December release 2

New and updated features

Query Engine uses parallelism

From now on the query engine for getting the data in the gallery runs processes in parallel. This enhances the performance.

Bug fixes

Add content button sometimes stays disabled

In some cases the Add content button stayed disabled. This issue has been fixed.

December release 1

New and updated features

Encryption of secrets in the database

From now on secrets (e.g. for Azure Blob) are stored encrypted and no longer as plain text.

Bug fixes

Not possible to load other pages preview file when file caching is enabled.

The next page of the preview file was not being shown when file caching is enabled. This has been fixed.

Bulk Query feature not working for CE

The bulk query was not working for Dynamics CE. This has been fixed.

Cookies are not set or applied when using the embedded view.

When using Content Gate embedded (F&O) the cookies saving the last view used or the status of the side panels are not set and also not are not applied. This has been fixed.

When an exception occurred while loading the gallery not always the correct message was shown. This has been fixed.

Adding guest users not possible

The adding of AD guest users was not possible anymore. The issue has been fixed.

November release 1

Bug fixes

Query execution error

We have fixed a bug that was causing some query execution errors when loading galleries.

October release 1

New and updated features

Performance improvements

We have made some small improvements regarding authorization which should load the gallery quicker.

Re-login option

When for some reason the token information for connecting to the business entity provider is lost, the user receives an error while opening the gallery. The user had to log out and log in again. We have added a re-login button to this error message so these steps are executed sequentially.

Bug fixes

Upload fails when shared identifier is configured and entity is present in both providers

When uploading a file to a business entity configured for multiple business entity providers the external id was added twice for the first provider causing an exception. This has been fixed.

Exception when entity not exists in one of the business entity providers.

When there were multiple business entity providers configured an exception was thrown when the entity didn't exist in one of the configured providers. This has been solved.

September release 1

New and updated features

Performance improvements

We have made several performance improvements and also added more detailed logging for analyzing loading times of the gallery.

Bug fixes

Unable to preview msg files.

For some mgs files it was not possible to open the preview. This has been solved.

Previewer caching fails for specific pdf file.

Some pdf files made the previewer cache fail. This has been fixed.

Clicking Save while saving causes multiple saves.

When a user hits the save button multiple times this was causing multiple save request to be fired. This has been fixed.

When an extra business entity link was added to a content item and the user immediately clicked on it the context was not set correctly. This has been fixed.

General maintenance fixes

Some general maintenance fixed have been made to improve the stability of Content Gate.

Filter on exact date does not give any result.

When setting the range of date slider to "From Today till Today" no results were shown. This has been fixed.

Unable to save a custom property of the type 'Date' when deviation is not set.

When creating a custom property of the type 'Date' with a fixed date it was not possible to leave the deviation field blank. This has been changed so it will now fill up with 0, when left blank.

Custom property with fixed date not saved correctly.

When saving a custom property of the type 'Date' with a fixed date but leaving the date field blank resulted in the property being saved but the type switching back to 'None'. This has been fixed.

When creating a custom property of the type 'Date' with no default value and no offering on upload, this was causing the gallery filter to break when the property was added to the view. Once the filter was activated all documents disappeared. This has been fixed.

Alignment broken when adding business entity

When adding a business entity to the business entity model, the alignment was broken once the provider was selected. This has been fixed.

Documents are not shown for particular entities.

In some cases documents where not showing up in the gallery. This has been fixed.

July release 1

New and updated features

Reduce calls to business entity systems

We have introduced an improved method of querying the business entity system for queries with 3 levels or more. This feature is not enabled by default.

Store rendered documents in blob storage

It is possible to store the rendered preview files in a blob storage to improve the performance of the file previewer.

Bug fixes

Cannot get keys from Azure Key Vault anymore

There were issues with retrieving the keys from Azure Key Vault. These have been fixed.

Error while setting up storage provider with SAS key

Setting up a storage provider with a SAS key was throwing an error. This has been fixed.

Query error while using entity with enum in key

If a business entity had a composite primary key consisting of an enum, the query was throwing an error. This has been fixed.

Autocomplete does not allow own input

When creating a relation field mapping it was not possible to use own field names. This is now allowed.

EF error message while deleting relation

When deleting a relation sometimes an error was thrown. This has been fixed.

Search does not work for upper case chars

The search function in the gallery was not working for upper chars. This has been fixed.

Error while uploading content when provider is deleted from model

There was an issue when uploading content when a provider has been deleted from the business entity model. This has been fixed.

June release 2

Bug fixes

Secrets of Service Accounts are malformed when saving

When saving the Service Accounts page the already configured secret was malformed.

If multiple providers where configured for a Business Entity and the user was opening a gallery for an entity, which only existed in one of the providers, an error was thrown.

June release 1

New and updated features

Versioning information REST Api

We've added headers with versioning information to the REST API.

Bug fixes

Unable to load Business Entity Model after removing a business connector from the entity

There was a bug which corrupted the entity model after removing a connector from the entity.

May release 2

New and updated features

Upgrade .Net Core to latest version

Content Gate has been upgraded to use the latest version of .Net Core.

Bug fixes

View dropdown sometimes not loading

There was a bug with the dropdown for view selection. This has been fixed.

Download multiple files fails

In some edge cases, a bulk download would fail and return a broken zip file to end-users. This problem has been fixed.

upload large files fails

In some edge cases, large files would fail to upload. This has been fixed.

May release 1

This release consists mostly out of preparations for future features.

April release 1

New and updated features

Move authentication to Azure AD V2 endpoints

Our authentication mechanisms are now compatible with Azure AD V2 authentication.

Bug fixes

Random 500 errors

Content Gate started encountering random errors with code 500. These have been fixed.

Upload button incorrectly disabled

The upload button was sometimes incorrectly disabled, which made it impossible to upload until content gate was refreshed.

Unable to connect with CE provider

There was a problem that made it impossible to connect with providers for Customer Engagement. This has been fixed.

March release 1

New and updated features

Refresh Content Gate when stuck on loading

When Content Gate takes longer than a predefined time to get out of the "loading dot" phase. It will most most likely never advance and get stuck. When this occurs, Content Gate now refreshes automatically.

Sorting of autocomplete fields

When adding for instance a business entity and typing 'Name' the sorting of suggestions will now show Name as the first option instead of the user having to scroll trough a list.

Bug fixes

Filesize filter

The file size filter in some cases loaded in a filtered view. This caused not all documents to be shown which was confusing for the user.

Business entity key capped at 100 chars

The id field of the external type configuration of a business entity was limited to 100 characters. This limit has been increased.

February release 3

New and updated features

None

Bug fixes

Better error message

When adding a new user as administrator with not enough privileges on Azure AD the error message was unclear.

February release 2

New and updated features

Show loading indicators instead of empty pages

When accessing a gallery, instead of showing an empty page on load. A loading indicator is shown.

Bug fixes

None

February release 1

New and updated features

None

Bug fixes

Invalid filename when downloading multiple files

When using Firefox and downloading multiple files, the filename would not be correct.

App service unresponsive when saving categories

When editing and saving categories this could cause the app service to become unresponsive.

The file size filter was ignoring the existence of web links in some cases.

January release 3

New and updated features

None

Bug fixes

Not possible to save view changes

In some specific cases it could occur that it was not possible to save a view. This has been fixed.

Improved error messaging

Improvements were made to error messages to make them more accurate.

January release 2

New and updated features

None

Bug fixes

Advanced options not visible for storage and business providers

The Advanced options for business entity providers were no longer available in some cases. This has been fixed.

Cannot save entity description before refreshing page

It was not possible to configure two business entities without refreshing between creation of the two entities.

Cannot define relation mapping on other side of relation

When configuring the relation mappings, this could only be done from the entity where the relationship was initiated. It is now possible to configure the relation mapping from both sides.

January release 1

New and updated features

Improvements based on Pentest

A security audit had been executed on Content Gate, two minor technical improvements have been made in this regard.

Bug fixes

The last opened view was stored client side. This caused an issue when the user would no longer have access to the view.

Importing and exporting views

There was an issue with the import and export function for views. This has been resolved.

Filters break when predefined dates are added as filter

When adding a predefined date as a filter, this would cause the filters to not be loaded properly anymore.

Saving empty number content item property results in an error

When saving a number property without a default this would result in an error.

Minor performance improvements

Minor performance improvements have been made to the back-end of the application.

In specific scenarios it could occur that the update of a document was not possible. This has been fixed.

Canceling document update seems to trigger a previewer reload

When canceling the update of a document the previewer showed a loading indicator. this has been fixed.

Business Entity Model Configuration Improvements

When setting up a clean environment in the business entity model configuration different minor issues would arise. These have been fixed.