Last updated: February 21, 2012
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Thank you for using Embarcadero's ER/Studio Portal. This tool allows you to communicate your ER/Studio Repository metadata across the Enterprise in a browser-based reporting tool. This solution allows organizations to search, browse, and report on the information contained in the ER/Studio Repository. This Web interface:
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What's New
What's New in ER/Studio Portal 1.6.3
Submodel Export
The Synchronization process has been enhanced to only export images for submodels that have been modified. In previous versions, the Portal would export all submodel images for a diagram.
Multi-threaded PortalIntf.exe
The Synchronization process now runs at least two instances of PortalIntf.exe so that smaller diagrams can be processed asynchronously with large diagrams.
You can control the number of PortalInf.exe processes that run as follows:
In <install dir>/tomcat/webapps/ersportal/web-inf/ersportal-app.xml
:, locate the lines:
<property name="maxThreads" value="2" />
<property name="filterSubModelImages" value="true" /><bean id="syncProperties" class="com.embarcadero.embarcadero.erstudio.portal.etl.parallelrun.SyncProperties">
You can update maxThreads value to any number to create more PortalInf.exe threads. Setting maxThreads to 1 will disable the multi-threading.
You can change filterSubModelImages value to false to turn off the selective Submodel export functionality. In this case, the query won't run and, therefore, all submodel images will be generated.
What's New in ER/Studio Portal 1.6.2
Additional Operating System Support
ER/Studio Portal now supports Windows 2008 R2.
What's New in ER/Studio Portal 1.6
Additional Operating System Support
ER/Studio Portal now supports Windows 7, 64-bit mode in addition to 32-bit mode.
Increased Security
ER/Studio Portal now supports SSL communications between the client and ER/Studio Repository, and the Reporting and Solution Repositories running on Microsoft SQL Server platform.
Release Notes
Important Advisory Notes
Upgrade Notes
When a new version of ER/Studio Portal becomes available, you should upgrade to take advantage of the latest features and fixes. Also, when the ER/Studio Repository software is upgraded, you must upgrade the Portal. The Repository and Portal software releases are synchronized to ensure Portal users can take advantage of any Repository updates.
Upgrading the Portal requires a reinstallation of the Portal application. Follow the installation instructions in the Install Guide to accomplish this. Upgrading the Portal may be a lengthy process depending on how large the Portal database is.
Once the Portal application is upgraded, you must resynchronize the Portal with the Repository. ER/Studio upgrades usually require the diagrams to be updated to the latest version. Once the Repository diagrams have been updated, you'll need to synchronize the Portal Repository to ensure that it is up to date. For information on synchronizing the Portal, see the "Administrative Tasks" section of the User Guide.
Known Issues | RWP-210 | Errors and warnings related to parsing style sheets may appear in the browser error console (on Firefox), or the status bar (on Internet Explorer), when hovering over or traversing links in the portal. |
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RWP-412 | The Portal does not currently work properly with Microsoft SQL Server databases that have been configured to be case sensitive. |
RWP-426 | Clicking links in the Portal a second time, before a response from the first click has been received by the browser, results in an error message. |
RWP-431 | In Internet Explorer 7, text and layout in the Portal may become distorted if the text size is increased or decreased in the browser, either via the Page menu or by using the CTRL key in conjunction with the mouse wheel. |
RWP-472 | The icons at the top left and top right of the online help window may not show up correctly. This is typically due to a user preference setting in the Web browser. |
RWP-502 | The item selected from the 'Available Items' list cannot be changed after pressing the 'Back' button in the custom report builder. |
RWP-700 | In Internet Explorer 6, the vertical scroll bar in the Groups section of the custom report builder is no longer accessible after an element is added to a level. |
RWP-716 | The sort order is incorrect when Custom reports are sorted by sequence. |
RWP-730 | There will be a noticeable delay after the 'Run a Shared Report' or 'Shared Reports' link in the solution browser is clicked for the first time. |
Bug Fixes
Use your browser Find feature to locate a particular bug # or click a link below to see the issues addressed in a specific build.
Bugs Fixed in ER/Studio Portal 1.6.3
Bugs Fixed in ER/Studio Portal 1.6.2
Bugs Fixed in ER/Studio Portal 1.6.1
Bugs Fixed in ER/Studio Portal 1.6
Bugs Fixed in ER/Studio Portal 1.5.1
Bugs Fixed in ER/Studio Portal 1.5
Bugs Fixed in ER/Studio Portal 1.6.3 | |
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RWP-697 | User names are now case-insensitive on all DBMS platforms. |
RWP-1468 | The performance of the Portal Synchronization has been improved for large diagrams. |
RWP-1576 | The correct time is now displayed in the Status Update Date column when the Portal server is hosted on Windows 2008. |
RWP-1686 | The performance of the Portal Synchronization has been improved for large diagrams. |
RWP-1692 | URLs containing domain names are now preserved when adding a schedule to the Subscription page. |
RWP-1697 | URLs containing domain names are now preserved when generating Shared Reports. |
RWP-1703 | The Windows User account specified when installing on Windows 2008 is now verified as valid before installation continues. The same applies to changes to credentials in the Portal Configuration manager. |
RWP-1713 | The performance of the Portal Synchronization has been improved for large diagrams. |
RWP-1715 | URLs containing domain names are now preserved when generating Business and Technical shared reports. |
RWP-1724 | URLs containing domain names are now preserved after clicking on a chart in the Activity dashboard. |
Bugs Fixed in ER/Studio Portal 1.6.2 | |
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RWP-1704 | The Portal now properly synchronizes Comments when running on Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2. |
RWP-1686 | Performance has been improved when updating the Search Index during Synchronization. |
RWP-1678 | The Portal now properly synchronizes Diagrams when running on Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2. |
RWP-1665 | To address security issues, the version of Tomcat has been upgraded to 5.5.34. |
RWP-1596 | View columns are now displayed properly in the Explorer. |
RWP-1593 | The Portal now correctly synchronizes Workspaces containing External Data Objects that have no parent Data Source. |
RWP-1590 | The Status Update Date is now displayed properly when running on Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2. |
RWP-1587 | The Explorer tree is now displayed properly after completing a Synchronization. |
RWP-1586 | Encrypted passwords are now handled properly. |
RWP-1584 | Bound Attachments are now handled proeprly. |
RWP-1583 | Long object Definitions are now handled properly. |
RWP-1580 | The Configuration Manager now saves changes when running on Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2. |
RWP-1579 | Uninstall now works properly on Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2. |
RWP-1578 | The Tomcat Service is now installed properly on Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2. |
RWP-1575 | To avoid conflicts with other Apache services, the default Tomcat Shutdown Port has been changed. The Shutdown Port can also be specified during installation and using the Configuration Manager. |
RWP-1547 | Entity Definitions in Workspaces are now synchronizd properly. |
RWP-1544 | The Portal now synchronizes properly on non-US systems. |
RWP-1542 | The Configuration Manager now properly saves changes to the Tomcat Port. |
RWP-1452 | The Portal now properly synchronizes Data Lineage in diagrams that have more than 32767 attributes. |
RWP-1400 | The Portal longer displays a "Page has expired" message when using the Back button in Windows Internet Explorer. |
Bugs Fixed in ER/Studio Portal 1.6.1 | |
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RWP-1568 | Custom Reports is no longer missing the icon on the Reports page. |
RWP-1554 | Numerous security vulnerabilities reported by IBM Appscan have been removed. |
RWP-1539 | Port connections to ER/Studio Repository are now closed correctly and no longer cause diagram synchronization to fail. |
RWP-1524 | A duplicate comment is no longer created on an Enterprise Data Dictionary (EDD) when a second diagram is bound to the EDD. |
RWP-1525 | Synchronization no longer logs errors when a diagram belongs to multiple projects in ER/Studio Repository. |
RWP-1455 | Portal configuration file, installconfig.properties no longer contains passwords in plain text format. |
Bugs Fixed in ER/Studio Portal 1.6 | ||
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RWP-1412 | The Portal can now interpret HTML tags in Domain Definition and Notes fields and correctly displays the formatted text. | |
RWP-1413 | Report definitions and notes fields now support 100,000 characters when the Portal databases are running on the Oracle platform. 4000 character limit still imposed for other database platforms supported by the Portal. | |
RWP-1455 | Passwords are now encrypted in the installconfig.properties file. | |
RWP-1486 | Encrypted Communications can now be enabled for communications between the Portal server, the ER/Studio Repository, and the ER/Studio Portal Solution and Reporting repositories when these repositories are running on the Microsoft SQL Server platform. |
Bugs Fixed in ER/Studio Portal 1.5.1 | |
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RWP-1344 | The NO ACCESS role now works correctly for ER/Studio BA workspaces. |
RWP-1351 | Portal server now starts up propertly after reconfiging the LDAP information. |
RWP-1374 | TS: SYNCH_ADMIN: Synch errors no long occur after deleting a diagram. |
Bugs Fixed in ER/Studio Portal 1.5 | |
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RWP-307 | Drill-down reports now include a navigation trail ("bread crumb") indicating the object hirerarchy. |
RWP-483 | SQL Server named instances are now supported for the Repository, Solution, and Reporting databases. |
RWP-531 | Diagram synchronization processes are now terminated if not complete after three hours. |
RWP-564 | A 'Dictionary Name' property has been added to the custom report business model for dictionaries. |
RWP-589 | Submodel images now include hyperlinks to detail reports. |
RWP-604 | It is now possible to link dictionary objects to diagram objects in custom reports. |
RWP-696 | The 'Domain Bindings' standard report now includes an option to select the Enterprise Data Dictionary for the data model. |
RWP-1054 | The Explore dashboard now provides thumbnail previews of submodel images. |
RWP-1055 | It is now possible to hide or show details on the HTML search results page. |
RWP-1133 | Korean characters are now displayed correctly in the Portal. |
RWP-1205 | The Portal now correctly synchronizes UDT's in customer model. |
RWP-1210 | Correct sort is now displayed in the connection activity page. |
RWP-1215 | Report wizard now supports nested projects that have same name. |
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