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2016 Coveo for Sitecore 4.0 Releases
2016 Coveo for Sitecore 4.0 Releases
This page summarizes the new features and bug fixes introduced throughout 2016.
Release Notes for December 2016
This release includes the 1.1550.11 version of the JavaScript Search Framework (see October 2016 maintenance release (v1.1550.11)).
This section summarizes the new features and fixed support cases introduced in the Coveo for Sitecore December 2016 release.
For the upgrade procedure, see Upgrading from October 2016 to December 2016.
| Issue number | New features | Documentation |
|---|---|---|
| SC-204 | [Fields] Remove default unnecessary indexed fields for Sitecore | |
| SC-345 | [Cloud] Trigger the Delete Old Documents function after a Rebuild | |
| SC-687 | [Troubleshooting] List the unfound out-of-the-box config files on the Diagnostic Page | Troubleshooting Problems Using the Coveo Diagnostic Page |
| SC-810 | Use Query Ranking Functions to perform automatic boosting | Using Automatic Boosting |
| SC-955 | Add field configuration to find an item ID directly in the Content Browser | |
| SC-1020 | [Filtering] Add a Coveo inbound Filter to exclude items without layouts | |
| SC-1110 | Add the main Web.config and ConnectionStrings.config to the Diagnostic Package |
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| SC-1132 | [On-Premises] Allow other indexes to load even when CES is down | |
| SC-1142 | Show which organization is currently being used in the Sitecore Control Panel | Troubleshooting Problems Using the Coveo Diagnostic Page |
| SC-1261 | Add the Coveo Recommendations feature in the License details | |
| SC-1298 | Move the encryption key from the file system to a database to share among a farm instances | |
| SC-1300 | [Tab] Add external sources/collections in the tab UI component properties | Displaying External Content in a Tab |
| SC-1314 | Add language fallback properties to Coveo index definition | Upgrading from October 2016 to December 2016 |
| SC-1336 | [JavaScript] Improve CoveoForSitecore map files |
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| SC-1336 | [TypeScript] Include CoveoForSitecore TypeScript definition files |
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| SC-1341 | Use Query Ranking Functions to perform Sitecore boosting | |
| SC-1412 | Improve bandwidth usage to Coveo Cloud | Configuring the Query Rate Limit |
| SC-1441 | [Fields] Add warning on the diagnostic page when the organization approaches the field limit | Troubleshooting Problems Using the Coveo Diagnostic Page |
| Issue number | Bug fixes |
|---|---|
| SC-1092 | Fixed issue where indexCommunicationFactory and searchApiUrl were duplicated in the showConfig.aspx
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| SC-1217 | Added missing __Standard Values for some templates |
| SC-1274 | Prevent Coveo Cloud configuration wizard from retrieving license |
| SC-1290 | [Indexing] Fixed issue when indexing recently saved item |
| SC-1315 | Fixed issue when generating Diagnostic Package |
| SC-1352 | [Experience Editor] Fixed issue preventing search from working in the Experience Editor |
| SC-1375 | Fixed issue of the Enter button when including the OmniboxResultList with a Search Interface |
| SC-1380 | Fixed invalid external fields array in FieldsResources files |
| SC-1381 | Fixed an issue with Fields Resources component field name encoding |
| SC-1388 | Added missing type to securityConfiguration node |
| Issue number | Case | Fixed support cases |
|---|---|---|
| SC-1451 | 00034664 | Initialization error: No SecurityProviderConversionHelper found for index: Coveo_master_index
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Release Notes for October 2016
This release includes the 1.1276.20 version of the JavaScript Search Framework (see September 2016 maintenance release (v1.1276.20)).
The initial October 2016 release had to be hotfixed due to a performance issue.
This section summarizes the new features and fixed support cases introduced in the Coveo for Sitecore October 2016 release.
For the upgrade procedure, see Upgrading from September 2016 to October 2016.
| Issue number | New features | Documentation |
|---|---|---|
| SC-372 | New JS Control to pick the number of result per page | Upgrading from September 2016 to October 2016 |
| SC-473 | [Security] Integrate the Expanded Security Provider | Upgrading to the Expanded Security Provider |
| SC-1004 | [Component] Integrate the new Recommendation component | Getting Recommendations |
| SC-1040 | Implement client side ToCoveoFieldName
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Coveo Fields Resources Component |
| SC-1070 | [Configuration] Correct grammar and spelling mistakes in comments of .config files |
Upgrading from September 2016 to October 2016 |
| SC-1080 | [Component] Integrate the Related Query component | Inserting and Customizing a Related Query Component |
| SC-1105 | Improve strategies removal on CDs by adding patch deletes and skip flags in SwitchMasterToWeb config file |
Upgrading from September 2016 to October 2016 |
| SC-1156 | Qualifying Sitecore 8.2 | Supported Sitecore Versions and Dependencies |
| SC-1178 | [Configuration] Add a commented out addfieldbyfieldname section in the Coveo.SearchProvider.Custom.config file |
Upgrading from September 2016 to October 2016 |
| Issue number | Bug fixes |
|---|---|
| SC-853 | [Multi-site] Fixed issue where ResolveResultClickableUriProcessor gave the wrong URL of items not belonging to the current site |
| SC-991 | Call returned SOAP fault SecurityProviderNotRegisteredException at the first rebuild |
| SC-1059 | Added a validation for the unique Id when adding sublayouts |
| SC-1104 | Added Coveo_master_index patch delete in SwitchMasterToWeb for 7.2 and 7.5 |
| SC-1111 | Fixed error when TLS 1.0 is deactivated |
| SC-1130 | Added agent attribute name for CoveoSynchronizeTopResults
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| SC-1137 | [PageView] Fixed the invalid contentIdKey value |
| SC-1180 | Fixed issue preventing many components with .coveoForSitecore on the same search page from working |
| Issue number | Case | Fixed support cases |
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| SC-1103 | 00033078 | Sitecore cloud xDB dll breaks Coveo search web service |
| SC-1146 | 00033137 | OmniboxResultList dropdown menu removes the ability to execute query with Enter key |
| SC-1124 | 00033184 | LINQ queries are no longer going through the load balancer |
Release Notes for September 2016
This release includes the 1.667.33 version of the JavaScript Search Framework (see July 2016 maintenance release (v1.667.33)).
The initial September 2016 release had to be hotfixed due to a JavaScript issue.
This section summarizes the new features and fixed support cases introduced in the Coveo for Sitecore September 2016 release.
For the upgrade procedure, see Upgrading from July 2016 to September 2016.
| New features | Documentation |
|---|---|
| [JavaScript] Reference the new Open Source JavaScript Search Framework 1.667 | Coveo JavaScript Search Framework |
[Free-Text Search] Add an option to ignore specific sections from item HTML body in HtmlContentInBodyWithRequestsProcessor
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Ignoring Specific HTML Sections from an Item Body |
| [External Content] Improve advanced query generation when using external content | |
| [LINQ] Generate valid Coveo queries for null and empty field values comparison | Supported LINQ Operators |
| [Analytics] Check and update the list of events logged to Sitecore Analytics | Available Page Events |
| [Provisioning] Switching to a new cloud organization should provision it | |
| [Provisioning] Remove the temporary source creation and use the new call to trigger the immediate provisioning | |
[Config] Increase the RequirementsInvalidateDelay
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Upgrading from July 2016 to September 2016 |
[Config] Remove all references to the CoveoCleanUpAfterRebuild agent |
Upgrading from July 2016 to September 2016 |
| [Config] Security Provider update called every time even when there's no change |
| Found bugs | Affected version | Fixed in |
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| [JavaScript] jQuery events aren't fired when including another version of jQuery on the same page | September 2016 (Initial) | September 2016 (Hotfix) |
| Fixed support cases | Case |
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| Coveo Cloud API HSTS header shouldn't be propagated | 00032537 |
| LINQ randomly breaks with missing client certificate | 00032722 |
Release Notes for July 2016
This section summarizes the new features and fixed support cases introduced in the Coveo for Sitecore July 2016 release.
For the upgrade procedure, see Upgrading from June 2016 to July 2016.
| New features | Documentation |
|---|---|
| [Fields] Support per-index computed fields and field map | Managing Fields for a Specific Index |
| [LINQ] Add an extension to provide the metadata from the results (duration, didyoumean, etc) | |
| [Configuration Panel] Add a panel to specify the FarmName setting | Coveo for Sitecore Scaling Guide |
| [UI] Update Facet parameters | Facet Component Properties |
| [UI] Adjust Querybox properties | Search Component Properties |
| [Rules] Add a rule for “Where specific field value is between value1 and value 2” | Rule Set Editor Boosting and Filtering Rules Reference |
| [UI] Make the Sort Field Picker scalable | Search Component Properties |
| [Diagnostic Page] On a new Cloud Installation, show a better REST Endpoint error | |
| [Content Delivery] CleanUpAfterRebuildAgent shouldn’t be run by content delivery servers nor on-premises setup | |
| [Top Results] Split TopResults synchronization per AdminService connection | |
| [License] Download license from the Cloud when using the Synchronize button from the Control Panel | Upgrading Your License |
| [Component] Create a Page View component to log view events in UA | Logging View Events |
| [Cloud] Improve the WaitAndRetry to handle different error type with specific Interval and retry count | |
| [Clean Up After Rebuild] Modify the on-premises rebuild to include committed transactions in rebuild time | |
| [Logging] Trace mode logs too many traces for AbstractCloudObject.GetProperty() | |
| [PageView] Add the icon to the page view components | |
| [PageView] Add contentIdKey, contentIdValue, contentType | Logging View Events |
| [License] Update Customer Agreement for Coveo for Sitecore 4 Package | Logging View Events |
| [Fields] Delete fields using batch | |
| [PageView] Should use the script’s version instead of outputting one | |
| [Logging] Improve logging in the HttpClient | |
| [Indexing] Exclude the “Bucket folder” and “Media folder” templates by default | Upgrading from June 2016 to July 2016 |
| [Cloud] Use a virtual query pipeline for polling queries | |
| [Cloud] Set the Active Directory name by default to a fixed name | Upgrading Configuration Files |
Release Notes for June 2016
This section summarizes the new features and fixed support cases introduced in the Coveo for Sitecore June 2016 release.
For the upgrade procedure, see Upgrading from April 2016 to June 2016.
| New features | Documentation |
|---|---|
| Add configuration for the number of threads to use for indexing | |
| Add the ClickableUri of the item processed by the HtmlContentInBodyWithRequestsProcessor in case of error | |
| Change ExcludeFieldsFromConfigProcessor to not exclude a field if not all fields with same name are excluded | Understanding the coveoIndexingGetFields and coveoIndexingGetTemplates Pipelines |
| [Clean Up After Rebuild] task should be part of the Rebuild process | |
| [Clean Up After Rebuild] Improve log traces regarding rebuilds and refreshes | |
| [Clean Up After Rebuild] Make timeouts and wait times configurable | |
| [Clean Up After Rebuild] Wait for provisioning to finalize rebuild | |
| [Cloud] Only set the MaximumAge if specifically set in config | Understanding the Coveo Search Provider’s Configuration File |
| [Control Panel] Remove the “Update License” link that only shows “Please contact Coveo” | |
| Don't show the components properties when adding a “Coveo Search” or “Coveo Search View” | |
| [External Content] Enable the AddAnonymousEmailUserIdentity processor by default | AddAnonymousEmailUserIdentity |
| [Mobile] Improve the mobile layout | |
| Remove the concept of external indexes | |
| [Security] Provide a security patch to support TLS 1.1/1.2 with older releases of Coveo for Sitecore | SSL/TLS Support |
| [TopResults] Display a warning if the search query or item result is empty | |
| [Troubleshooting] Add a page in the Troubleshooting guide for the “No Index Available” error | An Index Should Be Configured for Database Web Error Is Preventing the REST Service From Loading |
| Benchmark for cloud indexing/query, compared to on-premises indexing/query | |
| Improve post-installation wizard logging | |
| [Search] Allow to specify the query pipeline to use | Using a Query Pipeline |
| Fixed support cases | Case |
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Indexing is very long when enabling siteDefinition.config
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00029757 |