A connector with a ‘Release Candidate’ release status means that the connector is available to all customers and has been fully developed and meets all the DataShare software and security standards. A ‘Release Candidate’ release has been developed against vendor supplied test data, meeting the Validis standard of upload processing. Connectors released in ‘Release Candidate’ status have successfully passed BETA testing and had a small volume of live data sets uploaded.
It is held in ‘Release Candidate’ status as it is deemed not to have yet had sufficient data throughput to be fully production ready.
Where a connector is released in ‘Release Candidate’ status, Validis might ask customers and partners for back up files and will be requesting direct feedback to improve the connector.
Release Candidate SLAs
It should be noted that any issues discovered with a connector released in the ‘Release Candidate’ status will be managed on best efforts but not within existing production SLAs. The ‘Release Candidate’ process may highlight issues that require further development.
Where a connector is released in ‘Release Candidate’ status, Validis might ask customers and partners for back up files and will be requesting direct feedback to improve the connector.
Validis will work to resolve any issues evidenced at the ‘Release Candidate’ status as swiftly as possible.