What's New - Version 2.6.0
Enhancements
- Business Rule Conditions can now be processed in a defined order. It is now possible to add some ordering capabilities to conditions via Dovetail Agent version 20 or later. This helps administrators define which conditions to evaluate first and can help with performance/load. Conditions that are based on custom function properties can sometimes cause higher server load, so it is beneficial to evaluate those conditions later in the sequence. If other simpler conditions are not met, the following custom function conditions wouldn’t be evaluated.
- Consumer Action logging has been enhanced to include the focus object related to the event.
- The Rulemanager Installer now installs the application for all users. This allows the Rulemanager application to show up in the Control Panel for all users instead of just one.
Bug Fixes
- When a business rule has been set to inactive, and then a time bomb for that rule gets executed, a NullReferenceException was being thrown since the rule was not being loaded. Now the execution is logged and avoided, and the time bomb gets rescheduled to 12-31-2999.
Upgrading to Version 2.6.0
To upgrade to the latest release:
- Stop the Dovetail Rulemanager Windows service. Be sure to close the Windows Services application window after doing so.
- Backup any Rulemanager files that you have previously modified (such as FChoice.RuleManager.WindowsService.exe.config, other .config files, or custom property extension DLLs)
- Un-install the old version of Rulemanager (using Control Panel - Add/Remove Programs).
- Install the new version of Rulemanager
- Merge any of your existing changes with updated files, then copy the merged files back into the Rulemanager directory. This includes any changes to FChoice.RuleManager.WindowsService.exe.config.
- Start the Rulemanager service