Excel Add-In for Certinia

Build 24.0.9060

Changelog

General Changes

DateBuild
Number
Change
Type
Description
09/06/20249015CertiniaChanged
  • Changed the default API version to 61.
05/09/20248895GeneralChanged
  • The ROUND function previously did not accept negative precision values. That feature has now been restored.
03/28/20248853CertiniaAdded
  • Added a new stored procedure, CreateCustomField, which enables the creation of new custom field components within an organization.
03/20/20248845CertiniaAdded
  • Added two new stored procedures GetJobInfoV2 and QueryResultsV2.
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
02/29/20248825CertiniaAdded
  • FileStream input was added for the DownloadAttachment and DownloadDocument stored procedures, it can be used to download the content into an input stream.
  • Content was added for UploadAttachment, UploadContentDocument and UploadDocument stored procedures, it can be used to upload the content from a stream.
02/15/20248811CertiniaAdded
  • Added support for the 'QueryMode' input in the QueryBatch stored procedure. This feature enables users to execute either a SQL or SOQL query using this stored procedure.
01/24/20248789CertiniaAdded
  • Added support for OAuthPKCE (Authorization Code Flow with Proof Key for Code Exchange).
  • Added the IsUpdateable, IsCreateable columns in sys_tablecolumns table which indicate whether the fields can be edited/created.
  • Added support for IncludeReports property, which indicates if salesforce reports should be exposed as views.
  • Added support for IsReport column in sys_tables table which indicates if a view is a Salesforce report.
  • Added the InLineHelpText column in sys_tablecolumns table which outputs the user-defined help text information for each of the fields.
  • Added support for FileId, Success, and FailureMessage outputs in the download stored procedures. These outputs are helpful in showing the status of each download in multi-file downloads.
  • Added support for the ‘EmptyValueBehavior’ hidden connection property which takes two values: ‘ConvertEmptyStringsToNull’ and ‘IgnoreEmptyValue’. The property impacts CUD statements when UseBulkAPI = true.'ConvertEmptyStringsToNull' is the default behavior which updates/creates a field value to NULL if the user has specified an empty string or NULL value, while 'IgnoreEmptyValue' will consider empty string values and NULL as no change made to the field's value.
  • Added support for RemoveBOMCharacter hidden connection property which if set to true, is used to remove the BOM character from the content.
  • Added the IsQueryable column in sys_tables table which is useful to differentiate queryable objects when the ExposeNonQueryable connection property is set to true.

Removed
  • The 'CreateReportSchema' and 'GetCustomReport' stored procedures have been removed and cannot longer be used.
  • Removed the ContentType input of the GetBatchResults stored procedure. The driver automatically resolves the content type.
  • Removed the SOQL input of the CreateSchema stored procedure. Instead, for running SOQL queries directly, the QueryPassthrough connection property should be set to true.

Replacements
  • We have changed and improved support for querying Salesforce reports. The 'CreateReportSchema' and 'GetCustomReport' stored procedures have been removed and cannot longer be used. To query Salesforce reports set the IncludeReports property to true and query the reports as normal tables. The new feature supports additional report types such as SUMMARY, MATRIX reports.

Changed
  • Changed the default Salesforce API Version to 58.
  • The BulkPageSize connection property has been marked as hidden. To continue using this property, you should append it to the Other connection property
01/22/20248787CertiniaAdded
  • Added the 'QueryBatchId' and 'QueryJobId' outputs in the QueryBatch stored procedure.

Removed
  • The 'Id' output corresponding to the batch ID in the QueryBatch stored procedure has been removed. To get the id of the batch use the new 'QueryBatchId' output instead.
  • Removed the SOQL input of the CreateSchema stored procedure. Instead, for running SOQL queries directly, the QueryPassthrough connection property should be set to true.
  • Removed the ContentType input of the GetBatchResults stored procedure. The driver automatically resolves the content type.
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
06/20/20238571GeneralAdded
  • 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.
12/09/20228378CertiniaRemoved
  • Removed the OutputFolder parameter for the CreateReportSchema stored procedure. The Location connection property must be used to set the output directory for writing schemas to a file.

Added
  • Added the WriteToFile parameter for the CreateReportSchema and CreateSchema stored procedures. It defaults to true and specifies whether to write the contents of the generated schema to a file or not. Set it to false to write the schema to FileStream or FileData.
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.
09/14/20228292ExcelChanged
  • Improved the User Experience of the Connection Editor by introducing a Basic tab for the most imporant connection properties.
05/19/20228174CertiniaDeprecated
  • The OAuthGrantType connection property has been deprecated.

Replacements
  • The AuthScheme connection property will be used as a replacement for OAuthGrantType. Its new option OAuthPassword replaces OAuthGrantType=PASSWORD while OAuth replaces OAuthGrantType=CODE.
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.
12/31/20218035ExcelAdded
  • Added batch support for CDATAINSERT, CDATAUPDATE, and CDATADELETE user-defined functions.
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.
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.
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.
04/13/20217773CertiniaChanged
  • The OneLogin method we used previously has been deprecated by OneLogin. We have updated our design to use the latest version of the OneLogin API, which now requires a seperate OAuthClientId and OAuthClientSecret associated with your OneLogin app to be passed in through SSOProperties. The APIKey that was formerly passed in through SSOProperties for OneLogin is removed.
  • OneLogin also no longer uses SSOLoginURL. Instead, Subdomain and AppId should be specified inside the SSOProperties.
03/31/20217760CertiniaDeprecated
  • IdpURL, AppEmbedLink, OktaAppEmbedLink, OktaDomain, IdpSystemPassword, SSOUser, SSOPassword, IdPPassword, IdpSystemUserName, IdpUser, OneLoginAPIKey, OktaApiToken, IdpSystemScheme, IdPSystemSSLClientCert, IdPSystemSSLClientCertType, IdPSystemSSLClientCertSubject, IdPSystemSSLClientCertPassword, and SSOTokenURL are deprecated.

Replacements
  • Deprecated the SSOTokenURL connection property. Instead SSOExchangeTokenURL should be used to specify the endpoint for exchanging SAML token with an oauth token.
  • IdpURL is replaced by SSOLoginURL.
  • The OktaDomain longer needs to be specified for any SSO connections as it can be extracted from SSOLoginURL.
  • SSOLoginURL replaces OktaAppEmbedLink and AppEmbedLink as it is more generic and applicable to other SSO providers.
  • SSOUser, SSOPassword, IdpUser, IdpPassword, IdpSystemUserName, IdpSystemPassword are replaced with the User / Password connection properties.
  • OneLoginAPIKey and OktaApiToken are replaced by APIToken.
  • IdPSystemSSLClientCert, IdPSystemSSLClientCertType, IdPSystemSSLClientCertSubject, IdPSystemSSLClientCertPassword are replaced with the standard SSL cert connection properties.
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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