What’s New
Overview
Welcome to eLegere 2.11!
Here’s a brief summary of the new features and changes:
- New features to speed up the workflow in Home, Application, and Design Mode panels
- Expanded functionalities to manipulate Storages
- Improved behavior for Notifications.
- Improvements of the Formulas employed in Design Mode.
Breaking Changes
- Restriction Formulas Deprecated: Restriction Formulas were deprecated in this eLegere version. Restriction Formulas will continue to work for the time being, but they will be removed from version 2.14 (January 2023). Row Restriction Formulas replace the same functionality. Please, refer to Improvements > Design Mode > Restriction Formulas Deprecated for more information.
New Functionalities
Home
Search Bar for Domains Addded a modal search bar to filter Domains.
Now, Users who have many Domains can search and access them in a quicker way.
Link to the Support Documentation (Current Version)
The goal is encouraging the use of the Support Documentation. We have simplified the access by adding a link to the documentation’s homepage. The user will find it between the voices “Licenses” and “Sign Out” in the User Menu.
Applications
File Viewer for the Field “File”
The developers have removed the modal to preview the content of a File field. In release 2.11, the click on the content of the field will open the file in the Attachments window. Above the file, there will be the information about the file, plus the commands to download, remove or replace it (if permitted by the eLegere restrictions). There are no changes regarding the commands when clicking on an “empty” cell containing a file or the empty space surrounding the file preview (e.g. paste from clipboard and upload).
Preview for URLs
Added the possibility to preview the URL content of a Link Field. An Application can preview the related web address in a side space next to the Table. Note that the User can enable it through the Link Field configuration in Design Mode.
Design Mode
Commands in the Table Header
The developers have added column buttons to the Table Header. This will enable the designer to change the behavior of each field quickly.
Logical Fields for Icons and Colors
Users are now able to create Logical Fields involving Icons and Colors.
Formulas
Formula Field Description
Now each formula includes a description. The description explains to the user how to use the formula.
Restriction Formulas for Scheduled Jobs
In the Scheduled Job definition window, the User can add restriction formulas which manage the execution of the script. It is thus possible to schedule a daily job and then execute it only if a specific condition is verified; this becomes very useful when there are deadlines to check, thresholds on the number of rows in a storage, etc.
Storage
Reflexive Relations on a Storage
It is now possible to create a Relation between a Storage and itself. This addition enables to connect rows in a table without the employment of a logical Storage.
Wizard for the System Storage
Deployed the option to create Relations on System Storages. Creating Relations on System Storage permits to create Look Ups and Details in Applications built on them. Also, the user can now change the layout of a System Storage’s tile.
Improvements
Home
Open Application Folder from Application’s Info
The User can access the folder containing an Application by clicking on the Path of the Application’s Info.
Domain Name in the Notifications
Added in each notification the name of the Domain that has prompted it. This makes clear in the Homepage to what Domain the notification refers to.
Data Import for Already Existing Storages
During an Import, if the Storage exists already but is empty, it will be filled with the imported data.
Info about Data, Files, and Important Attachments
We have redesigned the modal of the Import function: now, it includes information about what Storages are importing. Information concern data, files, and attachments.
Applications
Access the Attachments from the Master Row of a Detail
While viewing a Detail, it is now possible to access the attachments from the master row.
Save and Add
The input form includes now a new button “Save And Add”. The button appears when the Application is an Input Form App without Details. If clicked, “Save And Add” saves the filled form and opens a new one in the same window.
Copy a Notification
Text In-App notifications now includes the button to copy the notification’s message text.
Design Mode
Environment URL for eLegere scripts
The context object of an eLegere script now includes the Url of the actual Environment.
Restriction Formulas Deprecated
Restriction Formulas (i.e the Filter) become deprecated. The actual Restriction Formulas won’t stop working. But the Restriction Formulas will stop to function from version 2.14 and above. Row Restriction Formulas replace the same functionality. The user can set up Row Restriction Formulas in the Settings menu. The developers recommend using Row Restriction Formulas in place of Restriction Formulas.
Redesign of Link Field Settings
Complete redesign of the URL settings window for the Link field type.
Formulas
=ISNULL in Layout
Users can now employ the formula =ISNULL() in Layout formulas.
=LIST() and Multiselection
Users can now employ the formula =LIST() to get a list containing all the values chosen from a Multiselection field.
Error Message Client/Server Formulas
The Formula editor now makes explicit the type of the formula; i.e. Client Formula and Server Formula. The distinction between Client and Server formulas has always existed in eLegere. The developers have made it explicit through dedicated messages. From now on, Validation includes error messages regarding the parameters’ semantics besides the syntax . If the Designer uses a Client formula with elements accessing the Server side, a message error of explanation will appear.