Aspire 5.2

NoSQL DB provider supported by the Aspire 5.2 release:

• New Elasticsearch/Kibana versions supported (8.9.0)
• OpenSearch v. 2.5

Java version supported

• OpenJDK 17 

New Features 

• Generative AI Workflow Components 
  • Azure OpenAI Connection
  • Azure OpenAI Embeddings
  • Azure Open AI Chat Completions
  • Saga Python Bridge Connection
  • Saga Python Bridge Embeddings
  • Text Splitter
• Connectors. Newly migrated.
  • Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)
  • Salesforce (Knowledge Articles)
  • Sharepoint 2013
• Tools. Newly migrated.
  • Export/Import options 
• Publisher. Newly migrated.
  • Azure Search Publisher

Improvements

• Aspire Framework
  • General
    • ASPIRE-12298 Added missing JDK module (jdk.net.ExtendedSocketOptions) for the Aspire docker image.
  • Scan Reports
    • ASPIRE-11265 Security Assessment Dynamic: Terms of use or legal notice warning banners added to the application.
  • NoSQL Provider:
    • ASPIRE-12126 Improved management for doc missing errors when flushing requests.
    • ASPIRE-12162 Added index validation process for Storage Provider initialization.
•  Connectors
  • Azure Identity
    • Bulk action option added. 
  • DB Server
    • ASPIRE-12180 Extended functionality to crawl a configurable list of object types.
  • OneDrive
    • ASPIRE-12058 Enabled the Skip ACLs option for the connector.
  • REST
    • ASPIRE-12124 Added "createChildItemWithSignature" method call example to scripted query.
• Schedules
  • ASPIRE-11770 Added an option for sequential schedules to execute only if previous crawls were successful.
• UI
  • ASPIRE-12182 Added option to specify seed state in schedule filter.
  • ASPIRE-12283 Enabled clone option for workflow in the UI.
• Workflow
  •  Valuecount Summarizer
    • ASPIRE-12121 Histogram information for unique values.

Bugs

• Aspire Framework
  
  • General:
    • ASPIRE-12213 Crawl ending with an invalid combination of state and phase.
    • ASPIRE-12165 Single Sign-on issue-changing to nonce.
  • NoSQL Provider:
    • ASPIRE-12264 Assume Role was not working using AWS Authentication.
• Connectors
  • Aspider
    • ASPIRE-12243 Crawl failing using Sitemap configuration. 
    • ASPIRE-12246 Minor issue using Proxy with authentication.
  • Azure Identity
    • ASPIRE-12082 Issue caused by the Scan stage to break the component. 
    • ASPIRE-12151 Issue causing an Elasticsearch mapping explosion exception. 
  • DB Server
    • ASPIRE-12188 Fixed Oracle random sampling issue.
    • ASPIRE-12292 Fixed bug in the connector that was preventing the proper handling of tables with spaces in their names.
  • Elasticsearch
    • ASPIRE-12087 The connector was not inheriting the SSL context from Aspire.
  • Group Expansion
    • ASPIRE-12217 Users containing the SP Online local groups. 
  • REST
    • ASPIRE-12123 Scroll option was not working properly.
  • Sharepoint Online
    • ASPIRE-12156 Addressed bug with the Security Trimming option.
• Schedules
  • ASPIRE-11236 Sequence Schedule started despite a previous one was failed.
• UI
  • ASPIRE-12118 Dxf picker control: fixed an issue where the control was loading the first page.
  • ASPIRE-12117 Extension Manager: resolved issue that prevented the deletion of extensions after being added.
  • ASPIRE-12186 Schedules: addressed an issue where the Schedule filter object and Seeds list were not mutually exclusive.
  • ASPIRE-11466 Seeds page: fixed bug where long names caused the action button to disappear until the column width was increased.
  • Several minor issues.

Known Issues

• Aspire Framework
  • General 
    • Throttling is considering control items during the crawl.
  • Security
    • ASPIRE-12284 Single Sign-On is not redirecting to Aspire landing page.
  • Vulnerabilities
    • ASPIRE-12348 Critical vulnerability found in QUARTZ dependency.
• Connectors
  
  • AEM:
    • ASPIRE-12245 Changes in the On/Off Time properties handled like adds and deletes during incremental crawls for pages.
    • ASPIRE-12255 Changes in the jcr:content properties handled like adds and deletes during incremental crawls for pages.
    • ASPIRE-12260 Deletes actions are ingested for incremental crawls no matter the include/exclude property.
    • ASPIRE-12271 Updates not indexed during an incremental crawl using exclude properties.
  • Aspider
    • ASPIRE-12316 Title attribute appearing twice.
  • REST
    • Bearer authentication failing with unknown expiring time format.
• UI
  • General
    • Edit page for Seeds loading empty rare times.
    • UI actions are limited for users with both Admin and Operator roles.
  • Import functionality
    • ASPIRE-12352 Rarely the import button doesn't work.
  • Metrics
    • ASPIRE-12356 Pending to remove the export metrics option to JPG and PNG.
• Workflow
  
  • ASPIRE-12349 NoClassDefFoundError exception occurring sometimes using the Extract Text component and the Sharepoint Online connector.

Migrating from 5.x to 5.2

For the identity cache index, follow the steps detailed in the guide 5.2 - How to migrate Identity Cache

Update the aspire-mappings index to refresh mappings:

PUT aspire-audit/_mapping
{
  "properties": {
    "audit.timestamp": {
      "type": "date"
    },
    "audit.seedId": {
      "type": "keyword"
    },
    "audit.crawlId": {
      "type": "keyword"
    },
    "audit.type": {
      "type": "keyword"
    },
    "audit.worker": {
      "type": "keyword"
    },
    "audit.statistics.seedId": {
      "type": "keyword"
    },
    "audit.statistics.connectionId": {
      "type": "keyword"
    },
    "audit.statistics.connectorId": {
      "type": "keyword"
    },
    "audit.statistics.id": {
      "type": "keyword"
    }
  }
}