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Release notes - Version 2022.4

Release notes​

This is version v2022.4 of the documentation for the Genesis low-code platform.

The following versions of the platform are covered by this documentation version.

part of stackversion
server (GSF)6.4.0
web (FUI)6.0.0

Release date: December 19, 2022.

Features​

  • OpenID Connect Integration - The Genesis low-code platform now supports OpenId Connect as an authentication mechanism. The configuration of OpenId Connect providers is done through GPAL, with all of its benefits, including intellisense, autocompletion and compile-time errors. An application can have more than one OpenId Connect provider configured.
  • GPAL for Dynamic Permissions - You can now use GPAL to define dynamic permissions with a strongly typed data model, intellisense and autocompletion. Dynamic permissions can now be defined for tables and views.
  • DevOps/Containerisation
    • Now allows Consul service names to be configured via the new system definition value ConsulServiceNamePattern.
    • Now allows service ports to be overridden via environment variable in the format of {Process_name}_PORT.

Genesis Server Framework (GSF)​

Features​

  • Genesis as a source functionality E2E
    • Reuse database configuration in sources
  • Add userCacheBatchingPeriod option to auth-perms GPAL

Bugfixes​

  • Fixed issue with notifications thread dying in some scenarios.
  • We changed the dictionary-cache dependency to compileOnly in the messages module in server project template to ensure correct project generation.
  • When resolving search paths for code generations, we now use the absolute path of the config module rather than assuming it is an immediate child of the root project directory.
  • Hyphens are now allowed in product names.
  • We now prevent HTTP timeouts when using MORE_ROWS messages for dataserver queries via HTTP API.
  • The permission codes supplied for Request Servers are now correctly respected.
  • The name of the ALERT table, used in notification rules, has been changed to prevent clashes with other products.
  • Fixed error on Data Server when using negated absolute values for BigDecimal types
  • GPAL usage of dynamic permissions (e.g. Data Servers, Request Servers, Event Handlers, etc.) now also read all GPAL auth perms definitions available.
  • HTTP Request Server requests have been made case-insensitive.
  • Added showValue to help command output in DbMon.
  • We now ensure that the minimum batching period for backward joins internal cache is always higher than 0 to avoid maxing out a single CPU.
  • ClearCodegenCache: added args to main method so the compiler recognises it as a valid main method.

Other changes​

  • Removed usage of khttp library.
  • Upgraded Ivy version to 2.5.1 (used in groovy scripts).
  • Upgraded org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-utils from 3.4.2 to 3.5.0 (maven plugins).
  • Upgraded org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-install-plugin from 3.0.0 to 3.0.1 (maven plugins).
  • Upgraded org.apache.maven.plugin-tools:maven-plugin-annotations from 3.6.4 to 3.7.0 (maven plugins).
  • Upgraded Apache Commons Text to 1.10
  • We now use JVM args and sysdef flags to control heap dump on OOM instead of defunct jmap cmd.
  • We have reduced excessive logging in Data Servers.
  • We have upgraded camel-bom to version 3.18.4 and symphony-bom to version 2.11.1 to avoid critical vulnerabilities.
  • We have now excluded snakeyaml from the build to avoid vulnerabilities.
  • Improved Auth Perms performance.
  • Views USER_INSERT_VIEW and USER_AMEND_VIEW now support a new DOMAIN field.

Known issues​

  • An issue has been identified, which requires the application of the following setting,
tasks.withType<Jar> {
    duplicatesStrategy = DuplicatesStrategy.WARN
}

This must be applied to the build.gradle.kts. It has been applied to the blank-app-seed project. Later versions of the blank-app-seed might remove this setting.

Foundation UI changes​

This is a high-level overview of the changes.

Features​

  • Added a foundation-layout package to provide application and route-based layout, similar to Golden Layout. Most APIs are in @beta, but feel free to test these before full public release.
  • Added a foundation-criteria package to provide a type-safe criteria builder for generating queries.
  • Added a foundation-filters package to provide a collection of client-side filters that can be used in complex logic chains.
  • Added support for OpenID SSO in foundation-login.
  • Added bubble and scatter chart types.
  • Added drag-and-drop field ordering functionality to foundation-reporting.
  • Added genx --insecure mode to deal with corporate proxy/networks that use self-signed or missing certificates.
  • Provided more real-world examples of how to test using foundation-testing, see here and here. E2E testing pattern will follow shortly.

Maintenance​

  • Datasource refinements
  • Logout cookie/data cleanup improvements
  • Charting memory cleanup improvements
  • Entity-management styling improvements
  • Flyout improvements
  • General multiselect improvements including memory cleanup
  • Documentation updates

Mapping​

This release maps to 6.0.0 of foundation ui packages.

Migration guide​

  • If you use ag-grid in your project, please update to v28.
  • options-datasource now accepts both value and label
<options-datasource
  resourceName="COUNTERPARTY"
  value-field="COUNTERPARTY_ID"
  label-field="NAME"
></options-datasource>
  • If you’re using the flyout component, you no longer have access to the openFlyout and closeFlyout functions. Use the closed attribute on the component to drive visibility.
  • util formatDate should be changed to formatDateTimestamp
  • util formatDateTime should be changed to formatDateTimeTimestamp
  • util formatEpochToDate should be changed to formatTimestamp
  • If the entity-management component is suddenly not showing up, make sure the enclosing component has set width and hight, or check what its display css option is.

Early access - Gpalx (Fuse) changes​

Data visualisation and charting​

  • The following chart types can now be implemented using existing data sources: Area, Bar, Column, Dual Axes, Line, Pie, Donut and Rose.
  • Charts will dynamically update, based on user interaction with a linked component: for example, selecting a row in a linked Grid.

Fixes​

  • Updated the default Web server port 9000 from 5000 to prevent clashing with the Airplay service on OSX.
  • Users can now declare a field in the DSL with the same name as a field in the Genesis fields dictionary - even if the two fields don't have the same type and property.
  • We have fixed an issue where the Web server was intermittently crashing during application deployment.
  • When an end user of an application built with the DSL performs an 'update' action, the correct State Transition will occur and the Grid component will still display further updates.
  • Selecting an item on a Linked Grid or Chart now returns the required data.