Release 9.0.5

Owned by Tom Gibson (Unlicensed)
Last updated: Feb 28, 2023 by Anthony George
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Introduction

PhixFlow is pleased to announce the release of PhixFlow Version 9.0.5. This page describes the improvements and fixes in this version. This major release includes some important changes.

Installing or Upgrading to PhixFlow Version 9.0.5

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 9.0.5 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 9.0.5 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 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.

Special Upgrade Instructions

None.

Schema Changes

PhixFlow requires product schema changes for this release.

Highlighted Bug Fixes

DEV-14369 - DatePickers now send the selected date regardless of the timezone.

DEV-14370 - 'Select first row by default' flag now correctly causes formatting rules to evaluate when a screen is loaded.

Improvements and New Features

DEV-13215 - You can no longer have two users with the same username.

DEV-13926 - Support for namespaces added to the XMLtoItems() attribute function.

DEV-14291 - Added the option "use raw url" to HTTP Collectors and HTTP Exporters. When ticked the URL will not have any escaped characters decoded, the URL is used in its raw form.