What's new in CF205? | HCL Digital Experience

Combined Cumulative Fix (CF205) includes new features and software fixes for the latest version of HCL Digital Experience. Release updates for both on-premises platforms and container deployments are available. 

The HCL Digital Experience CF205 release includes the following new feature and updates:
  • Option for entitled customers to download HCL DX 9.5 Docker images from HCL Harbor
  • Personalization API binding rules
  • Removal and replacement of Document Conversion Services
  • End of Support is announced for the Digital Experience Pattern v8.5 offerings
  • New complementary DX training modules in the HCL Software Academy, and more

Go to the HCL Software Support Site for the latest list of software fixes. Product software can be accessed from the HCL Software Licensing Portal. Go to this Step-by-step guide to downloading DX products and accessing Customer Support for more information.

The following HCL Digital Experience CF205 features and updates are available to customers installing HCL Digital Experience on supported on-premises platforms:

Option for entitled customers to download HCL DX 9.5 Docker images from HCL Harbor

For customers considering or managing deployments to supported Kubernetes platforms, beginning with HCL Digital Experience V9.5 Container Update 205, the Docker images for deployment to Kubernetes environments can be optionally accessed via Helm charts in the HCL Harbor repository. Customers with credentials to access entitled software in the HCL Software Licensing Portal may apply those credentials to optionally access the Docker components of Digital Experience v9.5 Container Update CF205 or later releases. For more information, see the Getting the Software and Access and Deploy DX 9.5 Docker components from HCL Harbor topics.

Personalization REST APIs

Personalization Selection REST API rules add new Binding rules to add capabilities for developers and marketers to fine-tune delivery of personalized content to the end users. For more information, see Personalization Embedded WCM Select Action rule topic.

Notice of deprecation and replacement of Document Conversion Services

Document Conversion Services components in HCL Digital Experience software will be updated and replaced in HCL DX CF205 release. HCL Digital Experience will remove the DCS component supplied by Oracle, and replace it with the HCL supported functions. After that point, HCL Digital Experience v8.5, v9.0, and v9.5 Container Update and CF releases will include the newer HCL supported component. For additional information, see the Replacement of DCS component knowledge article.

Replacement of HCL Digital Experience v8.5, v9.0, and v9.5 base installers and Removal of CFs prior to CF205 due to Oracle DCS deprecation:
On August 20, 2022, HCL Software License & Delivery Portal (Flexnet) and repositories managed by Immix Group for Federal customers will remove all CFs prior to CF205 (CF01 – CF204). HCL will also replace the HCL Digital Experience 8.5, 9.0, and 9.5 base installers that contains the Oracle supplied Document Conversion Services component. The HCL Software License & Delivery Portal repositories will contain only the latest HCL Digital Experience v8.5, v9.0, and v9.5 base and Container Update and CF versions, which will contain the HCL supplied Document Conversion Services component.
Important: CF versions prior to CF205 of HCL Digital Experience 8.5, 9.0, and 9.5 base and Container Update and CF releases will not be available for download after August 20, 2022.
For more information, see the following documents:

HCL Web Experience Factory V8.5.1

Along with the release of HCL Digital Experience CF205, HCL has released an updated version of HCL Web Experience Factory, version 8.5.1. This release includes support for Java 1.8 and Eclipse 4.2.2. For additional information, see HCL Web Experience Factory.

End of Support is announced for the Digital Experience Pattern v8.5 offerings

Effective on June 30, 2022, HCL announces the withdrawal of support for the Digital Experience Patterns for HCL Portal Server and Web Content Manager v8.5. For more information including recommended Digital Experience replacement offerings, see HCL Digital Experience Patterns for Web Content Manager and Portal v8.5 and HCL Digital Experience deprecated features and themes for HCL Digital Experience 8.5 and 9.0.

Ring API query parameters

Refer to this Limitations table to learn the query parameters enforced for Ring API.

Site Manager - Delete page and its content

Beginning with CF205, a new feature is added in Site Manager, which allows you to delete the page and its contents along with the content that is referenced by the WCM rendering portlets on the page. For more information, see Delete pages and their contents

Access the latest HCL Digital Experience 9.5 Education Materials on HCL Software Academy

The HCL Software Academy offers technical education for the HCL Software portfolio of products, organized by practitioner role. New “What’s New in the latest DX CF release modules are available for Digital Experience business users, developers and administrators.

See the HCL Digital Experience section of the HCL Software Academy and What’s New for Digital Experience section for more information.