This documentation describes the changes on the component package "A" with the components IDL.KONSIS.FORECAST, IDL.XLSLINK and IDL.KONSIS.FORECAST Application Server in Release 2018 Update 1 (version 18.1) compared to Release 2018 (version 18.0). The minimum requirement for the installation of this version is the previous Release 2018 from September 2017, which may not be left out in the installation sequence of this component package.
The corrections for Release 2018 that have taken place up until the release closure are contained in Release 2018 Update 1. The maintenance of Release 2018 will be finished with the delivery of this Update.
You should always perform a database backup before you install a new release. To prevent a user from losing data, a notice on the necessity of backing up data will be issued by the installation program at the start of installation.
For the work with Release 2018 Update 1 the licence file can contain additional information. For IDL.KONSIS.FORECAST and IDL.XLSLINK the following information can be new:
The program checks for compliance of the data with these licence parameters. Licence violations are reported as an indication. Later program versions will restrict the functions in case of licence violations.
Important note: Please do not delete the user IDLADMIN! It is not counted for licence checks and required for possible system repairs.
For question with respect to licence you can contact us under lizenzierung@idl.eu.
You must always perform the release migration for IDL.KONSIS.FORECAST (see ch. 2.1.1) first, after a new release has been installed. For this reason, a message will be issued when you start IDL.KONSIS.FORECAST for the first time after installation of this release to let you know that migration has not yet taken place. This message box contains the button 'Start migration now'. If you click this button, migration will start automatically. Following successful completion of the migration on this way, IDL.KONSIS.FORECAST does not need to be restarted again. All of the applications will be available immediately.
If migration is not started in this manner, for instance because the user logged in does not have access rights, all other applications will be locked. The only exceptions are the applications that are used to maintain authorization data, in case the logged-in user is not authorized to carry out migration, due to the use of individual authorisation groups. Following manual completion of migration, you will need to start IDL.KONSIS.FORECAST again to ensure that all of the application functions are available again.
Release 2018 Update 1 uses version 8 of Java. For IDL.KONSIS.FORECAST Application Server IDL delivers the corresponding JRE (Java Runtime Environment) in the installation directory. This does not apply for remote internet clients connected to the IDL.KONSIS.FORECAST Application Server via web-start. There the JRE has to be updated by the users themselves (Java update to the most recent version due to automatic proposal).
However, the most recent version Java 9 is compatible with Release 2018 Update 1 but not to earlier versions of IDL.KONSIS.FORECAST (e.g. Release 2017).
The database version ORACLE 9i was no longer supported by the IDL software for some time. Now IDL.KONSIS.FORECAST is no longer correctly executable with this Release 2018 Update 1.
The read and write functions of IDL.CONNECTOR are no longer developed since Release 2016. Running Excel worksheets may continued to be used, however, there will be only limited support by IDL. Now only IDL.XLSLINK is supported for these purposes. Only IDL.XLSLINK can be used in connection with the 64 bit version of MS Excel / Office. When changing your Office or Excel version please mind the actual software requirements in https://en.idl.eu/service-center/software/hard-and-software-requirements/.
If you have many and extensive Excel maps with IDL.CONNECTOR formulae the transition to IDL.XLSLINK may be a major project. In this case it is recommended to arrange support by an IDL consultant.
The new version of IDL.EBILANZ (Report Factory) now can be installed within IDL.KONSIS.FORECAST Application Server (Jetty) providing that no separate application server is required.
The following English language documentations have been updated or supplemented in the documentation directory "doku" along with this release:
For a current version of the "Hardware and Software Requirements" please refer to the service centre of the IDL web site in https://en.idl.eu/service-center/software/hard-and-software-requirements/.
Release 2018 Update 1 contains the following essential functional changes and enhancements: