See the details on all product and program release deliveries below:
Key Features and Benefits
HCL Digital Experience 9.5 Container Update and CF 222 (All Versions)
- IBM WAS versions 8.5.5.26, 9.0.5.20, and later are now supported – Beginning with HCL DX CF222, HCL DX offering releases ship with the IBM WAS fix pack 9.0.5.20 applied.
- Updated documentation for creating categories by using external URLs - The topic Creating categories by using external URLs is updated to contain instructions on how to create portlet entity feeds.
- Updated documentation for WAB filters - The topic Content provider policy requests and responses is updated to include a sample code of a Web Application Bridge (WAB) filter and instructions on how to add a filter.
- Updated documentation for generating WCM Search URLs- The topic HCL Web Content Manager Support Tools is updated to include steps on how to generate a WCM search URL to be used within a content source.
- New guidance for cleaning up WCM items - To maintain good system performance, it is recommended to clean up old items that are no longer needed. See the new topic Cleaning up WCM items for more information.
HCL Digital Experience 8.5 and 9 versions
- Automatically apply 9.5 from CF223 installation - In CF219, a feature was introduced where DX version 9.5 is automatically applied to an 8.5 or 9.0 installation if the configuration setting install_95=true is set. This will be set as the default operation starting with the next DX release, CF223, with an option to disable.
HCL Digital Experience 9.5 Container Update and CF 222 (K8s deployments)
Digital Experience 9.5 Container Version
- New sizing guidance for rendering in a Kubernetes medium configuration - This guidance presents the key performance indicators (KPIs) and how adjustments to the pod configuration can make improvements in the responsiveness of the system. For more information, see the topic Sizing guidance for rendering in a Kubernetes medium configuration.
- Documentation for using Logstash to push pod logs to OpenSearch - The topic Using Logstash to push pod logs to OpenSearch provides the steps for configuring Logstash and Filebeat to have Kubernetes pod logs forwarded to OpenSearch open source search and analytics engine for monitoring, debugging, and compliance activities.
- Practitioner Values moved from incubator to the main section of values.yaml - Values for heartbeat intervals and threshold times are moved from the incubator to the main section.
- DAM Indexing - Updated API endpoints - The API endpoint used for creating the damContentSourceID using OpenSearch is updated.
Webinars and Education
- Learn more and view the latest features in action (and in minutes)! with the Digital Experience 9.5 Container Update & CF Education Module in the Digital Experience, What’s New in 2024 course section of the HCL Software U.
- A new complementary HCLSofware U DX Course HDX-BU-300 HCL Digital Experience for Business Users (Advanced) lesson on Page Templates is available. Access here on HCLSoftware U to get started.
- Webinar: HCL DX Quarterly Webinars - Summer Edition - Wednesday August 14th 10:00 - 11:00 EST
Replay Now Available here:
Before you check out for those well-deserved holidays, join the HCL DX team for our Summer round-up of the latest features and news you can use. On this session, HCL DX leads outline and demonstrate:
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- React, Vue, Angular and DX - what are the best practices? We'll show you, with examples.
- Digital Asset Management - more control, more use cases and more users with permissions on nested collections.
- Up your Task Management game - DX now includes project management with Huddo boards!
The Blueprint to Total Experience - In a recent HCLTech global research report, The Blueprint to Total Experience, findings show that 60% of financial service firms are using GenAI to extract insights from unstructured data to support frontline employees with content and analysis that enhance their interactions with customers.
Customers and Business Partners attending the Gartner Application Innovation & Business Solutions Summit 2024, 9 – 10 September 2024 | London, U.K. are invited to discuss your Digital Experience and business solution goals with HCLSoftware leaders at this event. For additional event information please visit the Gartner Application Innovation & Business Solutions Summit event site, agenda and registration details.
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