Release: 2.9

Below are the changes for Ripplestone 2.9.x

Release 2.9.10

Report Parameters

• Changed the Format for Date Ranges - When a report parameter is a date range type, the display for the dates will be in a more user friendly format.
• Changed the Format for Parameters with a Single Default Value - When a report has a parameter that only has one default value, the display will be more like the display in Crystal Reports XI.
• Changed the Format for Discrete and Range Type Parameters - When a report has a parameter that is a discrete and range type, the parameter page will look more like the parameter page that is displayed by Crystal Reports XI.
• Updated the JavaScript to Fix Changes in Internet Explorer 8 - Internet Explorer 8 is stricter in how it uses JavaScript so the JavaScript code was updated to allow Internet Explorer 8 to work better with the parameters.
• Parameters That Have Commas in the Parameter Value - If the report parameter is a single discrete value and the value has a comma in it, Ripplestone will correctly use the comma and not split the value into two or more values.

Scheduler Changes

• Added Daily Option to Select Which Days of the Week to Run - When a scheduled job is set to run daily, the scheduler can specify which days of the week they would like the job to run. For example, they could have the job only run Monday – Friday or they could have the job run on Saturday and Sunday.
• Adding New Scheduled Jobs From the Home Page Made Easier - When adding a new scheduled job from the home, the scheduled job will select the report on the Folder & Parameters tab so you don’t have to find it within the tree. It will also have the parameters for the report displayed.
• Changed Run As Role Dropdown to Show All Roles for the Super User - If the scheduler is a Super User, then they will see all the roles in the Run as Role dropdown list. If they are an administrator or Scheduler they will only see the Roles they are allowed to see.

Email System

• Added an Option to use SMTP Authentication - Added a new option for systems that use a SMTP Authentication and need to supply a user name and password to send email.

Security

• Add Correct User Security When Adding New Folders - Changed the adding of new folders to use the current user to determine if they are a Super User or an Administrator. If they are an Administrator then they will get access to the newly created folder. Before only the Super User would get access to the new folder.

Bug Fixes

• Hide the Password Fields in the Edit User Page - If the user has been marked as an Integrated Security user, then the password fields will not be displayed since they are not needed.
• Updated the Record Selection Formula for Alert Reports - In some cases adding the alert code to the report’s record selection would cause an error. The formula has been changed to allow the alert code to be correctly added in those cases.

Release 2.9.9

Home Page Improvements

• Added Search To The Homepage - Added a search function to the home page that will allow users to enter a value into a Search Box and any reports with the value in the Title will be displayed in a list on the right side of the Home page.
• Added My Document Feature - Allow user to select documents or reports that they use often as favorites and these documents and reports will be listed on the home page for the user.
• Display The Published Documents When a Folder is Clicked - On the home page, when a folder is clicked the right pane will display all the documents and reports for that folder and allow the user to run/open then from the list. This allows the user to quickly run the report without first clicking on the report in the left side tree and then clicking the Run Report link.
• Right Click Support - On the Home page users can right click on the navigation tree and get context menus with common actions.

Scheduler Changes

• Performance Tune the Scheduler - The time it takes for the scheduler to check for jobs to run will be faster.
• Added New Export Options - Added new export options that were made available in Crystal Reports XI.
• Clean the List of Scheduled Documents in the History Folder - Allow an Administrator or Super User to set a number of documents to keep in the scheduled history or to set the duration in days for documents to be kept in the scheduled history. This can be set globally and then over ridden for individual documents.
• Added “First Day After” Option - For scheduled jobs that run Monthly or Quarterly, there is a new option to run the report on the first day of the month or quarter.

Administrator Document and Home Page Changes

• Add Option to Open a Report in PDF Format - Allow a report to be opened in a pdf viewer instead of the Crystal Reports Web Viewer. This will be an option on the Edit Document page.
• Added a New Tab Called Published Folder on the Edit Document Page - On the edit document page, a new tab was added called Published Folder. This new folder is used to select the document or report to be published and to select the folder that the document or report will be published to. The folder select is now using a tree that makes finding the folder easier.
• Move a Published Document or Report From the Edit Document Page - Added the ability for a Publisher or Administrator to move a document or report to another folder from the Edit Document Page. Before the document would need to be deleted and then re-published to move the document or report.
• Edit the Web Viewer Print and Export Options From the Edit Document Page - If the report is using the Crystal Reports Web Viewer, allow the user to edit the print and export options from the Edit Document page. The list of reports that are using print and/or export restrictions can still be viewed from the Administration page, but the Adding and Editing is now done on the Edit Document page.
• Allow the Title and Text for the Right Side of the Home Page to be Changed - Using the System Setup and Configuration page allow an Administrator or Super User to change the title and the text that is displayed on the right pane of the Home page when Ripplestone is started and when the root node of the tree is selected.

Security

• Allow the Administrator to Define What a Role Can Do - When an administrator creates a role, let them have a list of tasks that can be assigned to a role. For example, the administrator could create department administrators that can add users and folders but only to their defined list of folders.
• Allow Role Security to be at a Folder Level - Allow the administrator to assign the role security (Admin, Publisher, and Scheduler) at a folder level. For example, a role might allow users to view 3 folders within Ripplestone, but only allow them to be a scheduler on one of those folders. On the other two folders they can only view the reports.
• Check the User's Security for Each Folder - When a folder is selected the security is checked for the user to see if they can publish, schedule or only run the documents and reports published in that folder.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a Bug for Saving the Password - On the Edit User page, there was a bug that did not save the password when a password was entered and then the user moved to another tab and then saved the User page. This page now correctly saves the password.

Miscellaneous

• Added a Link to Delete All Trace Logs - On the Trace Logs page, a link was added to delete all trace logs.

Release 2.9.8

• Updated the Home page to display the folders quicker and to display images next to the links to make it easier to find the correct link.
• Updated the Edit Roles page to allow for easier selection of folders and users
• Fixed a bug within the folders that caused a problem when added new sub-folders
• Added a new option to allow emails to be sent one at a time to each recipient or to send the email once will all recipients included in the "To" field.
• Added a new option to the Alert reports to allow the user to specify a operator to the selection.  Before all alert reports only used a equal (=) operator.

Release 2.9.7

• Changed the Home page to display the Folders and Documents in a tree format on the left of the page and the document information displayed on right side of the page.
• Updated the folders to allow folders to be added under folders.
• Changed the user security to allow users to belong to more than one role
• Changed the user security to allow a user to access just a single folder or a single document.
• Fixed a bug within Row Level Security where the Folder dropdown did not display the correct folders for the selected Role.
• Updated the list of scheduled jobs to display the job interval and start time of each job within the grid.

Release 2.9.6

• Updated the Users form to add First Name, Last Name and Email.  The Add and Edit of users is now completed on a new page and not in the list of users.
• Added 4 new @UserID tokens to the Users form.  This can be used to add additional UserID for a user that can then be used in Row Level Security and Dynamic Pick Lists.
• Updated the Dynamic Pick List form to use the new @UserID Tokens.  More information can be found in the Dynamic Pick List section.
• Updated the Row Level Security form to use the new @UserID Tokens.  More information can be found in the Row Level Security section.
• Updated the Database Connection Helper tab (part of the Edit Published Report form) to provide more help with reports that use a direct (OLEDB) connection to the database.  The helper will also now work with reports that have more than one data source.
• Updated the CSS files for the themes to allow the Logout link to be hidden from the theme.

Release 2.9.1 through 2.9.5

Performance

• Increase performance while viewing the report - This version increases the performance while moving from page to page while viewing the report.

New Functionality

• View the number of logins for each user - From the maintain user page an administrator can view the number of logins and data of the last login for each user. 
• Verify the Database Connection - After a report has been published, it can now check the Database Conneciton from the edit report page without first running the report.  The edit report page will display if the Database Connection is correct and if it is not correct will display information on how to correct the problem. 
• The Print and Export options to be set globally - Two new options have been added to the System Setup and Configuration page that allows the Print and Export feature to be set for each report.  The Administrator can then override this for individual reports from the Print and Export page. 
• Change the Error page email address - There is a new option to change the email address used to send error logs.
• Change the SMTP Server - Allow the administrator to change the SMTP server for email.
• Added Encryption of Passwords and Connection Strings - Added a new option to encrypt the passwords and connection strings used within Ripplestone.
• Allow the scheduler to schedule other document types - In previous versions the scheduler could only schedule Crystal Reports.  It now can schedule other published document types.
• Parameter Prompt Displays Value and Description - If the Crystal Report is setup to have the parameter display both the value and the description then it will now display this way within Ripplestone.
• Test the @UserID Token - Allow the Administrator test the @UserID function from the Dynamic Pick List page without logging in as the user.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Issue with Row Level Security and @UserID - When using Row Level Security with the @UserID token, the UserID was not being added correctly to the reports selection formula.  This has been fixed. 
• Header Text Display - Updated the style sheet to display the Header Text correctly when using the default theme.
• Fixed RSExpress Parameter Problem - When passing in a parameter with RSExpress the parameter was ignored and the report would display the parameter page.  This has been fixed to use the parameter values passed in.