What's new in iteraplan 5.2.0
Jun 2, 2016
- NEW FEATURES:
- Improved filter possibilities: Combine filters and filter by attributes of related elements
- Tool area now available with the Nested Cluster diagram
- Landscape diagram: Relations are aggregated/distributed when a hierarchy filter is set
- Landscape diagram: Highlight all occurrences of an element
- Information Flow Diagram: More features added
- Complete diagram download available when rendering is only partial
- IMPROVEMENTS:
- Order of building blocks can now be changed by the import
- Major overhaul of used technologies, both in core and client
- Import progress now shown more detailed in the GUI
- New Home screen
- Google fonts embedded
- Performance Improvements in the Interactive Client. Amongst others:
- Visualisation render speed improved
- Initial load speed improvement via Tomcat settings
- FIXED DEFECTS:
- Unrecoverable error state during Excel Import
- 'contains' for Enum-Type Filter does not work correctly
- Graphics Reactor can't handle files with space in the filename
- Tool area can't be opened for "empty" types
- Correctly hide empty columns in the Landscape Diagram
- MS SQLServer Exception: Too many parameters with some queries
- Import with "include metamodel changes" does not always respect changed metamodel
- Problems with file upload in Graphics Reactor
- Import does not read attributes with square brackets in their name
- Partial Excel Export by using long iteraQL queries creates corrupted Excel files
- No Notification when building block is created via REST
- Bulk unsubscribe sends mails for elements that were not subscribed
- Graphics Reactor: file list in some cases not updated
- Filter lost when using .expand in iteraQL
- Bulk subscribe problems
- Lite edition does not allow to create/edit IT service elements
- Additive import removes too many parent-child relations in some cases
New in iteraplan 5.1 (Nov 12, 2015)
- More possibilities are now included to configure the new Nested Cluster and the Landscape Diagram in our new interactive client. Both charts were completed and improved and can be used with larger data sets. The third graph in the new client, the Information Flow Diagram, is launched. Elements can now be repositioned by drag & drop. Other functions in the chart will be published in the next release. With the new Tool Area you can configure your graphs in a comfortable and easy way.
- Among many other improvements iteraplan is now Java 8-compatible.
New in iteraplan 5.0.5 (Aug 11, 2015)
- Reactor:
- user defined diagrams and reports with arbitrary structure and design/layout
- based on complete iteraplan data in XML format
- using an XSL transformation script
- using additional templates and/or parameters provided as files
- designed and developed by a power user locally with standard tools
- available for all (authorized) users via the new interactive client
- Classic:
- Context Overview Diagram now shows relations to Infrastructure Elements
- License upload page now works with SSO configuration
- Fixed issue with importing large and complex data from Excel
- Fixed issue with modifying parent/child hierarchy via REST API
- Eliminated waiting period due to data model initialization after server restart
- More stable behavior when importing unusual or erroneous data from Excel
- Better internal error recovery fixed the issue "empty information system list"
- Interactive Client:
- Different connection paths between Building Block Types have unique names now in Nesting Cluster Diagram.
- NCD: Fixed issue with filtering by text properties
- LSD legend has correct names for building block types as axes
- Fixed issue with extra scrollbars.
- NCD: Text filters now work intuitively if text contains multiple whitespace characters
- Date picker for Last Modification Time now works in Internet Explorer 11
- NCD: building block types in diagram title are now active/changeable in all cases
- Fixed issue with context menu and legend in IE 11
- For text filters, diagrams are now updated immediately after each key press
- Complex diagrams now show a "busy indicator" during computation and rendering
- A landscape diagram can have a date attribute as horizontal or vertical axis.
- For information systems connected by interfaces or information flows, the connection is now combined for all directions
- Fixed issue with Interface elements without Business Object in interactive client
- improvements of layout, icons, text/background contrast
- improvements of default settings and interactive filters in interactive diagrams
New in iteraplan 3.4.0 (Jan 22, 2015)
- New features & improvements (vs. 3.3.0):
- New import strategy: "Conservative"
- New visualization: Context overview diagram, available with information systems
- Improved installer: Supports various databases, more options, more ease of use
- Line break, clipping and other improvements with some visualizations
- Output format "CSV" supported with direct list exports
- New report with information about the iteraplan system configuration
- Feedback regarding import progress & status, imports run in the background
- Improved error messages and error handling with imports
- Various speed improvements when importing data
- Improved database schema and constraints
- Default color for enumeration attribute values possible with Excel/XMI import
- More meaningful response status codes in the REST API
New in iteraplan 3.3.1 (Jul 9, 2014)
- Fixed bugs:
- Fixed an issue which occurred, when trying to apply a filter on Relationship-End with IteraQL.
- Fixed an issue preventing successful imports if there were values missing for mandatory attributes in Business Mappings.
- Update of multivalued attributes in interfaces is now possible.
- Fixed an issue when using the query filter on building block overview pages.
- Fixed an issue causing errors with Export/Import and Power Queries, if attributes had invalid names.
- Fixed issue which allowed the creation of attributes and attribute values with invalid or conflicting names.
- Fixed an issue preventing the re-import of a partial export using enumeration attribute values in its filter predicate
- Fixed an issue preventing iteraplan to run correctly when installed in Tomcat's ROOT context.
- Fixed an issue which lead to a permanent opened coloring dialog for Nesting Cluster Diagram.
- Fixed misleading error message during file downloads.
- Fixed issue allowing the creation of building blocks with duplicate names when using certain database configurations.
- Fixed an issue which sometimes prevented successful iteraplan installation using console (headless) mode.
- Fixed an excel import issue with elements of type Isr2BoAssociation, Tcr2IeAssociation and InformationFlow which prevented their creation or deletion.
- Improvements/new features:
- Added a default color to enumeration attribute values added by the Excel/XMI import.
- Improved error messages and error handling in some import cases (both Excel and XMI).
- Response status codes in iteraplan's REST API are now more meaningful.
- The output format "CSV" is now supported for direct list export in Tabular Reporting
New in iteraplan 3.3.0 (May 1, 2014)
- New features:
- Major overhaul of iteraplan's export & import capabilities
- partial export/import: possibility to export and import only a specific subset of all data
- Different strategies for import: Additive (Create/part. Update) & Overwrite (Create/Update/Delete)
- REST interface: Write access to single building block elements (Create/Update/Delete)
- HTTP Basic Authentication for REST-API access
- New direct Excel export: WYSIWYG-export of simple-list query results or spreadsheet reports
- Report type independent overview for all saved queries
- Added Kerberos-based Single Sign On in combination with Microsoft IIS
- Tested for Oracle 12 compatibility
- Backwards 3.x compatibility with Excel import improved
- LDAP-based authentication: given and last names are synchronized at login time
- Improved IE10 support
- Improved error reporting capabilities
- Fixed bugs:
- Fixed issue with displaced text on attribute description popups
- Fixed issue with missing connection lines in information flow diagrams
- Fixed a bug causing an error page during configuration of spreadsheet reports. It was related to certain business mapping queries.
- Fixed a bug preventing the deletion of infrastructure elements in certain cases
- Fixed issue with notifications not being sent for certain status changes
- Fixed issue with switching the language on the query console page
- Fixed issue with changing enum attribute values using Internet Explorer
- Fixed issue with deleting an infrastructure element
- Various minor improvements and fixes
New in iteraplan 3.3.0 Milestone 2 (Apr 15, 2014)
- New features :
- Major overhaul of iteraplan's export & import capabilities
- partial export/import: possibility to export and import only a specific subset of all data
- Different strategies for import: Additive & Overwrite (Create/Update/Delete)
- REST interface: Write access to single building block elements (Create/Update/Delete)
- HTTP Basic Authentication for REST-API access
- Tested for Oracle 12 compatibility
- Backwards 3.x compatibility with Excel import improved
New in iteraplan 3.3.0 Milestone 1 (Apr 15, 2014)
- New features:
- LDAP-based authentication: given and last names are synchronized at login time
- New "netto" Excel export: WYSIWYG-export of simple-list query results or spreadsheet reports to an Excel file
- Report-type-independent overview for all saved queries
- Improved IE10 support
- Improved error reporting capabilities
- Fixed bugs:
- Fixed issue with displaced text on attribute description popups
- Fixed issue with missing connection lines in information flow diagrams
- Fixed a bug causing an error page during configuration of spreadsheet reports. It was related to certain business mapping queries.
- Fixed a bug preventing the deletion of infrastructure elements in certain cases
- Fixed issue with notifications not being sent for certain status changes
New in iteraplan 3.2.0 (Apr 15, 2014)
- New features, changes and fixed bugs:
- Smaller improvements of REST-interface JSON-structure
- Edit backward-compatibility of CE Visio template
- Improvement of sample data (date intervals and dashboard example)
- Fixes regarding XMI-import/export
- Fix to avoid SQL Exception on Custom-Dashboard initialization
- Performance-improvement of Nesting-Cluster Diagram-Generation
- Enabled defective attribute-group-menu for MS SQL Server use
- Fix to enable last modification properties for instances of relationship types
- Validation of support for MS SQL Server as backing database
- Finalization of documentation
New in iteraplan 3.1.0 (Jul 30, 2013)
- Improved start script in Community edition to find the Java runtime more reliably from the Windows registry
- Fixes to the Excel import, which corrupted the hierarchy information in the database in 3.1RC1
- Fixed NullPointerException in Excel import when wrong cell formats are set
- newly added Building Blocks can now directly be used in a new relationship
- reduced the file size of generated Excel template files
- Various minor improvements to the new Custom Dashboards
- Masterplan diagram:
- Added an option to colour date interval bars according to their defined colour
- Unified labels of the time span bars
- The default state of switch "Elements with status 'Inactive' are shown." is now configurable server-side
- Various improvements to the user documentation
New in iteraplan 2.7.1 (Nov 30, 2010)
- Saved queries are now saved in the database instead of the file system, enabling a simpler
- backup and migration process
- Saved queries for tabular and graphical reporting are now directly executable and bookmarkable,
- the export format can be changed dynamically
- Searching elements enhanced. Dialogs now include Fulltext search, filtering based on
- attributes or applying a saved query
- Improved graphical exports (performance optimizations, long words moved to legend)
- Improved cluster diagram. It is now possible to use the swimlane option, which will arrange
- elements so that one item appears always in the same row in all columns
- Information Flow Diagram Showing Interface descriptions; Possibility to remove BusinessObjects
- Spreadsheet reports now use case-insensitive string comparison
- Excel exporter now uses a template file that can be customized and enriched with user-defined macros
- Improved usability: bulk delete, warnings, position of saved queries, title of page, ...
- Wiki functionality offering the possibility to style descriptions (XWiki syntax)
- Subscribe to Elements to get notification emails about updates
- Bulk update offering standard values also for relations
- Installer can now roll out iteraplan and iTurm in one step
- Added localizations for French (contributed by Olivier Thiery and Michel Bénard),
- Hungarian (contributed by Tibor Timar) and Bulgarian; added support for non-ascii languages
- Added more support and some examples for different css layouts / theme switcher
- More UI elements can now be localized and customized (including the labels in the startscreen)
- Many minor enhancements and bug fixes, thanks to all reporters!
New in iteraplan 2.7.0 (Oct 30, 2010)
- Saved queries are now saved in the database instead of the file system, enabling a simpler backup and migration process
- Saved queries for tabular and graphical reporting are now directly executable and bookmarkable, the export format can be changed dynamically
- Searching elements enhanced. Dialogs now include Fulltext search, filtering based on attributes or applying a saved query
- Improved graphical exports (performance optimizations, long words moved to legend)
- Improved cluster diagram. It is now possible to use the swimlane option, which will arrange elements so that one item appears always in the same row in all columns
- Information Flow Diagram - Showing Interface descriptions; Possibility to remove BusinessObjects
- Spreadsheet reports now use case-insensitive string comparison
- Excel exporter now uses a template file that can be customized and enriched with user-defined macros
- Improved usability: bulk delete, warnings, position of saved queries, title of page, ...
- Wiki functionality offering the possibility to style descriptions (XWiki syntax)
- Subscribe to Elements to get notification emails about updates
- Bulk update offering standard values also for relations
- Installer can now roll out iteraplan and iTurm in one step
- Added localizations for French (contributed by Olivier Thiery and Michel Bénard), Hungarian (contributed by Tibor Timar) and Bulgarian; added support for non-ascii languages
- Added more support and some examples for different css layouts / theme switcher
- More UI elements can now be localized and customized (including the labels in the startscreen)
- Many minor enhancements and bug fixes, thanks to all reporters!
- Distinguishing features in the Enterprise Edition
New in iteraplan 2.7.0 Milestone 3 (Sep 29, 2010)
- Saved queries are now saved in the database instead of the file system enabling a simpler backup and migration process
- Saved queries for tabular and graphical reporting are now directly executable and bookmarkable, the export format can be changed dynamically
- Saved queries for tabular reports can now be used within the overview pages of building blocks to filter the result list
- Improved graphical exports (performance optimizations, long words moved to legend)
- Improved cluster diagram. It is now possible to use the swimlane option, which will arrange elements so that one item appears always in the same row in all columns.
- Tabular reports are now using case insensitive string comparison
- Excel exporter now uses an template that can be customized and enriched with user defined macros
- Added more support and some examples for different css layouts / theme switcher
- Added localizations for french, hungarian and bulgarian; added support for non-ascii languages
- Even more elements can now be localized and customized (including the labels in the startscreen)
- Improved usability, names of elements are now displayed in the title of the page
- Installer can now roll out iteraplan and iTurm in one step
- Many minor enhancements and bug fixes, thanks to all reporters!
New in iteraplan 2.7.0 Milestone 2 (Jul 30, 2010)
- Saved queries are now saved in the database instead of the file system enabling a simpler backup and migration process
- Saved queries for tabular and graphical reporting are now directly executable and bookmarkable, the export format can be changed dynamically
- Improved graphical exports (performance optimizations, long words moved to legend)
- Excel exporter now uses an template that can be customized and enriched with user defined macros
- Added more support and some examples for different css layouts / theme switcher
- Added localizations for french and bulgarian; added support for non-ascii languages
- Even more elements can now be localized and customized (including the labels in the startscreen)
- Improved usability, names of elements are now displayed in the title of the page
- Installer can now roll out iteraplan and iTurm in one step
- Many minor enhancements and bug fixes, thanks to all reporters!
New in iteraplan 2.6.2 (Jul 16, 2010)
- Shortcuts for many actions (highlighted as tooltip)
- W3C-conformant HTML Output
- Interfaces: Change Information Systems, simplified search, ...
- List custom attributes as core attributes
- Bookmarks/URLs to elements simplified
New in iteraplan 2.6.1 (Jun 11, 2010)
- XMI (XML) Import (beta) (only Enterprise Edition)
- MS Project Export
- Context diagrams showing elements in perspective
- New relation Technical Component Infrastructure Element
- New relation Business Domain Business Unit
- Improved Web interface
- Shortcuts for many actions (highlighted as tooltip)
- W3C-conformant HTML Output
- Interfaces: Change Information Systems, simplified search, ...
- List custom attributes as core attributes
- Bookmarks/URLs to elements simplified
- Many minor enhancements and bug fixes, thanks to all reporters!
- Deleting business mappings does not longer corrupt the database structure,
- which prevented creation of new information systems (#1987)
- Saved reports save the selection drop-down/free-text field for attributes (#1802)
- The cluster diagram configuration is refreshed after loading a saved query (#1991)
- Date validation works also properly if iteraplan is using LDAP authentication (#1974)
- Directions of arrows in the Information Flow Diagram are displayed correctly again (#1998)
New in iteraplan 2.5.0 (Apr 10, 2010)
- Full-Text search across all elements (Google-Like)
- Export to XMI/XML (eXtensible Metadata Interchange Format)
- New diagram type: Cluster graphic
- All diagrams now also available in SVG, JPG, PNG and PDF
- Every element can be addressed directly with an URL (e.g. http://iteraplan-host/iteraplan/project/start.flow?id=42&_eventId=show)
- Link from graphics back to details within iteraplan (with SVG)
- Editing different elements of one building block type simultaneously
- Enhanced bulk update
- Improved Import / Export
- Visualization of Interface attributes in information flow diagrams
- Bulk delete (e.g. after wrong imports or to evict old data)
- URI-Encoding was changed to UTF-8 to support a wider range of languages
- Improvements to stability and security
- Added a Spanish localization (thanks to a contribution by Alejandro Gaviria L.)
- Java 6 is required for running iteraplan. Java 5 is no longer supported.