ViaWorks 2.8 (2.8.2503)
Build number
Official build number: 2.8.2503.20571
Release Date
January 29, 2018
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 2.8 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_2.8.2503.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 2.8.2503 is a new product release containing the following new features, bug fixes, and improvements
Notes:
The PostgreSQL database format will be upgraded. It is strongly recommended to create a backup of the database prior to running the 2.8 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 |
|---|---|
Solr Index | Added support for multi-language indexing and searching. |
Solr Index | The index engine will now utilitize SolrCloud which greatly improves scaling of large environments |
Solr Index | Added support for Polish in the Solr index |
Web Client | Redesigned the home page called "Stream" showing user's upcoming appointments and the latest updates for each data source |
Web Client | Added User Profile options to add your photo and change your displayed name on the Stream home page |
Web Client | Added the ability to sort refiner facets alphabetically or by document count |
Web Client | Added the ability to specify search languages if more than one is configured during installation |
Web Client | New UI Languages: Italian and Bulgarian |
Web Client | Added a new Card View layout for search results that displays a thumbnail preview of the document |
Web Client | Added contact images to the Detailed view for SharePoint user profiles and users in the Global Address List |
Web Client | Added the ability to download, favorite and label multiple documents at the same time in List View |
Web Client | Added a new refiner to select the Document Language in multi-language environments |
SharePoint App | Added the "My Labels" widget to the homepage |
Dashboard | Added the ability to set the defaults for some user settings |
Management Console | Connectors can now be installed and updated independently of the core product using the new Connector Feed page in the Management Console. Requires access to the Internet |
Document Handler | Added support for detecting if the Document Handler is installed over HTTPS with the multi-user Document Handler only |
Improvements
Component | Description |
|---|---|
Index Builder | Greatly improved the speed and efficiency of the index builder |
Web Client | After selecting a refiner, the search results will scroll to the top of the page |
Management Console | Added the ability to search for users in the licensed user list |
Solr Index | Upgraded Solr to version 6.5.1. |
Database | Upgraded PostgreSQL to version 9.6 |
Java | Upgrade Java to version 8 Update 144 |
Bug Fixes
Component | Description |
|---|---|
File Server | Fixed an issue that indexed directories the index user does not have access to |
SuperOffice | Fixed an error fetching SuperOffice activities |
Web Client | Fixed an issue that allowed unsupported languages to appear in the UI language menu |
Open Text | Fixed an issue indexing security tokens |