panagenda is proud to announce this new release of iDNA Applications. Whether you’re modernizing or migrating Notes/Domino, iDNA gives you the knowledge to deliver the most difficult projects efficiently, on time and on budget. This new major version brings a ton of value with many new features, improvements and bug fixes.
Highlights
Content Analysis
With the analysis of database content, iDNA Applications now provides a crucial new insight into the challenges that come with transforming an application. Document metadata (e.g. date created, last modifier, form name) is analyzed and reported on for a variety of use cases around migrating and modernizing your applications.
Topics analyzed include:
- Attachments (amount, size, file types ...)
- Content age (creation and modification history)
- Content editors
- Document structure and used Forms
- Encryption and signature
- Reader and Author fields
- Special objects in Richtext
The new Content Analysis feature also brings an update to the licensing system. Content scans are licensed on a per database basis, so you can pinpoint exactly for which databases you require this in-depth analysis. See this article in our knowledge base for additional information on how to get your free licenses.
Instant Usage History
We have added a new source of usage history by reading a DBs own activity records (DB Properties > Info > Activity > User Detail). The data collected that way will seamlessly integrate with session data, which will remain the main data source for usage related information. The main benefit with this feature is that basic usage information spanning weeks or months of history will be available a few days after the setup of iDNA Applications.
This data source has several caveats though. Collection might not be enabled for all databases. Only a few hours of history might be available on very busy databases, while months of history is available for others which are rarely used. Data quality in general is not on par with session information from log.nsf, which is the main data source for usage information.
To gather this data, a design re-scan has to be performed on each database. This can be triggered manually on the "Design Analysis Status" page which can be accessed via the "Settings" menu.
Custom Application Properties
An exciting new feature that many customers and partners have been asked for is the ability to enrich the application catalog with your own information inside iDNA Applications. The new version comes with a set of pre-defined properties like e.g. "Complexity Estimation" or "Business Owner", but the system is fully flexible and allows the creation of custom properties depending on your specific needs. There are several different types available for these fields to make user interaction as smooth and comfortable as possible: selection boxes with pre-defined value lists or a name picker based on your own user, group, department and location names are two that will come especially handy.
These new properties are available for database instances and replica sets. Both can be configured individually for maximum flexibility. This feature comes a brand new API to access and edit these properties from external sources. See this knowledge base article for more details on the API.
New Features
Agent List: A new dashboard is available that displays details on agents in a database.
Database ACL: A new dashboard is available that displays details on the access control list.
Database Encryption: A new property in database instance details will display the encryption state of the database.
Database Types: New ETL properties have been added that make it possible to prevent the detection of user mail files and orphans/archives. This can be especially useful in situations where Notes is not the primary mail system anymore.
Server Decommissioning: New ETL properties have been added that now give control over how iDNA Applications handles DBs that are on server with no recent activity.
Translation: With French, an additional language has been added to the user interface.
Improvements
* Make it harder to stumble over the INIT/REFRESH buttons in sys/etl
* Update Metabase to latest v0.35.x
* As an admin, I would like to be able to remove user history for users I have marked to be excluded wihtout going to pgAdmin or doing an INIT
* As an admin, I would like to be able to reset org data without having to go to pgAdmin
* As a user, I would like to export all DB instances that belong to a design similariy cluster
* As a user, I would like to see similarity cluster info in the DB Instance grid
* As a user, I would like to see info about creation and last modified for DB Instances and Replica Sets
Bug Fixes
* Server status displays OK if no session data can be collected
* Investigate missing Nomad columns
* Health Job does not validate ETLLoaderJob status
* Investigate name "iDNA for Applications"
* Server Grid: ETL last modified timestamp seems to be missing
* Namevar conflict: Two users with the same name in different node types
* Updating views ETL statement sometimes leads to postgres being killed
* UI Issues around XPages
* Inconsistent handling of DB Types in Catalog grids
* Show all DBS in catalog does not show user mail files and orphans
* Handling of "no DB title" different in catalog and repset grid
* License Expiration Notification Mail cannot substitute Vendor and ProductName placeholders
* Hover over details on usage pattern similarities bubbles shows "undefined"
Structural Changes / Upgrade Path
Data Warehouse Rebuild Required
DWH Rebuild Required
After installing the update, parts of the application may not be available until the data warehouse is rebuilt. This process runs automatically at night, but can be triggered manually after the update. On the first login after the installation, more information on this topic will be displayed, along with the option to trigger the rebuild.
Upgrade Procedure: Container Installer
Details on how to update to this new version can be found in the knowledge base article Upgrading iDNA Applications.
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