eB Information Manager SELECTseries 5

eB Information Manager SELECTseries 5 (version 16.3.1.193) is available on SELECTservices Online and can be downloaded from http://selectservices.bentley.com/ under "Software Downloads"

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eB Information Manager SELECTseries 5 (16.3.1) is a limited release, in which only the following the core applications and web plug-ins are delivered:

• eB Core Server (with eB System Management Console)
• eB Director
• eB Web Applications
• eB Change Package Web Plug-in
• eB Engineering Designer Web Plug-in
• eB Bulk Transfer Configuration Tool
• eB SSRS Data Provider

The following applications are not delivered this release, but are expected to be available in the next full release of eB:

• eB Engineering Designer
• eB Event Tracking Manager
• eB ProjectWise Connection Services
• eB SharePoint Connection Services
• eB Asset Painter
• eB Capture
• eB Office Merge
• eB Outlook 2010 Add-In
• eB Word 2010 Add-In
• eB DoD 5015.2 Compliance
• Drawing Validation

Other applications not delivered in this release:

• eB SSIS Components - In the future this will be a separate product download.
• eB CAD-Connect - This has been deprecated and will no longer be delivered.

The following is a list of new features in eB Information Manager SELECTseries 5 (16.3.1)

• Enhanced FTR Configuration, for SQL Server-based communities
  • SQL Server replaces Microsoft Indexing Server as the location to store indexed text
  • Requires a SQL Server 2012 database with FILESTREAM storage enabled
  • Requires an iFilter for each file type you want to index
  • Streamlined configuration of the eB FTR Service in eB System Management Console
• eB System Management Console
  • You can now specify a database failover server for SQL Server database mirroring
  • Storage Wizard options have been consolidated:
    • The option Recover local settings has been removed, as this is now done automatically
    • The three "move" options have been combined into one option, Move a repository
  • New repository options:
    • Create Signatures
    • Verify Signatures
    • Replication Source
    • Replication Destination
  • New eB Mail Distribution Service property option: SMTP Timeout
  • Security Enhancements
    • You now need to log in when viewing any item under your community
    • You only need to log in once per session; eB System Management Console retains the connection until you log out or close the application
  • Ability to rename datasources and communities
  • Licensing node removed from eB System Management Console, all licensing is now managed by SELECTserver
• eB Web
  • Virtual Directory Configuration Options
    • You can now enable logging for the virtual directory through new Tracing tab on the Edit Web dialog
    • You can now control whether or not ActiveX is used for file-based operations, for Internet Explorer 10 or 11 users (Edit Web dialog > Options tab > Disable use of the eB ActiveX Control)
  • User Interface Enhancements
    • When use of ActiveX is disabled in eB Web, the HTML5 File API is used instead of ActiveX for file-based operations in Internet Explorer 10 or 11. For the user this just means steps to perform the same actions will be slightly different.
    • When associating a document to another object, or adding documents to a folder, the wizard that lets you select documents now has an option to create a new document from a template and then add the new document. Previously the wizard only let you select from existing documents.
      (This feature was originally delivered with hotfix HF00354.)
• eQL
  • Ability to execute stored procedures in eQL
  • New eQL search settings: MaxInnerRows, PageSize, StartAt, Distinct, Paging
  • Updated eQL to support Basic Audit properties (i.e. DateAdded, AddedBy, DateChanged and ChangedBy) on all objects
• Updated Platform Version Support
  • Operating Systems:
    • Windows Server 2012
    • Windows 8.1
    • Windows 8
  • Databases:
    • SQL Server 2012
    • Oracle 12c
  • Browsers for eB Web:
    • Internet Explorer 10 and 11

• Infrastructure Enhancements
  • eB now supports Oracle 11 environment using LDAP instead of tnsnames.ora
  • Completely updated code generation capability to automatically create the eB APIs and EC schema
  • Streaming of data (retrieve and search) for improved performance
  • ABCpdf version updated - now using ABCpdf 9.1
  • Additional applications servers are accessible via the Service Registry and no longer solely rely on Multicast support (Multicast is still available)
  • Virtual Item Groups have been internally refactored for an improved and more robust implementation.
  • Updated failover documentation
  • Improved file handling performance
  • New Sync services added for files (Bentley CONNECT only)
  • Print and rendition services are now 64-bit processes
• Documentation Updates
  • The eB Director help is now a single CHM (User and Admin Guides have been combined) that gets installed when you install eB Director and is available by selecting Help > Contents in the product.
  • The eB System Management Console help is now a CHM that gets installed when you install eB Core Server and is available by selecting Help > Contents in the product.
  • The eB Web help is now an HTML-based web help instead of a PDF.
    Note: Documents that were not updated this release still have the old look and feel. Please forgive the appearance as we transition to a new format.