2.7 Release Notes
TL;DR
- Major Ivanti Neurons Archive enhancements, including a new Home/Browse/Search experience and improved performance.
- Installer now supports automated upgrades and includes a new Uninstall option.
- New Cortex System Manager utility replaces manual
appsettings.jsonedits with a GUI configuration tool. - Improved Jira Data Center support
- Added new health check utilities for monitoring system and archive performance.
- Significant improvements to forms, search grids, relationship handling, and rendering.
- Expanded Data Source, Export, and Migration capabilities.
- General system, security, and performance improvements.
The Full Story
Ivanti Neurons Archive Enhancements
- New Home / Browse / Search experience for faster workspace navigation and saved search execution
- Improved form rendering, attachment handling, and support for role-based workspace security
- Displays related record counts and supports opening related records directly from grids
- Significant backend performance improvements
Installer & Deployment Improvements
Automated Upgrade Support
The Cortex Installer now includes an Upgrade option that automates stopping IIS, replacing installation files without re-prompting configuration settings, and restarting services after completion. Custom installation paths and app pools are detected and honored.
Additional improvements:
- Added Uninstall option
- Improved rendering, Hi-DPI scaling, and navigation flow
- Added validation for Full Text Search installation
- Improved certificate path and server configuration handling
- Resolved authentication-related auto-redirect issues
You will find installation documentation on our Installer Documentation page.
New: Cortex System Manager
A new GUI-based configuration utility replaces manual appsettings.json edits for most post-installation settings, simplifying server configuration and troubleshooting.
System Health & Performance
- Added memory usage reporting (App Server + SQL Server) to Cortex Health Check
- Added Archive Health Check utility with performance timing across connected systems
- Reduced database query load for navigation visibility and dashboard widgets
- Improved performance when querying external systems
Documentation related to the installer is found on our Installer Documentation page.
Jira Data Source Support
Jira now has improved support as an Archive Data Source
- New
Browsepage for Jira tables with search and field-based filtering - Improved form rendering, relationship loading & rendering
- Improved searching logic
- Support for customizing the file path that Cortex uses for loading stored Attachments from disk
Cherwell & Forms Enhancements
- Added Date Time Math support
- Improved search grids with better sorting, filtering, paging, and loading indicators
- Added support for filtering group business objects by group members
- Improved form rendering, label alignment
- Enhanced relationship handling, related record lookups, and group-based form loading
- Added Find Relationship by ID tool to Cherwell Database Inspector
- Improved stored value recognition when viewing Onesteps
Data Source & Migration Enhancements
- Export Data utility now works across all external data sources
- Export Data Table selection is filterable and searchable
- Added support for custom forms, grids, and saved searches for non-Cherwell data sources
- Improved permissions messaging and validation when creating or editing data sources
- Added Delete All option in Edit Data Sources
- Improved stability when switching external data sources during export
Email Monitoring & Cortex Automate Improvements
- Forwarded emails can now be processed as the original author
- Added Notification Banner to alert user when Email Monitoring background workers are not running
- Added ability to log Cortex Action messages to the Windows system event log
- UI improvements and minor bug fixes when Creating a Record via Cortex Actions
- Added “Days Until Specified Date” modifier
General Improvements & Fixes
- Added support for building missing Full Text Search catalogs in Cherwell databases
- Improved license validation and expiration messaging
- Improved startup error messaging for database connection issues
- Cleaned up navigation visibility logic and menu presentation
- Fixed intermittent Log Out issue
- Added Windows authentication login tracking
- Added MariaDB/MySQL support for system database calls
- General security improvements