edgeCore™ 4.5.0 Release Notes
Production date: February 27, 2023
The primary focus of the 4.5.0 version is improving the user experience and bringing a fresh look to the entire application.
Differences between this version and the previous ones are listed below.
4.5.0 Main Differences
License dialog improved
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Viewing the license content is done by clicking the license properties file.
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New icons in the admin menu
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Different (and configurable) system menu
now on the left side:
If you do not want the system menu to be on the left side, you can configure it in your custom theme.
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Preferences, Change Password, and Logout moved
now in the active user banner:
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Buttons at the top throughout the app
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View/Edit page mode changed
– View and Edit mode/buttons are now in the admin menu; A short demo is available here.
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Feed Name Populated with File Name
For ease of use, when choosing a file on feed, the feed name is now populated with the name of the selected file.
Also, File Name is now the first field displayed when configuring a feed.
View Pipeline, Add Row, Page Options grouped under More
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RPA improvements
– Renamed to Automation
– New icon
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– Better looking toolbar/recorder
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When expanded:
Hover over the steps/actions that can be recorded to see their names.
These icons represent the following Automation actions: Modify Script Variables / Add Switch Page Action / Run Server Action / Fetch Pipeline Data / Fetch Web Data / Parse Web Data / Call Script;
These icons represent the following Automation actions: Capture Next Mouse Click in HTML / Get Text From Element / Focus Element / Send Key Press Event / Wait For Element To Load / JS Eval with Element / Enable Focus On Hover;
These icons represent the following Automation actions: Set Mouse Anchor on Image / Reset Mouse Anchor / Capture Text with OCR / Wait for Image;
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New header for Provisioning
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Server Logs improvements
– No longer a drop-down
– Larger blocks loaded instead of the previous limit
– No reverse order
– One button to download all logs as ZIP
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Job Status improvements
– Statuses (waiting, in progress, etc) are now under Filter (used to be at the bottom)
– Search is more prominent (jobs can be searched by name and var)
– Columns are now accessed next to Filter (used to be a dropdown on the Table tab)
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Message Center
– No longer in the system menu
– Now accessed by clicking the bell icon in the banner
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Pipeline Search
Upon typing your search query, you will see the number of results. As you navigate between the next matched node and the previous matched node, those nodes will be highlighted. A short demo is available here.
Pipeline Node Name Displayed in the Header
For better context, the name of the pipeline node that is being created or edited is now visible in the header of the wizard.
Manage Variables Improved
– No longer a dialog
– Variables are now displayed in a table
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Viewing Feed and Transform Data Preview in Full Screen
– Full Screen option has been added; Short demo is available here.
Shortcut to navigate to a page/open the page in View mode
– MacOS: Alt + click
– Windows & Linux: Ctrl + click
Short demo available here.
Web Content connection: Proxy Access separate tab
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JS/SQL Transforms & JS action: Dataset References separate tab
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Gauge: Label Formatter separate tab
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Filter Transform: Row Limit and Sort separate tabs
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Pipeline nodes always sorted in alphabetical order
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Page Variables
– Different way of hiding variables
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– Variable mappings moved
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Command Center
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Security Updates
The following libraries have been upgraded:
– org.springframework.boot: version 2.7.7
– springsecurity: version 5.7.6
– httpcomponents.httpclient: version 4.5.14
– httpcomponents.httpmime: version 4.5.14
– httpcomponents.httpcore: version 4.4.16
– httpcomponents.httpcore-nio: version 4.4.16
– tomcat: version 9.0.70
– plexus-utils: version 3.5.0
Removed
- Angular UI Bootstrap library (ngb-timepicker, ngbTooltip, ngb-progressbar, ngbPopover, ngbDatepicker) replaced with Angular Material;
- ng-select
- The ability to see images in visualization picker (client.showVisChooserIcons config) (now they are always shown as icons, and you will not be able to change this in Sys Config)
- Adding a prefix/suffix when cloning visualizations