ViaWorks 2.8 SR1 (2.8.2641)
- Jeremy Sommer (Deactivated)
Build number
Official build number: 2.8.2641.20691
Release Date
March 7, 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_2.8.2641.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 2.8.2641 is a new service release containing the following new features, bug fixes, and improvements
Notes:
- If upgrading from version 2.7 or lower
- 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 |
|---|---|
| Rules Engine | Added support for extracting multi values |
| Dashboard | Added the ability to edit refiners |
Improvements
| Component | Description |
|---|---|
| Management Console | Cleaned up irrelevant Document Handler entries in the Connector Feed |
| Solr | Changed the default Solr must-match setting to a value of 75% |
Bug Fixes
| Component | Description |
|---|---|
| OCR | Improved text extraction from specific images |
| OCR | Fixed an issue where text was being removed in certain scenarios |
| Rules Engine | Fixed the system rule "Document Is Attachment" |
| Web Client | Fixed an issue where Stream view (Latest Updates) did not highlight promoted results |
| Converter | Fixed an issue where text-only PDFs were sent through OCR conversion |
| Database | Fixed an issue where the PosgreSQL collation setting was not preserved during upgrade. |
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