WebSphere Lombardi Edition 7.2 > Release notes


What's new in IBM WebSphere Lombardi Edition 7.2.0

This release introduces the following new features and major enhancements.


Product translation

Start with this release, WebSphere Lombardi Edition enables customers to choose the language they would like to use independently of each other and of the server language. Language packs are available for installation with the product. However, this release does not support: installation of external language packs that enable end users to create their own language translations; culturally sensitive formatting; non-Gregorian calendars; or bidirectional text. Only those language packs distributed with the product are supported and formatting follows U.S. rules for date, time, currency, string sorting, and string searching with few exceptions. Product logs remain in English regardless of language pack selection and language packs cannot be added to an installation after the fact, so be sure to select all languages required by Lombardi users in your environment during installation.


Unicode data

When integrating WebSphere Lombardi Edition with external systems, all incoming and outgoing data must be UTF-8 encoded.


Language packs available for installation

During installation of WebSphere Lombardi Edition, you can choose the language packs to install with the product. The following language packs are available:

The languages that you select are added to the locale preferences for Lombardi Process Center Console, Authoring Environment, Process Portal, and Process Admin Console. Lombardi users can change their locale preference...


Locale preference for Lombardi interfaces

Start with this release, you can set the locale for Lombardi interfaces, including Lombardi Process Center Console, Authoring Environment, Process Portal, and Process Admin Console. The language packs installed with WebSphere Lombardi Edition determine the list of locales that are available. When you set the locale for an interface, that setting is applied across all Lombardi interfaces, but not environments. For example, when a user sets his locale preference, each Lombardi interface he starts will respect that preference. But because the preference is persisted, a preference specified by a user in the Process Center development environment is not going to be recognized in runtime environments. Lombardi interfaces default to the system locale.


Locale setting for installer

When you start the Lombardi installer, you can choose the language in which the installer presents information and options for WebSphere Lombardi Edition installation. Lombardi installer defaults to the system locale.


Conditional activities

Lombardi Authoring Environment now enables you to include conditional activities in your processes. Conditional activities allow you to model steps which, at run time, are either skipped or performed based on the values of particular process variables. The decision to skip or perform a conditional activity can be made by the runtime user or programmatically, based on scripted rules. You can build a graphical user interface (Coach) that enables end users to select the conditional activities to be performed. The conditional activity sample process available in [Lombardi_home]/imports includes a Coach that demonstrates this type of implementation. For more information, see Modeling processes > Configure conditional activities in Lombardi Authoring Environment Help.


Critical path management

When you model a process in Lombardi Authoring Environment, you can configure the process so that designated users in Lombardi Process Portal can perform critical path analysis. Critical path analysis enables designated Lombardi Process Portal users to perform the following actions for running process instances:

For more information, see Modeling processes > Enable a process for critical path analysis in Lombardi Authoring Environment Help, Use Critical Path Management features in Lombardi Process Portal Help, and Manage Lombardi configuration settings > Settings for Critical Path Management in Lombardi Process Admin Console Help.


Web Service Integration component supports WSRR

You can build integration services in Lombardi Authoring Environment when integrate with an external system to retrieve, update, or insert data in order to complete a task. The Web Service integration component available in Lombardi Authoring Environment has been expanded to enable you to connect to both secure and non-secure services exposed by WebSphere Process Server Version 7.0.0.x. Such an integration allows you to take advantage of reusable components that have been shared via the WebSphere Service Registry and Repository Version 7.0.0.x (WSRR). When you build an integration service and include a Web Service Integration component, you can choose the registry type that you want to search, either UDDI or WSRR. For more information, see Modeling processes > Integrate with other systems > Create outbound integrations in Lombardi Authoring Environment Help.


ILOG JRules Decision Service Integration component

Start with this release, IBM WebSphere Lombardi Edition integrates with IBM WebSphere ILOG JRules by providing a new ILOG JRules Decision Service Integration component. This new rule component enables you to use decision services available on a JRules Rule Execution Server for your Lombardi activity implementations. Using the JRules Decision Service Integration component, you can browse available decision services and connect to both secure and non-secure decision services from IBM WebSphere ILOG JRules Version 7.1.1.x. For more information, see Modeling processes > Create a service > Build a rule service in Lombardi Authoring Environment Help.


New Document Viewer Coach control to view and list documents stored in an ECM repository

When building Coaches in Lombardi Authoring Environment, you can use the new Document Viewer Coach control to display a document or list of documents stored in a Enterprise Content Management (ECM) repository such as IBM FileNet Content Manager or IBM Content Manager. The Coach control connects to remote repositories using IBM Content Integrator Enterprise Edition Version 8.5.1, which enables integration with a wide variety of IBM ECM products, including:

Enable process participants to view documents stored in their ECM repository can help them make decisions regarding tasks and task assignments.

For more information, see Build Coaches > Adding documents and reports to Coaches in Lombardi Authoring Environment Help.


Document Attachment Coach control updates

In this release, the Document Attachment Coach control has been updated to work with documents stored in an Enterprise Content Management (ECM) repository. This enables end users of the processes that you develop to attach any document from their ECM repository to a Coach so that other process participants can immediately see necessary information when performing tasks. When you use the Document Attachment Coach control, you can configure it to work with Lombardi documents or with IBM Content Integrator Enterprise Edition, which enables end users to access documents from the following IBM ECM products:

For more information, see Build Coaches > Adding documents and reports to Coaches in Lombardi Authoring Environment Help.


New process app and toolkit settings

Staring in this release, new process app and toolkit settings enable you to edit the name and acronym for a process app or toolkit while working in the Designer in Lombardi Authoring Environment. You can also specify the CSS and XSL to use for all Coaches in the process app or toolkit. To learn more about these new settings and how they work, see Manage process applications > Edit process application settings and Manage toolkits > Editing toolkit settings in Lombardi Authoring Environment Help.


New platform support

This release adds support for the following platforms:

For more information about supported platforms, see the Installation and Configuration Guide appropriate for your environment.

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