ViaWorks 2.7 SR2 (2.7.3189)

Build number

Official build number: 2.7.3189.19937




Release Date

May 12th, 2017



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 ViaWorks 2.7 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 VirtualWorks.  Contact your VirtualWorks sales representative to obtain your license key.



New Installations

Download the ViaWorks Installation package, and run ViaWorks_2.7.3189.exe.  Use a valid License Code and follow instructions on the screen.

For hardware and software requirements, and for help on how to install ViaWorks, please see the ViaWorks 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

ViaWorks 2.7.3189 is a service release containing the following new features, bug fixes, and improvements:

 

ComponentTypeDescription
AlfrescoNew FeatureAdded advanced options to the wizard for enabling change set detection and the Folder Crawler method of crawling (both settings require configuration changes in Alfresco)
ExchangeNew FeatureAdded the ability to index Commvault archives
   
SOLR IndexImprovementAdded support to expunge deleted documents from the index on commit (enabled by default)
Web ClientImprovementAdded auto-complete to the Labels window. Existing labels will appear as suggestions as the user types a new label
Web ClientImprovementAdded a "Labels" widget to the home page showing the user's 10 most used labels
Web ClientImprovementAdded the ability to sort Search Scopes to customize which scopes appear under the search bar
Web ClientImprovementAdded "Did you mean" suggestions when only a few results are returned
ConfigurationImprovementAdded the ability to customize refiners per search scope, including the "Everything" scope
ConfigurationImprovementAdded the ability to change the number of facets displayed for a refiner in the refiner column (database change)
AlfrescoImprovementAdded an optional rule for downloading and opening the parent document of Alfresco attachments
AlfrescoImprovementGreatly improved the performance of the discovery and fetch processes
Open TextImprovementAdded the full path of a document to the metadata
Open TextImprovementAdded support for Single Sign On in OTCS environments using Active Directory for SSO
DominoImprovementAdded the ability to filter file extensions in the wizard
ExchangeImprovementAdded the ability enable/disable indexing delegated access permissions (On-Prem only)
   
Web ClientBugFixed an issue where the Custom Date Refiner would disappear when 0 results were returned
LicensingBugFixed an issue deleting a license with a Microsoft SQL database
LicensingBugFixed an issue where expired licenses were not displayed properly in the Management Console
AlfrescoBugFixed an issue where the sub-site query in the wizard could timeout
AlfrescoBugFixed an issue where the incorrect Date Modified was displayed on the hit card
AlfrescoBugFixed an issue where old versions of documents weren't removed from search
Open TextBugFixed an issue where modifying the Content Server URL in the wizard would purge the repository
SharePointBugFixed an issue where the Create Date wasn't showing the correct time
ConverterBugFixed a fetch error caused by email attachments missing a header
ConverterBugFixed the incorrect OCR language code for Japanese
SuperOfficeBugFixed an error fetching activities

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