INC-167254 · Issue 651529
Reports database configuration documentation updated
Resolved in Pega Version 8.4.6
Documentation for working with the reports database has been updated to clarify that only a separate database with same schema/table names is supported. The complete information is available in the support documentation under Reporting Capabilities -> Reporting -> Creating advanced reports -> Setting up reports database.
INC-177323 · Issue 672423
Search string wildcard use documentation updated
Resolved in Pega Version 8.4.6
The support article for the search API has been updated to clarify the ability to use the wildcard character "*" by manually adding it to the prefix of each term in the search string.
INC-190130 · Issue 678543
Help information updated for using Elastic Search with Report Definition
Resolved in Pega Version 8.4.6
The support article "Configuring a report definition to run against an Elasticsearch index" has been updated to clarify that the search can pass multiple values with a space in pySearchString as it does OR operation on all the fields, and that filters in the report definition will be used when executing the report directly or when calling the report in the pxRetrieveSearchData activity.https://community.pega.com/knowledgebase/articles/system-administration/85/configuring-report-definition-run-against-elasticsearch-index
INC-174321 · Issue 664240
SSLContext created using protocol from REST connector rule form
Resolved in Pega Version 8.4.6
After upgrading to IBM websphere v9.0.5.6 or higher, API calls Like REST, Connect-HTTP etc were failing to connect to endpoints using TLSv1.2. Investigation showed that although the connector was configured to send TLSv1.2, the ClientHello handshake was triggered for TLSv1.3. Because the SSLContext was created with highest version supported by protocol in the WAS container, this has been resolved by modifying the code to create SSLContext based on the the protocol selected in the REST connector rule form. Additionally, please note that the Connect-HTTP connector has been deprecated and the Connect-REST capabilities in the platform should be used instead.
INC-184756 · Issue 667323
Static assembler correctly creates temp directory
Resolved in Pega Version 8.4.6
Static Assembly CLI was failing while creating a temp directory. This was traced to an issue with staticAssembler.xml, and has been resolved. In addition, security improvements have been added to the XML transformer.
INC-190722 · Issue 676403
Ruleset Restoration Utility repaired
Resolved in Pega Version 8.4.6
Attempting to use the standard Ruleset Restoration utility after update was resulting in a "Status:fail Operator:Unauthenticated or not available Node:No ID available" error message. This was a missed use case for the refactoring done around importing rules, and was caused by the utility calling the deprecated Importable.isValidImport() method. This has been resolved by updating the import activity to restore its functionality.
INC-177323 · Issue 672422
Search string wildcard use documentation updated
Resolved in Pega Version 8.6.3
The support article for the search API has been updated to clarify the ability to use the wildcard character "*" by manually adding it to the prefix of each term in the search string.
INC-190130 · Issue 678542
Help information updated for using Elastic Search with Report Definition
Resolved in Pega Version 8.6.3
The support article "Configuring a report definition to run against an Elasticsearch index" has been updated to clarify that the search can pass multiple values with a space in pySearchString as it does OR operation on all the fields, and that filters in the report definition will be used when executing the report directly or when calling the report in the pxRetrieveSearchData activity.
INC-145293 · Issue 610933
Additional diagnostic logging added for ElasticSearch startup issues
Resolved in Pega Version 8.6.3
The PyIndexerState was stuck in Starting status during node initialization. This issue could occur if the filesystem became hung due to network level issue while scanning entries from /etc/mtab, resulting in a lock which was not released correctly. In order to better determine which node entry in a cluster may be responsible for the hang, an update has been made which will use a temporary virtual environment to repeat the part of the initialization phase responsible and generate additional logs for debugging. To activate this, the PegaSearch.Diagnostics logger must be set in DEBUG mode. This duplicated virtual initialization will not interrupt the normal initialization.
INC-153849 · Issue 641923
Updated replica management for search clusters
Resolved in Pega Version 8.6.3
When using a cluster with two Universal nodes in the cluster, a daily restart process where the second node was not started until the first was fully up resulted in Search initialization failing for the first node while becoming active on the second node. This was traced to the methods used in increasing and decreasing replicas. This has been resolved by revising the handling of ElasticSearch node lifecycle and replicas through a new option "Dindex.searchNodeCount " which includes a specification for the number of expected search nodes. If this option is not present, the old method will be used.