Release Notes for Sciforma

6.1d
November 6, 2020

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Contents

WELCOME TO SCIFORMA 6.1D..................................................................................................3

1 - UPGRADE AND MAINTENANCE POLICY.....................................................................................4
2 - DOWNLOAD SCIFORMA 6.1D...............................................................................................4
3 - SCIFORMA CUSTOMER CENTER..............................................................................................4
4 - IMPORTANT PRELIMINARY INFORMATION...................................................................................5
5 - AVAILABLE DOCUMENTS......................................................................................................5
6 - ENHANCEMENTS IN THIS RELEASE...........................................................................................7
7 - INSTALLATION..................................................................................................................8
7.1 - Reminder.................................................................................................................................8
7.2 - Available Platforms..................................................................................................................8
7.3 - Installation Process..................................................................................................................8
7.4 - Configuration Utility Not Compatible with Older Versions.....................................................9
7.5 - Data Migration.........................................................................................................................9
7.6 - Important Note about Windows XP........................................................................................9
7.7 - Important Note about Java 8...................................................................................................9
8 - SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS....................................................................................................10
8.1 - Servers...................................................................................................................................10
8.2 - Clients....................................................................................................................................11

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Welcome to Sciforma 6.1d

This document describes the corrected issues which have been implemented in Sciforma
6.1d.

Sciforma 6.1d is a maintenance release of Sciforma 6.0.

1 enhancement has been implemented.

Enjoy!

The Sciforma Team

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1 - Upgrade and Maintenance Policy

Sciforma 6.0

The maintenance of Sciforma 6.0 has been extended until December 31, 2020. The following
is a reminder of the policy for release contents and deadlines:
 Until August 31, 2014: Fixes for issues of any severity and feature enhancements.
 Until August 31, 2015: Fixes for issues of any severity.
 Until December 31, 2018: Fixes for issues of severity 1 and 2.
 Until December 31, 2022: Only fixes for issues of severity 1.
During this phase, maintenance releases will be provided every 1 st of each month.
Maintenance releases of Sciforma 6.1 will be named Sciforma 6.1a, Sciforma 6.1b, etc.
Versions prior to Sciforma 6.0 (Sciforma 5.0 and older) are no longer maintained.

2 - Download Sciforma 6.1d

To download this new release, you must have signed a maintenance contract. If qualified, you
should have received an email with the download URL and your individual access key.

3 - Sciforma Customer Center

Sciforma's new Customer Center is a convenient central gateway to access various resources
online.
 Administrator's Guide. Up-to-date documentation for Sciforma system administrators
and designers.
 Direct link to our technical support ticketing system for specific issues.
 Direct link to our Download Center for product installers and extensions.
 Direct access to our Knowledge Base to provide users with the best online help and
experience with our products.

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4 - Important Preliminary Information

Before any installation, we strongly recommend that you back up your Sciforma database.
We do not give any warranty concerning backward compatibility between Sciforma releases.
Therefore if for any reason you decide to revert back to an older version after having installed
a newer one, a previous database backup will be required.
We recommend that you avoid using Sciforma in a production environment until you have
installed the newest release and qualified it on a test server. As a reminder, your maintenance
contract includes the delivery of free tokens to be installed in a test environment.

5 - Available Documents
A number of white papers are available detailing the new features and enhancements
included with the software. All these documents are available for download with your
individual access key. The provided documents are listed below in alphabetical order:
 Built-in Authentication [Sciforma60_BuiltInAuthentication_US.pdf]
 Collections [Sciforma60_Collections_US.pdf]
 Critical Chain [Sciforma60_CriticalChain_US.pdf]
 Currencies[Sciforma60_Currencies_US.pdf]
 Documents [Sciforma60_Documents_US.pdf]
 Emails [Sciforma60_Email_US.pdf]
 HTML5 Client [Sciforma60_HTML5Client_US.pdf]
 Issues [Sciforma60_Issues_US.pdf]
 Licensing [Sciforma60_Licensing_US.pdf]
 Localization [Sciforma60_Localization_US.pdf]
 Pooled Risk [Sciforma60_PooledRisk_US.pdf]
 Portfolio (Management) [Sciforma60_Portfolio_US.pdf]
 Printing [Sciforma60_Printing_US.pdf]
 RAM (Resource Allocation Management) [Sciforma60_RAM_US.pdf]
 Resource History [Sciforma60_ResLog_US.pdf]
 Scriptlets [Sciforma60_Scriptlets_US.pdf]
 Single Sign On (Authentication) [Sciforma60_SingleSignOn_US.pdf]
 Transactions [Sciforma60_Transactions_US.pdf]
 Types [Sciforma60_Types_US.pdf]

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 UDC (User Defined Categories) [Sciforma60_UDC_US.pdf]
 UI Commands [Sciforma60_UICommands_US.pdf]
 Upgrade (Upgrading to Sciforma 6.0) [Sciforma60_Upgrade_US.pdf]
 User Interfaces (Design Controls) [Sciforma60_UIDesignControls_US.pdf]
 User Roles [Sciforma60_UserRoles_US.pdf]
 Workflows [Sciforma60_Workflows_US.pdf]
 Workspaces [Sciforma60_Workspaces_US.pdf]
 XML Integration (Data Exchange) [Sciforma60_XMLDataExchange_US.pdf]

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6 - Enhancements in this Release

#43535 – The Java signing certificate has been renewed to January 24, 2023.

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7 - Installation

7.1 - Reminder
Before any installation, we strongly recommend that you back up your Sciforma database.

We do not give any warranty concerning backward compatibility between Sciforma releases.
Therefore, if for any reason you decide to revert back to an older version after having installed
a newer one, a database backup will be required.
We recommend that you avoid using Sciforma in a production environment until you have
installed the newest release and qualified it on a test server. As a reminder, your maintenance
contract includes the delivery of free tokens to be installed in a test environment.

7.2 - Available Platforms

Sciforma is a multi-platform application based on Java technology, enabling a single binary
version to be distributed for all supported operating systems. Sciforma setup programs,
however, are different because they include the operating system-specific Java Virtual
Machine (JVM). Furthermore, UNIX® users most often pre-install the JVM specific to the UNIX
variant they use.
Sciforma now provides three different setup programs:
 Microsoft® Windows® with the corresponding Oracle JVM
 Linux® with the corresponding Oracle JVM
 Generic UNIX with no JVM (must be used after installation of the appropriate JVM)

7.3 - Installation Process

As with previous releases of Sciforma (formerly PSNext), the general procedure for upgrading
to the new version is as follows:
1. Unless you want to continue using your old version of Sciforma (formerly PSNext) in a
separate domain after installing this new version, undeploy the old version from your
application server.
2. Run the Sciforma setup program answering all prompts for information.
3. Deploy Sciforma's newly-installed .war file on your application server.
4. Start the Sciforma Configuration Utility (https://AppServerName/Sciforma
Instance/config.htm), and then select the Test Connect button. After a
successful connection test, select the Create/Update Tables button. When the database
tables have been successfully created or updated, Sciforma is ready to use.

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7.4 - Configuration Utility Not Compatible with Older Versions
Older versions of the Sciforma (formerly PSNext) Configuration Utility are not compatible with
Sciforma Servers running this version of Sciforma. If you attempt to use the Configuration
Utility in an invalid configuration, a message appears explaining the version mismatch.
This situation is significant only if your deployment includes multiple Sciforma domains
containing different versions of Sciforma. In this case, when running the Sciforma setup
program, be sure to specify a different destination directory and shortcut name for the
Sciforma Configuration Utility to avoid overwriting the Configuration Utility for your existing
installation.
In addition, for a multi-version/multi-domain installation, you must specify a new and unique
instance name and context name when prompted by the setup program.

7.5 - Data Migration

Sciforma uses a new database structure that is incompatible with previous versions; therefore,
existing Sciforma data must be converted when you upgrade an existing Sciforma domain. The
Sciforma Configuration Utility performs this conversion process automatically when you select
the Create/Update Tables button.
The amount of time required for the conversion process depends on the speed of your server
hardware and the number and size of your published projects. The amount of time required is
roughly equal to the time it would take to open and then save all of your published projects.
The process could take as little as a few minutes if you only have a few, moderately-sized
projects, or up to several hours if you have hundreds of large projects. The Configuration
Utility displays a progress indicator during the conversion process. Be sure to allocate
sufficient time to this part of the upgrade procedure.

7.6 - Important Note about Windows XP

Microsoft ended support for Windows XP as of April 8, 2014. Microsoft no longer provides
security updates or technical support for Windows XP. For complete details, please refer to
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/enterprise/endofsupport.aspx
As a consequence, Sciforma has dropped support for Windows XP as of that same date, April
8, 2014. This does not mean that Sciforma has abruptly stopped working under Windows XP;
this means, however, that the compatibility and support for such environments will no longer
be covered by Sciforma.

7.7 - Important Note about Java 8

Oracle released the latest public release of Java 7 under update 80 on April 14, 2015. As a
consequence Sciforma encourages customers to upgrade Java clients to version 8.

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8 - System Requirements
There are frequent changes and additions to the set of specific versions of operating systems,
application servers, database servers and JDBC drivers for which Sciforma 6.1 has been tested
and certified. Please contact our teams for the latest information in this area.

8.1 - Servers
Application Servers
 IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5 with Java 7 or Java 8 (preferred).
 Oracle WebLogic Server 11g (10.3.6) with Java 7 or Java 8 (preferred).
 Apache Tomcat 7 or 8 with Oracle Java 7 or 8 or OpenJDK 8 (Java 8 preferred).
Tomcat 8.5 is currently not supported; Java 9 is currently not supported.

Database Servers
 Oracle Database 11g
 Oracle Database 12cR1 or 12cR2
 Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 or 2012
 IBM DB2 v9
 PostgreSQL 9.3, 9.4, 9.5 or 9.6
Sciforma also supports the Amazon Relational Database Service™ options that are available for
the above databases.
Sciforma supports the above application and database servers only when they are run on an
operating system that is officially supported by the database server provider.

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8.2 - Clients
HTML5 Clients
 Display resolution: 1366 x 768 (technical minimum), 1600 x 1050 (minimum
recommended), 1920 x 1080 or higher (generally recommended).
 Minimum of 4GB RAM allocated (8GB recommended).
 Browser
 Microsoft Edge
 Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 or 11
 Google Chrome
 Mozilla Firefox
 Apple Safari

Sciforma Designer
 Display resolution: 1366 x 768
 Disk space: 200MB minimum available for Sciforma.
 Oracle Java 8
 Operating Systems:
 Windows 7, 8.1 or 10
 Mac OS X Lion or newer
 Linux

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