Axiom Platform change log
This change log provides cumulative updates about enhancements and fixes for Axiom Platform.
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1/18/2024 Cloud-only Authentication Service
This release includes the following enhancement and issue fix.
Enhancement
This release introduces Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for local users. This applies to Axiom systems and any other system using the Authentication Service. For federated users, MFA settings are configured with the organization's identity provider. (ADO 48330)
Issue fixed
This release resolved the following issue:
| Number |
Type |
Platform minimum version |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADO 85860 | Bug fix | 2023.3 | Issue: Missing translation keys caused some text to not appear. Resolution: Added new keys so heading labels are displayed as expected. |
1/10/2024 General Availability release 3100.10
This release includes the following enhancements and fixes.
Enhancements
This release includes the following enhancements:
Export capability from Axiom to external Snowflake database
Customers can export data from Axiom to their external Snowflake database. Snowflake is an option on the Destination tab of the Export Wizard. When the export job runs, the data selected on the Source tab is available in the connected Snowflake database. (ADO 63782)
Use web reports to define export data.
As an additional option to define export source data, select a web report for the extract, transform, and load (ETL) to use the tables, filter, and columns defined in that report. (ADO 73050)
Improved visibility when users are disabled in Axiom own or are used in scheduled jobs.
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In the Scheduler, added (disabled) suffix to all users who are disabled in Axiom (ADO 85284).
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Improved errors for instances in which a job is scheduled to run, but the user who scheduled it is disabled in Axiom (ADO 18000).
Issues fixed
This release resolved the following issues:
| Number |
Type |
Platform minimum version |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADO 70982 | Bug fix | 3100.10 | Issue: Could not delete the last visible sheet in a workbook. Resolution: |
| ADO 73551 | Bug fix | 3100.10 | Issue: Exported PDFs did not open when outputting to the network output folder with the remote data connection specified. Resolution: Changed the logic so that exported PDFs open when outputting to the network output folder with the remote data connection specified. |
| ADO 80882 | Bug fix | 3100.10 | Issue: In Excel, with the window not maximized, freeze panes were not set correctly on the workbook when drilling into a report. Resolution: Fixed code so that freeze panes display correctly on the worksheet. |
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ADO 82871 83863 |
Bug fixes | 3100.10 | Issue: In some cases, frozen panes were not set correctly when a table was opened in Open Table in Spreadsheet (OTIS). Resolution: Fixed code so that frozen panes are set correctly when a table is opened in OTIS, regardless of home page type. Frozen panes are also set consistently on refresh unless a user actively resizes the window or causes the available screen area to change. |
| ADO 83576 | Bug fix | 3100.10 | Issue: In Enterprise Decision Support (EDS) using Snowflake, upgrades did not work in certain cases. Resolution: Changed validation rules in the upgrade scripts to work with Snowflake. |
| ADO 87110 | Bug fix | 3100.10 | Issue: A deadlocked condition occurred when users loaded the Process Management task pane. Resolution: Fixed a race condition that rarely occurred when loading the Process Management task pane. |
12/20/2023 Patch release 2023.3.4
This patch release includes the following enhancements and fixes.
Enhancements for platform
This patch includes the following enhancements:
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Addressed a breaking change in our services to properly pull version information for Admin service and Visual Insights service in the About dialog. (ADO 85345)
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Updated preprocessing to support Bank of America Bank Administration Institute 2 (BAI2) files, which frequently do not conform to BAI2 standards. (ADO 84841)
Issues fixed for platform
This release resolved the following issues:
| Number |
Type |
Platform minimum version |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADO 86401 | Bug fix | 2023.3 | Issue: In the Scheduler's SaveDataCommit task, we made a Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) SaveDataCommit call with no WCF timeout, causing any save-related command and validation query to fail after the default 15-minute timeout expired. Resolution: Set the operation timeout to the maximum value when making the SaveDataCommit call. |
| ADO 85076 | Bug fix | 2023.3 | Issue:Arithmetic overflow error thrown when viewing the process management task list for queries that included multiple Process Step values. Resolution: Improved how we combined Step identifiers to successfully build the query. |
| ADO 85734 | Bug fix | 2023.3 | Issue: For Enterprise Decision Support (EDS) Snowflake customers with out-of-date cost model tables, if a user edits a cost model and tries to add a filter, a syntax error existed in the query. Resolution: Ensure Syntellis sent table replication status of the entire query to all individual expressions of the generated query. |
| ADO 84626 | Bug fix | 2023.3 | Issue: We found additional paths where we needed to clear the cache before pulling data in reports with currency conversion. Resolution: Added cache resets for those query types and added additional logging to better track the behavior of cache resets in customer systems. |
12/14/2023 Cloud-only Authentication Service
This release includes the following enhancement.
Enhancement
This release facilitates converting local users to federated users by configuring an identity provider. (ADO 81315)
11/30/2023 Cloud-only Authentication Service
This release includes the following enhancement.
Enhancement
This release eliminates the need for system administrators to add new users to Axiom if the user exists in the organization's Active Directory. When a new employee logs in to Axiom or their My Products page for the first time, a user is created for them and granted access to specific Axiom systems based on their Active Directory group membership. (ADO 67372)
11/27/2023 Patch release 2023.3.3
This patch release includes the following enhancements and fixes.
Enhancements for platform
This release includes platform fixes for Enterprise Decision Support (EDS) Snowflake customers. (ADO 82153).
Issues fixed for platform
This release resolved the following issues:
| Number |
Type |
Platform minimum version |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADO 81639 | Bug fix | 2023.3 | Issue: Strategic Financial Planning (SFP) - Saved scenarios did not display activity on Audit Manager. Resolution: Added code so that any saved entry points from generated product tables record the activity and detail records. |
| ADO 82292 | Bug fix | 2023.3 | Issue: Self-referencing lookups were no longer expandable when configuring a calc method variable. Resolution: When configuring a calc method variable, users can expand self-referencing lookups to view an additional level of columns. |
11/6/2023 Cloud-only Authentication Service
This release includes the following enhancement.
Enhancement
Authentication Service audit logs for user management logging
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A new audit tab is available in the admin portal. (ADO 75131)
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A multi-select feature allows bulk deletion of users in the admin portal. (ADO 78060)
10/26/2023 Patch release 2023.3.2
This patch release includes the following enhancements and fixes.
Enhancements for platform
Inform Administrators when new Axiom Platform patches are available
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Security Manager automatically assigns the system update notification role whenever a user is marked as an administrator. (ADO 77979)
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If no users are assigned the system update notification role, assign it to all Administrators on Axiom Platform upgrade. (ADO 77978)
Issues fixed
This release resolved the following issues:
| Number |
Type |
Platform minimum version |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADO 80513 | Bug fix | 2023.3 | Issue: Users experienced issues with index maintenance jobs. Resolution: Improved reporting on partial successes and updated the processing to avoid specific errors. |
| ADO 80589 | Bug fix | 2023.3 | Issue: Users experienced delays in opening the Scheduled Job results view. Resolution: The View model was modified to accelerate access to status report detail level with jobs. |
10/25/2023 Cloud-only Authentication Service
This release includes the following enhancements.
Enhancements
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Customer portal (ADO 50305)
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SSO with Syntellis Academy (ADO 49968)
10/17/2023 Patch release 2023.3.1
This release resolved the following issue:
Issue fixed for platform
| Number |
Type |
Platform minimum version |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADO 79762 | Bug fix | 2023.3 | Issue: For Enterprise Decision Support (EDS) Snowflake customers, specific limit queries failed. Resolution: Adjusted how we generate query syntax. |
10/11/2023 General Availability release 2023.3
This release includes the following enhancements and fixes.
Enhancements
This release includes the following enhancements:
Improvements to web reports
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Web report data exports to the Axiom repository are now done in the background. (ADO 51179)
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Created an Axiom Scheduler task to export web report data on a schedule. (ADO 60330)
Generate support files.
Click a button to generate a ZIP file to send to Customer Support. This report includes relevant log files and critical system information to enable quick resolutions to Support requests. (ADO 48803)
Import data to Axiom.
Import directly from a Snowflake database as an ETL import source option (ADO 69968)
Issues fixed
This release resolved the following issues:
| Number |
Type |
Platform minimum version |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADO 78415 | Bug fix | 2023.3 | Issue: Axiom Import final save processes were significantly delayed. Resolution: Updated the queries in ETLs during the final save process. |
| ADO 64586 | Bug fix | 2023.3 EA | Issue: Copying a process management file from an old file group caused several steps to return a "specified step has been deleted" error. Resolution: Changed the logic to correctly obtain the value of the rejected step. |
| ADO 71734 | Bug fix | 2023.3 |
Issue: Opening a spreadsheet with the Limit to unused items" option selected resulted in an error. Resolution: Lookup columns reference the InternalViewName table instead of the InternalName table. |
| ADO 71295 | Bug fix | 2023.3 EA |
Issue: The Axiom Network Speed Test process ran only one test and displayed an averaged speed that was determined from that single test. Resolution: Updated the speed test process to run a minimum of three tests, which allows for a more reliable average. |
| ADO 74373 | Bug fix | 2023.3 | Issue: Modified variable values were saved as the override values for the next scheduled occurrence of a job. Resolution: Updated the scheduedJob object to clear the NamedValues property for each new job that was added to the schedule. |
| ADO 78675 | Bug fix | 2023.3 |
Issue: GetData reports using the ConversionTarget parameter for data conversion failed and produced #ERR results. Resolution: Updated the internal cache mechanism in the TableViewManager. |
| ADO 73444 | Bug fix | 2023.3 EA | Issue: Running scheduled jobs sent duplicate notifications to the user who ran the job. Resolution: Fixed the notification loop so the user would receive only one notification. |
| ADO 75165 | Bug fix | 2023.3 | Issue: The prCopyFileGroupDocuments stored procedure prevented document data from aligning properly. Resolution: Updated the prCopyFileGroupDocuments stored procedure. |
| ADO 75932 | Bug fix | 2023.3 |
Issue: Using the auto-mapping button during the ETL import process caused a TLS error. Resolution: Updated the auto-mapping process to replace the previous OLEDB connection with an SQL connection. |
| ADO 4510 | Bug fix | 2023.3 | Issue: The syntax ""Is NULL"" in a column filter caused a "Bad conditional expression" error. Resolution: Updated the SQL statement validation process. |
| ADO 74962 | Bug fix | 2023.3 |
Issue: The freeze pane function was not applied correctly when taking a snapshot of an Excel workbook. Resolution: Updated the freeze pane logic. |
| ADO 71305 | Bug fix | 2023.3 EA |
Issue: Axiom displayed a busy cursor when running quick filters on some tables. Resolution: Updated the cursor logic. |
| ADO 71388 | Bug fix | 2023.3 EA |
Issue: Axiom did not apply freeze panes when using the Excel client's Open Table in Spreadsheet (OTIS) function. Resolution: Corrected the order in which Axiom loads freeze pane settings. |
| ADO 63083 | Big fix | 2023.3 EA |
Issue: The times used in locked items were incorrect. Resolution: Updated time zones in locked items to reflect the user's local time instead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). |
| ADO 68695 | Bug fix | 2023.3 EA |
Issue: Importing files with a Bank Administration Institute (BAI) file format containing type-16 records resulted in an error. Resolution: Updated the parsing method to remove spaces at the end of a line. |
| ADO 64584 | Bug fix | 2023.3 EA |
Issue: The freeze pane function was not applied correctly in OTIS. Resolution: Updated the freeze pane logic. |
| ADO 71731 | Bug fix | 2023.3 EA | Issue: The Parent Activity in the Audit Manager did not match the Activity Name. Resolution: Corrected the activity context logic. |
| ADO 73685 | Bug fix | 2023.3 EA | Issue: Axiom did not display RecordModifiedByName and RecordModifiedByLogin columns in Odata queries. Resolution: Removed the columns from the model. |
9/6/2023 Early Availability release 2023.3
This release includes the following enhancements.
Enhancements
For the enhancements released in Platform 2023.3, see the Platform 2023.3 GA release log entry for October 11, 2023.
