These are the 54 updates to step in version 2024.3, sorted with newest version first:

step-2024.3-2025-01-09-14-17-45

This supersedes 2024.3-2025-01-09-13-41-57 and earlier versions.

Fix for context not available error in the Web UI (ISSUE-750271, HOTFIX-8037)

Now, context / workspace from a Web UI URL will be properly decoded, which will fix a reason for wrong error messages about incorrect context / workspace ID.

step-2024.3-2025-01-09-13-41-57

This supersedes 2024.3-2025-01-09-11-50-11 and earlier versions.

Fix for three IIEPs running at same time because of two app servers (HOTFIX-7968, ISSUE-744923, HOTFIX-8005)

For multi-queue environments, we added the ability to serialize specific background process queues.

step-2024.3-2025-01-09-11-50-11

This supersedes 2024.3-2025-01-09-11-29-14 and earlier versions.

Fix for ETIM Compare Screen takes too long to load (loads all ETIM attributes in background) (HOTFIX-8034, ISSUE-743637)

Improved performance for the Compare Records screen with Show Only Valid and Render Only Valid set.

step-2024.3-2025-01-09-11-29-14

This supersedes 2024.3-2025-01-09-10-47-59 and earlier versions.

Fix for invalid server-side delivery parameter name: FileNameTemplate Exception (ISSUE-749527, HOTFIX-8035)

Now, server-side delivery will work correctly with Smartsheet export format.

step-2024.3-2025-01-09-10-47-59

This supersedes 2024.3-2025-01-08-11-05-02 and earlier versions.

Fix for cannot access packaging in packaging hierarchy editor (HOTFIX-8030, ISSUE-748236)

Enabled choosing next packaging item in the packaging hierarchy editor in Web UI.

step-2024.3-2025-01-08-11-05-02

This supersedes 2024.3-2025-01-07-13-49-29 and earlier versions.

Fix for context not available error in the Web UI (ISSUE-750271, HOTFIX-8032)

Now, context / workspace from a Web UI URL will be properly decoded, which will fix a reason for wrong error messages about incorrect context / workspace ID.

Added diagnostic data after issue with upgrade to 2024.3 - After DEV InDesign upgrade Proof View not working in Web UI (ISSUE-746619, HOTFIX-8028)

Additional diagnostic data has been added to help diagnose the root cause of the problem where Proof View is throwing an internal error.

step-2024.3-2025-01-07-13-49-29

This supersedes 2024.3-2025-01-06-11-57-44 and earlier versions.

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Fix for 2024.3 workbench translation is not correct (HOTFIX-8025, ISSUE-743289)

Fixed French translation of STEP Workbench.

step-2024.3-2025-01-06-11-57-44

This supersedes 2024.3-2025-01-03-18-33-28 and earlier versions.

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Fix for Japanese characters get garbled when using the Simple Importer Widget (ISSUE-737937, HOTFIX-8023)

Introduced a possibility to change the default encoding of CSV files imported via the Import Widget on a Web UI Homepage. To change this encoding, contact Stibo Systems Support.

step-2024.3-2025-01-03-18-33-28

This supersedes 2024.3-2025-01-03-10-39-08 and earlier versions.

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Fix for Asset Reference is editable for read-only user in Variant List tab (HOTFIX-8022, ISSUE-745270)

Now, the Table Header References component will be shown as read only for users who do not have privileges to add / delete references.

step-2024.3-2025-01-03-10-39-08

This supersedes 2024.3-2025-01-03-08-43-07 and earlier versions.

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Fix for unable to work with views because not all attributes being displayed (ISSUE-750113, HOTFIX-8019)

Fixed a problem where an attribute value header was hidden if it was not valid for the first item displayed on an Advanced Search screen in Web UI.

step-2024.3-2025-01-03-08-43-07

This supersedes 2024.3-2025-01-02-16-44-29 and earlier versions.

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Fix and RCA: STEP went unavailable (HOTFIX-7979, ISSUE-745333)

Fixed a memory leak related to a business function used during the numerous parallel web service invocations.

step-2024.3-2025-01-02-16-44-29

This supersedes 2024.3-2024-12-27-12-01-26 and earlier versions.

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Fix for incorrect date in the State Log in workbench (HOTFIX-8020, ISSUE-745819)

Fixed problem that occurred when the state transition date was shown incorrectly in the STEP Workbench.

step-2024.3-2024-12-27-12-01-26

This supersedes 2024.3-2024-12-20-10-18-47 and earlier versions.

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Fix for wrong filename causing error (event based endpoint) (ISSUE-746698, HOTFIX-8012)

With multiple batches in an event based endpoint, the customer got the same name on the millisecond, causing duplicate file name issues in the downstream system. The endpoint failed and stopped running. To fix this, a new substitution variable ($uuid) that can be used to ensure unique file names are generated in delivery plugins was added. As an example, the format of these uuid are like "d36c9b1a-4c69-47e2-baa8-336af2e299e8".

Fix for wrong products are being added to BMECAT 1.2 export (ISSUE-747658, HOTFIX-8000)

Fixed a problem where the wrong products were being added to BMECAT 1.2 export.

step-2024.3-2024-12-20-10-18-47

This supersedes 2024.3-2024-12-19-14-03-43 and earlier versions.

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Fix for SaaS DAMRDM - Unable to catch the error on Image conversion (ISSUE-745116, HOTFIX-8003)

Added additional logging to find out which exception to whitelist.

step-2024.3-2024-12-19-14-03-43

This supersedes 2024.3-2024-12-16-11-52-25 and earlier versions.

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Fix for inconsistent approval status after partial approve (ISSUE-703402, HOTFIX-8008)

There was a problem with the "create references" call. It did not properly rollback the changes in case of an error. This is now fixed.

step-2024.3-2024-12-16-11-52-25

This supersedes 2024.3-2024-12-13-14-55-17 and earlier versions.

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Fix for EM in IIEPs (ISSUE-745253, HOTFIX-7999)

Fixed a problem occurring when hotfolder cache was not respecting the IN folders. If different IIEPs used the same hotfolder with different IN subfolders, a cache file was used by all of them, which lead to unexpected errors.

step-2024.3-2024-12-13-14-55-17

This supersedes 2024.3-2024-12-13-14-34-30 and earlier versions.

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HOTFIX-7986 (ISSUE-85489, HOTFIX-7986)

Hotfix HOTFIX-7986 doesn't have an approved description, yet.

step-2024.3-2024-12-13-14-34-30

This supersedes 2024.3-2024-12-11-13-57-47 and earlier versions.

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HOTFIX-7998 (ISSUE-82835, RDSUP-360, HOTFIX-7998)

Hotfix HOTFIX-7998 doesn't have an approved description, yet.

step-2024.3-2024-12-11-13-57-47

This supersedes 2024.3-2024-12-11-13-53-55 and earlier versions.

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Fix and RCA : STEP monitoring alert (ISSUE-747116, HOTFIX-7981)

Fixed a problem where it was not possible to save an LOV value with an ID via a Reference Metadata header.

step-2024.3-2024-12-11-13-53-55

This supersedes 2024.3-2024-12-11-13-28-54 and earlier versions.

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Fix for incorrect count on search result (ISSUE-741690, HOTFIX-7980)

When doing a search that returns more results than can be displayed, the total number of results reported could be higher than the actual number of results. This has been fixed.

step-2024.3-2024-12-11-13-28-54

This supersedes 2024.3-2024-12-09-12-13-04 and earlier versions.

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Added diagnostic data after issue with upgrade to 2024.3 - After DEV InDesign upgrade Proof View not working in Web UI (ISSUE-746619, HOTFIX-7985)

Additional diagnostic data has been added to help diagnose the root cause of the problem where Proof View is throwing an internal error.

step-2024.3-2024-12-09-12-13-04

This supersedes 2024.3-2024-12-06-13-28-50 and earlier versions.

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Fix for upgrade to 2024.3 - White banner blocking Asset ID display in Web UI (ISSUE-747021, HOTFIX-7975)

Fixed incorrect styling for missing object types icons in the Web UI Tree Navigator.

step-2024.3-2024-12-06-13-28-50

This supersedes 2024.3-2024-12-06-09-39-25 and earlier versions.

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Fix for read-only issue in Web UI Multi Language Screen (HOTFIX-7971, ISSUE-743885)

Fixed a problem that occurred when conditional events from business conditions were not applied correctly on the Web UI's Multi Language Screens.

step-2024.3-2024-12-06-09-39-25

This supersedes 2024.3-2024-12-05-12-56-05 and earlier versions.

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Fix for incorrect date in the State Log in workbench (ISSUE-745819, HOTFIX-7966)

Fixed problem that occurred when the state transition date was shown incorrectly in the STEP Workbench.

step-2024.3-2024-12-05-12-56-05

This supersedes 2024.3-2024-12-03-15-43-00 and earlier versions.

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Fix and RCA evaluation for STEP is unavailable (PROD) (HOTFIX-7970, ISSUE-747289)

Added timeout to LoqateCloudEnhancedAddressQuality and LoqateCloudAddressQuality business rule plugins, with default set to 30 seconds. In order to change the timeout value, please contact Stibo Systems Support.

step-2024.3-2024-12-03-15-43-00

This supersedes 2024.3-2024-12-02-07-12-36 and earlier versions.

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Fix for decouple "Find missing values" checkbox in Search Panel from the "Allow Search For Blank" checkbox in the Value Criteria configuration (ISSUE-745418, HOTFIX-7962)

The following problems have been fixed: - Now, a search button on a Search Panel will be enabled even if the "Allow Search for Blank" design mode parameter is not enabled for Value Search Criteria. - For Object Type criteria, a None label design mode parameter is correctly replacing the "-1" option in the object type list. - If the None label is not set for Object type criteria, a localizable "None" option will be shown instead of "-1".

Fix for disconnected session during attempt to remove RemoveAssetDimensionDependencyID - SaaS (HOTFIX-7967, ISSUE-745441)

When running on Cassandra, changing the dimension dependencies of assets could sometimes fail. This has been fixed.

step-2024.3-2024-12-02-07-12-36

This supersedes 2024.3-2024-11-28-12-27-58 and earlier versions.

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Fix for issue with selecting 'hamburger' button options (HOTFIX-7956, ISSUE-743522)

Fixed a problem that occurred when the Node Picker form in Excel Smartsheets was not initialized correctly on Macs.

step-2024.3-2024-11-28-12-27-58

This supersedes 2024.3-2024-11-28-11-26-09 and earlier versions.

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Fix for performance issues related to Advanced Search (ISSUE-743416, HOTFIX-7940)

Now, on the Web UI's Advanced Search screen, limits on filtering will be the same as those applied to the entire Advanced Search screen to prevent Out Of Memory issues. Previously, Advanced Search filters were not limited at all and this could lead to extensive memory consumption for huge searches.

step-2024.3-2024-11-28-11-26-09

This supersedes 2024.3-2024-11-27-11-53-00 and earlier versions.

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Fix for failure to correctly import .srf files consistently (HOTFIX-7945, ISSUE-738859)

System properties for assets are now set even when the asset has no content.

step-2024.3-2024-11-27-11-53-00

This supersedes 2024.3-2024-11-20-16-08-54 and earlier versions.

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Fix for different answers from Smartsheet (ISSUE-710343, HOTFIX-7941)

Fixed a problem that occurred when a "Missing unit" error thrown during Smartsheet validation was not shown for multi-valued attributes.

Fix for localization ISO Date issue (ISSUE-745072, HOTFIX-7942)

Fixed an unexpected error on the Web UI Node Editor that occurred when evaluating business conditions. In cases where the attribute was both bound to the Data Container ISO date / ISO date-time attribute, and configured to display in the Web UI with the Enable Local Locale Formatting option setting activated in the Globally Configured Multi Edit Data Container component, the error occurred. This has been fixed.

Fix for Web UI thumbnail issue (HOTFIX-7939, ISSUE-743489)

Fixed a problem occurring on Web UI Node List screens in which thumbnails displayed as larger than configured.

Fix for unexpected UniqueKeyViolation error (HOTFIX-7946, ISSUE-740246)

An error prompted by a key error has been addressed so that the error notification is now more explanatory.

step-2024.3-2024-11-20-16-08-54

This supersedes 2024.3-2024-11-20-13-59-32 and earlier versions.

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HOTFIX-7932 (HOTFIX-7932, HOTFIX-7933)

Hotfix HOTFIX-7932 doesn't have an approved description, yet.

Fix for Special Treatment Class not exporting correctly in BMEcat Catalog (ISSUE-738244)

Fixed a problem in which an empty element incorrectly exported empty calculated values.

Fix for incorrect reading of PDF XMP metadata with multi-byte characters (ISSUE-726516)

Fixed parser for PDF XMP metadata with multi-byte characters. Now, multi-byte characters are read properly.

step-2024.3-2024-11-20-13-59-32

This supersedes 2024.3-2024-11-15-12-55-04 and earlier versions.

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Fix for an asset push configuration that cannot be deleted (ISSUE-663783)

Deleting an asset push configuration linked to a large number of assets could fail with a SnapshotTooOld exception. This has been fixed.

Fix for an unexpected system administration error message (ISSUE-739619)

An unexpected error occurred when an incorrect value for an attribute with an input mask enabled was entered. Improved error messages have been implemented when a business condition on the Web UI Node Editor screen fails with the validation exception. Now, instead of "Unexpected error," a more informative error message will display.

Fix for scroll bar issue for dependency table (ISSUE-743209)

After an upgrade to 2024.3, dependencies are not visible when more than three are set for business rules as no scroll bar is accessible to view the additional dependencies. The issue was fixed by enabling a scroll bar for the dependency table.

Fix for Multi Workspace Screen (ISSUE-742113)

Now, the Hide Equal toolbar action on the Web UI Multi Workspace screen will be applied to configured Reference table headers.

Fix for IIEP failing with a strange message (ISSUE-741731)

Fixed a problem occurring when reading a hotfolder cache with a corrupted line could cause an IIEP to be completely unusable. Now, these lines will be ignored, and the IIEP will continue processing files.

Fix for datasheet PDF creation by ensuring alternate link target only works on same super type (ISSUE-740085)

Fixed problem with datasheet PDF creation where an alternate link target would only work on nodes of the same super type.

Fix for datasheet PDF creation by ensuring alternate link target only works on same super type (HOTFIX-7927)

Fixed problem with datasheet PDF creation where an alternate link target would only work on nodes of the same super type.

Fix for 'State Log' tab showing incorrect time (ISSUE-687076)

Fixed time display on 'State Log' tab to ensure it is shown in the local time zone.

Fix for Outbound Integration Event Filter: Does not trigger in main at all (ISSUE-743127)

Fixed a problem occurring when Main events were not triggered for OIEP because its Event Queue still had an Approved triggering workspace configured. Now, changing a triggering workspace for OIEP will correctly synchronize a triggering workspace with OIEP event queue.

Fix for Outbound Integration Event Filter: Does not trigger in Main workspace at all (HOTFIX-7929)

Fixed a problem occurring when Main events were not triggered for OIEP because its Event Queue still had an Approved triggering workspace configured. Now, changing a triggering workspace for OIEP will correctly synchronize a triggering workspace with OIEP event queue.

step-2024.3-2024-11-15-12-55-04

This supersedes 2024.3-2024-11-14-16-18-08 and earlier versions.

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HOTFIX-7928 (HOTFIX-7928)

Hotfix HOTFIX-7928 doesn't have an approved description, yet.

Fix for Can't create data containers for some LOV values in certain language (ISSUE-741761)

Fixed problem, when it was not possible to save Data Container values with comma as a separator for German locale in Add Data Container dialog.

step-2024.3-2024-11-14-16-18-08

This supersedes 2024.3-2024-11-13-13-41-29 and earlier versions.

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HOTFIX-7919 (HOTFIX-7919)

Hotfix HOTFIX-7919 doesn't have an approved description, yet.

Fix for SaaS DAMRDM - "Max number of nodes" parameter not working (ISSUE-737980)

Now an error message will be shown if a number of selected items on a Node List exceeds the Maximum Number of Nodes parameter, configured for Run Business Action, when user clicks on an enabled Run Business Action toolbar action.

Fix for SaaS DAMRDM - "Max number of nodes" parameter not working (HOTFIX-7925)

Now an error message will be shown if a number of selected items on a Node List exceeds the Maximum Number of Nodes parameter, configured for Run Business Action, when user clicks on an enabled Run Business Action toolbar action.

Fix for SaaS DAMRDM - log "Failed while trying to collect garbage in Cassandra" (ISSUE-736043)

Fix for InMemory component: In some cases, the Cassandra garbage collector could fail with a StackOverflowError. This has been fixed. HOTFIX-7919: Additional checks of the input for "Merging LOV Values in Bulk" has been added. A line is rejected if a value was used as source value earlier in the file.

step-2024.3-2024-11-13-13-41-29

This supersedes 2024.3-2024-11-12-15-56-33 and earlier versions.

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Fix for potential issue with screen load times (ISSUE-739079)

Fixed a performance problem on a Web UI Node List with a huge attribute group configured under the Table Header Value group and Show Only Valid attributes options selected. To apply a performance fix, a certain property needs to be enabled. Contact Stibo Systems Support to do that.

Fix for unexpected error while creating a supplier (ISSUE-737988)

Backported an existing fix to NullPointerException when retrieving thumbnail asset to 2023.4mp1.

HOTFIX-7915 (HOTFIX-7924, HOTFIX-7915, HOTFIX-7917, HOTFIX-7921)

Hotfix HOTFIX-7915 doesn't have an approved description, yet.

Fix for upload method on asset import configuration cannot get correct file extension (ISSUE-741688)

An error occurred in which assets imported via the Asset Importer would get the wrong extension. This has been fixed.

Fix for potential issue with screen load times (HOTFIX-7913)

Fixed a performance problem on a Web UI Node List involving a large attribute group configured under the Table Header Value group with the Show Only Valid attributes option selected. To apply a performance fix, a property must be enabled. Contact Stibo Systems Support to enable the property.

Fix for Matching EVP Failure. (HOTFIX-7912)

Fixed problem, when Potential Duplicate sanity checker, that is supposes to remove invalid potential duplicate relations, was throwing an exception when running in parallel matching.

Fix for matching EVP failure (ISSUE-731324)

Fixed a problem in which a process designed to check for and remove invalid potential duplicates was throwing an exception when running in parallel matching.

Fix for Action expansion button visible only after zoom in or zoom out in the Web UI (ISSUE-741744)

Fix for error preventing visibility of all configured Menu Groups in toolbar in Web UI when navigating to the corresponding screen for a first time.

step-2024.3-2024-11-12-15-56-33

This supersedes 2024.3-2024-11-08-14-41-04 and earlier versions.

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HOTFIX-7920 (HOTFIX-7920)

Hotfix HOTFIX-7920 doesn't have an approved description, yet.

Fix for Datasheet PDF Creation OIEP not using ID and Name (HOTFIX-7909)

Fixed a problem with the Datasheet PDF Creation outbound integration endpoint (OIEP) in which ID and Name were not being processed due to an invalid name.

Fix for Datasheet PDF Creation OIEP not using ID and Name (ISSUE-739284)

Fixed a problem with the Datasheet PDF Creation outbound integration endpoint (OIEP) in which ID and Name were not being processed due to an invalid name.

Fix for Upload of InDesign files into Sections are arbitrary assigned to context (ISSUE-738109)

Upload of InDesign files are now based on the currently selected version in the InDesign client

Fix for Upload of InDesign files into Sections are arbitrary assigned to context (HOTFIX-7916)

Upload of InDesign files are now based on the currently selected version in the InDesign client

step-2024.3-2024-11-08-14-41-04

This supersedes 2024.3-2024-11-07-17-58-32 and earlier versions.

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Fix for inherited value of an LOV with ID being exported despite being overwritten at lower level (HOTFIX-7911)

In cross-context exports, both local and inherited attribute values are exported as there may be some contexts without a local value. But this is only true if the attribute is dimension-dependent. If the attribute is dimension-independent, only the local value, if one exists, is now exported.

Fix for inherited value of an LOV with ID being exported despite being overwritten at lower level (ISSUE-735341)

In cross-context exports, both local and inherited attribute values are exported as there may be some contexts without a local value. But this is only true if the attribute is dimension-dependent. If the attribute is dimension-independent, only the local value, if one exists, is now exported.

step-2024.3-2024-11-07-17-58-32

This supersedes 2024.3-2024-11-07-07-41-33 and earlier versions.

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Fix for STEPXML delivers local and inherited references for a node even if the inheritance is set to inheritance and the ref type does not allow multiple references (ISSUE-735352)

In cross-context exports, the system exports both local and inherited references, as there may be some contexts without a local reference. However, this is only true if the reference is dimension dependent. If the reference is dimension independent, the system now only exports the local reference, if one exists.

HOTFIX-7906 (HOTFIX-7906, HOTFIX-7910)

Hotfix HOTFIX-7906 doesn't have an approved description, yet.

Fix for a change package has 'updated' a huge number of data records from development on production at deployment time (ISSUE-739250)

When a collection is included in a change package, the contents of the collection is no longer included.

Fix for User Details label text on Web UI is displayed in Unicode escape sequence (ISSUE-672593)

Fixed the Japanese translation of the 'User Details' label of a User Widget on a Web UI Homepage.

Fix for multivalued reference types is not working in multi-level reference mapping (ISSUE-728464)

Fixed a problem that occurred while configuring an export in which multivalued reference attribute values were incorrectly exported when using the Multi Valued reference mapping.

Fix for inherited value of an LOV with ID being exported despite being overwritten at lower level (HOTFIX-7908)

In cross-context exports, both local and inherited attribute values are exported as there may be some contexts without a local value. But this is only true if the attribute is dimension-dependent. If the attribute is dimension-independent, only the local value, if one exists, is now exported.

Fix for inherited value of an LOV with ID being exported despite being overwritten at lower level (ISSUE-735341)

In cross-context exports, both local and inherited attribute values are exported as there may be some contexts without a local value. But this is only true if the attribute is dimension-dependent. If the attribute is dimension-independent, only the local value, if one exists, is now exported.

Fix for multivalued reference types is not working in multi-level reference mapping (HOTFIX-7907)

Fixed a problem that occurred while configuring an export in which multivalued reference attribute values were incorrectly exported when using the Multi Valued reference mapping.

step-2024.3-2024-11-07-07-41-33

This supersedes 2024.3-2024-11-06-15-49-27 and earlier versions.

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HOTFIX-7905 (HOTFIX-7905)

Hotfix HOTFIX-7905 doesn't have an approved description, yet.

Fix for editing schedule for scheduled process generates emails (ISSUE-736472)

Introduced a configuration property to disable Bulk Update previews in STEP Workbench. To enable this property, contact Stibo Systems Support.

Fix for cannot edit a Reference Link in a Smartsheet when exporting different object types (ISSUE-739543)

Now, when exporting Multi Object Type Smartsheets, only individual reference cells will be marked as read-only instead of a whole column if a reference type is not valid for all of the exported object types.

step-2024.3-2024-11-06-15-49-27

This supersedes 2024.3-2024-11-05-18-57-02 and earlier versions.

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Fix for unexpected Web UI error when duplicating recurcisely (RD-24281)

Fixed a NullPointerException when duplicating node recursively without choosing a parent.

step-2024.3-2024-11-05-18-57-02

This supersedes 2024.3-2024-11-04-14-40-08 and earlier versions.

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HOTFIX-7901 (HOTFIX-7901, HOTFIX-7902)

Hotfix HOTFIX-7901 doesn't have an approved description, yet.

Fix for Web UI layout issue in table (RD-24278)

Fixed an error in which the table headers failed to display.

Fix for Web UI issue where Show Only Valid Attributes option was not applied (RD-24277)

Fixed a problem in which a hidden table header in vertical mode was appearing on the Web UI Node List with the Show Only Valid Headers option configured.

step-2024.3-2024-11-04-14-40-08

This supersedes 2024.3-2024-10-30-14-37-42 and earlier versions.

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HOTFIX-7899 (HOTFIX-7903, HOTFIX-7899)

Hotfix HOTFIX-7899 doesn't have an approved description, yet.

Fix for STEP import of XML files failing with SAXParseException (ISSUE-727235)

When writing a file to a hotfolder took more than five seconds, the file could be read before it was fully written. This issue has been fixed.

Fix for manual sequencing of classifications not replicated in API (HOTFIX-7897)

REST API V2 methods description for classifications/[id]/assets, classifications/[id]/children, entities/[id]/children, and products/[id]/children has been improved. New text states that a result is a streamed unsorted array. The result format is because of the potential for performance and memory issues due to the commonality of having a large amount of child objects under a certain root, and the potential to strain system resources when retrieving so many child objects.

Logging added for out-of-the-box outbound integration endpoint is throwing exception and not processing events (ISSUE-739326)

Extra log information that can be enabled to debug why an endpoint configuration cannot be read during exports. The properties of inputSource like the configurations encoding is logged out.

Fix for STEP import of XML files failing with SAXParseException (HOTFIX-7900)

If it took more than five seconds to write a file to a hotfolder, the file could get read before it was fully written. This has been fixed.

Fix for Parts_Asset_Import IIEP Failed in pre-production environment (ISSUE-729659)

If the same object was imported multiple times in the same import and a business action was used to delete the object after creation, this could cause an exception to be thrown. This has been fixed.

Fix for Cannot call requestApprove2() correctly in PreProd server (ISSUE-736422)

Logging user out of workbench with invalid oauth token

Fix for Manual Sequencing of Classifications not replicated in API (ISSUE-736976)

Improved REST API V2 methods description for: classifications/[id]/assets classifications/[id]/children entities/[id]/children products/[id]/children Stating that a result is a streamed unsorted array. The result format is because of the potential for performance and memory issues due to the commonality of having a huge amount of children under a certain root and the potential to strain system resources when retrieving such amounts.

step-2024.3-2024-10-30-14-37-42

This supersedes 2024.3-2024-10-30-08-37-21 and earlier versions.

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HOTFIX-7884 (HOTFIX-7890, HOTFIX-7884, HOTFIX-7896, HOTFIX-7886, HOTFIX-7887, HOTFIX-7889)

Hotfix HOTFIX-7884 doesn't have an approved description, yet.

Solution for SaaS DAMRDM - event processor not working again (ISSUE-737479)

A better error message was added to display when one thread manipulates a persistent object being cached by another thread.

Fix for Web UI Proof - PDF is getting delivered as text file with an option (ISSUE-739421)

When requesting a proof or pdf from the Web UI with the 'Generate proof in the background' option on, the Web UI is now getting information about the resulting file from the application server before getting the file.

Fix for when a ZIP file with character code Shift-JIS is uploaded with the UNZIP option, the file is garbled (ISSUE-637830)

For each entry in a zip file, unzip is now able to look for a utf8 file name in an extra header and only if this header is present. This feature may be used for filenames with non utf8 encodings. Only some zip tools are writing this extra header.

Fix for performance issue with BGP process Web-client-full-size-asset (ISSUE-736136)

Fixed the problem with asset conversion when exporting assets with a DPI setting of one (1). 

Fix for Performance issue on BGP process- Web-client-full-size-asset (HOTFIX-7891)

Fixed the problem with assets conversion when exporting assets with 1 dpi setting 

Fix for empty multi-valued attribute handling (ISSUE-732167)

Fixed an issue when a multi-valued attribute was empty, the empty tag [] was shared in the outbound extracted file from STEP.

Fix for missing product information in eCatalog export (ISSUE-714977)

Fixed a problem where the price list was ignored when performing an eCatalog export.

Fix for workbench: Import aborts with java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError (ISSUE-732831)

Fixed missing bnd import, which caused unexpected exceptions when performing 'Import now' via the Import Manager in STEP Workbench.

Fix for missing product information in eCatalog export (HOTFIX-7883)

Fixed a problem where the price list was ignored when performing an eCatalog export.

Fix for access to sftp virtubox / UnresolvedAddressException (ISSUE-738929)

Fixed a problem in which a new SFTP delivery plugin was ignoring a port that was defined in the properties file with the host URL.

Fix for error during change package import (ISSUE-736616)

Added an option to order elements based on their dependencies when installing change packages.

step-2024.3-2024-10-30-08-37-21

This supersedes 2024.3-2024-10-24-12-37-03 and earlier versions.

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Fix for potential issue with screen load times (ISSUE-739079)

Fixed a performance problem on a Web UI Node List with a huge attribute group configured under the Table Header Value group and Show Only Valid attributes options selected. To apply a performance fix, a certain property needs to be enabled. Contact Stibo Systems Support to do that.

HOTFIX-7888 (HOTFIX-7892, HOTFIX-7893, HOTFIX-7888)

Hotfix HOTFIX-7888 doesn't have an approved description, yet.

Fix for rights for Web UI changed / upload and replace asset (ISSUE-729207)

The 'Upload and replace asset' action, when clicking on the three dots next to the Referenced Asset Representation, has been renamed to 'Upload and update asset content' to provide more clear expectations about this functionality.

Fix for asset duplication error (ISSUE-738954)

Fixed a problem in which it was not possible to duplicate an asset from the Node Editor Web UI screen after selecting an asset from the Tree.

Fix for Enable Locale Formatting and 11.2 Web UI (ISSUE-687174)

Fixed a problem occurring when an ISO date attribute value could not be saved in Web UI on a Globally Configured Multi Edit Data Container component in the NL locale because of a failing verification check, which was caused by an incorrect and unnecessary conversion of ISO format to NL locale.

step-2024.3-2024-10-24-12-37-03

This supersedes 2024.3-2024-10-23-16-21-43 and earlier versions.

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Fix for Hierarchy Dashboard not populating correctly after the 2024.2 upgrade (ISSUE-727153)

Fixed a problem occurring when KPI charts, configured on a Web UI Node Editor screen, were truncated at the bottom.

HOTFIX-7882 (HOTFIX-7882, HOTFIX-7885)

Hotfix HOTFIX-7882 doesn't have an approved description, yet.

Fix for unexpected behavior of Web UI components after upgrade (ISSUE-694381)

Fixed displaying of headers in Multi Edit mode in Advanced Search after pressing the web browser's back button. When using the browser's back button to return to the Advanced Search screen, the table's headers were blank.

Fix for unable to render component Unmerge Wizard Screen (HOTFIX-7878)

Fixed .type being called on an undefined object in the CMDM Unmerge Wizard Screen React Web UI component.

Fix for error in Match code when calling business function in a library (ISSUE-737318)

Fixed a classpath problem occurring when Business Libraries, called from inside the Matching Decision Table, did not have an access to domain API.

Fix for unable to render component Unmerge Wizard Screen (ISSUE-724825, HOTFIX-7878)

Fixed .type being called on an undefined object in the CMDM Unmerge Wizard Screen React Web UI component.

Fix for follow-up of ISSUE-? - add Last-Modified header and set Expires on ScriptServlet response (RDSUP-369)

Added 'Last-Modified' header to Web UI response for js cache and no-cache files.

Fix for PLM: Clicking on a specific item may route to a different variety (ISSUE-717394)

Fixed a problem occurring when an items index on a Web UI Task List was not determined correctly with TaskList.Streaming.Enabled set, which led to an incorrect index being shown in the details overlay and selection navigation to different items after performing an action, which required reload of a screen.

step-2024.3-2024-10-23-16-21-43

This supersedes 2024.3-2024-10-17-09-03-55 and earlier versions.

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step-2024.3-2024-10-17-09-03-55

This supersedes 2024.3-2024-10-10-18-00-19 and earlier versions.

Upgrade paths

HOTFIX-7860 (HOTFIX-7868, HOTFIX-7859, HOTFIX-7860, HOTFIX-7871, HOTFIX-7872, HOTFIX-7862, HOTFIX-7864, HOTFIX-7866, HOTFIX-7856)

Hotfix HOTFIX-7860 doesn't have an approved description, yet.

Fix for Hierarchy Dashboard not populating correctly after the 2024.2 upgrade (ISSUE-727153)

Fixed a problem occurring when KPI charts, configured on a Web UI Node Editor screen, were truncated at the bottom.

Fix for deduplicate event mode not working as expected with OIEP (ISSUE-726452)

When deduplication of events was enabled and an event was read by a business rule, future similar events could get removed, even though the associated data change had not been seen. This has been fixed.

Fix for no rollback performed after a 'custom save action' got an exception in Web UI (ISSUE-725639)

Now, a Web UI Node Editor screen will be reloaded after receiving an exception from the Run Business Action with the Save Before Execute parameter enabled.

Fix for HTTP 500 Error Post SAML Authentication (ISSUE-729241)

Fixed a problem with authentication when IPv6 was enabled on the client side.

Fix for HTTP 500 Error Post SAML Authentication (HOTFIX-7865)

Fixing problem with authentication when IPv6 is enabled on client side.

Fix for no rollback performed after a 'custom save action' got an exception in Web UI (HOTFIX-7855)

Now, a Web UI Node Editor screen will be reloaded after receiving an exception from the Run Business Action when the Save Before Execute parameter is enabled.

Fix for data container-inherited values for child-level nodes not present in JSON outbound (ISSUE-730831)

Fixed a problem in the exporter in which data container-inherited values for child-level nodes were not present in JSON outbound files.

Fix for inactive user list is not accurate (ISSUE-719649)

Now, GraphQLv2 activity data will be respected when preparing a list of active / inactive users in Admin Portal.

Fix for failure to display diagnostic and performance tools (ISSUE-735809)

Fixed problem in which the Periodic Log Writer, responsible for writing business rules, events, and activity data, etc., could stop working completely if, upon initialization, it failed when pinging Cassandra DB due to network/infrastructure issue.

Fix for inconsistent behavior of attribute editability in Smartsheets (ISSUE-728253)

Fixed problem in which a classification filtering for a Smartsheet export sometimes marked attributes as read-only.

step-2024.3-2024-10-10-18-00-19

This supersedes 2024.3-2024-10-09-09-59-53 and earlier versions.

Upgrade paths

HOTFIX-7860 (HOTFIX-7860, HOTFIX-7861)

Hotfix HOTFIX-7860 doesn't have an approved description, yet.

Fix for no rollback performed after a 'custom save action' got an exception in Web UI (ISSUE-725639)

Now, a Web UI Node Editor screen will be reloaded after receiving an exception from the Run Business Action with the Save Before Execute parameter enabled.

step-2024.3-2024-10-09-09-59-53

This supersedes 2024.3-2024-10-09-08-51-32 and earlier versions.

Upgrade paths

HOTFIX-7768 (HOTFIX-7825, HOTFIX-7826, HOTFIX-7848, HOTFIX-7827, HOTFIX-7807, ISSUE-727516, HOTFIX-7785, HOTFIX-7840, HOTFIX-7789, HOTFIX-7800, HOTFIX-7822, HOTFIX-7844, HOTFIX-7768, HOTFIX-7801, HOTFIX-7823, ISSUE-78744, HOTFIX-7790, HOTFIX-7792, ISSUE-729414, HOTFIX-7813, HOTFIX-7835, HOTFIX-7814, HOTFIX-7836, HOTFIX-7816, HOTFIX-7817, HOTFIX-7818, ISSUE-735172, HOTFIX-7819, HOTFIX-7795, HOTFIX-7774, HOTFIX-7796, HOTFIX-7797, HOTFIX-7852, ISSUE-731051, ISSUE-77630, HOTFIX-7777, HOTFIX-7810, HOTFIX-7854, HOTFIX-7778, HOTFIX-7833, HOTFIX-7812, RDCDM-6017, HOTFIX-7780, HOTFIX-7781)

Hotfix HOTFIX-7768 doesn't have an approved description, yet.

Fix for previous object revisions do not respect privileges (HOTFIX-7790, ISSUE-725186, HOTFIX-7789)

Users with restricted view privilege rules could see attributes on past revisions of products, classifications, assets, etc., that they were not supposed to see. This was caused due to the enforcing of view privileges on revisions of products, classifications, assets, etc., was not implemented yet. This was fixed by implementing the missing part that checks if the user has view privileges on the attribute on the revision of a given object / node. 

Fix for image previews not loading (HOTFIX-7792, ISSUE-728908)

The solution for this issue is an improved error message in logs when a user does not have the privilege to see the image conversion configuration asset and is not able to accesses the asset with this conversion in Web UI.

Fix for STEP logs populated with multiple same entries (ISSUE-720572)

Fixed an issue causing a NoSuchMethodException warning in application server logs. It was caused by an incorrect check being done to determine whether a Data Container could be deleted. It appeared when accessing a Data Container Table or Popup Editor on the Web UI Node Editor screen in STEP version 11.1-mp6.

Fix for SQL Exception in IIEP (HOTFIX-7802, ISSUE-728414)

Fix for rare cases where import might fail in an environment with multiple application servers doing import in an Oracle environment.

Fix for when a ZIP file with character code Shift-JIS is uploaded with the UNZIP option, the file is garbled (ISSUE-637830)

For each entry in a zip file, unzip is now able to look for a utf8 file name in an extra header and only if this header is present. This feature may be used for filenames with non utf8 encodings. Only some zip tools are writing this extra header.

Fix for unexpected error on Revision Screen (ISSUE-729866, HOTFIX-7844)

Fixed an unexpected exception that occurred on the Web UI Multi Revision screen after performing a Hide Equal action multiple times in the vertical sheet direction.

Fix for calculated attribute on Web UI displayed incorrectly (ISSUE-731409, HOTFIX-7833)

Added a warning pop-up that says 'This value cannot be overwritten due to context inheritance' when a user tries to overwrite an inherited calculated value for Derived Value View and for the Multi-Context editor.

Fix for Advanced Search not working for object (ISSUE-730794, HOTFIX-7852)

Fixed a problem occurring when users with '/' characters in their ID were not able to perform an Advanced Search in Web UI due to search cache not being able to sanitize the corresponding file path.

Fix / RCA: STEP went unavailable (PROD) (HOTFIX-7842)

Fixed potential Out-Of-Memory error occurring when importing many new products in one file.

Fix / RCA: STEP went unavailable (PROD) (ISSUE-734526, HOTFIX-7840)

Now, every single Background Process execution report message will be limited to 10k characters to avoid memory leaks during tags conversion to present them with clickable links in Workbench / Web UI.

Fix / RCA: STEP went unavailable (PROD) (HOTFIX-7842, ISSUE-724795)

Fixed potential Out-Of-Memory error occurring when importing many new products in one file.

Fix for internal server error while creating styles and onboarding styles (HOTFIX-7845)

Fixed NullPointerException occurring when non-valid reference types were added in the Referenced Asset Representation component.

Fix for internal server error while creating styles and onboarding styles (ISSUE-734444, HOTFIX-7845)

Fixed NullPointerException occurring when non-valid reference types were added in the Referenced Asset Representation component.

Fix for empty groups are hidden in the Web UI, but the groups are output to the exported Excel file (HOTFIX-7837)

Fixed a problem when invisible headers were exported by Export Current View action on Web UI Node List.

Fix for issue with Hide Equal and Mark Different for Target or Reference Metadata Value Header in Multi Revision screen (HOTFIX-7829)

A problem in Web UI Multi Revisions Screen has been fixed so that Target or Reference Metadata Value Headers is again included in Mark Different / Hide Equal actions.

Fix for deleting Source Types on Reference giving exceptions (HOTFIX-7832)

Fixed a bug that in certain circumstances could produce a NullPointerException. This could happen for long-running operations where hard-evicts had been performed.

Fix for errors in Test Sandbox DEV (Version 2024.3) (HOTFIX-7836, ISSUE-732449)

Fixed NullPointerException occurring when loading data issues on Multi Edit Display Mode in Web UI.

Fix for JavaScript Search not working post last patch release in STEP (HOTFIX-7827, ISSUE-732654)

Fixed a problem occurring when JavaScript search in STEP Workbench was blocked by an uncaught exception, if there was a corrupted business rule in the system. Now, search is not being blocked and information about such business rules are being logged in the STEP application server log.

Fix for deleting Source Types on Reference giving exceptions (ISSUE-729789, HOTFIX-7832)

Fixed a bug that in certain circumstances could produce a NullPointerException. This could happen for long-running operations where hard-evicts had been performed.

Improved error handling for NullPointerException when deleting Asset from Web UI (HOTFIX-7826, ISSUE-698777)

Improved error handling has been added for when a user without corresponding privileges is trying to delete an asset in Web UI. Now, a corresponding error message is shown instead of a NullPointerException.

Fix for context is changing automatically from RC to HQ (ISSUE-729538, HOTFIX-7823)

Fixed a problem when Globally Configured Context Representation was unnecessarily cached, which caused a negative user experience.

Fix for Web UI custom title header not reflected in flatfile export (HOTFIX-7814, ISSUE-731360)

Now, a Web UI Title Header with a custom label will preserve this label when being exported via Export Current View action in Web UI.

Fix for issue with Hide Equal and Mark Different for Target or Reference Metadata Value Header in Multi Revision screen (ISSUE-711124, HOTFIX-7829)

A problem in Web UI Multi Revisions Screen has been fixed so that Target or Reference Metadata Value Headers is again included in Mark Different / Hide Equal actions.

Fix / RCA for a production environment outage (HOTFIX-7830, ISSUE-732790)

Fixed memory leak occurring when closed Find Similar web service threads data were not properly cleaned up.

Fix / RCA for a production environment outage (HOTFIX-7830)

Fixed memory leak occurring when closed Find Similar web service threads data were not properly cleaned up.

Logging added due to not being able to use Total in Web UI Homepage Status Selector Widget (HOTFIX-7818, ISSUE-727747)

Added more logging to investigate the problem.

Fix for decimal separator in German context automatically switches from comma to period (HOTFIX-7815, ISSUE-723694)

Fixed a problem when a context-specific decimal separator was changing to a dot character after saving an attribute value with Typeahead override control type on a Web UI Node Editor.

Fix for decimal separator in German context automatically switches from comma to period (HOTFIX-7815)

Fixed a problem when a context-specific decimal separator was changing to a dot character after saving an attribute value with Typeahead override control type on a Web UI Node Editor.

Fix for empty groups are hidden in the Web UI, but the groups are output to the exported Excel file (HOTFIX-7837, ISSUE-649829, HOTFIX-7819, RDSUP-363)

Fixed a problem when invisible headers were exported by Export Current View action on Web UI Node List.

Fix for exporting .xlsx with the E-Mail Delivery Method does not work (ISSUE-712704, HOTFIX-7811)

When using email delivery to deliver Excel exports, the mimetype was incorrectly set to application/zip. This has been fixed.

Fix for exporting .xlsx with the E-Mail Delivery Method does not work (HOTFIX-7811)

When using email delivery to deliver Excel exports, the mimetype was incorrectly set to application/zip. This has been fixed.

Fix for output format error when the number of event batches to include per delivery = 1 causing job to stop (HOTFIX-7808)

Fixed problem occurring when OIEP event processing was stopped if processed event did not have an output template, and the OIEP was configured with batch size = 1. In this case, the EP was ignoring such event but did not pick the next events.

Fix for 'Invalid UNSPSC File' error while importing 19 version UNSPSC Zip file in all the systems (ISSUE-729987, HOTFIX-7810)

Fixed a problem occurring when the UNSPSC converter was throwing an exception when parsing invalid lines in the input file. Now, such lines (which do not correspond to the number of columns) will be ignored.

Fix for Business Condition not working due to Lazy Tag enabled in UI screen (ISSUE-729116, HOTFIX-7812)

Fixed a problem where Business Conditions were not executed on a Web UI tab page with Lazy Loading enabled.

Fix for multi value text attributes are not imported as multi value (HOTFIX-7816, ISSUE-724182)

Multi-valued language dependent attributes mapped in Generic XML using a repeat instruction would not be imported as multi valued if the value separator was specified in the Generic XML file using a MultiValueSeparator instruction. This is now fixed.

Fix for attributes strict validation is not working (ISSUE-732312, HOTFIX-7817)

Fixed a problem when ISO Date & Time validated attributes with Strict validation allowed a hyphen character to be used between the date and time parts and inside the time part of a value.

Fix for MatchAndMerge Web Service Endpoint is not returning any data (ISSUE-726193, HOTFIX-7800)

When running In-Memory, a non-persistent export could fail with a class cast exception. This has been fixed.

Fix for object cannot be approved in the North America (US-en) context (ISSUE-717382, HOTFIX-7807)

Previously, it was possible to end up in a situation where an object could not be complete-approved (even though a user approved it in all contexts) due to hidden values on suppressed links (either classification-product links or references). STEP now allows for complete-approving objects with suppressed links and when the suppressed link holds hidden meta values in the suppressed dimension points.

Fix for Excel XLSM Asset downloads as XLSX in Web UI (HOTFIX-7803, ISSUE-720608)

Fixed a problem occurring when XLSM assets were downloaded as XLSX in Web UI.

Fix for asset with file format 'DMG' is downloaded in the wrong format 'BZ2' from Web UI (ISSUE-701918, HOTFIX-7786)

Fixed a problem occurring when some assets with extension .DMG were recognized as .BZ2 files when being downloaded from Web UI.

Fix for cannot create new data container (ISSUE-725930, HOTFIX-7796)

Fixed incorrect tag escaping on the Add Data Container Popup in Web UI, which lead to unexpected exceptions.

Fix for output format error when the number of event batches to include per delivery = 1 causing job to stop (HOTFIX-7808, ISSUE-728576)

Fixed problem occurring when OIEP event processing was stopped if processed event did not have an output template, and the OIEP was configured with batch size = 1. In this case, the EP was ignoring such event but did not pick the next events.

Fix for asset with file format 'DMG' is downloaded in the wrong format 'BZ2' from Web UI (HOTFIX-7786)

Fixed a problem occurring when some assets with extension .DMG were recognized as .BZ2 files when being downloaded from Web UI.

Fix for Excel XLSM Asset downloads as XLSX in Web UI (HOTFIX-7803)

Fixed a problem occurring when XLSM assets were downloaded as XLSX in Web UI.

Fix for additional attributes displayed irrespective of object type validity (ISSUE-730206, HOTFIX-7797)

Fixed a problem occurring when invalid attributes were shown for a Table Header Attribute Value on a Web UI Node List with the 'Show only valid attributes' option configured.

Fix for SQL Exception in IIEP (HOTFIX-7802)

Fix for rare cases where import might fail in an environment with multiple application servers doing import in an Oracle environment.

Fix for Multiple Asset Download in Instrument generates a corrupt zip file (ISSUE-727700, HOTFIX-7777)

Instrument:  Attempting to download multiple assets could fail with a corrupt zip file when running in a SaaS system. This has been fixed.

Fix for in-between extra spaces for a text value (HOTFIX-7804, ISSUE-730916)

Fixed a problem occurring when a read-only Name component on a Web UI Node Editor and read-only Table Header Value cells on a Node List were not showing the additional space characters.

Fix for in-between extra spaces for a text value (HOTFIX-7804)

Fixed a problem occurring when a read-only Name component on a Web UI Node Editor and read-only Table Header Value cells on a Node List were not showing the additional space characters.

Fix issues when linking / unlinking attributes via Web UI (HOTFIX-7785, ISSUE-715384)

Now, 'Approve Action' on a Web UI Node Editor will be enabled correctly after adding / removing / making a local attribute link.

Fix for scroll bar option is not available for attributes with multiple values or multi-valued LOV (HOTFIX-7795, ISSUE-728697)

Now, a scrollbar will correctly appear on a Read Only popup, which appears when a user double-clicks on a read-only cell on a Web UI Node List.

step-2024.3-2024-10-09-08-51-32

This supersedes 2024.3-2024-10-09-08-21-34 and earlier versions.

Upgrade paths

HOTFIX-7821 (HOTFIX-7849, HOTFIX-7821)

Hotfix HOTFIX-7821 doesn't have an approved description, yet.

Fix for Autopagination not working (Thailand catalogs) (HOTFIX-7831)

STEP Publisher (InDesign): Saving InDesign documents back to STEP could cause InDesign to hang if the document contained formatted text (e.g., bold or italic) using a paragraph style set to 'Adobe World-Ready Single-line Composer.' This affected both InDesign Client and InDesign Server.

Fix for Autopagination not working (Thailand catalogs) (ISSUE-719516, HOTFIX-7831)

STEP Publisher (InDesign): Saving InDesign documents back to STEP could cause InDesign to hang if the document contained formatted text (e.g., bold or italic) using a paragraph style set to 'Adobe World-Ready Single-line Composer.' This affected both InDesign Client and InDesign Server.

Fix for certain template crashes the ID server (HOTFIX-7849, ISSUE-728569)

Print Publisher (InDesign): InDesign could incorrectly create 1000 pages when paginating a table that spanned two pages in a spread.

Fix for Autopagination not working (Thailand catalogs) (HOTFIX-7793)

STEP Publisher (InDesign): Saving InDesign documents back to STEP could cause InDesign to hang if the document contained formatted text (e.g., bold or italic) using a paragraph style set to 'Adobe World-Ready Single-line Composer.' This affected both InDesign Client and InDesign Server.

step-2024.3-2024-10-09-08-21-34

This supersedes 2024.3-2024-09-25-06-50-50 and earlier versions.

Upgrade paths

HOTFIX-7775 (HOTFIX-7813, HOTFIX-7835, HOTFIX-7825, HOTFIX-7848, ISSUE-735172, ISSUE-727516, HOTFIX-7784, HOTFIX-7775, ISSUE-731051, HOTFIX-7776, HOTFIX-7778, HOTFIX-7801, ISSUE-78744, ISSUE-729414)

Hotfix HOTFIX-7775 doesn't have an approved description, yet.

Fix for previous object revisions do not respect privileges (HOTFIX-7790, ISSUE-725186, HOTFIX-7789)

Users with restricted view privilege rules could see attributes on past revisions of products, classifications, assets, etc., that they were not supposed to see. This was caused due to the enforcing of view privileges on revisions of products, classifications, assets, etc., was not implemented yet. This was fixed by implementing the missing part that checks if the user has view privileges on the attribute on the revision of a given object / node. 

Fix for image previews not loading (HOTFIX-7792, ISSUE-728908)

The solution for this issue is an improved error message in logs when a user does not have the privilege to see the image conversion configuration asset and is not able to accesses the asset with this conversion in Web UI.

Fix for no rollback performed after a 'custom save action' got an exception in Web UI (ISSUE-725639)

Now, a Web UI Node Editor screen will be reloaded after receiving an exception from the Run Business Action with the Save Before Execute parameter enabled.

Fix for SQL Exception in IIEP (HOTFIX-7802, ISSUE-728414)

Fix for rare cases where import might fail in an environment with multiple application servers doing import in an Oracle environment.

Fix for unable to navigate using back button in the Web UI (ISSUE-729651)

Fixed a problem where illegal characters in Web UI screen names were preventing users from navigating to such screens. Now, the characters are properly escaped. For information on the characters not allowed in a Web UI Screen ID, Context ID, and Workspace ID, refer to the Managing Web UI Configurations topic in the Web User Interfaces documentation.

Fix for unable to navigate using back button in the Web UI (HOTFIX-7798)

Fixed a problem where illegal characters in Web UI screen names were preventing users from navigating to such screens. Now, the characters are properly escaped. For information on the characters not allowed in a Web UI Screen ID, Context ID, and Workspace ID, refer to the Managing Web UI Configurations topic in the Web User Interfaces documentation.

Fix for reference help text on Smartsheets (ISSUE-726977)

Now, references / links help text will be correctly displayed in exported Smartsheet.

Fix for unexpected error on Revision Screen (ISSUE-729866, HOTFIX-7844)

Fixed an unexpected exception that occurred on the Web UI Multi Revision screen after performing a Hide Equal action multiple times in the vertical sheet direction.

Fix for calculated attribute on Web UI displayed incorrectly (ISSUE-731409, HOTFIX-7833)

Added a warning pop-up that says 'This value cannot be overwritten due to context inheritance' when a user tries to overwrite an inherited calculated value for Derived Value View and for the Multi-Context editor.

Fix for Advanced Search not working for object (ISSUE-730794, HOTFIX-7852)

Fixed a problem occurring when users with '/' characters in their ID were not able to perform an Advanced Search in Web UI due to search cache not being able to sanitize the corresponding file path.

Fix for certain template crashes the ID server (HOTFIX-7849, ISSUE-728569)

Print Publisher (InDesign): InDesign could incorrectly create 1000 pages when paginating a table that spanned two pages in a spread.

Fix for unable to navigate using back button in the Web UI (HOTFIX-7851)

Fixed a problem where illegal characters in Web UI screen names were preventing users from navigating to such screens. Now, the characters are properly escaped. For information on the characters not allowed in a Web UI Screen ID, Context ID, and Workspace ID, refer to the Managing Web UI Configurations topic in the Web User Interfaces documentation.

Fix / RCA: STEP went unavailable (PROD) (ISSUE-734526, HOTFIX-7840)

Now, every single Background Process execution report message will be limited to 10k characters to avoid memory leaks during tags conversion to present them with clickable links in Workbench / Web UI.

Fix / RCA: STEP went unavailable (PROD) (HOTFIX-7842, ISSUE-724795)

Fixed potential Out-Of-Memory error occurring when importing many new products in one file.

Fix for SETBACK: Web UI > \n is missing in error message triggered with approval (HOTFIX-7846)

Fixed setback, which caused a line break to disappear from Web UI alerts.

Fix for internal server error while creating styles and onboarding styles (ISSUE-734444, HOTFIX-7845)

Fixed NullPointerException occurring when non-valid reference types were added in the Referenced Asset Representation component.

Fix for SETBACK: Web UI > \n is missing in error message triggered with approval (RDSUP-366, ISSUE-731949)

Fixed setback, which caused a line break to disappear from Web UI alerts.

Fix for unable to navigate using back button in the Web UI (HOTFIX-7838)

Fixed a problem where illegal characters in Web UI screen names were preventing users from navigating to such screens. Now, the characters are properly escaped. For information on the characters not allowed in a Web UI Screen ID, Context ID, and Workspace ID, refer to the Managing Web UI Configurations topic in the Web User Interfaces documentation.

Fix for errors in Test Sandbox DEV (Version 2024.3) (HOTFIX-7836, ISSUE-732449)

Fixed NullPointerException occurring when loading data issues on Multi Edit Display Mode in Web UI.

Fix for JavaScript Search not working post last patch release in STEP (HOTFIX-7827, ISSUE-732654)

Fixed a problem occurring when JavaScript search in STEP Workbench was blocked by an uncaught exception, if there was a corrupted business rule in the system. Now, search is not being blocked and information about such business rules are being logged in the STEP application server log.

Fix for deleting Source Types on Reference giving exceptions (ISSUE-729789, HOTFIX-7832)

Fixed a bug that in certain circumstances could produce a NullPointerException. This could happen for long-running operations where hard-evicts had been performed.

Improved error handling for NullPointerException when deleting Asset from Web UI (HOTFIX-7826, ISSUE-698777)

Improved error handling has been added for when a user without corresponding privileges is trying to delete an asset in Web UI. Now, a corresponding error message is shown instead of a NullPointerException.

Fix for context is changing automatically from RC to HQ (ISSUE-729538, HOTFIX-7823)

Fixed a problem when Globally Configured Context Representation was unnecessarily cached, which caused a negative user experience.

Fix for Web UI custom title header not reflected in flatfile export (HOTFIX-7814, ISSUE-731360)

Now, a Web UI Title Header with a custom label will preserve this label when being exported via Export Current View action in Web UI.

Fix for issue with Hide Equal and Mark Different for Target or Reference Metadata Value Header in Multi Revision screen (ISSUE-711124, HOTFIX-7829)

A problem in Web UI Multi Revisions Screen has been fixed so that Target or Reference Metadata Value Headers is again included in Mark Different / Hide Equal actions.

Fix / RCA for a production environment outage (HOTFIX-7830, ISSUE-732790)

Fixed memory leak occurring when closed Find Similar web service threads data were not properly cleaned up.

Fix for Style Tags in Business Rule Editor weird behavior while editing (ISSUE-731949)

Fixed displaying of Style Tags by using better warning messages defined in the Business Rule Editor.

Fix for Style Tags in Business Rule Editor weird behavior while editing (HOTFIX-7828)

Fixed displaying of STEP tags used in Business Rules, which used a JavaScript script to display warnings related to different flow paths and errors related to data inserted by user.

Logging added due to not being able to use Total in Web UI Homepage Status Selector Widget (HOTFIX-7818, ISSUE-727747)

Added more logging to investigate the problem.

Fix for Autopagination not working (Thailand catalogs) (ISSUE-719516, HOTFIX-7831)

STEP Publisher (InDesign): Saving InDesign documents back to STEP could cause InDesign to hang if the document contained formatted text (e.g., bold or italic) using a paragraph style set to 'Adobe World-Ready Single-line Composer.' This affected both InDesign Client and InDesign Server.

Fix for decimal separator in German context automatically switches from comma to period (HOTFIX-7815, ISSUE-723694)

Fixed a problem when a context-specific decimal separator was changing to a dot character after saving an attribute value with Typeahead override control type on a Web UI Node Editor.

Fix for empty groups are hidden in the Web UI, but the groups are output to the exported Excel file (HOTFIX-7837, ISSUE-649829, HOTFIX-7819, RDSUP-363)

Fixed a problem when invisible headers were exported by Export Current View action on Web UI Node List.

Fix for exporting .xlsx with the E-Mail Delivery Method does not work (ISSUE-712704, HOTFIX-7811)

When using email delivery to deliver Excel exports, the mimetype was incorrectly set to application/zip. This has been fixed.

Fix for 'Invalid UNSPSC File' error while importing 19 version UNSPSC Zip file in all the systems (ISSUE-729987, HOTFIX-7810)

Fixed a problem occurring when the UNSPSC converter was throwing an exception when parsing invalid lines in the input file. Now, such lines (which do not correspond to the number of columns) will be ignored.

Fix for Business Condition not working due to Lazy Tag enabled in UI screen (ISSUE-729116, HOTFIX-7812)

Fixed a problem where Business Conditions were not executed on a Web UI tab page with Lazy Loading enabled.

Fix for multi value text attributes are not imported as multi value (HOTFIX-7816, ISSUE-724182)

Multi-valued language dependent attributes mapped in Generic XML using a repeat instruction would not be imported as multi valued if the value separator was specified in the Generic XML file using a MultiValueSeparator instruction. This is now fixed.

Fix for attributes strict validation is not working (ISSUE-732312, HOTFIX-7817)

Fixed a problem when ISO Date & Time validated attributes with Strict validation allowed a hyphen character to be used between the date and time parts and inside the time part of a value.

Fix for MatchAndMerge Web Service Endpoint is not returning any data (ISSUE-726193, HOTFIX-7800)

When running In-Memory, a non-persistent export could fail with a class cast exception. This has been fixed.

Fix for object cannot be approved in the North America (US-en) context (ISSUE-717382, HOTFIX-7807)

Previously, it was possible to end up in a situation where an object could not be complete-approved (even though a user approved it in all contexts) due to hidden values on suppressed links (either classification-product links or references). STEP now allows for complete-approving objects with suppressed links and when the suppressed link holds hidden meta values in the suppressed dimension points.

Fix for Excel XLSM Asset downloads as XLSX in Web UI (HOTFIX-7803, ISSUE-720608)

Fixed a problem occurring when XLSM assets were downloaded as XLSX in Web UI.

Fix for asset with file format 'DMG' is downloaded in the wrong format 'BZ2' from Web UI (ISSUE-701918, HOTFIX-7786)

Fixed a problem occurring when some assets with extension .DMG were recognized as .BZ2 files when being downloaded from Web UI.

Fix for cannot create new data container (ISSUE-725930, HOTFIX-7796)

Fixed incorrect tag escaping on the Add Data Container Popup in Web UI, which lead to unexpected exceptions.

Fix for output format error when the number of event batches to include per delivery = 1 causing job to stop (HOTFIX-7808, ISSUE-728576)

Fixed problem occurring when OIEP event processing was stopped if processed event did not have an output template, and the OIEP was configured with batch size = 1. In this case, the EP was ignoring such event but did not pick the next events.

Fix for NullPointerException while accessing the Goto button in the workbench and the changes in LOV not reflecting properly for users under a specific user group (ISSUE-722912)

Workbench: If the Search Navigator has been marked 'off' in the GUI Set-Up then search only is available from the search field in the upper right corner of the workbench. This has now been fixed.

Fix for additional attributes displayed irrespective of object type validity (ISSUE-730206, HOTFIX-7797)

Fixed a problem occurring when invalid attributes were shown for a Table Header Attribute Value on a Web UI Node List with the 'Show only valid attributes' option configured.

Fix for Multiple Asset Download in Instrument generates a corrupt zip file (ISSUE-727700, HOTFIX-7777)

Instrument:  Attempting to download multiple assets could fail with a corrupt zip file when running in a SaaS system. This has been fixed.

Fix for in-between extra spaces for a text value (HOTFIX-7804, ISSUE-730916)

Fixed a problem occurring when a read-only Name component on a Web UI Node Editor and read-only Table Header Value cells on a Node List were not showing the additional space characters.

Fix issues when linking / unlinking attributes via Web UI (HOTFIX-7785, ISSUE-715384)

Now, 'Approve Action' on a Web UI Node Editor will be enabled correctly after adding / removing / making a local attribute link.

Fix for scroll bar option is not available for attributes with multiple values or multi-valued LOV (HOTFIX-7795, ISSUE-728697)

Now, a scrollbar will correctly appear on a Read Only popup, which appears when a user double-clicks on a read-only cell on a Web UI Node List.

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Fix for Autopagination not working (Thailand catalogs) (HOTFIX-7782)

STEP Publisher (InDesign): Saving InDesign documents back to STEP could cause InDesign to hang if the document contained formatted text (e.g., bold or italic) using a paragraph style set to 'Adobe World-Ready Single-line Composer.' This affected both InDesign Client and InDesign Server.

Fix for upgrade to 2024.2: Images not showing in InDesign (HOTFIX-7787)

STEP Publisher (MacOS only): If InDesign was configured to use Asset Push, images would incorrectly appear as empty frames on paginated pages. This affected InDesign versions from CC19.4 onwards.

Fix for Autopagination not working (Thailand catalogs) (ISSUE-719516)

STEP Publisher (InDesign): Saving InDesign documents back to STEP could cause InDesign to hang if the document contained formatted text (e.g., bold or italic) using a paragraph style set to 'Adobe World-Ready Single-line Composer.' This affected both InDesign Client and InDesign Server.

Fix for upgrade to 2024.2: Images not showing in InDesign (ISSUE-729230)

STEP Publisher (MacOS only): If InDesign was configured to use Asset Push, images would incorrectly appear as empty frames on paginated pages. This affected InDesign versions from CC19.4 onwards.

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