IBM released the CR3 for IBM Connections 4.5 including those new features:
Content
1. Reparenting communities
This function allows an administrator to modify a top-level community to become a subcommunity of another community or modify a subcommunity to become a top-level community.
For details on the wsadmin commands to perform community reparenting, please review the topic titled “Reparenting communities” in the product documentation.
2. Community activities view
This function provides a view that lists all activities that are part of all the communities that the user belongs to. The view is linked under My Activities left navigation bar. The listed activities do not include public activities, activities that the user tuned out, or activities that have been completed.
To enable the view, modify the oa-config.xml file to add the property “feature.communityActivitiesView.enabled”, then synchronize all nodes and restart the Activities application.
Set the value to “true” to enable the view:
true
Set the value to “false” to disable the view:
false
This function adds a badge next to the “@ Mentions” and “My Notification” links within the Activity Stream view.
enabled
If there is already a tag, just add this new property to it. The, restart the News and the WidgetContainer applications.
The new APIs provide extra parameters to filter the results by blog type (e.g. blog, ideationblog, and communityblog). There are also new VM methods for displaying most commented and most visited blogs/entries by blog type.
APIs:
public entries and public community blogs entries:
/blogs/roller-ui/rendering/feed/homepage/entries/atom?lang=en_us&blogType=blog
public ideas:
/blogs/roller-ui/rendering/feed/homepage/entries/atom?lang=en_us&blogType=ideationblog
public community blogs entries:
/blogs/roller-ui/rendering/feed/homepage/entries/atom?lang=en_us&blogType=communityblog
public blogs and public community blogs:
/blogs/roller-ui/rendering/feed/homepage/blogs/atom?lang=en_us&blogType=blog
public ideation blogs:
/blogs/roller-ui/rendering/feed/homepage/entries/atom?lang=en_us&blogType=ideationblog
public community blogs:
/blogs/roller-ui/rendering/feed/homepage/entries/atom?lang=en_us&blogType=communityblog
mylikes entries including community blogs entries:
/blogs/homepage/feed/recommended/atom?email=&lang=en_us&blogType=blog
my likes ideas:
/blogs/homepage/feed/recommended/atom?email=&lang=en_us&blogType=ideationblog
or
/blogs/homepage/feed/myvotes/atom?email=&lang=en_us
mylikes of community blogs entries:
/blogs/homepage/feed/recommended/atom?email=&lang=en_us&blogType=communityblog
VM methods:
Public ideas: SiteModel.getWeblogsIdeationsListPager(int sinceDays, int length)
public entries and public community blogs entries: SiteModel.getWeblogEntriesPager(int sinceDays, int length, Integer blogType) blogType: 0 for public entries and public community blogs entries; 1 for public community blogs entries only. similarly hereinafter
public ideation blogs: SiteModel.getIdeationBlogsPager(length)
public blogs and public community blogs: SiteModel.getWeblogsPager(length, 0)
My Votes for ideas: SiteModel.getMyFavoriteIdeas(sinceDays,length)
My Likes for entries: SiteModel.getMyFavoriteEntries(sinceDays,length, 0)
MostCommented for ideation blogs: SiteModel.getMostCommentedIdeationBlogsOnlyStat(int sinceDays, int length)
MostCommented for blogs: SiteModel.getMostCommentedBlogsOnlyStat(int sinceDays, int length)
MostCommented for ideas: SiteModel.getMostCommentedIdeasOnlyStat(int sinceDays, int length)
MostCommented for entries: SiteModel.getMostCommentedEntriesOnlyStat(int sinceDays, int length)
MostVisited for ideation blogs: SiteModel.getMostVisitedIdeationBlogsOnlyStat(int sinceDays, int length)
MostVisited for blogs: SiteModel.getMostVisitedBlogsOnlyStat(int sinceDays, int length)
MostVisited for ideas: SiteModel.getMostVisitedIdeasOnlyStat(null, int sinceDays, int length)
MostVisited for entries: SiteModel.getMostVisitedEntriesOnlyStat(null, int sinceDays, int length)
Further the following fixes are included in the CR3:
| Component | APAR# | Problem Description |
| Activities | LO76910 | Fixed an error when moving an Activity To Do using the context menu |
| Activities | LO76933 | Fixed the problem with Activities appending characters at the end of the filename when using IE to download a file |
| Activities | LO76366 | Corrected Norwegian translation in Activities |
| Activities |  |
Fixed Java script errors in IE8 |
| Activities | LO77409 | Fixed an error when opening an Activity’s page from Metrics in IE8 |
| Activities | LO77212 | Fixed the problem with accessing an Activity that contains an EML file type |
| Activity Stream Search | LO77231 | Corrected the “I’m Following” feed to order by date |
| Blogs | |
Corrected the Danish translation of the word “Entry” |
| Blogs & Bookmarks & Calendar | |
Corrected the behavior for Blogs in a force authentication environment which should not require user login |
| Blogs & Bookmarks & Calendar | |
Removed the redundant Community link in the Blogs feed |
| Blogs & Bookmarks & Calendar | |
Improvements to Bookmarks UI logic |
| Blogs & Bookmarks & Calendar | LO76828 | Fixed the custom login page not being displayed for Blogs under certain conditions, some of which include using SPNEGO. |
| Blogs & Bookmarks & Calendar | LO77577 | Fixed the error when the Calendar view in Community Events is the default |
| Blogs & Bookmarks & Calendar | LO76791 | Fixed the issue in the Calendar view not displaying the event time correctly. |
| Blogs & Bookmarks & Calendar | LO77042 | Resolved exceptions when adding Calendar widget |
| Blogs & Bookmarks & Calendar | LO77217 | Fixed the issue for links to Blogs in mail which would redirect to overview page rather than to the blog after authentication |
| Blogs & Bookmarks & Calendar | LO77180 | Increased the number of characters for Calendar Atom feed beyond 40 characters using the new parameter “summary=short or full” |
| Blogs & Bookmarks & Calendar | LO77296 | Fixed the problem where comments are not displayed under certain Blog posts in IE |
| Common | |
Fixed the issue when then the Sharebox stops responding when using the Home key after the @ sign |
| Common | |
Fixed the browser termination for IE8 when using the Backspace key to delete multiple lines |
| Common | LO76669 | Addressed issues when using the Return or Tab keys after the @ sign in the Sharebox |
| Common | |
Addressed the issue when using the Backspace key before the @ sign in an incomplete @mention that would cause duplication of the text |
| Common | |
Improved performance with Profiles and Awareness in IE |
| Common | LO77353 | Fixed the line break when the Enter key is use in a microblog in IE |
| Common | |
Corrected behavior when hitting the Tab or Return key right after the @ sign |
| Common | |
Fixed an issue when hitting the Backspace key after the @ sign caused the browser to refresh and return to the previous page. |
| Common | |
Fixed the issue when hitting the Enter key while typing an @mention would move cursor to the wrong location in IE |
| Common | |
Fixed the problem in @mentions when typing the Norwegian character “å” |
| Common | |
Fixed the problem pasting text into an empty Status Update field in IE9 using Ctrl V |
| Communities | LO75722 | Fixed the issue when a subcommunity’s description is removed after modifying the parent community’s visibility |
| Communities | LO71806 | Address the issue when descriptions fail to display on a Community’s feed page |
| Communities | LO77091 | Fixed the issue where “Follow Community” and “Community Actions” links are not displayed in a Community with Sub-Communities |
| Communities | LO77251 | Fixed the problem when users who are in 1000+ LDAP groups can’t open Communities pages [Oracle] |
| Communities | LO77186 | Improvements to Status Updates in a Private Community |
| Communities | LO77375 | Improvements to Search “This Community” |
| Communities | |
Corrected the corrupt text in error messages for failed imported users with DBCS characters |
| Communities | |
Fixed the exception with auto-following for new owners when person is already a follower |
| Communities | |
Improvements to “Posting Updates” logic in a Community |
| Communities | |
Fixed the error when re-posting the Community Status update |
| Community Calendar | LO77204 | Corrected the grammar in the notification mail when an individual user is notified about a Community Event. |
| Community Catalog | |
Fixed the error when going to Communities when the browser language is set to Chinese (Simplified) |
| Custom Library / ECM Integration / Filenet CCM | |
Fixed the rendering of ampersands in the Library widget title. |
| Custom Library / ECM Integration / Filenet CCM | |
Fixed a spacing issue in the Library widget breadcrumb trail. |
| Custom Library / ECM Integration / Filenet CCM | LO76918 | Enhancements to the IBM Connections Extensions Application |
| Discussion Forums | |
Corrected the order of Interaction details for Forum creation |
| Discussion Forums | |
Improved the handling of messages against principal cache for miss trace messages |
| Discussion Forums | LO77192 | Corrected the feed filter when using an email address and userid not working |
| Discussion Forums | LO77237 | Provide APIs for question/answer in a Community |
| Embedded Experience | |
Corrected the problem where Blog comments are not fully shown in Embedded Experience |
| Files | |
Enabled a link to download / preview a file in the ‘About this file’ tab in the File details page |
| Files | |
Enabled searching when a file is shared via private folder |
| Files | LO76384 | Fixed the issue with error messages generated when the library quota policy is set to be 0 |
| Files | LO77234 | Fixed the issue when a Community has multiple libraries and the file picker doesn’t display the correct list of files |
| Files | |
Address the issue where a user can still upload a new version to an IBM Docs type using an API |
| Files | |
The fixed the problem when switching users while adding a file using the “Other People’s Files” command not displaying the correct list of files. |
| Files | LO77394 | Corrected the tagging problem of files in Japanese when using IE |
| Global Search | |
Corrected the results for “Things in Common” not being populated with expected contents |
| Global Search | |
Fixed the problem with prefix query searches for complex values with special characters that returned no results |
| Metrics – Cognos | LO77552 | Fixed the issue with Metrics where a DB2 process used a high percentage for the CPU regularly [Tech Note] |
| Mobile | LO77433 | Fixed the problem where Blog Comments are not displayed in mobile apps when connecting to a Japanese Connections server |
| Mobile | LO77293 | Addressed issues with Docs Integration is not working correctly in mobile apps |
| Mobile | |
Surface all events to the mobile subscription which in turn get consumed by the push notifications |
| Mobile | |
Push Support on Mobile has been added for Action Required Items |
| News | |
Fixed the “Approve Event” to be displayed when a “Community Owner Group” approve the draft |
| News | |
Fixed the issue when a variable is displayed in the “I’m following” page |
| News | |
Improvements in the Event Stream to include missing or incorrect information |
| News | |
Corrected the information in News feed for the activity.membership.updated event |
| Notifications | |
Removed indirect following from EMD frequency filters for Communities and Profiles |
| Profiles | LO77211 | Fixed the problem when a blank screen is displayed when a user logs out from Sametime with a business card open |
| Profiles | |
Enabled Profiles extension attribute values to be available in SPI |
| Profiles | |
Corrected the problem with blank data in a Rich Text field after deletion |
| Profiles | |
Fixed the Global Keyword Search followed by refinement via selecting tags not working |
| Profiles | |
Addressed the problem with redundant page numbers for contacts |
| Profiles | LO77313 | Corrected the data displayed for Global Metrics in Profiles |
| Profiles | LO77357 | Fixed the problem where Profiles was excessively updating last login information |
| Profiles | |
Enabled Profiles to allow to specify which extended attributes will be indexed with “exact match” |
| Wikis | |
Corrected the problem where the draft of a page is loaded for wrong page with same name after edit |
| Wikis | |
Fixed the problem where some font format will be appear in TOC for Wikis |
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