What's new in IBM Cúram Social Program Management 8.0.2

A PDF version of this information is also available.

For important installation information, and to learn more about product improvements and resolved issues in 8.0.2, see also the Release Notes.

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Updates for caseworkers:

Updates for developers:

New language toggle

Caseworkers can now change the language in which their Social Program Management application is displayed. A new configurable Language menu item is now available in the application menu. If configured, caseworkers can use the language toggle to change their application language to any language that is installed on the system.

For more information, see the following documentation:

Support for Swedish language

New customization points for product delivery case lifecycle processing

For more information, see Eligibility and Entitlement Engine Events.

New customization point for prepopulating extra person data during application creation

When a new application is created for a registered person, the application form is prepopulated with person data that is available on the system.

To support the ability to prepopulate extra person attributes on the application form in a compliant manner, a new customization point is now available.

For more information, see Prepopulating Person Information.

New customization point for application case authorization processing

During application case authorization, if the applicant is a member of an existing integrated case, caseworkers can create a new integrated case or associate the new application with the existing integrated case. If a caseworker selects an existing integrated case, new product delivery cases are automatically created during the authorization process and associated with the integrated case.

To support the ability to reuse an existing product delivery case on the selected integrated case in a compliant manner, a new customization point is now available.

For more information, see Reusing a Product Delivery Case.

Updated documentation to clarify the purpose of the default logic for user password validation

Updated documentation is now available that describes the intended usage of the default logic to validate and update a user’s password.

For more information, see The Login Page.

Introducing new guidance for developing outbound REST APIs

Developers can use outbound API requests to integrate Social Program Management with external applications that expose a REST API. New guidance is now available on how to develop outbound REST APIs by using the Jersey REST client library to make the outbound requests.

For more information, see Developing outbound REST APIs.

Extending SAML SSO to enable multifactor authentication

Social Program Management provides customer guidance and examples to configure and test a SAML SSO reference infrastructure on Kubernetes, WebSphere® Application Server, and Oracle WebLogic Server. The SAML SSO reference infrastructure is configured with a regular single factor username and password authentication, that provides only a basic level of identity authentication. To provide a stronger authentication experience, you can configure the authentication flow to include multifactor user authentication.

The guidance has been extended to include a step-by-step guide to extend the SAML SSO reference infrastructure to enable and verify multifactor authentication by using IBM® Secure Verify Access. For more information, see Extending the SAML SSO configuration to enable multifactor authentication.

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