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MessageWay Interactive Reporting Maintenance Release

Maintenance Release Name:     mwir-6.1.0-mr02-win32

Release date:    February 3, 2020

Prerequisite:     MessageWay 6.1.0

Obsoletes Maintenance Releases : all prior maintenance releases.

Files:  This maintenance release contains the files listed below:

  Files contained in this Maintenance Release package:

     MessageWayInteractiveReporting.exe Install program
     mwir-6.1.0-mr02-win32_readme.html This Readme file
     MessageWay Interactive Reporting Installation and Configuration Guide for MSSQL.pdf

  Files changed in previous Hotfixes and rolled into this Maintenance Release:
     MWIR_SQL_release.zip Create table scripts for new installs only

Installing the MessageWay Interactive Reporting Maintenance Release:

NOTE: This Maintenance Release is a complete install of MessageWay Interactive Reporting.  But the install instructions are different whether you are an existing MWReporting customer or a new MWReporting customer, so make sure to follow the appropriate install instructions below.

Existing MWReporting customer install instructions:

NOTE:
The following instructions require you to uninstall your current MWReporting installation before installing this Maintenance Release.  DO NOT DELETE your current MessageWay or Datamart databases or tables.

1) Backup for future reference any MWReporting files that you may have created and or modified, for example appserver.keystore.  NOTE: if you have modified the server.xml file in a previous release, your changes will need to be merged into the server.xml file installed with this release, as an older server.xml file is not compatible with this release.
2) Download the Maintenance Release install package sent by Ipswitch.
3) Logon to the perimeter server as the user that installed MessageWay Interactive Reporting.
4) Copy the Maintenance Release install package to the mwayinstall directory (create if does not exist) on the perimeter server and unzip.
5) Step 4 will automatically create a new subdirectory named after the Maintenance Release install package.
6) Review and perform the section 'Uninstall MessageWay Interactive Reporting' (step 1) in the MessageWay Interactive Reporting Installation and Configuration Guide.pdf included in this package to manage the transition to this maintenance release.

New MWReporting customer install instructions:

1) Download the Maintenance Release install package sent by Ipswitch.
2) Logon to the perimeter server as the user that installed MessageWay Interactive Reporting.
3) Copy the Maintenance Release install package to the mwayinstall directory (create if does not exist) on the perimeter server and unzip.
4) Step 3 will automatically create a new subdirectory named after the Maintenance Release install package.
5) Also logon to the database server as the owner of the MessageWay database.
6) Locate the create table scripts zip file (MWIR_SQL_release.zip) in the subdirectory structure created in step 3 and copy to the mwayinstall directory (create if does not exist) on the database server.
7) Review and perform the section 'Install MessageWay Interactive Reporting' in the MessageWay Interactive Reporting Installation and Configuration Guide.pdf included in this package to install MWReporting.

( February 3, 2020 ) Issues closed in mwir-6.1.0-mr02-win32

IMPORTANT NOTE about Security Updates for this release:
Interactive Reporting now includes the Apache Tomcat 9.0.10 and Java Runtime Environment 1.8.0_181 releases.

IMPORTANT NOTE about Operating System version support for this release:
Interactive Reporting now supports Windows Server 2016 Standard.

IMPORTANT NOTE about Database version support for this release:
Interactive Reporting now supports MSSQL Server 2016.

MessageWay Interactive Reporting

Issue 257: Message Count Monitor Error column and Message Summary Error column should not be Red/Underlined/Bold.  Changes: This problem has been fixed by removing the Underlined/Bold but leaving the Red.

Issue 262: Regarding Message Summary and File Transfer Summary reports, it would be nice to retain the tab selection in  New Tab and Print View modes.  Changes: This problem has been fixed.

Issue 265: Remove comma from the following informative message "Changing your password here will change your MessageWay password, too" when a users password is changed in MessageWay Interactive Reporting.  Changes: This problem has been fixed.

Issue 266: Data Synchronization timer is off by one (1) minute.  Changes: This problem has been fixed.

Issue 297: Update web.xml with our current test certificate fingerprint and document how to enable secure connection between MWReporting and the MessageWay Service Interface.  Changes: This problem has been fixed.

Issue 299: MessageWay Interactive Reporting does not support MessageWay Access Class.  Changes: This problem has been fixed.

Issue 308: A security scan shows that MWIR is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery and Blind SQL Injection.  Changes: These problems have been fixed.

Issue 311: For Message Summary and File Transfer Summary reports, add export options PNG and SVG, and add a Print Chart option.  Changes: This problem has been fixed.

Issue 313:  24 Hours Transfer Monitor does not chart any data.  Changes: This problem has been fixed.

MessageWay Interactive Reporting Documentation

Issue 275: Update enableSSL.txt and server.xml to be more accurate.  Changes: This problem has been fixed.

Issue 297:
Update web.xml with our current test certificate fingerprint and document how to enable secure connection between MWReporting and the MessageWay Service Interface.  Changes: This problem has been fixed.

Issue 304: Updated documentation to reflect that Ipswitch has verified that MWReporting works correctly with MSSQL Server 2016.

Issue 306: Updated documentation to reflect that Ipswitch has verified that MWReporting works correctly with Windows Server 2016.


 

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