Version 3.6 (Server)

New features

• UBIK View Items provide the possibility to configure the data that should be (pre)loaded by a View when initiating a View Cache. Using this mechanism gives the customizer a very powerful instrument to tailor the preloading behavior for project specific needs.
• UBIK View Cache Launcher has a possibility to configure a timespan in which the launcher stays inactive (See View Cache Launcher).
• UBIK Contexts can derive from each other now. Using this technique can reduce the amount of necessary work when configuring ACM and much more important, will increase maintainability.
• UBIK Views can derive from each other now. Using this technique can reduce the amount of necessary work when configuring Views and much more important, will increase maintainability.
• UBIK provides the possibility to distribute customizing related binaries via the UBIK databas now. They do not need to be stored on a server file share any more.
• Ubik supports Shape files for for representing geospatial vector data on the map now (https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Shapefiles)
  • Map Shape Classification Object
• Ubik supports the configuration of objects being automatically synced (make offline available) on clients
  • Offline Sync Configuration Classification Object
• It is possible to configure the User Rights Evaluator independend from the Validity Periode on the WebService now
  • Setting: UBIK.Service.GroupRightsUpdateIntervall
• UBIK provides a set of new features to provide the client with additional information about the current Login
  • UBIK Web Service provides the possibility to fetch detail information about the current login
  • If configured, the current login is delivered as part of the infrastructure. The data can be easily be used by the client then
  • The Classification Login Classification identifies logins as such. The classification does not insist on the Passwordhash Property any more.
• UBIK supports clients working with and sending data from different time zones
  • A database settings gives the possibility to configure the timezone date - values are stored in the database (downward compatibility)
• Added Data Import Service, a new externally triggered customizable Ubik Interface
• UBIK provides a new classification to define documents as media documents (foto, video, audio)
  • Media Document Classification

Bugfixes

• A problem with autonomous properties not being filled when performing a branch download is solved now.
• Relation Editor uses the correct Icons when displaying MetaProperties now (consistent to Details View).
• DisplayList uses the correct Icons when displaying MetaProperties now.
• Having more than 500 Metaproperties in the database caused an irritating issue when trying to set the MetaProxy Property Target. This issue is solved now.
• System Selective Lists can be sent to the client now.
• A bug in providing Childowner - Info in combination with an active ViewCache is fixed now.
• Customized Property Values do not interfere with the change of properties on the Web Service any more.
• A bug with incorrect classtype in the NUMERIC_SEQUENCE instance is fixed now.

Enhancements

• OPC/UA Live Values do support Attributes now
• The Login method persists Device Ids (sent from the clients) in UBIK now
• UBIK provides the possibility to inject your own Credentials Authentication mechanism now. This opens UBIK to use any user authentication system in the backend.
• UBIK uses new logging solution. See Serilog for details.
• SQL Logging mechanism is more easier to enable and the entries are extended showing
  • Elapsed time
  • Effected records
  • Transaction start and end
  • Ocured errors
• The UBIK Kernel allows to deploy a locally staged customizing (without having the need to recompile it first) now.
• UBIK WebService provides detail information about View Cache data including its loading performance
• Compiling the customizing does not copy symbol files to the project share any more
• Staging (local compile) does not create a symbol file for the UI Customizing any more.
• Staging (local compile) the customizing provides a symbol and the sourfile now. This is a prerequisite for debugging the customizing.
• Internal optimizations reduce the number of database accesses by far. This results in higher performance.
• UBIK uses Global error handling
• The UBIK Hotspotting Module supports processing new pdf Annotations now as well.
• The UBIK Hotspotting Module provides a new API for easier processing of data.
• The UBIK Hotspotting Module triggers a Thumbnail update of the changed documents now.