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Version 4.3.0.2 is an upgrade of version 4.3.0.1, and requires 4.3.0.1 to be installed first. Solved issues:

• When loading import xml in config wizard then no error msg
• Rollback of of MetaMart Instances is broken with error message
• Variable is undefined: ‘z793c0cfc31′
• Bitty browser prevents user from adding more content to portal
• Text falls outside of menu in Data mart
• Cannot search for items containing chinese characters
• Importing domain fails on dimensions
• ‘Live records’ edit screen doesn’t render properly when language is set to dutch
• Dimensions linked to wrong dimension element during meta mart import
• In live pareto graph the selection of Dim.CI Category is extremely slow.
• Collector should handle getutcdate() in historical collections
• Collector should do historical collections of non metamart metrics

Also note that from version 4.3 on we have changed our version numbering procedure:

• 4.3 is a major new version
• 4.3.0.1 is a patch release on 4.3
• 4.3.0.2 is a second patch release on 4.3
• 4.3.1 will be the first feature set
• 4.3.1.1 will be a patch release on 4.3.1
• 4.3.2 will be the second feature set, etc.

We are proud to announce the availability of Mirror42 version 4.3.

Highlights

Save portal tab as PDF

This new feature allows saving a portal tab (dashboard) as a PDF document. This PDF document can be send by email for example.

Constants

Constants allow defining metrics that have a constant value, for example costs of people or other resources. These constants can be then used in formulas to calculate KPIs

Templates

Currently templates of domains and KPIs structures are stored in XML files. These XML files are for example used to generate KPI structures based on extracted Metamart instances from external data repositories. This new template feature will allow maintaining template structures in the Designer, and using these templates by applying them to create new structures in the Designer.

Option “top” instances in group-by portlets

In dashboard portlets that show dimension instances such as, for example, a pareto graph of open changes per workgroup, it is possible to show automatically the workgroups that have assigned the most changes.

Password encryption

Password encryption is enforced in prefs.inc, datasources and LDAP integration for security reasons.

Search box integrated in list

The search box is integrated in each list of items, making it easier to search and select items.

Meta Mart and metric maintenance enhancements

Several enhancements have been included to improve the maintenance of Meta Marts and metrics.

License registration

This new features allows on-line registration of the license.

Ability to design KPIs without target

This enhancement allows defining Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) without target. KPIs without target are not consolidated in the index of the domain (e.g. process, workgroup, SLA), but are available on the scorecards.

KPI Library available as templates

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) as available on www.kpilibrary.com are available as templates in Mirror42. This allows using a predefined set of KPIs for a large range of IT domains.

Furthermore numerous smaller enhancements have been implemented.

Patch 4.1.7 as an upgrade for version 4.1.5 is available. 4.1.6 is an internal patch release. To install patch 4.1.7 you have to deinstall the earlier version, because many files have been relocated.

Solved issues in 4.1.7:

• Performance issues with generate metrics
• Ability to sort on multiple columns
• Restriction on records in portlets set to 10000 instead of 1000
• Prevent double records for measurement - dimension combinations
• Prevent double records for measurements
• Change % and gap values were not correctly calculated for negative indexes and values
• Change % and gap values for controls did not take the control direction into account
• Check for javascript and cookies support before logging in
• Timeout error popup not only in monitors and portals, but also in other parts of the application
• Instances list not url encoded in pivot bar, pivot pie and pareto graph
• Better error messages when starting the application
• Create with template scrambles text when using Cyrillic characters
• Create with template fails with timeout when the database contains a lot of metrics
• Problem when copying Russian metrics to a formula
• Search for metrics sometimes returns “access denied”

Solved issues in 4.1.6:

• portals with live data and timeout do not seem to look at the commandtimeout parameter
• measurement dimensions can not be shown. Also other frames with tabs fail to show.
• installation pack does not have STARTPAGE constant in prefs.inc.sql
• metrics screen does not show metamart query on Datasource tab
• formulas with metric names with trailing spaces are parsed incorrectly
• metamart explorer does not show details of selections, functions, dimensions, fields and joins properly
• Create with template not stable with large number of services, workgroups and/or sla’s
• Performance bad in perf-metrics.asp on Oracle with large number of metrics and metricdimensions
• Not all dimensions were tested in test metamart
• Incorrectly reported missing element instances
• First record in details selection was not checked whether numeric or not
• Export of metric values result in very large xml files
• Default date to in search metric value was today, now today + 1 month
• Import metric values will introduce duplicates if time not equal to “00:00:00″
• user.asp saves user names in lower case. This restriction has been removed
• scripttimeout not present in testmetamart.asp
• input validation was not implemented on all url parameters and web form fields
• output validation was not implemented on all texts written to the browser
• now an audit log will be created in the logs directory
• restructure directories to have a dedicated web directory

Patch 4.1.5 as an upgrade for version 4.1.4 is available.

Solved issues in 4.1.5:

* Webtables in tabs will now load when clicked
* Standard commandtimeout in prefs.inc and m42collector.exe.config of 600 for timeouts in SQL Server
* Type mismatch when adding new view in metamart
* Mirror42.Indexer.Indexer - Object reference not set to an instance of an object
* Error search metric value
* Export / import portals and portlets does not succeed
* Export will not more codes instead of numbers. import will accept both codes and numbers
* ORA-12899: value too large for column "ROLLBACKLINES"."RBL_PREVIOUS"
* Check of missing instances slow in extract instances with >5000 instances