New Features and Enhancements

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Last updated: Oct 17, 2024
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In this section, you can see information about the new features and functionality in this release.

New Features

The following new functionality has been added in this release:

New Connectors

New Kafka Agents

Ref: XE-14033

A completely new set of Kafka agents has been designed, which will replace the previous Kafka agents in a later release. The main differences are that the new agents:

  • Include a batch forwarding agent.

  • Store transactions in the Kafka cluster (transactions are only tracked for batch workflows).

  • Store offset in the Kafka cluster only.

  • Enables one consumer to collect from several topics, and one producer to forward to several topics.

  • Include automatic rebalancing for the collection of messages and several workflows can collect messages in parallel from the same topics

  • will keep batch collection workflows in a running state, even when all data has been collected.

  • Use only two UDR types:

For more information, see New Kafka Agents.

Amazon S3 Agents in Real-Time Workflows

Ref: XE-13151, XE-13152

The Amazon S3 collection and forwarding agents can be used for collecting and forwarding files from and to specified buckets and regions in Amazon and they are now also available for real-time workflows. For more information, see Amazon S3 Agents.

Amazon SQS Agents

Ref: XE-13403

The Amazon SQS Agents act as consumers (collection agents) and producers (forwarding agents) of messages in Amazon Simple Queue Service, which is a fully managed message queueing service. Both standard and FIFO queueing are supported, see SQS Agents for more information.

APN Processing Agent

Ref: XE-14066

The APN processing agent is now available for real-time workflows. It enables push notifications to be sent to mobile devices using Apple certificates.

The APN processing agent includes two distinct UDRs: one for pushing notifications and another for reporting results.

For more information, see APN Agent.

SAP CC REST Agent

Ref: XE-11292
SAP CC REST agent allows you to connect and send charging requests to SAP Convergent Charging on SAP Cloud (RISE). The agent will use API to communicate with the SAP CC server, sending HTTP requests and receiving HTTP responses in return.

SAP CC REST agent has its own UDRs separate from other SAP CC agents and it is generated based on YAML files of the REST API version used by the SAP CC server.

For more information, see SAP CC REST Agent.

MariaDB

Supported Agents for MariaDB

Ref: XE-13414

MariaDB can now be used with the SQL Collection and Forwarding agents, the SQL Loader agent, and the Task Workflow SQL agent. For more information, see MariaDB.

Additional APL Functions and Event Notifications Support MariaDB

Ref: XE-13415

You can now select MariaDB when configuring to run the Callable Statements, Database Bulk Lookup Functions, Database Table Related Functions, Event Notifications, and Prepared Statements. For more information, see MariaDB.

Usability

Desktop Search

Ref: XE-13735

You can now search for configurations, APL codes, and Ultra formats using the search bar at the top of the Desktop. You can even use the search bar to create new configurations or to search for tools and Data Management applications. For more information, see Search.

Log Filter

Ref: XE-12917

You can now update the logging settings for picos dynamically, either in the Log Filter in Desktop Online or using mzcli. You can update log level, select to include stacktrace or not, perform logging for a selected package or class, add logging to an additional file and reset to default settings.

For more information, see Log Filter and logger.

Support for “wfexport” and “wfimport” mzsh Commands

Ref: XE-13234

The wfexport command generates a file (CSV, TSV, or SSV) containing data from the Workflow Table. This file includes a header row listing the names of the Workflow Table columns.

The wfimport command updates the specified workflow configuration by importing workflows defined in the export file. For more information, see wfexport and wfimport.

MZSH Command For Shutting Down Desktop and Legacy Desktop

Ref: XE-11515

With the, mzsh desktopadmin command you can shut down all Deskops and Legacy Desktops connected to the Platform, see desktopadmin.

Integration and Security

User Security Improvements

Ref: XE-12201

Enhanced user security is now enabled by default upon installation of the Platform. The property mz.security.user.control.enabled is now set to true in the platform.conf file.

Furthermore, the enhanced user security property mz.security.user.password.reset.enabled has been removed. With the property removed, by default, any users registered into the system will now be prompted to change their password on their first login.

For more information, see Enhanced User Security.

SAP CTS+ Integration

Ref: XE-13755

SAP CTS+ (Change and Transport System) can now be integrated with MediationZone. It enables you to manage and transport configurations across different environments with greater flexibility and control. For more information see, SAP CTS+ Integration User's Guide.

Google Secret Manager

Ref: XE-14275

You can use the Google Secret Manager profile to setup up access credentials and properties for connecting to a Google Secret Manager environment. For more information, see Google Secret Manager Profile.

Reference Data Management Supports SAP HANA

Ref: XE-13153

The Reference Data profile allows you to select which tables are available for querying and editing through the Reference Data Management dashboard via the RESTful interface. You can now select SAP Hana in the Reference Data profile configuration. For more information, see Reference Data Profile.

System Statistics

Ref: XE-13313
System Statistics can now be viewed from the Desktop. You can access the System Statistics from the Tools and Monitoring section of the Manage View.

For more information, see System Statistics.

Enhancements

followRedirects Field for RequestCycle UDR in HTTP/2 Agents

Ref: XE-14079

To accommodate scenarios where a cookie may be included in the 3xx response message, the followRedirects field is introduced in the HTTP/2 RequestCycle UDR to disable automatic redirection if necessary. For more information, see HTTP/2 UDRs.

HTTP/2 Client Agent Support Additional OAuth Settings

Ref: XE-14080

The following fields have been added to OAuth 2.0 authentication type in HTTP/2 Client agent - Authentication tab:

  • Client Auth Type: Added options for client_secret_basic and client_secret_post

  • Base URL: This field is added to manage base URL settings

For more information, see HTTP/2 Client Agent Configuration.

Operations REST Interface for Host and Pico

Ref: XE-13029

The Operations REST API is now available for host and pico. Users can access http(s)://<platform server>:<platform port>/ops/mz/host/v1/api-docs for host and http(s)://<platform server>:<platform port>/ops/mz/pico/v1/api-docs for pico on any given running system Platform.

For more information, see Operations REST Interface.