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Our newest release is a major generational leap which brings significant expansion of the platform’s capabilities. We are introducing a new interface for self-service data preparation for business users – CloverDX Wrangler – and a new interface for sharing data within your organization – CloverDX Data Catalog.

Both Wrangler and Data Catalog are aimed at business users who can create data transformations without having to learn the coding or complexities of CloverDX Designer. They will be able to simply pick their data source and create their first transformation within minutes. Watch our quick into video below to learn more about how Wrangler and Data Catalog can help you manage your data.... read more

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In CloverDX 5.14 we are introducing a new concept – CloverDX Library – which will allow you to easily share ready-made solutions composed out of subgraphs. Libraries offer significant improvements to code reusability and sharing in CloverDX. Any Library known to Server is automatically recognized by Designer and added to component Palette to leverage its features.... read more

Bugfix release of CloveDX 5.1

CLO-15739 DataService path parameters - support for regular expressions
CLO-15818 FIXED: Designer breaks edges for subgraphs
CLO-15754 FIXED: Table paginator is not working on SQLServer
CLO-15677 FIXED: MDM TskPut component initialization fails
CLO-15692 FIXED: Custom error page does not work correctly on weblogic and websphere

Note: CloverDX is a new brand name that replaces "CloverETL"

Bugfix release of CloverETL 4.9.1.

• CLO-13996 JMS Event listener - add option to define Durable subscriber name
• CLO-13875 Change Worker JMS properties to better match Tomcat resource properties
• Fixes:
  • CLO-14060 StackOverflowError in subgraph in jobflow
  • CLO-14074 Launch Services running Subgraphs on Worker
  • CLO-14011 Dictionary byte type serialization doesn't work in Worker
  • CLO-13982 Worker SSL tweaks
• Compatibility:
  • CLO-14115 Disable the Groovy servlet
  • CLO-13875 Change Worker JMS properties to better match Tomcat resource properties

Production release of CloverETL 4.9

• Worker related improvements:
  • CLO-13032 Reliable JMX messages between Worker and Server
  • CLO-13852 Worker JNDI and SSL configuration - support for stronger encryption algorithms
  • CLO-13846 Passwords for JNDI resources are specified as encrypted configuration properties
  • CLO-13807 Automatically set -Dhttps.protocols=TLSv1.2,TLSv1.1,TLSv1 property for Worker
  • CLO-13798 Worker JNDI - support all parameters of Apache DBCP2
  • CLO-13565 Worker classpath parsing should support any OS specific separator
  • CLO-13463 accessibilityTest.jsp to indicate also not ready Worker
  • CLO-13437 Rename workerManager. properties to worker. properties
  • CLO-13232 Worker stability under heavy system load
  • CLO-13192 Cluster remote edges over SSL with Worker
  • CLO-13188 Updated job lifecycle logs
  • CLO-13155 Jobs log when worker is restarted
  • CLO-12651 Improved Multi JVM related logs
  • CLO-13398 Rename worker.additional.classpath to worker.classpath
  • CLO-13365 Rename workerManager.startWorkers to worker.initialWorkers
  • CLO-13340 Show also Worker memory info in Monitoring
  • CLO-13310 Rename worker.portPool to worker.portRange
  • CLO-12972 Improved colors in Monitoring graphs
  • CLO-12815 Improve default value of worker classpath directory
• Misc improvements:
  • CLO-8756 Consistent behavior or isDecimal and str2Decimal functions
  • CLO-13924 Upgrade bundled PostgreSQL driver version to 42.2.2
  • CLO-13391 Deprecate Launch Services
  • CLO-13375 Upgrade JGroups library version to 3.6.15.Final
  • CLO-13311 New isDecimal functions with format and locale parameters
  • CLO-13061 Less usage of direct memory
  • CLO-12704 Add permission to access server web console
  • CLO-12991 File Event Listener -> Paste URL -> encoded name and password
  • CLO-564 WebServiceClient documentation should contain information about escaping of special characters
• Fixes:
  • CLO-13751 Retrieving execution history via API with Data Service run records doesn't work
  • CLO-13541 ParallelReader: creates duplicate records when reading smaller files in a cluster environment
  • CLO-13460 Parameter editor kills Designer on OSX
  • CLO-13275 CreateFiles component fails to create new file on SFTP
  • CLO-13009 Server crashes when browsing huge execution history
  • CLO-12872 Hide Passwords from Parameters in Execution History
  • CLO-12524 Manual schedule execution produces fake run records
  • CLO-12014 'Inline' API of our web service interface is not supported with Multi-JVM
• Compatibility:
  • CLO-8756 Consistent behavior or isDecimal and str2Decimal functions
  • CLO-13846 Passwords for JNDI resources are specified as encrypted configuration properties
  • CLO-13798 Worker JNDI - support all parameters of Apache DBCP2
  • CLO-13437 Rename workerManager. properties to worker. properties
  • CLO-12014 'Inline' API of our web service interface is not supported with Multi-JVM
  • CLO-13398 Rename worker.additional.classpath to worker.classpath
  • CLO-13310 Rename worker.portPool to worker.portRange

Bugfix release of CloverETL 4.8

• CLO-13820 Checkconfig from Designer can overload the Server for huge graphs
• CLO-13818 Freezing Designer when developing huge graphs
• CLO-13751 Retrieving execution history via API with Data Service run records doesn't work
• CLO-12464 Autorejoin in cluster doesn't work
• Compatibility:
  • CLO-13819 Designer requires Eclipse 4.5

Bugfix release of CloverETL 4.8

• CLO-11848 New transport mechanism for remote edges with increased stability
• CLO-13157 LZ4 compression for remote edges
• CLO-13093 S3: enable the default credentials provider chain
• CLO-12921 Support Tomcat 8.5
• CLO-12918 Support tcServer 3.2.9
• Fixes:
• CLO-13006 Fixed: Function get() fails in DB lookup
• CLO-13153 Fixed: URL with GZIP protocol is ruined when passed to a subgraph

Milestone 2 release of CloverETL 4.9.0.

• Job Execution in Separate JVM:
  • CLO-13022 server.http.url property is not used anymore
  • CLO-12837 Use Jetty for communication from Worker to Server
  • CLO-11464 Access information about workers in Cluster
  • CLO-11462 See Worker load in performance graphs
• CLO-12734 Disable direct memory usage by default
• CLO-12634 Support tcServer with Tomcat 8.5
• CLO-12632 Support Tomcat 8.5
• CLO-12870 Improve performance of password obfuscation of dictionary in job log
• CLO-12560 Designer: Add 80% zoom option
• Fixes:
  • CLO-12883 WebServiceClient does not send credentials for URL via input mapping
  • CLO-12523 Plus + sign in the password to FTP in File Event Listener does not work
  • Job Execution in Separate JVM:
    • CLO-12949 Restart now action - Worker stays in STARTING state
    • CLO-12821 Status page info.jsp is broken
    • CLO-12778 CTL debugging does not work on Worker
    • CLO-12725 Notification from CloverJMX mbean are not correctly ordered
    • CLO-12697 Worker process remains if OutOfMemoryError happens on Worker

Milestone release of CloverETL 4.9.0.

• Job Execution in Separate JVM:
  • CLO-11461 Configure the worker
  • CLO-11479 Manage worker
  • CLO-11410 Extend worker classpath
  • CLO-11472 Access worker's stdout and logs
  • CLO-11463 Display full command line used to run the worker
  • CLO-11466 Force job execution in core Server
  • CLO-11465 Determine which jobs run in worker and which in core Server
  • CLO-12758 Designer calls to Server are proxied to Worker
• Changes:
  • CLO-11163 Introduce filtering and paging in scheduling tab
  • CLO-12029 Add action for sending testing email from Alerts and Notification tab
• Fixes:
  • CLO-11441 Decrypt global secure parameters only once per project
• Compatibility (Job Execution in Separate JVM):
  • CLO-12553 Server property 'server.http.url' is required for multi-jvm
  • CLO-12796 JNDI resources need separate configuration for worker
  • CLO-12552 JMS event listener cannot pass non-serializable objects to worker
  • CLO-12271 ProfilerProbe cannot persist results in Worker

Production release of CloverETL 4.7.0.
Full release notes are available here.

• Data Services:
  • CLO-11722 Multi-publish Data Service endpoints directly from CloverETL Designer
  • CLO-11721 Convert graph to Data Service REST job
  • CLO-11495 Mark failing Data Service endpoint as "fixed"
  • CLO-11706 Automatic creation of REST job path parameters
  • CLO-11374 Support for form parameters
  • CLO-11356 Data Service endpoints catalogue
  • CLO-11347 Explicitly enable storing of execution history for Data Service endpoint
  • CLO-11331 Data Service example jobs and endpoints
• Changes:
  • CLO-11740 Allow to use unsupported DB types in dynamic metadata
• Fixes:
  • CLO-9981 Cannot listen for S3 location - ListFile component works OK with same URL
  • CLO-11697 ConcurrentModificationException when editing dictionary list and execute Success component in the same phase
  • CLO-11678 CopyFiles Fails when Using Update Overwrite Option
  • CLO-11636 SMB2 does not work on WebLogic 12
  • CLO-11398 XMLWriter Cannot Declare XML Namespace
  • CLO-11601 Missing icon error on Mac OS X
  • CLO-5139 Running a graph that uses a subgraph - no debug data count

Milestone release of CloverETL 4.7.0
full release notes: https://www.cloveretl.com/resources/releases/4-7-0-M1.

Changelog:

• Data Services
  • CLO-10892 Administration UI for DataService Management
  • CLO-10490 Publish REST job on server
  • CLO-10488 Introduce http context in Data Service RESTJob
  • CLO-10483 REST job endpoint description editor
  • CLO-10470 Editor for new Data Service REST job
  • CLO-10467 Create basic Data Service REST job
• CLO-10784 Graph validation without saving of graph
• CLO-10628 Improve documentation on DB configuration under Weblogic

Bugfix release of CloverETL 4.6.1
full release notes: http://www.cloveretl.com/resources/releases/4-6-1

Improvements:

• CLO-11103 Improved thread dump generation so that whole stacks are displayed
• CLO-11167 Log a warning when query for dynamic metadata returns records - this leads to low performance

Bugfixes:

• CLO-11146 Data Inspector view does not show records for running graphs
• CLO-11085 File Event Listener on SMB doesn't work with special characters
• CLO-11049 Extracting metadata from DBInputTable fails with NPE when JNDI is used

Production release of CloverETL 4.6.0
full release notes: https://www.cloveretl.com/resources/releases/4-6-0

Changelog:

• Misc
  • CLO-10896 Designer-Server connection diagnostic logging - server side
  • CLO-10759 Imported custom archivators configured to archive just a selected sandbox don't preserve the sandbox value
  • CLO-10648 Data inspector view should indicate incomplete data record set
  • CLO-10505 Add to documentation of installation on WebSphere that the profile name must not contain word "clover"
• Fixes
  • CLO-10943 XMLExtract: Incorrect output
  • CLO-10991 Cluster nodes are too sensitive to load
  • CLO-10824 ClassCastException when working with Secure parameters
  • CLO-10587 Exported JoinKey component parameter behaves inconsistently
  • CLO-9855 Documentation: Delete instructions on configuration in WEB-INF
  • CLO-10949 Using a wildcard in XMLExtract in Subgraph throws error
  • CLO-10680 Can't import xsd file into wsdl file using relative path on WebLogic
  • CLO-11026 Server console GUI occasionally fails with NPE
• Compatibility
  • CLO-10930 FlatFileReader fails silently on parsing errors

Milestone release of CloverETL 4.6.0
full release notes: https://www.cloveretl.com/resources/releases/4-6-0-M1.

Changelog:

• CLO-10558 Designer Tutorial
• CLO-10569 Automatic debugging on edges
• Designer UX Improvements
  • CLO-10579 Do not show unneeded Secure Storage prompt at Designer startup
  • CLO-10562 Easier to find search in palette
  • CLO-10559 Designer should parse licenses more leniently
  • CLO-10548 Prevent Designer Windows installer from looking frozen
  • CLO-10672 Data Inspector should indicate that debugging is disabled on the edge
  • CLO-10580 Improve error message of SpreadSheetDataWriter when file extension is not specified
  • CLO-10255 Standardise PLUS sign behaviour in "Edit graph parameters" and "Edit metadata" screens
  • CLO-9748 UP and DOWN button in Edit values wizard in Graph parameter editor type
• Server Improvements
  • CLO-10596 Unify and improve Server DB structures
  • CLO-10239 Count of aggregated events in task history
  • CLO-10134 Last execution and successes/failures count in listeners table
  • CLO-10613 Remove tracking_* tables
  • CLO-10495 Useless "kill source event" checkbox in Scheduling
  • CLO-9585 Show version and build number on server login page
• Misc
  • CLO-10564 Add action to open list of Examples
  • CLO-10539 Set charset for new Clover projects to UTF-8
  • CLO-10210 Print Java vendor into the log file
  • CLO-7082 Add a switch to ListFiles to return information about a directory itself, not its contents
  • CLO-6594 CustomJavaComponent documentation should contain where external jars should be located
  • CLO-9991 Salesforce SOQL content assist should be uppercase
• Compatibility
  • CLO-10096 Update Java bundled with Designer to JDK 8u121

Production release of CloverETL 4.5.0
full release notes: http://www.cloveretl.com/resources/releases/4-5-0

Changelog:

• Changes
  • CLO-10512 Drop support of 32bit linux
  • CLO-10405 Send email task: Easier plain text html extraction
  • CLO-10474 SalesforceWriter - allow to configure batch size
  • CLO-10325 Add hint to empty graph editor how to add a component
  • CLO-9936 SalesforceBulkWriter - allow to configure batch mode and size
    ... read more

Milestone release of CloverETL 4.5.0
full release notes: https://www.cloveretl.com/resources/releases/4-5-0-M2.

• Engine
  • CLO-10300 "ExtFilter" renamed to "Filter"
  • CLO-10204 HTTPConnector respects configured charset (used system default previously)
  • CLO-10108 Better handling of timeout in ExecuteScript
  • CLO-6378 Removed CTL1 support
  • CLO-10331 Removed CTL function resolveParams() with resolveCTL flag... read more

Bugfix release of CloverETL 4.4.1
full release notes: http://www.cloveretl.com/resources/releases/4-4-1

Bugfixes:

• CLO-10034 Confusing ending of truncated extremely long error message in log
• CLO-10313 Multiple import: ignoring redundant occurrences throws Unexpected null value
• CLO-10240 Metadata propagation fails for parametrized subgraph hierarchy
• CLO-10223 objectGUID attribute cannot be correctly obtained from Active Directory
• CLO-10058 Incorrect Test Launch Service URL when switching to HTTPS
• CLO-10101 Scheduling: Cron expression edit dialog doesn't work
• CLO-9995 Redshift: DBLookupTable cannot be used concurrently by two components in one phase
• CLO-9843 Ordering of sequences in graph xml changes after save
• CLO-9760 LDAPWriter - byte on input throws NPE
• CLO-8507 Added config properties are not visible with Oracle DB

Milestone release of CloverETL 4.5.0
full release notes: http://www.cloveretl.com/resources/releases/4-5-0-M1.

• MongoDB
  • CLO-5728 MongoDB connection supports authenticationDatabase option
  • CLO-10175 Support Mongo 3.X driver
  • CLO-9579 Ability to use SSL with MongoDB
• Server event listeners
  • CLO-10063 Merge event listener tabs into one
  • CLO-9845 Ignore empty files option for file listeners
  • CLO-10064 Unify layout of editing forms for listeners
  • CLO-10025 Show last performed file listener check
• Restart action in Execution History
  • CLO-9499 Restart action in Execution History
  • CLO-9709 Restart unchanged job from server UI
• Salesforce Wave support
  • CLO-9493 Write to Salesforce Wave
• Cluster changes
  • CLO-10069 Cluster: reset autoresume counter after some time
• Other improvements
  • CLO-6538 Update JSch to 0.1.54
  • CLO-7448 JSON and XML extract mapping dialog should validate metadata
  • CLO-9633 Data inspector - display quoted string in list
• FIXES
  • CLO-9873 MSSQLDataWriter with sqlncli (bcp for linux) throws "Unable to open BCP host data-file"
  • CLO-8609 SFTP: Slow reading from Titan FTP Server

Production release of CloverETL 4.4.0
full release notes: http://www.cloveretl.com/resources/releases/4-4-0

Changelog:

• Salesforce
  • CLO-9915 SalesforceReader subquery join type - left outer join
  • CLO-9902 SalesforceReader - ability to read deleted records
  • CLO-9891 Extract metadata from SalesforceReader
  • CLO-9890 Use SOQL parser also in SalesforceBulkReader
  • CLO-9888 SalesforceReader checkconfig
  • CLO-9963 Prevent using unsupported SOQL functions
  • CLO-9878 SalesforceReader - support functions in subqueries
  • CLO-9853 SalesforceReader - support function convertCurrency()
  • CLO-9835 SalesforceReader - support function count()
  • CLO-9819 SalesforceReader - support function distance()
  • CLO-9827 SalesforceReader - support string literals
  • CLO-9823 SalesforceReader - support polymorphic keys and relationships
  • CLO-9926 SalesforceReader - warn about presence of compound fields in SOQL query
• Remote Event Listeners
  • CLO-9758 FileListener check - size didn't change for some time
  • CLO-9724 Redesign/reorder file listener form
  • CLO-9919 Polishing of File Event Listener tab
  • CLO-9954 Single click toggle of Scheduler enablement
  • CLO-9906 Show implicit parameters while creating/editing File Listener
  • CLO-9905 Show custom parameters in File Listener's detail
  • CLO-9854 Change default failure notification e-mail template
  • CLO-9623 Event listeners - distinguish mandatory fields
• Server
  • CLO-9651 Healthy suspended nodes should rejoin cluster
  • CLO-9959 Warn users that the Server is running on OpenJDK
• Designer
  • CLO-9920 Show decimal precision and scale in Transform Editor
• FIXES
  • CLO-9938 SalesforceReaders - query with Order or Group doesn't work
  • CLO-9935 SalesforceBulkWriter doesn't handle unprocessed records
  • CLO-9933 Internal Salesforce connection persists default hostname "login.salesforce.com"
  • CLO-9903 SalesforceReader doesn't return subquery results when letter case in query doesn't match
  • CLO-9833 SalesforceReader reads null instead of compound field
  • CLO-9875 Server Temp Space setting not being used after restart
  • CLO-9829 Value of Root context blank in JNDI Browser
  • CLO-8349 Logs should support Unicode characters
  • CLO-9911 Not able to link connection from component editor dialog
  • CLO-9872 EmailFilter throws ConcurrentModificationException
  • CLO-9757 EmailFilter creating multiple duplicate records
  • CLO-9873 MSSQLDataWriter with sqlncli (bcp for linux) throws "Unable to open BCP host data-file"
• COMPATIBILITY
  • CLO-9915 SalesforceReader subquery join type - left outer join
  • CLO-9890 Use SOQL parser also in SalesforceBulkReader

Milestone release of CloverETL 4.4.0
full release notes: http://www.cloveretl.com/resources/releases/4-4-0-M2

Features and improvements:

• Change default encoding to UTF-8
• Salesforce
  • CLO-9171 Salesforce SOAP Reader
  • CLO-9718 SOQL Editor - Warning for loss of selected elements
  • CLO-9702 SOQL Editor - Add option to easily clear filters
  • CLO-9677 SOQL Editor - Indicate that Drag & Drop is possible
• Remote Event Listeners
  • CLO-9659 Easily create an e-mail notification on failure
  • CLO-9805 Indicate that e-mail failure notification creates new TaskFailureListener
  • CLO-9723 Specification of URL in File Listener form
  • CLO-9839 Constant URL validation makes it hard to fill the File event listener form
  • CLO-9715 List parameters injected by task failure listener
• Improvements
  • CLO-9569 Highlight of record count number for selected edges
• Fixes
  • CLO-9804 Bound response mapping of WebServiceClient causes NullPointerException
• Compatibility
  • Change default encoding to UTF-8
  • CLO-9831 Default mapping (by name) doesn't work with decimals

Bugfix release of CloverETL 4.3.1
full release notes: http://www.cloveretl.com/resources/releases/4-3-1

Improvements:

• Update MongoDB driver to version 2.14.2

Bugfixes:

• Cannot create runtime context URL in RunGraph in opensource Engine
• Designer-Server synchronization seems to be stuck when client-side files can't be created because of invalid characters in file name
• Issues in Designer with ExecuteGraph running a graph from another sandbox
• CTL Debugging error "Could not list variables: Can't serialize NullRecord"
• Multiple "To" email address doesn't work in Event Listener form
• Wrong return type of getKeys() function in documentation
• S3 connection validation requires ListAllMyBuckets permission - weaker permissions should be enough

Milestone release of CloverETL 4.4.0
full release notes: http://www.cloveretl.com/resources/releases/4-4-0-M1

Features and improvements:

• Salesforce
  • CLO-9172 Salesforce SOAP Writer
  • CLO-9538 SalesforceWriter: non existent file when uploading attachments is reported on reject port
  • CLO-9492 SalesforceWriter: upload attachments to Salesforce via specified path
  • CLO-9502 SalesforceBulkWriter: warning if trying to use unsupported upload of attachments
  • CLO-9428 SOQL editor
  • CLO-9429 SOQL syntax highlighting
  • CLO-9328 Inline edit SOQL in component editor
• File event listener for remote locations
  • CLO-3934 File event listener for remote locations
  • CLO-9473 Listener for failed listener
  • CLO-9661 Trigger failure listener task only N-times
  • CLO-9590 Higher priority cluster node selection
• Performance
  • CLO-9466 Designer performance drop for graph with many subgraphs
  • CLO-6584 UniversalDataReader very slow when using wildcards in archives
• Misc
  • CLO-7143 Redshift JDBC driver bundled with CloverETL
  • CLO-9500 ParallelReader support for S3
  • CLO-9465 Allow to not generate XML declaration in XMLWriter
  • CLO-9412 Make variable tooltip work for records
  • CLO-9244 Improve formatting of CTL in graph xml
  • CLO-9201 Data inspector - search improvement
  • CLO-9535 Update Java in Designer bundle to 1.8.0_101
  • CLO-8973 File URL dialog: explain discrete/source/stream port writing or reading
  • CLO-9530 Implicit metadata is not persisted any more... read more

Production release of CloverETL 4.3.0
full release notes: http://www.cloveretl.com/resources/releases/4-3-0

Features and improvements:

• CTL Debugging
  • Hover tooltips for variables
  • Visual improvements for breakpoints view
• Salesforce
  • Advanced connection tab
  • Timeouts for connection
  • Simplified login host
  • SOQL validation
• Improved TLS support
• Persistent lookup allows duplicate keys
• Parent jobs are kept in filtered execution hierarchy
• Changed UI of DB connection... read more

Bugfix release of CloverETL 4.2.1
full release notes: http://www.cloveretl.com/resources/releases/4-2-1

Improvements:

• Create sandbox directory on import of Server configuration
• Deleting project from disk outside of Designer should not remove sandbox files
• Possibility to delete files from disk when deleting sandboxes on Server

Bugfixes:

• Visualization of clustered sandboxes is broken
• Export to CloverETL Server sandbox doesn't work
• Desiner freezes on disconnected projects
• Checkconfig caused connection timeout when launching jobs from Designer
• Synchronization fails on filenames that differ in letter case only
• CopyFiles: Wrong escaping of plus sign in SFTP password

Milestone release of CloverETL 4.3.0
full release notes: http://www.cloveretl.com/resources/releases/4-3-0-M2

Features & Improvements:

• CTL Debugging
  • CTL conditional breakpoints
  • Hit count breakpoints conditions
  • Inspect action
  • Watch action
• Salesforce support
  • Salesforce connection
  • Salesforce bulk reader
  • Salesforce bulk writer
• Upgrade of bundled Eclipse 4.5 (Mars)
• JNDI resource browser