MetaDirectory 5 known problems and limitations
Unfortunately, we cannot make any statements about a date on which the topics mentioned here will be corrected or changed. However, we will highlight topics that are already in progress or indicate the version in which a correction or change has been made.
If the following known problems and limitations could lead to a high level of customer dissatisfaction or loss of reputation for one of your customers and no solution or agreement on further steps could be reached despite serious efforts, it is possible to change the status of the support ticket to "Escalation". By doing so, the attention of estos' management is focused on the case.
Permanent restrictions
| Reference | Description | Affected versions | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| - | The Microsoft Graph Replicator cannot replicate public folders. The Graph API does not provide any functionality for this (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/resources/mailfolder?view=graph-rest-beta).
| >= 5.0.12 | NON-SOLVABLE(Workaround) |
Instead, use a Replicators
An overview of supported replicators can be found in the MetaDirectory 6 Enterprise specifications.
| Reference | Description | Affected versions | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
CDAS-441 | Support for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central | 5 and 6 | NOT PLANNED |
| 5 and 6 | UNRESOLVED (Workaround) |
General
| Reference | Description | Affected versions | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDAS-368 | The replicator for Google Contacts no longer works. (Since 19 January 2022, the used Google Contacts API is no longer supported). Solution since V 5.0.19: New Google replicator "Google People" with new authentication method is now available. | 5 | RESOLVED 5.0.19 |
| CDAS-245 | The replicator, Advanced settings, Delete field contents is executed without regard to the regular expression. | >= 5.0.5 | RESOLVED >5.0.7 |
| CDAS-268 | Swisscom ETV Directories interface adaptation at the turn of the year. | 5 | RESOLVED >5.0.10 |
| CDAS-286 | The e-mail button in the contact card view of the web interface is not functional (grey) | 5 | RESOLVED >5.0.12 |
| CDAS-292 | EIComContactReplicator.exe crashes, causing the following replicators to fail: for Exact Online, Microsoft CRM, Microsoft EWS, Salesforce | 5.0.9.10851 | RESOLVED >5.0.10 |
| CDAS-208 | With large data sets, there are scenarios where a search in the MetaDirectory with the same search string can produce different results. | >= 4.0.14 | RESOLVED 5.0.12 |
| CDAS-309 | Since the update to 5.0.9, replication from existing LDAP replicators fails if the login name is specified as Distinguished Name. Change the login name in the replicator or change the method to "Simple". >= 5.0.9 | >= 5.0.9 | RESOLVED 5.0.12 |
| CDAS-312 | It is possible to select "Microsoft Graph" as the replicator via MetaDirectory management from version 5.0.10. This leads to an error. The "Microsoft Graph" replicator will only be functionally available in MetaDirectory at a later date. | >= 5.0.10 | RESOLVED 5.0.11 |
| CDAS-338 | Some entries in the Swisscom ETV Directories cannot be found via a call number search. | 5 and 4 | RESOLVED 5.0.16 |
| CDAS-345 | Due to interface changes at Microsoft, Microsoft Dynamics 365 cannot be connected at the moment. | 5 and 5 | RESOLVED 5.0.14 |
| CDAS-383 | TVG Webservice registration does not work – Unknown error 0x80072EE6 | 5 | RESOLVED 5.0.15 |
| CDAS-546 | MetaDirectory 6 Enterprise does not offer web proxy support for the connection to estos UCConnect and for querying licenses | 6.0 | expected to be solved from version 6.1 |
| CDAS-581 | MetaDirectory configuration in UCServer: if a user is defined that is used to log in to the MetaDirectory administrator, UCServer cannot log in to the MetaDirectory. As a result, mobile app users do not have access to the MetaDirectory. | 6.0.3.12595 | RESOLVED 6.0.4 |
| CDAS-586 | If the estos MetaDirectory user administration – user database is set to the option Use UCServer user database and the user database in the estos UCServer administration is set to the option UCServer user administration (file-based), it is not possible to activate a group in estos MetaDirectory in order to activate the members of this group. | >= 6.0.1 | expected to be solved from version 6.1 |