Release Notes / Customer Information

>>> Merlot 2. April 2023 <<<

Status: Final

The Release Notes (RN) report on the enhancements, as well as new functionalities and changes to the eIAM Services as per the Roadmap DTI.

Please note that dates for the completion of documentation and concepts usually refer to the end of a release period and have nothing to do with the individual release dates (Release Dates) for functionalities.

Introduction dates / innovations


REF: 7. Feb. 2023  <Tests!> ABN: 22. Feb. 2023  <Tests!>  PROD: 2. April 2023

  • Improved user guidance in "MyAccount"
  • Marking of non-productive operating environments
  • eIAM 403 error page
  • Fixed of errors reported from Bug Bounty program
  • Update of various SW components of eIAM (Cluster Update)
  • nevisIdm Web Service Interface (SOAP)

Regression testing by eIAM customers
Your cooperation is necessary and very important. In the last releases, we had problems in the higher operating environments (ABN, PROD) only where applications had not carried out their regression tests in advance on REF and/or ABN. These are unnecessary problems which we can avoid together. We count on your support here. It is important that you carry out your regression tests carefully and report any problems to the testing team promptly and in a qualified manner.

Process and expectations for SR introductions

In order to be able to guarantee the stable and secure productive eIAM service, we require meaningful regression tests of the applications in the REF and ABN instances until the SR rollout to PRODUCTION. You have at least 14 days per stage to do this. Please plan your test activities early in these periods so that any bug fix releases are possible in good time.

These release notes will help you to plan the regression tests in relation to the eIAM functionalities you use and will also serve as a source of information for your end customer communication. Please note that the final version of the release notes with all necessary details will be delivered shortly before the productive installation.

Important
If you encounter problems during your regression tests, please inform our testing team immediately at: Testing-eiam@bit.admin.ch. Our colleagues will take your input, check it and consolidate it. We would like to thank you for your important assistance and support in order to maintain and further improve the high quality standard of the service releases!

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Release Notes

Improved user guidance in "MyAccount"

With the release "Merlot", user support in "MyAccount", eIAM's self-service portal, is improved. Easy-to-access help is provided to the user, allowing the user to directly access eIAM's documentation in the appropriate context. This help is displayed directly in the user interface by means of the question mark icon. This enables the user to access the documentation for features in "MyAccount" quickly, conveniently and specifically.
[c]Help Button[-]
Help Button

Marking of non-productive operating environments

With the release "Merlot" the user guidance in the non-productive operating environments of eIAM is improved. Users now immediately recognise when they are in a non-productive operating environment by a banner in the top left of the header elements. This is especially helpful when a user uses a link to an application in a non-production operating environment without realising that they are not using production. In this way, support requests can ideally be prevented completely or resolved more quickly. Since it is clear to both the user and the support organisation in which environment the user is operating.
[c]Banner of the eIAM instances (DEV/TEST/REF/ABN)[-]
Banner of the eIAM instances (DEV/TEST/REF/ABN)

eIAM 403 error Page

With the release "Merlot" the user guidance is improved in case the user is denied access to a resource by the system (http 403 - Access denied). This error can be the result of various causes. The user is now better guided. So that ideally he can help himself by taking the correct action. This leads to a faster solution for the user and a relief of the support organisation.
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Error page 403 (Forbidden)
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Fixed bugs reported from bug bounty program

With the release "Merlot" some bugs in eIAM classified as "minor", which were discovered by the eIAM bug bounty program, were fixed.

Update of various SW components of eIAM (Cluster Update)

As part of the release "Merlot", various software components of eIAM will be updated. The ongoing update of the software components of eIAM forms the foundation for the support of very interesting future features in eIAM. At the same time, eIAM ensures that our customers benefit from bug fixes and security enhancements in the products.

nevisIdm Web Service Interface (SOAP)

With the release "Merlot", the version of the IDM product "nevisIdm" will also be upgraded to the latest version. With the new version of the product, versions of the SOAP Web Service Interface lower and thus older than version 1.34 are no longer supported. Customers using this interface are obliged by the terms of use of this interface to update this interface to the latest version at least annually. In addition, our customers were made aware of this change via proactive communication from eIAM well in advance of the "Merlot" release.


Information about the eIAM Web Service Interface can be found here
Interface eIAM-AMW
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