7.18.0 Platform Release Notes

Version: 7.18.0

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Release Highlights

UDesigner Dark Mode

UDesigner now offers new color themes to the Unqork platform. After logging into your environment, use the Experience Dark Mode tile in the UDesigner homepage’s Discovery section.

You can select one of two themes when working on the Unqork platform:

• Light Mode: Unqork’s default user experience. Experience the Unqork platform in light blue and white hues.

• Dark Mode: Unqork’s newest theme that lets Creators Also known as Unqork users; anyone who is inside the Unqork platform. experience the Unqork platform in dark blue and gray hues.

NOTE  Dark Mode is currently in an experimental state and we are actively improving it. All pages might not display in the Dark Mode theme. Creators can switch between Light and Dark Mode without any impact to their work.

Vega Chart Component

The Vega Chart component creates a graphical display of data sets in an application. In the Module Builder, Creators Also known as Unqork users; anyone who is inside the Unqork platform. configure the Vega Chart component using one or more chart types and data sets. In Express View Express View is how your end-user views you application. Express View also lets you preview your applications to test your configuration and view the styling. This is also the view your end-users will see when interacting with your application. After configuring a module, click Preview in the Module Builder to interact with the module in Express View., the Vega Chart lets end-users visualize the data sets in a meaningful and intuitive way.

Below are some common examples of when to use the Vega Chart component:

• To display a scatter plot to track the number of sales for each sales agent in your department.

• To display a pie chart to show the percentages of end-user submissions.

• To display a bar graph that shows product consumption by demographic.

NOTE  The Vega Chart component is a Vega (2.0) runtime component and is not supported in the Centauri (1.0) runtime.

UDesigner Parity

With this release, UDesigner now supports the following Classic Designer components with a new look and feel:

• Advanced DataGrid component

• Browser Storage component

• Data Grid component

• DataMapper component

• Dynamic Grid component

• File Storage component

• Intl Phone Number component

• Map V2 component

• Protected Field component

• Repeater component

• Rich Text Editor component

• Signature component

• Table component

NOTE  Documentation is currently being updated to match the UDesigner look and feel. Thank you for your patience.

Bulk Data Operations (BDO)

Enhancements

• Bulk Data Operation: Delete: Added new functionality for the BDO Delete feature to perform time-bound bulk data deletions.

Centauri

Enhancements

• Browser Storage component: Added three operations to the component’s Operations Builder called Set Persisted Data, Read Persisted Data, and Delete Persisted Data. Creators Also known as Unqork users; anyone who is inside the Unqork platform. can now use these settings to set, read, and delete data in IndexedDB API APIs (application programming interfaces) are a set of protocols and definitions developers use to build and integrate application software. APIs act as the connective tissue between products and services..

• Browser Storage component: Added a new field called Operation Name to the component’s Operations Builder. It's optional, but supports operation chaining—for example, $operationContext.OperationName.result.

Fixes

• Data Workflow component: Fixed an issue where, in certain situations, events that were issued to update the component state experienced long delays before the changes were rendered in the UI The UI (user interface) is a device's end-user interaction and communication point. It can include display screens, keyboards, and mouse. It is also how a user interacts with your application..

• Decisions component: Fixed an issue where various Output Types did not function correctly when targeting the cells and rows of a Dynamic Grid component. These outputs include:

  • customClass

  • required

  • hidden

  • value

• Plug-In component: Fixed two issues affecting Creators Also known as Unqork users; anyone who is inside the Unqork platform. when using an internal service that requires module selection. When selecting a module from the component's Settings menu, the module name now displays correctly instead of the unexpected ******. The Edit Module link below the component's Module drop-down menu has been restored. Previously, it did not display after selecting a module.

Classic Designer

Enhancements

• Address v1, Address Search, Date Input, and Email component: Added a Read Only setting to these components. If Read Only is enabled, the read-only attribute is applied to these components in Express View Express View is how your end-user views you application. Express View also lets you preview your applications to test your configuration and view the styling. This is also the view your end-users will see when interacting with your application. After configuring a module, click Preview in the Module Builder to interact with the module in Express View.. End-users End-Users are the individuals accessing an application through Express View. In most cases, end-users are the customers using the product. can only view, select, or copy its contents—the fields cannot be edited. When using VoiceOver on the input field, it informs the end-user that this field contains selectable text and text cannot be entered.

Fixes

• Components: Fixed an issue when a Creator Also known as Unqork users; anyone who is inside the Unqork platform. moves existing components on the Module Builder canvas. When moved, the component’s ID changes.

• Decisions component: Fixed an issue where, in certain situations, the component's Inputs and Outputs tables disappear in Classic Designer and throw a DevTools Console error.

Module Builder

Enhancements

• Resource Button (?): Removed the blue Resource (?) button at the bottom of the Unqork platform to promote easy access to the components tray.

UDesigner

Enhancements

• Component Notes: UDesigner components now offer a new icon at the top of the Settings drawer that Creators can click to add notes on configuration and functionality.

• Logic components: Improved the Unit Testing experience by removing it from a modal A modal is a window that appears on top of the content you are currently viewing. in the component’s settings and displaying it as its own section for easier access.

• Logic components: Logic components with Disable Execution enabled display as a gray color to represent they are in a disabled state.

• Module Builder Performance: Improved Module Builder performance and faster load times.

• Module Builder Canvas: Added an enhancement where, even with a component’s Settings drawer open, Creators can scroll through the Module Builder canvas to view the other configured components. The component being edited is also highlighted on the canvas to make it easier for Creators to determine the component they are editing.

• Module Builder Canvas: Improved the drag-and-drop functionality to make it easier to add components below container components on the canvas.

• Module Outline Search: Improved scrolling when searching for components in the Module Outline search when including imported elements.

• Plug-In component: After selecting an Unqork internal service from the Internal Service drop-down menu, click the Learn More link opens that specific service’s API APIs (application programming interfaces) are a set of protocols and definitions developers use to build and integrate application software. APIs act as the connective tissue between products and services. documentation in a new tab.

• Transforms: Improved horizontal scrolling and formatting in the Transforms field when in read-only view.

Fixes

• Application and Module Creation: Fixed an issue where the browser would become unresponsive when trying to create an application or module with a lengthy name, followed by a special character.

• Application Settings: Fixed an issue when viewing Login, Logout, Header, and Footer modules in the Application Settings modal A modal is a window that appears on top of the content you are currently viewing.. Depending on which page the Creator is on in the application, when viewing the Application Settings, Login, Logout, Header, and Footer modules would sometimes disappear from the modal.

• Application Versioning: Fixed an issue where validating the uniqueness of a module name was not working for versioned applications.

• Comments: Fixed an issue when editing a comment in the Module Builder with tagged components. After making edits and saving the module, the tag is removed from the comment.

• Data Workflow component: Fixed an issue where hovering over an operator’s tooltip displayed the tooltip to the far right of the screen and made it difficult to read.

• Decisions component: Fixed an issue in UDesigner when a Decisions component is added to a Field Group component. After saving the module and refreshing, the Decisions component becomes hidden in the Module Builder. The only way to view the component is switching to Classic Designer.

• Module Path: Fixed an issue where adding an invalid character in the module path and saving it would cause it to spin indefinitely and not save.

• Module Settings: Fixed an issue where canceling out of the Module Settings modal still retained values that were entered in the modal.

• Snippets: Fixed an issue where adding a snippet to the canvas did not trigger the Save button to change color.

Vega

Enhancements

• Events: Added Event Scoping to signals. Event Scoping lets Creators Also known as Unqork users; anyone who is inside the Unqork platform. specify the event scopes they want applied to the events they are listening for in their component's signals.

  Available scopes include the following:

  • Self: The configured signal only handles events that originate from the component being edited. For example, when a Button component is configured, it only handles clicks to the button.

  • Child: The configured signal only handles events that originate from the component children being edited. For example, when a Panel component is configured, it only handles clicks on the Panel component’s children. Creators can combine the Child with Self scope to handle clicks on the element and on the children.

    NOTE  Any previously configured signals for events will default to the Self scope. The only exception is for DOM events, like on-click. DOM events default to Self and Child scopes. If you add a new signal for a DOM event, only the Self scope exists. However, a Child scope can be added.

• Performance: Improved Vega runtime codebase to improve page load speeds and performance.

• Simple Select component: The component now supports the Operations Builder in it’s Settings drawer.

• Vega Table component: Added a new operation called Table Set Column Width, which lets Creators set the column widths and flex their behavior.

Fixes

• Button component: Fixed an issue in Vega where the Button component's Validate Action Type The action performed by the button when selected. fails and returns an error.

• Dynamic Refresh: Fixed an issue when an embedded Vega module is unloaded when interacting with a Panel component leveraging Dynamic Refresh. In certain situations, validations would fail.

• Execute Module API: Fixed an issue where, in certain situations, executing an API APIs (application programming interfaces) are a set of protocols and definitions developers use to build and integrate application software. APIs act as the connective tissue between products and services. module where a submission ID is stored in a Hidden component returns the submission ID as an unexpected object An object is a type of data structure that represents a single, self-contained entity that acts as a container for the characteristics of that entity. instead of a string A string is an object that represents a sequence of characters. Strings typically hold data represented in text form..
• Focus operation: Fixed an issue where, in certain situations, the Focus operation was not functioning as expected when executing using the onFirstRender event.

• HTML Element component: Fixed an issue where, in certain situations, zero values were being displayed as an empty string A string is an object that represents a sequence of characters. Strings typically hold data represented in text form. when rendered by the component.

• iFrame component: Fixed an issue where the component was displaying in the incorrect location of the component tray. It has been moved to the correct alphabetical order.

• Map Keys operator: Fixed an issue where, in certain situations, the Map Keys operator would unexpectedly remove fields from the output if it did not have a mapping.

• Merge operator: Fixed an issue where, in certain situations, the Merge operator unexpectedly dropped nested keys.

• Radio Buttons component: Fixed an issue where the value was being cleared if the options were set by a Data Reference Key.

• Remote Executes: Fixed an issue when non-administrator users attempted to make calls with the Execute as Super-User setting enabled. The calls either failed or took 10-15 seconds to return the correct data. Remote execute calls once again honor the Execute as Super-User setting for all API APIs (application programming interfaces) are a set of protocols and definitions developers use to build and integrate application software. APIs act as the connective tissue between products and services. modules.

• Set Property operation: Fixed an issue where, in certain situations, the vegaValue logic Output Type resulted in an undefined value when sending data from Centauri to a Cross-Runtime-Support-enabled Vega Panel component.

Visual Query Builder

Enhancements

• Visual Query Builder: Added new functionality to build lookups and unions when creating queries A query lets you retrieve, access, manipulate, and delete data in a database.. Creators Also known as Unqork users; anyone who is inside the Unqork platform. can also use the new Projections field to determine which fields they want included in the response.

  EARLY ACCESS  The Visual Query Builder is in Production Early-Access. To learn more, please contact your Unqork representative.