Release 10.15
This readme includes improvements, usage notes, and known and resolved issues that have been implemented for the IBM webMethods B2B 10.15 release.
This readme includes improvements, usage notes, and known and resolved issues that have been implemented for the IBM webMethods B2B 10.15 release.
New Features and Enhancements | Description |
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10.15.1 | |
Upcoming change in archival queries | A few IBM webMethods B2B operations in the IBM webMethods B2B app on IBM webMethods Integration allowed you to query the archive data source using the data source parameter. This data source parameter will be removed in the upcoming releases. It is not intended to be used in production. The affected services are:
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Support JSON format in logs | Logs of IBM webMethods B2B are now available in JSON format. |
Support for UNEDIFACT 96B orders | You can add and use UNEDIFACT 96B ORDERS business document type in IBM webMethods B2B. |
Support for getTransactionByDocumentID | A new service named getTransactionByDocumentID is added to retrieve the most recent transaction based on a specific documentID in the given duration from either the live or archive databases. |
10.15.0 | |
Cohesive partner view | View all the related assets of a partner in a single view. See Partner 360. |
Optimized Functional Acknowledgments | Enhancements are made to how Functional Acknowledgments (FAs) are generated and delivered to your partners, to validate documents and extract attributes. |
Support for Two-Way MEP bindings | Configure Two-Way/Sync MEP between two trading partners to enable them to exchange messages synchronously. See Two-Way/Sync MEP. |
Observability and monitoring enhancements | Internal enhancements are made to monitor the inter-product interactions resulting in better platform observability. |
Transaction payload optimization | Enhancements were made to the way the transaction payload is stored, making document processing quicker. |
The following functionalities have certain restrictions in IBM webMethods B2B system:
Partner certificate automatically gets associated with the new partner created with the same details as the deleted one. Also, the certificate is not listed in the certificate monitoring page.
To use 2-Way SSL/TLS functionality, business documents must be sent to a channel URL with the port 8443 appended to the hostname. The 2-Way SSL/TLS functionality is an additional level of validation and security. This along with the partner-user credential-based authentication ensures that business documents are exchanged securely.
While synchronizing partner profiles as part of partner onboarding, IBM webMethods B2B ignores all new partner profiles, and retains only the pre-existing profiles. Additionally, a message about the duplicate occurrence is logged in the Activity logs under the General category.
IBM recommends that you do not create, update, or delete any B2B assets during the upgrade window.
If you cannot map multiple documents to a document array based on indexing in a Flow service, create a document array that holds all the required documents using the “insertDocument” operation of the “Document” service.
For example, if you want to map three documents (D1, D2, and D3) to a document array (DA1[]), add the “insertDocument” operation thrice: once for each document, and insert D1, D2, and D3 into the “documents” array. You can also use loops to run the “insertDocument” operation thrice. Finally, map the “documents[]” array, which holds all the three documents, to DA1[].
Publishing of assets from one environment (the origin) to another environment (the target) with inherited users is not supported.
IBM webMethods iPaaS products are available in several geographical regions, operated by different infrastructure providers. For information on the underlying infrastructure provider in each region and the available products, see Regions.
Mapping of IBM webMethods B2B production URLs with the IBM webMethods iPaaS Regions are listed as follows:
Region | Sample URL |
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US1 Oregon AWS | https://tenantname.int-aws-us.webmethods.io/b2b |
US2 East Azure | https://tenantname.int-az-us.webmethods.io/b2b |
EU2 Frankfurt AWS | https://tenantname.int-aws-de.webmethods.io/b2b |
EU3 West Azure | https://tenantname.int-az-eu.webmethods.io/b2b |
AU1 Australia East Azure | https://tenantname.int-az-au.webmethods.io/b2b |
This section lists any issues for the current release that were known when this readme was published:
BOC-15915
For an inbound XML business document, if you select the Validate document structure option in the Options page of the XML business document, the XML validation fails, and this is logged in the Transaction activity log.
Workaround: Avoid this issue by disabling the Validate document structure option.
BOC-15598
When the addTransactionContentPart service has a dot (.) in partName parameter, the user interface does not render the content for the transaction.
Workaround: Avoid using a dot character (.) or any other special character in the partName parameter.
BOC-15660
When a Flat File connector is defined with below mentioned definition and convertDocumentToFlatFile operation is run, the output of the operation is incorrect.
Flat File Connectors with below definition in the schema have the issue:
BOC-8265
In the Full Message log entries for Course of transactions, IBM webMethods B2B renders the timestamp in Universal Time Coordinated (UTC) rather than the current time zone.
BOC-10263
During the product upgrade window, you might notice a few failed transactions when it involves running operations using webMethods.io B2B Connector on IBM webMethods Integration.
Workaround: You can resubmit the failed transactions after the upgrade window.
BOC-12853
Although tenants with custom domain names can deploy on-premises assets to the cloud, thereafter, certain configurations involving cross-applications and runtime invocations do not work.
Workaround: There is no workaround for this issue.
BOC-13902
IBM webMethods B2B does not support two-way SSL communication with IBM webMethods Cloud Container.
If two-way SSL is configured in Cloud Container, executions in IBM webMethods B2B that invoke Cloud Container services fail.
Workaround: Change the authentication mode in Cloud Container to allow one-way and two-way SSL API execution calls (credentials and certificate).
BOC-2204
If you create a tenant user in IBM webMethods iPaaS with a username that is identical to an existing partner user in IBM webMethods B2B, an Internal Server error appears when the tenant user attempts to log in to IBM webMethods B2B.
Workaround: Delete the partner user and create another partner user with a unique username that does not match any of the existing tenant usernames. However, if you do not want to delete the partner user, delete the tenant user and create a tenant with a unique username that does not match any existing partner users. You can do this on the IBM webMethods iPaaS > Administration > Users page.
This section lists any issues that were resolved as part of this release:
None
This section provides information on the fixes for IBM webMethods B2B v10.15.
Version | Issue ID | Release Date | Region | Description |
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10.15.1 Fix2 | BOC-16092 BOC-15686 BOC-16057 |
December 03, 2022 December 03, 2022 December 03, 2022 November 12, 2022 November 12, 2022 November 12, 2022 |
US1 Oregon AWS EU2 Frankfurt AWS AU2 Sydney AWS EU3 West Azure US2 East Azure AU1 Australia East Azure |
Enhancements are made to the TPA cache to avoid the application from becoming unresponsive during read and write operations. |
10.15.1 Fix2 | BOC-15933 | December 03, 2022 December 03, 2022 December 03, 2022 November 12, 2022 November 12, 2022 November 12, 2022 |
US1 Oregon AWS EU2 Frankfurt AWS AU2 Sydney AWS EU3 West Azure US2 East Azure AU1 Australia East Azure |
Functional Acknowledgments were not generated for some of the UNEDIFACT documents with a FA status rejection error in the activity log of the original envelope. |
10.15.1 Fix2 | BOC-15915 | December 03, 2022 December 03, 2022 December 03, 2022 November 12, 2022 November 12, 2022 November 12, 2022 |
US1 Oregon AWS EU2 Frankfurt AWS AU2 Sydney AWS EU3 West Azure US2 East Azure AU1 Australia East Azure |
WmB2BProvider package and related scripts were updated to fix the XML validation failures. |
10.15.1 Fix2 | BOC-15863 | December 03, 2022 December 03, 2022 December 03, 2022 November 12, 2022 November 12, 2022 November 12, 2022 |
US1 Oregon AWS EU2 Frankfurt AWS AU2 Sydney AWS EU3 West Azure US2 East Azure AU1 Australia East Azure |
Special characters were not allowed in the partName parameter of the addTransactionContentPart operation. This restriction is now removed on the partName field validation. |
10.15.1 Fix1 | BOC-15923 BOC-15967 |
October 03, 2022 October 03, 2022 October 03, 2022 November 12, 2022 November 12, 2022 November 12, 2022 |
US1 Oregon AWS EU2 Frankfurt AWS AU2 Sydney AWS EU3 West Azure US2 East Azure AU1 Australia East Azure |
webMethods.io B2B Connector services used in IBM webMethods Integration Flow services fail intermittently in a IBM webMethods B2B multi-pod environment. The following services were affected:
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10.15.1 Fix1 | BOC-15932 | October 03, 2022 October 03, 2022 October 03, 2022 November 12, 2022 November 12, 2022 November 12, 2022 |
US1 Oregon AWS EU2 Frankfurt AWS AU2 Sydney AWS EU3 West Azure US2 East Azure AU1 Australia East Azure |
When processing some of the UNEDIFACT documents, the record delimiter gets truncated for some of the segments leading to processing failures. |
10.15.1 Fix1 | BOC-15933 | October 03, 2022 October 03, 2022 October 03, 2022 November 12, 2022 November 12, 2022 November 12, 2022 |
US1 Oregon AWS EU2 Frankfurt AWS AU2 Sydney AWS EU3 West Azure US2 East Azure AU1 Australia East Azure |
Functional Acknowledgment does not get generated for some of the UNEDIFACT documents. An error appears in the Activity log of the original envelope regarding the rejection status. |
10.15.1 | WF-26301 | September 17, 2022 September 18, 2022 November 12, 2022 November 12, 2022 November 12, 2022 |
EU2 Frankfurt AWS US1 Oregon AWS EU3 West Azure US2 East Azure AU1 Australia East Azure |
You can add and use UNEDIFACT 96B ORDERS business document type in IBM webMethods B2B. |
10.15.1 | WF-17852 | September 17, 2022 September 18, 2022 November 12, 2022 November 12, 2022 November 12, 2022 |
EU2 Frankfurt AWS US1 Oregon AWS EU3 West Azure US2 East Azure AU1 Australia East Azure |
A new service named getTransactionByDocumentID is added to retrieve the most recent transaction based on a specific documentID in the given duration from either the live or archive databases. |
10.15.1 | BOC-15772 | September 17, 2022 September 18, 2022 November 12, 2022 November 12, 2022 November 12, 2022 |
EU2 Frankfurt AWS US1 Oregon AWS EU3 West Azure US2 East Azure AU1 Australia East Azure |
A performance enhancement ensures that the service requests are shared appropriately between all the pods in IBM webMethods B2B. |
10.15.1 | BOC-15747 | September 17, 2022 September 18, 2022 November 12, 2022 November 12, 2022 November 12, 2022 |
EU2 Frankfurt AWS US1 Oregon AWS EU3 West Azure US2 East Azure AU1 Australia East Azure |
The connection timeout duration is now increased so that the connection stays alive even for complex Flow services that run for a longer time than expected, by using the webMethods.io B2B Connector on IBM webMethods Integration. |