erwin Evolve 2020.2.0 - Release Notes

erwin Evolve 2020.2 Release Notes

What's New in erwin Evolve 2020.2

What's New in erwin Evolve 2020.2

erwin Evolve 2020.2 is the latest release of the erwin Evolve Suite and Erwin Evolve Web Platform.

Major Release 2020.2

Major Release 2020.2

Following the positive reception of Web Modeler in Evolve 2020.1, this release brings new key features and some significant enhancements, including; a new UI for the Diagram Manager, improved Draft Management, automatic diagram template synchronization and in-place editing of shapes. 

In addition to these welcome improvements, there have been some significant enhancements to erwin Evolve and Communicator for Word.

Features and Fixes of release 2020.2.0:

Web Modeler:

•Key Feature: Improved draft management user experience on the Web modeler home page

oMore useful information on the thumbnail, with additional details on the preview
(e.g., Created By, Creation Date, Updated Date).

oSwitch between Name and Title view.

oFloating buttons on the preview panels to reduce wasted space.

oLarge preview on clicking on the thumbnail.

oSearch and sort by name or by title, and additional sort by date modified.

oFilters to reduce the list to a more manageable number of panels

�Filter by Diagram Type and Diagram Creator

�Also filter using a ‘From Date’, a ‘To Date’ or Between Dates

•Key Feature: A new UI to create a draft diagram from the diagram manager in Web Modeler.

oEasy selection of the diagram type, with helpful type-based images and a search box.

oName can be chosen prior to creating the draft.

•Key feature: Diagram Template Synchronization

oNo need to re-publish your site or use the template synchronizer each time a diagram template is changed. They now sync automatically, and new templates are available immediately.

•Key Feature: Association names are now displayed on association links (NB: Regions on lines are not yet supported)

•Other Web Modeler improvements:

oMove shapes using the cursor keys. Select a shape, and use the arrow keys to move it up, down, left, and right in steps. Using CTRL + Cursor key will move it pixel by pixel for fine control. Use of the arrow keys without a selected shape will move the diagram view, as before.

oIn-place editing of shapes – use a second click on a shape to allow the naming of the shape directly within the shape. This incorporates global search to find existing objects, during in-place edit.

oWarning now given if user tries to change styles on shapes that have style controlled by regions. Helps the user understand why a change they make, has no impact.

oUndo / Redo is now featured on the toolbar and supports restore of objects as well as shapes, in a more intuitive way.

oWarning now given if the user dismisses their changes (or changes selection) on the right hand panel. The option to save the changes is offered in a simple dialog.

oTitle shape and Version Control shape now available on the palette, and the Version Control includes the ability to switch on and off the desired fields in the block.

Other Evolve enhancements:

•Key Feature: Draft management in evolve now has added details on draft tiles

oIncluding; Created By, Updated By, Created Date, Updated Date.

•Key Feature: Draft preview now available on Draft Management pages in Evolve. Just click on the image in the panel for a larger preview.

•Key Feature: When creating a draft diagram from a published diagram, Evolve will now ask if you wish to use a previously created draft for this published diagram, if one (or more) exist.

•Notification for diagram draft creation from Evolve now includes a hyperlink, to get you to the draft diagram.

Word Reporting (Document Generator):

This release brings a major re-architecture for our Word reporting solution (Document Generator). As we have moved more to the Web Platform, it felt time that our long-standing reporting solution was brought along too. In order to achieve this, extensive new REST APIs have been added to the product. to enable the Microsoft Word based plugin, to communicate live to the Evolve Web Platform. This means that it is no longer necessary to run XML exports from the desktop tool to design reports in Word, and more significantly, it is no longer necessary to generate XML to produce a report.

The new solution offers a login to the Evolve REST API (simple authentication only at present) and will dynamically acquire the meta model and content to allow report design without the complexity of XML files. Once your report is designed, a press of the generate button will fetch only the data needed to produce the report, and the report will be displayed as it always has been.

Batch mode has not been forgotten in this upgrade. It is also possible to batch generate reports using this new technology, again simplifying the process, and reducing the data load time and stress on the database server.

Security and Maintenance:

•Many third-party components updated to improve security, including:

oUpdate to .NET Framework 4.8

List of Enhancements and Fixes

Major Release 2020.1

Major Release 2020.1

Following the successful introduction of Web Modeler, this 2020.1 release brings significant enhancements, including a high level of support for Shape Regions, Object and Association support offering clear & delete, and box-in-box support that can now create associations on publishing. This makes diagramming on the web a whole lot more capable.  

As well as significant improvements to Web Modeler, erwin Evolve 2020.1 introduces two new products:

•New product: erwin Evolve Analytics Accelerator 2

Completely re-imagined from the ground up, Analytics Accelerator brings LIVE BI reporting to your models.

No need to wait for that overnight batch job, your Analytics are continually refreshed, and there is more...

Not only can you run BI reports on the most up to date data, but you are now able to report on the history of you models too.

Queries like, ‘show me all the objects that changed in the last 3 months, who made the changes, and what were they’ are easily within your grasp, using whichever* BI reporting tool you choose to use.

•New product: erwin DM data import 2

Two years ago we brought data model import from erwin DM to Evolve, now we introduce the next generation of DM importing. Faster, more automated, and with better support for Evolve Web Platform. You can now keep your data models up to date in Evolve, and associate this with your Processes and Applications from the Web.

erwin Evolve 2020.1 also brings the following enhancements:

• New Simple Grid View (evolve View)

A new table type has been added that can be used in place of the Simple Table, which not only supports Server-side Jump and Merge, but also offers filtering and sorting for the end user.

•erwin Evolve Web Platform Security Update

In keeping with the expected security of our platform, we bring the necessary updates and provide certification from our third-party testing team.

•Less nagging when using temporary licenses

Our temporary licenses now nag only when there are 15 days left on the clock. This removes the annoyance of clicking a warning on starting our applications, when the license has months to run.

•Log messages are now much less busy

Logging, now has a much tidier output when choosing the different levels. Most notably ‘Info’ is available, to provide all your analytics-based logs, but saving you from the ‘Debug’ level of detail. It is now much easier to see the wood for the trees, and the log files will not grow so fast. ‘Debug’ is still available, for when you really need it.

* BI tool must support SQL Server as a data source.