Changes (9.6.1 HotFix 3)
This section describes changes in version 9.6.1 HotFix 3.
Metadata Manager
This section describes changes to Metadata Manager in version 9.6.1 HotFix 3.
Business Glossary Resources
Effective in version 9.6.1 HotFix 3, Business Glossary resources have behavior changes.
Business Glossary resources have the following behavior changes:
- Privileges required to load Business Glossary resources
Effective in 9.6.1 HotFix 3, to load Business Glossary resources, you need the Load Resource, Manage Resource, and View Model privileges.
Previously, to load Business Glossary resources, you needed the Load Resource and Manage Models privileges for the Metadata Manager Service.
- Migrating related catalog objects after upgrade
Effective in version 9.6.1 HotFix 3, do not run the mmcmd migrateBGLinks command after you upgrade a business glossary from version 9.5.x. The migrateBGLinks command restores related catalog objects for upgraded business glossaries. The command now runs automatically the first time that you load a Business Glossary resource after upgrade.
Previously, you had to run the migrateBGLinks command as the last step in the upgrade process for business glossaries.
- Related catalog objects for categories
Effective in version 9.6.1 HotFix 3, you cannot create related catalog objects for categories. You can still create related catalog objects for business terms.
Previously, you could relate categories to other categories or to business glossaries in Metadata Manager, but you could not relate categories to other metadata objects. If you did create category to category or category to glossary relationships in Metadata Manager, Metadata Manager did not update these relationships in the Analyst tool business glossary.
To create term to term, term to category, category to term, or category to category relationships, use the Analyst tool.
- Property names that contain special characters
Effective in 9.6.1 HotFix 3, Metadata Manager can load Business Glossary resources that contain custom properties with special characters in the name. However, Metadata Manager does not extract custom properties that contain special characters in the name.
Specifically, Metadata Manager does not extract custom properties with names that contain any of the following special characters:
~ ' & * ( ) [ ] | \ : ; " ' < > , ? /
Previously, if you tried to load a Business Glossary resource that contained custom properties with any of these characters in the name, the load failed.
Metadata Manager Reports
Effective in version 9.6.1 HotFix 3, when you restart the domain, you no longer have to recycle the Metadata Manager Service to enable the View Reports button. If the domain contains a Reporting and Dashboards Service, the View Reports button is always enabled.
Previously, when you restarted the domain, you had to recycle the Metadata Manager Service to enable the View Reports button.
Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services Resources
Effective in version 9.6.1 HotFix 3, the property that controls how Metadata Manager displays lineage for Script components that are used as transformations is renamed to Hide transformation scripts.
Previously, the property was called Transformation scripts.
Informatica Transformations
This section describes the changes to the Informatica transformations in version 9.6.1HotFix 3.
Address Validator Transformation
This section describes the changes to the Address Validator transformation.
- •Effective in version 9.6.1 HotFix 3, the Address Validator transformation uses version 5.7.0 of the Informatica Address Doctor software engine. The engine enables the features that Informatica adds to the Address Validator transformation in version 9.6.1 HotFix 3.
Previously, the transformation used version 5.6.0 of the Informatica Address Doctor software engine.
- •Effective in version 9.6.1 HotFix 3, you can configure the Address Validator transformation to return the locality information in Switzerland addresses in French, German, or Italian. To set the language, use the Preferred Language property.
Previously, the Address Validator transformation returned all information in a Switzerland address in the main language of the region to which the address belonged.
- •Effective in version 9.6.1 HotFix 3, the Address Validator transformation returns rooftop-level geocodes for addresses in the United Kingdom that do not include house numbers or building number.
Previously, the transformation returned rooftop-level geocodes for United Kingdom addresses that include house numbers or building numbers.
Data Processor Transformation
This section describes the changes to the Data Processor transformation.
XmlToXlsx with Template
The XmlToXlsx document processor converts XML documents to Microsoft Excel .xlsx format. Effective in version 9.6.1 HotFix 3, the XmlToXlsx document processor can optionally use an .xlsx template with the XML document to generate the .xlsx document. Previously, you could generate an .xlsx document based on an XML document.
Business Glossary
This section describes changes to Business Glossary in version 9.6.1 HotFix 3.
- Business Glossary Export File
- Effective in version 9.6.1 HotFix 3, the order of worksheets in the Business Glossary export file is rearranged. The sheets that are not recommended to be altered in Microsoft Excel are not visible. A home page in the export file provides a brief description of each worksheet.
Previously, there were no hidden worksheets and no home page in the export file.
- Business Glossary Security
A user who is assigned the Manage Glossaries privilege in the Analyst tool for a particular glossary cannot perform user and role management for any other glossary.
Previously, a user who was assigned the Manage Glossaries privilege in the Analyst tool could modify the permissions and privileges of a user for any glossary.
- Glossary Import
When you import a glossary that is not present in Business Glossary, the Analyst tool creates the glossary during import.
Previously, if wanted to import a glossary that was not present in Business Glossary, you first needed to create the glossary in the Analyst tool before importing the glossary contents from the export file.
When you import a glossary, the Analyst tool automatically populates the custom properties which are present in the glossary with values from the export file. The Analyst tool also attaches the custom properties to the relevant templates, even if the custom properties were not attached to any template before the import process.
Previously, the Analyst tool did not populate the custom properties with information from the export file, when they were not attached to any template.
- Synonyms
- Synonyms in business terms have the following changed behavior:
- - You can remove or modify the retirement date that you have set for the Synonym property.
- - You do not have to use the date picker to set the start date and retirement date. You can manually set the date, but it must be in the format determined by the locale of the installation.
- - You can see the create date of a synonym when you open a business term.
Previously, you could not remove or modify the retirement date. You could only use the date picker to set the date. You could not view the create date in the business term.