Release notes

2024.9 Release

September 2024. 40 changes across the platform.

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Release
Sep 15, 2024
Changes
40

App Building and Packages

App Development Screens

First up, this month's release includes two new screens designed to improve the ability of app builders to inspect and manage the app development process: App Component References and App Component Changes . Application Component References Screen: This new screen allows application builders to quickly understand what relationships exist between the various components of an app. As apps grow in complexity, it can bec…

Screens and User Experience

Updated UI Inputs & Screen Elements

The September 2024 release includes several new or significantly revamped UI components and screen elements that we're very excited about - a new Monaco-based JSON editor and a GraphQL predicate builder! Monaco JSON Editor: We're very happy to announce the first in a series of changes which will significantly improve the user experience with our code editors. With this month's release, JSON editors throughout the Fuu…

Data Models and API

New Aggregate Query Operators

With our recent upgrade to MongoDB 8, we were able to add support for several new aggregation operators in our Aggregate Query Framework in version 2024.9. These operators allow more streamlined inspection of aggregated data: • uniqueCount returns the number of unique values in the group (e.g. unique inventory containers moved each week). This operator uses exact value comparison. • median returns the median of the g…

Data Models and API

Client-side Data Import Screen

The 2024.9 release includes a very simple data import screen specifically focused on making it easier to move data between Fuuz environments. It can also help simplify importing data from external systems. Paired with data exports from tables, this screen should reduce some of the management overhead when migrating data between QA and production environments, for instance. This screen is just the very first step in a…

Data Models and API

Flow and Schema Designer UI Updates

Finally, this month's release includes updates to the Data Flow Designer and Schema Designer to standardize the panel layout with our Screen Designer. This new layout condenses the Toolbox panel, previously on the left, into a tab on the right-hand side of the screen. This comes with a new feature - just like the screen designer, you can now quickly jump to a section in the properties for a selected data flow node or…

Edge and Gateway

Improved

  • Updated Native Printer driver to correctly encode UTF-8 charactersIntegration Team › Edge Gateway
  • Updated logging for Edge Gateway flows to reduce log file sizeIntegration Team › Edge Gateway

Integration and Connectors

New

  • Added ADP Vista integration connector and data flow nodeIntegration Team › Integration Connectors

Orchestration and Data Flows

New

  • Implemented publisher validation for maximum message sizeOrchestration Team

Improved

  • Updated data flow logging to omit context and payload fields to reduce message size when requiredOrchestration Team
  • Updated data flow metrics to pull correct message IDs from source nodes and to always collect metrics from Response nodesOrchestration Team › Data Flows
  • Updated Data Flow Metrics Dashboard to use aggregation queries instead of client-side transforms, enabling wider date ranges and larger volumes of metricsOrchestration Team › Data Flows
  • Updated UI to combine Toolbox with the right-hand panel, standardizing UI with the Screen DesignerOrchestration Team › Data Flows

Security and Administration

Improved

  • Improved error messages for partial or malformed Authorization headersData Team › Security
  • Updated Policy Editor to correctly display screens with multiple routesData Team › Security
  • Updated Authentication Event logging to retain authentication failure logs for 5 yearsData Team › Security
  • Updated Tenants table to disable edit actions on non-administration tenantsData Team › Security

Data Models and API

New

  • Added simplified client-side data import screenData Team › Data Management
  • Added median , percentile , and uniqueCount aggregation operators to Aggregation Query frameworkData Team › GraphQL APIs
  • Added validation to ensure where inputs for mutations have exactly one field and not 0 or more than 1Data Team › GraphQL APIs
  • Added Operation field to data change capture records, indicating the operation type (create, update, or delete)Data Team › GraphQL APIs

Improved

  • Updated UI to combine Toolbox with the right-hand panel, standardizing UI with the Screen DesignerData Team › Schema Designer
  • Updated data change capture to ensure Changed At and Changed By User values are consistent between mutationsData Team › GraphQL APIs

Fixed

  • Corrected an issue that could cause delete mutations for models using Cascade Deletion to failData Team › GraphQL APIs

App Building and Packages

New

  • Added Application Component References screen to allow easy introspection of relationships between app componentsUser Interface Team › Application Designer
  • Added Application Element Changes screen to streamline identifying all changes made to an app since a certain dateUser Interface Team › Application Designer
  • Added support for dragging data models from Application Navigator into Schema Designer tabsUser Interface Team › Application Designer

Improved

  • Updated package management to better handle and recover from schema deployment errorsOrchestration Team › Package System

Screens and User Experience

New

  • Added an Input Schema configuration option to Notification Channels, validating the shape of the input data prior to sending notificationsIntegration Team › Notification Platform
  • Implemented Monaco editor for JSON type inputsUser Interface Team › Components
  • Implemented Predicate Builder input elementUser Interface Team › Components
  • Added a configuration option to delay running page load flowsUser Interface Team › Screen Designer
  • Added a configuration option to control whether the Table element's data transform should run locally or remoteUser Interface Team › Screen Designer

Improved

  • Updated form inputs to display a loading spinner while running initial transformsUser Interface Team › Components
  • Updated Select and Date/Time/Datetime inputs to correctly re-run form validation on changeUser Interface Team › Components
  • Reimplemented Array Input component to add support for a broader set of input typesUser Interface Team › Components
  • Updated Cards screen element to update its transform context with updated data when child elements changeUser Interface Team › Screen Designer
  • Updated Auto-save option to persist setting between sessions and page reloadUser Interface Team › Screen Designer
  • Removed support for changing screen designer tab type within the Tabs panelUser Interface Team › Screen Designer

Fixed

  • Corrected a bug that could cause default values for Table components to not apply during auto-loadUser Interface Team › Components