Syndeia 3.7 - New Features and Improvements

Syndeia 3.7 - New Features and Improvements

1. Executive Summary

👋 Hello and welcome to all! We are excited to release Syndeia 3.7, the next generation of our digital thread platform for integrated digital engineering.

Syndeia 3.7 tackles one of digital engineering’s hardest problems: building a fast, connected, secure, and operational digital thread across an ever-expanding ecosystem of tools and teams. This release sharpens development velocity with powerful pipelines and automation, expands the digital thread across a broader engineering ecosystem, and elevates usability through more intuitive dashboards and navigation. It strengthens the ontology that defines system relationships, streamlines deployment through containerization and playbooks, and unlocks new possibilities through rich API endpoints and hands-on guides. Together, these updates turn the digital thread into a faster, more connected, and more operational engine for enterprise engineering teams.

  • Pipelines & Automation: Integrated Digital Engineering at Scale
    CI/CD-style pipelines accelerate development, verification, reporting, and synchronization across digital threads connecting models, repositories, and lifecycle tools.

  • New Integrations: Expanded Digital Thread Coverage
    New integrations with Polarion, Codebeamer, SOLIDWORKS PDM, Azure DevOps, and Bitbucket Data Center extend the digital thread coverage across MBSE, ALM, PLM/CAD, and DevOps environments, strengthening cross-discipline continuity.

  • Usability Enhancements in Dashboards
    Improved Web and Client Dashboards offer clearer insights, smoother navigation, and more actionable views of system state and project/program health.

  • Enhanced Digital Thread Ontology
    Custom relation types deepen semantic precision, enabling richer analytics, traceability, and system reasoning, and machine-interpretable context required for AI agents operating across digital threads.

  • Rapid Enterprise Deployment
    Containerization and Playbooks simplify installation, upgrades, scaling, and maintenance across diverse IT environments.

  • More Powerful, Agentic-AI-Ready API Platform
    Expanded REST API endpoints support advanced automation, digital thread queries, integration workflows, custom apps and dashboards, while providing a robust foundation for Agentic AI.

  • Guides, Tutorials, and Onboarding Assets
    An expanded library of training materials and cookbooks accelerates adoption and empowers teams to operationalize Syndeia more quickly.

Thank you 🫶 to all Syndeia users and partners! Many features in this release are directly shaped by your feedback and requests. We’re grateful for your continued trust and collaboration. We hope you enjoy exploring all the new capabilities and improvements in the sections that follow. Your success is our success.

2. Table of Contents

The list of new features and improvements in Syndeia 3.7 are presented here.

3. Pipelines and Automation - CI/CD for Digital Engineering

Syndeia Pipelines automate digital engineering workflows by orchestrating complex, multi-step tasks, such as ETL operations, cross-repository queries, model transformations/syncs, automated verification, digital threading, and report generation. They ensure every step runs consistently and reliably, eliminating manual effort and enabling teams to scale validated engineering processes across programs and repositories/tools. Pipelines is a new and key feature of Syndeia 3.7. Highlights include:

  • Create Pipelines to automate virtually any digital engineering (DE) workflow, bringing true CI/CD practices into DE.

  • Leverage the full power of the Syndeia REST API (Python SDK), along with all Syndeia integrations and digital thread capabilities.

  • Schedule Pipelines or run them on demand through the Web Dashboard (Figure 3.1).

  • Watch runs unfold with live, step-by-step animation (Figure 3.1).

  • Track run history, task durations, and real-time analytics to understand performance and reliability (Figure 3.2).

  • Explore the Pipelines Cookbook featuring end-to-end digital engineering examples across major repositories and tools, including SysML v2, Teamwork Cloud, Jama, Jira, Confluence, Polarion, Codebeamer, SOLIDWORKS PDM, Teamcenter, and Windchill.

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Figure 3.1: Syndeia Pipeline - Graph view with live animation. Example: Teamwork Cloud → Confluence
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Figure 3.2: Syndeia Pipeline - Run history, analytics, Task status. Example: Teamwork Cloud → Confluence

To learn more, refer to the following:

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4. New Integrations

Syndeia 3.7 introduces new dedicated integrations that expand digital thread coverage across MBSE, ALM, PLM/CAD, and DevOps ecosystems, strengthening continuity from concept through delivery. The subsections below highlight each new integration and the capabilities they add.

4.1. Polarion

Syndeia 3.7 introduces a dedicated integration with Polarion, an Application and Project Lifecycle Management platform from Siemens. Key highlights of the Polarion integration are as follows:

  • Connect to multiple Polarion repositories from the Syndeia Dashboards

  • Browse and search Polarion projects, work items, and relations (Figure 4.1.1). Use Polarion query language (Apache Lucene syntax).

  • Navigate Polarion work items and relations in the Digital Thread Explorer (Figure 4.1.2)

  • Create and automate digital threads connecting Polarion work items to artifacts in any repository, e.g. Jira, GitHub, Windchill (Figure 4.1.2)

  • Create Pipelines to automate digital engineering workflows with Polarion, e.g. Polarion → Jira, Confluence, and more.

  • SysML ↔︎ Polarion model transforms and bi-directional syncs with custom mappings available with Cameo / Rhapsody plugins.

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Figure 4.1.1: Polarion integration on the Syndeia Web Dashboard (Tree View)
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Figure 4.1.2: Polarion work items connected in a digital thread (Digital Thread Explorer view)

To learn more, refer to the following.

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4.2. Codebeamer

With Syndeia 3.7, Codebeamer joins the ecosystem as a dedicated integration, bringing PTC’s ALM environment into the digital thread. The key capabilities introduced with this integration include:

  • Connect to multiple Codebeamer repositories from the Syndeia Dashboards

  • Browse and search Codebeamer projects, trackers, tracker items, and relations (Figure 4.2.1). Use Codebeamer Query Language (cbQL) for search.

  • Navigate Codebeamer tracker items and relations in the Digital Thread Explorer (Figure 4.2.2)

  • Create and automate digital threads connecting Codebeamer tracker and tracker items to artifacts in any repository, e.g. Jira, GitHub, Teamcenter, Windchill and others (Figure 4.2.2)

  • Create Pipelines to automate digital engineering workflows with Codebeamer, e.g. Codebeamer → Jira, Confluence, and more.

  • SysML ↔︎ Codebeamer model transforms and bi-directional syncs with custom mappings available with Cameo / Rhapsody plugins.

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Figure 4.2.1: Codebeamer integration on the Syndeia Web Dashboard (Tree View)
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Figure 4.2.2: Codebeamer Tracker items connected in a digital thread (Digital Thread Explorer view)

To learn more, refer to the following.

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4.3. SOLIDWORKS PDM

Syndeia 3.7 introduces a dedicated integration for SOLIDWORKS PDM from Dassault Systèmes, bringing CAD vault data directly into the federated digital thread and accelerating downstream engineering workflows. Key capabilities include:

  • Connect to multiple SOLIDWORKS PDM repositories and vaults directly from the Syndeia Dashboards.

  • Browse and search assemblies, parts, and files, and query Data Cards including mass properties (Figure 4.3.1).

  • Navigate assembly–part structures in both the Tree view and the Graph view of the Digital Thread Explorer (Figure 4.3.2).

  • Build and automate digital threads linking assemblies, parts, and files to artifacts in any connected repository, including Teamwork Cloud, Jira, GitHub, Teamcenter, Windchill, and more.

  • Use Pipelines to automate cross-domain workflows, such as generating Confluence reports from SOLIDWORKS PDM data.

  • Perform SysML ↔︎ SOLIDWORKS PDM model transforms and synchronization, with customizable mappings available through the Cameo and Rhapsody plugins.

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Figure 4.3.1: SOLIDWORKS PDM integration on the Syndeia Web Dashboard (Tree View)
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Figure 4.3.2: SOLIDWORKS Assembly and Parts connected in a digital thread (Digital Thread Explorer view)

To learn more, refer to the following.

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4.4. Azure DevOps

Syndeia 3.7 adds a dedicated integration for Microsoft Azure DevOps, extending the digital thread into cloud-native planning, work tracking, and DevOps execution. This integration strengthens continuity between systems engineering, software development, and downstream product lifecycle data. Key capabilities include:

  • Connect to multiple Azure DevOps repositories directly from the Syndeia Dashboards

  • Browse and search Azure DevOps projects, work items, and their relations (Figure 4.4.1). Use Work Item Query Language (WIQL) for search.

  • Explore work items and their relations, both within Azure DevOps and across connected repositories, in the Digital Thread Explorer (Figure 4.4.2).

  • Build and automate digital threads linking Azure DevOps work items to artifacts in any connected repository, including Jira, GitHub, Teamcenter, Windchill, and more (Figure 4.4.2).

  • Use Pipelines to orchestrate digital engineering workflows that incorporate Azure DevOps, such as generating Confluence reports or synchronizing with Teamcenter.

  • Perform SysML ↔︎ Azure DevOps model transforms and bi-directional synchronization, with customizable mappings supported through the Cameo and Rhapsody plugins.

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Figure 4.4.1: Azure DevOps integration on the Syndeia Web Dashboard (Tree View)
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Figure 4.4.2: Azure DevOps work items connected in a digital thread (Digital Thread Explorer view)

To learn more, refer to the following.

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4.5. Bitbucket Data Center

Syndeia already offers a dedicated integration with Bitbucket Cloud. Starting in 3.7, Syndeia adds a dedicated integration for Bitbucket Data Center (on premise). Bitbucket Cloud and Bitbucket Data Center editions organize Git repositories differently. While Bitbucket Cloud uses workspaces, Bitbucket Data Center uses Projects. Key capabilities of the new Bitbucket Data Center integration include:

  • Connect to multiple Bitbucket Data Center repositories directly from the Syndeia Dashboards

  • Browse Bitbucket Projects and the included Git repositories (Figure 4.5)

  • Browse and search Git repositories, including branches, commits, tags, and their contents (Figure 4.5)

  • Connect Git repository contents to any artifacts in other repositories, and navigate as part of a seamless digital thread

  • Build and automate digital threads linking Bitbucket Data Center artifacts to artifacts in any connected repository, including Jira, Teamwork Cloud, Teamcenter, Windchill, and more

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Figure 4.5: Bitbucket Data Center (Digital Thread Explorer view)

To learn more, refer to the following.

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5. Improvements to Existing Integrations

5.1. Teamwork Cloud

5.1.1. Teamwork Cloud Model Navigation (Tree View and Graph View)

Syndeia 3.7 delivers major usability and visibility enhancements for the Teamwork Cloud integration within the Syndeia Dashboards. These updates make model exploration clearer, richer, and faster across complex structures. Key highlights are summarized below and illustrated in Figures 5.1.1.1 and 5.1.1.2.

  1. New Relations category groups all incoming and outgoing relations for each element.

  2. Expand incoming and outgoing relations to view the connected elements.

  3. View stereotype tag values and default property values directly in the Tree View.

  4. Property Types now appear as Relations within the Tree View for deeper model insight.

  5. Enhanced display of element and diagram icons improves navigation and recognition.

  6. Improved support for Relation Types in the Graph View (Figure 5.1.1.2)

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Figure 5.1.1.1: Improvements in Teamwork Cloud Tree View on the Syndeia Web Dashboard
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Figure 5.1.1.2: Improvements in Teamwork Cloud Graph View on the Syndeia Web Dashboard

5.1.2. Teamwork Cloud OAuth Support

Syndeia 3.7 adds authentication support using OAuth2 protocol for Teamwork Cloud. OAuth2 support in Teamwork Cloud API was added with the 2024x release. Use OAuth2 from Syndeia Web Dashboard, Client Dashboards (Cameo / Rhapsody plugins), and Syndeia REST API to connect to Teamwork Cloud repositories.

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Figure 5.1.2: Teamwork Cloud OAuth Sign In

To learn more, visit: https://intercax.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SYN37/pages/4316594177

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5.2. Simulink (Data Dictionaries)

Syndeia 3.7 introduces bi-directional transforms, compare, and sync between between SysML packages containing Blocks or Interface Blocks with Flow Properties and Simulink Data Dictionaries containing Buses with Signals. Users can start with a SysML package and drag and drop it to generate a corresponding Simulink Data Dictionary, where Blocks map to Buses and Flow Properties map to Signals. The process works in reverse as well, with Syndeia maintaining persistent digital thread relations to keep both models aligned and synchronized over time. Figure 5.2.1 below illustrates the bi-directional transform and Figure 5.2.2 illustrates the compare and bi-directional sync.

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Figure 5.2.1: Bi-directional transformation - SysML Blocks with Flow Properties AND Data Dictionaries containing Buses with Signals
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Figure 5.2.2: Compare and Sync - SysML Blocks with Flow Properties AND Data Dictionaries containing Buses with Signals

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5.3. Windchill

Syndeia 3.7 supports fetching and viewing change objects in Windchill repositories. This includes change requests, change notices, problem reports, variances, and change tasks.

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Figure 5.3: Change objects in Windchill

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6. Digital Thread Ontology - Relation Types

Syndeia Cloud’s core domain model is built on a unified, property graph-based ontology with formal support for repositories, containers, artifacts, relations, and their associated types and attributes. Syndeia Cloud REST API endpoints are grounded in this unified ontology. In addition, Syndeia provides deep integrations with repositories across multiple domains, recognizing domain- and tool-specific ontologies and mapping them to the Syndeia core domain ontology. Historically, Syndeia users have been able to define custom artifact types and relation types, including their attributes, via the Syndeia API.

Starting with Syndeia 3.7, users can now create and manage custom relation types directly from the Web Dashboard. Key highlights include:

  • Create and manage custom relation types for typing inter-model relations in digital thread projects

  • Access a centralized library of custom relation types available with every Syndeia deployment (Figure 6.1)

  • Custom relation type management requires elevated global privileges for security and configuration control

  • Assign custom relation types to relations within digital thread projects (Figure 6.2)

  • View custom relation types in relation summaries, queries, and the Digital Thread Explorer (Figure 6.3)

  • Custom relation types provide flexible typing for relations. Change custom relation types assigned to relations.

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Figure 6.1: Create and Manage Custom Relation Types
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Figure 6.2: Select Custom Relation Type (and semantic direction) when creating relations
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Figure 6.3: Inter-model relations in digital thread projects are visible with custom types (Digital Thread Explorer view).

To learn more, refer to the following.

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7. Web Dashboard - New Features and Improvements

All the new features in Syndeia 3.7 presented earlier are available through the Syndeia Web Dashboard. In addition, Syndeia 3.7 delivers enhanced capabilities for digital thread relation visualization, filtering, and presentation on the Web Dashboard, as illustrated here.

7.1. Sankey Diagrams for Digital Threads

The Sankey Diagram visualizes the distribution of digital thread relations across repositories, revealing how relations flow between systems. Hover over a band / flow on the Sankey diagram to inspect relation counts and click to instantly filter the relations table for deeper analysis. The source and target artifacts for relations in the table are shown with icons that indicate the originating repository, e.g. Windchill, SysML v2, Jira, Polarion, and others.

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Figure 7.1: Sankey Diagrams for Digital Threads

To learn more, refer to the following.

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7.2. Heat Maps for Digital Threads

Heat maps display the density of relations between repository pairs, making connection intensity easy to spot at a glance. These visual hotspots highlight where the digital thread is most active and interconnected. Each cell in the Heat map matrix shows the number of relations between a pair of repositories (row and column).

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Figure 7.2: Heat Maps for Digital Threads

To learn more, refer to the following.

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7.3. Banner Message on Web Dashboard

Starting with Syndeia 3.7 release, Syndeia admins can add a custom banner message on the Web Dashboard for Syndeia deployments. At many organizations, adding a banner message may be required for conforming to organizational IT and Cybersecurity policies.

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Figure 7.3: Custom Banner Message on Syndeia Web Dashboard

To learn more, refer to the following.

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7.4. Attribute Configuration and Display

Syndeia 3.7 adds the ability to configure and display artifact attributes directly in the Syndeia Web Dashboard. Attributes are configured for artifact types per repository and automatically shown in the Details panel when an artifact is selected in the repository tree, giving teams clearer, more contextual insight into their data at a glance.

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Figure 7.4: Configure and Display Artifact Attributes on the Web Dashboard

To learn more, refer to the following.

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7.5. Graph Display Preferences

Syndeia 3.7 introduces separate edge display settings for inter-model (cross-repository) and intra-model (within-repository) relationships, now available under Graph Display Preferences (see Figure 7.5 below). For inter-model relationships, selecting Relation Type as the edge label enables visualization of custom relation types, as illustrated in Figures 6.3 above and 7.5 below.

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Figure 7.5: New Edge Display settings for Intra- and Inter-model relations in Graph Display Preferences

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8. Syndeia Cloud REST API - New Features and Improvements

Syndeia Cloud is an API-first platform, and every new capability introduced in Syndeia Cloud 3.7—whether in the Web Dashboard or the Client Dashboards—is powered by the enhanced Syndeia Cloud REST API. In this release, the API provides a foundation for intelligent, agent-based workflows, enabling automation and AI-driven agents to discover, reason over, and act on digital thread data with enterprise-grade control. The key updates are summarized in this section.

8.1. Pipeline Service Endpoints

Syndeia Pipelines capabilities presented in section 3 are fully supported by a set of REST API endpoints for managing, executing, and monitoring pipelines programmatically. Core API capabilities include:

  • Query Pipelines and Pipeline Runs

  • Track the status and progress of Pipeline Runs

  • Trigger Pipeline Runs on demand

  • Enable or disable Pipelines

  • …and additional controls for integrating Pipelines into broader automation frameworks

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Figure 8.1: Pipeline endpoints available with Syndeia Cloud 3.7 API (Subset of endpoints shown)

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8.2. Polarion Service Endpoints

The Syndeia Polarion integration (section 4.1) is powered by REST API endpoints that follow the unified Syndeia domain model and provide full CRUD support for Polarion work items and relations. Key API capabilities include:

  • Fetch and query Polarion repositories and projects

  • Query work items and relations using native Polarion query syntax (Apache Lucene)

  • Create, Read, Update, and Delete (CRUD) Polarion work items and relations, and their attributes

  • Retrieve available work item types, relation types, and their attribute definitions

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Figure 8.2: Polarion endpoints available with Syndeia Cloud 3.7 API (Subset of endpoints shown)

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8.3. Codebeamer Service Endpoints

The Syndeia Codebeamer integration (section 4.2) is powered by REST API endpoints that follow the unified Syndeia domain model and provide full CRUD support for Codebeamer trackers, tracker items, and relations. Key API capabilities include:

  • Fetch and query Codebeamer repositories and projects

  • Query trackers and tracker items using the native Codebeamer Query Language (cbQL)

  • Create, Read, Update, and Delete (CRUD) Codebeamer tracker items and relations, including their attributes

  • Retrieve available tracker and tracker item types, relation types, and their attribute definitions

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Figure 8.3: Codebeamer endpoints available with Syndeia Cloud 3.7 API (Subset of endpoints shown)

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8.4. SOLIDWORKS PDM Service Endpoints

The Syndeia SOLIDWORKS PDM integration (section 4.3) is powered by REST API endpoints that follow the unified Syndeia domain model and provide search and read support for SOLIDWORKS PDM Folders, Assembly, Parts, and other Files. Key API capabilities include:

  • Fetch and query SOLIDWORKS PDM repositories and vaults.

  • Navigate SOLIDWORKS PDM Vault structure - Folders, Assembly/Part Files, and other content.

  • Navigate Assembly - Part structure recursively

  • Fetch Data Cards, mass properties, and other attributes of Assemblies and Parts

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Figure 8.4: SOLIDWORKS PDM endpoints available with Syndeia Cloud 3.7 API (Subset of endpoints shown)

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8.5. Azure DevOps Service Endpoints

The Syndeia Azure DevOps integration (section 4.4) is powered by REST API endpoints that follow the unified Syndeia domain model and provide full CRUD support for Azure DevOps work items and relations. Key API capabilities include:

  • Fetch and query Azure DevOps repositories and projects

  • Create, Read, Update, and Delete (CRUD) work items and relations, including their attributes

  • Query work items using Work Item Query Language (WIQL)

  • Retrieve work item types, relation types, and their attribute definitions

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Figure 8.5: Azure DevOps endpoints available with Syndeia Cloud 3.7 API (Subset of endpoints shown)

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8.6. Bitbucket Datacenter Endpoints

The Syndeia Bitbucket Data Center (BBDC) integration (section 4.5) is powered by REST API endpoints that follow the unified Syndeia domain model and provide navigation and query support for BBDC projects, Git repositories, and their contents. Key API capabilities include:

  • Fetch and query BBDC projects and their Git repositories

  • Fetch and query branches, tags, commits, and content in BBDC Git repositories

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Figure 8.6: Bitbucket Data Center endpoints available with Syndeia Cloud 3.7 API (Subset of endpoints shown)

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8.7. Windchill - POST/PUT Endpoints for Artifacts and Relations

Syndeia 3.7 introduces new POST and PUT endpoints for Windchill artifacts and relations, enabling full authoring capabilities through the Syndeia API. These enhancements make it possible to build Digital Pipelines (section 3) that automate digital engineering workflows spanning Windchill and other repositories, including Teamwork Cloud, Jira, Jama, Polarion, GitHub, and other repositories.

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Figure 8.7: POST / PUT endpoints for Windchill artifacts and relations

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8.8. Confluence - POST/PUT Endpoints for Artifacts (Pages)

Syndeia 3.7 introduces POST and PUT endpoints for Confluence artifacts, enabling the automated creation and update of Confluence pages through the Syndeia API. Combined with automated pipeline execution, Digital Pipelines can now be scheduled to generate and refresh Confluence reports from content in other repositories (e.g. SysML v2, Teamwork Cloud, Jama, Windchill) or from digital thread analyses (e.g. relations generated vs updated nightly), ensuring documentation stays continuously up to date without manual intervention.

The Pipelines Cookbook included with Syndeia 3.7 provides numerous ready-to-use examples of pipelines for generating Confluence reports.

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Figure 8.8: POST/PUT endpoints for Confluence artifacts (pages)

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8.9. GENESYS - POST/PUT Endpoints for Artifacts and Relations

Syndeia 3.7 introduces POST and PUT endpoints for GENESYS artifacts and relations, enabling Digital Pipelines to programmatically create and update model elements in GENESYS. This capability allows pipelines to drive GENESYS models from data in other repositories, keeping system models synchronized with upstream sources and downstream analyses as part of automated digital engineering workflows.

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Figure 8.9: POST/PUT endpoints for GENESYS artifacts and relations

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8.10. GitHub - POST/PUT Endpoints for GitHub Issues

Syndeia 3.7 introduces POST and PUT endpoints for GitHub Issue artifacts, enabling Digital Pipelines to automatically create, update, and manage issues directly from other repositories and digital thread analyses.

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Figure 8.10: POST/PUT endpoints for GitHub artifacts

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8.11. Authentication with OAuth2

Syndeia 3.7 introduces OAuth2 support for authenticating Syndeia users, delivering a modern, standards-based security model. Syndeia administrators can configure OAuth2 with any enterprise Identity Provider (e.g. Okta, Entra ID, Ping Federate) using the Device Code authorization flow, enabling secure user authentication and streamlined access to the Syndeia Cloud API endpoints. A dedicated endpoint for OAuth2 authentication is available in the Syndeia Cloud API, as shown in Figure 8.11 below. On successful device code authorization flow, the standard Syndeia access token is returned that can be used with all Syndeia endpoints.

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Figure 8.11: OAuth2 endpoint for authenticating Syndeia users

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8.12. Digital Thread Service - Relation Endpoint

Syndeia Cloud 3.7 introduces a new POST endpoint in the Digital Thread Service for creating relations that supports custom relation types (section 6). The existing endpoint was limited to creating reference relations only, and it has been deprecated. The figure below illustrates these changes. The deprecated endpoint still works but will be removed in future releases.

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Figure 9.8.1: New Relation creation (POST) endpoint in Digital Thread Service

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9. Syndeia Cloud API Cookbook and Pipelines Cookbook

Syndeia is an API-first platform built on a powerful and comprehensive digital thread and integration API, designed to automate and scale digital engineering workflows. To accelerate adoption and developer productivity, Syndeia provides language-specific SDKs generated directly from its OpenAPI (Swagger) specification, including Python, Scala, Java, and TypeScript. The Python SDK is included with every release, while additional SDKs are available upon request.

To help teams move rapidly from concept to execution, the Syndeia 3.7 release includes an API Cookbook and a Pipelines Cookbook, together offering ~40 Jupyter notebooks and Pipeline examples. The API Cookbook demonstrates how to use the Syndeia API to interact with a wide range of digital engineering repositories, including Teamwork Cloud, Jira, Polarion, Teamcenter, and others. The Pipelines Cookbook showcases end-to-end automation patterns for orchestrating scalable digital engineering workflows.

To learn more, refer to the following.

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10. Syndeia Cloud Deployment - Containers and Playbooks

10.1. Container Images (Docker) and Deployment

Syndeia 3.7 introduces a fully containerized deployment option for Syndeia Cloud, with Docker images for all Syndeia microservices available through the Intercax container registry. Syndeia administrators can deploy using Docker Compose or integrate the images into Kubernetes-based environments. A Docker Compose–based deployment guide is included to simplify setup and operations.

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Figure 10.1: Syndeia microservices and infrastructure services running as containers

10.2. Ansible Playbook

Syndeia 3.7 also adds support for Ansible playbook–driven deployments, enabling organizations to provision and manage Syndeia Cloud using infrastructure-as-code practices. This option is ideal for teams that standardize on Ansible for repeatable, automated, and enterprise-scale environment deployments.

ansible-playbook install_syndeia.ansible.yml --extra-vars "@customer_config.yml"

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11. Bug Fixes

Syndeia 3.7 includes bug fixes from Syndeia 3.6. These fixes were rolled out incrementally with the release of Syndeia 3.6 Service Packs - SP1, SP2. All the fixes in the Syndeia 3.6 Service Packs are also included in Syndeia 3.7. For a detailed list, refer to the following.

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12. Tutorials and Training

Syndeia 3.7 comes with over 250 tutorials with videos and step-by-step exercises. These tutorials are available as part of this documentation.

In addition to the tutorials, demonstration videos are also available via our website and YouTube channel (check out the Syndeia 3.7 Playlist). Subscribe to the channel to get notified when new demonstrations are added.

The Syndeia Training Program has significantly expanded. It is a live, online training program with 6 classes (2 hrs. each), diving into all aspects of the Syndeia platform - Overview, Web Dashboard, Plugins, REST API, Graph Queries, and Installation. The program is held at regular intervals throughout the year. To get the latest schedule, visit https://intercax.com/services/syndeia-training-programs/.

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