Informatica MDM – Product 360 8.1.1 HF3 has been released to shipping and is available immediately.

The release includes the following:

• New action rights in the rights group “Tasks”
  "Change assignee of workflow task objects accepted by other users" allows to accept or reassign objects from workflow tasks that are already accepted by a user.
  "Accept tasks of other users on their behalf" allows to set a single task of the other user to accepted state even if the assignee has not accepted the task.
• Data Quality
  Left outer join for rules/rule configuration that are configured for subentities
• Performance
  The performance of data quality executions has been improved. This includes all execution calls, no matter if it is from a job, trigger or from a rest service API call.
• Upgrade of IDQ SDK
  The embedded data quality rule engine has been updated to Informatica Data Quality 10.2.2.
• Media Asset
  In the previous 8.1.1.00 version, the media asset document attribute field values for derivatives are changed, so that only several attribute fields get individual value for the corresponding derivative, and a request on other attributes return no value.

In addition, a number of bug fixes were included in this release, please review the release notes for details.

Informatica MDM – Product 360 8.1.1 HotFix 3 Release Notes

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Informatica MDM – Product 360 8.1.1 HotFix 2 has been released to shipping and is available immediately.

The release includes the following:

• Runtime

We are no longer using Oracle’s JRE and JDK. Instead, Azul's Zulu Java runtime is used by all Product 360 applications.

Our strong recommendation is that customer upgrade to a 2019 release that supports Azul OpenJDK.

• 32-bit clients are no longer available
  Informatica MDM Product 360 Desktop client, Product 360 Database Setup Client and Product 360 Repository Manager are now available as 64-bit clients only.
  32-bit clients have already been marked as deprecated for some time.
• GDSN

The GDSN Accelerator has been updated to GDSN version 3.1.8 for 1Worldsync Item Management and 1Worldsync Data Sync Engine.

Please find all details around changes of fields, values, data quality rules and export templates in the release notes.

A new Extension Point has been introduced to allow tailoring of the logic which items are relevant to receive the GDSN publication status.

• New Preferences for Richtext fields
  The setting com.heiler.ppm.richtext.server/richtext-html-cleaner is introduced in plugin_customuzation.ini. If set to true, all rich text fields will be cleared of HTML tags or attributes not mentioned in the white list.
• New Preferences for Mail Templates
  The setting com.heiler.ppm.mailtemplate.core/mail-template-cleaner is introduced in plugin_customization.ini. If set to true, all mail templates will be cleared of HTML tags or attributes not mentioned in the white list.
• Supplier Portal

Security HTTP response headers in Supplier Portal

Several security-relevant HTTP response headers can now be configured for Supplier Portal.

Supplier Portal prevents automated login attempts

Product 360 Supplier Portal now locks a user after a defined number of wrong login attempts. This prevents automated login attempts to guess user credentials.

• Media Asset

Preset Primary logical keys for "Add media attachment"

During adding a new media attachment to item (product/variant/structure group) in Product 360 Web, all activated media asset primary logical keys should be set in the "Add media attachment" dialog.

Video Previews

Starting with this release the Product 360 Media Manager Web Application can display available video previews in the Browser without the need for any additional plugins.

• Versioning

Configuration for Subentities

We enhanced the possibilities to configure and fine tune which subentities should be included in the revision.

• Computing of DisplayOrder for Tasks
  Computing of DisplayOrder during creation of tasks have been changed.
• Repository Manager
  The latest version contains a fixed limitation in the delta and merge mechanism.

In addition, a number of bug fixes were included in this release, please review the release notes for details.

Informatica MDM – Product 360 8.1.1 HotFix 2 Release Notes

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Informatica MDM – Product 360 8.0.6 HF6 has been released to shipping and is available immediately.

The release includes the following:

• Repository – escape values in 1:n field types of type String
  Now it is possible to use semicolons in field of 1:n field types. This fixes the capability to store string values that contain semicolons without mistakenly having them tokenized by the system.
• Service API – fixed behavior for 1:n field types
  In the past, when having a 1:1-field based on a 1:N-field type, the field value was returned with square brackets in the Service API. This is now fixed so the response is a proper array for further consumption.
• New Preferences for Richtext fields
  The setting com.heiler.ppm.richtext.server/richtext-html-cleaner is introduced in plugin_customization.ini. If set to true, all rich text fields will be cleared of HTML tags or attributes not mentioned in the white list. This has been introduced to allow you to setup a more granular security definition.
• New Preferences for Mail Templates
  The setting com.heiler.ppm.mailtemplate.core/mail-template-cleaner is introduced in plugin_customization.ini. If set to true, all mail templates will be cleared of HTML tags or attributes not mentioned in the white list. This has been introduced to allow you to setup a more granular security definition.
• Web Detail Tab Definition:
  If the fielddefinition attribute 'refreshOnClick' is set to 'true', the content of any detail tab will be refreshed automatically each time you click on it. Business users will benefit from having always the current data available on the UI.
• GDSN
  There is a new Extension Point "com.heiler.ppm.gdsn.server.publicationStatusItemFinder" that allows to customize the logic where and how items are found on which a publication status should be written. This provides a possibility to capture GDSN responses from trading partners and the GS1 global registry also for scenarios where customers have deviated from the GDSN-Accelerator data model.
• Security HTTP response headers in SupplierPortal
  Several security-relevant HTTP response headers can now be configured for Supplier Portal in order to allow flexible alignments to potential security policies.
• Media Manager – Video Previews
  This release introduces the capability of the Product 360 Media Manager Web Application to show available video previews directly within the web browser and without any additional plugins needed.

In addition, a number of bug fixes were included in this release, please review the release notes for details.

Informatica MDM – Product 360 8.0.6 HF6 Release Notes

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The release includes the following:

• Export of test fields in HTML and XML files

         EscapeValue function can be used to prevent XSS attacks.

• Runtime

         With Java version 8.181 and higher, a new Java security mechanism is active by default

• New field IsOriginWorkflow in the Task table

The new field IsOriginWorkflow has been added to the table “Task”.

This field is a marker if the workflow task has been initially created by the workflow.

• Supplier Portal:

Support to use the Import Settings of an Import-Mapping

It is now possible to add a privacy page and custom pages to the supplier portal home page

• Repository – escape values in 1:n field types of type String
  Now it is possible to use semicolons in field of 1:n field types.

• Service API – fixed behavior for 1:n field types
  

In the past, when having a 1:1-field based on a 1:N-field type, the field value was returned with square brackets in Service API. This is now fixed.

• New Preferences for Richtext fields
  The setting com.heiler.ppm.richtext.server/richtext-html-cleaner is introduced in plugin_customuzation.ini. If set to true, all rich text fields will be cleared of HTML tags or attributes not mentioned in the white list.

• Web Detail Tab Definition:
  If the fielddefinition attribute 'refreshOnClick' is set to 'true', then the content of the detail tab will be refreshed on each time you click into it.

In addition, a number of bug fixes were included in this release, please review the release notes for details.

Informatica MDM – Product 360 8.1.0 HotFix 3 Release Notes

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The release includes the following:

• Upgrade of IDQ SDK: The embedded data quality rule engine has been updated to Informatica Data Quality 10.2.

• Supplier Portal: Support to use the Import Settings of an Import-Mapping. It is now possible to add a privacy page and custom pages
  to the supplier portal home page.

• MediaAsset: Changed possible values for media asset document derivatives (from Informatica Media Manager)

• Runtime: With Java version 8.181 and higher a new Java security mechanism is active by default.

In addition, a number of bug fixes were included in this release, please review the release notes for details.

Informatica MDM – Product 360 8.0.03 HotFix 7 Release Notes

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If you have questions, please contact Informatica Support.

Informatica MDM – Product 360 8.0.6 HF5 has been released to shipping and is available immediately.

The release includes the following:

• Upgrade of IDQ SDK

The embedded data quality rule engine has been updated to Informatica Data Quality 10.2.

• Supplier Portal:

Support to use the Import Settings of an Import-Mapping

It is now possible to add a privacy page and custom pages to the supplier portal home page

• MediaAsset:
      Changed possible values for media asset document derivatives (from Informatica Media Manager)
• Runtime

With Java version 8.181 and higher, a new Java security mechanism is active by default

In addition, a number of bug fixes were included in this release, please review the Release Notes for details.

Informatica MDM – Product 360 8.0.6 HotFix 5 Release Notes

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Informatica introduces the latest evolution of its product information management application:

Informatica MDM - Product 360 (Version 8.1.1)

Informatica's strategy is to strengthen the leading position of our Multidomain MDM solution for consolidating all master data domains and leveraging the potential of relationship insights across that data. Informatica wants to provide the most flexibility to our customers allowing them to adapt to future needs. For that, Informatica offers trusted master data fuelled applications for dedicated use cases, industries, and roles. One important use case is around enabling collaboration for new product introduction across all channels. Product information management is a mature and important discipline within Master Data Management.

Product 360 leverages the full power and capabilities of the Intelligent Data Platform and provides a unified user experience, built-in data quality engine, business process management, search and metadata, all inherited from the MDM architecture it's built on. This allows Informatica customers to start smart and grow fast, making it easy to adapt to both market changes and the competitive landscape.

Product 360 8.1.1 continues to deliver innovations to support your use cases. The key innovations are:

Informatica MDM - Product 360 Version 8.1.1 Release Notes

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