https://doc.stagesasaservice.com/ 2026-04-18T00:20:10+00:00 https://doc.stagesasaservice.com/ https://doc.stagesasaservice.com/_media/wiki/logo.png text/html 2026-04-17T09:30:43+00:00 Weinlein, Thomas (26997@undisclosed.example.com) https://doc.stagesasaservice.com/261/upgrade_from_712?rev=1776418243&do=diff How to upgrade to version 26.1 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. Note: all process release automations have to be finished before an upgrade can be performed. text/html 2026-04-17T07:17:15+00:00 Weinlein, Thomas (26997@undisclosed.example.com) https://doc.stagesasaservice.com/261/integration/saml?rev=1776410235&do=diff Configure SAML Authentication (work in progress) SAML stands for Security Assertion Markup Language. It is a current standard for authenticating users in a distributed system. Stages acts as a SAML Service Provider (SP) and interacts with a SAML Identity provider (IdP) to authenticate users. text/html 2026-04-16T20:12:55+00:00 Fryer, Kathryn (30098@undisclosed.example.com) https://doc.stagesasaservice.com/reports/change-history?rev=1776370375&do=diff Change History for Stages Standard Reports The Stages Standard Reports are maintained and updated to support Stages versions and to deliver enhancements and fixes. Where possible, changes reference internal ticket identifiers, for use by UL consultants. text/html 2026-04-16T20:10:47+00:00 Fryer, Kathryn (30098@undisclosed.example.com) https://doc.stagesasaservice.com/reports/start?rev=1776370247&do=diff Standard Reports for Stages Stages provides a list of standard reports. Reports that analyze process content are optimized for the Unified Configuration Metamodel. If adoptions are required for your customized metamodel and content, please contact your product consultant. text/html 2026-04-16T12:44:29+00:00 Weinlein, Thomas (26997@undisclosed.example.com) https://doc.stagesasaservice.com/?image=261%3Apermissions_matrix_261.xlsx&ns=261&rev=1776343469&tab_details=history&media_do=diff&do=media <img src="https://doc.stagesasaservice.com/lib/images/fileicons/svg/xlsx.svg" alt="permissions_matrix_261.xlsx" loading="lazy" width="500" height="500" /> text/html 2026-04-16T11:41:32+00:00 Iseler, Marc (26159@undisclosed.example.com) https://doc.stagesasaservice.com/261/releasenotes?rev=1776339692&do=diff Release Notes for Stages 26.1 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 text/html 2026-04-16T11:04:46+00:00 Weinlein, Thomas (26997@undisclosed.example.com) https://doc.stagesasaservice.com/261/users_groups_permissions?rev=1776337486&do=diff Manage Users, Groups, and Permissions In version 7.12, the following permission domains have been added: * AI Administration: allow users to edit the AI prompts and Chatbot Views. (This replaces the AI Prompts domain from 7.11) * Chatbot: allow users to use the Chatbot text/html 2026-04-15T12:43:54+00:00 Policnik, Florian (26340@undisclosed.example.com) https://doc.stagesasaservice.com/261/mcpserver?rev=1776257034&do=diff Stages MCP Server (Beta) MCP (Model Context Protocol) has established itself as the universal way to connect LLMs (Large Language Models) and other AI systems with data sources. Through our MCP server, AI systems can access process data managed in Stages for various purposes and use cases. text/html 2026-04-15T01:03:09+00:00 Meier, Erich (26940@undisclosed.example.com) https://doc.stagesasaservice.com/261/metamodelstrategy?rev=1776214989&do=diff Unified Configuration Metamodel Strategy With the goal of supporting new process modeling best practices faster than before, while still keeping the number of metamodel variants low, we will support two standard metamodels going forward. This new strategy will be implemented with the text/html 2026-04-13T14:23:00+00:00 Neubauer, Peter (26338@undisclosed.example.com) https://doc.stagesasaservice.com/712/process_feedback_redmine?rev=1776090180&do=diff Process Feedback Redmine specific Process Feedback Redmine will be retired with Stages 26.1 First of all, create or choose a Redmine project where the feedback will be collected. You need to get the identifier for that project: Second, you need a user for creating the issues in that project. Navigate to the account details page and get the text/html 2026-04-13T14:22:30+00:00 Neubauer, Peter (26338@undisclosed.example.com) https://doc.stagesasaservice.com/261/process_feedback_redmine?rev=1776090150&do=diff text/html 2026-04-13T14:22:12+00:00 Neubauer, Peter (26338@undisclosed.example.com) https://doc.stagesasaservice.com/712/cms_sharepoint?rev=1776090132&do=diff Back to Common CMS Configuration Sharepoint Sharepoint CMS (on Premise) will be retired with Stages 26.1 Example Configuration <cms-type name="sharepoint"> <!-- Global Properties --> <cms-host ident="sharepoint.example.ident" name="https://sharepoint.example.net:1234" displayName="Sharepoint Example Server"> <!-- Host Properties --> <cms-property name="version.date.format" value="dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm" /> <cms-property name="user" value="sharepoint_username" /> … text/html 2026-04-13T14:20:40+00:00 Neubauer, Peter (26338@undisclosed.example.com) https://doc.stagesasaservice.com/261/cms_sharepoint?rev=1776090040&do=diff text/html 2026-04-13T14:19:40+00:00 Neubauer, Peter (26338@undisclosed.example.com) https://doc.stagesasaservice.com/261/cms_codebeamer?rev=1776089980&do=diff Codebeamer not yet included in 26.1 - planned to be included in a future release Stages supports Codebeamer tracker of type Document Example Configurations There are two modes how the adapter can be configured: “direct download” or “link to codebeamer”. This mode defines what happens when the user clicks on Codebeamer file in Stages (download action). The following sections show example configurations for each mode. text/html 2026-04-13T14:19:26+00:00 Neubauer, Peter (26338@undisclosed.example.com) https://doc.stagesasaservice.com/261/cms_integrity?rev=1776089966&do=diff Integrity not yet included in 26.1 - planned to be included in a future release Example Configuration (conf/config.xml): <cms-type name="integrity"> <cms-host ident="integrity.ident.1" name="integrity.myserver.com" displayName="Test Integrity Server"> <cms-property name="protocol" value="http" /> <cms-property name="port" value="7001" /> <cms-property name="user" value="integrity_username" /> <cms-property name="password" value="integrity_password" /> … text/html 2026-04-13T14:19:00+00:00 Neubauer, Peter (26338@undisclosed.example.com) https://doc.stagesasaservice.com/261/process_feedback_codebeamer?rev=1776089940&do=diff Process Feedback Codebeamer specific not yet included in 26.1 - planned to be included in a future release First of all, create a Codebeamer project where the feedback will be collected. If you want to collect more information than the summary and a description, you have to create a new tracker and add additional fields to it. Further information to creating and customizing trackers can be found at text/html 2026-04-13T14:18:45+00:00 Neubauer, Peter (26338@undisclosed.example.com) https://doc.stagesasaservice.com/261/process_feedback_ptcilm?rev=1776089925&do=diff Process Feedback PTC-ILM specific not yet included in 26.1 - planned to be included in a future release First of all, create or choose a ILM item type where the feedback will be collected. Stages will use the SOAP interface to create the items. Stages config.xml text/html 2026-04-13T14:18:23+00:00 Neubauer, Peter (26338@undisclosed.example.com) https://doc.stagesasaservice.com/261/process_feedback_servicenow?rev=1776089903&do=diff Process Feedback ServiceNow Specific not yet included in 26.1 - planned to be included in a future release * Before integrating with ServiceNow, ensure that you have a valid ServiceNow user with access to tables that you want to use in the integration. We recommend setting up a unique ServiceNow user account to be used exclusively for text/html 2026-04-13T14:12:45+00:00 Neubauer, Peter (26338@undisclosed.example.com) https://doc.stagesasaservice.com/261/start?rev=1776089565&do=diff Stages Version 26.1 What would you like to do? New features that come with 26.1, features with enhanced capabilities, or newly added documentation topics are marked in bold. For all users * Navigate through Stages * Use the landing page * Understand process content (elements, details, perspectives) * Use the AI chat assistant * Search process content * Switch between multiple versions * Work with files * See the process release information * Participate in a process release … text/html 2026-04-10T18:48:59+00:00 Meier, Erich (26940@undisclosed.example.com) https://doc.stagesasaservice.com/712/chatbot_config?rev=1775846939&do=diff Stages Assistant Configuration The Stages Assistant is a chatbot that uses Generative AI to answer all kinds of questions using the process content defined in Stages. You can find more on its basic usage and functionality here. The sections below describe how to set up, train, and maintain the Stages Assistant.