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titleNew and Noteworthy

Very quickly the most relevant changes in this release.

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titlePreparation for Data Center Support

This version add some performance improvements to support Confluence Data Center (DC).

One of the most relevant news for your upgrade is the new database structure the projectdoc Toolbox. Since the projectdoc tables did not store any information that cannot be derived from the Confluence pages, you simply need to rebuild the table data from scratch. Unfortunately this requires – especially for large installations – quite a lot of time. We recommend to check the upgrade process in a test environment on real data to get an estimation about how long this would take on your Confluence instance.

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titleHere are some estimates from our test and production environments

Estimates?

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Pro projectdoc Dokument ca 0,3 Sekunden. Nicht PD Dokumente sind nicht betroffen.

Beispiele:

1000 Dokumente = 300s = 5 Min

10.000 Dokumente = 3.000s = 50 Min

100.000 Dokumente = 30.000s = 8:20 Stunden



This also includes support for the Confluence Read-Only Mode (a must have for DC).


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titleEditing Experience

A couple of improvements address the user experience when working with projectdoc documents in the Confluence page editor.

All these features are considered experimental and are currently in an early release status with some limitations (for details please follow the links below).

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    documentSection Expander
    : Macros in the page editor can be collapsed or expanded
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    documentSection Navigation
    : The editor can be opened at a specified location
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    : Provides dynamic content generated by macros when in the page editor


Section
titleReading Experience

A new feature allows readers to collapse or expand sections.

The chevron icon allows to hide the contents of a section and therefore allows the user to focus.

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The chevron may be at a different position, dependent on the CSS.

For more information, please visit 

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titleAdministration UI

The administration user interface provides new elements.


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titleFeatures

Features that interact with the user interface may now be configured to be activated or deactivated by user groups.

More information for these features are found on 

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titleRebuilder UI

The rebuild processes may be launched via the administration user interface. The REST services, providing more configuration options, are still available, tough.

For more information on the Rebuild Service, please refer to the

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titleDatabase Tables

We updated the database tables to store projectdoc data. This is required to cope with the increased load on Confluence when run in a data center environment.

The old tables (identified by "PD_" in the table name) will stay untouched and the new structures will be stored in new tables (identified by "PD5_"). Even if the old data will still be available we highly recommend to have access to a current backup of your database.

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titlePD5 Tables
  1. AO_63F547_PD5_DOC
  2. AO_63F547_PD5_NAME_REFS
  3. AO_63F547_PD5_PAGE_REFS
  4. AO_63F547_PD5_PG_FRGMNT
  5. AO_63F547_PD5_PROP

The upgrade process will only affect projectdoc tables in Active Objects (AO). In case the process cannot complete successfully, because an accidental server downtime, please clear (not drop) the new PD5 tables from corrupt content and restart the server. The process can also be started manually via a

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maximumSelectionSize1
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multiSelecttrue
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For more information on updating information in the projectdoc database tables, please refer to 

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documentprojectdoc Rebuild Manual
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