test Platforms for a list of fine grained version information for our regression test platforms.

Supported Portal Platforms

The Stardust portals are currently supported on the following user agents:

User Agents Supported Versions
Internet Explorer (except Web Modeler and Rules Management perspectives) 9.0, 10, 11
Mozilla Firefox 29, 30 (note that future browser releases are not tested with Stardust yet and might cause issues)
Google Chrome 34, 35 (note that future browser releases are not tested with Stardust yet and might cause issues)

Supported Database Servers

The following database servers are currently supported by Stardust:

Server Supported Versions
Oracle 10g, 11g R1 (11.1.0.6.0), 11g R2 (11.2.0.1.0)
DB2 UDB 9.5, 9.7
Derby 10.8.2.2
MySQL 5.0, 5.1
Sybase ASE 15.0
SQL Server 2008, 2012

Supported Application Servers

The following application servers are currently supported by Stardust:

Server Supported Versions
IBM WebSphere 7, 8 (8.0.0.5 or later)
Oracle WebLogic 10.3.3, 10.3.6, 12.1.2 (12c)
JBoss 7.1, EAP 6.2
Jakarta Tomcat 7

If you don't see your favorite database or application server in this list, please send a request to us. We continuously update the list of supported databases and application servers.

Supported Java Runtime

Vendor Supported Version
Oracle, Sun Java SE 6
Oracle JDK 7
IBM 32 Bit JRE 6.0 (together with WebSphere 7)
Oracle JRockit 6 (together with Oracle 11g application server)

Other System Dependencies

Vendor Supported Version
Spring 3.2.4
Jackrabbit 2.6.1
Hazelcast 2.4

Reference Test Platforms

The following tables provide fine grained version information for our regression test platforms.

Reference Test Database Servers

The following database servers are currently tested as reference:

Server Supported Versions
Oracle 10.2.0, 11.2 R2
DB2 UDB 9.7.5
Derby 10.8.2.2
MySQL 5.1.59
Sybase ASE 15.7
SQL Server 2012

Reference Test Application Servers

The following application servers are currently tested as reference:

Server Supported Versions
IBM WebSphere 7.0.0.21, 8.0.0.3
Oracle WebLogic 10.3.3, 10.3.6, 12.1.1
JBoss 7.1.1, EAP 6.2
Jakarta Tomcat 7.0.41, 7.0.50, 7.0.54

New Features and Improvements

The following new features and bug fixes have been introduced with this release:

Portal Enhancements

Multiple enhancements have been introduced in the Stardust Portal with this release, most importantly:

Additional column for interrupted process instances in the Process Manager View

The Process Manager view in the Business Control Center perspective allows a controlling of all running process instances on a very high level. With this release the view is enhanced to also display interrupted process instances in an additional column showing a count of the interrupted processes for each row in the table. This provides the option to access interrupted process instances to restart the according activity instances.

For details refer to chapter Viewing Activity and Process Instances categorized by Priorities in the End User Handbook.

Declarative Security Authorization for Managing Deputies

The Authorization Manager view of the Administration Perspective is extended with a new permission for managing deputies. Participants with this authorization are able to manage deputies for all users.

For details refer to chapter Managing Authorization in the End User Handbook.

Support for editing the model ID during model creation

The Business Process Modeling perspective is enhanced with the option to set the model ID when you create a new model. A model dialog opens where you specify a model name and a unique model ID.

For details refer to chapter Model Operations in the Business Process Modeling Handbook.

Support for a predefined access point providing the total count of attached documents

With this release, a predefined access point that provides the total count of documents attached to a process instance is provided. Once set you can view this count in all process tables in the according descriptor columns.

For details refer to section Providing the total count of attached documents as descriptor of chapter Working with Process Definitions in the Business Process Modeling Handbook.

Filtering capabilities for the Outline Tree in the Business Modeler

The Business Process Modeler perspective is enhanced to provide filtering for models and model elements in the outline tree.

For details refer to section Filtering Elements of chapter Panels in the Business Process Modeling Handbook.

Additional column to provide average wait time in the Resource Performance view

The Resource Performance view is extended with an additional column to provide the average wait time of activities for each process definition. The average wait time displays the sum of all time intervals an activity instance has spent in state Suspended during its lifecycle from creation to completion.

For details refer to chapter Viewing the Performance of Participants in the End User Handbook.

Option to add columns with custom time frames for Cost Controlling and Resource Performance views

The Cost and Controlling and Resource Performance views in the Business Control Center perspective are enhanced with the option to add additional columns with custom time frames. This allows you for example to compare process performance from cost or time perspective in specific time frames and to analyze recent changes for a given process.

For details refer to chapters Viewing Cost and Controlling and Viewing the Performance of Participants in the End User Handbook.

Option to view the timestamp of the oldest audit trail entry in the Process Search view

The Process Search view of the Business Control Center is enhanced with the option to view the timestamp of the oldest audit trail entry.

Resubmission Information available in Postponed Activities and Pending Activities Views

The Selected Activities tables in the Postponed Activities and Pending Activities views in the Business Control Center perspective are enhanced to provide an additional column to display resubission time for each activity. The Pending Activities - Overview table additionally provides sub-columns for each participant to display the number of hibernated activities.

E-Mail correspondence via templates

E-mail correspondence is enhanced to be be created via templates.

Re-authentication Option for Web Service Session Factory

With this release Stardust provides the option to enable re-authentication for the Web Service Session Factory. For details refer to chapter Web Service API in the Programming Guide.

Business Process Modeler Preview Functionality

The following functionality of the Business Process Modeler has been introduced as or is still customer technology preview only. Note that these previews may not be functionally complete and are not intended for production use.

The Stardust Portal provides a configuration switch to show or hide features that are provided as technology preview.

New Features and Bug Fixes

The following main features and bug fixes have been introduced with this release:

Bug-ID Description
Bug 454527 Re-authentication option for Web Service Session Factory
Bug 454526 E-Mail correspondence via templates
Bug 454525 Resubmission Information available in Postponed Activities and Pending Activities Views
Bug 454524 Option to view the timestamp of the oldest audit trail entry in the Process Search view
Bug 454523 Option to add columns with custom time frames for Cost Controlling and Resource Performance views
Bug 454522 Additional column to provide average wait time in the Resource Performance view
Bug 454521 Filtering capabilities for the Outline Tree in the Business Modeler
Bug 454520 Support for a predefined access point providing the total count of attached documents
Bug 454519 Support for editing the model ID during model creation
Bug 454518 Declarative Security Authorization for Managing Deputies
Bug 454517 Additional column for interrupted process instances in the Process Manager View

To view all bug fixes, refer to our Bugzilla list for version 2.1.0 accordingly.

Stardust API Changes

Deprecated API

The following API methods are deprecated:

API Changes

The following API changes have been performed with this release:

Breaking Changes

The following breaking changes have been introduced with version 2.1.0:

Exception Handling for embedded Service Factory changed

Exception handling for embedded service factory services changed to return unwrapped exceptions as with regular API calls. Additionally, raised exceptions now properly honor an existing transaction rollback policy. See section API Changes for according API changes.

Note
This change might potentially break existing workarounds you have applied.

Dropped Platforms and Platform Versions

The support for the following platforms or platform versions has been dropped with this release:

Newly supported Platforms

The following platform versions are supported since this release:

Known Issues and Restrictions with this Release

For general known issues and restrictions, please refer to the Troubleshooting section in the online documentation.

Known Issues

Portal - Exception occurs when expanding a repository folder with a large number of child nodes in a JBoss environment

If you expand a repository folder having a number of child nodes that exceeds a maximum number of about 500 and you are using a JBoss server, the following Exception might occur:

JBWEB000065: HTTP Status 500 - JBWEB002004: More than the maximum number of request parameters (GET plus POST) for a single request (512) 
   were detected. Any parameters beyond this limit have been ignored. To change this limit, set the maxParameterCount attribute 
   on the Connector.

To resolve this issue, add the following property to your JBoss configuration:

<system-properties>
   <property name="org.apache.tomcat.util.http.Parameters.MAX_COUNT" value="1000"/> 
</system-properties>

WebLogic 11g - client side error occurs when deploying a process model from Console command

A client side error occurs in case you deploy a process model from the Console command in an EJB with DB2 environment.

To resolve this problem, set the following system property:

-Djavax.xml.stream.XMLInputFactory="com.ctc.wstx.stax.WstxInputFactory"

This forces to use the shipped woodstox implementation wstx-asl-3.2.8.jar.

Issues with modern skin

The modern skin has the following issues in Mozilla FireFox or Google Chrome:

Known Restrictions

Limitation for User Names

Colon (":") characters are not supported in user names as this leads to misinterpretations in a WebService environment.

Known Restriction in the Business Process Modeler

Some functionality and elements supported in the Eclipse modeler are not supported in the Business Process Modeler yet. Please refer to chapter Compatibility and Analogy of Models of the Business Process Modeling Handbook for details.

Known Restriction for using the Business Process Reporting Perspective in IE9

Using the Business Process Reporting perspective in IE9 currently has the following restrictions:

Testing a Rule Set implementation

Note that you need a lifecycle management environment to be able to run and test a Rule Task implementing a Rule Set. Please contact our Sales Support Team for details.

Technical Rules editor code restriction

For the time being, you need to append _field to each variable in the code editor of a technical rule in the Rules Management perspective. Refer to chapter Defining Technical Rules for details.

Importing WSDL in SOAP UI fails with formal parameter of type Java Enumeration

In case you use a formal parameter of primitive data type Java bound Enumeration in a Process Interface, the WSDL generator fails to create a WSDL document.

UI Mashup application restrictions

UI Mashup applications have the following restrictions:

Limitations with JBoss 7.1

The following modifications need to be applied in the JBoss 7.1 server:

Due to an issue, the JBoss default JSF implementation cannot be changed as parameter WAR_BUNDLES_JSF_IMPL is not working in JBoss 7.1.1. (WAR file using WAR_BUNDLES_JSF_IMPL embedded in an EAR file fails deployment). This is caused by the issue: JSF Version retrieved from deployment unit instead of top level deployment unit.

As a workaround, in com/sun/jsf-impl/main module in jsf-impl-2.1.7-jbossorg-2.jar/META-INF : the .tld files have to be renamed to e.g. *-tmp.tld .

Limitations with JBoss 7.1 for EJB3 Deployment

While deploying JBoss 7.1 for EJB 3, the following exception may occur: org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceNotFoundException: Service service jboss.ejb.default-resource-adapter-name-service not found

For a successful deployment, add the following under <subsystem xmlns="urn:jboss:Domain:ejb3:1.4"> in the standalone.xml file.

<mdb>
   <resource-adapter-ref resource-adapter-name="hornetq-ra"/>
   <bean-instance-pool-ref pool-name="mdb-strict-max-pool"/>
</mdb>

Upgrading from a Previous Release

A runtime upgrade is not required for this release. For other upgrading issues introduced with earlier releases, please refer to chapter Upgrading to Later Versions. You will find all upgrading steps necessary for your specific version.

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