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Hey everyone, it has been a while since our last blog update but we sure have been busy! Since the last update of version 2020.2.10, we’ve completed over 90 user stories, two-thirds of which consisted of bugs which were reported in TCP, and introduced many requested features and performance-enhancements to Windows and Web. 

Here are some notable improvements you might have noticed and can look forward to in the latest Windows and Web interfaces.

New features

  • New active viewtype bar in Resource scheduler (Windows & Web)
Bar view type
  • Mass Update for Web
  • Added Universal GUI and Indicium Universal as product to the TCP download installation package:
New checkboxes for Universal and Indicium (Universal)
  • Windows GUI (3-tier) preparation - in September we have begun preparing for Windows GUI (3-tier) in full swing to eventually connect the Windows GUI to the non-basic, most modern version of Indicium.

Performance

  • Basic authentication will be replaced by OAuth 2.0 for the Thinkwise Exchange Connector with Exchange Online or Office 365. Read more about how this affects your application here.
  • Reduced cache buildup by the Web GUI - since we introduced caching for meta model files in SF version 2020.2, a more general approach is now used for caching the files. While it was initially performed for each user group in IAM, it now makes a folder for each application in IAM. This will reduce disk space usage.
  • Upgrade of Telerik Component (for Web GUI)

Bugs fixed

  • Missing icons for domain elements (Web)
  • Debug screen now continues to fill after a clear-all (Windows)
  • File upload previewer shows the correct preview of files with the same path. The previewer now remains editable in the grid until a file is changed.
  • Broken file uploads are no longer clickable (Windows)
  • Auto refresh no longer redirects focus to active row 
  • Misalignment of message options text (Web)
  • Support for different characters (such as Russian or Chinese) in combined filters (Windows)
  • Support for HTML preview with embedded images (Web)
  • Uploading filestream files using task for multiple selected rows (Web)
  • Difference between the totals in an aggregated grid column and the tooltip shown (Windows)
  • License 2.0 UTC date-time bug fixed

 

Great! I only miss the Full Week view (7 days like Work Week view). Could this  be added?    

Great! I only miss the Full Week view (7 days like Work Week view). Could this  be added?    

Hi Andre,

This view is possible but not implemented yet in the GUI. Feel free to create an idea for this. You will get my vote!
Edit: Vote here: 

Kind regards,
Mark Jongeling

We've reverted the changed default location of the cache directory of our Web GUI

 

Two releases ago (2020.2.22) we decided to relocate the cache folder of the Web GUI from the root of the deployment directory to the %APP_DATA% folder, which will put it in the user profile folder within the Web-server.

After we've had some difficulties with this at several customer deployments, we've decided to revert this and put the cache directory (default) back to the root of the GUI deployment directory (version: 2021.1.11). Notice that the IIS application user should have write rights to this folder. 

What will be stored in this directory?

  1. Meta images, received after logging in by loading the application definition from SF/IAM.
  2. A cached version of the loaded application definition from SF/IAM, to be able to login much faster the second time.

The default location could still be changed, if you want, by setting the global extended property "cachepath" as documented here:
https://docs.thinkwisesoftware.com/docs/sf/extended_properties.html

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