What’s New in PTC RV&S 13.4.0.0

Identity and Access Management

SSO Authentication for Client GUI and Refreshed Web Interface

Support for SSO authentication with OpenID Connect for PTC RV&S Client GUI and Refreshed Web Interface.

For more information, refer to the PTC RV&S Single Sign On Configuration Guide.

Refreshed Web Interface Enhancements

Home Page Enhancements

Ability to set email notifications.

For more information, see Setting Email Notifications from the Refreshed Web Interface.

General Enhancements

Ability to change the MKS domain password from the Refreshed Web Interface.

For more information, see Change Password Tab.

Workflows and Documents Enhancements

Item View Enhancements

Ability to save a perspective along with the column widths.

For more information, see Using Perspectives.

General Enhancements

Ability to wrap the text in relationship fields in item view, item detail view, and relationship view.

Configuration Management Enhancements

Sandbox View Enhancements

Automatic sandbox view refresh to indicate modified working files.

Server Configuration and Administration

Connection Rate Limiting Policy

Introduction of a new policy to restrict the number of incoming RMI connections to the server during brief network outages or surges in connection requests for enhanced server responsiveness and stability.

For more information, see PTC RV&S Server Properties in is.properties.

Glass Pane Effect for Server Disconnections

Introduced the glass pane effect for PTC RV&S Client GUI disconnections from the server.

For more information, see Server Disconnection and Idle Timeout Handling in PTC RV&S.

Software Configuration Management

Server Stability and Throughput Improvements for Data Transfer

• Optimized Buffer Sizes: Default data transfer buffer sizes have been optimized for better throughput.

• Critical RMI/API Handling: Special handling of RMI/APIs ensures connectivity between server, proxy, and client during peak usage hours and large data priming.

• Default DTS Configuration: Supports FSA deployments with IM and SI servers at the main site/data center, and proxy servers at remote sites in different regions.

• Latency-Based DTS Profiles: Predefined latency-based DTS configuration profiles enhance data transfer throughput during project priming, resync, add member, and check-in operations.

• Throttling Support Deprecation: Throttling support has been deprecated.

For more information refer to the PTC RV&S System Guidelines.

Miscellaneous Enhancements

Services and Platform Support

PTC RV&S updated to JDK 21.

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