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Merge Service December '21 Release Notes
In these release notes, you can find packages, requirements, features, enhancements, fixed issues, and known issues for the Merge Service December '21 release.
This documentation may describe optional features for which you have not purchased a license, therefore your solution or implementation may differ from what is described here. Contact your Customer Success Manager (CSM) or Account Executive (AE) to discuss your specific features and licensing.
Packages
The following packages and dependent packages are required to upgrade to this release to utilize all the new features of this release. These are the minimum required versions; later versions are also supported. Separate prerequisites for each feature can be found in the respective guides. The packages marked as (New) are new packages in this release.
| Product | Latest Certified Version |
|---|---|
| Conga Merge Service (New) | 9.0.0.1116
If you are an existing user, Merge Service is automatically upgraded. |
Merge Service Release Configuration
By default, your production org references the GA version of Merge Service. If you had previously configured Merge Service for GA, you will need to change some settings to use the preview version of Merge Service. All Merge Service implementations need to have the Comply System properties. You need to configure Proposal System properties if you use Proposal Management.
Use the following URLs to upgrade to the preview version of Merge Service:
- Merge Webservice Endpoint: https://merge.congacloud.com/cgi-bin/MergeServer/Bin/mmcgi.exe
- Remote Site: https://merge.congacloud.com
The following configurations allow you to change your Merge Service or remote site settings:
To change your Merge Service setting for Comply System Properties
Go to Setup > App Setup > Develop > Custom Settings.
- Click Manage for Comply System Properties.
- Click System Properties and the Merge Webservice Endpoint setting is displayed.
- Change the setting to the merge webservice endpoint URL listed above or another URL provided by Conga and click Save.
To change your Merge Service setting for Proposal System Properties
- Go to Setup > App Setup > Develop > Custom Settings
- Click Manage for Proposal System Properties.
- Click System Properties and the Merge Service Endpoint setting is displayed.
- Change the setting to the merge webservice endpoint URL listed above or another URL provided by Conga and click Save.
To change your Remote Site setting
- Go to Setup > Security Controls > Remote Site Settings.
- Click Edit for ApttusMergeServer.
- Change the Remote Site URL to the remote site URL listed above or another URL provided by Conga and click Save.
- Click Save.
If you would like to be engaged in our Pre-Release program for Merge Service, please reach out to your assigned CSM for details.
New Features
There are no new features in this release. Keep checking the Conga Documentation Portal for new updates.
Enhancements
The following enhancement is new to Merge Service in this release.
Send Multiple Documents for Parallel Review
You can send multiple documents for parallel review along with documents from related, parent, or child agreements.
Fixed Issues
The following table lists the issues fixed in this release. If any actions are required, they will be listed in this table.
Case Number | Conga Internal ID | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 00106335 | MS-1628 | You cannot generate a document when you use a template containing a Rich Text field configured to display an image. |
| 00117471 | MS-1793 | A user observed that X-Author for Contracts was intermittently unavailable. Resolution info: Redundant API calls are reduced from Merge Service to X-Author for Contracts. |
| 00773540 | MS-1834 | You cannot track a clause change or deletion in a merged document as the merged documents do not retain the metadata of the generated documents. |
| 00771445 | MS-1836 | When a reviewer replies to a parallel review email, the review cycle for parallel review does not complete. |
| 00773218 | MS-1837 | You cannot generate a proposal document using the large document generation API. |
| 00453394/ 00453399/ 00453417/ 00453416/ 00453478/ 00453399 | MS-1810 | When you generate a document, you encounter an "Object reference not set to an instance" error. |
| 00117422 | MS-1803 | When you execute Apttus.MergeWebService.regenerateDocWithRedlines API to regenerate a document, you can observe the following issues in the regenerated document:
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| 00116945 | MS-1802 | When you hide a column conditionally based on an agreement field value in a template, you can see the column in the generated document. |
| 00117240 | MS-1801 | You can see duplicate images in the header of the final merged document. |
| 00115793 | MS-1790 | You can see incorrect merge values in a document generated from a Hebrew template. |
| 00117159 | MS-1788 | You can observe an increase in file size by using the updated merge server. |
| 00116672/ 00114780 | MS-1784/ MS-1779 | When you generate a document using a custom button, you encounter an error “Object reference not set to an instance of an object occurred” in the "asyncGenerateCustomDoc" apex job. |
Known Issues
The following table provides the cumulative list of known issues up to this release.
Conga Internal ID | Description |
|---|---|
| MERGE-26 | Intermittent issue: On generating a document, a user may encounter an error in the asyncGenerateCustomDoc apex job. |
| MERGE-86 | When RetainHeaderFooter = True or False and CumulativePageNumber = True or False, the number of pages increases in the created word package document output. |
| MERGE-41 | When CumulativePageNumber = False and RetainInputHeaderFooter = True, a wrong page number is displayed on the last page of the document and before the starting page of the new document. |
DOC ID: MSDEC21RNREVA20211207