Archer 2024.09 Release Notes
Archer announces the release of Archer 2024.09, which includes new and updated features, and fixed issues.
Release Notes are available in English only.
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Release dates
This release is available to SaaS customers in the Archer SaaS Non-Production area on September 16, 2024 and the Archer SaaS Production area on September 30, 2024.For Archer SaaS information see Archer SaaS Resources.
This release is available to Archer on-premises customers on October 10, 2024.
What's new - Platform
Multi-report widget to support up to 15 reports
Multi-report widgets now support up to 15 reports. For more information on widgets, see Creating and Managing Widgets in the Platform Help.
Users can now share personal reports with selected team members without needing administrator assistance while saving or creating the reports. For information on sharing reports, see Using the Report Listing: Share a report in the Platform Help.
Global Values List - Other and Description updates
The Other option defaults to 5 lines and empty 'Other Text' .
The Description is a simple text field with 500 character limit.
Users can continue to import to add rich text data to Descriptions, update the number of lines ,or have a default ‘Other Text’.
For information on the global values list, see Adding Global Values Lists in the Platform Help.
The system fields, Workflow Job Status, Workflow Current Node, and Workflow Process Version cannot be tracked in the history log.
For information on history log fields, see Advanced Workflow: History log in the Platform Help.
Data feed notifications can be set to only send failure notifications.
A new role, Deleted Record Auditor, has been added. The Deleted Record Auditor and the Archer Administrator roles can use the Archer Deleted Content API (deletedcontent) to capture an audit trail that specifies which records were deleted from the system. The audit trail will include details on the deletion of records and include content ID, module and level ID, deletion date/time, and userid for who deleted the record.
For information on the deletedcontent API call, see "Retrieve a log of deleted content" in the API Help (https://help.archerirm.cloud/api_2024_09/en-us/content/api/restfulapi/segmentsresources/deletedcontent.htm).
Icon permissions modifications
API permission check for the /api/V2/internal/Graphics/DeleteByType endpoint has been modified to include a check for icons. The permission check for icons is also applied to the Manage System Appearance UI page.
Deprecation of external links file protocol
As previously announced, we are removing support in this release for File:// External Links as Browser vendors have removed support for this functionality. Upon upgrade, clients with File external links will find File is no longer an option from any areas of the product where an External Link Field can be created. For any existing links, the data is preserved on the Record page so the links can be copied and used in another tool for access. Clients have the ability to edit the links and change them to another protocol and URL reference. As part of the changes, Quick Links will no longer support links of this type. For existing Quick Links the file protocol option will be hidden, the existing link data will display but it will not be editable. A different protocol must to selected to edit the URL. Until altered, Quick Links with the file protocol links will appear in classic or Next Gen Dashboards but the removal of the browser functionality will prevent them from working.
There are places in Archer where clients can add links and may have chosen to use file:// links. Archer recommends clients alter these links as they will no longer work under the browser functionality changes. These types of links may have been configured in
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Text area fields via the Insert link option from the Rich Text Editor
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Insert file link in Notification body
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Insert file link in custom iViews
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Rich Text Editor Admin pages
A limit has been applied to Nested Values lists. If a Values List exceeds the nested limit the following error message is received:
An error message is logged to the W3WP logs that mentions “SerializationException”. The corresponding log message includes the field name that caused the exception to occur.
Archer recommends leaving the default limit of 500 in place for on-premises installations. A new setting, JSON Serializer Recursion Limit, has been added in the ACP under Other Settings, where It can be changed.
This feature is only available in English. It will be translated to other languages in a future release.
An iView has been added to the Administrator Dashboard to display the current Database Storage utilization and the Licensed Storage Limit on an instance.
The version of TinyMCE has been upgraded to v7.2.1 from TinyMCE 5.x. As part of their updates, TinyMCE has removed support for a plugin called fullpage, which changes the inner rich text to be a full page of html including the tags. This change may transform content produced by TinyMCE 5.x.
To address this, Archer has created a plugin for TinyMCE, that we will maintain going forward. Following upgrade to this release, content created/updated as a result of the TinyMCE 7 upgrade will be flagged with <!-- TinyVersion X.X.X -->. More details are provided in this Roadmap blog.
The Data Import Listing pages have had cosmetic UI changes. The functionality on the pages remains the same.
Deprecated features - Platform
The Offline Access feature is officially deprecated. The content for the feature will be removed from the Help in a future release.
What's new - Solutions
Resilience Management Solution
The Resilience Management solution has been updated to meet the CPS230 regulatory requirements including the following:
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Linked third-party engagement, risk and impact tolerances to business processes and product and services.
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Updated the calculation for Business Process MPTD for product and services.
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Updated the BIA specific to business processes.
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Updated the BIA archive feed.
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Redefined business process MTPD to always be the lowest MTPD from impact tolerances.
See the updated Help:
Fixed issues
The attached document contains a list of issues that are fixed in this release: Fixed Issues
Release summary
Release: 2024.09
Availability:
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SaaS customers: Archer SaaS Non-Production area on September 16, 2024 and the Archer SaaS Production area on September 30, 2024.
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On-premises customers: October 10, 2024.
Fixes: This update contains fixes for the Archer Platform.
Languages: Available in these supported languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, and simplified Chinese
Recommendation for on-premises customers: Apply the latest update. All releases are cumulative. If you are running Archer Release 6.2 or earlier, you must first upgrade to Archer Release 6.8 and then upgrade to this latest release. To obtain Release 6.8, please contact your account representative or open a support case.
End of Primary Support: Archer has a defined End of Primary Support policy associated with all major versions. For additional details, refer to the Product Version Lifecycle.
Important: The content in this document is believed to be accurate at the time of publication. This content may change at any time without notice.