Global User Functions not replaced in Check Contraint

Hi all,
we just moved from ODI 11.1.7 to ODI 12.1.2 an have the following problem. Our global user functions which are used in several Check Conditions are no longer replaced during code generation.
They worked like a charm in ODI 11.1.7. Any ideas?
Kind regards,
Jens

We are running Scenarios and Mappings from Designer using Local and Remote Agents (Simulation and Execution Mode). No difference at all.
Global User Functions are replaced in Filters and Target Expressions but not in ODI Constraints.

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running the Zoom indexer against the source files and placing the
five Zoom files (search.html, zoom_pageinfo.js, etc.) in the output
folder. The Zoom 5.0.1005 build will automatically rename the path
from the source "/projects" to the output "/mergedProjects" if you
select that option.
Currently, a bug in Zoom replaces any closing HTML tag (HREF,
SPAN, etc.) that appears before a period, comma, semicolon, or
colon with a space. So, you need to run a Find/Replace to eliminate
those extra leading spaces (in the zoom_pageinfo.js file). I use
FAR for this; you can create a .FarRun file with entries like this
to do them in batch. Note that the 90_zoompageinfo_docsql01.FAR
FarList was created to contain only the zoom_pageinfo.js file, and
the "OpenFarList" line only needs to appear once in the .FarRun
file. After I run the Zoom indexer against the project, I only have
to double click the .FarRun file to run the batch replace.
Good luck,
Leon

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