Release 9.0.4

Owned by Anthony George
Last updated: Feb 24, 2023
2 min read


Introduction

PhixFlow is pleased to announce the release of PhixFlow Version 9.0.4. This page describes the improvements and fixes in this version. This major release includes some important changes.

Installing or Upgrading to PhixFlow Version 9.0.4

To install a new PhixFlow instance:

  1. Check System Requirements and Compatibility for details of the PhixFlow system requirements and update any dependencies. 
    1. Please email support@phixflow.com if you are planning to run PhixFlow 9.0.4 on an unsupported database version.
  2. Follow the instructions in Installing PhixFlow.

To upgrade an existing PhixFlow instance: 

  1. Check System Requirements and Compatibility for changes to the system requirements or supported database versions. For example, you may need to upgrade your database or Java version.
    1. Please email support@phixflow.com if you are planning to run PhixFlow 9.0.4 on an unsupported database version.
  2. Ensure you have a backup of the database before upgrading PhixFlow.

  3. Follow the Upgrading PhixFlow steps. It is important to complete Step 8, in which you apply any Special Upgrade Instructions for all the intermediate releases between your current version and the version to which you are upgrading.

  4. This release includes changes that affect the PhixFlow database. After upgrading, remember to republish the PhixFlow data as described in Step 10 of Upgrading PhixFlow.

Highlighted Bug Fixes

DEV-8521: It is now allowed to filter on the action summary column of audit summary and audit detail grids.

DEV-12817: Fixed occasional problem with selecting text not always working correctly.

DEV-13175: Improved error message from calculate action when an attribute is of the wrong type.

DEV-13609: Fixed performance regression test with cached lookups when compared against 8.3 cached lookups.

DEV-13645: Filters with the condition contains, starts with or ends with will now correctly match underscore and percent symbols.

DEV-13903:Actionflows on kanban card containers will now correctly update the kanban value and kanban display value when dropped on empty space

DEV-13967: Tooltips for html formatted view attributes will now be formatted correctly.

DEV-14083: PhixFlow no longer errors when a view uses 2 streams and the data range is set to Latest and the stream contains a local attribute

DEV-14242: Form fields on cards can now have a backing attribute set correctly from a property editor.

DEV-14245: Resolved regression preventing some users from changing their passwords.


Improvements and New Features

DEV-14220: New attribute functions have been added, refer to the help pages for full details:

- zipExtract(zipContents, filename, [charset) - extracts the file with the given name using the given charset

- zipListFiles(zipContents) - returns a list of filenames in the zipfile

- changeCharset(byteString [, charset]) - treats the input string as binary and attempts to convert it to the specified charset (autodetecting if none is specified).