Release highlights for recent BusinessWorks versions

This article is meant to keep track of the release highlights for the current and past BusinessWorks 6.X versions.

These elements are coming from the TIBCO product management team.

BusinessWorks 6.11

• Support for Array of Path Parameters in REST Service and Reference Binding
• Support for Oracle Java 17.x
• Support for Configuration and Credential Management Services with BW6
• Smart Mapper learning from day one: Support for import and learn mapping data
• Support for OpenTelemetry logging functionality and integration of SpanID and TraceID into the BWAppNode logs
• Support for RSA Algorithms in JWT
• Support for JUnit view to enhance user experience
• Logging support for Custom XPath functions
• Support for Crontab in Timer activity
• Support for enabling or disabling remote debugging for all users
• Support for updating module properties of applications using REST API
• New preferences added in TIBCO Business Studio for BusinessWorks to improve its performance
• Support for Chunked Streaming in HTTP Palette

BusinessWorks 6.10

• Support for Array of Path Parameters in REST Service and Reference Binding
• Support for empty body in PUT operation request
• Support for printing 4xx/5xx error codes on REST Service in the AppNode logs
• Support for secured communication between BWAgent and AppNode
• Support for Browse Apps API requests
• Support for mapping module properties to an Activity input
• Support for BusinessWorks Upgrade Manager
• A new “Test Connection” button is added to the Debug Configuration wizard
• Support for Skipped test cases count
• Support for mocking Set Shared Variable and Get Shared Variable activities
• Support for Gold input and Mock output generation after activity execution
• Support for Saxon pluggable XSLT Engine for XSLT transformation
• Support for custom properties via OAuth shared resources
• Support for different functions in Jolt JSON Mapper
• Support for major, minor, and patch application versions in logs

BusinessWorks 6.9.1

• Support for Independent start of ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks application component
• Support for parsing the Swagger files with the special character “$” and whitespace
• Improvements in Open Telemetry support
• HTTP Streaming support: Support for streaming non-multipart in Send HTTP Request activity
• Support added to apply policy to Subpaths on the Rest Service binding via check box

BusinessWorks 6.9.0

• Improvements in Open API 3.0 Support
  - Support for Inline Schema at request and response in OAS 3.0 Swagger files
  - Support for anyOf and oneOf keywords in Swagger file
  - Support for OAS 3.0 multiple Response feature
• Dynamic timeout in SOAP Invoke activity
• Support for OAuth 2.0 authentication in Receive Mail Activity
• Deploy the same EAR with different profiles using Maven
• Force stop application via Engine Command activity
• Support for getting the BW version in a mapping

BusinessWorks 6.8.1

• Support added for parsing the Swagger files with the special characters @ and #
• Support for ‘allOf’ construct in OAS 3.0
• Support for export profile in JSON format
• Support to enforce authentication on REST Reference binding using the Authentication check box on the HTTP client shared resource
• Support added to encrypt/decrypt profile via REST APIs
• Update of Spring related components to address pring4Shell CVE’s
• Smart Mapper: Support added to externalise Learning Mode to a centralized database. Enhances collaborative team development effort.
• Support for mocking and assertion of activities within a group

BusinessWorks 6.8.0

• Use of Java 11 and Eclipse 4.19
• Out of the box support for MAVEN Plugin
• Support is added for setting the request URL dynamically on REST reference binding
• Improvements in OAS 3.0 support
• IP addresses restrictions on HTTP (whitelisting, blacklisting)
• TLS 1.3 support
• Smart Engine (engine statistics collection and reports)

BusinessWorks 6.7.0

• SmartMapper
• Open API 3.0 support
• Encryption and decryption of application profiles
• Oauth 2.0 support
• Ability to refresh application instances statuses
• Support is added to dynamically update flow limit
• Visual Diff
• Application templates

BusinessWorks 6.6.0

• Support for Memory Saving mode
• Support for Process Starter activities in Shared Modules
• Selectively starting of process starters
• Ability to create complex value by combining two module properties
• Support for HTTP 2.0