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What's new in Web Interface (Web Interface)
What was new in Web Interface 9.0
The Web Interface provided with Modeler 9.0 includes the following enhancements:
• As part of a PTC security initiative, the Web Interface now uses HTTPS on port 57850 by default.
• Profile Packages are now displayed in the model navigation tree.
• Model versions are now sorted numerically.
• The Web Interface now allows users to access a current/canonical link for model items via the Navigation Link function.
• The Web Interface REST service now returns data and URIs for current/canonical model versions.
• The total number of available licenses and the number of licenses currently in use is displayed at the bottom of the Log in page.
• The Web Interface administrator account does not use a license.
What was new in Web Interface 8.5
The Web Interface provided with Modeler 8.5 did not include any significant changes.
What was new in Web Interface 8.4
The Web Interface provided with Modeler 8.4 included the following enhancements:
• The new Modeler 8.4 item types, OSLC Links, OSLC Surrogates, HTML Links and HTML Surrogates, are accessible via the Web Interface.
• OSLC Links, OSLC Surrogates, HTML Links and HTML Surrogates are displayed in Web Interface Navigation pane, under their owning model item. All of these item types can be selected in the Navigation pane to view the properties.
• The URL property is displayed for OSLC Links, OSLC Surrogates, HTML Links and HTML Surrogates. The URL property can be selected to open the link target in a new web browser tab. The link target may be a web page or resource, or a remote item stored in a web based system such as Windchill or an OSLC-compliant system such as DOORS Next Generation. For the link to open correctly, the link target must be a valid URL beginning with http, https or file.
• The OSLC Resource Link property displays the OSLC-compliant URI for that model item. When clicked, this returns a RDF/XML document for that OSLC resource which can be viewed in an XML editor.
What was new in Web Interface 8.3
The Web Interface provided with Modeler 8.3 included the following significant changes:
• A Web Interface website now supports user authentication through LDAP authentication or Web Interface website accounts. See Web Interface website accounts and user authentication (Web Interface).
• A Web Interface website no longer requires Microsoft Excel to be installed. Tables and matrices are now displayed as HTML tables in the Diagram and Child Items pane. See Web Interface website - Diagram and child items pane (Web Interface).
• A Web Interface website now always shows the values of Boolean properties.
• You can now double-click an item on a diagram or an item name on a table or matrix to select that item in the Navigation pane. See Web Interface website - Diagram and child items pane (Web Interface).
• You can now hover the mouse pointer over the item name shown in toolbar to see its full path.
• A Web Interface website now shows item relationships. See Web Interface website - Properties and relationships pane (Web Interface).
• A Web Interface website now shows text diagrams in the middle Diagram and Child Items pane.
• A Web Interface website now shows decision set reports in the middle Diagram and Child Items pane. See Web Interface website - Diagram and child items pane (Web Interface).
• A Web Interface website now has a Display Navigation Link button that shows a navigation link for the Database, Model, Model Version, item or diagram that is selected in the Navigation pane.
You can select and copy the navigation link, and then send that link to other users. When they click the link, it opens the Web Interface website and selects the Database, Model, Model Version, item or diagram in the Navigation pane.
• When an RTF property includes a Model Object Reference to an item, you can now click that link to select the referenced item in the Navigation pane.
• The Web Interface REST service is now documented in more detail. See . Overview of REST service requests (Web Interface REST service)whats .
• The Web Interface REST service can now return the properties of a Model.