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Updated Appian Java Architecture – Updated Java JRE from 1.4/1.5 to 1.6 – Updated JBOSS from version 4 to version 5 – Updated BEA Weblogic from version 8 to version 10.3 – Updated IBM WebSphere from version 5 to version 7.0 – All Java Routines consolidated into the Java Application Server – Replacement of Apache James Email handler with JBOSS Mail Resource
Adapter – Replacement of Active MQ JMS with Java Message-Driven Bean (MDB)
handled by the Java Application Server – Consolidation of Log Files into a single Log file managed by Log4J – Consolidation of Server Property files into a single Suite.Properties file for
all Appian server configurations –
Continued work from 5.7 on simplification of file structure of Appian servercomponents
Intuitive URLsSimple Web URLs to navigate to any application or tab inside the End-User Portal• Bookmark any application or tab• Send simple URL’s to navigate to pages• Use the browser Back and Forward button to navigate visited applications and tabs
URL Structurehttp://[appian server name]/suite/apps/[ app name] /[page name]
Date, Time, and Time Zone Handling – The time zone of the operating system on the server hosting Appian 6 no longer
has to be configured to GMT
– Time Zone String Display - Display name for time zones in a string has changedfor running processes to GMT +/- hh:mm where hh:mm represents the houroffsets from GMT. The following expression functions are affected by this change(tostring, text, touniformstring, and any time a datetime is concatenated with astring)
– Time data type is now independent of time zone. No time shifting occurs whenthe data type is displayed in various time zones.
– Process / Time Zone awareness – Each Process Model may now be configured tohave it’s own default operating time zone to simplify the definition of date/time
fields as to which time zone the date/times apply.
Date, Time, and Time Zone Handling – A new process model property (pm!timezone) allows access to the time zone
configured in the Process Model Properties.
– A new timezoneid() expression function gives access to the ID of the time zonebeing used in the current expression evaluation context.
– Timers now have an additional input to specify what time zone the time should beevaluated in.
– Dropdowns containing time zone names and ID’s now use the generic time zonename instead of the standard time name to better reflect that daylight savings timeis taken into account when selecting a time zone.