In these release notes, you can find packages, requirements, features, enhancements, fixed issues, and known issues for the Merge Service December21.03.18 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.

ProductLatest Certified Version
Conga Merge Service (New)

9.0.4.316

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 must 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:

The following configurations allow you to change your Merge Service or remote site settings:

To change your Merge Service setting for Comply System Properties

  1. Go to Setup > App Setup > Develop > Custom Settings.

  2. Click Manage for Comply System Properties.
  3. Click System Properties and the Merge Webservice Endpoint setting is displayed.
  4. 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

  1. Go to Setup > App Setup > Develop > Custom Settings
  2. Click Manage for Proposal System Properties.
  3. Click System Properties and the Merge Service Endpoint setting is displayed.
  4. 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

  1. Go to Setup > Security Controls > Remote Site Settings.
  2. Click Edit for ApttusMergeServer.
  3. Change the Remote Site URL to the remote site URL listed above or another URL provided by Conga and click Save.
  4. 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

There are no enhancements in this release.

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

00788454/
00788945
MERGE-139When you generate, regenerate, preview, or import an offline document, you encounter an error. 
NAMERGE-138When you open a merged document in X-Author for Contracts, you can see Merge Field values as changed without making any changes.
00777509MERGE-133

When you generate documents in Arabic or Turkish, the percentage field value is either blank or has incorrect characters.

00787036MERGE-130

When you use Google Docs to generate a document and complete a parallel review, the merged document created contains formatting changes and makes the Review Comments and Tracked Changes balloons invisible.

NAMERGE-108

There is no option available to retain the existing header and footer or add a new header and footer in the merged documents.

Resolution info: Merge service supports retaining the existing header and footer or adding a new header footer in the merged documents.

Known Issues

The following table provides the cumulative list of known issues up to this release.

Conga Internal IDDescription
MERGE-26

Intermittent issue: On generating a document, a user may encounter an error in the asyncGenerateCustomDoc apex job.

MERGE-86When RetainHeaderFooter = True or False and CumulativePageNumber = True or False, the number of pages increases in the created word package document output.
MERGE-41When 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: MSDEC21PRN20220318