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dataminer.services change log - 2024

The dataminer.services platform gets updated continuously. This change log can help you trace when specific features and changes have become available in 2024.

Note

Many features on dataminer.services are dependent on DxMs. You can find the change logs for these under DxM release notes.

7 November 2024 - Fix - Catalog - Version info for items without version stayed in loading state [ID 41325]

Up to now, when you opened the versions section of an item without any versions, it would stay in a loading state. This has now been fixed: an info message will be shown saying this item does not have any versions.

7 November 2024 - Enhancement - Catalog - Permalinks shown for titles of a Catalog description [ID 41322]

The description of an item will now show a link next to the titles in the form of a "#". This link can be copied and shared with other users and will open the current page at the selected title.

7 November 2024 - Enhancement - Catalog - Support for relative (local) links in the description of an item [ID 41319]

On the Catalog details page, headings can now be linked to. You can link to the heading using the relative link from their markdown source. If a fragment link (indicated by # in the URL) is detected, the details page will scroll to the corresponding heading.

7 November 2024 - Enhancement - Sharing - Email now set when user leaves input field [ID 41244]

After a user fills in the email input field and leaves it, the email will now be saved and the share button will be enabled.

7 November 2024 - Fix - Sharing - Share button not enabled after setting expiration date [ID 41244]

Previously, when you enabled the expiration date for a share and then set a date, the share button would still be disabled. This has now been fixed: as soon as you set an expiration date, the share button will be enabled.

7 November 2024 - Enhancement - Admin app - Audit export rephrased [ID 41234]

From now on, the audit export entry will have a better title, e.g. "Usage export by ...".

7 November 2024 - Fix - Catalog API - Missing search results [ID 41226]

When items had no reference to a vendor, it could occur that they were not included in search results.

7 November 2024 - Enhancement - Catalog - Catalog versioning format updated [ID 41225]

​The Catalog API now allows all formats when registering a version of a Catalog item.

  • Versions following semantic version A.B.C.D will be displayed in an A.B.C range.
  • Versions following semantic version A.B.C will be displayed in an A range
  • All other version formats will be displayed in the "Other" range.

28 October 2024 - Enhancement - Admin app - Audit export file download with a trusted dataminer.services URL [ID 41239]

From now on, the audit export emails will contain a trusted dataminer.services URL for the file download.

28 October 2024 - Enhancement - Admin app - Enhanced stability and performance of the Audit page [ID 41238]

Enhancements have been implemented to the Audit page in the Admin app, improving the stability, availability, and performance with immediate effect.

24 October 2024 - Enhancement - Catalog API - Catalog registration using a DMS key [ID 41215]

The Catalog API can now be used with a DMS key for authentication providing compatibility with existing pipelines that deployed a Catalog item on a DMS.

24 October 2024 - Enhancement - Catalog - Improved the way tags of a Catalog item are displayed [ID 41182]

Tags of a Catalog item will now be shown based on the available space. If a tag is too large, it will be grouped in a "+x" tag that will show the values of the grouped tags when hovered over.

24 October 2024 - Enhancement - Catalog - Updated heading styles [ID 41145]

The style of the headings in the Catalog has been adjusted to match the overall style of the application.

24 October 2024 - Enhancement - Catalog - Catalog description supports markdown alert styling [ID 41053]

Alert styling in the Catalog description readme.md is now supported. The currently supported types are "Caution", "Important", "Note", "Tip", and "Warning".

22 October 2024 - Enhancement - Admin app - Irrelevant modules no longer shown on DxMs page [ID 41187]

Modules for which no updates are provided on the DxMs page in the Admin app will no longer be shown.

18 October 2024 - Enhancement - ChatOps - Enhanced stability and performance of Teams Chat Integration [ID 41149]

Enhancements have been implemented to the Teams Chat Integration feature, ensuring improvements in stability, availability, and performance with immediate effect.

16 October 2024 - Enhancement - Admin app - Usage export to CSV [ID 41117]

In the Admin app, a new feature has been introduced on the Usage page, allowing users to export usage metrics to a CSV file. Clicking the Export usage button will initiate the export process. A pop-up window will appear, where you can choose the separator for the CSV file, as well as whether to include column titles at the top of the exported CSV file. Once the file has been generated, you will receive an email containing a link to download the CSV file. The download link included in the email will be valid for a period of 7 days.

16 October 2024 - Fix - Sharing - Missing emails [ID 41110]

When you edited a share, the email addresses of the people with access to the share were not filled in. Now the email addresses will be shown correctly.

16 October 2024 - Enhancement - Web apps - Colors web apps adjusted [ID 41100]

​The dataminer.services web apps have been updated to make use of new colors, which will provide better contrast and make the UI easier to read.

16 October 2024 - Enhancement - Account linking & Catalog - 'Logout' changed to 'Sign out' [ID 41024]

In the account linking and Catalog UI, the term "Logout" has been replaced with "Sign out".

16 October 2024 - Fix - Catalog - Deploy trial licensed issues [ID 41024]

When you used the Deploy (trial) button on the Catalog details page, it could occur that a "not licensed" message was shown, even though this should not happen.

16 October 2024 - Enhancement - Catalog - Description styling [ID 40965]

The styling of alerts in ​Catalog descriptions has been adjusted so it matches the styling of docs.dataminer.services. The currently supported alert types are caution, important, note, tip, and warning.

16 October 2024 - Enhancement - Catalog - Design improvements [ID 40965]

The card layout in the Catalog has been redesigned to be more concise. The detail page header section, search results, and home page sections have been updated to match the new card design.

10 October 2024 - Enhancement - Catalog - 'Deploy trial' button also available for non-authenticated users [ID 41011]

Non-authenticated users can now also click the Deploy trial button in the header of an item or for a specific version. They will then need to log in first, after which the details page will be shown again where they can continue to deploy the given item.

10 October 2024 - Enhancement - Catalog API - Possibility to obtain Catalog item using organization key [ID 40976]

Using the Catalog API, it is now possible to obtain a Catalog item via its ID (GUID) or legacy DPC ID using an organization key for authorization.

10 October 2024 - Enhancement - Catalog - Vendor and market shown in the side panel [ID 40966]

On the details page of a connector Catalog item, the vendor and market are no longer displayed as tags but are instead shown in the side panel.

10 October 2024 - Enhancement - Catalog API - Registering Catalog item version now allows version message of up to 1500 characters [ID 40956]

When you register a version of a Catalog item using the Catalog API, a version message of up to 1500 characters will now be accepted.

10 October 2024 - Enhancement - Catalog API - Search results now include short description property of Catalog item [ID 40955]

When a search is performed in the Catalog, the search result items will now contain a shortDescription property containing a small description of the Catalog item.

10 October 2024 - Fix - Catalog - Search included virtual connectors (DVE) when searching in public and private scope [ID 40948]

When you searched or browsed in the Catalog using the visibility setting "All", DVE connectors were included in the results, while this should not happen because these do not have versions that can be deployed.

8 October 2024 - Enhancement - Catalog API - V1 APIs removed [ID 41016]

The following APIs are no longer available:

  • PublicCatalog V1
  • UserCatalog V1

Instead, the V2 versions of these APIs should now be used.

27 September 2024 - Fix - Catalog API - Image upload failure during Catalog registration [ID 40885]

Uploading images used in the README.md file of a Catalog item registration call could fail with the message "The archive entry was compressed using an unsupported compression method".

This was caused by a concurrency issue when processing the files in parallel and has been fixed.

27 September 2024 - Fix - Admin - Node name not shown in DxM upgrade warning message [ID 40880]

Up to now, in the warning message that was shown to inform users of the node where requirements for a DxM upgrade had to be checked, the entire DataMiner System was mentioned. Now, only the name of the relevant node will be shown instead.

27 September 2024 - Enhancement - Admin - DMS opened in new tab from overview page [ID 40861]

In the Admin app, when you click the DMS URL on the DMS overview page, this will now open in a new tab.

27 September 2024 - Enhancement - Home - Input fields disabled when DaaS deployment is submitted [ID 40860] [ID 41056]

When you deploy a DaaS system, all input fields are now disabled after you click Deploy.

27 September 2024 - Fix - Catalog - Recommended version could show a private version [ID 40849]

Previously, when a Catalog item had a public range but private versions, it could incorrectly show or recommend a private version of that range.

23 September 2024 - Enhancement - Catalog API - Enhanced image path format support when registering Catalog item [ID 40862]

When you register a Catalog item with a readme.md file, in that file you can now reference to an image using the home directory path "~" syntax or using a relative path. In addition, the casing of the image directory mentioned in the markdown file no longer matters, while previously this always had to be lower case.

23 September 2024 - Fix - Catalog - Duplicate Catalog items [ID 40839]

A duplicate Catalog item could be introduced in the Catalog after the register item call from the Catalog API was used on an existing item that was not originally registered via the Catalog API.

23 September 2024 - Fix - Catalog - Incorrect description shown for Catalog item for an authenticated user [ID 40825]

When a Catalog item uses the same name as another connector Catalog item that was not registered via the Catalog API, the wrong description could be shown when you viewed the item as an authenticated user.

17 September 2024 - Enhancement - Admin - Improved message when no usage data is found [ID 40796]

Improved the message when no usage data is available yet for a given organization.

17 September 2024 - Fix - Remote Access (automatic) login not working with special characters in DataMiner account configuration [ID 40788]

If your DataMiner account contained one or more special characters, for example in the full name field, and you used Remote Access to the web apps (e.g. the Monitoring app via dataminer.services), it was not possible to log in or make use of the automatic login with a linked account. This has now been fixed.

17 September 2024 - New feature - Admin - STaaS region registration and configuration tile [ID 40786]

It is now possible to register your DataMiner System for STaaS through the Admin app.

17 September 2024 - Fix - Admin - Incorrect notation usage number [ID 40781]

The notation of the number 400,000 has been changed from 0,4M to 400K.

17 September 2024 - Fix - Caching issues index file dataminer.services web apps [ID 40777]

It could occur that an old version of the site was shown when a newer version was available. To prevent this, caching headers for dataminer.services web apps have been adjusted to avoid caching when a new version is available.

17 September 2024 - Enhancement - Catalog - Catalog registration now only possible via API [ID 40772]

It is now no longer possible to register Catalog items using the Catalog app. Registration should be done using the Catalog API instead. For detailed information, see Registering a Catalog item.

17 September 2024 - Enhancement - Admin - 'Install latest available upgrades' button removed [ID 40768]

In the Admin app, the button to install all available DxM updates at once for a node is no longer available. As its functionality could be inconsistent, an improved version of the feature will be introduced in a later UI update for this page.

16 September 2024 - Fix - Catalog - Incorrect description shown for Catalog item [ID 40771]

In case a connector Catalog item existed in the Catalog with the same name as another connector Catalog item, and that other item had a description available, it could occur that the description for the other item was shown for the first item.

16 September 2024 - Fix - Catalog - Unauthenticated access not showing Catalog description [ID 40770]

When a user was not logged in, it could occur that they could not view the description for a public Catalog item that was registered using the Catalog API.

16 September 2024 - Fix - Catalog - Unauthenticated access not showing recommended versions [ID 40764]

Users were unable to view recommended versions when not logged into the Catalog.

16 September 2024 - Enhancement - Admin - Organization keys now require at least one permission [ID 40596]

When you create an organization key, you now need to assign at least one permission to it.

12 September 2024 - Fix - Catalog API - Unable to change publishing state for a specific version of a Catalog item [ID 40710]

Users were unable to change the publishing state for a specific version of a Catalog item through the API.

12 September 2024 - Enhancement - Catalog API - Catalog registration API has been improved [ID 40670]

The previously available Catalog API call to register a new Catalog item or version using the manifest file has now been split up into two different calls. There is now a PUT call available to register/update an item (including its description) and a POST call to register a new version.

12 September 2024 - Enhancement - Catalog - Catalog item versions with no artifact available on dataminer.services will contain a message [ID 40616]

When a Catalog item version is not available to deploy because its installation file is not registered, a message will now be shown to the user to inform them that the version is not available and that they can contact support.cloud.ecosystem@skyline.be to make it available.

12 September 2024 - New feature - Catalog - Unauthenticated access [ID 40570] [ID 40571] [ID 40572] [ID 40573] [ID 40686]

As an unauthenticated user, you can now search through the publicly available Catalog items, and view their description and their available versions.

12 September 2024 - New feature - Catalog API - Catalog registration supports images in description readme file [ID 40219]

Catalog item registration now supports images in the provided description of the Catalog item. Any used images need to be included in a Images directory. Supported image formats are .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .gif, .bmp, .tif, .tiff, and .webp.

30 August 2024 - Enhancement - Catalog - Type filter documentation link [ID 40601]

When you search for an item in the Catalog, a documentation link will now be shown next to the type filter. This link will navigate to the Catalog types information on DataMiner Docs.

30 August 2024 - Enhancement - Catalog - Owners or source no longer shown in details page side panel when not defined [ID 40584]

On the details page of a Catalog item, the side panel will no longer show the owners and source section if the owners or source are not defined.

30 August 2024 - Fix - Catalog - Search overlay on Catalog details not closing [ID 40533]

When you searched for a Catalog item while on a Catalog details page, it could occur that the search overlay did not close when the search results were loaded.

30 August 2024 - Enhancement - Admin - Improved restrictions for user role changes [ID 40526]

In the Admin app, users who do not have the rights to change roles will now no longer be able to select other user roles.

In addition, if you change your own role to a role with fewer rights, a warning will now be shown.

30 August 2024 - Enhancement - Admin - DxM .NET 8 warning when installing DataAggregator 3.0.6 [ID 40478]

When you install the DataAggregator DxM version 3.0.6, a warning will now be shown that .NET 8 is required.

30 August 2024 - Fix - Catalog - Organization field not filled in when registering item [ID 40472]

Up to now, when a user switched organizations prior to registering an item, the organization field would not be filled in. This has now been fixed, so that the organization field is now always filled in based on the selected organization.

16 August 2024 - Fix - Admin - Not possible to remove users from organization [ID 40506]

It could occur that it was not possible to remove users from their organization in the Admin app even though you had the necessary rights to do so.

16 August 2024 - Enhancement - Admin - DxM upgrade .NET 8 warning [ID 40461]

When you try to upgrade a DxM to a version that requires .NET 8, a warning will now be displayed.

13 August 2024 - Enhancement - Admin - Adding new user now blocked when user does not comply with configured allowed email domains [ID 40459]

When you try to add a user to your organization in the Admin app, this will now only be possible if the user you add complies with the configured allowed email domains setting.

13 August 2024 - Enhancement - Admin - Users overview now shows when users are non-compliant [ID 40469]

Users in an organization that do not comply with the configured allowed email domains setting will now be shown with a warning next to them, so that it is clear that these users were added before the allowed email domains setting was enforced.

13 August 2024 - Fix - Catalog - Deployment issues pop-up window did not display DMS name correctly [ID 40470]

When you opened the deployment issues pop-up window, this did not correctly display the name of the DMS with the issue. Now the DMS name will be shown correctly.

9 August 2024 - Enhancement - Admin - New options to restrict remote access to web apps and/or user-defined APIs based on IP address [ID 40460]

In the Admin app, it is now possible to restrict remote access to the web apps and/or user-defined APIs for a specific DMS based on IP address. Previously, this was only possible for the DataMiner Cube desktop app.

Tip

See also: Controlling the remote access settings of a DMS in your organization

08 August 2024 - Enhancement - Vendor and market name of connector now considered dedicated properties [ID 40423]

Up to now, the vendor and market name of a connector were among the tags of a Catalog item and therefore visible in the search results. This has been changed so that vendor and market name are properties that can be seen on the details page of a Catalog item.

08 August 2024 - New feature - Catalog - Case-insensitive searching on tags [ID 40368]

Search results on tags are now case insensitive.

08 August 2024 - New feature - Catalog - Search supports sorting by name and type of a Catalog item [ID 40368]

On the browse page, you can now sort by the name and type of the items in ascending or descending order. By default, items will be sorted by name in ascending order.

08 August 2024 - New feature - Limit of 5 tags implemented for Catalog items [ID 40349]

When you try to register a Catalog item with more than 5 tags, this will now fail, as this is not supported.

08 August 2024 - Enhancement - Catalog - Recommended versions shown for all Catalog item types [ID 40346]

Recommended versions are now shown for all Catalog item types. Previously, only connector Catalog items had a recommended version available.

1 August 2024 - Enhancement - Catalog - Contributors have been renamed owners [ID 40378]

On the details page, "contributors" have now been renamed "owners".

1 August 2024 - Fix - Catalog - Filters set on the browse page would incorrectly be reset when returning from a details page [ID 40332]

Up to now, when you had set filters in the browse page and then went to a details page, the filters would incorrectly get reset when you returned to the browse page. From now on, all filters will be restored when you return to the browse page.

1 August 2024 - Fix - Cloud apps - White page was displayed when using an old browser [ID 40347]

When you were using an old browser (e.g. Microsoft Internet Explorer), a white page would be displayed due to JavaScript not loading correctly.

From now on, a notice will appear, saying that your browser is no longer supported and that you should use a newer one.

1 August 2024 - Fix - Admin - Formatting of numbers under a thousand having a K suffix [ID 40383]

Smaller numbers will no longer be formatted with suffixes to improve readability. Previously, navigating to the usage page in Admin you could find numbers under the operation column to be formatted with the K suffix which would result in 0.x K formatting.

1 August 2024 - Enhancement - New remote access setting to restrict remote Cube access based on IP addresses [ID 40288]

An enhancement has been made to the remote access settings in the Admin app, which allows you to restrict remote Cube access per DMS based on specified public IP addresses.

Tip

See also: Controlling the remote access settings of a DMS in your organization

26 July 2024 - Enhancement - Admin - Formatting of large operation numbers in metric table [ID 40377]

Numbers in the usage table are now formatted with K, M, or B suffixes to improve readability.

26 July 2024 - Enhancement - Catalog - Show documentation for all types [ID 40190]

Users can now view documentation for all items, if provided.

23 July 2024 - Fix - Catalog - Return button spanning whole height of container [ID 40245]

The height of the return button in the top-left corner of the Catalog item details page has been adjusted. Previously, the button spanned the full height of the container. It is now sized to match the button itself.

23 July 2024 - New Feature - Catalog - Catalog allows searching on Catalog tags [ID 40259]

It is now possible to search using Catalog tags. The list of all search results will display which tags are present on each Catalog item.

23 July 2024 - New Feature - Catalog - Support for more Catalog types [ID 40144]

The following new Catalog types are now supported:

  • Ad Hoc Data Source

  • User-defined API

  • Testing Solution

  • Standard Solution

  • Solution

  • Scripted Connector

  • SLA Model

  • Sample Solution

  • Profile-Load Script

  • Low-Code App

  • Life Cycle Service Orchestration

  • Function Definition

  • Enhanced Service Model

  • Data Transformer

  • Data Query

  • Dashboard

  • ChatOps Extension

  • Best Practices Analyzer

These new Catalog types can now be selected when registering a Catalog item and have been added to the filters on the left of the search results page.

23 July 2024 - Enhancement - Admin - Organization and DMS overview pages now display DMS type [ID 40123]

The Admin organization overview page and the DMS overview page now show the type of DMS you are running, indicating whether it is a DaaS or Self-hosted system.

23 July 2024 - Enhancement - Admin - 'Add user' button disabled for users without permissions [ID 40234]

On the Admin organization users page, the Add user button will now be disabled if you do not have the appropriate permissions. Previously, attempting to add a user without the right permissions would result in an error.

19 July 2024 - New feature - Catalog API - Catalog version registration allows inclusion of readme file [ID 40241]

It is now possible to include a readme.md file in the zip archive used to register a new version of a Catalog item. Images are not (yet) supported in the readme file.

19 July 2024 - Fix - Catalog - Range without active versions shown [ID 40218]

Previously, if a range had no active versions, it was still shown on the details page of a Catalog item. Now such a range will no longer be shown.

19 July 2024 - Enhancement - Catalog - Improved version loading [ID 40217]

A new caching mechanism has been introduced that will improve performance when the versions included in a range of a Catalog item are loaded.

19 July 2024 - Fix - Catalog - Incorrect empty search result when initiated from home page [ID 40232]

When a search request was initiated from the home page of the DataMiner Catalog, an empty result was shown on the browse page until the page was reloaded. The correct search result will now be shown immediately.

19 July 2024 - Enhancement - Catalog - Improved vendor logo loading [ID 40235]

Caching has been introduced for vendor logos, which will make Catalog search results load faster.

15 July 2024 - Enhancement - Remote Cube support for SAML [ID 40176]

From now on, SAML can be used to access Cube remotely.

12 July 2024 - New feature - Admin - Usage page to view STaaS consumption [ID 40172]

In the Admin app, a new Usage page is now available for users with the Admin or Owner role in an organization. This page shows information about the usage of the STaaS systems in the organization.

12 July 2024 - Enhancement - Catalog - Infinite scroll [ID 40167]

​On the Catalog browse page, when users now scroll to the bottom of the page, a new page will load if there are more Catalog items to show.

11 July 2024 - Enhancement - ChatOps - Notification summary [ID 40182]

A new version (1.2.5) of the DcpChatIntegrationHelper NuGet has been released, which allows you to add a summary to Chat Integration notifications using Adaptive Cards. This summary will be used for the actual activity notification, so you can easily read what is going on from the summary without opening the notification itself. The summary will also be used for the immersive reader functionality in Microsoft Teams.

If the summary is not explicitly defined, the behavior will stay the same, and "Card" will be shown by default.

11 July 2024 - Enhancement - Improved handling of timed out Remote Access and Live Sharing requests [ID 40173]

An enhancement has been done to the way timed out requests are handled when the web apps are accessed remotely or when Live Sharing is used.

9 July 2024 - Enhancement - Home - Adding time zone when deploying a DaaS system [ID 40121]

When you deploy a DaaS system from the dataminer.services homepage, it is now possible to select the time zone for the DataMiner System you are deploying. By default, the current time zone of the browser is selected.

9 July 2024 - Fix - Catalog - Main ranges incorrectly filtered out in version history [ID 40147]

If all ranges of a Catalog item were either labeled as main or as deprecated, in the version history on the details page of the Catalog item, the main range could incorrectly be filtered out when the unsupported versions were set not to be shown (with the Unsupported versions toggle button). Now the main range will be shown correctly in the version history.

4 July 2024 - Enhancement - Remote Access, Remote Cube, and Live Sharing stability improvements [ID 40106]

An enhancement has been done to improve the stability when the web apps or Cube are accessed remotely or when live sharing is used.

3 July 2024 - New feature - Catalog - Version 2 of the User Catalog API [ID 39839] [ID 39958] [ID 40034]

The User Catalog API has been updated to V2.

This version will include the following routes:

  • GET api/user-catalog/v2-0/catalogs/search (UPDATED)

    Searches for Catalog items.

  • GET api/user-catalog/v2-0/catalogs/{catalogId} (UPDATED)

    Fetches a Catalog item by ID.

  • GET api/user-catalog/v2-0/catalogs/{catalogId}/versions/{versionId}/download (NEW)

    Downloads a specific version of a specific Catalog item.

  • GET api/user-catalog/v2-0/catalogs/{catalogId}/ranges?organizationId={organizationId} (NEW)

    Fetches the ranges for a specific Catalog item.

  • PATCH api/user-catalog/v2-0/catalogs/{catalogId}/ranges/{rangeId}?organizationId={organizationId}/custom-tag (NEW)

    Updates a custom tag of a specific range of a specific Catalog item.

  • DELETE api/user-catalog/v2-0/catalogs/{catalogId}/ranges/{rangeId}?organizationId={organizationId}/custom-tag (NEW)

    Removes a custom tag of a specific range of a specific Catalog item.

  • GET api/user-catalog/v2-0/catalogs/{catalogId}/versions?organizationId={organizationId}&rangeId={rangeId} (NEW)

    Fetches the versions for a specific Catalog item.

  • GET api/user-catalog/v2-0/catalogs/{catalogId}/versions/latest?organizationId={organizationId} (NEW)

    Fetches the latest available version of a specific Catalog item.

  • GET api/user-catalog/v2-0/catalogs/{catalogId}/versions/recommended?organizationId={organizationId} (NEW)

    Fetches the recommended versions of a specific Catalog item.

  • GET api/user-catalog/v2-0/catalogs/{catalogId}/versions/{versionId}/can-deploy?organizationId={organizationId} (NEW)

    Verifies if a Catalog item version can be deployed.

  • GET api/user-catalog/v2-0/catalogs/{catalogId}/versions/{versionId}/can-deploy-dms?organizationId={organizationId} (NEW)

    Verifies if a Catalog item version can be deployed on the available DataMiner Systems.

  • POST api/user-catalog/v2-0/catalogs/{catalogId}/ranges/versions/{versionId}/deploy (UPDATED)

    Deploys a specific version of a specific Catalog item.

  • POST api/user-catalog/v2-0/catalogs/register

    Registers a Catalog item.

  • PATCH api/user-catalog/v2-0/catalogs/{catalogId}/publishing-state?organizationId={organizationId}

    Sets the publishing state of a Catalog item.

  • PATCH api/user-catalog/v2-0/catalogs/{catalogId}/version/{versionId}/publishing-state?organizationId={organizationId}

    Sets the publishing state of a Catalog version.

  • PATCH api/user-catalog/v2-0/catalogs/{catalogId}/ranges/{rangeId}/state?organizationId={organizationId}

    Sets the state of a specific range of a specific Catalog item.

  • PATCH api/user-catalog/v2-0/catalogs/{catalogId}/versions/{versionId}/state?organizationId={organizationId}

    Sets the state of a specific version of a specific Catalog item.

3 July 2024 - New feature - Catalog - Change state support [ID 40096]

Skyline employees will now be able to change the state of a range or version when they view an item in the Catalog.

3 July 2024 - New feature - Catalog - Source link [ID 40046]

When you view an item in the Catalog, the informational section on the right will now contain a link to the source.

3 July 2024 - New feature - Catalog - Custom tag support [ID 40030]

When you view an item in the Catalog, if you are a member of the organization that published the item, you will now be able to assign a custom tag to ranges.

3 July 2024 - Enhancement - Home - Deploy prevention of DataMiner as a Service [ID 39995]

When you try to spin up a new DataMiner as a Service system from the dataminer.services home page, this will now be blocked if your organization does not have enough DataMiner credits available.

3 July 2024 - New feature - Catalog - Version history [ID 39903]

When you view an item in the Catalog, the versions tab will now include a version history section. This section will by default show all supported ranges and versions.

A toggle button has also been introduced that allows you to show or hide unsupported ranges and versions. Active and main ranges are considered supported, while deprecated ranges are considered unsupported. For versions, released versions are considered supported, while versions marked as known issues, development, or deprecated are considered unsupported.

3 July 2024 - New feature - Catalog - Version and range tag support [ID 39899]

In the Catalog, the versions and ranges shown when you view an item will now have tag support for the following cases:

  • The state of a range.
  • The state of a version.
  • Whether a version is private.

3 July 2024 - New feature - Catalog - Versions rework [ID 39846]

When you view a connector item in the Catalog, the Versions tab will now group all the versions by range. Ranges are defined by the first three numbers of a version.

19 June 2024 - Fix - Remote Access and Live Sharing connection failing when DMA went offline [ID 39983]

Up to now, if the connected DMA that was used to serve the web API requests for Remote Access or Live Sharing went offline, e.g. when switching in a Failover setup, the connection did not switch to another online DMA in the DMS. Instead it kept trying to connect to the initial DMA even though it was offline, causing Remote Access or Live Sharing not to work until the browser cookies were cleared. This issue has now been resolved. Automatic login issues caused by this same issue have also been resolved.

19 June 2024 - Fix - Remote access automatic login showed error page when failing [ID 39982]

When the automatic login with a user's linked DataMiner account failed, up to now a blue error page was shown displaying that there was an unexpected error. Now, the login page will be shown instead, where users can manually log in as a fallback.

19 June 2024 - Fix - Catalog - Email of user not shown in user menu [ID 39960]

It could occur that the user's email could not be shown in the user menu of the Catalog. This issue has been resolved.

19 June 2024 - Fix - Catalog - Selected organization not remembered across dataminer.services apps or after reloading the Catalog [ID 39913]

If an organization was selected in the Catalog app, it could occur that this selection was not remembered when the app was reloaded, and a different organization was selected again (usually, the first organization alphabetically). Similarly, when you switched from one dataminer.services app to another, the organization selection was not remembered.

Now the organization selection will be correctly saved and shared across apps or across app reloads.

19 June 2024 - Enhancement - Catalog - Register catalog item moved to user menu [ID 39906]

The button to open the form in order to register a catalog item has been moved from the header to the user menu.

Note

To be able to see the button, you need to be a member of at least one organization.

19 June 2024 - Enhancement - Catalog - Documentation link shown after Catalog item is registered [ID 39904]

​After registering an item, users will now get a link to the documentation guiding them to the next step, i.e. uploading a version.

11 June 2024 - Enhancement - Enable access to more web app folders via Remote Access [ID 39881]

From now on, if Remote Access to the web apps is enabled, this allows access to the entire folder /Documents/, so that it is possible to access the documents available in Cube. Previously, only the /Documents/DMA_COMMON_DOCUMENTS/ folder was accessible.

10 June 2024 - Fix - Link to terms and conditions not working [ID 39895]

The link to the terms and conditions, displayed among others when a DaaS system was registered and an Agent was connected to dataminer.services, did not work correctly. This has now been resolved.

10 June 2024 - Enhancement - Admin - 'Nodes' page renamed to 'DxMs' [ID 39874]

In the Admin app, the Nodes page has been renamed to DxMs to be more in line with the actual functionality of the page.

10 June 2024 - Fix - Admin - Zero credits not showing [ID 39866]

On the Admin organization overview page, it was not possible to see how many credits were left in case you had zero credits. Now the number of available credits will always be displayed, even if this is zero.

10 June 2024 - Enhancement - Home - Password confirmation when deploying DaaS [ID 39865]

When you deploy a DaaS system, you will now be asked to confirm your password before can deploy the system.

10 June 2024 - Fix - Admin - Opening in desktop app not working [ID 39838]

On the overview page of a DMS in the Admin app, the Open in desktop app button did not work correctly. Now Cube will correctly be opened when this button is clicked.

7 June 2024 - Enhancement - ChatOps - Possibility to fetch the dataminer.services organization ID & DMS ID in Automation [ID 39878]

A new version (1.2.4) of the DcpChatIntegrationHelper NuGet has been released, which allows you to fetch the dataminer.services organization ID and DMS ID.

These IDs, which had to be hardcoded before, can now be used for the buttons added in Adaptive Cards.

You can fetch them using the following example:

var chatIntegrationHelper = new ChatIntegrationHelperBuilder().Build();
try
{
  var dmsIdentity = chatIntegrationHelper.GetDataMinerServicesDmsIdentity();
  var organizationId = dmsIdentity.OrganizationId;
  var dmsId = dmsIdentity.DmsId;
}
finally
{
  chatIntegrationHelper?.Dispose();
}

The ChatOps example scripts on GitHub have been updated accordingly.

30 May 2024 - Enhancement - Enable access to more web app folders via Remote Access [ID 39812]

From now on, if Remote Access to the web apps is enabled, this also allows access to the folder /Documents/DMA_COMMON_DOCUMENTS/, so that it is possible to access the documents available in Cube.

30 May 2024 - Enhancement - Home - DaaS error messages [ID 39810]

The error messages that are displayed in case something goes wrong during the creation of a DaaS instance have been improved. Instead of a generic error, more specific information is now displayed.

30 May 2024 - Fix - Catalog - Details page not loading [ID 39772]

When a user that was not associated with any organization directly accessed a details page in the Catalog, it could occur that this page did not load correctly.

29 May 2024 - Fix - Admin - Email validation did not support domain extensions of more than 3 characters [ID 39791]

When adding a user to an organization or DMS in the Admin app, it was only possible to enter an email address with a domain extension of maximum 3 characters. This has now been updated so that all domain extensions are supported.

29 May 2024 - Enhancement - Admin - DMS overview Failover pair offline status [ID 39694]

The DMS overview page will now correctly show a Failover Agent as offline when appropriate.

29 May 2024 - Enhancement - New style for buttons in pop-up windows [ID 39010]

Buttons in pop-up windows have been updated to the new style.

27 May 2024 - Enhancement - Catalog - Updated deploy pop-up message with new style [ID 39663]

When an item is deployed from the Catalog, a new pop-up component will now be shown. The pop-up component has a new style and includes the name of the artefact.

27 May 2024 - Fix - All dataminer.services apps - Caching of index.html disabled [ID 39725]

Caching for the index page has been disabled for all dataminer.services apps, so that users will now always get the latest index page. As a result of this, the apps will be guaranteed to always have the latest code, since everything in the apps resolves to the index page.

27 May 2024 - Enhancement - Admin - Audit filter [ID 39737]

The audit filter "Subject Type" will now correctly show options.

23 May 2024 - Enhancement - ChatOps - Possibility to skip the confirmation when running custom commands [ID 39736]

From now on, it is possible to skip the confirmation message when running a custom command with the DataMiner Teams bot.

You can do so by adding --skipconfirmation, or in short --sc, at the end of your command. For example, for a custom command Automation script named "toggle switch", you could use the command run toggle switch --sc.

A new version of (1.2.3) the DcpChatIntegrationHelper NuGet has also been released, which allows you to skip the confirmation on custom buttons in Adaptive Cards.

16 May 2024 - Fix - Catalog - Legacy routes not resolved correctly [ID 39653]

When a user navigates to a legacy URL of the Catalog application, it will now redirect to the correct page.

16 May 2024 - New feature - Catalog - New apps menu [ID 39621]

Clicking the logo in the top-left corner of the Catalog app will now open a new apps menu, which will allow users to easily navigate to the other dataminer.services apps.

16 May 2024 - Enhancement - Admin - Message in DMS overview when latest CoreGateway version is not installed for Failover Agent [ID 39677] [ID 39678]

In the DMS overview in the Admin app, when applicable, a message will now be shown to notify the Admin user that both Agents in a Failover pair need to have the latest CoreGateway DxM version installed so that more information about Failover can be retrieved.

16 May 2024 - Enhancement - Admin - Organization and DMS settings audits [ID 39669]

From now on, changing settings for an organization or DMS in the Admin app will generate audit logs. See consulting dataminer.services audit logs.

10 May 2024 - Enhancement - Admin - More information included in DMS overview [ID 39563]

The DMS overview now shows more information about the system, including DxM and connectivity information.

8 May 2024 - Fix - Catalog - Maximum number of results too low when searching from home page [ID 39612]

When you executed a search on the home page, the results were incorrectly limited to 5 items only. Now when you click View all results, this will take you to the browse page where you will see a maximum of 50 results.

7 May 2024 - Fix - Admin - Save button for settings available to users without write access [ID 39589]

In the Admin app, users who do not have write access will now no longer have access to the save functionality on the Organization and DataMiner System Settings pages.

7 May 2024 - Fix - Catalog - Catalog item deployment window stayed open [ID 39575]

After a Catalog item is deployed, the deploy pop-up window will now correctly close automatically.

7 May 2024 - Enhancement - Catalog - Improved Catalog item registration message [ID 39574]

When a new Catalog item is registered, the success pop-up message containing the ID of the item will now also briefly describe how you can use this ID.

7 May 2024 - Enhancement - Catalog - Message added for private items without versions [ID 39521]

Private Catalog items that do not have any versions will now show an informative message.

7 May 2024 - Fix - Catalog - Legacy routes not resolved correctly [ID 39377]

When a user navigates to a legacy URL of the Catalog application, it will now redirect to the correct page.

25 April 2024 - Enhancement - Enable access to more web app folders via Remote Access [ID 39486]

From now on, if Remote Access to the web apps is enabled, this also allows access to the /Webpages/SRM/ and /Webpages/assets/ folders, which will be needed for future web app enhancements and features.

25 April 2024 - Enhancement - Settings overhaul [ID 39471]

The dataminer.services settings, configurable from the Admin app, have been enhanced with the following improvements:

  • Settings now have a hierarchical structure. Disabled parent settings override their child settings.
  • Settings can now also be configured on organization level. If a setting is disabled on organization level, this overrides this same setting for all the DataMiner Systems of this organization, as well as its child settings.
  • Settings are now displayed and managed from a separate page for the organization and for each DMS.
  • A new setting has been added for Live Sharing (i.e. dashboard sharing).
  • In addition to one global Remote Access setting, there are now separate child settings for remote access to Cube, the User-Defined APIs, and the web apps.

25 April 2024 - Enhancement - Catalog - Show DMS issues when deploying a catalog item [ID 39374]

In case deploying a catalog item to a DataMiner System will fail, it will now no longer be possible for users to try to deploy the item to that system, and a documentation link will be shown so the users can resolve the issue.

9 April 2024 - Enhancement - Improvements for DxM deployments from the Admin app [ID 39268]

When a user attempts to upgrade or install a DxM, a check is now performed to verify if all the system requirements are met. If missing requirements are detected, the action is disabled, and a warning is shown. Clicking the warning will show more information on how to resolve the issue.

29 March 2024 - Enhancement - Admin DxM status [ID 39277]

On the nodes overview page in the Admin app, you can now see the status of the DxMs.

28 March 2024 - Fix - Catalog - Typos in error when no DMS is found [ID 39232]

When no DMS is found for an organization, the displayed error will now no longer contain any typos.

28 March 2024 - Enhancement - Admin - Adjusted visibility credits section organization overview [ID 39214]

Regular members of an organization will now no longer be able to see the credits section of the organization overview.

28 March 2024 - New feature - Catalog - Trial deployments [ID 39205]

It is now possible for users without a license for a connector to deploy a trial version. These trial versions should not be used in production environments, as stated in the terms and agreements.

28 March 2024 - Fix - Catalog - Links in organization overview not working correctly [ID 39204]

Links in the DataMiner Systems table of the organization overview will now correctly navigate to the right location.

28 March 2024 - Enhancement - Catalog - Filter on public and/or private items [ID 39026]

On the Browse page of the Catalog, you can now filter catalog items so you see only public items, only private items, or both public and private items.

28 March 2024 - Enhancement - Admin - Audit Organization Keys [ID 39023]

It is now possible for admin users to see the permissions of organization keys on the audit detail page.

14 March 2024 - Admin - Organization overview overhaul [ID 38960]

The user interface of the Organization overview page has been adjusted to be more in line with upcoming design changes.

It will now include an overview of all DataMiner Systems in a table, which will include the name, URL, and status of each DataMiner System.

14 March 2024 - Enhancement - Admin - Buttons overhaul [ID 39008]

The buttons of the Admin app have been adjusted to be more in line with upcoming design changes.

11 March 2024 - Enhancement - Ordering DataMiner credits through Azure Marketplace [ID 38909]

You can now order DataMiner credits via the Azure Marketplace. For more information on how to order credits, refer to Ordering DataMiner credits.

7 March 2024 - Enhancement - Connection status information on dataminer.services now refreshes automatically [ID 38933]

The connection status information is now updated every minute on dataminer.services.

7 March 2024 - Enhancement - Improved support for DataMiner as a Service systems on dataminer.services [ID 38932] [ID 39009]

​The dataminer.services page now has an improved UI when a DataMiner as a Service (DaaS) system is being deployed, with an estimated time left. When a DaaS system is unreachable, an email address is provided to contact support. It is also possible to remove the system while it is still being deployed.

In addition, a problem has been resolved that caused some characters to be invalid in the password field in the deployment form.

29 February 2024 - Enhancement - Admin app UI adjusted [ID 38908]

The header bar and sidebar of the Admin app now use a light theme.

29 February 2024 - New feature - Admin - Added organization keys [ID 38944]

In the Admin app, you can now create DCP keys on organization level.

21 February 2024 - Fix - Improved catalog search performance [ID 38865]

The Catalog search has been enhanced to yield results faster.

19 February 2024 - Enhancement - Custom commands executed with the DataMiner bot can request the dataminer.services user email [ID 38826]

It is now possible to know the executor of a custom command executed with the DataMiner bot in Microsoft Teams.

To add a command to your DMS, create an Automation script in the folder "bot" in the DMS. For examples of such scripts, refer to Custom Command Examples on GitHub.

For more detailed information, refer to Adding commands for the Teams bot to a DMS.

16 February 2024 - Enhancement - Changed user role required to renew system tokens [ID 38722]

Previously, users had to have the role of Owner of the DMS on dataminer.services to be able to renew the session. From now on, this is also possible for users who have the Admin role.

16 February 2024 - Enhancement - Improved error messages when using remote access [ID 38802]

When you try to use remote access to a DataMiner System via dataminer.services, but this is not possible, from now on a clearer message will be shown on what is the likely cause of the issue, with a link to a dedicated troubleshooting page on docs.dataminer.services.

14 February 2024 - Enhancement - Systems with remote access disabled are now shown on dataminer.services [ID 38772]

DataMiner Systems are now shown on dataminer.services even if remote access is disabled for them. However, the app buttons for such systems will be disabled where necessary. A link to the documentation is provided in the UI for more information about how to change the remote access settings.

13 February 2024 - Fix - Catalog versions displayed in wrong order [ID 38762]

The versions of a catalog item will now be sorted correctly.

9 February 2024 - Enhancement - DMS connection status now visible on dataminer.services [ID 38771]

On the dataminer.services page, you can now see the status of the connection of a DMS to dataminer.services. The status is indicated as OK, Warning, Error, or Unknown. If the connection is not available, the app buttons will be disabled.

6 February 2024 - New feature - Chat Integration with Microsoft Teams now includes sending buttons in notifications using Adaptive Cards [ID 38701]

It is now possible to send buttons in notifications using Adaptive Cards to chats or channels with Chat Integration.

Available buttons:

  • Prompt to run a custom command (optionally with predefined input values)
  • Open URL
  • Get element
  • Get alarms of an element
  • Get alarms of a view
  • Prompt to change the active DMS of the conversation

In an Automation script, you can use the DcpChatIntegrationHelper NuGet 1.2.1 to easily interact with Microsoft Teams.

To get started, you can find several example Automation scripts with more information on GitHub.

After you have made sure that the prerequisites are in place, you can deploy the Chat Integration examples to your DataMiner System and immediately try out these examples.

6 February 2024 - New feature - Custom commands executed with the DataMiner bot now support adding buttons to the response using Adaptive Cards [ID 38701]

It is now possible to send buttons in custom command responses using Adaptive Cards.

Available buttons:

  • Prompt to run a custom command (optionally with predefined input values)
  • Open URL
  • Get element
  • Get alarms of an element
  • Get alarms of a view
  • Prompt to change the active DMS of the conversation

In an Automation script, you can use the DcpChatIntegrationHelper NuGet 1.2.1 to easily interact with Microsoft Teams.

To add a command to your DMS, create an Automation script in the folder "bot" in the DMS. For examples of such scripts, refer to Custom Command Examples on GitHub.

For more detailed information, refer to Adding commands for the Teams bot to a DMS.

23 January 2024 - Fix - Unknown error when accessing the web apps remotely [ID 38549]

While remote access was used to go to the web apps via dataminer.services (e.g. the Monitoring app), the following message could appear: An unknown error occurred (status: 200). The app would also stop working until the page was refreshed. This issue has been resolved.

12 January 2024 - Fix - The given username was not applied when deploying a DaaS system

When a custom username was given when deploying a new DaaS system, the default username (Administrator) was still used. The user will now be created with the custom username.

12 January 2024 - New feature - Remote access for custom files/webpages [ID 38426]

It is now possible to provide remote access via dataminer.services to files or webpages. To do so, add them in the folder C:\Skyline DataMiner\Webpages\public\ on your DMA. To access such files, users can use the remote access URL followed by /public/ (e.g. the file image.png via https://ziine-skyline.on.dataminer.services/public/image.png).

4 January 2024 - New feature - Chat Integration with Microsoft Teams now includes sending notification using Adaptive Cards [ID 38339]

It is now possible to send notifications using Adaptive Cards to chats or channels with Chat Integration.

In an Automation script, you can use the DcpChatIntegrationHelper NuGet 1.2.0 to easily interact with Microsoft Teams.

To get started, you can find several example Automation scripts with more information on GitHub.

After you have made sure that the prerequisites are in place, you can deploy the Chat Integration examples to your DataMiner System and immediately try out these examples.

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