Mongoose updates

New wizard for strongly-typed APIs with Swagger documentation

We created a new wizard that you can use to create strongly-typed APIs for ION API. You can also use this wizard to create Swagger documentation for the API, based on the IDO.

New wizard for external workflows

We created a new wizard that you can use to generate alert workflows, approval request workflows, and pulse alerts. The external system for this wizard integrates with ION workflow.

Ability to create and save component templates

You can now save selected components and any child components, as component templates for use in other forms or applications. Once saved as a component template, the new template is listed as such, with other component templates, in the Mongoose Toolbox. Other form and application developers can then use them much like any other Mongoose component in the Toolbox.

We also modified the Toolbox to display available components in three categories: Framework Components, User Components, and Component Templates.

Ability to generate IDO method-based critical numbers and drilldowns

Previously, critical numbers and drilldowns were only generated by IDO collections or stored procedures.

In this release, you can now generate critical numbers and drilldowns by IDO methods.

Centralized metadata database

We reduced the cloud database footprint for vendor metadata that is shipped with a Mongoose-based application, by moving vendor metadata from each individual tenant’s databases into a central database. This reduces the maintenance window time required to perform the FormSync portion of upgrades. This requirement set is one part of our larger strategy to move toward zero-down-time upgrades for cloud customers.

This strategy can also be applied to on-premises installations.

Improved performance of license application process

We implemented changes to reduce time required to apply or reapply license document to tenants in the cloud.

Splash screen for App Builder startup

We added a splash screen to display when starting App Builder.

Keeping selected item in App Builder list or grid selected after Refresh

We added a Keep Selected option for list and grid components in App Builder. This option allows selected items to remain selected after a Refresh action, instead of reverting them to the top of the list or grid.

Ability to view configuration-related values in read-only format

In Configuration Manager, you can now view configurations, configuration groups, applications, and web servers in read-only format.

Disabled maximum record cap in multi-tenant environment

We implemented changes to IDO extension classes to prevent use of the WinStudio max record cap process default in the multi-tenant environment.

These changes do not apply to on-premises environments.