Release Highlights: Windchill RV&S 12.4.0.0
The Windchill RV&S 12.4.0.0 release provides many major enhancements in each of the following functional areas.
Refreshed Web Interface
Major Refreshed Web Interface enhancements:
• Cross-cutting perspectives for collecting contents from one or more documents and presenting these contents in a single view.
◦ Ability to share cross-cutting perspectives with other users.
◦ Ability to view and modify cross-cutting perspectives.
• Edit function added in Simplified User Management (SUM) user and group dashboards.
◦ Edit user and group details.
◦ Edit user and group ACLs.
◦ Edit group membership.
◦ View the history of user and group updates.
Software Configuration Management
Major software configuration management enhancements:
• Support for Throttling:
◦ Introduced dedicated bandwidth allocation to connect Windchill RV&S Proxy servers and clients with the main servers.
◦ Configure the bandwidth that is allocated for operations involving bulk data transfers.
◦ Retain client connectivity with proxy and main server when the network is prone to surges and congestion during peak operation.
Third-Party Integrations
Major third-party enhancement:
• Support for integration with MATLAB Simulink R2020a.
Server Configuration and Administration
Major server configuration and administration enhancements:
• Windchill RV&S snapshots for improving the performance of historical item retrieval, when the item has significant number of edits.
• Windchill RV&S OSLC Server and Client now support Single Sign-On (SSO) using the OAuth 2.0 authorization protocol.
Miscellaneous
Major miscellaneous enhancements:
• Support for Microsoft SQL Server 2019.
• Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL):
◦ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Server
◦ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 (Server and Desktop)
• Support for SUSE Linux 12 Service Pack 5 (SP5):
◦ SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
◦ SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 with the Workstation Extension
• Support for the following browsers (Web UI):
◦ Microsoft Edge based on Chromium
◦ Google Chrome
• Support for Firefox 68.9.0 ESR browser (Refreshed Web Interface only).
• Support for Safari 14 browser on macOS Catalina 10.15.7 (Refreshed Web Interface only).
• Support for iPadOS 13.7 on Apple iPad Pro (Refreshed Web Interface only).