What's new in CF220
The following features and updates are available to customers installing HCL Digital Experience (DX) Container Update CF220 on supported platforms:
All Digital Experience Versions (8.5, 9.0, 9.5)
- Web Content Manager - Drafts not exposed with WebDAV for WCM
- Web Content Manager - New query parameter in WCM Multilingual Solution API
- Web Content Manager REST API V2 - New APIs
- Huddo Boards integration with HCL DX
- HCL Commerce integration with HCL DX
- Notice of deprecation of Textbox.io Rich Text Editor
Digital Experience 8.5 and 9.0 Versions
- End of Support Announced for Digital Experience v8.5 and 9
- Automatically apply 9.5 from a later CF installation
Digital Experience 9.5 Version
- Web Content Manager - Manually selecting items for bulk update in Content Reporting
Digital Experience 9.5 Container Version
- Exporting a user session usage report in CSV format
- New search configuration using OpenSearch
- Digital Asset Management - Access control for nested collections
- Digital Asset Management - PostgreSQL version upgrade
- Added guidance for upgrading a Helm deployment
- Notice of deprecation of non-OCI-based registry for Harbor Helm chart repository
- Notice of deprecation of automated Pod restart on ConfigMap updates
Go to the HCL Software Support Site/HCL DX Software Fix list for the list of software fixes, including Container Update releases.
All Digital Experience Versions (8.5, 9.0, 9.5)
Web Content Manager - Drafts not exposed with WebDAV for WCM
In previous versions, drafts are exposed by default. Starting CF220, drafts are not exposed with WebDAV for WCM. This is to avoid issues with drafts having the same name as the live or expired items. For more information, see WebDAV.
In previous versions, drafts are exposed by default. Starting CF220, drafts are not exposed with WebDAV for WCM. This is to avoid issues with drafts having the same name as the live or expired items. For more information, see WebDAV.
Web Content Manager - New query parameter in WCM Multilingual Solution API
The query parameter updateSource=true is now available for the Translated Content API.
The query parameter updateSource=true is now available for the Translated Content API.
Web Content Manager REST API V2 - New APIs
APIs for searching for items with no owner or no author and specifying item options for search results are now available. For more information, see WCM REST V2 API documentation.
APIs for searching for items with no owner or no author and specifying item options for search results are now available. For more information, see WCM REST V2 API documentation.
Huddo Boards integration with HCL DX
Huddo Boards is a team collaboration tool that you can now use in an HCL DX environment. For installation and configuration instructions, see Integrating Huddo Boards with HCL DX.
Huddo Boards is a team collaboration tool that you can now use in an HCL DX environment. For installation and configuration instructions, see Integrating Huddo Boards with HCL DX.
HCL Commerce integration with HCL DX
Documentation for integrating HCL Commerce with HCL DX is now available. The three integration patterns are discussed in Integrating HCL Commerce with HCL Digital Experience.
Documentation for integrating HCL Commerce with HCL DX is now available. The three integration patterns are discussed in Integrating HCL Commerce with HCL Digital Experience.
Notice of deprecation of Textbox.io Rich Text Editor
The Textbox.io Rich Text Editor component in the HCL Digital Experience software is deprecated effective January 31, 2023 and will End of Support (EOS) on January 31, 2024. See the Help Center topic Deprecated features for more information.
The Textbox.io Rich Text Editor component in the HCL Digital Experience software is deprecated effective January 31, 2023 and will End of Support (EOS) on January 31, 2024. See the Help Center topic Deprecated features for more information.
Digital Experience 8.5 and 9.0 Versions
End of Support Announced for Digital Experience v8.5 and 9
On June 30, 2023, HCL Software announced end of support for HCL Digital Experience versions 8.5 and 9, effective June 30, 2025. Customers are encouraged to upgrade to HCL Digital Experience version 9.5, released in a continuous delivery model. Refer to the Deprecated features page for more information.
Automatically apply 9.5 from a later CF installation
In CF219, a feature was introduced where DX version 9.5 is automatically applied to an 8.5 or 9.0 installation if the configuration setting install_95=true is set. Note that a later CF might apply 9.5 by default unless you set install_95=false. This statement is not a guarantee of future releases or their features.
Digital Experience 9.5 Version
Web Content Manager - Manually selecting items for bulk update in Content Reporting
In previous versions, when performing a bulk update process, all items in the generated report are selected for update. Starting CF220, you have the option to either select all items or manually pick items that you want to update for your bulk update operation. For more information, see Performing a bulk update in Content Reporting.
In previous versions, when performing a bulk update process, all items in the generated report are selected for update. Starting CF220, you have the option to either select all items or manually pick items that you want to update for your bulk update operation. For more information, see Performing a bulk update in Content Reporting.
Digital Experience 9.5 Container Version
Exporting a user session usage report in CSV format
Exporting the report in CSV format is the default option when exporting the usage report to the data table. In addition, you can also export the usage report in human readable format.
New search configuration using OpenSearch
There is a new search configuration for DX that is based on OpenSearch. The search currently provides the following capabilities: WCM crawling, pushing API for use with WCM Content Sources, and searching using REST API. For more information, see Installing search based on OpenSearch and Configuring OpenSearch.
Digital Asset Management - Access control for nested collections
Access control for nested collections is enabled in DAM. For more details, see Nested collection permissions. While upgrading to CF220, resources are created for all nested collections. It is recommended to disable DAM Staging during the upgrade and re-enable DAM Staging after both the publisher (source) and the subscriber (target) are on the same CF version.
Digital Asset Management - PostgreSQL version upgrade
PostgreSQL version 11 is no longer supported. The PostgreSQL version in the persistence node is upgraded from version 11 to version 16. It is recommended to back up your database dump before upgrading to CF220 and later versions. For more details, see PostgreSQL version upgrade.
Added guidance for upgrading a Helm deployment
Information about the prerequisites when upgrading a Helm deployment and the recommended actions before a CF upgrade for Kubernetes are now available.
Notice of deprecation of non-OCI-based registry for Harbor Helm chart repository
Starting CF216, the Harbor repository is updated with an OCI-based registry and the Helm chart command is updated to be OCI-compliant. Instructions on how to pull Helm charts using OCI commands are now available. For more information, see the Help Center topics Configure Harbor Helm Repository and Download and Deploy from HCL Harbor Repository.
Notice of deprecation of automated Pod restart on ConfigMap updates
Starting with the next DX release, CF221, Runtime Controller will not restart Pods automatically when a ConfigMap is changed manually. For production deployments, always use the Helm custom values and helm upgrade to change configuration. Using Helm upgrade for configuration changes triggers the appropriate restart processes. For development and testing when a ConfigMap is changed, you have to restart the appropriate Pod manually. For more information, see Container configuration and Deprecated features.
Access the latest HCL Digital Experience 9.5 Education Materials on HCLSoftware U
The HCLSoftware U offers technical education for the HCL Software portfolio of products, organized by practitioner role. See the HCL Digital Experience section of HCLSoftware U and the What’s New for Digital Experience section for more information.