New Features in ADONIS 16.4
ADONIS 16.4 is a minor update to ADONIS 16.0 LTS, bringing a range of improvements especially for administrators. Key highlights include support for SCIM, the ability to configure ADONIS as an OpenID Provider (OP), simplified file management, and extended options for tailoring the properties of object and model types. For all users, it is now possible to apply colouring to multiple object types in charts and models, making visualisations more powerful and informative.
Additionally, this release includes fixes for issues discovered since the release of ADONIS 16.0 LTS.
New Features for All Users
Colour Multiple Object Types in Charts and Graphical Editor
In previous versions, you could already colour objects of one specific type based on the value of an attribute. With ADONIS 16.4, you can now define multiple colouring rules for different object types, using either a shared attribute or distinct attributes for each type.
Example: In a matrix chart that visualises initiatives for applications, both the 
Applications in the rows and the 
Initiatives in the columns can now highlight whether action is required.
This new flexibility lets you highlight multiple types of objects in the same view, making your charts and graphical models even more informative and enabling an even deeper analysis.
For details, please refer to the sections "Make Objects Coloured and Create Heat Maps" and "Apply Colouring to Charts" in the User Manual.
New Features for ADONIS Administrators
SCIM Support
ADONIS 16.4 introduces support for the System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM) standard, enabling automated user and user group provisioning via a standardised REST protocol. SCIM allows external systems to manage ADONIS user accounts in compliance with the SCIM 2.0 specification.
When used alongside, for example, SAML-based authentication with Microsoft Entra ID as the IdP for ADONIS, this opens up new use cases that were not supported before. These include automatically removing users from ADONIS when they are deleted in Microsoft Entra ID, or making users available in ADONIS before their first login so all stakeholders are available for assigning organisational responsibilities.
For details, please refer to the section "SCIM Services" in the Administration Help.
OIDC: Enable and Configure ADONIS as an OpenID Provider (OP)
The new OIDC page in the Authentication component lets you enable and configure ADONIS as an OpenID Provider (OP). In this role, ADONIS can authenticate users for external applications (OIDC clients), allowing users to sign in with their ADONIS credentials, similar to logging in with Google or GitHub on other websites.
This setup supports single sign-on (SSO) scenarios, making it possible for users to access third-party services with their existing ADONIS account. Administrators can configure trusted client applications to enable this functionality.
When used in this capacity to provide OIDC authentication for the REST API in ADONIS, client applications can not only authenticate users but also check their authorisation, for example, by verifying whether a user has a certain role or group assignment.
For details, please refer to the sections "Authentication > OIDC" and "Settings > REST API" in the Administration Help.
File Management Settings
In ADONIS 16.4, you no longer need to manually adjust configuration files to control which file types users and administrators are allowed to upload, as was required in previous ADONIS versions. Instead, you can now define these settings directly in the new File Management area in the ADONIS Administration. Here, you can also set file size limits for uploads and specify supported protocols for file pointer attributes.
For details, please refer to the section "File Management" in the Administration Help.
Properties Module Extensions
The Properties component, available in the ADONIS Administration with the appropriate license, has been enhanced to offer even more flexibility when tailoring the properties of object and model types to your organisation’s needs.
The following new features are now available:
Read-only: This option makes an attribute write-protected, so its value can't be changed in ADONIS. This is particularly helpful for attributes synced from other systems, where editing should only happen at the source.
Display without time: For attributes of the type Coordinated Universal Time, you can enable the new Display without time property to store only the date. Otherwise, the attribute will store both date and time.
Collapsed: The new Collapsed property gives more control over the layout of groups within chapters, allowing them to appear collapsed or expanded by default.
For details, please refer to the section "Properties" in the Administration Help.
The availability of the Properties component depends on the licence.
Unshare and Delete Users
The new Unshare from all repositories and delete option allows administrators to remove users from all repositories they are shared with and then permanently delete them in a single step. This streamlines user management, since administrators previously had to unshare users manually from each repository before deletion was possible.
For details, please refer to the section "Delete Users" in the Administration Help.
Support Access
SaaS customers can now temporarily grant BOC employees access for troubleshooting and support purposes. When Support Access is activated, a temporary support user account is created with full access to the ADONIS Administration and its components, and all repositories.
For details, please refer to the section "Support Access" in the Administration Help.
Authentication: Upload Multiple LDAP Certificates
When configuring LDAP domain settings with LDAPS, you can enable SSL and upload an SSL (X.509) certificate. New in ADONIS 16.4 is the ability to upload multiple certificates instead of just one. This is useful, for example, when LDAPS requires both a client authentication certificate and a server authentication certificate, or when preparing for a certificate rollover to avoid downtime.
For details, please refer to the section "LDAP > General" in the Administration Help.
Migration from an Earlier Version of ADONIS to ADONIS 16.4
Changes to Software Requirements
Please note the following changes to the software requirements for running ADONIS when migrating from previous versions.
No longer supported
Tomcat 8 and Tomcat 9
Java 8 and Java 11
Added support for
Tomcat 10.1 and Tomcat 11
Java 17
Upgrade ADONIS
The Installation Manual contains a number of migration guides that will help you upgrade ADONIS from an older version to version 16.4. Each guide contains all the steps that need to be taken, with everything explained in detail:
Migration from All Other Versions to ADONIS 16.4
If you are using ADONIS 13.0 or earlier, please contact your ADONIS consultant for assistance with the required steps.
Install Hotfix
You are already using ADONIS 16.4 and want to install a hotfix? Here are step-by-step instructions: