New features and changes

This section describes the new features and changes introduced in the 12.1.8 version of Unica Platform.

Upgrade Paths

Unica Platform supports the following upgrade paths:

  • 12.1.x → 12.1.8
  • 12.1.0.x → 12.1.8

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 12.1.8.

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 12.1.8.

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 12.1.8.
  • 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 12.1.8.

Accept custom portlet URL starting with URL specified in the Platform_Admin_URL.properties

In Unica Platform we can specify a URL ending with /* in the <platform_home>/conf/Platform_Admin_URL.properties file. This will white list all the URLs that are starting with the string specified before /*.

SAML 2.0 LogOut Process

The Unica platform supports the SAML SP-Initiated logout. Unica platform can make a SAML request for log out process.