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The HCL Connections documentation describes the process for configuring Windows desktop single-sign-on in a somewhat complicated way. Here are the necessary steps for setting up with the highest possible encryption.

I received several complaints from users who struggle to identify uploaded images in the File Uploads section of blogs. This happens because pasted images get cryptic filenames like editor_image_ + UUID, making it challenging to identify and delete unused images.

I haven’t touched the Connections scripts for a long time, but I recently made some minor updates to fix compatibility issues with newer versions and added small scripts to speed up configuration. I also got the documentation script running from the menu.

For HCL Connections 8 CR9, it is mandatory to update MongoDB to version 7. During my first migrations, I encountered some issues and would like to provide workarounds and additional troubleshooting tips to help others with this process.

The last weeks I had twice the issue of a huge homepage database with HCL Connections. Both systems weren’t installed by me, but I reviewed them.

So I know this issues quite well since I faced it the first time years ago. This always happens when you migrate Connections environments side-by-side, and you forget to remove the old search nodes.

I had some issues with PDF export functionality in HCL Connections the last weeks.

The server became unresponsive multiple times due to high load from PDF exports. To quickly address the issue, the simplest solution is to disable the PDF export feature by configuring the icxt.pdfexport.access.requiredrole property in the Resource Environment Entries.

This week, I investigated an issue with the advanced profiles search in HCL Connections. I had a system which did not show any results in the advanced search for the department number of Connections profiles.

HCL support tried for three months to reproduce the issue, and the users missed the option to search for their teammates with the advanced profiles search.

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Last week I checked some HCL Connections 8 CRx downloads in Flexnet and recognized these packages available since 2024-06-13:

I showed, in several slides and sessions, how you can use the search-admin role in the search application of HCL Connections for troubleshooting and reviewing some key configurations.

In several environments, my user or other administrative users have this role, just to access the link to /search/serverStatus for example.

Some time back, I stumbled upon a flaw in HCL Connections 7 and 8 that allowed for user enumeration. This flaw could be exploited by anonymous users.

Last week, I had three systems with issues displaying the Top Updates in the Orient Me. So I tried to find out which applications and containers are involved in generating the content for this view.