This Readme provides the latest information about OpenText ™ PPM 24.4.
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Getting Started
| What's new? | For a list of new features and enhancements in PPM, see What's New in PPM 24.4. |
| Install PPM 24.4 |
For details, see the Installation and Upgrade Guide. |
| Upgrade PPM to 24.4 |
You can upgrade PPM to 24.4 from 2023 or any later version. For details, see the Installation and Upgrade Guide. |
| System requirements and supported environments | For system requirements and supported environments information, see System Requirements and Compatibility Matrix. |
| Integrations | For details about the supported integrations with PPM, see PPM Integrations. |
| APM Release Notes | For details, see the APM Release Notes. |
| Fixes | For defect fixes included in PPM 24.4, see Fixes. |
| Known issues | For known issues in PPM 24.4, see Known issues. |
Fixes
| OCTCL44A | Symptom | Resolution |
|---|---|---|
| 1185084 | The "Active workflow step" column on the search result page only works for the first time. It stops working when you click it again. | Fixed |
| 1187250 | The SSH2_JSCH_KNOWN_ HOSTS_FILE_PATH server configuration parameter cannot be set successfully via the Administration console. | Fixed |
| 1186654 | Unlike individual portlet previews that display a ""Preview mode"" message, the Dashboard preview lacks this message and has disabled links. | Fixed |
| 1198158 | After migrating a copied request type with rules dependent on the now-removed ""On Annual Capital Plan"" field, multiple rules display the MIG_RULE_DEP_PARAMS_DIFFER message, requiring re-selection of the visible value for proper mapping; despite the rules being disabled. | Fixed |
| 1193996 | Memory Leak issue leads to system restart. | Fixed |
| 1198599 | Execute the Purge Time Sheet report for a given year (e.g. 2016) and the report results in the below Error. | Fixed |
| 1202046 | Encounter issues when using the useradmin/users REST API to create , update and disable users. | Fixed |
| 1201133 | The sum of negative effort displays as zero in the staffing profile when using regional settings other than English. | Fixed |
| 1199562 | If the project has work plan baseline and the “Enable Financial Management for work plan” option is enabled, cost health should be calculated to the correct value. | Fixed |
| 1199643 | When adding User A as a portfolio manager to the a portfolio, a misleading error occurs stating that "User B cannot be added" due to deletion or lack of Edit Portfolio access, despite User B not being on the Portfolio Manager list but still listed in the Security section; the error message is confusing and needs clarification. | Fixed |
| 1203228 | The Staffing profile tab in the project details is unavailable to project participants. | Fixed |
| 1203615 | Internal error occurs when integrating portfolio epics with JIRA. | Fixed |
| 1348745 | Encounter the following issues when adding content to a program from the Add Specific Items section:Unable to filter proposals by nameThe ""Include selected active projects - starts with:"" search field doesn't work for proposals, projects, and assets. | Fixed |
| 1685604 | Adding the "Submit Reports/Edit All Reports" access grant to a security group without prior report access causes the security group to incorrectly appear in the allow list of a report type, even when the "Always restrict New Security Groups" option is selected for that report type. | Fixed |
| 1696014 | Encounter the "Found text 'KSC_EXIT_STATUS' without a '$?' and without an exit status" error when running the tf folderdiff command in an auto-complete list validation for an object type. | Fixed |
| 1693203 | After integrating a subproject with the main project, the "Go to Sub Project" button is not visible until you drag it. | Fixed |
| 1703018 | Email notifications should contain BASE URL links of the primary node rather than non-primary node links. | Fixed |
| 1706430 | When expanding the content of any element in a drilldown HTML plus portlet, the portlet doesn't resize to accommodate the additional content. | Fixed |
| 1707417 | When the new auto-complete list feature is enabled, the layout of the auto-complete field appears skewed. | Fixed |
| 1707466 | There is a performance issue when opening workflows or request types from Workbench. | Fixed |
| 1706504 | When exporting organizational units to Excel, manager names appear as usernames instead of full names. | Fixed |
| 1714144 | When updating a row in the table component, the changes are not displayed in the comparison and instead trigger a repeated NullPointerException error. | Fixed |
| 1716206 | The JIRA sync failed when attempting to retrieve issue type fields and issue type ID for project *. | Fixed |
| 1715387 | The generation of the kSupport file is slow. | Fixed |
| 1714458 | Can modify and save other fields for a specific user but cannot enable that user. | Fixed |
| 1716644 | Applying a page load rule to set a value for an HTML constant field results in a browser console error, preventing the request from being saved. | Fixed |
| 1715742 | Cannot set logging level to ERROR from the Logger Manager page. | Fixed |
| 1715877 | The self-service portlet grid view displays an incorrect property error when the date field is empty. | Fixed |
| 1716901 | Exporting a project to PDF gets the NullPointException error. | Fixed |
| 1720017 | After upgrading to 24.2, the Workbench menu Product Information > Help Center does not function when there is no active session in the browser. | Fixed |
| 1721077 | The utilization is expected to be 100%, but it inaccurately displays as 99.999...97 %. | Fixed |
| 1727036 | The Strategy tab should display in the program details when the program is linked to a portfolio. | Fixed |
| 1731068 | When the Portfolio's Overview tab is exported to PowerPoint, the slide order does not match the portlet order on the dashboard. | Fixed |
| 1731076 | Submitting reports through Navigator doesn't work properly. | Fixed |
| 1730123 | Unable to transition a workflow to the next step when a checkbox validation requires reconfirmation; the transition works fine if the no checkbox is selected, but it throws an error if any checkbox is selected. | Fixed |
| 1731239 | The custom tab in request details loads slowly, and the data for some requests fails to load. | Fixed |
| 1730236 | The Security Groups page can be accessed with a named license but cannot be opened when using a concurrent license. | Fixed |
| 1731319 | An error occurs when performing an advanced search by clicking Search Project > Advanced Search. | Fixed |
| 1729360 | Unable to save preferences for the request summary bar chart. | Fixed |
| 1730436 | If a request contains a field with a page load rule that sets its value, the request cannot be exported to PDF. | Fixed |
| 1731475 | When using the new drop-down and auto-complete list feature, adjacent fields in multi-select fields are not rendered correctly or become hidden after selecting multiple values. | Fixed |
| 1731771 | When the new dropdown list feature is enabled, a field change rule is incorrectly triggered by any cell click in the table component instead of only on field updates. This causes the entire page to become unresponsive. | Fixed |
| 1729861 | After upgrading from 23.4 to 24.3, the HTML Rich Text field in PPM is synced to ALM Octane as plain text, losing HTML table formatting. | Fixed |
| 1742075 | When exporting a custom tab to PDF, the Export to PDF window occasionally becomes unresponsive. | Fixed |
| 1741245 | The table component on the look-ahead page of a workflow should display all records correctly when the "Use Rich Text Field for Notes" feature toggle is enabled. | Fixed |
| 1742927 | Validations should be implemented to check for duplicate values when saving multi-select fields. | Fixed |