IBM WebSphere Business Modeler Advanced Version 6.1.1

Interim Fix 4 Readme

© Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2008. All rights reserved. 

This is an interim fix for IBM® WebSphere Business Modeler® Advanced Version 6.1.1.

 

This read-me file contains the following topics:

Installing the interim fix

There are two ways to install IBM WebSphere Business Modeler 6.1.1 interim fixes:

To install the interim fix from a local repository

1.       Download the 6.1.1-WB-ModelerAdv-MultiOS-IF0000004.zip file.

2.       Extract the downloaded ZIP file into a temporary directory.

3.       To open IBM Installation Manager, go to your Start > IBM Installation Manager > IBM Installation Manager.

IBM Installation Manager opens.

4.       On the menu bar, go to File > Preferences.

5.       In the left navigation panel, click Repositories.

6.       In the Repositories panel, click Add Repository.

The Add Repository dialog box opens.

7.       Click the Browse button.

8.       Navigate to the directory where you have downloaded and unzipped the interim fix files.

9.       Select repository.config.

10.   Click Open.

11.   Click OK.

The Add Repository dialog box closes.

12.   In the Preferences window, click OK.

13.   Follow the instructions below to apply the interim fix to your IBM WebSphere Business Modeler package.

 

To complete the installation of the IBM WebSphere Business Modeler interim fix

1.       Go to Start > All Programs > IBM Installation Manager > IBM Installation Manager.

The IBM Installation Manager opens.

2.       Click Update.

The Update Packages wizard starts.

3.       Select the WebSphere Business Modeler package.

4.       Click Next.

Installation Manager searches for updates in its repositories and the predefined update sites for WebSphere Business Modeler. If you do not have the files for the interim fix in a local repository, Installation Manager will download the required files.

5.       On the Updates page, select Version 6.1.1.004.

6.       Click Next.

The License page opens, displaying the list of licenses for the updates you selected.

7.       Click each item to review the license agreement text.

8.       If you agree to the terms of the license agreements, click I accept the terms of the license agreements.

9.       Click Next.

The summary page opens.

10.   Click Update.

Installation Manager installs the interim fix.

11.   After the installation finishes, click Finish.

The Update Packages wizard closes. You have successfully installed the interim fix.

12.   Close IBM Installation Manager.

 

Note: Before using WebSphere Business Modeler in a language other than English, you must first install the language you want to use. The interim fixes for WebSphere Business Modeler 6.1 include the national language support files that are required for installing additional languages. 

If you are using WebSphere Business Modeler 6.1 without any interim fixes installed, you need to install an interim fix before you can install additional languages. After installing the interim fix, run the Modify Packages wizard from the IBM Installation Manager start page and select the languages to install.

If you are already using WebSphere Business Modeler 6.1.1, you can run the Modify Packages wizard to install additional languages either before or after applying any fixes.

Fixes included in this interim fix

This is a cumulative interim fix for IBM WebSphere Business Modeler Advanced Version 6.1.1.

Fixes included in the interim fix 4

The table below describes fixes contained in this interim fix, including the PMR number and APAR identifier for each fix.

PMR Number

Related APAR Identifier

Description

 

JR29545

Enabled publishing from Modeler 6.1.1 to the publishing server 6.1.2.

Fixes included in the interim fix 3

The table below describes fixes contained in this interim fix, including the PMR number and APAR identifier for each fix.

PMR Number

Related APAR Identifier

Description

 

JR28567

Made default values defined in a Business item parent of a Business item instance available during simulation.

51012,6X8,760

JR28681

Allowed versioning to detect an incoming add, as well as an outgoing delete, for elements that have renamed and then deleted from the Project tree.

38826,756,000

JR29056

Produced consistent content for Reports that are generated and exported to DOCX or PDF format.

51351,6X8,760

JR29077

Corrected the display of elements listed in the Remove associations dialog, which is accessible through the Process editor context menu, when in swimlane layout.

 

JR29236

Fixed collision handling of Business item states during XML import.

 

JR29270

 

Fixed failure to import WSDL which leads to incorrect generation of BPEL Reference partners.

 

JR29495

 

Corrected handling of ID and name collisions if user chooses to overwrite existing on import.

Fixes included in the interim fix 2

The table below describes fixes contained in this interim fix, including the PMR number and APAR identifier for each fix.

PMR Number

Related APAR Identifier

Description

80096,442,000

57392,033,000

JR28422, JR28641

Resolved a problem with auto-layout which adds extraneous white space between elements.

83875,442,000

JR28582

Resolved a problem where data cannot be associated with the output branch of a decision when the other branch is a split connection.

50957,6X8,760

JR28570

Corrected a problem that occurs in basic modeling mode where a process cannot be saved after updating a connection.

83356,442,000

JR28579

Corrected a problem with table truncation when exporting to Microsoft Word (.docx) format.

77162,033,000

JR28674

Allowed users to modify the order of inputs and outputs for business rule and human tasks from the context menu.

00917,090,838

JR28677

 

Corrected a problem that arises when performing an export to WebSphere Integration Developer on a model that contains imported business services.

50967,6X8,760

JR28707

 

Corrected a problem with the display of connections between diagram elements.

32835,650,758

JR28710

 

Resolved a product failure that occurred after associating a task with a global repository that has previously been associated with a local repository.

67857,033,000

JR28775

Corrected a problem with importing a WebSphere Business Modeler project in which a human task escalation has been deleted.

28748,550,000

JR28855

Allowed the publishing of processes that have the proportional resizing attribute selected in the diagram printing setup preferences.

This interim fix includes the following fixes, all of which are associated with APAR JR29000:

Fixes included in the interim fix 1

The table below describes fixes contained in this interim fix, including the PMR number and APAR identifier for each fix.

PMR Number

Related APAR Identifier

Description

80624,442,000

JR28466

Fixed an issue that had occurred when switching to swimlane view and applying auto-layout.

69305,033,000

JR28418

Corrected a problem with checking out a project or element from a Rational ClearCase repository.

46396,019,866

JR28358

Enabled versioning of queries in CVS and Rational ClearCase repositories.

78858,999,706

JR28392

Introduced an informative error message returned when a versioning repository server error had occurred due to access control restrictions.

80096,442,000

JR28422

Removed extraneous white space displayed after applying auto-layout in a swimlane layout.

50965,6X8,760

JR28501

Corrected text display issues in diagrams exported from WebSphere Business Modeler 6.0.2.1.

50660,6X8,760

JR28563

Ensured that label display preferences settings persist after other default preferences are modified.

This interim fix also includes the following fixes associated with APAR JR28638:

Product notes

These product notes include the following topics:

Exporting certain business items as data fields

By default, the FileNet Business Process Manager export now exports business items that have a single basic-type attribute as data fields. The export continues to export business items that have

You can disable this option by removing the checkmark from the Transform business items with single basic attributes into data fields checkbox on the export options page. If you disable this option, the export exports all business items, including business items with single basic-type attributes, as XML data fields.

For example, let’s say that there is a process that contains a Customer business item that has one attribute called Id and the attribute is an Integer. If you export the process with the option enabled and then open the resulting XPDL in FileNet Process Designer, there will be a Customer data field. If you export the process with the option disabled, there will be a Customer XML data field instead.

With the option enabled, the export removes the attribute and sets the data field to the type of the business item attribute. In the XPDL, the data field looks like this:

<DataField Id="Customer" IsArray="FALSE" Name="Customer">

      <DataType>

            <BasicType Type="INTEGER"/>

      </DataType>

</DataField>

With the option disabled, the export creates a definition that refers to the XML schema. In the XPDL, the XML data field looks like this:

<DataField Id="Customer" IsArray="FALSE" Name="Customer">

      <DataType>

            <DeclaredType Id="xml"/>

      </DataType>

      <fn:Field ElementName="Customer" SchemaName="Schema_name"/>

</DataField>

Note that enabling or disabling this option does not affect Businessitems.xsd. The schema contains the same definition for the data field. The difference is that with the option enabled, the XPDL does not reference the schema.

Changes to modeling in FileNet Business Process Manager mode

Previously, in the FileNet Business Process Manager mode, you modeled data flow separately from the control flow. In other words, to pass data from one task to another, you had to

1.       Link the first task to a repository to output the data, and then

2.       Link the repository to the second task to input data.

 

After applying the interim fix 1, you can attach business items that have a single basic-type attribute to a control flow. You no longer need to pass the business item from a task to a repository to another task.

 

 

If the business item has more than one attribute or an attribute that is of a complex type (another business item), you must continue to use a repository to pass it from one task to another.

Re-importing business services imported from WSDL after applying interim fix 2

This interim fix resolved a problem that had occurred when performing the IBM WebSphere Integration Developer export on a model containing business services imported from WSDL.

If you are encountering this problem before applying this interim fix

1.       Apply the interim fix.

2.       Re-import the business service into IBM WebSphere Business Modeler.

3.       Reference the newly imported business service in a process model.

Subsequent export of the model to WebSphere Integration Developer will succeed without error.