PhixFlow

PhixFlow version 7.3.0 is the latest release of the design component of PhixFlow in the new GUI. This presents the design component with a new look a feel, for designing models and applications. This also provides the design component in the new front end technology (HTML5, rather than flash), so that all of PhixFlow is now available in the new technology.

At this version of PhixFlow, the old flash-based GUI is still available.

Installation and Upgrade

To install a new PhixFlow instance, follow the standard installation instructions.

To upgrade an existing PhixFlow instance (called CenterView before version 7.0):

1. First review Compatibility Guide and Upgrade Planning to check any changing requirements for database versions etc.
2. Follow the Standard Upgrade Instructions plus any special instructions for all intermediate releases listed in Compatibility Guide and Upgrade Planning.

Special notes

There are no special instructions for this release.

Contents

New Graphical User Interface (GUI) for design component

This release is the first to feature the design component of PhixFlow in the new presentation technology, which uses HTML5 rather than flash. 

The design component has also been given a new look a feel, to support creating models and rich applications.

Deprecated Features

The current Graphical User Interface (GUI) is supported in this release, but will be removed in a future release.

The following features are not supported in the new GUI, and will be removed when the current GUI is removed.

Alarms & Alarm Generators

WorkFlows

We recommend that users do not use these features for new work, and plan to replace them in existing configurations.

Features and Improvements

JDBC Drivers

The embedded JDBC drivers for Oracle, SQL Server and MariaDB (MySQL) have been updated to the latest versions compatible with Java 8.

New GUI Changes

Spellchecking, autoCorrect and autoComplete are now disabled in text areas and string fields.

Active Directory Integration

Active Directory group names are now matched to group names defined in User Groups and in System Configuration regardless of case.

Configuration Import/Export

The new configuration import/export mechanism is available for general use from the new GUI. The new mechanism has the following features:

Export then import recreates objects with the same internal ids as the originals. This is in contrast to the current mechanism which creates objects wth new ids. This means that objects transferred in partial exports overwrite the existing objects and no longer have to be manually re-integrated.

Objects can be collected into Containers (Applications or Containers). When a Container is imported, it completely replaces all previous contents of the same Container.

Improved performance.

Improved reliability.

Bug Fixes

Analysis Engine

Analysis ignored changes to disabled pipes between Streams, Collectors, Exporters etc.

Database Collector

Internal variables _fromDate and _toDate are now set correctly in Database Collector statements.

File Collector

Internal variables _fromDate/_toDate were not set correctly for File Collectors. This problem was introduced at 7.2.0 as part of a set of performance improvements.