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August 2021, 4.26 Release Notes

August 2021, 4.26 Release Notes

Apr 13, 2023

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Key New Features in SnapLogic

Platform:

  • Zero Downtime during quarterly release updates.

  • Snaplex-based Scheduler will be the default scheduling mechanism for all Scheduled Tasks after the auto-upgrade on September 18.

  • Ability to encrypt SnapLogic user emails.

API Management: 

  • Ability to manage lifecycle of APIs.

  • Redesigned API Catalog and API documentation for the Developer Portal.

  • Support for creating APIs from existing SnapLogic Assets.

New Snaps:

  • Shopify Snap Pack.

  • Tableau Snaps—Hyper Formatter, Hyper Parser, and Hyper Write.

  • Zuora Snaps—Zuora OpenAPI and Zuora REST Read.

ELT for Cloud Data Platforms:

  • Support for Databricks Lakehouse Platform as a target database.

  • Ability to run multiple SQL queries using ELT Execute Snap.

New! Introducing SnapLogic Flows

 

4.26 UAT Delta

This section tracks the changes made during the iterative pushes to the UAT server and the GA release. The following is the release schedule:

  • UAT 1: Friday, July 30, 2021 – Snaplex version: 4.26_rc-10116 - 4.26 GA (Recommended)

  • UAT 2: Friday, August 06, 2021 

  • GA: Saturday, August 14, 2021 (9 p.m. PT)  

The SnapLogic GA release build on the production server is also deployed on the UAT server.

Important

  • Per the SnapLogic Release Process, all remaining Snaplex instances across Orgs are auto-upgraded to the main-10245 - Patch 1 version at 9 p.m. PT on September 18, 2021. Orgs migrated to the 4.26 GA version prior to the auto-upgrade are not impacted. 

    The Snaplex upgrade process also upgrades the Java version to the latest version. After the upgrade, the Java version of your Cloudplex nodes may not be the same as your FeedMaster nodes. However, this does not impact the operations of your SnapLogic instance. We will be fixing this issue in a subsequent release.

  • To use the new SnapLogic features and Snaps in the 4.26 release, ensure that your Snaplex nodes are upgraded to the main-10245 - Patch 1 (Recommended) version.

  • This 4.26 release includes the patches deployed to SnapLogic after the 4.25 release, as listed in the 4.25 Dot Releases section. 

4.26 Dot Releases

Platform

UI

Standard

Data Automation

Platform 

Snaplex-based Scheduler

During the 4.26 release cycle's auto-upgrade date of September 18, the Snaplex-based Scheduler will be enabled by default through the Control Plane. The new scheduling mechanism improves the timeliness and reliability of Scheduled Task executions. You do not need to update your Snaplex instances to enable the new scheduler, unless you have set the feature flag to false for your Org, in which case you will have to switch it to true in order for the Snaplex-based Scheduler to be enabled for your Org. Contact support@snaplogic.com for more information. 

Zero downtime of the SnapLogic Platform during the release window: Starting with this release, we are implementing zero downtime for the SnapLogic Platform during quarterly release updates. Thus, you will be able to access the SnapLogic UI and all your Pipelines will run as schedule during the release window. For details, see the SnapLogic release process article.

Email Encryption: Adds the ability to upload a public key in Manager to be used for emails. You can now encrypt your emails using this public key. Email Encryption is a subscription feature.

New APIM Features

Lifecycle Management for APIs: Added the capability to manage the lifecycle of your SnapLogic APIs. You can now publish APIs created from API specifications to the new developer portal in the Portal Manager console. You can also unpublish, deprecate, and retire an API version, providing full API lifecycle management features.

Portal Manager: Added console for managing the developer portal for your Org. You can now customize the new Developer Portal with your own branding and URL suffix. The Portal Manager also enables you to view API status on the API Catalog.

API Developer Portal: Introduced a new page where API consumers can explore and view APIs created in your Org. The API Catalog provides a space where APIs can be exposed to users outside of the SnapLogic ecosystem. You control the consumer's ability to view and call APIs by adding API policies in the API Version Details page.

Create APIs from Assets in Manager: Added options in the API Manager console to create APIs directly from Projects and the Assets. You can now build your APIs by developing Pipelines and Tasks, and add other assets like Accounts and Files to the Project to be uploaded as an API in the API Manager. You can also create an Empty API asset as a placeholder.

OAuth 2.0 Credentials API Policy: Added a new OAuth2 flow to authenticate users using client credentials in the API Policy.

Enhancements to Existing Features

Batching Support: Added batching support to the Pipeline Execute Snap. In contrast to the Reuse mode, the batching field enables users to specify the number of documents to be processed to completion through the child Pipelines before processing the next document in the batch. Accordingly, batch mode does not support reuse mode.

Windows 2019 Support: Added Windows 2019 support for your Groundplex instances.

SnapLogic will sunset support for Windows Server 2012 on Jan 1, 2022. Hence, ensure that you upgrade your Groundplex instances to Windows 2016 or 2019. 

Snaplex Tab Dashboard Improvements: Snaplex tab widgets now display one-minute data intervals for time ranges up to seven days.

OAuth Accounts: Optimized the OAuth account refresh operations by moving them to the customer Groundplex instances. Additionally, the Box OAuth 2.0 account type was also added to Snaps that do not restart Ultra Task instances because Box has the capability of reloading the new account token.

Known Issues

  • Few Snaplex instances with an unusually high number of tasks may take slightly longer to start scheduling tasks when a node is starting.

  • For Scheduled Tasks scheduled every 5–10 minutes, the next execution time is not being updated even though the Task is executed.

  • In the Version Details page of an API, clicking Edit Details from the API > Versions page displays the Server field for selecting another Snaplex, but the field is disabled if the specified Snaplex is in a down state.

Behavior Change

  • Users are no longer unsubscribed from a Snap Pack if the Snap Pack's name is changed.

  • Your Groundplex thread/heap dump files are now stored in a folder as configured in the java.io.tmpdir property, which is usually /tmp on Linux.

 

Standard-mode Snaps

Behavior Fix in the CSV Formatter Snap

In 4.26, we fixed the Ignore empty stream checkbox functionality in the Snap to actually produce an empty binary stream output in case there is no input document when the checkbox is NOT enabled. Previously, there was no output even when the checkbox was NOT enabled.

If your existing Pipelines (prior to 4.26) use the Ignore empty stream functionality, then you might need to revisit your Pipeline design and either enable or disable the said checkbox depending upon the expected behavior.

New Snaps

Binary Copy: This Snap that belongs to the Flow Snap Pack enables you to copy a binary stream to the Snap’s output views. Use this Snap if you want to send the same information to multiple endpoints.

Copybook Snap Pack: This Snap Pack enables you to work with Cobol Copybooks. This Snap Pack has the following Snaps: