Advisory Note on EDM Version Control Integration - December 2018

IHS Markit would like to inform you that we do not plan to offer further improvements around direct integration between EDM and external version control systems, such as TFS or SVN.

In 2019, we intend to move towards a standard that will better serve our customers. This will involve EDM exporting and storing component definitions in the file system, whereby any external source control provider can access them, enabling branching and merging capabilities outside of EDM. An import process would be created to import and synchronize the definitions back into the EDM database when needed from the file system.

While we will continue to support existing functionality that is already available in the EDM thick-client application, such as direct integration with TFS 2015 or SVN 1.8, there are no plans to add support for additional versions such as TFS 2018 or SVN 1.9.

Going forward, we are encouraging our customers to use our internal database version control system which provides maximum flexibility and control over version control integration. As of version 19.1, EDM's native database version control will still be leveraged to store individual historical version changes per component via the thick client even. Further database version control improvements have been made in the latest versions of EDM v11.5 (11.5.48.0+) and EDM v17.1 (17.1.123.2+) which can be reviewed in the release notes.

EDM v18.2 Release Notification

IHS Markit is pleased to announce the v18.2 release of our Enterprise Data Management (EDM) software, which is now generally available. The highlights of this release are:

Core Matcher

Thick-client Core Matcher configuration has been enhanced with the following options:

• Advanced Options control the condition evaluation behavior at Core Matcher run time.
• Match Conditions allow users to manage match conditions directly in the EDM thick client, making the web UI Configuration element read-only.
• Ability to flag Core Matcher attributes as Informational and select the Primary Source to be given preference for ownership on a specific Core Record field at run time.

Several Core Matcher web UI elements have been redesigned to provide an enhanced user experience:

• Results Manager page
• Matches grid and details view
• Core Records grid and details view

Additionally, performance improvements now reduce the processing time when there is a large number of new records.

Energy Plug-ins

New plug-ins are now available in EDM allowing Energy clients to connect with data providers prevalent in the energy industry:

• Peloton WellView
• IHS Petra
• IHS Kingdom
• Blue Marble Coordinate Conversion

XML and JSON Support

• EDM now supports the XML data type and the JSON data format.
• Users can load XML and JSON files or send messages to the database directly, using either a Data Porter or a Data Flow Process.

Multilingual Support

• New Languages database parameter allows users to add new languages to EDM thick client.
• Translation values for illustrated names and descriptions can be defined in Data Illustrator Template.
• Defined multilingual content displays in the Data Generator and Manager web UI components, including inbox grids, form views and form styles.
• Users can set their default language via their Profile Settings, with the ability to toggle the language on demand on any given page that contains multilingual content.

Web Admin - Theme Builder

New Theme Builder allows web administrators to customize their EDM thin-client web UI application in line with their company's brand. This includes:

• Applying brand colors to the EDM application including charts, notifications and grids
• Uploading corporate logo in page title area, and background image on login/about pages
• Exporting and importing theme(s)

The customized theme is applied to all components within the EDM thin-client web UI regardless of type (e.g., canvas or HTML5 forms) with the option for web administrators to revert to the EDM default theme if required.

Web Admin - Global Navigation

• New Global Navigation area in the EDM thin-client web UI allows web administrators to configure the site navigation from within the web UI.
• Web administrators can add, edit or delete menus and pages, as well as reorganize items.
• All changes can be previewed before publishing.
• Navigation packages can be imported and exported.

Web Admin - User Group Management

• Ability to view details of users, EDM Groups and AD Groups
• Ability to filter by group type.

Data Generator and Manager

• Ability to type ahead in ''Go to Field/Column'' in Data Generator and Data Manager inbox grids to quickly find column of interest.
• Field action button display in Generator and Manager Form Views
• Ability to select multiple rows/columns in a HTML5 grid by holding Shift + Arrow keys.
• Data Manager cross source validation from the EDM thick client to the web UI, both in the Data Manager Inbox and Form View

Other Changes

• User-Selected Home Page: Users can set their EDM application home page to a page of their choice, other than the default home page.
• Favorites List: Ability to type ahead when adding a new page via the Link drop-down field in the Edit Favorites List modal in the EDM thin-client web UI.
• Process Run History canvas grid has been converted to HTML5 to allow for automated test cases.
• Default True/False Format type can now be defined in the Data Illustrator, Data Illustrator Template and Data Generator thick-client components, and subsequently shown in the web UI.
• Process Launcher: EDM thin client now captures a user's account as the invoking user when running a process via the Process Launcher Service.

For additional information about this release, please see the EDM v18.2.12.1 release note, and for the version documentation please see the EDM v18.2 version note.

Please contact your client manager if you are interested in upgrading to this release.

EDM Training Courses – Q1 2019 Global Calendar

We are pleased announce our Q1 2019 training schedule for both the EDM and EDM Warehouse platforms:

LONDON

Markit EDM Introduction: January 14th – 15th

Markit EDM User Interface: January 16th – 17th

Markit EDM v11.5 to v18.1 Gap: January 18th

Markit EDM Warehouse Introduction: February 4th – 5th

Markit EDM Introduction: March 11th – 12th

Markit EDM User Interface: March 13th – 14th

Markit EDM v17.1 to v18.2 Gap: March 15th

Markit EDM Introduction: April 8th – 9th

Markit EDM Advanced: April 10th – 12th

NEW YORK

Markit EDM Warehouse Introduction: January 8th – 9th

Markit EDM Introduction: February 11th – 12th

Markit EDM User Interface: February 13th – 14th

Markit EDM v17.1 to v18.2 Gap: February 15th

Markit EDM Warehouse Introduction: April 2rd – 3rd

Markit EDM Introduction: April 22nd – 23rd

Markit EDM Advanced: April 24th – 26th

BOSTON

Markit EDM Introduction: January 14th – 15th

Markit EDM User Interface: January 16th – 17th

Markit EDM v11.5 to v18.1 Gap: January 18th

Markit EDM Introduction: March 11th – 12th

Markit EDM Advanced: March 13th – 15th

AMSTERDAM

Markit EDM Introduction: March 19th – 20th

Markit EDM User Interface: March 21st – 22nd

BANGALORE

Markit EDM Introduction: January 14th – 16th

Markit EDM User Interface: January 16th – 18th

Markit EDM Introduction: April 1st – 2nd

Markit EDM Advanced: April 3rd – 5th

For a full schedule please visit our website at https://ihsmarkit.com/products/edm.html.

If you wish to make an enquiry on availability or to book a place on any of the courses listed above, please contact MEDM-Training@ihsmarkit.com.

Contacting EDM Support

Should you require support assistance, please contact the EDM Support team who are operational at the time help is required (https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock)

• via telephone (see below) 
• logging an issue in Markit Enterprise Software Jira
• via email (MEDM-Support@ihsmarkit.com)
• You should  contact any on-site EDM Implementer in the first instance

UK	Monday to Friday 08:00 to 17:00 (GMT)	+44 161 240 4888
US	Monday to Friday 09:00 to 18:00 (CST)	+1 972 560 4460
APAC	Monday to Friday 08:30 to 17:30 (SGT)	+91 080 6750 0612
Australia		+61 2 8076 1145
India	Out of EMEA/NA/APAC office hours and weekends	+1 877 730 2325

On-Call Escalation 

for Severity 1 Production Issues.  

EMEA	+44 7912 088 691
NA	+1  972 876 6792
APAC	+91 900 827 3884

EDM 18.2 (Beta) Release Notification

IHS Markit is pleased to announce the v18.2 (Beta) release of our Enterprise Data Management (EDM) software. The highlights of this release are:

Core Matcher

Thick-client Core Matcher configuration has been enhanced with the following options:

• Advanced Options control the condition evaluation behavior at Core Matcher run time.
• Match Conditions allow users to manage match conditions directly in the EDM thick client, making the web UI Configuration element read-only.
• Ability to flag Core Matcher attributes as Informational and select the Primary Source to be given preference for ownership on a specific Core Record field at run time.

Several Core Matcher web UI elements have been redesigned to provide an enhanced user experience:

• Results Manager page
• Matches grid and details view
• Core Records grid and details view

Performance improvements now reduce the processing time when there is a large number of new records.

Energy Plug-ins

New plug-ins are now available in EDM allowing Energy clients to connect with data providers prevalent in the energy industry:

• Peloton WellView
• IHS Petra
• IHS Kingdom
• Blue Marble Coordinate Conversion

XML and JSON Support

• EDM now supports the XML data type and the JSON data format.
• Users can load XML and JSON files or send messages to the database directly, using either a Data Porter or a Data Flow Process.

Multilingual Support

• New Languages database parameter allows users to add new languages to EDM thick client.
• Translation values for illustrated names and descriptions can be defined in Data Illustrator Template.
• Defined multilingual content displays in the Data Generator and Manager web UI components, including inbox grids, form views and form styles.
• Users can set their default language via their Profile Settings, with the ability to toggle the language on demand on any given page that contains multilingual content.

Web Admin - Theme Builder

New Theme Builder allows web administrators to customize their EDM thin-client web UI application in line with their company's brand. This includes:

• Applying brand colors to the EDM application including charts, notifications and grids
• Uploading corporate logo in page title area, and background image on login/about pages
• Exporting and importing theme(s)

Customized theme is applied to all components within the EDM thin-client web UI regardless of type (e.g., canvas or HTML5 forms) with the option for web administrators to revert to the EDM default theme if required.

Web Admin - Global Navigation

• New Global Navigation area in the EDM thin-client web UI allows web administrators to configure the site navigation from within the web UI.
• Web administrators can add, edit or delete menus and pages, as well as reorganize items.
• All changes can be previewed before publishing.
• Navigation packages can be imported and exported.

Web Admin - User Group Management

• Ability to view details of users, EDM Groups and AD Groups
• Ability to filter by group type.

Data Generator and Manager

• Ability to type ahead in ''Go to Field/Column'' in Data Generator and Data Manager inbox grids to quickly find column of interest
• Field action button display in Generator and Manager Form Views
• Ability to select multiple rows/columns in a HTML5 grid by holding Shift + Arrow keys
• Data Manager cross source validation from the EDM thick client to the web UI, both in the Data Manager Inbox and Form View

Other Changes

• User-Selected Home Page: Users can set their EDM application home page to a page of their choice, other than the default home page.
• Favorites List: Ability to type ahead when adding a new page via the Link drop-down field in the Edit Favorites List modal in the EDM thin-client web UI.
• Process Run History canvas grid has been converted to HTML5 to allow for automated test cases.
• Default True/False Format type can now be defined in the Data Illustrator, Data Illustrator Template and Data Generator thick-client components, and subsequently shown in the web UI.
• Process Launcher: EDM thin client now captures a user's account as the invoking user when running a process via the Process Launcher Service.

For additional information about this release, please see the EDM v18.2.9.15 Beta release note, and for the version documentation please see the EDM v18.2 version note.

Please contact your client manager if you are interested in upgrading to this release.

EDM Deprecation Notification - September 2018

IHS Markit would like to inform you that in line with the respective third parties' end-of-life policies we will be ending support for the following products, technologies and features:

Deprecated in EDM v18.1

EDM v18.1 is the last supported version for the following products/technologies:

• Websphere MQ 7.1

EDM v18.1 is the last supported version for the following EDM features:

• The Data Porter 'XML File (deprecated)' data source and target.
• The Data Porter 'XML Message (deprecated)' data source and target.

Deprecated in EDM v19.1

EDM v19.1 will be the last supported version for the following products/technologies:

• Team Foundation Server 2010
• SQL Server Integration Services

EDM v19.1 will be the last supported version for the following EDM features:

• Legacy canvas grids

Advisory Note on Migrating from Microsoft Internet Explorer

EDM v17.1 marked a significant step on our path to providing users with a rich and dynamic application experience, with the latest generation of browser-based application frameworks such as Angular 6 and Kendo UI enabling us to improve the usability and responsiveness of EDM significantly.

With Microsoft now focusing on its flagship Edge web browser, we have found that the legacy Internet Explorer browser engine no longer offers peak performance when rendering web pages and web applications compared with more modern browsers such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge. Since IE supports a smaller subset of the latest web standard (ECMAScript 6) than the other browsers, performance may be significantly slower, user interactivity may be impacted, and grids with very large data sets may be very slow to load when using Internet Explorer 11.0 to access EDM.

We are encouraging our clients to migrate from Internet Explorer to one of the better performing browsers that better support the present and future features of the improved EDM architecture.

EDM Training Courses – Q4 Calendar

We are pleased announce our Q4 training schedule for both the EDM and EDM Warehouse platforms:

LONDON

Markit EDM Introduction: September 10th – 11th
Markit EDM User Interface: September 12th – 13th
Markit EDM v11.5 to v18.1 Gap: September 14th

Markit EDM Introduction: October 15th – 16th
Markit EDM Advanced: October 17th – 19th

Markit EDM Warehouse Introduction: November 5th – 6th

Markit EDM Advanced UI: November 7th – 8th

Markit EDM Introduction: November 12th – 13th
Markit EDM User Interface: November 14th – 15th
Markit EDM v11.5 to v18.1 Gap: November 16th

AMSTERDAM

Markit EDM User Interface: September 17th – 18th
Markit EDM Advanced: September 19th – 21st

BANGALORE

Markit EDM Introduction: October 15th – 16th
Markit EDM Advanced: October 17th – 19th

BOSTON

Markit EDM Introduction: September 24th – 25th
Markit EDM User Interface: September 26th – 27th
Markit EDM v11.5 to v18.1 Gap: September 28th

Markit EDM Introduction: November 5th – 6th
Markit EDM Advanced: November 7th – 9th

NEW YORK

Markit EDM Warehouse Introduction: October 8th – 9th

Markit EDM Introduction: October 22nd – 23rd
Markit EDM User Interface: October 24th – 25th
Markit EDM v11.5 to v18.1 Gap: October 26th

For a full schedule please visit our website at https://ihsmarkit.com/products/edm.html.

If you wish to make an enquiry on availability or to book a place on any of the courses listed above, please contact MEDM-Training@ihsmarkit.com.

New EDM Help Articles available in Confluence

IHS Markit EDM is pleased to provide new Help Articles via our Confluence Knowledgebase Service

·      To assist with the identification of potential root causes of user interface performance issues in an implementation, please review the Checklist available at UI Performance Checklist

·      To test that the EDM Rest API Service should be working correctly please review the recommendations available at Testing the EDM Rest API

IHS Markit EDM will be posting further Help Articles in the future which will be available via our Help Articles page 

EDM Warehouse 18.1 Release Notification

10 July 2018

IHS Markit is pleased to announce the v18.1 release of our Enterprise Data Management Warehouse (EDM Warehouse) software which is now generally available.

The highlights of this release are:

Disclosures

A self-service tool to manage disclosures. Fully integrated with EDM Warehouse Reporting Platform.

• Disclosures presentation on EDM Warehouse UI Web and PDF.
• Define disclosure content formatting such as bullets, alignment, insert hyperlink etc. for presentation.
• Define rules to control what, where and when to display disclosures. 
• Create rules to display disclosure based on inquiries, accounts, fund or fund share classes.
• Control the period for which disclosure should appear on the inquiries.
• Group disclosures for logical presentation on Web and PDF.
• Custom inquiries can be configured to inherit disclosure rules from parent inquiries.
• Save in-progress disclosure work in draft mode. 
• Approve disclosures before publishing on EDM Warehouse UI.   
• View full detail of all changes submitted by the maker. 
• See previous and new values before taking action. 
• Robust in-build UI validation (mandatory fields, start and end compare checks etc.) to aid users in better disclosure management.

User Interface Updates

Updated Inquiry Templates

Extended Security Classification Position List 

• The template is enabled for navigation to other inquiries (transactions, holdings, lots etc.).
• The template allows users to view positions for which analytics are not available in Accumulated Instrument Characteristics table (ACCUM_ISS_CHAR_HIST).

Data Model Enhancements

New Tables 
 

• New Module - Introduced to store disclosure and disclosure rule information. All content management tables are prefixed with CM.
• Content Master Content Group (CM_CONTENT_GROUP)
• Content Master Content Information (CM_CONTENT_INFO)
• Content Master Content Type (CM_CONTENT_TYPE)
• Content Master (Master) (CM_MASTER)
• Content Master Content State (CM_CONTENT_STATE)
• Content Master Content Rule Type (CM_CONTENT_RULE_TYPE)
• Content Master Rule Type Search Columns (CM_RULE_TYPE_SEARCH_COLUMNS)
• Instrument Index Constituents Characteristics (ISS_INDX_CNSTNT_CHAR).

Unique Key Updates 

• Unique Key Update - Instrument Event History (ISS_EVNT_HIST) table allows storage of corporate events by event type. 

Column Additions and Updates

• 4 Industry Standard Fields added to Instrument Characteristics (ACCUM_ISSUE_CHAR_HISTORY).
• Data Type Change from float to decimal for all tables used in EDM Loaders. 
• Standard and User Defined fields added to Benchmark (GP_BNCHMRK), Index (GP_INDEX) and Instrument Index Constituents (ISS_INDX_CNSTNT).

Platform Certification

• Certified with Window Server 2016
• Certified with SQL Server 2016 - Enterprise 
• Certified with IIS 10
• Certified browsers 
• Chrome version: 67.0.3396.87 
• IE 11 with compatibility mode off.
• Microsoft Edge.  
• Certified with EDM - v18.1.29.4

Decommissioned Components

Post-EDM-EDM Warehouse integration, the following EDM Warehouse components are decommissioned.

• EDM Warehouse Recon Module 
• Developer Tools 
• Operation Explorer 

Structured Logging (API Services)

• New logging functionality added for API services used in Disclosures and Account Group Management.
• Logging moved from file-based storage to DB storage to allow for ease of query and analysis of data. 

New table added - DBO.GLOBALLOG

For additional information about this release please see the EDM Warehouse v18.1.0.94 release note.

IHS Markit EDM Client Survey - 2018

IHS Markit EDM is committed to providing the highest quality of service and support to our clients and their businesses and to ensure continuous improvement, we would appreciate your participation in our latest client survey.  

The on-line survey will be available until 31st July 2018 via this link and should take approximately 8 - 10 minutes to complete.

IHS Markit EDM will use the information gathered to compare feedback from our previous Client Surveys to identify where we have seen improvement and where we need focus in the future.  We will be sharing the results of this survey at our upcoming Client Advisory Groups.

Thank you for your participation.

EDM 18.1 Release Notification

IHS Markit is pleased to announce the v18.1 release of our Enterprise Data Management (EDM) software which is now generally available. 

The highlights of this release are:

Data Manager - HTML5

• Data Manager Inbox Grid UI element upgraded to HTML5.
• All toolbar options now consolidated into the "Enable Editing" link.
• Legacy Data Manager Inbox can be enabled via a database configuration.

Web Admin - Users and Groups

• Ability to manage Users and Groups via the web admin console.
• Restricted to users that belong to the Web Administrator user group.

Chart Enhancements

• Inverted Y-Axis option has been added to chart configuration. The option inverts the Y-Axis to display positive values down the Y-Axis.
• Ability to sort stacked bar chart by total series value.
• Ability to display total series value within the doughnut chart.

Gauge KPI

• Improved HTML5 rendering of the Gauge KPI UI element. 
• No additional configuration required on upgrade.
• Improves the legacy Gauge component with additional features: two styles (half or full), label positioning (inside or outside), and export-to-image.

Number KPI

• A new Number KPI UI element within the Key Performance Indicator category.
• Simple intuitive display of information to highlight important information (e.g. Exceptions).

Combo KPI

• New Combo KPI UI element within the Key Performance Indicator category.
• Allows users to add 2-3 KPIs in a single element.
• Based on the Number KPI element, with additional visualisation settings for Number KPI, Sparklines, Gauge, and Doughnut.

Alternative Data - Spatial

• EDM now supports SQL Server data types Geometry and Geography.

Form Improvements

• Support for new features such as adding new records, controlling label positioning, and hiding field groups.
• Reworked toolbar for Data Generator Form View and Data Manager Form View.

Workflow Debug Window

• HTML5 grid rendering to improve performance compared with legacy grids.
• Improved usability as users can now interact with the workflow and dynamically see debug window updates.
• Ability to search and filter on workflow variables.

Favorites Element

• Redesigns the existing element which allows users to organise and display links to other workflows.

Last Constructed Redesign

• Redesigns the existing feature which shows the business logic used to derive the value for the selected row / column.

Core Matcher - Record Specific View

• A new element has been added to display core matcher details for a specific match.

Message Queues

• Support for Apache Kafka and Amazon SQS has been added to EDM.

Other Changes

• Colour Selections within existing thick client components have been linked to the CADIS.CO_COLOUR table and are available for use.
• Data Generator '"Edit Item Vertically" form has been updated to HTML5.
• Data Generator "Edit Item Vertically" form now only shows editable fields when performing a multi-record update.
• Value distribution modal has been enhanced.
• IHS Markit brand has been applied to the web UI.

Known Issues

• In some scenarios, deleting an entry from the Illustrator Template may cause an error in the EDM thick client.

For additional information about this release, please see the EDM v18.1.29.4 release note, and for the version documentation please see the EDM v18.1 version note.

Please contact your client manager if you are interested in upgrading to this release.

EDM v18.1 (Beta) Release Notification

April 30^th 2018

IHS Markit is pleased to announce the v18.1 (Beta) release of our Enterprise Data Management (EDM) software. The highlights of this release are as follows:

Data Manager - HTML5

• Data Manager Inbox Grid UI element upgraded to HTML5.
• All toolbar options now consolidated into the "Enable Editing" link.
• Legacy Data Manager Inbox can be enabled via a database configuration.
• Further improvements are planned during the beta phase and will be added in future releases of 18.1.

Web Admin - Users & Groups

• Ability to manage Users & Groups via the web admin console.
• Restricted to users that belong to Web Administrator user group.

Chart Enhancements

• Inverted Y-Axis option has been added to chart configuration. The option inverts the Y-Axis to display positive values down the Y-Axis.
• Ability to sort stacked bar chart by total series value.
• Ability to display total series value within the doughnut chart.

Gauge KPI

• Improved HTML5 rendering of "Gauge" UI element. 
• No additional configuration required on upgrade.
• Improves the legacy Gauge component with additional features: two styles (half or full), label positioning (inside or outside), and export-to-image.

Number KPI

• A new "Number KPI" UI element within the Key Performance Indicator category.
• Simple intuitive display of information to highlight important information (e.g. Exceptions).

Combo KPI

• New "Combo KPI" UI element within the Key Performance Indicator category.
• Allows users to add 2-3 KPIs in a single element.
• Based on the Number KPI element, with additional visualization settings for Number KPI, Sparklines, Gauge, and Doughnut.

Spatial Data

• EDM now supports SQL Server data types Geometry and Geography.

Form Improvements

• Support for new features such as adding new records, controlling label positioning, and hiding field groups.
• Reworked toolbar for Data Generator Form View and Data Manager Form View.

Workflow Debug Window

• HTML5 grid rendering to improve performance compared with legacy grids.
• Start-up performance is improved by significantly reducing the app bundle size because legacy grids are lazy-loaded.
• Improved usability user can now interact with workflow and dynamically see the debug window update.
• Ability to search and filter workflow variables.

Favorites Element

• Redesigns the existing element which allows users to organize and display links to other workflows.

Last Constructed Redesign

• Redesigns the existing feature which shows the business logic used to derive the value for the selected row / column.

Core Matcher - Record Specific View

• A new element has been added to display core matcher details for a specific match.

Message Queues

• Support for Apache Kafka has been added to the thick client.
• Support for Amazon SQS has been added to the thick client.

For additional information about this release please see the EDM v18.1.125.1 Beta release notes

Please contact your client manager if you are interested in participating in the EDM 18.1 Beta release.

Changes to the Bloomberg Per Security Web Service

On June 2, 2018, Bloomberg will no longer support TLS1.1 and will only support TLS1.2 connection for their products - Bloomberg CANS (Corporate Action Notification Service) Per Security, Data License.

Consequently the EDM's Data Porter plug-in: Bloomberg Per-Security Web Service Plug-in will not be able to connect to the Bloomberg endpoint for Plug-ins of EDM versions 10.5 and lower.

EDM version 11.0 and above uses the 4.6.1 .NET framework as noted in our Compatibility page in EDM Confluence.  The plug-in for these versions will be able to connect with TLS1.2 protocol as .NET 4.6 and later is compatible with TLS 1.2 by default.

The Markit EDM team is enhancing this plug-in to ensure successful connection to the TLS1.2 supported Bloomberg endpoint that takes effect on June 02, 2018 for EDM versions of 10.5 and below that use an older .NET framework version.

Additionally, the Markit EDM team is introducing a parameter to change the Bloomberg webservice URL for all EDM versions of the plug-in. The default webservice URL will be the true Bloomberg endpoint - https://dlws.bloomberg.com/dlps. This plug-in parameter can be changed so clients can test with Bloomberg's UAT environment (e.g. https://dlws-uat.bloomberg.com/dlps). This enhancement can be used for testing with Bloomberg's UAT environment should there be future changes from Bloomberg.

If you do not use the Markit Bloomberg Per-Security Web Service Plugin, no further action is needed.  However, if you do use the plugin then please contact the Markit EDM Support team as soon as possible confirming which version(s) of EDM are affected and we will provide you with the updated plugin  

EDM File Transfer Enhancement

EDM Support are pleased to advise that we are now able to offer additional File Transfer services 

Protocols available are FTP, FTPS, SFTP, HTTP and HTTPS

Current usernames and passwords have been preserved however, the host will change to files-eu.markit.com and port from 21 to 22.  Please update your login credentials accordingly

Please do not hesitate to contact EDM support should you have any questions at medm-support@markit.com

Technical Brief: Impact Assessment of Spectre and Meltdown Processor Bug Patches on EDM

In response to the recent news of the Meltdown and Spectre computer chip bugs which could potentially allow attackers to access sensitive data, microprocessor manufacturers and operating system vendors have been busy devising patches to protect against the perceived security risks. While these rapidly-introduced patches are intended to address the security vulnerabilities, they may incur some performance penalties on the underlying systems.

We will strive to provide our clients with early warning of any adverse impact resulting from the applied processor patches. Currently the EDM team is actively monitoring the performance results of our continuous integration and performance tests to assess any potential performance degradation for our managed services and client-installed implementations.

In this fluid situation where the impact can vary significantly depending on usage and complexity of operating environments, we encourage our customers also to monitor their own EDM installations where applicable.

Any clients who do notice any performance degradation of EDM once their systems have been patched are encouraged to notify EDM Support.

EDM end of software version support

IHS Markit EDM is providing 6 months' notice of EDM versions which will be out of support in 2018 as detailed in EDM Confluence

Version	Release  Date	Full Support 2 years from Release Date	Partial Support further 1 year	Unsupported
v17.1	Nov-17	X
v11.5	Mar-17	X
v11.0	Sep-16	X
v10.5	Jan-16	X until Jun-18	X
v10.2	Apr-15	X until Jun-18	X
v10.0	Dec-14			X
v9.5	Dec-13			X
v9.0	May-13			X
v8.5	Nov-12			X
v8.1	Aug-11			X
v8.0	Apr-11			X
v7.6	Oct-10			X
v7.5	Apr-10			X
v7.0	Jul-09			X

Software reaches end of life support for a number of reasons such as technology innovation and development driven changes to the product, or the software matures over time and is replaced by functionally richer technology. 

Access to Full EDM software support will be available for a period of 2 YEARS from the date of release of a Major EDM version.  

Full Support 

Comprises investigation and replication where possible and workarounds identified within local support environments. 

• Software issues will be addressed in upgraded releases within the major EDM version.

Partial Support

Comprises investigation and replication where possible, for a FURTHER 1 YEAR from the date of end of full support.  However, we cannot guarantee to have a local support environment available and support may be limited to webEx sessions, enterprise software jira, telephone and e-mail support.   

• IHS Markit EDM will no longer develop or address issues in the software for partially supported EDM versions.

Unsupported

Unsupported version support will be limited to webEx sessions, enterprise software jira, telephone and e-mail support only.  EDM support will not have local environments available to enable investigation or replication of issues. 

• IHS Markit EDM will no longer develop or address issues in the software for unsupported EDM versions.