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# What's New in 4.0-4.1

This topic describes the new and enhanced features in Micro Focus Connect 4.0-4.1.

In this topic:

## ALM Octane Connector

Micro Focus Connect now includes a BETA version of an Octane Connector. See the readme in the Octane connector directory for more details.

## Email Connector Enhancements

Fixed bug in reading Gmail messages.

## ALM Connector Enhancements

The following enhancements are now available in the ALM Connector:

- Fixed a UI issue where duplicate fields would show up in the Connection mapping.
- Fixed bugs regarding field name encoding in double byte languages.

## Rally Connector Enhancements

The following enhancements are now available in the Rally Connector:

- Added support for read-only multi-valued enums.
- Fixed bug when syncing release values that are null.
- Fixed bug in moving an item and updating other fields at the same time.
- Added support for custom fields in projects.
- Improved overall memory and synchronization performance.
- Fixed a UI issue where duplicate fields would show up in the Connection mapping.
- Fixed bug in detecting deleted items when the user has configured a datasource using a workspace that is not their default workspace.
- Fixed bug with id property, should be read-only (otherwise can cause improper mappings).

## Silk Central Connector Enhancements

The following enhancements are now available in the Silk Central Connector:

- Fixed a UI issue where duplicate fields would show up in the Connection mapping.
- Added sample project to datasource configuration to support lookup of custom fields.

## ServiceNow Connector Enhancements

The following enhancements are now available in the ServiceNow Connector:

- The ServiceNow connector now supports agile assets, and projects.
- Fixed bug where duplicate enum values would be seen in the UI.
- Improved sync performance for configurations with sync criteria.
- Fixed bug with user and group names in fields.

## Hub Connector Enhancements

The following enhancements are now available in the Hub Connector:

- When comparing versions to see differences, includes millisecond precision.
- Fixed bug when syncing attachments that have very short names.
- Fixed bug with attachments using the wrong extension.
- Improved detection of trace changes.

## General Enhancements

The following enhancements are now available in Micro Focus Connect:

- Improved comparison of rich text fields to reduce update frequency.
- Expanded and updated Audit functionality: Now allows users to query data beyond the last 7 days.
- Improved Rally and Hub move logic to include and correct cases where products might have failed to move items.
- When clearing watermarks, also clears versions of items so that they can be compared.
- Compare items if their versions change after prior failures.
- Add ability in the UI to run a connection just once, and then stop.
- Allow users to copy/paste audit information in the UI.
- Improve audit records, capture additional failure states and report them back to the user.
- Tomcat security updates impact items that contain '/'. Updated communication methods so that users don't have to change Tomcat.
- Updated audit to indicate specific fields that may have caused the failure.
- Enhanced automap functionality when mapping types to prefer case-insensitive names before checking similar names.
- Updated the UI for user fields, to indicate to the user that the field should use the user map instead of the value map.
- Improved startup performance for Micro Focus Connect systems with lots of recent sync data.
- Fixed bug where errors indicating need to restart connection were not handled.
- Added chart view for queried audit records.
- Improved audit of added items: Record information about the item causing the create.
- Updated the connection messages in the UI, to include more information when a connection cannot be started.
- Updated lists to be sorted in the UI.

See also:

- What's New - earlier versions

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