Excel Add-In for Azure Cosmos DB

Build 24.0.9060

Changelog

General Changes

DateBuild
Number
Change
Type
Description
05/09/20248895GeneralChanged
  • The ROUND function previously did not accept negative precision values. That feature has now been restored.
04/08/20248864Azure Cosmos DBAdded
  • Added the RequestPriorityLevel connection property. This property manages request priority, especially during 429 errors. Setting it to 'high' prioritizes all requests over those with a low priority.
03/15/20248840GeneralAdded
  • Created a new SQL function called STRING_COMPARE that provides java's String.compare() ability to SQL queries. Returns a number representative of the compared value of two strings
12/31/20238765ExcelAdded
  • Added support for dialect SELECT queries in UI, VBA, and UDF =CDATAQUERY function.
11/29/20238733GeneralChanged
  • The ROUND function doesn't accept the negative precision values anymore.

Changed
  • The returning types of the FDMonth, FDQuarter, FDWeek, LDMonth, LDQuarter, LDWeek functions are changed from Timestamp to Date.
  • The return type of the ABS function will be consistent with the parameter value type.
11/28/20238732GeneralAdded
  • Added the HMACSHA256 formatter to allow for secrets to be decoded if it is in base64 format
06/27/20238578Azure Cosmos DBAdded
  • Added AzureServicePrincipalCert as a separate AuthScheme to be used for Azure Service Principal authentication with a Certificate.
06/20/20238571GeneralAdded
  • Added the new sys_lastresultinfo system table.
05/10/20238530ExcelAdded
  • Added the ability to cancel an in-progress test connection in the Connection Dialog Box.
04/25/20238515GeneralRemoved
  • Removed support for the SELECT INTO CSV statement. The core code doesn't support it anymore.
12/14/20228383GeneralChanged
  • Added the Default column to the sys_procedureparameters table.
09/30/20228308GeneralChanged
  • Added the IsPath column to the sys_procedureparameters table.
09/28/20228306ExcelAdded
  • Added a config file option STATUSBAR_UPDATE=TRUE. This 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.
09/23/20228301Azure Cosmos DBAdded
  • Added the FileStream input for the CreateSchema stored procedure. It streams the contents of the created schema if no FileName is set.
09/14/20228292ExcelChanged
  • Improved the User Experience of the Connection Editor by introducing a Basic tab for the most imporant connection properties.
08/19/20228266Azure Cosmos DBAdded
  • Added the FileData output for the CreateSchema stored procedure. It pushes the generated schema encoded in Base64 only if the FileName input is not set.
07/26/20228242Azure Cosmos DBChanged
  • Changed provider name to Azure Cosmos DB.
03/17/20228111ExcelChanged
  • Changed the behavior so that auto-refreshing continues even if the worksheet is not active anymore or loses focus.
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 connection exists. If no connections exist, then clicking "Get Data -> From ProviderX" will prompt the user to create a new connection before selecting the data.

Removed
  • In the "Table Selection" form, the "Source", "New Connection", "Connection", and "Edit Connection" fields are removed as they are out of the scope of the "Table Selection" form.
01/14/20228049Azure Cosmos DBAdded
  • Added support for the AzureAD and AzureServicePrincipal authentication methods.
12/31/20218035ExcelAdded
  • Added batch support for CDATAINSERT, CDATAUPDATE, and CDATADELETE user-defined functions.
12/14/20218018Azure Cosmos DBAdded
  • Added the new connection property UseRidAsPK. Since CosmosDB allows you to use both _rid and id fields as unique values for retrieving resource data, you can set this property to false to switch using the id column as primary key instead the default _rid.
12/07/20218011Azure Cosmos DBAdded
  • Added support for the 'RawValue' TypeDetectionScheme. Setting the TypeDetectionScheme to 'RawValue' will push each document as a single aggregate on a column named JsonData, along with its resource identifier on the separate Primary Key column.
11/11/20217985ExcelAdded
  • Added a config file option called RETRIEVE_DATA_ROWS_PERCOUNT. When getting data, this indicates how many rows will be populated into the sheet at a time. The default value is 1000.

Changed
  • Improved performance when loading data from Get Data/Refresh and the CDATAQUERY function.
11/03/20217977ExcelAdded
  • Added new VBA functions: GetLastErrorCode and GetLastError.
10/29/20217972ExcelAdded
  • Added new VBA functions: GetUpSertedRows, UpSertRows, UpSertAll and UpSert.

Changed
  • The "Update Rows" button will now update changes made to existing rows or insert newly created rows.

Removed
  • The "Add Rows" button has been removed.
10/10/20217953Azure Cosmos DBAdded
  • Added support for Batch Insert, Update and Delete operations.
  • Added support to dynamically control the number of parallel batch CUD requests to prevent exceeding the limit Max Requests Units Per Second, which can be configured via the MaxWriteThroughput connection property.
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 retreive 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
  • You can sort and reorder columns on the "CData Query" form to alter the sort order.
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 as opposed to the predicate. For example: 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. For example: WHERE col > L_LAST_MONTH(). This will continue to resolve to the same values that were previously 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 you want to downgrade, all the downgrade build versions must support .NET 3.5. If you want to upgrade, all the upgrade build versions will drop .NET 3.5 support.
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 the UI.
06/24/20217845ExcelAdded
  • Added the default parameter "showPopups" so the user may decide whether to show popups when calling VBA functions.
06/14/20217835Azure Cosmos DBAdded
  • Added the SetPartitionKeyAsPK connection property, which controls whether or not to use the collection's Partition Key field as part of a composite Primary Key for the corresponding exposed table.
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.
04/25/20217785GeneralAdded
  • 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.
04/16/20217776GeneralAdded
  • Non-conditional updates between two columns is now available to all drivers. For example: UPDATE Table SET Col1=Col2
04/16/20217776GeneralChanged
  • Reduced the length to 255 for varchar primary key and foreign key columns.

Changed
  • Updated index naming convention to avoid duplicates.
12/30/20207669ExcelAdded
  • Implemented user awareness during the upgrade process from 2019 to 2020 or 2021 editions.
12/18/20207657ExcelAdded
  • Added the "is null" and "is not null" filters on the "CData Query" form.

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