Pro Cloud Server

Recent Features

 

This page lists the features of Pro Cloud Server v5.0, for the following builds:

5.0.104

 

The main features of Pro Cloud Server 5.0 are shown on the official release page.

 

For information relating to the history of other versions, select a version below.

 

 

Pro Cloud Server v5.0 (Build 104)
21st of April 2022
  • Cloud Server
    • NEW FEATURE: Pro Cloud Server is now available in both 32 and 64 bit applications
    • NEW FEATURE: Introduced 'Native' database connections, in most situations PCS includes all neccessary database drivers
    • NEW FEATURE: Introduced whitelist functionality for restricting allowed clients for better security
    • NEW FEATURE: Added support for 'PrivateApp' setting, to suppress Application Name, Version and Author
    • Default port numbers are now > 1024, for better compatiblity for Linux
    • Improved basic authentication when using secure connections
    • Improved service shutdown process
    • From 101
    • Installation now includes MariaDB/MySQL plugin drivers to support a broader range of database environments
    • OSLC requests must originate from machines defined in the client whitelist
    • Improved logging of Active Directory failures for Floating Licence Server
    • Corrected potential issue in 64bit PCS that could corrupt the list of defined Floating Licenses
    • From 102
    • Updated library used for Native Connections to the latest version
    • From 103
    • When creating new repositories the Root Node's GUID is now reset
    • Better support for very large datasets with Native Connections
    • From 104
    • Initial communication between EA and PCS no longer sends the PCS connection string in plain text
    • Multiple improvements to data being returned by Native connections for EA v15.2 (and earlier)
  • Integration Plugins - Server Based Plugin Interface (SBPI)
    • Support custom OAuth providers. Allows ServiceNow to use OAuth, and other providers to use their own custom OAuth consent apps.
    • Wrike: update to v4 of the API
    • TFS/Dev Ops: Support queries returning more than 200 items
    • TFS/Dev Ops: Show error text in System Output
    • From 104
    • SBPI: Support extended unicode characters in username for basic authentication
    • SBPI: Improve speed of 'Inspector' tab for external items
  • OSLC
    • The /pbstructure/descendanthierarchy/ call for Packages now supports Next and Prev
    • The /pbstructure/ and /pbstructure/descendanthierarchy/ calls for Packages now specifies if each descendant package has nested packages
    • The /pbstructure/nohierarchy/ call now specify whether Resource has children
    • From 101
    • Ensure the call /completeresource/ always includes 'ss:imageinsync' XML element for Diagrams
    • From 103
    • Relationship Matrix results now return ArchiMate elements and connectors as expected
    • From 104
    • Corrected '422 - User as insufficient permission' error for security enabled Oracle repositories
    • Corrected issue where incorrect tagged value were retrieved from custom profiles
  • Cloud Configuration Client
    • NEW FEATURE: Pro Cloud Server Configuration Client is now available in both 32 and 64 bit applications
    • NEW FEATURE: Introduced ability to define 'Native' database connections
    • Added 'Private App' setting to Extended Server Properties screen
    • From 101
    • Integration maintenance screen now includes the ability to save OAuth settings for providers that support OAuth
    • From 103
    • The (Native) Add Database Manager screen now ignores changes to Alias after connection details have been successfully tested
    • From 104
    • Disable SQLServer option on the Native Connection screen when PCS Server is running on Wine
  • Floating License Server Client
    • NEW FEATURE: Floating License Server Client is now available in both 32 and 64 bit applications
  • Worker
    • Included build 1604
  • WebEA
    • IMPROVED BEHAVIOR: Collaborations view now has a tabbed layout, with separate tabs for Model, Collaborate and Search
    • IMPROVED BEHAVIOR: Chat history view is now accesible when using small screen devices (like phones)
    • IMPROVED BEHAVIOR: Improved Collaborations view when using tablets
    • IMPROVED BEHAVIOR: Improved search/watchlist view with separate panels for search results and object properties
    • Updated jQuery to version 3.5.1
    • Updated HTML Purifier to version 4.13.0
    • Improved OpenID user identification after initial logon by supporting claims from id_token
    • Improved performance of Relationship Matrix view, contents is loaded into pages
    • From 101
    • Loading an object will now abort the previous load operation if it is still in progress
    • Performance Improvement, discussions now load the first 50 items with a button to show more
    • Corrected issue with the 'Add New' button when loading an object via the browser
    • Corrected issue where a discussion or reply may be added multiple times
    • Corrected issue with empty model tab after using the discussion/review history
    • From 102
    • When assigning an element to a tagged value the selection page is filtered by element stereotype if appropriate
    • WebEA now supports connections to multiple repositories (on the same PCS server) opened in different tabs of the same browser
    • Improved the loading of EA favorites when using the browsers back button
    • Improved the layout of the properties view (removed unwanted text wrapping and inconsistent padding)
    • From 103
    • WebEA now includes its JavaScript files so that caching issues are no longer an issue when new versions are released
    • 'Link to WebEA item' window now loads the correct object GUID and Full URL when an object is loaded via the browser
    • When editing Enum and Boolean tagged values WebEA will now provide the correct dropdown options
    • WebEA now supports escaping 'HTML special characters' within tagged values, in particular for Enums and Strings
    • Improve WebEA ability to auto load an element when user credentials are required and the repository has a default diagram
    • From 104
    • Direct URLs to a Matrix Profiles now correctly load when not logged in to the model
    • Added support for the right click 'Open link in new tab' option on object links
  • Web Config
    • NEW FEATURE: Introduced ability to define 'Native' database connections
    • From 101
    • Added support to manage client white list associated to Pro Cloud Server
    • Added support to manage the 'Private App' option
    • Updated JQuery to version 3.5.1
    • Token Allocation page no longer allows you to enable more integrations than you have tokens
    • From 102
    • Added support for integration providers which use OAuth authentication
    • Removed SQLServer option on the Native Connection page when PCS Server is running on Wine
    • From 104
    • Remove SQLServer option on the Native Connection screen when PCS Server is running on Wine