November 2021, 4.27 Release Notes
- Kalpana Malladi
- Ankur Parekh
- Anand Vedam
In this article
Key New Features in SnapLogic
API Management:
Added Developer Portal Accounts and Subscription Manager.
Added Subscription Key Management.
Added improvements for editing and viewing API Specifications.
Developer Portal:
Added Featured API category to help discover and promote APIs.
Support for creating developer accounts to access the catalog and create subscriptions.
Support for creating Applications and subscribe to APIs.
New Snaps/Accounts:
Added Amazon SNS Snap Pack.
Added OAuth Account for Salesforce Snap Pack.
Support for Mutual Authentication in Salesforce Snaps.
Support for Azure Service Bus and Exact Online (coming soon).
ELT for Cloud Data Platforms:
Support for Google BigQuery as a target database.
Support for MERGE INTO ALL option and automatic source table aliasing in ELT Merge Into Snap.
SnapLogic Flows:
Flows is specifically built for business users to more easily automate business processes. Flows greatly simplify integrations for business users while allowing IT to maintain control of security and governance.
Support for new endpoints: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft SharePoint, ServiceNow, and SnapLogic Read/Write to Pipeline.
Support for unified error handling for efficient troubleshooting.
Refreshed homepage with improved performance.
Flows is available to you free with your current SnapLogic subscription, but only for a limited time. To get started, register for Flows.
4.27 UAT Delta
Important
Per the SnapLogic Release Process, all remaining Snaplex instances across Orgs are auto-upgraded to the recommended version (main-10919 4.27 Patch 3) at 9 p.m. PT on Saturday, Jan 8, 2022. Orgs migrated to the 4.27 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 4.27 release, ensure that your Snaplex nodes are upgraded to the main-10704 (Recommended) version.
This 4.27 release includes the patches deployed to SnapLogic after the 4.26 release, as listed in the 4.26 Dot Releases section.
4.27 Dot Releases
Platform
Date of Update | Snaplex Build | Update |
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Feb 7, 2022 | main-11121 4.27 Patch 4 | Upgraded to Log4j version 2.17.1. |
Dec 20, 2021 | main-10919 4.27 Patch 3 (Recommended) |
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Dec 16, 2021 | main-10904 4.27 Patch 2 | Fixed a potential vulnerability issue regarding Log4j. Upgrading to Log4j 2.16.0 fixed this issue by removing support for message lookup patterns and disabling JNDI functionality by default. |
Dec 10, 2021 | main-10894 - 4.27 Patch 1 | Fixed an issue with the Log4j 2 (Java logging library) that affected Java applications. For additional details, see our Community blogpost. |
UI
Date of Update | Update |
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Dec 9, 2021 |
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Nov 23, 2021 | Fixed an issue where null or empty parameters were being overwritten by the default Pipeline parameters on the subsequent task update. This could cause a problem if you were updating tasks where you set the parameters to null/blank, but needed to update something else on the task. For the triggered task, the empty values are now retained upon updating any fields. |
Snaps
Snap Pack | Date of Update | Snap Pack Version | Updates |
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Feb 4, 2022 | 427patches13147 | Fixed an issue with the Asset Read, Lead Read, and Asset Write Snaps where the original payload was not passed through to the error view. | |
Feb 2, 2022 | 427patches12999 | Fixed an issue where the Bulk Lead Extract and Bulk Lead Upsert Snaps failed when the Snaplexes were proxy-enabled. | |
Jan 27, 2022 | 427patches14079 | Fixed an issue with the Salesforce Subscriber Snap where the Snap was unable to re-subscribe to a topic if it did not receive any message for 72 hours — it stopped and displayed an error message. With this fix, the Snap automatically sets the Replay ID value to -2 when:
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Jan 25, 2022 | 427patches13769 | Fixed an issue with the Hadoop Directory Browser Snap where the Snap was not listing the files in the given directory for Windows VM. | |
Jan 21, 2022 | 427patches14283 |
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Jan 20, 2022 | 427patches14012 | Fixed an issue in the SQS Consumer Snap where the Snap did not read message attributes when the Client-side buffering checkbox is selected. | |
Jan 13, 2022 | 4.27patch14048 | Introduced the Azure Service Bus Snap Pack— a cloud messaging service that connects applications, devices, and services running in the cloud to any other applications or services. This Snap Pack offers the following Snaps: | |
Jan 12, 2022 | 427patches12966 | Enhanced the Avro Formatter Snap to display meaningful error message while processing invalid and null values from the input. | |
Jan 12, 2022 | 427patches13752 | Upgraded Google BigQuery driver to 1.119.0 version to support time partition intervals by MONTH and YEAR. | |
Jan 12, 2022 | 427patches13992 |
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Jan 7, 2022 | 427patches13923 |
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Jan 7, 2022 | 427patches13948 | Fixed an issue with the following Snaps, where a deadlock occurred when data is loaded from both the input views. | |
Jan 6, 2022 | 427patches13292 | Fixed an issue with the Profile Snap, where the Snap failed to create a temporary directory as the temp file path exceeded 255 characters. | |
Jan 6, 2022 | 427patches13149 | Fixed an issue with the PostgreSQL - Execute Snap, where the Snap failed when using the Delete query with the RETURNING function. | |
Jan 5, 2022 | 427patches13944 | Fixed an issue with Salesforce accounts, where an account password containing special characters and an empty security token was improperly encoded, due to which the account was not validated. | |
Dec 31, 2021 | 427patches13080 | Fixed an XML parsing issue with empty elements for the NetSuite Snaps. | |
Dec 23, 2021 | 427patches13789 | Fixed the following issues with the Salesforce Snaps:
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Dec 20, 2021 | 427patches12999 | Fixed an issue with the Redshift Bulk Load Snap, where the temporary files in S3 were not deleted for aborted or interrupted Pipelines. | |
Dec 17, 2021 | 427patches (main96) | Introduced the Exact Online Snap Pack that enables businesses to automate operations in a single flexible subscription, improve business results, and maximize data security. This Snap Pack offers the following Snaps: | |
Dec 17, 2021 | 427patches (main95) |
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Dec 16, 2021 | 427patches13615 | Fixed the table truncate 404 error in the Google BigQuery Load (Streaming) Snap by supporting the retry functionality. The Snap now waits in case of an error and retries before loading the data. | |
Dec 13, 2021 | 427patches13539 |
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Dec 7, 2021 | 427patches13429 | Updated the Splunk Basic Auth account with the following:
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Dec 6, 2021 | 427patches13004 | Fixed an issue with the SMB Account in Binary Snaps where the Snaps could not re-establish a lost connection to the SMB mount point. | |
Dec 2, 2021 | 427patches13072 | Fixed an issue with the NetSuite Search Snap where the Snap failed when the body is not present in the SOAP request. | |
Dec 1, 2021 | 427patches12750 | Enhanced the REST Put Snap with the Upload Transfer Request Type field to support encoding of chunked data transfer and calculating content length. | |
Nov 29, 2021 | 427patches13160 | Fixed an issue with the Anaplan Snaps, where the log messages were stored in | |
Nov 15, 2021 | main12989 | Fixed an issue with the Group by Fields Snap that caused the Snap to abort with an error when executed with zero input documents. | |
Nov 15, 2021 | main12989 | Fixed an issue with the REST OAuth2 and OpenAPI OAuth2 accounts that caused a new feature, OAuth Password Grant Type, to be excluded from the 4.27 GA version. | |
Nov 20, 2021 | 427patches13030 |
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Nov 23, 2021 | 427patches12999 | Enhanced SAP RFC Listener, SAP IDoc Listener and SAP IDoc Document Listener Snaps with a new field set Advanced JCo Server Properties that allows you to configure Java Connector (JCo) server-related attributes. | |
Nov 24, 2021 | 427patches12691 | Fixed an issue with the Google BigQuery Bulk Load (Cloud Storage) Snap, where the Snap failed with an exception for big query tables. The | |
Nov 23, 2021 | 427patches12999 | Enhanced the Parquet Reader Snap with int96 As Timestamp checkbox, which when selected enables the Date Time Format field. You can use this field to specify a date-time format of your choice for int96 data-type fields. The int96 As Timestamp checkbox is available only when you deselect Use old data format checkbox. | |
Nov 23, 2021 | 427patches12999 | Enhanced the Snowflake SCD2 Snap to support Pipeline parameters for Natural key and Cause-historization fields. | |
Nov 23, 2021 | 427patches12999 | Enhanced the Reltio Generic Execute with a new field Empty Responses as Separate Documents that enables the Snap to write empty responses as separate documents. | |
Nov 23, 2021 | 427patches12999 | Revised the field labels in Redshift Cross-Account IAM Role Account from:
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Platform
New Feature
Custom Org Branding: SnapLogic administrators can now customize the appearance of their SnapLogic platform orgs. The new Configure for Org tab in Manager enables you to brand your SnapLogic platform, including adding a custom logo and background color for each org.
After you upload the desired logo and set the background color for each Org, SnapLogic displays your Org branding logo and background color changes:
Manager Toolbar: Added the Flows tab in the Manager Toolbar. The tab contains the Flows or Pipelines that you create in the Flows application and save them in the shared project space. To know more about Flows, see Introducing SnapLogic Flows.
Enhancements
Snaplex Configuration: Increased the maximum memory allocation for the heap size auto setting.
For RAM up to 4GB, 75% is allocated to JVM.
For RAM over 4GB and up to 8GB, 80% is allocated to JVM.
For RAM over 8GB and up to 32GB, 85% is allocated to JVM.
For RAM over 32GB, 90% is allocated to JVM.
This change will take effect after the Monitor process restarts. To get the updated behavior on Linux Groundplex instances, restart the JCC using jcc.sh restart. On Windows, if running as a service, update the service using jcc.bat update_service, otherwise run jcc.bat restart. On Cloudplex instances, the change takes effect automatically.
Snaplex Logging: Increased the maximum log file size from 50 megabytes to 300 megabytes to accommodate larger log files.
Task Details Page: The Unsecure URL field is renamed to Unsecured URLs and the Local Override/Override Secure URL field is renamed to Snaplex URL.
Pipeline Execution Data: Increased the child Pipeline execution retention limit from last 100 to last 500 on the Dashboard to assist with monitoring and troubleshooting.
Known Issues
Generic JDBC account validations fail if the account is not used in a global shared folder.
The Help icon that leads to the SnapLogic documentation site is disabled by default for unsaved Snaps. Save the Snap to enable the Help icon.
Behavior Change
Cloud Pattern Catalog: Enhanced the Pipeline pattern search to find patterns by endpoints, technology, and use cases. It also supports both full and partial keyword search. In the search results, hovering over any pattern now displays its description.
Executions created after this release will be available in the SnapLogic Dashboard for 45 days. For Ultra tasks, the executions will be retained for 15 days after completion. Complete execution data will still be available in the Runtime Archive in SnapLogic Manager.
Metadata Snaps now validate Pipeline fields against the schema. If a SnapLogic Create Snap or a SnapLogic Update Snap would modify an existing Pipeline schema, an error is thrown to avoid affecting downstream processes that depend on the same Pipeline schema.
API Management
New Feature
API Specifications Editor: Added the capability to edit API specifications from the publish dialog window.
Introducing the API Subscription Manager
Added a new page, Subscription Manager, which allows Org administrators to manage user subscription applications and user sign-up requests. This page has the following tabs:
User Access: Approve new user sign-up requests.
Applications: Approve applications and grant or revoke access to subscriptions.
Behavior Change
API Management Generic OAuth2 Policy: Added a new required field OAuth State: Time-To-Live in Seconds that determines the number of seconds for which the OAuth state is active.
Developer Portal Enhancements
Added featured APIs to the Developer Portal. An API can be marked “featured” to promote the API in the developer portal. An applications page in the portal lets users create or manage applications and API subscriptions.
Developer Portal Login: Added user account creation, login, and profile management for the Developer Portal. Users get access to the Developer Portal after the Org Administrator approves their account.
Notifications: Users will now receive email notifications upon account approval, password reset, and subscription updates.
Known Issue
User accounts created in the Developer Portal do not show up in the User Access tab of the Subscription Manager. To avoid this issue, follow the steps to Create a New Portal User.
Snaps
New Snaps
Amazon SNS: Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) is a fully managed service that provides message delivery from publishers to subscribed endpoints. This Snap Pack enables you to:
Create, manage and subscribe to topics.
Manage, confirm, and delete subscriptions of users.
Publish messages.
Amazon SNS Snap Pack has the following Snaps:
Create Topic: Creates an Amazon SNS topic - a logical access point that acts as a communication channel. A topic lets you group multiple endpoints.
Manage Topic: Updates and remove attributes and tags in a topic.
Subscribe Topic: Subscribes an endpoint to a topic. The endpoint begins to receive messages published to the associated topic.
Delete Topic: Deletes an Amazon SNS topic with the help of the SNS topic Amazon Resource Names (ARN).
Confirm Subscription: Verifies if the subscription of an endpoint is confirmed.
Delete Subscription: Deletes a subscription. You can delete only the confirmed subscriptions.
Publish Message: Publishes messages to a topic. When a message is published, Amazon SNS attempts to deliver the message to the subscribed endpoints.
Set Subscription Attribute: Allows a subscription owner to set an attribute of the subscription to a new value.
Snap Enhancements
Active Directory: Enhanced the Active Directory Search Snap with a new field set, Returning Attributes, to define attributes that you want the Snap to return in the search results.
Enhanced the <