November 23, 2018 release (5.0.74.10)

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Important

Per the Coveo Version Support Lifecycle policy, this Coveo for Sitecore 5 release has been retired. See available Coveo for Sitecore releases.

Even if this release is retired, you must still perform some of its upgrade steps to upgrade to a more recent version of Coveo for Sitecore.

This release includes the 2.4710.8 version of the JavaScript Search Framework (see October 2018 Release (v2.4710.8)).

When using a CDN with the Coveo Hive framework, this release includes the latest 2.4710 version of the JavaScript Search Framework (see Understanding How the Coveo JavaScript Files are Loaded (CDN)).

Release Notes

This section summarizes the new features and fixed support cases introduced in the Coveo for Sitecore November 23, 2018 release (5.0.74.10).

Identifier Enhancement
SC-1952 Remove the /sitecore/System/Modules/Coveo/Top Results folder.
SC-2260 Remove obsolete code.
SC-2726 Migrate required Coveo Connectors code into the Coveo for Sitecore codebase.
SC-2809 Redirect to the Command Center Activation page after fresh install of Coveo for Sitecore.
SC-2832 Allow access to the Command Center through a new Coveo Search option in the Sitecore Control Panel.
SC-3048 Remove Legacy UI Framework related code and components from Coveo for Sitecore packages.
SC-3078 Ensure Coveo for Sitecore 5 is used with a Cloud index.
SC-3085 Discontinue support for LINQ queries.
SC-3170 Sys prefix removed from migrated On-Premises fields.
SC-3188 Only index Coveo mandatory fields in new installations.
SC-3208 Update the JavaScript Search Framework to version 2.4710.
SC-3252 Remove references to Coveo Sitecore 2 connector.
SC-3287 Remove code and configurations associated with AddActiveDirectoryIdentity processor.
SC-3288 Remove code and configurations associated with the getUserMembers pipeline.
SC-3303 Add a Read Me step to the installation package.
SC-3318 Remove AdminService related code.
SC-3319 [Diagnostic Page] Update the mandatory items for the Coveo for Sitecore published items section.
SC-3328 Change error messages in Diagnostic Page and logs to refer to Command Center actions rather than Control Panel actions.
SC-3332 [Command Center] Update help button hyperlink URLs to point to the related Coveo for Sitecore 5 documentation articles.
SC-3339 Update Coveo template item Help link field values.
Identifier Bug fix
SC-3222 Improved accessibility by adding lang="en" in the Basic Search Interface Layout.cshtml layout file <html> tag.
SC-3294 [Diagnostic Page] Fixed issue with inaccurate field count.
SC-3326 Fixed issue where many FieldReaderCache were created at a very fast rate.
SC-3331 [Command Center] Fixed issue with template fields not being selectable in Internet Explorer 11.
SC-3334 [Command Center] Fixed issue with fields not sorted alphabetically.
SC-3336 [Command Center] Fixed issue with organization selection/creation section not appearing on page load in Internet Explorer 11.
SC-3350 [Command Center] Fixed issue with warning appearing in browser developer tools.
SC-3355 Fixed issue with the handling of Sitecore field names beginning with a number.