8.9.0 Release Notes

Instance Manager 2.10.0.0

Due to TRANS-105, a new version of Transtream Setup is available from the Downloads page.

Possible Breaking Changes

What has changed	What to do
TRANS-105. HMAC authentication removed. As part of the introduction of SAML authentication, HMAC authentication is no longer supported in the product.	If you are using HMAC authentication in your Apps, change them to use anonymous page access instead. Allow Anonymous is a Page property and in Transtream 8.7.1 it was extended to support a User Context property.
TRANS-1211. End of Day App. Updated to resolve issue with Accounts dropdown. New version available.	If you are using a modified End of Day App, you must replicate your changes in the new version.

Headline Enhancements

ID	Salesforce	Description
TRANS-105, 1060	-	SAML 2.0 Authentication added. Transtream now supports SAML user authentication. SAML authentication is only supported for App runtime URLs. Authentication for Product Admin and Composer Designer URLs will use Forms authentication regardless of the authentication mode set. This cannot be changed. In Product Admin, there is now a Security tab, that lets you choose between Forms Authentication (the default) and SAML 2.0. When SAML 2.0 is selected, you have the following configuration: See SAML authentication for details. Possible Breaking Change - HMAC authentication removed As part of the introduction of SAML authentication, HMAC authentication is no longer supported in Transtream. If you are using HMAC authentication in your Apps, change them to use anonymous page access instead. Allow Anonymous is a Page property and in Transtream 8.7.1 it was extended to support a User Context property.

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Description

TRANS-105, 1060

SAML 2.0 Authentication added. Transtream now supports SAML user authentication.

SAML authentication is only supported for App runtime URLs. Authentication for Product Admin and Composer Designer URLs will use Forms authentication regardless of the authentication mode set. This cannot be changed.

In Product Admin, there is now a Security tab, that lets you choose between Forms Authentication (the default) and SAML 2.0. When SAML 2.0 is selected, you have the following configuration:

See SAML authentication for details.

Possible Breaking Change - HMAC authentication removed

As part of the introduction of SAML authentication, HMAC authentication is no longer supported in Transtream. If you are using HMAC authentication in your Apps, change them to use anonymous page access instead. Allow Anonymous is a Page property and in Transtream 8.7.1 it was extended to support a User Context property.

Headline History lists headline items across releases.

Other Changes

ID	Salesforce	Description
TRANS-1068	-	FedEx Web Services. Resolved issue with address validation. There is a new carrier component.
TRANS-1069	-	Schemas. Corrected Receiver Node. Corrected the nodes returned in the Receiver container node for several schema files, so that they match the responses returned by the server.
TRANS-1178	-	Shipment Server. Rate Shop request. Added new option to FilterMode. Passing the ID of 5 to FilterMode will return only those rates that meet RequiredDate.
TRANS-1166	-	Product database. Removed duplicate index in Package Requisitions table. Removed the IX_Package Requisitions index, as it was a duplicate of IX_Package Requisitions_ShipmentRequisitionID.
TRANS-748	-	Administration App and Carrier Selection snippet. Improved display ordering. Improved the ordering of carriers, carrier services and package types. A new version of the Administration App is available that includes a Manage Display Order section in the Edit Carrier dialog's Carrier Details tab. This has three buttons: CARRIERS, SERVICES and PACKAGES. Use these to manage the display ordering.
TRANS-1202	-	Address Validation snippet. Resolved issue affecting accuracy of validation. This snippet now checks for boolean 1/0 as well as true/false. Not checking for 1/0 resulted in some valid addresses failing. As part of this, also resolved an issue that could lead to the alernative address panel being incorrectly displayed.
TRANS-1174	-	Composer Designer. Resolved stored procedure data source connection issue. Resolved an issue that prevented a stored procedure's parameters being exposed as settings in its Properties panel.
TRANS-1177	-	Composer Designer. Tab Container control. Resolved multiple tabs issue. Resolved an issue affecting nested Tab Container controls that resulted in the final tab being listed multiple times in the Properties panel.
TRANS-1106	-	Desktop and Mailroom Apps. Resolved Forgot Password issue. Resolved an issue that could result in a 403 browser error when using the Forgot Password link. The Apps themselves have not changed.
TRANS-1211	-	End of Day App. Resolved issue with Accounts dropdown. A new version of the App is available.

App Changes

App changes in this release are listed below. See Upgrade Apps and Snippets for general advice.

Administration App - Version 1.9 Available

ID	Salesforce	Description
TRANS-748	-	New version available to accommodate improved display ordering.

End of Day App - Version 1.5 Available

ID	Salesforce	Description
TRANS-1211	-	New version available to resolve issue with Accounts dropdown.

Carrier Component Changes

Changes to carrier components in this release are collated here. See Update Carrier Components for updating an existing instance's components, Add Carrier Components to add new components, and Carrier Components for a list of available components.

ID	Salesforce	Version Available
TRANS-1068	-	FedEx Web Services 1.5.0.0.

See Versions for a list of the latest installer, carrier component and App versions. Above lists only those that have changed in this release.

Release date 16 March 2017. Article last edited 4 May 2017