New features and changes in version 12.1.4

Unica Campaign 12.1.4 includes a number of new features and changes. These are listed underneath.

For a list of newly supported and discontinued platforms, see the Recommended Software Environments and Minimum System Requirements guide.

Upgrade Paths

Unica Campaign supports the following upgrade paths:

  • 12.1.x → 12.1.4
  • 12.1.0.x → 12.1.4

Customers on versions earlier than 8.6.x must:

  • perform a Fast Upgrade from existing version to version 8.6.0 (for more information, see HCL Unica 8.6.0 Fast Upgrade Guide).
  • perform a Fast Upgrade from version 8.6.0 to version 12.1.0 (for more information, see HCL Unica 12.1.0 Fast Upgrade Guide).
  • perform an in-place upgrade from version 12.1.0 to version 12.1.4.

Customers on versions earlier than 11.1.x.x can:

  • perform a Fast Upgrade from existing version to version 12.1.0 (for more information, see HCL Unica 12.1.0 Fast Upgrade Guide).
  • perform an in-place upgrade from version 12.1.0 to version 12.1.4.

Customers on versions 11.1.x.x/12.0.x.x can use one of the following options for upgrade:

  • Option 1
    • perform an in-place upgrade from existing version to version 12.1.0.
    • perform an in-place upgrade from version 12.1.0 to version 12.1.4.
  • Option 2
    • perform a Fast Upgrade from existing version to version 12.1.0 (for more information, see HCL Unica 12.1.0 Fast Upgrade Guide).
    • perform an in-place upgrade from version 12.1.0 to verison 12.1.4.

Option to run only Blue Process Boxes

In Unica Campaign V12.1.4 , we now have an option to run only the blue process boxes, which will assist users in better handling of data flow in their flowcharts.

Know if my current flowchart run is Test or Production run

In Unica Campaign V12.1.4 ,users can now know if their current flowchart run is test/production based on some color coded indicator.

Allow CLOB columns to be mapped in PB

In Unica Campaign v12.1.4 , user can now map large sized string columns as CLOB. This is done to overcome the row size constarint on MariaDB.

Consistent display order in table mappings/process box

Users in Unica Campaign v12.1.4 can now reorder the table mappings as per their convenience and save the order for further use.

Segment Update Alert - Show alert on Create Seg PB deletion

In V12.1.4 Unica Campaign, when user tries to delete a CreateSeg PB, they would be alerted with a message stating, this operation might have impact on downstream PB's.

This is continuation to Segment update alert feature from V12.1.3

Segment Update Alert- Handling Campaign Upgrade scenario

In Campaign V12.1.4 we have introduced an utility named segment Upgrade, which when run will make older segments eligible for segment update alerts.

OpenSSL 3.0

Unica Campaign V12.1.4 now uses OpenSSL 3.0, which is the latest FIPS compliant version.

Exclude Segment tables from the script unica_acclean

In Unica Campaign V12.1.4, when user will run unica_acclean, it won't delete the segment temp tables. Earlier the unica_acclean utility used to delete segment temp tables causing segments to become unusable.

Remove limitation on segment-controller API to handle all audience Levels

In Unica Campaign V12.1.4 , API to get list of segments based on audience level now handles all audience levels, earlier it was limited to Audience level Customer.

API to get audience level details

In Unica Campaign V12.1.4 we have introduced an API to get audience details based on audience level.

Clearing contact history via maillist process takes hours - MariaDB

MariaDB specific change uses SQL syntax provided by MariaDB to clear contact history, which results in faster cleanup. No change in contact history cleanup for other DB types.

Control default value of "Enable Output" in test run

User can configure testRunDefaultEnabled under flowchartRun to provide default behaviour for test run output.

Smart POST systemTableMapping

systemTableMapping as saved in Platform tables is refreshed by backend only when absolutely needed e.g. any table mapping changed and not otherwise

Duplicate Column error in Extract Process when the Deliver Landing Page is selected as Input

When Deliver Landing Page is selected in Extract PB and Columns names specified as duplicates it results in a config error. Earlier a runtime error was displayed but with this fix the user would get an error at configuration.