Board version 7.4.1 Release Notes

Upgrade instructions

To upgrade to version 7.4.1, run the server installation program on the machine where Board Server Board is installed. The client PCs where Board Client was installed using the Auto-update option will automatically upgrade at the next connection to the Board Server. The PCs where the Board Office add-in is installed require to be upgraded by running the installation program.

Capsules and databases created or modified with version 7.4.1 cannot be re-opened with version 7.4.0 (or prior).

Refer to the following pages for the list of new features and changes of version 7.4.1.

New Features and changes

• The Print hard copy function now prints also the screen Mask.

• The Disable Drill Down property of Dataview and Chart can now be enabled or disabled only from design mode.

• The function Suggested Value now allows to clear a value. The calendar function supporting data-entry of dates now allows to clear a date previously set.

• The option Format negative numbers with parentheses of the Entity format and block format allows represent negative numbers in parentheses instead of using the minus sign. This option shouldn't be used on fields where data-entry is enabled.

• It is now possible to define the size margins when printing a capsule screen or object. To set margins, open the Print configuration panel and go to the Advanced tab as shown.  

• When printing a capsule screen it is now possible to set the DPI resolution. To set the resolution in DPI, open the Print configuration panel and go to the Advanced tab (see above). The default value is 600 DPI. In case large objects are being printed the system will initially attempt printing with the given DPI resolution and eventually fall back to 96 DPI in case of failure.

• ATO object. The Pager object with ATO, used to insert a new item or edit the description of an existing one, now uses two different icons for these functions. Previously a single icon was used.

Miscellaneous Fixes or minor changes

• A malfunction potentially causing the corruption of an entity occurring after running a Datareader after having created and immediately deleted a relationship has been fixed.
• Procedures. A malfunction in the use of the option "Run as administrator" on all actions supporting it, has now been resolved.
• The behaviour of text on a Label object has been modified. Text wrap now behaves in the same manner does the Button object: Button: when the label contains a caption and a Layout, the text of the caption is concatenated with the text returned by the Layout creating a single line. Previously the cation text was displayed on a different line.
• Excel Add-in. A malfunction occurring in MS-Excel, with the Board Add-in, affecting the Find/replace function of Excel has been resolved.
• Entities. If the UserView check-box is not ticked for an entity, the entity is now hidden from the Select, from the drill-down and from the Layout windows.
• Excel Add-in. The export to Excel function has been improved in performance.
• Procedures. A malfunction of the options "Reset selection as administrator" and "Reset whole selection" has been removed.
• A malfunction of the Entities definition window which allowed to modify the Max.Item Number of an entity used by a cube version and subsequently causing the entity and cube version to be erroneously cleared has been removed. Note that if an entity is not used by any cube version which is populated with data, then it is possible to freely modify the entity's Max.Item number without having to clear the entity.
• The Insert Row function of the Dataview has been modified: now if a new row has been fully configured, triggering the Save data-entry action simultaneously triggers the insert row making it easier and more robust to input new data.
• Master. A malfunction of the Master function occurring on screens with a pager on an entity parent of the entity in the Master object has been resolved.
• Word Add-in. An error in the Word Add-in occurring when one or more Layouts would return no rows (due to a restricted security profile for example) has been resolved.
• Excel Add-in. An error of the Select with refresh function has been resolved.
• BoardClient. Some improvements to the management of the client's memory have been implemented.
• Goto screen. A bug of the "Goto Screen" action used with "Apply data selection" which was not correctly setting pagers having the No All option on the destination screen has been fixed.
• Dataflow on ROLAP cubes. An error of the Dataflow occurring on cubes of type ROLAP has been fixed.
• Drill-through. An error occurring after using the drill-through function and causing all drill-down windows to close simultaneously when clicking the close button of the drill-through window has now been fixed.
• Dataview Block format. It is now possible to apply a block format on a Dataview with vertical alignment.
• Print. An out-of-memory error occasionally occurring when printing a Panel object with the option "Print as a single object" has been removed.
• Forecast. An error in the use of the Forecast function inside a Dataflow calculation has been removed.
• MXC cubes. An error affecting cubes of type MXC occurring only with Hybrid configuration has now been resolved.
• Master Dataview. A bug of the Dataview used with Master causing an incorrect format of the date has been fixed.
• Dataview with Select. An error occurring on screens with multiple Dataviews with a Master object and with objects having a Layout select, has been fixed.
• Dataview with Align Vertical. Multiple fixes, on totals and improved performance when Show All columns is disabled.
• DataReader. A malfunction of the Datareader populating cubes of type text and causing the imported text to become truncated has now been resolved.
• Xtract BLOB cubes. A bug in the extraction of BLOB cubes when running in Hybrid mode has now been resolved.
• Dataflow. A bug in the Absolute Offset option of the Dataflow has now been resolved.
• YCV. The Yearly Cumulative Value function with the use of the Cycle option can now be applied to cubes structured by Day.
• Extract. An error of the Extract Layout function occurring on Layouts having two or more independent entities by row has now been fixed.