Excel Add-In for JSON

Build 22.0.8479

変更履歴

General Changes

DateBuild
Number		Change
Type		Description
12/14/20228383GeneralChanged
  • Added the Default column to the sys_procedureparameters table.
[8377] 12/08/20228377JSONAdded
  • Added the WriteToFile parameter for CreateSchema. This defaults to true and must be disabled to write the schema to FileStream or FileData.

Removed
  • Removed the FileLocation parameter from CreateSchema. The Location property must be used to set the output directory for created schemas.
[8339] 10/31/20228339JSONAdded
  • Added support the RefreshOAuth operation which can be used to refresh authentication on long-running queries. It is intended for use where a single script triggers multiple network requests to APIs that use OAuth. It may be invoked with 
    <gt;amp;lt;api:call op="utiladoRefreshOAuth" /<gt;amp;gt;
    .
09/30/20228308GeneralChanged
  • Added the IsPath column to the sys_procedureparameters table.
09/28/20228306ExcelAdded
  • Added a config file option STATUSBAR_UPDATE=TRUE. Indicates whether the Excel Add-In will update the Excel Status Bar with progress status on completed tasks. The default value is TRUE. This way there is the option to NOT update the Status Bar by setting it to FALSE.
09/14/20228292ExcelChanged
  • Improved the User Experience on CData Connection Editor by introducing a Basic tab for the most imporant connection properties.
08/30/20228277JSONAdded
  • Added support for uploading server-side encrypted objects for Amazon S3 storage source via ServerSideEncryption connection property.
08/17/20228264GeneralChanged
  • We now support handling the keyword "COLLATE" as standard function name as well.
05/27/20228182JSONAdded
  • Added ConnectionType connection property to determine the storage type of specified URI.
03/17/20228111ExcelChanged
  • Changed the behavior so that auto-refreshing continues even if the worksheet is not active anymore or loses focus.
03/15/20228109JSONAdded
  • Added support for using JWT with generic http:// sources. Previously it was only available for specific types of sources like gdrive://. Custom JWT is currently only supported for authorization grants, not client credentials.
03/10/20228104JSONAdded
  • Added support for Apache HDFS (webhdfs://) as a storage source.
03/09/ [8103] 20228103JSONChanged
  • Changed the default method for submitting client_credentials grants with OAuth. Before, client_credentials would submit OAuthClientId and OAuthClientSecret using the HTTP Authorization header. Now the OAuthPasswordGrantType controls this setting and it defaults to OAuthPasswordGrantType=Post. The previous behavior is still available by setting OAuthPasswordGrantType=Basic.
03/05/20228099ExcelAdded
  • Added support for inserting rows on tables when no primary key is defined on a given table.
02/19/20228085ExcelAdded
  • The button "Get Data -> From ProviderX" now displays a submenu with existing connections buttons, and a separator, with the "New ProviderX Connection" button, if a connections exist. If no connection exists, then clicking "Get Data -> From ProviderX" will prompt the user to create a new connection prior to selecting the data.

Removed
  • In the "Table Selection" form, the "Source", "New Connection", "Connection", "Edit Connection" are removed as they are out of the context of the "Table Selection" form.
02/03/20228069ExcelAdded
  • Added support for adding columns to existing tables. This feature is only added for the Snowflake driver at the moment. More providers may be added in the future.
01/13/20228048JSONAdded
  • Added support for IBM Cloud Object Storage(ibmobjectstorage://) as a storage source.
01/07/ [8042] 20228042JSONAdded
  • Added support the sleep operation which can be used to add delays to table operations. This is intended for use with async APIs built around polling. It may be invoked with 
    <gt;amp;lt;api:call op="utiladoSleep?timeout=x" /<gt;amp;gt;
    where x is the delay in seconds.
12/31/20218035ExcelAdded
  • Added batch support for CDATAINSERT, CDATAUPDATE, CDATADELETE UDFs.
11/11/20217985ExcelAdded
  • Added a config file option RETRIEVE_DATA_ROWS_PERCOUNT. When getting data, this indicates the number of rows to be retrieved per count. The default value is 1000.

Changed
  • Improved performance when loading data from Get Data/Refresh and the CDATAQUERY function.
11/03/20217977ExcelAdded
  • Implemented a mechanism to detect if the user aborted the process or not.
  • Added new VBA functions: GetLastErrorCode and GetLastError.
10/29/20217972ExcelAdded
  • Added new VBA functions: GetUpSertedRows, UpSertRows, UpSertAll and UpSert.

Changed
  • The "Update Rows" button has a new context. It will update changes made to existing rows or insert newly created rows.

Removed
  • The "Add Rows" button has been removed.
10/08/20217951ExcelAdded
  • Added the ability to create and populate tables in the data source based on existing Excel tables. This feature is only added for the Snowflake driver at the moment. More providers may be added in the future.
10/07/20217950JSONAdded
  • Added support for excluding files based on the ExcludeFiles connection property.
  • Added support for datetime filters in IncludeFiles and ExcludeFiles connection properties. We currently support CreatedDate and ModifiedDate. Ex: 
    ExcludeFiles="TXT,CreatedDate<='2020-11-26T07:39:34-05:00'" 
ExcludeFiles="TXT,ModifiedDate<=DATETIMEFROMPARTS(2020, 11, 26, 7, 40, 50, 000)"
ExcludeFiles="ModifiedDate>=DATETIMEFROMPARTS(2020, 11, 26, 7, 40, 49, 000),ModifiedDate<=CURRENT_TIMESTAMP()"
  • Only the following storage sources will have support for filtering by CreatedDate:
    • Box (box://)
    • GCloudStorage (gs://)
    • GoogleDriveStorageSource (gdrive://)
    • OneDrive (onedrive://)
    • SharePoint (sp://)
    • SharePointREST (sprest://)
09/28/20217941ExcelAdded
  • When loading data, table columns are auto-fitted to display all cells content. In cases when cells have large amounts of text and the table has many rows, this operation might be slow.
  • Added a config file option DISABLE_AUTOFIT_COLUMN. Setting DISABLE_AUTOFIT_COLUMN==TRUE will speed up the process in those cases. The default value is FALSE.

Changed
  • Changed the maximum characters that a cell can get from the data source from 8,192 to 32,767.
09/02/20217915GeneralAdded
  • Added support for the STRING_SPLIT table-valued function in the CROSS APPLY clause.
08/07/20217889GeneralChanged
  • Added the KeySeq column to the sys_foreignkeys table.
08/06/20217888GeneralChanged
  • Added the new sys_primarykeys system table.
07/26/20217877ExcelAdded
  • Added the possibility to sort via UI on the "CData Query" form. The order of the sort is defined by reordering the columns.
07/23/20217874GeneralChanged
  • Updated the Literal Function Names for relative date/datetime functions. Previously relative date/datetime functions resolved to a different value when used in the projection vs te predicate. Ie: SELECT LAST_MONTH() AS lm, Col FROM Table WHERE Col > LAST_MONTH(). Formerly the two LAST_MONTH() methods would resolve to different datetimes. Now they will match.
  • As a replacement for the previous behavior, the relative date/datetime functions in the criteria may have an 'L' appended to them. Ie: WHERE col > L_LAST_MONTH(). This will continue to resolve to the same values that previously were calculated in the criteria. Note that the "L_" prefix will only work in the predicate - it not available for the projection.
07/21/20217872ExcelRemoved
  • Removed support for .NET 3.5. Before upgrade/downgrade, a clean uninstall and then the same product versions install should be performed. So, if we want to downgrade, all the downgrade build versions must be with a .NET 3.5 support. If we want to upgrade, all the upgrade build versions must be with the dropped .NET 3.5 support.
07/08/20217859GeneralAdded
  • Added the TCP Logging Module for the logging information happening on the TCP wire protocol. The transport bytes that are incoming and ongoing will be logged at verbosity=5.
07/06/20217857ExcelAdded
  • Added a config file option REPLACE_SYSTEM_LOCALE=TRUE. This indicates whether Office culture replaces system locale. The default value is TRUE. This way there is the option to disable overriding system locale by setting it to FALSE.
06/26/20217847ExcelAdded
  • Added the ability to move the columns up and down on the "CData Query" form grid view and change their order via UI.
06/24/20217845ExcelAdded
  • Added the default parameter "showPopups" so the user may decide to show or not popups when calling VBA functions.
06/24/20217845JSONAdded
  • Added support for the GOOGLEJSONBLOB JWT certificate type. This works like the existing GOOGLEJSON certificate type except that the certificate is provided as JSON text instead of as a file path.
06/08/20217829JSONAdded
  • Added support for the AzureServicePrinciple authentication scheme, which will support both using an OAuthClientSecret, or alternatively using a JWT cert.
06/05/20217826JSONAdded
  • Added support to authenticate submitting JWT certs instead of the OAuthClientSecret for the AzureAD authentication scheme.
05/21/20217811ExcelAdded
  • A new UI implementation is added for "in" and "not in" filter options on the "CData Query" form. The user is able to select via an interface from a list of distinct column values.
04/23/20217785GeneralAdded
  • Added support for handling client side formulas during insert / update. For example: UPDATE Table SET Col1 = Concat(Col1, " - ", Col2) WHERE Col2 LIKE 'A%'
04/23/20217783GeneralChanged
  • Updated how display sizes are determined for varchar primary key and foreign key columns so they will match the reported length of the column.
04/23/20217783JSONDeprecated
  • SSODomain will not be used anymore for OKTA, OneLogin and ADFS. Instead, Domain should be specified.
  • The AzureAccount connection property is deprecated. Instead, AzureStorageAccount should be used.
04/16/20217776GeneralAdded
  • Non-conditional updates between two columns is now available to all drivers. For example: UPDATE Table SET Col1=Col2

Changed
  • Reduced the length to 255 for varchar primary key and foreign key columns.
  • Updated implicit and metadata caching to improve performance and support for multiple connections. Old metadata caches are not compatible - you would need to generate new metadata caches if you are currently using CacheMetadata.
  • Updated index naming convention to avoid duplicates
  • Updated and standardized Getting Started connection help.
  • Added the Advanced Features section to the help of all drivers.
  • Categorized connection property listings in the help for all editions.
04/15 /20217775GeneralChanged
  • Kerberos authentication is updated to use TCP by default, but will fall back to UDP if a TCP connection cannot be established
03/26/20217755JSONChanged
  • Updated the way default table names are computed so that the file name is taken into account. The driver will now try to use the file name for the table name instead of using the term "JSONData" every time.
  • The provider will now consistently use the following values when naming the table that uses the root JSONPath. In order:
    • The value of the roottablename input attribute, if given.
    • The value of the TableName connection property, if given.
    • The filename of either the MetadataDiscoveryURI, or the first URI if that is not provided. The filename does not include the extension. If there is no URI, or the filename is empty (e.g. "/home/user/.json"), or the URI is for HTTP/HTTPS then the URI is ignored.
    • The value "JSONData".
  • This naming process applies even in JSONRows mode, where before the name of the table was always "JSONData" with no way for the user to override it.
  • Vertically flattened tables now use the table name instead of always using the prefix "json".
  • None of the above changes apply when the connection is made in backwards compatibility mode.
12/30/20207669ExcelAdded
  • Implemented user awareness during the upgrade process from 2019 to 2020 or 2021 editions.
12/21/20207660JSONAdded
  • Added support for reporting special types for aggregates. If the user opts in via SupportNativeDataType and are using JDBC, then the driver will report JSONArray as the type name for array aggregates and JSONObject for object aggregates (if FlattenObjects is disabled)
12/18/20207657ExcelAdded
  • Added the "is null" and "is not null" filters on the "CData Query" form.

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Build 22.0.8479