New features and changes in version 9.1.0

The IBM EMM Scheduler has been enhanced

The following enhancements are added for the IBM EMM Scheduler.

• Scheduler management pages now display additional information.

  On the Schedule Definitions page, you can find scheduled items and use links to navigate to them.

  A new column on the Schedule Definitions page lists the last two runs and the next run of recurring schedules. (ENH18928, ENH18914)

  Additional details about individual runs have been added on the Scheduled Runs page, and you can also cancel selected runs on this page.

• A new configuration property, Platform | Scheduler | Enable Scheduler, allows you to disable the scheduler if your organization does not use it.

  Disabling the scheduler frees additional system resources and can improve performance.

• A new configuration property, Platform | Scheduler | Maximum Unknown Status Polling Count allows you to specify the number of times the scheduler checks the status of a scheduled run for which the status cannot be determined.

  After this limit is reached, the run status is listed as Unknown on the Settings > Scheduled Tasks page. This can help administrators identify runs that are having problems.

Notifications are available for the IBM EMM Scheduler

Administrators and users who create schedules can now set up notifications, to monitor the status of scheduled runs. Notifications can be sent to the user's email or system in box.

Users with Administrator permissions in Marketing Platform can set up groups of users to whom schedule notifications are sent.

Support for clustering has been added

Marketing Platform, including the IBM EMM Scheduler, now supports clustering.

A new configuration property, Platform | Is this deployment clustered, has been added as part of this support. This property must be set to True for a clustered environment.

In this release, Marketing Platform is supported for a clustered environment, but eMessage is not supported.

In this release, clustering is supported only when Marketing Platform is deployed on WebSphere®. (RTC8834)

The configTool utility has a new option for manual upgrades

A new -vp command in the configTool utility has been introduced. It is used mainly in manual upgrades, to import configuration properties. If you applied a fix pack that contains a new configuration property, and you then upgrade, importing a configuration file as part of a manual upgrade process can override values that were set when the fix pack was applied. The -vp command ensures that the import does not override previously set configuration values.

When you use -d with the -vp command, the configTool deletes any child nodes in the path you specify if those nodes are not included in the XML file you specify.

See the HCL Marketing Platform Administrator's Guide for complete details on the configTool utility.

Sorting performance has improved for alerts, notification, and scheduler pages

Server side sorting has been implemented for the column sort feature to improve performance on the alerts, notification, and scheduler pages. This is especially noticeable when you use the column sort feature on a large number of records.

Single sign-on is enabled with IBM SPSS® Modeler Advantage Enterprise Marketing Management Edition

If your organization uses IBM SPSS Modeler Advantage Enterprise Marketing Management Edition, you can enable single sign-on with IBM EMM. Single sign-on allows users to navigate to IBM SPSS Modeler Advantage Enterprise Marketing Management Edition from within the IBM EMM user interface without being prompted to log in.

See the HCL Marketing Platform Administrator's Guide for instructions on configuring single sign-on.

IBM EMM installation and upgrade improvements

The improvements to the installation and upgrade process include:

• Installation guides for all products have been rewritten and reorganized into separate installation and upgrade guides, to make information easier to find and use.
• The installers have been enhanced to include better descriptions of the information you need to enter and to clarify what steps to take during each stage of the installation.
• Each installer now provides links directly to the product's installation and upgrade guides, in either PDF or HTML formats.