Recent Features

• Data Warehousing
  • Added Database Engineering for a number of Data Warehousing languages including:
  • Data Warehouse Databases:
    • Amazon Redshift
    • Azure Synapse
    • Google BigQuery
    • Snowflake
    • Teradata
  • Hybrid / Analytical Databases and Platforms:
    • Apache Hadoop
    • Apache Spark
  • Traditional Databases that can be used for Data Warehousing:
    • IBM DB2
    • Firebird
    • MS Access
    • MySQL
    • Oracle
    • PostgreSQL
    • MS SQL Server
    • SQLite
  • New MDG Technology Data Warehouse Schema that provides profiles for each supported Data Warehouse language
  • 'Import DDL' command allows importing existing configurations into your model
  • Generate DDL dialog updated to support generation of Data Warehouse languages

• Perspectives
  • New technology 'Model Perspectives' introduced to support modeling and publishing perspective sets
    • Perspectives are defined as having one or more technology sets
    • Perspectives can be linked to security groups
    • Ribbon sets can be defined and linked to security groups to specify which ribbons and parts of a ribbon are available to specific users
    • 'Publish Perspective' ribbon button has been added to the Specialize category for managing modeled perspectives
    • The Browser and Diagram context menus will display a 'Publish Perspective...' option when a perspective element or perspective workspace package is selected
    • Added example patterns to Model Perspectives toolbox providing all ribbon category elements and ribbon group attributes
    • New 'Modeled' tab added to the Perspective Sets dialog for managing modeled perspectives:
      • Displays all <> packages in the model
      • Activate, update or unload a modeled perspective set and more
  • Greatly improved the behavior of Perspectives including many usability updates and refinements to the user interface
  • Updated the layout of the 'Perspective Sets' dialog including:
    • Renaming of tabs 'Model-Based Sets to 'Shared Sets', 'Group Restrictions' to 'Security Enforced' and 'System Visibility' to 'System Sets'
    • Added 'Access Locked to:' combo to provide greater control over who can make changes
    • 'Personal Sets' and 'Shared Sets' tabs now include sub tabs for 'Perspectives' and 'Ribbons'
  • Added Model Based ribbon sets (Start | Perspective | Settings | Shared Sets | Ribbons)
  • Management of security enforced restrictions simplified by only allowing shared or modeled perspective and ribbon sets to be applied
  • 'System Sets' tab of the 'Perspectives Sets' dialog updated to include a 'Save' button
  • Perspectives page of the Portals window updated to display 'Personalized' instead of 'Model-Based Sets' when restrictions apply
  • Common Toolboxes from MDG Technologies will only be displayed if the current perspective includes the technology
  • Removed Workspace Quick Access menu option 'My Ribbon Sets' when working in a restricted perspective environment
  • Corrected file selection behavior when publishing a personal perspectives to a new file under Linux/Wine
  • The ribbon set will be correctly applied when opening a non-security enabled model
  • Restricted Ribbons will be refreshed when closing or reloading a model to ensure they are displayed correctly
  • Updated import & export behavior of personal and shared perspective sets, such that one can be published at a time
    • When importing a perspective set that already exists in the model you will be prompted to overwrite or create as new
  • Display of Technology Builder, Model Perspectives and Model Add-Ins technologies are now dependent on the selected perspective
  • Personal and Shared Ribbon set dialogs updated to include context menus for 'Apply', 'Copy to Shared' and 'Move to Shared'
  • 'System Default' has been removed from Shared ribbon sets
  • Added the ability to copy a shared perspective to your personal set
  • Existing Security Enforced Ribbon sets ( formally named Group Restriction ) can be copied to the Shared Ribbon sets for re-usability
  • Ensure the Ribbon Category 'Settings' is always available to Admin after a Ribbon Set has been applied
  • Disabled MDGTechnologies are excluded from applied technology sets
  • Added a "last action taken" textual display to the Perspective Sets | Modeled page to make it clearer if an action has completed or failed
  • Ensure Perspective Sets | Personal Sets | Ribbon copy and move commands are disabled when a model is not open
  • 'Custom Technology' perspectives are always visible to Admin and members with special access to perspective settings
  • Model Builder windows will display the last locally set perspective filter unless the active perspective changes
  • Added the ability to apply a shared ribbon set to the current user (right click shared ribbon set | apply)
  • Model Builders active perspective filter will be cleared when Selecting 'All' from the 'All Perspectives' ribbon menu button
  • An error message will be displayed when attempting to activate a perspective workspace that doesn't contain a perspective element

• Timelines
  • A new docked window for managing all the various version controlled aspects of any supported context item in the model
  • The Timelines window provides the following tabs and behavior:
    • Diagram
      • [Current Session]
        • A list of image snapshots for the context Diagram. Created when saving a diagram and when opening for the first time
        • Session images are available for the duration of the current model connection
        • Provides the ability to view your recent modifications to a Diagram
      • [Snapshots]
        • Automatically or manually save an image snapshot of a Diagram to the model
        • New option 'Enable Auto Snapshots' is now available from the 'Manage Model Options' dialog on the General page
        • Enable auto image snapshots to save and update a single image entry each day for a user when they modify a Diagram
        • Save light-weight Native XML snapshots of a Diagram and compare any recent changes via the compare window
    • Package
      • [Snapshots]
        • Save a full Native XML baseline of the current Package. This format is significantly faster than the legacy baselines
        • Run a comparison or restore changes using the comparison window
      • [Baselines]
        • Access or create new legacy baselines of the current package and run comparisons
    • Element
      • Save a core only or full snapshot of an Element in our Native XML format to the model
      • Add or Edit comments of your snapshots
      • Compare a snapshot against the current Element or compare a snapshot to an existing snapshot using the comparison window
    • TAM
      • Lists any Time Aware Model versions of the current Package or Element
      • Provides the ability to clone a Package as a new version
      • Run a comparison between an ancestor and cloned Package or Element
    • Version
      • Displays all VC revisions available for the selected Package for both SVN and TFS controlled Packages
      • Provides the ability to run a comparison against the current package
    • Audit
      • Lists any auditing logs for the current context item when auditing is enabled
      • Selecting an item will display the log info in the output window audit tab

• Comparison Window
  • Significantly reworked to support a wider range of comparisons and merging capabilities with a refreshed user interface
  • The following comparisons are now supported:
    • Package or Diagram to a duplicate in an external model
    • Visual comparison of a Diagram with a copy in an external source model
    • Time Aware Model versions from an ancestor to clone and vise versa
    • Compare against Native XML, XEA, XMI 2.1 or a QEA files
  • Restoring a simple change is now significantly faster
  • Improved readability by limiting the display of properties in the right pane to only changed items
  • Full restore from baseline has been updated to allow restoring from Native XML
  • Removed potential false differences reported after creating a new baseline
  • Snapshot comparison of a Package, Element or Diagram updated to include Journals and Discussions
  • Diagram Object and Link style information will now be merged from XMI 1.1 when using merge file
  • Corrected behavior with comparing a Root Node against a Native XEA file
  • TAM comparisons via the Timelines window will compare using the TAM root package
  • Added option for suppressing differences to the author of an element
  • Child items will be restored only when the parent item exists in the model

• Smart Placement
  • New snap points added:
    • Snap to the mid point between 2 objects
    • Snap to the same width and/or height as other objects on the diagram
  • Visual guides added to show what snapping is being applied:
    • Same width/height when resizing
    • Objects of the same size
    • Horizontal/vertical position
  • Snapping to edges and centers of other elements when moving multiple elements
  • Non-embedded child elements can now snap to elements in different parents
  • New drop menu button for Smart Placement options added to ribbon category Layout > Alignment:
    • Multi Select: Allows snapping when moving multiple objects
    • Show Guides: Determines if the Visual Indicators will be displayed to show what snapping is being applied
    • Element Bounds: Enables snapping to the bounds of objects
    • Same Size: Applies snapping while resizing objects if they get to the same width/height as another visible object
    • Relative Spacing: Objects snap when the distance from an object matches the distance between other objects
    • Mid Points: Snapping to the vertical or horizontal midpoints between elements
  • Improved behavior when snapping to an object partially outside the visible area of the diagram

• External Data Integration
  • Added a hierarchical tree view of external data to replace the existing breadcrumb control
  • Support linking all items within an external 'folder', including recursively into sub folders
  • Allow attaching related diagram images to external item (for providers that support it)
  • Improvements to bulk synchronization of linked elements allowing bi-directional sync and field level conflict resolution

• Documentation
  • Corrected generation of heading levels when using a master document that contains multiple model documents that reuse the same fragment
  • Ensure Dynamic Documents render child elements when the template has the Element-Child section enabled
  • Dynamic Document view renamed to Dynamic Preview
  • Ribbon command 'Publish | Model Reports | Templates' renamed to 'Template Editor'
  • Improved behavior when generating a Dynamic Preview to ensure the current Keyboard focus is maintained
  • Dynamic Preview view tab label will update with the current context selection
  • HTML Report generator updated to use higher resolution diagram images
  • Improved Document generation behavior when using a cover page and style sheet to avoid potentially applying incorrect styles
  • Document Editor dialogs will open centered in the current editor to ensure they are visible
  • Print Preview behavior for the Linked Document editor improved
  • Batch Generation of Documents using translations
    • Updated behavior of "Create Library Metadata", such that the Learning Center navigation bar will display translated text
  • Help generation updated to provide a "meta description" value constructed from the HelpTopic name and the first sentence of the HelpTopic Notes field
  • Improved handling of an invalid file name when saving a Diagram Image
  • Image quality options now available for the HTML generator
  • Improved document generation to ensure the correct matrix specification is loaded when more than one exists with the same name
  • RTF Template editor updated to include dialog controls for conveniently testing your design as you development it
  • Improved performance of document generation when the template includes maintenance problems
  • Non-printable objects will be correctly excluded from reports
  • HTML Generator has been updated to allow static links to anchor points in the generated HTML
    • http://localhost/index/html?guid={elemnentGUID}#ANCHORNAME
  • Document Preview window updated to ensure the reading list is exported in the selected format
  • Document Template editor behavior improved when moving child element sections
  • Generated PDF files now correctly load in Adobe PDF Reader
  • Document generation updated to include journal entries for diagrams and packages

• Profile Authoring
  • Profile Helper dialog properties for Attribute and Operation visibility updated to allow the values blank (default) or "False"
  • Publish Package as UML Profile corrected to avoid rare situations where a unique Profile ID was not created
  • Added the option 'Import Package as MDG Technology' as an alternative to using an MTS file for quickly importing a technology into your model
    • Available when selecting an <<mdg technology>> Package
    • Child Packages <<profile>>, <<toolbox profile>> and <<diagram profile>> will automatically be combined into an MDG Technology and imported into your model
  • Added Diagram Property to the profile diagram toolbox
  • Traceability window updated to display Extension relationships
  • ForkJoinH and ForkJoinV have been added to the Extend Metaclass dialog, Synch(H) and Synch(V) removed
  • _HideUmlLinks property has been added to the Profile Helper dialog
  • "bookmark" and "bookmarkvalue" properties are now available to shape scripts
  • Quicklinker behavior corrected when the target element and connector stereotypes are from different profiles
  • Shape scripts can be defined for Include and Extend use case connectors
  • Profile export of tagged value definitions corrected to ensure they do not include escaped characters
  • Improved Quicklinker behavior for UML Profile diagrams
  • Context menu option 'Import Package as MDG Technology' added for a package on a diagram or in the browser
  • Added _dbtype and _gentype metaclass properties to allow stereotypes to set default database type and code language respectively
  • Profile Helper dialog updated to allow creation of tagged values that are typed by a DataType element

• • Improved Delphi Code Engineering to further support Generics and other Delphi Language Features:
    • The Generic Type parameter is being imported as template parameter, no longer as part of Class element name
    • Multiple generic type parameters with Constraints separated by ";" are now handled correctly
    • On importing Generic Class definition, Generalization link is created correctly with template parameter binding (Substitution) to parent class element
    • Code Generation correctly generates generic type argument from template parameter binding
    • Code engineering correctly handles 'abstract' and 'sealed' keywords in class definition
    • 'class' keyword in Property definition no longer causes parsing error
    • Code engineering correctly handles 'array of' in function/procedure parameter type (e.g. function AllPositive(const numbers: array of int32);)
    • Reverse engineering of a nested record 'case' clause no longer causes parsing error
  • PHP 7/8 - Improved Code Engineering to support the following PHP 7 language features:
    • Function return type declaration
    • Nullable function parameter type
    • Property/variable type
    • Null coalescing operator (??)
    • Spaceship operator (<=>)
    • Anonymous classes
    • Group use declarations
  • C++20 - Improved Code Engineering/Code Editor to support the following C++ features:
    • explicit specifier: "explicit(bool)" for function declaration
    • immediate functions: "consteval" for function declaration
    • constinit specifier
    • using enum
    • three-way comparison operator
    • designated initializer
    • module
  • Improved C++ reverse engineering to better support complicated variadic template parameter
  • A warning will be displayed when
    • the local path is not found when trying to view a source file
    • the file is not found when trying to view a source file
  • Visual Studio Solution Importer improved to import SDK-style format of .NET project
  • Improved C++ reverse engineering to better handle braced initializer

• User Interface
  • The Summary Tab in the Inspector window updated to allow its content being "pinned" rather than changing with the current context
  • Text between the Main Views tab area and the Ribbon bar now displays in a contrasting color to the background under all themes
  • Display of the Start Page internal tabs has been updated to give them more prominence
  • Improved the layout of the 'Create from Pattern' and 'Guidance' tabs on the Start page
  • The 'New Package' dialog now sets focus to the 'Name' field when opened
  • Docked Properties window updated to provide more room for the property names
  • Further accessibility improvements including updating all dialogs so that Windows Narrator can provide more accurate and intuitive feed back on controls
  • Navigation cell context menu on a diagram updated to include the menu 'Open' with the options 'In New Tab' and 'In Current View'
  • Updated icons in the Scripting window for JavaScript, VBScript and JScript to make them more distinguishable
  • Literals compartment name hidden for enumeration elements
  • Pressing 'Ctrl + Space' in the Responsibilities Window during 'inplace editing' corrected to ensure the editor closes
  • Visibility options for the Traceability window updated from a drop menu to dialog with a checklist
  • When creating new Exposed Interface elements using the toolbox, the Properties dialog now displays immediately, for selection of 'Provided' or 'Required'
  • Improved creation of CallOperationActions via drag/drop of Operations from Browser window:
    • Name of new CallOperationAction now remains synchronized with classifying Operation, unless overridden by local element name
  • Improved handling of extended Unicode characters for the Translation tab in the Properties window
  • 'Properties...' context menu item added for a Navigation Cell in the Browser window
  • 'Create from Pattern' and 'Add Diagram' tabs moved from the Start page with the option to either show as a main tab view or as a popup dialog
    • 'Create from Pattern' renamed to 'Model Builder', 'Add Diagram' renamed to 'Diagram Builder'
  • Model Builder & Diagram Builder Tree controls updated to support expand and collapse using the left and right arrow keys
  • Docked Translation tab now appears when the context object supports it
  • Translations for connectors, attributes and operations will be included when copying a package
  • Main Tab views that have been docked and set to 'Auto Hide' will auto show when requested to be displayed
  • Improved rendering of tiled backgrounds when viewing a diagram via a Navigation Cell's popup viewer
  • Tooltips will now disappear after dropping an element from a Browser onto a connector
  • Improved usability for the "Import DDL Scripts" dialog:
    • Corrected initial focus and included support for resizing
    • When selecting a directory to import, the "Browse For Folder" dialog will no longer display the "Make New Folder" button
  • Improved behavior for the chat search drop menu option 'Clear' to ensure it enables when a filter has been applied
  • Creating a diagram with a new package will open the model builder dialog
  • Updated the Docked Properties window to ensure 'Ctrl + A' or 'Ctrl + C' have no impact on a properties value when the label is selected
  • Corrected drawing for drop-down lists with headings under Wine
  • Portals 'Window' page has been updated to include the Timelines window
  • Diagram Builder window updated to support expanding rows when double clicking in the list of diagram types
  • When creating a child diagram of an element, the name will default to the parent element name unless one is provided
  • Improved resizing behavior of the Model Builder window when displayed in main tab view
  • Allow ESC key to close the Model Builder when the Diagram Builder tab is active
  • Reloading diagram filters from the 'Filters & Layers' window will be reflected in the visible diagrams
  • Deleting an annotation from the model will correctly update the display in the Browser
  • 'Save Package as MDG Technology' is now available from the Browser or on a diagram when right clicking on an MDG Technology element
  • Execute and Construct quick access menu buttons on the Start ribbon have been moved to their respective ribbon categories
  • Specialize ribbon layout has been improved
  • Corrected Toolbox display when moving between a diagram view and the Specification Manager

• Automation and Scripting
  • Repository interface updated with the following changes:
    • AdviseElementChange corrected to ensure the User Interface updates with any changes whether or not the element is in context
    • GetFormatFromField updated to ensure bullets and other styles are handled correctly when converting to RTF
    • SQLQuery no longer treats empty strings as 64bit encoded nodes
    • GetElementSet has been updated to:
      • Support a CSV of GUIDs (as well as ElementIDs) as the IDList when specifying 2 as the Option
      • Return a collection of elements under a single package by specifying 4 as the option and a single Package GUID as the IDlist
  • Automation can now access the Code Miner Service functionality
  • EA add-ins can now include more than one MDG Technology file by using EA_ProvidedTechnologyCount before EA_OnInitializeTechnologies
  • SetTx[Alias|Name|Notes] for an element, method or connector has been updated to ensure the translated value is applied
  • Ensure EA_OnPostNewPackage is called once when creating a package in the browser or on a diagram
  • Repository.ImportPackageAsMDGTechnology("GUID") has been added to allow importing model-based MDG Technologies

• Reviews & Discussions
  • Manage Reviews window updated with the following changes:
    • Details pane now provides the option to sort by 'Name' or by 'Phase then Name'
    • Newly created reviews will obey any active Status filter and notify you with options if it will be hidden
    • Start, End and Status values are now displayed as preview text under each review item and can be shown or hidden from the context menu
  • Improvements to Discussion window readability, topic information now displays at the top of the post
  • Journal & 'My Diary' entries can now be published to file as an RTF document
  • Journal History 'Visible Time Frame' context menu options updated to include 2, 3 & 5 days
  • Discussion Post Editor readability improved with some minor enhancements to the text displayed

• Visual Styles and Themes
  • New theme 'Office 2022' is available from the Application Look Dialog
  • Visual Style will now default to Office 2022 Colorful
  • New diagram themes have been added

• Simulation
  • Statemachine Simulation: Trigger and Event can now have different name for Trigger with Parameters
  • Moving of parameters to inputs and vise versa from the SysML Parametric Simulation Configuration dialog has been improved

• Execution Analyzer
  • Added support for memory profiling 64bit applications
  • Increased the Linux Satellite server timeout period from 5 seconds to handle long running commands
  • Improved support for inspection of MFC/std containers while debugging
  • Tracepoints can now view static variables values
  • Line highlighting colors for the source code editor improved under dark mode
  • Improved Thread icon in the Call Stack window
  • When prompted to open a file in Enterprise Architect, ensure the code editor opens to the correct line number

• Diagramming
  • New Drag & Drop functionality added to simplify a range of diagramming use cases by dropping a new or existing element onto an element or connector on the diagram:
    • drag a Classifier onto an ItemFlow to add the Classifier as a conveyed item
    • drag a Trigger onto a Transition in a StateMachine diagram to apply it as a trigger of the flow
    • drag an Activity onto a State in a StateMachine diagram to apply it as an 'entry|do|exit' behavior (prompts for the action type)
    • drag an Operation onto a message in a Sequence diagram to apply it as the operation called
    • drag a Signal onto:
      • a message in a Sequence diagram to apply it as the called
      • a SendSignal Action
      • an AcceptEvent Action to create a new Trigger and apply the signal
    • drag an element onto a connector; where appropriate, splits the existing connector and rejoins the ends to the dropped element
    • Support for naming of new Activity dropped onto State as a Behavior
  • Updated behavior of 'configure stereotypes' security permission to avoid specific situations that prevented some connector types from being created when applied
  • Diagram Properties window updated to include the group 'Show' to allow easier access to options that show or hide additional information
  • When the direction of an Association connector is changed, the end navigation will also be updated
  • Corrected the synchronization of a CallBehaviorAction with the called Activity when the 'Synchronize with Parameters' button is clicked
  • Custom Drawn elements can now apply a flood fill that indicates percentage complete by setting the new option 'FillElement' to a ProgressBar tagged value
  • New diagram option 'Show Standard Bookmarks' added to the Properties window to allow hiding standard bookmarks on elements
  • Improved the synchronization of operations between base classes/interfaces and derived classes/realized interfaces
    • the signature of the overriding operation can now be forced to synchronize with the base operation
    • the operation parameters now synchronize correctly when changing from Properties view and Features|Operations view
    • the "Enforce Synchronization" flag will be reset for the base operation when its last overriding operation is deleted
    • synchronization behavior improved when connected to Pro Cloud Server models
  • When changing the font for a Roadmap timeline, the scale and height will be adjusted to ensure text does not overlap
  • New Roadmap option 'Show Unit Label' available from the Roadmap dialog
    • When disabled the text Unit: will not be shown in the corner of the Roadmap for a cleaner looking diagram
  • Note elements can no longer be resized smaller than their contained text at different zoom levels
  • Improved behavior of 'Change Connector Type' when strict connector syntax is disabled
  • Added options to hide inherited private features (attributes, operations and receptions)
  • Added support for setting the Diagram Flow Direction in UML and SysML Activity diagrams
  • Grid style diagram behavior updated to:
    • Prevent the diagram being marked as dirty when you drop the element into the same cell
    • Ensure context is set to the element being moved
  • Assembly relationship now available from the Quicklinker menu when adding a connector between Components
  • Updates to the ArchiMate 3.2 toolbox and Quicklinker
  • Quicklinker updated to allow continuous and discrete control flows to be created between action elements on SysML 1.5 activity diagram
  • Corrected Quicklinker behavior for a data flow diagram to ensure a process can be connected to a gate
  • Setting the default border width of an element corrected to avoid a specific scenario where it was also applied locally
    • Default element appearance dialog improved to allow resetting only border width to the global value
  • 'Realization' added to 'Select Connector Type' dialog
  • Sequence diagrams no longer allow the non-functional option 'Freeze Visible'
  • Activity partitions will display the represented element in their name when the classifier is not set
  • Corrected drag and drop behavior for an existing object instance when 'Required User Lock to Edit' is enabled
  • Azure icons have been updated to the latest version (February 2024)
  • Amazon Web Service icons have been updated to Release 19
  • The names of behaviors on States in StateMachines are now prefixed with 'entry', 'do' or 'exit' where appropriate
  • Corrected diagram drawing of a recursive association to prevent it overlapping the qualifier type
  • Improved the stereotype display of an association end
  • New options for resetting a connectors local or default appearance have been added to the ribbon; available from Layout > Diagram > Appearance
  • Generating an Activity Diagram from Use Case Steps will no longer apply a default color to connectors
  • Prevented an incorrect warning when creating a realization between a component and requirement when strict connector syntax is enabled
  • Columns created on a table from a specialized data modeling profile will now be automatically assigned the column stereotype from that profile
  • Corrected rendering of Information Engineering end points
  • SysML copy relationship has been updated to create a read-only copy of target element's text property in the source element
  • Custom compartment drawing updated to sort items alphabetically
  • Cursor 'Hotspot' when dropping an element from the Toolbox has been repositioned to the tip of the arrow
  • Common elements will be hidden from the quicklinker when the common technology is not visible

• Model Import / Export
  • Model export to Native XML improved to avoid a potential error while exporting the 't_trxtype' table
  • Project Transfers over Native connections to Linux based MySQL8 databases corrected
  • 'Save Selected Elements as Pattern' updated to provide a significant speed improvement when those elements live under large packages
  • Correct ArchiMate import when element names have a single quote
  • Added support for exporting and importing Native XML containing Package Snapshots - available from the 'Package' tab in Timelines window
  • Updated XMI/XML round-trip of Journals and Discussions
    • Journals and Discussions can now only be merged from XMI/XML
    • 'XMI/VC Import Policy for Discussion' option has been removed from 'General' section in 'Manage Model Options' dialog
    • 'Import Discussions by' option has been removed from 'Import Package form Native/XMI File' dialog
    • Baselines and Package/Element/Diagram Snapshots will no longer include Journals and Discussions

• External Data Integration (SBPI)
  • Support synching of relationships (support available for Jama only at this time)
  • Added ability to export a package including sub-items from Enterprise Architect to an external provider
  • ServiceNow: and 'Reference; type fields now return both the 'Display Value' and the 'Link'. Note: custom field mappings may need to be updated to accommodate this.
  • Allow creation of linked elements under an existing element, not just under packages
  • Corrected synchronization of progress bar
  • Updated to correct an issue with relationship mapping
  • Field mapping improved; allow type mapping to default to the matching MDG technology types and tagged values

• Other Changes
  • Newly created Project files in Corporate and above now provide the option to be security enabled
  • Added an MDG Technology for The Essential Architecture (TEA)
  • Corrected Report Library context menu string for deleting a document group
  • PostgreSQL v16 database drivers are now distributed for use with Native connections
  • Model Search behavior updated to ignore the case of 'AS CLASSGUID' directive when running a search
  • Improved logic in the 64bit edition for determining if the Microsoft Access OLEDB ACE driver are installed before allowing legacy project types
  • Improved Web browser message displayed after successfully authenticating via OpenID
  • Added support for 'Microsoft OLEDB Driver 19 for SQL Server' for both Native and OLE/DB based connections
  • Corrected several date fields for SQLite to ensure they save in ISO 8601 date format
  • 16.1 & 17.0 have been added to the 'Manage Model Option' dialog 'Minimum Version' drop-down list
  • Time Aware Modeling updated to improve cloning of connector end tagged values and qualifiers
  • Model Views Window
    • Introduced Model Index views and folders to support generation of 'eaidx' files from an Index Definition Folder
    • The 'eaidx' files store configuration information used by our integrations, such as the Visual Studio Integration
  • Users without 'Manage Project Settings' will no longer be able to change font settings in the Project Options dialog
  • Removed an 'Under Construction' model pattern from Project Management MDG Technology
  • Improved handling of external MDG Technologies that have been specified with an invalid URL
  • Added support for MSSQL connections when using Wine 9.1 or greater
  • User Restriction for 'Delete Connector' corrected to ensure it prevents deletion when "Ctrl + Delete" is pressed