Release 5.1.0

New and noteworthy

System requirements

• A PostgreSQL database server is now required to run SECollab.

Linking

• Linking with ELM (DNG) and Jira is possible within a GC context.
• SECollab AM resources can be reported on in IBM ELM Report Builder by leveraging SECollab's AM TRS feed.
• Subscribe to external TRS data sources to gather external links pointing to SECollab's resources and keep them up to date.

Tables user experience

• Tables displaying Design data get support for resizing columns.
• Tables displaying Design data get support for hiding columns.
• Sticky columns let you keep the context of the row while exploring columns.
• These parameters are stored in the browser's storage.

Reviews

• Reviews can be locked by review moderators.
• Locked reviews won't accept contributions from contributors other than moderators.
• Review's comments table can be sorted and filtered more efficiently and consistently.
• Review export is entirely based upon the review comments table, which allows, e.g. exporting only those custom attributes relevant to the partner you're sending the export to.
• Review import has been updated to use the updated review export feature.
• A flag in the general properties of a review disables forced comments upon closing a discussion or creating a finding, enabling more informal reviews.
• The priority attribute on reviews, comments and findings can be disabled at the project level.
• Custom attributes assigned to reviews, comments or findings can be mandatory or not.
• The review diff feature displays diff details with any snapshot created for the current review.
• The title of findings in links is crossed when the finding is closed.
• The review's comments table shows whether a comment was answered or not.

Emails list

• Emails list which are copied from a mail in Outlook, etc. are cleaned when pasted in the emails component.

Bug fixes

Excel: support for links in cells.

Reviews: changing the review does not always update the review creator.

Reviews: free comments are created on the resource the free comment is dropped upon rather the one which is currently selected.

Reviews: links between review and findings are not limited to 100 anymore. For performance reasons, this is achieved by iterating multiple times creating links by batches of 100.

Known issues

The list of known issues can be found on the known issues page.

Migration notes

Release 5.1.0 requires updating the Neo4j plugin for SECollab.

Migrating from version 5.0.x requires installing PostgreSQL. We strongly recommend using PostreSQL 17.4, bundled with SECollab. Once installed, the secollab.xml file in the Tomcat server must be edited with the below new lines:

<Parameter name="mdw.server.postgresql.user" value="<your postgres username>" override="1"/>
<Parameter name="mdw.server.postgresql.password" value="<the corresponding postgres password>" override="1"/>
<Parameter name="mdw.server.postgresql.uri" value="<uri to the postgres server>" override="1"/>

Upgrading from version 5.0.x also requires a migration. Before this migration, stop the Tomcat service, then the Neo4j service, then backup the following:

• Neo4j Database
• SECollab's workspace folder.

Finally, follow the instructions in section Updating SECollab. This release requires updating the application's WAR file and the Neo4j plugin.