Build number
Official build number: 2 2.10.390.xxx0
Release Date
XXXXX ##February 5, 20182019
License compatibility
If you are upgrading from a previous ViaWorks 2.x release, your ViaWorks 2.x license will continue to work. If you are installing Locator 2.9 for the first time, or if you are upgrading from ViaWorks 1.5.x, you will be required to obtain a new license key from ayfie. Contact your ayfie sales representative to obtain your license key.
New Installations
Download the Locator Installation package, and run Locator_2.10.xxx390.exe. Use a valid License Code and follow instructions on the screen.
For hardware and software requirements, and for help on how to install Locator, please see the Locator Installation Guide.
Upgrading from a Prior Installation
You can upgrade to this release from a previous ViaWorks 2.x release.
You CANNOT upgrade to this release from ViaWorks 1.5.x or earlier.
New Features & Improvements
Locator 2.10.xxx 390 is a new product release containing the following new features, bug fixes, and improvements
Note: Supervisor / Insight versions 2.1 and older do not support Locator 2.10. Customers should not upgrade to Locator 2.10 until they've upgraded to Supervisor 2.2
is available.
Notes if upgrading from ViaWorks 2.7 or older:
- The PostgreSQL database format will be upgraded. It is strongly recommended to create a backup of the database prior to running the 2.10 upgrade. Once the database has been upgraded, it is not possible to revert back to a previous version
- The index will be rebuilt after the upgrade has finished. The index rebuild can potentially take a while, and users may not be able to search or have incomplete search results until the rebuild completes. Documents will not be re-fetched during this process
- All customers will be moved from the "ViaWorksV2" Solr core to the “ViaWorksCloud” Solr collection during the upgrade process. The “ViaWorksV2” core from versions 2.7 SR5 and older is no longer supported
- During the upgrade, the solrconfig_overrides.xml and schema_overrides.xml files will be reset. Before upgrading, make note of the customization added to these files so they can be re-applied after the upgrade is complete. Note: the Solr schema has changed and overrides will need to be updated to support the changes.
New Features
Component | Description |
|---|---|
| Data Normalization | Added support for User Normalization: Users can now be normalized by linking accounts from multiple sources to the currently signed in user. Not enabled by default and requires configuration |
| Refiner | Added an "Author" refiner that also supports user normalization. Requires a rule to populate the refiner field |
| Web Client | Add new language: Turkish |
Improvements
Component | Description |
|---|---|
| Rule Engine | |
| Connector Feed | Changed the directory where downloaded connector installers are saved to the temp directory |
| Rule Engine | Improved the performance of the Is/Has Attachment rulesImproved the indexing performance of the Is/Has Attachment rules |
| Refiners | Added an "Event" facet to the "Appointment" facet group in the File Type refiner |
| Refiners | Added an "Opportunity" File Type refiner facet |
| Refiners | Adjusted how certain file types are grouped in the File Type refiner so it's more intuitive |
| Installer | Added additional verification tests to the License Server Address field |
| Tools | Added an option to the Via.Repository tool to override repository or connection settings |
| Metrics | Added index errors to metrics reporting |
| Solr | Adjust the Solr merge policy to improve memory usage |
| Connector Feed | Moved where connector installers are downloaded to the Temp directory |
| Converter | Updated to newer version of OCR binaries |
| Index Builder | Add support for more than 4 simultanous threads |
Bug Fixes
Component | Description |
|---|---|
| Web Client | Fixed issues with using the keyboard to navigate the list of search suggestions |
| Web Client | Fixed a caching issue where the UI didn't update immediately when a user changed their display name |
| Connector Feed | Fixed an issue where uninstalled connectors still displayed as "Installed" in the Connector Feed |
| Index Builder | Fixed an issue where invalid date formats would block the index builder from continuing |
| Index Builder | Fixed an issue where the Index Builder would crash on an unhandled exception |
| Index Builder | Fixed an Index Builder crashed caused by an unhandled exception |
| Refiner | Fixed the File Type refiner Projects which didn't have any associated documents |
| Index BuilderRefiners | Fixed an issue where the Index Builder would crash on an unhandled exceptionsome email types were not categorized as emails |
| Tools | Fixed an issue deleting repositories from the Management Console or using the Via.Repository tool |
| RefinersSearch | Fixed an issue obtaining a user's security identifiers from Active Directory resulting in no search results |
| Rules Engine | Fixed handling of null attachment metadata fields |
| Translation | Fixed a number of incorrect translations |
| SharePoint App | Fixed the title of the app |
| Installer | Fixed an issue where entering an incorrect ZooKeeper host address would cause an error during install without an option to change it. |
| Installer | Fixed an issue where some email types were not categorized as emailsupgrading Locator would remove the start menu shortcut for Supervisor |