We are proud to announce Stages release 26.1. It is the successor version of Stages 7.12. Subsequent versions will be numbered accordingly with the year and sequential number of its release.
Please note, that Stages 26.1 is not yet a Long Term Support (LTS) release, but will become LTS later this year. Until then, Stages 7.11 will continue to be the LTS version.
The main feature of Stages 26.1 is its completely new backend platform. End users should not notice any differences, but modelers will benefit from its improved handling of process interfaces and faster data transfers, e.g. during process version creation or process module updates. Also, the new technology platform allows us to release future product innovations quicker than before.
Release 26.1 is currently only available for Stages Managed Service instances. On-premise usage will be made available later this year.
When process modules are integrated into other workspaces or whole processes are copied into new workspaces, the creation of process interfaces is now solely controlled through workspace collections. Only processes in any workspace collection of the current workspace are being searched for potential process interface target elements. If a target is found in multiple workspaces, multiple interfaces are being created. If a workspace is not contained in any workspace collection, no process interfaces will be created.
The handling of process interfaces via workspace groups and common element workspaces has been removed.
As a result, process interface creation should be much more consistent, transparent, and easier to control.
Multiple SAML IdPs can now be configured. Upon login, the users have to select the respective authentication provider.
This improves the support for organizational mergers and large multi-domain organizations.
Custom attributes that were never set and have no default value in the meta model will now return null in the facade API. Previously, an empty String was returned. The user interface behavior is unchanged.
Dates are now shown consistently with four-digit years throughout the whole application.
Config property “operation.list.filter.types” has been renamed to “operation.list.exclude.types”.
TBD: are there other changes in config.xml, etc.? Multiple SAML IdPs?
TBD: Multilanguage support via export/import.
This feature will be supported in a future release.
Scripting changes (e.g. in reports, admin jobs, visualizations, etc.):
asCurrentUser, currentMetric, currentFolder, currentCollector were removed and should be replaced by TBDUser authentication:
ZIP import support:
Database support:
Stages V6 features:
Article, Category, Ypuser, Orgunit, Resource) and associations of these elements will be deleted from the database during upgrade.tbd
tbd
In addition to new product features, we also made new reference models available to manage compliance.
Please reach out, if you are interested to use one or more of the following standards in Stages.
TBD
See here for the full list of available reference models.
Please let us know if you have additional compliance requirements. Our teams are ready to implement them for you.
Version 26.1 is currently only available on Stages Managed Service instances. On-premise usage will be made available later this year.
Please contact our customer care team to request an upgrade of your Stages Managed Service instance.
For topics marked with *: please contact your product consultant for more info on how to integrate those enhancements into your configuration.