18-APR-2023
Build number 4.4.2.11
Upgrade - SQL Schema
Upgrade - MySQL Delimit Schema
Installation - SQL Schema
Installation - MySQL Schema
Prolaborate Macro for Confluence
EA Add-in
Diagram Editor
Confluence Data Migrator
🌟Launch EA from Prolaborate to edit Diagrams or Views (Learn More)
📤 Enhanced Security Controls
📤 Edit Package name and its properties (Learn More)
📤 Apply colors for sub-groups in multi-level chart (Learn More)
📤 Migrate AD User accounts to SAML based User management seamlessly (Learn More)
📤 Launch diagrams page from Reports (Learn More)
📤 Access Archived Reviews (Learn More)
📤 Multilingual support for Modeling Language (Learn More)
🐞 MDG Profile configurations are now retained when updating the Modeling Language.
🐞 Validation for report name in report configuration is applied to avoid duplicate and help users identify the right report.
🐞 Prolaborate Add-in for EA can now be used without Integration addon in the license.
🐞 View all and Create button in Dashboard and Review Section are visible to users who logs into the application for the first time.
🐞 Special characters such as (‘ . - _ ! # ^ ~) are allowed in an email ID.
🐞 In a column chart and bar chart, values on X & Y axis are sorted alphabetically.
🐞 New Line that is inserted automatically to text content in a text widget is removed.
🐞 Zoom In and Zoom Out of diagrams now works as expected in Firefox browser.
🐞 Any Active Directory user can be tagged by email ID and invited to collaborate if their AD account has an associated email ID.
🐞 Mailer configuration works as expected when Authentication Type is set to Default credentials.
🐞 Icons and Menus on the navigation pane are rendered as expected on zoom in and zoom out.
🐞 Properties window can be opened by clicking the name of an artifact from the report view even if a custom name is used in the stereotype’s form designer.
🐞 The notifications loading issue has been resolved.
🐞 Constraints now display texts correctly.
🐞 The bad request alert which is shown during loading sub-reports has been fixed.
🐞 Users are now restricted from creating repositories with the same alias name.
🐞 Default value of Enum type tagged values is displayed as expected for users having Read-Only access.
🐞 Artifacts in a diagram which is part of reviews are allowed to tag to reviews from discussion window.
🐞 The alignment issue in generated PDF documents from discussions has been fixed.
🐞 Issues related to discussions and notifications have been addressed.
24-FEB-2023
Build number 4.4.1.38
🌟Exchange Model/Architecture Information via CSV (Learn More)
🌟Prolaborate Add-in for EA (Learn More)
📤 Roadmap Chart Usability Improvements (Learn More)
📤 Convert Prolaborate registered User account to SAML-based user account seamlessly
📤 Specific toggles that control inactive and blocked users
📤 Keep O365 Email notifications service Active
📤 Set Color for the tagged value of type Boolean
📤 Control WebApp settings from App instead of editing properties file
🐞 Custom Property not accessible for Anonymous Users and Read-only Users has been fixed.
🐞 Share URL throws 404 error in Confluence has been fixed.
🐞 Issues related to missing License file and Machine ID are now fixed
🐞 Sort Dashboards in Dashboard listing page, login entries in Login History page, Users of Repository and Application based on Date works as expected
🐞 Password reset link now expires immediately after the password is reset
🐞 Loading time of discussions is optimized for diagram which has a large number of artifacts
🐞 Tagging a user in a discussion of an artifact with a chart and a report works as expected
🐞 Discussions created by deleted authors are now accessible
🐞 The group ‘Expand and Collapse’ option in the Landscape chart now works as expected
🐞 URL generated from Private and Public share are case sensitive
🐞 ‘My Profile Page’ load issue for Active Directory User is fixed now
🐞 Stereotype dropdown in the search window no longer retains the previously searched values
🐞 Special characters are supported in tagged value of type ‘Enum’
🐞 High CPU utilization issue that occurs while performing an import of large MDG file (upto 25 MB) into MSSQL DB is resolved
🐞 MDG file with UTF-8 are imported into Prolaborate (MySQL) without any issues
🐞 Linked document popup window duplication is now fixed
🐞 Open Form Designer option is now working as expected for Connectors
🐞 Packages that are deleted using EA are removed under Sections page within Prolaborate
🐞 Issues related to Roadmap charts are now fixed
19-DEC-2022
Build number 4.4.0.54
🌟 Create and Modify Connectors (Learn More)
🌟 Simplify and Publish Connected Information (Learn More)
🌟 Custom Property (Query Based) (Learn More)
🌟 Link Role-based access directly with SAML User Groups (Learn More)
🌟 View discussions and reviews of Prolaborate in EA (Learn More)
🌟 SQLite DB Support for EA with Prolaborate
📤 SSO based Jira Server Configuration (Learn More)
📤 Secured Share settings (Learn More)
📤 Improvements in Roadmap chart (Learn More)
🐞 Review widget displays active reviews for the user where a user group (user belongs to) that is added as Reviewer or Approver
🐞 User groups that were added as Reviewer or Approver to a review can now be successfully removed by edit
🐞 Users who are part of a review cannot be invited again
🐞 SAML and AD users are allowed to access Prolaborate based on the configured license type assigned to an Access Control Profile
🐞 Authentication Type with Default credentials in Mailer Configuration now works as expected
🐞 Users can now save the changes of the ‘Date’ type tagged value if the date format in General Settings is empty
🐞 General Settings configuration now works as expected for all user types
🐞 The Diagram icon within the Report Widget is now properly displayed
🐞 Issues related to Roadmap charts are now fixed
26-OCT-2022
Build number 4.3.0.8
🌟 Microsoft Teams Integration (Learn More)
🌟 Open Community Access (OCA) (Learn More)
🌟 Domain Access Management (Learn More)
🌟 O365 Outlook Mail Configuration (Learn More)
🌟 Login History (Learn More)
🌟 Publish Model in Atlassian Confluence Cloud
🌟 Migrate Prolaborate Model Content - Atlassian Confluence
📤 Enhanced User Activity Tracking
📤 Improved 3.X to 4.X migrator
🐞 Fixed ordering of EA artifacts on the Sections page
🐞 Fixed repository browser content load issue for AD Group users
🐞 Fixed the default dashboard setting user and user groups
🐞 Comments can now be added for artifacts, widgets, and dashboards in the Firefox browser
🐞 Notes added for artifacts now visible in the Firefox browser
🐞 Creating EA artifacts of SysML MDG technology from Prolaborate is now properly shown in EA
30-Aug-2022
Build number 4.2.1.7
📤 The response time of search is enhanced for large models in the overall application
📤 Apply colors to bars in Road Map chart based on Basic Properties or Tagged Values using Color Palette Configuration
📤 Data limit support is added to charts to improve the visualization of information. The charts in the widget display an error message if the data set exceeds the expected data limit
📤 Detailed subreport for a report widget will now be displayed on the same page to ease accessibility
📤 The security of the application is improved by applying recommended security metrics that are applied to the overall application and validated using premium security tools. The applied metrics are listed below
Malicious and invalid files are restricted from upload
Lock Out Mechanism is added to lock the user account after three unsuccessful login attempts. Refer to FAQs to unlock an account
Content Security Policy for header is added to restrict I-Frame
Authorization header in SAML APIs is added to restrict unauthorized access of application
🐞 Charts of type bar and column support decimal values
🐞 ORDER BY and hide_ syntax in SQL query for charts and reports work as expected
🐞 Chart reload issue is resolved for every di-section click
🐞 Make multiple columns clickable in report widget using SQL query
🐞 Support added for ‘Phase’, an EA basic property, in all types of charts
05-July-2022
🌟 MDG Color Configuration (Learn More)
This feature allows users to control chart colors from a central setting at the repository level. It is applicable across various places such as Property Window, Custom Properties, Overview Page and Reports.
Color rendering is supported for two types of properties, Enum & Boolean.
🌟 Report Configuration (Learn More)
One can now Create and reuse Reports to avoid repeated configurations and showcase results in different formats.
🌟 MDG Based Sub-Report (Learn More)
The new MDG Based Sub-Report feature in charts allows users to configure stereotypes from the Modeling Language profile and auto-picks columns to be displayed in reports.
🌟 Analyser (Learn More)
It helps one understand how each artifact is impacting other artifacts in the organization using Analyser View. In addition, it makes it easy to understand and analyse the impact of change in a model to make informed decisions.
🌟 Placeholder (Learn More)
One can now Generate dynamic reports by entering value during execution of reports.
🌟 Designer Method support for Report Widget (Learn More)
This feature Creates complex EA Reports by picking and selecting values instead of writing a query.
🌟 Create Artifacts (Learn More)
This new feature allows users to Create element & package from Prolaborate.
Currently supported Modeling frameworks for element creation UML, SysML, ArchiMate3.1 and BPMN2.0.
Stereotype of type ‘Requirement’ is allowed for element creation in a Custom MDG framework.
We at Prolaborate always strive to make our user experience better by the day! To support our motto, we have worked on some bringing in some new features while fixing some existing bugs for better interaction.
📤 The user session retention is handled for auto-scaling environment or application restart.
📤 We now have an improved search feature in the repository browser for EA artifacts.
📤 Support added for tagged value of type Int.
🐞 In the event of an upgrade from Prolaborate V3.x to V4.x, a user with dual user accounts (SAML SSO & Registered User) is allowed to log in with both accounts.
🐞 Login with SAML SSO in Private Share helps navigate to the respective shared item.
🐞 Content from Large Prolaborate models loads in Confluence without any issues in Prolaborate Macro.
🐞 Loading issue in Property window for Tagged value of type RefGUID is resolved.
🐞 Chart load issue for data with more certain rows (approximately 600 rows) is handled with a warning message.
🐞 Review Status is set automatically as per review dates. In case the system date is modified in the server, an admin must execute Prolaborate automation.
🐞 For tagged value with no value for ‘type’ in the XMl file, it is considered as type ‘String’.
🐞 ‘Start Date’ set in Review works for various time zones.
🐞 Remember user session works as expected.
05-April-2022
🌟 Designer Method for Road map
Every user, irrespective of SQL expertise, who wants to create Roadmap type charts will benefit from the Designer Method that auto-generates queries based on the configuration selected. Users can also copy, review & reuse the auto-generated query from the Designer.
📤 Data Migration Support
Data Migration feature supports the migration of dashboards and charts, discussions, reviews, theme settings, SAML settings, users and user groups and URL shared from 3.5 or above to Version 4.1.2 Currently, migration does not support review summary widget and discussion summary widget.
📤 Session Expired Configuration
Users can configure Session expiry time on the Prolaborate.json data file.
📤 MDG Performance Optimization
The overview page and property tabs are optimized for faster loading specifically for MDG based data.
🐞 Application sends a welcome email to the new users as expected.
🐞 Discussion list renders as expected when creating the discussion on a diagram.
🐞 Deleting an admin user by another admin user is disabled.
🐞 Time zone setting work as expected at the application level as well as user level.
28-feb-2022
🌟 Confluence Integration
Confluence Server and Data Center Integrations are now supported with Prolaborate
Note: Users who wish to continue using Prolaborate 3.x do continue with the existing version of Confluence macro.
🌟 Designer Method Support for Multilevel charts
Users can configure the multi-level charts using the designer method instead of queries with the support of enhanced Prolaborate UI. The functionality enables non-technical users to design advanced charts without a writing single word of query. Users can visualize & reuse the query generated by the designer.
🌟 Group default definition
For a user who is part of multiple groups in a repository can select a group and perform actions accordingly. The functionality is disabled for users who is part of single group.
🌟 Health Check Page
Prolaborate Health check feature allows user to download error log of PCS, SAML, Prolaborate & more and to see the versions of database, mailer, Prolaborate, & service management
🐞 Bugs that were reported in 4.0.0 are fixed in Version 4.1.1
20-oct-2021
🌟 Discuss Dashboard and Widgets
Creating discussions for entire dashboards and individual widgets is possible now.
🌟 Widget Landing Page
The widget landing page is distinctly added as a feature to view the widgets on an individual page.
🌟 Inline Edit
In version, 4.0 users can edit the Dashboard and Widgets easily by using Edit Icon on the Page.
🌟 Enhanced Over View Page
In Version, 4.0 the Overview page was enhanced to show all the related details of the respective package and element by default to the users.On this page, the user could see the element Basic Attributes, Usage, Share, Discussion, Traceability, Review, Children details, of the respective items just by selecting the element or package.
🌟 Form Designer in Properties Tab
Form Designer option added in a properties tab to easily navigate, see and change the attributes details of the respective element.
🌟 All New Landscape Chart
Landscape Charts in Updated version Revamped with Enhanced capabilities like,
🌟 Chart Preview in Edit Mode
The preview feature is implemented in the chart. While creating or editing the chart, the user can now preview the chart to resize the widgets considering the output of the chart.
🌟 Modify Look and Feel of Charts on the fly
The “Test Changes” menu feature is provided under widget settings. By using this feature users can view and change the chart configurations temporarily i.e legend title, position, color patterns, etc.
🌟 Horizontal bar chart
In Version 4.0 another new chart was introduced to showcase the EA data into the Horizontal bars.
🌟 Downloading Charts.
Now users can download the charts in .PNG,.JPEG,.PDF, SVG Vector image formats.
🌟 Change Chart Type in a few clicks
Users can change the chart type by using “View As”. This feature will temporarily help you to simulate the existing chart into a similar type chart.
🌟 Filter Profiles
Added ability to use already created custom profiles/filters, so there is no need to rewrite the same query again. Users can use this profile to get the results in chart configuration.
🌟 Individual Chart Widgets Refresh
Users can now “Refresh” the chart widget in case of any changes are done in the model or an item
🌟 Inline Tagging of Users and Objects
Inline users tagging feature is implemented in this release. Users can now able to tag the other users into the discussion by simply typing “@” in the description and “#” to tag elements.
🌟 Opening A Diagram in A New Tab
Users can now view a particular diagram in a new tab. It can be viewed by simply right-clicking on the diagram and by choosing the “Open in new tab” option.
🌟 The Diagram Tab
“Diagrams” are now added as an exclusive menu in the menu tab. Users can “Search” or “See the List of Diagrams” from the drop-down menu even without landing on the “My Diagrams” page. This feature will enable the user to experience the ease of accessing, searching, or viewing the list of diagrams just by a simple click.
🌟 Invite Groups
In reviews, you can now Invite “Groups” to review or approve the added items.
🌟 Stats Tab for Moderator
In the previous version, the moderator had a separate dashboard to check the status of the review and review items. But in this version “Stats tab” has been implemented where all the details are available from the moderator's perspective.
🌟 Diagrams Page
The “Diagrams” tab has been implemented in this version. If some reviews items contain reviews, it will get reflected while viewing the diagram in full-screen view
🌟 New Elements Page
In this version items and lists for review can be viewed in a “Tree” structure or “List” view instead of getting results in the table view.
🌟 Find In Project Browser Feature in Access Permission Preview Section
Implemented the “Find in browser” feature. This will help the user to check the respective element location in the project browser.
🌟 Assigning User Groups for Profile
Now admin or user can assign user groups into the profile to configure the stereotype and restrict the visibility of the attribute to the other users.
🌟 Multiple Inherited Stereotypes Has Been Supported
Multiple inherited stereotypes have been supported in this release so that users can handle the attributes for multiple stereotypes in the form designer page.
🌟 Added Support to Delete a Profile
In this release, users can delete the profiles from the manage profile list. In the previous version, there is no feature available to delete the created profile from the manage profile list.
🌟 Import/Export Tagged Values Across Repositories
Users can able to export or import the created custom properties from the modeling languages to any other repositories using the “Import” menu from the page.
🌟 Repository Search
In version 4.0 users can able to search the element, diagrams, packages by their name or alias with object type, type, stereotype-based filters from the repository using the “Search Repository” feature.
🌟 Repository Management
Instead of recreating repositories every time, users can now copy the
repositories from the repository list. Once the repositories are reproduced
users can edit the details of repositories such as name, alias name, etc.
And also, you will be able to set default repositories from the repositories
list and you will be redirected into the default repositories while logging in
to the application.
🌟 OIDC Based Authorization
OIDC based Authorization is implemented for API access.
📤 Manage User Profile
Profile page updated to show more relevant information.
📤 Stereotype Configuration Listing Changes
In Adding/Editing a profile, stereotypes listing shows all the lists including connectors, elements. But in this Build UI changes are done to show the stereotyped connectors in a list with a Category column so that users can easily identify the connectors, elements easily from the list without any confusion.
📤 Custom Icons for Each Stereotype
Feature added to change the “Stereotype icon” for each stereotype in the “Form Designer” Page.
📤 Creating Discussion for Reviews
You can now create a discussion on reviews.
📤 Enhanced Diagram View
“My Diagrams” listing has been updated with new features such as view attributes, view diagram info, comments, and view diagram page. Search and additional filter features were also implemented in this release.
📤 Author Tag
If a user creates a discussion and made a reply, it shows the Author Tag for those discussions and replies which was created by a user.
📤 Breadcrumb
Breadcrumb has been introduced in all the pages for easy navigation.
⛔️ Repository Management - EA Security-based authentication
Require EA Authentication toggle button removed from repository configuration page. Based on the discussion less users using this feature but create lot of confusion for normal users who doesn’t use the EA authentication.so it is removed in this release.
⛔️ Modeling Languages - Stereotypes in Application Modes
In this release Stereotype based filter options in application modes was removed from the modeling language configuration.so in future users controlling the visibility of Stereotypes in the Repository browser not available.
⛔️ Reviews - Dashboard management
Dashboard management option removed for reviews from manage review listings.in this version user can able to swap the toggle button from review page can able to check the moderator, reviewer, approver dashboards easily.