Release notes

2023.4 Release

April 2023. 59 changes across the platform.

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Release
Apr 15, 2023
Changes
59

Orchestration and Data Flows

Web Flows

This month's release includes a long-awaited new feature for the screen designer: web flows! Web flows are exactly what they sound like: data flows that run on the web. These are data flows that can interact directly with users and screens: prompting users for input, displaying notifications, changing form values, hiding and showing containers, and more. This system is designed to be a powerful, flexible, and easy-to…

New Environment selection on flow creation
New Environment selection on flow creation
Dialog nodes
Dialog nodes
Navigation nodes
Navigation nodes
Form element nodes
Form element nodes
Table element nodes
Table element nodes
Container element nodes
Container element nodes
Screen element nodes
Screen element nodes
Flow button in the toolbox
Flow button in the toolbox
Flow button configuration
Flow button configuration
Screen flow configuration
Screen flow configuration
When a user clicks a flow button, prompt for input, ask them to confirm their action, issue a mutation, then show a notification indicating success.
When a user clicks a flow button, prompt for input, ask them to confirm their action, issue a mutation, then show a notification indicating success.
Every 15 minutes, ask the user to complete a quality report; if it fails, ask for more information, then create a quality record.
Every 15 minutes, ask the user to complete a quality report; if it fails, ask for more information, then create a quality record.
Subscribe to data change events and update the screen in real time.
Subscribe to data change events and update the screen in real time.
Web flows can be tested in the designer.
Web flows can be tested in the designer.
A snackbar notification indicating a flow saved in another tab has been synchronized with a running screen.
A snackbar notification indicating a flow saved in another tab has been synchronized with a running screen.

App Building and Packages

New Package System

The 2023.4 release also includes another generational leap forward: this time in the realm of packages. Our existing package management system has performed well since its release several years ago, but as our platform grew, it became apparent that there were several fundamental shortcomings we wouldn't just be able to patch over. Among these were the system's ability to handle very large packages, the level of atten…

New package definition editor.
New package definition editor.
The package definition editor lints packages for potential issues.
The package definition editor lints packages for potential issues.
Issues identified by the linter can be fixed with a single click.
Issues identified by the linter can be fixed with a single click.
Package installation logs providing descriptive information on installation steps.
Package installation logs providing descriptive information on installation steps.
Package installation tasks listing the specific steps taken by the installation process.
Package installation tasks listing the specific steps taken by the installation process.
Package installation logs and tasks for updated packages.
Package installation logs and tasks for updated packages.

Security and Administration

Screen Policies

April 2023 also brings an upgrade to the policy-based security system in Fuuz. The access control policy system has always allowed flexible, granular permissions to be applied to Fuuz APIs; this month, we're extending that system to screens as well. This allows administrators to define policies which restrict which screens users are allowed to access: if permission for a screen isn't granted, it won't appear in the s…

Screen actions and resources in the access control policy builder.
Screen actions and resources in the access control policy builder.
A complex policy granting screen access to a range of module groups, modules, and individual screens.
A complex policy granting screen access to a range of module groups, modules, and individual screens.
The policy object created by the visual builder.
The policy object created by the visual builder.

Edge and Gateway

HTTP Server Driver

Included in this month's release is a new driver for the Edge Gateway: an HTTP Server driver. This driver is the first of a new class of drivers whose responsibility is to listen for commands from within a network and relay them up to Fuuz. This driver has two modes of operation: HTTP relay endpoints and HTTP POST device subscriptions. HTTP Relay Endpoint: These endpoints are configured on the device and create an HT…

HTTP relay endpoint configuration
HTTP relay endpoint configuration

Data Models and API

Improved Data Model Metrics

Also included in this month's release are improvements to the Data Models API and screen to provide better information about data storage utilization in Fuuz. The existing data size and record count fields have been updated to provide more meaningful estimates of utilization, and additional fields have been added to report the utilization of data change collections if DCC is enabled. This information will help admini…

Updated columns in the Data Models table
Updated columns in the Data Models table

Orchestration and Data Flows

Improved Termination Behavior

The April 2023 release of the Fuuz platform includes some broad changes to our service configuration to further minimize potential disruption caused by system scaling and deployments. During deployments and periods of high load, Fuuz automatically provisions additional resources to ensure service availability; these improvements ensure when these additional resources are no longer required, pending requests are allow…

Edge and Gateway

New

  • Added gateway-deploy utility to support metadata uploadIIoT Team › Edge Gateway
  • Added HTTP Server driverIIoT Team › Edge Gateway Drivers
  • Added SAP RFC driver betaIIoT Team › Edge Gateway Drivers

Improved

  • Updated some log calls which previously used an incorrect signatureIIoT Team › Edge Gateway
  • Unified device subscription setup to support store and forward on any device subscriptionIIoT Team › Edge Gateway
  • Updated PLC driver to improve error handling and fix minor bugsIIoT Team › Edge Gateway Drivers

Fixed

  • Addressed various bugs and stability issues with the Edge Gateway Service betaIIoT Team › Edge Gateway

Integration and Connectors

Improved

  • Updated Dynamics 365 connector to support custom headers on requestsOrchestration Team › Integration Connectors

Orchestration and Data Flows

New

  • Added support for testing mutex nodes in the flow designerOrchestration Team › Data Flows
  • Added diffDataFlowVersion query to analyze differences between data flows or data flow versionsOrchestration Team › Data Flows
  • Added a Webhook source node for events received on webhook-accessible topicsOrchestration Team › Data Flow Nodes
  • Added environment type (build, QA, or production) to system email footerOrchestration Team › Miscellaneous

Improved

  • Updated data flow deployment logs to utilize a tiered TTL based on log level: 2 days for debug & trace, 2 weeks for info and warn, and 2 months for error and fatalOrchestration Team › Data Flows
  • Updated Data Flow Models screen to gracefully handle data flows with syntactically incorrect GraphQL statementsOrchestration Team › Miscellaneous
  • Updated topics to add a "Webhook Accessible" property which determines if the topic can receive publish commands through the webhook APIOrchestration Team › Miscellaneous

Fixed

  • Corrected an issue with some data flow log pathsOrchestration Team › Data Flows

Dashboards, Reports and Documents

Improved

  • Updated max memory configuration for Redis replicasDevOps Team › Helm Charts
  • Upgraded service mesh to latest versionDevOps Team › Helm Charts

Security and Administration

New

  • Added option to prevent recent password reuseData Team › Security
  • Added support for limiting access to screens via access control policiesData Team › Security
  • Added ability to delete users if the user has never signed in, has no API keys assigned, and is not an enterprise administratorData Team › Security

Improved

  • Updated creation for roles, policies, and policy groups to use camel case name as IDData Team › Security

Fixed

  • Corrected a bug that could arise during user creation if a policy or group was selected then removedData Team › Security

Data Models and API

New

  • Added "Collapse All" toggle to toolbox to collapse or expand all groupsData Team › Schema Designer
  • Added "Include Fields" toggle to toolbox to control whether search also searches field names and descriptionsData Team › Schema Designer
  • Added feature to automatically update relation metadata when relation ID fields are renamedData Team › Schema Designer
  • Added "Data Change Capture" option to data model fieldsData Team › Schema Designer

Improved

  • Updated "Label Field" input to only display fields with valid typesData Team › Schema Designer
  • Updated layout and styles on system fields section to improve readabilityData Team › Schema Designer
  • Updated Data Models screen to display more detailed and accurate information on data model storage size and record countData Team › Miscellaneous

App Building and Packages

New

  • Added new package management system to better handle large, complex packages and updatesOrchestration Team › Package Management
  • Added new Package Definition Editor to build packages for new systemOrchestration Team › Package Management

Improved

  • Renamed legacy package builder to "Package Builder (Deprecated)"Orchestration Team › Package Management

Screens and User Experience

New

  • Added release channels and Edge Gateway Service to Fuuz Apps screenIIoT Team › Screens
  • Added a "Select All" checkbox on the field picker inputUser Interface Team › Components
  • Added card data to screen context to better support tables in cardsUser Interface Team › Screen Designer
  • Added "Collapsed by Default" option for collapsible container elementsUser Interface Team › Screen Designer
  • Added collapse , expand , and toggleCollapse functions for container elementsUser Interface Team › Screen Designer
  • Added "Default to Display Mode" option for Markdown and Rich Text elementsUser Interface Team › Screen Designer
  • Added "Select Multiple Rows With Click" option to tables to allow row multi-select by clicking anywhere on a row, rather than just the selection checkboxUser Interface Team › Screen Designer
  • Added "Select Time of Day" option to Date inputs to control the time of day of the selected valueUser Interface Team › Screen Designer
  • Added a static image preview for visualization elementsUser Interface Team › Screen Designer
  • Added support for JavaScript in frontend transformsUser Interface Team › Framework
  • Added framework, designer, and canvas screen support for web flowsUser Interface Team › Framework

Improved

  • Re-added previously removed device subscription formIIoT Team › Screens
  • Updated icon/action buttons to correctly apply hover effects when a custom color is selectedUser Interface Team › Components
  • Updated label and description for "Block Navigation When Dirty" setting on formsUser Interface Team › Screen Designer
  • Updated screen creation to use camel cased name as IDUser Interface Team › Screen Designer
  • Updated FullCalendar library to latest versionUser Interface Team › Framework

Fixed

  • Corrected a bug with code blocks in Markdown editor/display componentsUser Interface Team › Components
  • Corrected an issue with date type table columns overlapping adjacent cellsUser Interface Team › Components

Platform and Infrastructure

New

  • Implemented a variety of tweaks to minimize noise in log collectionDevOps Team › Monitoring
  • Implemented improved termination behavior for services to reduce disruptions from autoscaling and deploymentsDevOps Team › Framework