New features and enhancements

The October 2024 release of Business 360 Console includes the following new features and enhancements.

Watch the What's New video to learn about the new features and enhancements in the October 2024 release.

Basic rule associations

You can configure basic rule associations to run even if input fields are empty. MDM SaaS runs basic rule associations on the configured fields even if users don’t provide values for these fields.

For more information about configuring basic rule associations, Adding basic rule associations.

Egress jobs

You can now run egress jobs that use Business 360 FEP Connector to export match pairs. Additionally, when you export master records, you can also export the identifier details of their source records, such as source primary key and source system, by using the xrefLinks field group. You can also export dynamic field definitions and dynamic field values.

For more information about defining an egress job and exporting match pairs, see Defining egress jobs and Match pairs.

For more information about creating mappings for exporting match pairs and master records and the identifier details of the associated source records, see Mapping for exporting match pairs and Mapping for exporting master records and the identifier details of the associated source records in Data Integration.

Data enrichment

You can now configure rule associations to enrich records with data from external data providers. You can display the data from these data providers as CLAIRE recommendations. Also, you can choose to enrich specific fields of records or classify records within a hierarchy.

For more information about configuring data enrichment, see Configuring rule associations for data enrichment

Validation errors

You can now ingress and egress records with validation errors. When you create a business entity, you can configure the business entity to save records with validation errors. Ensure that you purge the existing data before data validation is enabled and then ingress records with validation errors.

For more information about configuring business entity, see Business entity properties.

Match and merge jobs

When you define match and merge jobs, you can now skip the group potential matches step. If the declarative rules in the match model uses automated merge strategy, you can skip the step.

For more information about defining match and merge jobs, see Defining match and merge jobs.

Date and time fields

When you design custom pages, you can now configure date and time fields to use the format that the browser locale uses.

For more information about designing custom pages, see Designing custom pages.

Business IDs

When you configure a business ID format for business entities, you can now specify an alphanumeric prefix for alphanumeric business IDs and an offset value for numeric business IDs. The newly created business IDs start at the offset value, excluding the prefix. Additionally, after a data purge, you can reuse the business IDs that the purged data used.

For more information about business IDs, see Identifiers.

Enhanced Create Match and Merge Job Instance API

In addition to the match and merge option, the Create Match and Merge Job Instance API now allows you the following options:

For more information about the Create Match and Merge Job Instance API, see Create Match and Merge Job Instance.

Recalculate trust scores

You can now recalculate the trust scores for active master records after you update the survivorship configuration. Use the reprocess master data job to recalculate the trust scores.

For more information about the reprocess master data job, see Defining reprocess master data jobs.

For more information about the post-upgrade steps to reprocess master data, see Post-upgrade tasks for the October 2024 release.

New business entity icons

You can now use the new icons when you create or edit custom business entities. The predefined business entities are updated with the new icons. The new icons comply with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) standards. The existing icons are deprecated. However, you can continue to use them for existing custom business entities.

For more information about business entities, see Business entity properties .

Custom reports

In business applications, you can now generate reports and filter records based on fields that are blank.

For more information about reports based on master records, see Custom report types.

Search enhancements

In business applications, you can now search for and filter records with fields that are blank. You can also search for records with fields that aren't blank or contain values that match the search term.

You can also use the Search REST API to search for records with fields that are blank or those that contain values by using the IS_MISSING and IS_NOT_MISSING filter comparators in requests.

For more information about searching for records in business applications and using the Search REST API, see Using filtered search to find records and Search API.

For more information about the post-upgrade tasks that you must perform to get additional filter values, see Post-upgrade tasks for the October 2024 release.

Dynamic pool

You can now create a dynamic pool in a tree view modeling layout for easier navigation. Use the find box to quickly find fields and modify dynamic fields. Experience faster loading times when you manage numerous fields.