InRule Decisioning Version 5.8.1 Release Notes
This article contains a detailed account of the features and bug fixes that are a part of InRule Decisioning Version 5.8.1. To read the highlights of the release, see the article InRule Decisioning Version 5.8.1 Now Available.
| Type | Case ID | Summary | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bug Fix | 4918 | Certain Advanced searches in Decision tables were causing irAuthor to shut down | After performing certain types of advanced searches in decision tables, an error occurred that caused irAuthor to shut down. irAuthor is no longer shutting down after these types of searches. |
| Story | 7107 | Updated Copyright | Copyright was updated to reflect the current products and date. |
| Bug Fix | 7108 | The order of the columns in a decision table was not being respected during runtime. | The order of columns is now being respected during runtime. |
| Bug Fix | 7109 | Execute Rest Service action was timing out | Fixed a threading issue with the ExecuteRestService action which was causing a Microsoft error. |
| Story | 7110 | Added support for Okta | Setting up centralized authentication via Okta had a bug that was fixed in irAuthor. |
| Bug Fix | 7112 | An error occurred when trying to unshare a schema in a rule application that contained decisions or rule application-level vocabulary templates. | This now functions as expected. |
| Story | 7113 | Remove requests to open Internet Explorer | irAuthor now respects a user's default browser preference instead of requiring Internet Explorer. |
| Story | 7117 | Ability to load JSON for a Decision in irVerify | It is now possible to load JSON files in addition to Test Scenario files when testing a decision. |
| Story | 7118 | Update flagship SDK to allow configuration of loggers | SDK has been updated to support custom loggers. |
| Story | 7124 | Add email address by default for feedback service | Email address has been added by default in the feedback service dialog. It can be removed by user if needed. This will enable support to contact the user to provide help. |
| Bug | 7125 | Language Rules Referencing actions instead of objects | Language rule's actions no longer reference themselves, but the object they were targeting and functions. |
| Bug Fix | 7380DI-591 | User-Defined Functions (UDFs) containing string methods throw an error | User-Defined Functions (UDFs) containing string functions now work as expected. |
| Story | 7381 | Include Decisions in the irAuthor Rule Application Report | Decisions are now included in the irAuthor Rule Application Report. |
| Story | 7391 | On prem: Set default for all per request catalog credentials | For on prem installations, the default for "allow per request catalog credentials" is now set to true. Users can manually change it to false which is our recommendation. |
| Story | 8121 | Hide the Share functionality in the Catalog ribbon | We have made it possible for users to turn on and off the visibility of the share functionality. The default is now set to off. Read more about this feature, in the article, irCatalog Operations. |
| Bug Fix | 8482 | Error when trying to activate a license during installation of irauthor | We have improved the experience of activating a license in the irAuthor installer. |
| Story | 8851 | Refresh Okta tokens in irAuthor | irAuthor's app in Okta now has refresh tokens enabled. |
| Story | 9145 | Vulnerability in the SQL data client | Upgraded to Microsoft SqlClient version 4.8.6 |
| Story | DYN-242 | Support deletion of entities from rules | We have added support for persisting entity deletion to Dynamics from within rules. This is accomplished with two new Rule Helper methods, DeleteEntityFromCollection and DeleteEntity. Refer to the Deployment Guide for more information on this functionality. |
| Bug Fix | DYN-690 | Rule Helper query doesn't handle '.' in filter string | Fixed an issue with Rule Helper query parsing caused by '.' in string literals such as "Email = 'jp@jp.com'". |
| Bug Fix | DYN-712 | Rule Helper query filter using parentheses with date literals causes error | Fixed an issue where using both date literals and parentheses in an expression like "(Birthdate = #1997-06-17#)" would cause a query error. |
| Bug Fix | DYN-716 | Rule Helper query fails when same entity type used more than once in filter | Previously a Rule Helper query expression that used the same entity types in multiple fields such as "PrimaryContact.LastName = 'Primary Contact' and SecondaryContact.LastName = 'Secondary Contact'" would fail. This is now resolved. |
| Bug Fix | DYN-722 | Circular references for new entities don't save correctly | Fixed an issue where creating a new entity in rules and setting another relationship to the new entity would cause the new entity to fail to save correctly. |
| Story | DYN-725 | Increase Rule Helper query entity join limit from 10 to 15 | Allowed for an increased number of entities in Rule Helper query expression to match the increased limit set by Microsoft. |
| Bug Fix | DYN-726 | Customer Lookup does not reflect display name change | Dynamics schema sync now properly handles changes to the display name for 'Customer' type fields. |
| Story | DYN-729 | Add support for polymorphic lookups | Added support for Dynamics polymorphic lookup fields. These are represented in rules with virtual entities similar to the existing Customer and Owner field support. |
| Story | DYN-749 | Add link to the Deployment Guide in the irX ribbon Help section | Supplemented the existing irX authoring help file in irAuthor with a link to the Deployment Guide. |
| Story | DYN-751 | Upgrade irX and execution webjob to Dataverse ServiceClient | Replaced the legacy CrmServiceClient with the new cross-platform Dataverse ServiceClient. This provides authentication and performance improvements and allows building applications targeting .NET 6 and above. |
| Story | DYN-771 | Option to return data loading log back to plugin trace log | Added an option to rule configuration entity to enable return and tracing of detailed entity data loading log from rule execution service. |
| Story | DI-498 | ARM Template for self-hosted Decision Services | Added an ARM template to assist with self-hosted deployments of Decision Services to Azure. The template creates the required App Service resource, deploys the Decision Services code, and configures settings passed in via the template parameters. |
| Bug Fix | DI-518 | Fixed Swagger schema gen issue for RuleApp containing fields with default value checked but value left blank | Resolved an error that occurred when entity fields with data types that have a default value enabled but no value was specified. |
| Story | DI-522 | Azure Marketplace listing for self-hosted Decision Services | Added a listing to Azure Marketplace to assist self-hosted customers with deployment of Decision Services to Azure. The listing allows for deployment of a complete InRule Decision Services environment, including optionally deploying the required Catalog Service. |
| Bug Fix | DI-548 | Fixed Decision Services not picking up Runtime Overrides | Added support for configuration-based execution runtime overrides to Decision Services. |
| Bug Fix | DI-550 | Fixed error with rule sets containing parameters of certain data types | Resolved various errors related to the use of rule set parameters. |
| Bug Fix | DI-559 | Error when executing ruleset with numeric parameters | Resolved an error when executing rules with integer or decimal ruleset parameters. |
| Bug Fix | DI-567 | SaaS logging level configuration setting not honored by RES | Changing the logging level configuration setting will now correctly impact the logs emitted by the Rule Execution Service for SaaS users. |
| Bug Fix | DI-571 | Fixed auto rule sets incorrectly rendered in Decision API Swagger as an explicit rule set | Fixed an issue that caused auto rule sets to be displayed as explicit rule sets in the Swagger API. |
| Bug Fix | DI-581 | Tester should allow the import of dates with times | Added support for importing date times through both the import button and drag/drop. |
| Bug Fix | DI-582 | Fixed 'UriTemplate' for RestOperation Override | Resolved a bug that was preventing the RestOperation UriTemplate override from being applied properly. |
| Story | DI-586 | Enable background compilation by default for SaaS and self-hosted | Added EnableBackgroundCompilation configuration setting and set default value to {{true}}. |
| Story | SFC-265 | Rule Helper query filter with parenthetical expression throws an error | Resolved an error that would occur when parenthesis () were included in the birth date query filter. |
| Story | SFC-266 | Support for Named Credential auth type using API key | Added support for API key authorization and the new Named Credential process introduced in the Salesforce Summer '23 update. |
| Story | SFC-279 | Add "Auth Type" setting to Salesforce SaaS configuration settings | Added an Auth Type configuration setting to allow users to switch between basic username/password authorization and API key authorization. |
| Bug Fix | SFC-286 | Error when logging in to https://your-username.lightning.force.com from irAuthor | We resolved this error by adding support for Webview2 to the Salesforce login within irAuthor. |
Hosting the catalog on an Oracle database
This release does not guarantee support for hosting the catalog on an Oracle database. We recommend using Microsoft SQL Server. Another option is to upgrade your existing system with the plan to verify that connecting to the catalog is working. If not, revert back to your previous version.
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Based on the changes we are introducing in 5.8.1, we believe hosting the catalog on an Oracle database will work, but we cannot guarantee it as this was outside the release's focus.