Recent Features

• Cloud Server
  • Updated Expired License Certificate Authority
  • The PCS service now supports command line options to allow multiple services on a single machine
• OSLC
  • Added support for not including Model Roots that are hidden to a User in /pbstructure/ call
• Floating License Server Client
  • Improved support for Linux

• Cloud Server
  • NEW FEATURE: Added support for creating Resources/Resource Features in a Model that has 'Require User Lock to Edit' enabled

• WebEA
  • NEW FEATURE: Element Properties now display 'Files' information
  • Improved the positioning of main view icon and hamburger menu
  • Improved the expanding of discussion replies using the expand/collapse icon
  • Improved Element hamburger menu for Internet Explorer
  • Selecting a list item in the Properties Main View (e.g. a Change) now scrolls the item's details into view
  • Added Copy to Clipboard buttons on the Object Link page
  • Improved WebEA's configuration page behavior in Chrome

Finalized for official Release

• Cloud Server
  • Improved log messages during the loading of License Certificates

• WebEA
  • NEW FEATURE: Added support for 'Feature' maintenance item
  • NEW FEATURE: Added support for 'Document' maintenance item
  • User Interface Improvements
  • moved buttons to show/hide Browser and Properties to the status bar
  • moved refresh button to the left side of the Navbar
  • moved the Object Link button/option to the hamburger menu
  • added option to toggle displaying All or a Single property section in WebEA's Main View
  • New configuration option to hide the Path Menu

• WebConfig
  • Added support for the creation of MySQL and Postgres ODBC based Database Managers

• Cloud Server
  • Improved the PCS's ability to share the server.pem file with multiple threads during startup
  • Default installation path is now 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Sparx Systems\Pro Cloud Server\'
  • Configuration filename is now SSProCloud.config
  • Log filenames are now SSProCloudServer-X.log

• WebEA
  • NEW FEATURE: Introduced the ability to configure a WebEA model to use favorites as home
  • Selecting a composite element which is on the target diagram will display the element's properties

• Cloud Server
  • The 'Pro Cloud Server' replaces all other Sparx System cloud products, including the Cloud Service and Pro Cloud Server Express
  • The new Pro Cloud Server can be downloaded and installed free of charge, although some functionality will only be available with a valid license
  • The new Pro Cloud Server now uses an improved licensing procedure
  • The new licensing procedure is more modular and provides an easy transition to the Premium editions with the use of tokens
  • A change of License now immediately resets the PCS Service
  • Integrations can now be enabled by license tokens
  • The Pro Cloud Server now ensures database manager Aliases are unique, even during the update of settings
  • Floating License Server now treats the retired Business and Software Engineering licenses as Unified
  • Database manager connection strings are now returned to configuration clients with masked passwords
  • Introduced new function to exclusively obtain next audit counter

• Integration Plugins - Server Based Plugin Interface (SBPI)
  • General: 'Open in browser' option now observes the defined port
  • General: Integrations will no longer attempt to change the object type during a 'push' operation
  • General: Proxy enabled state now controls if proxy settings are used
  • Jazz - Hide error message for blank discussions
  • Jazz - Added support for CCM (Change and Configuration Management)
  • Jazz - Added support for DM (Design Management)
  • Jazz - Added support for QM (Quality Management)
  • Jira - Allow more than 50 items to be returned
  • Salesforce - Corrected the list of 'Cases' and 'Contracts'
  • Sharepoint - Add support for self-hosted Sharepoint servers
  • TFS - Add support for VSTS (Azure DevOps)

• Cloud Configuration Client
  • Updated to include the ability to manage the new PCS licensing for the current instance without needing a restart
  • Integration tab on main screen now shows the enabled state of each defined Provider based on allocated tokens
  • A change of License now immediately resets the PCS Service
  • The main screen now displays the version of the connected PCS and displays a warning if there is a version mismatch
  • The list of defined database managers on the main screen now uses an icon to represent the enabled state

• OSLC
  • Added support for retrieving, creating and deleting Discussions on Diagram
  • Updated Creation Factory to support creating Requirement elements from MDG Technologies that are imported into the Model
  • Added support for retrieving, creating, updating and deleting Document Maintenance Item
  • Updated /qc/ call to support the POST Verb
  • General security improvements to remove SQL injection vulnerabilities

• WebEA
  • NEW FEATURE: Introduced a page for managing the WebEA configuration settings, http://address-to-your-webserver/login.php?config
  • NEW OPTION: Added model configuration option to change the Browser/Object List ordering
  • NEW OPTION: Added model configuration options to show/hide the Browser and Properties View by default
  • Browser and Object List order now match the order used in EA
  • Added support for Predefined Structured Tagged Value types
  • Added structured scenario User/System icons, and Alternate/Exception path entry point information
  • Improved Watchlist message when no criteria was found
  • Improved display of 'Invalid User Authentication Identifier' error which occurs after timeout
  • Properties sidebar now hides correctly at low resolutions after being collapsed/expanded
  • Added Icon/List/Notes options within the Package View
  • Removed browser, properties and package options from the hamburger menu
  • Corrected 'invalid arguments' error shown for the model root in package contents view
  • Manual model selection is no longer required when entering the Full URL to an object
  • WebEA now displays a warning message when first loaded if cookies are disabled
  • Notes editor now includes buttons to add/remove hyperlinks
  • Prevent unnecessary load of the Model Root during a refresh
  • Rich text fields updated to return hyperlinks in the correct format
  • Improved XSS vulnerabilities and sanitised dynamic html output
  • Error message now shown when selecting an element that has been deleted from a diagram
  • Now possible to save credentials in FireFox
  • Now handles the display of tagged values that contain html special characters

• Web Config
  • Updated to include the ability to manage the new PCS licensing for the current instance without needing a restart