Added features

CollabNet Connector Framework 1.2 adds these new features.

The CollabNet Connector Framework has an Eclipse-based user interface with these features. (ccf135 and ccf136)

CCF Landscape editor
- Graphically manage the CCF-related properties of your TeamForge, HP Quality Center and Collabnet Enterprise Edition systems
- Monitor and control the status of your CCF services
- Change general CCF settings such as database connection and logging settings
- Create, delete, modify and pause synchronization project mappings
- Analyze problems that occurred with your project mappings
- Create and modify data mappings on the fly
CCF Hospital view
- Query, analyze and modify artifacts quarantined in the CCF hospital
- Replay quarantined artifacts in real time
- Manage the records in the CCF hospital
  Note: The hospital replay scenario from CCF 1.1.1 is deprecated. You must use the CCF GUI to replay artifacts.
CCF Identity Mapping view
- Query, analyze and modify the mappings between your artifacts
- Detect problems within your identity mapping table and fix them

When you remove an "Assigned to" user in a Quality Center defect, all existing users are removed in the Project Tracker artifact. (ccf312)

This release has a much powerful dynamic XSLT processing component.

A much powerful dynamic XSLT processing component (309462)
You can modify the XSLT file naming conventions (312771)
You can choose to apply multiple XSLT files in a row

Features that prevent log flooding:

Improved Log4j and Service Wrapper settings
Only exceptions with payload get hospitalized (318104)

You can now create custom message templates for error messages and hospitalized artifacts. (315476)

Service Wrapper is now configured to start a JMX console for every JVM. (322622)

Port for JMX HTTP Adaptor is now exposed to ccf.properties. (315978)

You now have more detailed debug and error messages.

Integration Scenarios reflect the new naming conventions - "TeamForge" instead of "SFEE".

An optimized streaming algorithm is used and it behaves better in case of query exceptions.

Performance for bulk import has been improved by the "isBulkImport" property:. (315164)

Generic artifacts now contain schema reference for better XML editor support.

Performance for the SFEEWriter component has been improved - empty comments will not be synchronized any more.

EntityService copes better with time glitches in the source and target systems.

Exception handling in TeamForge components is better.

SQL-related properties have been removed in ccf.properties. (313976)

The artifact hospital now contains timestamps in a sortable format. (319775)

Nightly CCF builds are now available in a public location. (317044)

Exception handling in TeamForge components is better.

For detailed information about the CollabNet Connector Framework's environment, underlying technologies, examples and documentation, see the Getting Started page in the CCF project on openCollabNet.

To help you try out the connector, there is a Quick Start Guide on the CollabNet User Information Center and a wiki page for Frequently Asked Questions.

Note: If you are upgrading from version 1.1.1 to version 1.2, see these instructions on migration.