Software AG is pleased to announce the release of webMethods version 9.9. The webMethods 9.9 release enables the development of integration centric, event centric, decision centric, and process/task centric digital business applications that are API-enabled and deployed across a hybrid cloud environment.
Here are the key highlights:
Integration: New data type for enhanced XML support, OData enhancements, updated REST metadata look up in CloudStreams and visual comparison of packages and IS assets in Designer
API Management: Standalone API-Portal with direct API import, enhanced self- service customization and email based workflow
BPMS: Process ETA visualization, interop between OpenCAF and App Platform and enhancements to Business Console
Agile Process (preview): Single workbench for processes, tasks and cases exposed via a new mobile Business Console
Operational Intelligence: Jump-in context from Optimize to PPM for historical process analysis and creation of alerts back in Optimize
Suite: Event enablement and persistence, fix installation user interface with remote install support in Command Central and smooth migration path from Broker to UM
Integration Cloud: complex orchestrations and new cloud connectors
API Cloud: launch of a stand alone API Portal cloud solution
In addition to these, webMethods 9.9 includes many product enhancements across the webMethods suite. For more details, please see the webMethods 9.9 Release Notes.
this is already live since October, 13th (the date of the original post of this thread).
See Empower Download Section for further informations or the mentioned website.
I am currently using Designer 9.5 to access IS 7.1 Services (mainly for doing fast lookups on old code before migration) as well as IS 9.5 Services.
Therefore I think it should be possible to work IS 9.8 Services with Designer 9.9.
This might not apply to all node types.
webMethods 9.9 GA went live on October 13th 2015. The same day as the announcement was sent.
For your second question, you can use Designer 9.9 to connect with IS 9.8 for IS service development.
From the 9.9 Release Notes : “Software AG Designer now lets you compare packages and elements in Integration Server”; this is something we’ve wanted for a long while. Will it be possible to use Designer 9.9 with IS 9.8 to do that, or does it also requires IS 9.9 (i.e. new internal service in the IS or client-side stuff in Eclipse) ?
Yes, the Visual compare for IS flow services and document types is available in Designer 9.9. Technically, this should work when you connect from Designer 9.9 to IS 9.8 but we are in the process of testing this. We will officially support this as the code changes are just in Designer and not dependent on the server. For package compare, we are dependent on certain code in IS and hence that might not work.
Yes, Olivier. It is ok to use the Visual Compare with the older version of IS. Let us know if you see any issues. Once it is officially tested, we will update our doc with more information.
With the Designer RCP, we plan to revisit that next year at some point. We have seen some good feedback to the trial we ran with the RCP version of Designer for Service Development.
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webMethods Designers are backward and forward compatible. You can use the newest one… if you really like Designer and able to work as fast as with old good Developer.