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Release history

1.38 - in Development

1.37 - 19.03.2026

New features:

  • SAP OpenUI5 facade:
    • Big Update to OpenUI5 version 1.144
    • New Theme Fiori 4 (Horizon) now supported
    • JavaScript errors are now sent to the main server log and available for administrators (if front-end tracing is on!)
    • Widget highlight mode in debug context for app designers (highlights widgets when hovering over them)
    • Support for colored SVG icons (icon set svg_colored)
  • Attributes can now have icons and abbrevations, that will be used as captions for narrow data colums
  • Dedicated log for app install/repair operation
  • New features for axenox.GenAI app
    • Support for ChatGPT 5 and OpenAI "responses API"
    • Universal chat page in AI administration to try/test any agent - even inactive or unpublished versions
  • New formulas =Right(), =Substring(), =TimeFromSeconds() and =JsonPrettify()

Experimental features:

  • New authenticator for Microsoft Azure AppRegistration tokens in the [axenox.Microsoft365Connector](https://github. com/axenox/microsoft365connector/) app
  • Tours to guide users through the app and its features (experimental!)
  • New docs editor in Administration > Docs with a tree structure for better organization of documentation (experimental!)

Improvements:

  • Export actions (e.g. exface.Core.ExportXLSX) now include optional columns and other configurator options of their data widget.
  • Behaviors can now be disabled_if_app_not_installed
  • Improved admininistration UI:
    • List of attributes for attribute groups now includes custom attributes and inherited attributes
  • Improved logs
    • More links to related documentation and other log messages
  • New option exclude_options for InputSelect and similar widgets to exclude certain options from being shown
  • Improved widget DataCarousel: added details_title_column and improved prefill handling
  • New option hidden_if_no_columns for data widgets
  • Many improvements in the Map widget
  • New option call_after_all_actions_complete for CallActionBehavior to postone action execution until all other actions, chains, behaviors, etc. are done
  • Completely reworked monitoring long running requests, improved configuration
  • Many improvements for PostgreSQL - in particular improved error handling
  • Custom lookup_sheet template for LookupMappings
  • Improvements in the SAP OpenUI5 facade:
    • Widgets DataTree and Gantt now supports freeze_columns

1.36 - 09.02.2026

New features:

  • Long running action log

Improvements:

  • Property to hide tables without visible columns
  • Config option to block tracing on a system
  • Input row count check for CallActionBehavior

1.35 - 23.01.2026

1.34 - 10.12.2025

New features:

  • Installation on PostgreSQL now possible
  • Log entries now have clickable links to related documentation
  • New widget InputCode with syntax highlighting an automatic code formatting
  • Background task to clean up webservice logs in DataFlowFacade
  • AI news
    • Log analyzer agent to help with errors and log messages
    • Multiple new AI tools: GetPrintPreviewTool, GetUxonPrototypeTool, GetObjectTool, GetCodeTool
    • ToolCallConcept to include prerenderd tool calls in system prompt
  • UI5 facade news
    • AI chat widget
    • Quick-select menu for widget setups
    • Dialog sidebars
    • Adaptive text colors in ColorIndicator and ProgressBar widgets
  • Deployer news: live logs for OTA updates via axenox.PackageManager.SelfUpdate action

Improvements:

  • Data widgets can skip autoload_data if located in an inactive tab (set the property to if_visible)
  • Scheduler items can now be force-started
  • Caching for custom attribute definitions in CustomAttributeDefinitionBehavior for improved performance
  • Many improvements in Gantt widget
  • Improved SoftDeleteBehavior to better interact with other behaviors
  • Added option to PreventDuplicatesBehavior to control if soft-deleted items are duplicates or not
  • Better display of SQL statements in log entries using the new InputCode widget
  • Separated installers for different web servers: Apache, Microsoft IIS and nginx
  • Ability to link page group assignments with apps explicitly

1.33 - 13.11.2025

New features:

  • UXON snippet mutations
  • Much improved Gantt widget now able to display multiple bars per row
  • Added AzureGraphApiEmailConnector to send Emails via Microsoft GraphAPI
  • Added PostreSQL connector & query builder
  • New widget InputColorPalette - a color picker with a palette of preset colors
  • New formulas:
    • =TimeDiff()
    • =RowExpressionValue()

Improvements:

  • One-Time-Links in the HttpFileServerFacade now use the permalink framework
  • Improved profiler in traced server requests
  • Improved handling of column widths in widget setups for tables
  • Added option read_all to improve performance of lookup-mappings
  • FileAttachmentBehavior can now generate and save file storage paths via formula in file_path_calculation
  • CallActionBehavior can now read required data in-advance from a configurable input_data_event_alias
  • Improved data imports via axenox.ETL app
    • Added profiler tab to data flow step run details
    • Improved performance of duplicate checks in API-to-DataSheet flow steps

1.32 - 08.10.2025

Global news:

  • All new AI testing framework in axenox GenAI app.
  • Completely reworked administration UI for automated tests in axenox.BDT app.

New features:

  • Action CalculateData to let server apply mappers to arbitrary data and simply return the result.
  • Model builder configuration options to selectively update existing parts of the model when re-running th model builder for an existing object or app. For example, to overwrite data type settings like maximum string length.
  • Built-in SQL admin now can show MS SQL execution plans
  • Mentions (e.g. hash-tags or @-mentions) for InputMarkdown widget
  • Widgets created from others via extend_widget now can be modified using mutations - much more flexible, that simply overwriting properties previously.
  • SoftDeleteBehavior will now hide rows marked as deleted from read operations automatically. However, this can be reverted using the new filter_deleted_on_read property.
  • Many new options for HttpConnector and CallWebService action:
    • Customize cURL parameters via curl_options
    • Service parameters can now have custom empty_expression and empty_as_null to normalize empty values
    • Simplified parameter configuration if a separate metaobject is created to describe the data structure of a web service or a set of webservices. Parametes can now be created semi-automatically from attributes via parameters_use_attributes or parameters_for_all_attributes.
    • timeout option for the HttpConnector
    • Support for XPath-like attribute addresses in JSON-based CallWebService actions
  • New formulas:
    • =ObjectProperty() returns metaobject name, alias, data address, etc.
    • =RowUID() returns the value of the UID attribute for the current row.
    • =Distinct() to keep only unique values in a list

Improvements:

  • The UI5 facade will now remember the last applied widget setup and re-apply it automatically every time the page is opened again.
  • Widget InputButton can now be used to generate values (e.g. a human readable id of something) with a server action. It will now update its value if it gets a new version of it from the server when performing its button action.
  • Improved action authorization policy restrictions. Added apply_if_input_columns_exists to allow separate sets of policies for differnt input structures (e.g. input mapped from different objects).
  • New configuration options for CallActionBehavior: input_data_event_alias and input_data_mapper.

Important fixes:

  • Fixed lots of edge cases with InputComboTables inside DataSpreadSheet
  • Fixed unwanted dialog refreshes in UI5 on non-critical actions
  • Fixed issues with uploads to file storages with FlysystemConnector when files did not have an extension or had duplicate filenames.
  • Fixed issues on strictly case sensitive servers like Google Cloud AppEngine.

1.31 - 18.09.2025

New features:

  • Widget setups. Users can now save their setup for tables - columns, sorters, etc. (currently only in UI5 facade)
  • CLI task queue to run regular CLI commands, not just actions
  • Many new features for DataSpreadSheets based on JExcel
    • If a related object is selected in a dropdown, all columns showing data from that relation are auto-updated
    • Filters can now use widget links to other columns in the same spreadsheet: e.g. =~data!OtherCol
    • Conditional properties disabled_if and required_if also support references to other columns
  • Data addresses in meta objects now support default values for placeholders: [#MYATTR|?NA#].
  • Ability to apply mutations when using extend_widget
  • AI agents can now have multiple versions similarly to data flows
  • Action DownloadZIP to download multiple attachments in a ZIP archive
  • Formula =Distinct()

Improvements:

  • Data type option empty_text now supported in most JS formatters
  • SelfUpdate action can now be run in containers, where PHP is not available globally
  • Task queues can now prevent parallel execution of the same task - see skip_task_if_already_running
  • Ability to use attribute data addresses in parameters of the CallWebservice action: parameters_use_attributes, parameters_for_all_attributes, etc.
  • Improvements for HTTP connectors: e.g. timeout option
  • Option default_time to change the time assumed when selecting a data in an InputDateTime

1.30 - 07.08.2025

New features:

  • SQL installers can now execute PHP plugins from inside SQL migrations

Improvements:

  • Many improvements for the mutation framework
  • Option auto_column_width for table widgets
  • Improved handling of action effects in widgets, that produce subsheets
  • Added debug tooltips for conditional properties like disabled_if and required_if
  • Improved notes an tracking logic in OpenAPI based webserivces

1.29 - 19.06.2025

New features:

  • Mutation framework to selectively change things in other apps
  • apply_if_exists and apply_if_not_exists for action authorization policies
  • New formulas =isActionAuthorized(), =ObjectName()

Improvements:

  • CustomAttributeDefinitionBehavior now supports placeholders in attribute models, making them even more flexible!
  • hidden_if_access_denied now can evaluate expected input data of Button widgets making it much more accurate. You can control its logic by using different values for this property: to_action_for_button_input_data, to_action_generally, etc.
  • Further improved attribute list icons in object editor
  • Improved policy debug dialogs
  • DataTable row_grouper can now work with formulas and custom data columns
  • Debug tooltips for widgets now include all sorts of _if proerties

Important fixes:

  • SingleWidget-snippets now working properly

1.28 - 13.05.2025

New features:

  • Flow notes now give an overview of key facts when a data flow is run - see axenox.ETL.
  • Redesigned attribute tab in object editor to show all attributes and not only direct attributes of the object. Now inherited and generated/custom attributes are visible in all in the same place.
  • Attributes produced by the CustomAttributesJsonBehavior now can have custom SQL in their data addresses - they support @SQL dialect tags.
  • Attribute groups in widgets can now be used with aggregators: e.g. "attribute_group_alias": "ORDER_POS__~DEFAULT_DISPLAY:LIST_DISTINCT".
  • New formulas =EnumLookup() and =JsonExtract()

Improvements

  • Improved unpivot_mappings
    • Added option from_columns_calculation to transpose columns dynamically without knowing their names
    • Added option ignore_if_missing_from_column
  • Improved rendering of DialogHeader widgets in JEasyUI facade

1.27 - 20.04.2025

New features:

  • Automated testing via axenox.BDT app
  • UXON snippets to create reusable bits of UXON models for widgets, actions, etc.
  • Generic excel paste-action exface.Core.ShowDataImportDialog
  • UneditableBehavior to prevent changes on objects on certain conditions
  • lookup_mappings to look up UIDs of objects in input mappers, etc.
  • column_to_json_mappings and json_to_rows_mappings for data mappers
  • Ability to add mappers to the output of export actions via export_mapper

Improvements

  • Greatly improved web services in axenox.ETL to simplify creation of OpenAPI import services
  • All filters have multi_select enabled now by default
  • In-app notifications are now automatically deleted after a configurable time period
  • Improved server traces list in DebugContext with better filters
  • Attribute groups now can be accessed via relation path: e.g. RELATED_OBJECT__~editable.
  • Many improvements for custom attributes

1.26 - 18.03.2025

New features:

  • Custom attributes: using a set of behaviors, you can new dynamically add attributes to meta object from a flexible configuration in the master data of a payload app. See CustomAttributeDefinitionBehavior, CustomAttributesJsonBehavior and CustomAttributesLookupBehavior for details.
  • Attribute groups: you can now group attributes in the model of an object and use them in container widgets via attribute_group_alias.
  • Confirmation popups for actions. Every action can now trigger a confirmation when its button is pressed. The contents is configurable.

Improvements:

  • Greatly improved ER diagram in built-in SQL admin (see axenox.IDE app)
  • Tracer performance summary now includes search & filter controls
  • Improved debug output for MS SQL errors
  • Improved OrderingBehavior

1.25 - 14.02.2025

New features:

  • API list in the Administration section to keep track of all web endpoints, their settings and possible connections
  • SQL query builders can now use JOINs across multiple data connections if they point to the same DB server
  • JSONpath data addresses in SQL query builders
  • Added formulas =If(), =IsTrue()
  • Support for SSL connections to MySQL Azure DBs

Improvements:

  • Improved action debug output to show all behaviors and sub-action triggered by while the action is performed
  • Dashboard filters configuration can now be disabled_for_widget_ids

1.24 - 22.01.2025

New features:

  • AI agents - see app axenox.GenAI
  • ChildObjectBehavior
  • ChecklistingBehavior
  • Hierarchical DataFlow steps
  • Behavior configuration can now be translated
  • Added formulas =Filename(), =Transliterate()
  • Console widget function run_command to trigger commands via button

Improvements:

  • Greatly improved model export structure to simplify tracking changes
  • Values aggregated to lists (e.g. DATE:LIST_DISTINCT) are now properly formatted
  • Users can be disabled at a specific date
  • selectable_options in InputSelect now translatable
  • CallActionBehavior now allows multiple events

1.23 - 26.11.2024

New features:

  • Announcements communication channel showing global message strips on top of the app
  • New action ActionChainPerRow
  • New formula ToHtml

Improvements:

  • Greatly improve multiselect logic in the UI5 facade
  • SQL data address properties now support multi-dialect statements with @T-SQL, @MySQL, etc.

1.22 - 12.11.2024

1.20 - 01.10.2024

New features:

  • ValidatingBehavior to define invalid_ifs on object-level - being applied on every write operation
  • PrintExcel action using Excel files as templates
  • File uploads for DataFlows in axenox.ETL app including the ability to combine web services with Excel upload using extended OpenAPI syntax. That is, you can define OpenAPI web services and "feed" them with uploaded Excels as an alternative.
  • Export charts as images
  • Detection of corrupted uploads in file connectors
  • Ability to create temporary meta objects from code

Improvements

  • ExcelBuilder can now read table columns in Excel by name, not only ba coordinate
  • Button to repair broken logs in administration UI
  • HTTP facade responses can now include Server-Timing headers for advanced performance monitoring

1.19 - 03.09.2024

New features:

  • Manual offline mode ("semi offline")
  • Detecting slow networks and going offline automatically
  • DiffHtml widget to vizualize diffs for print previews and any HTMLs in general

Improvements:

  • Read and export actions now support explicit definition of columns
  • Data mappers can now inherit columns of matching_attributes if to- and from-object have similar attribute names
  • Improved print template preview with HTML validation

1.18 - 10.07.2024

1.17 - 26.04.2024

1.16 - 20.03.2024

1.14 - 12.01.2023

1.13 - 18.12.2023

New features:

  • Copy to clipboard from right-click menu in most UI templates
  • Quick filters in right-click menu in SAP UI5/Fiori templates
  • Indicators with additional colors (e.g. to visualize status) for events in Scheduler widgets
  • WYSIWYG and preview modes in InputMarkdown widgets

Improvements:

  • InputCombo can now be forced to actively search for a single possible value via autosearch_single_suggestion
  • Improved Browser cache buster in jEasyUI Facade
  • Improvements in the query builders of the UrlDataConnector

1.12 - 20.11.2023

New features:

  • New Comparator ][ and !][ to check for intersections in two value lists
  • Added administration dialog to search the entire model
  • New option for HTTP facades to include external scripts (e.g. counters) in all templates
  • Selected objects from an app (e.g. master data) can now be included in its model via MetamodelAdditionInstaller
  • New data timeline granularity all to show all item in a single view

Improvements:

  • Improved Scheduler widget in UI5 facade
  • Improved model editors for objects and data types, added more buttons to open relations, etc.
  • TreeTable and Gantt widgets now allow hiding empty folders
  • Added option to commit transactions before the action in CallActionBehavior
  • Better support for complex inline widgets in UI5 dialog headers: e.g. ColorIndicator, ProgressBar

1.11 - 26.10.2023

New features:

  • Entirely new file system model with a universal FileBuilder and the possibility to access remote or virtual file systems by using compatible connectors. Added optional app FlysystemConnector with a generic Connector to use with the popular PHP library Flysystem.
  • Added aggregators :MIN_OF() and :MAX_OF() to quickly get the text of the newest comment and similar data
  • New JournalingBehavior to save entries in a history-table every time certain things happen to an object
  • New features for data flows in axenox.ETL:
    • Added DataFlowFacade to build web services for data flows.
    • New flow step DataSheetToSQL to import large data sets with better performance

Improvements:

  • DataSpreadSheet widgets now support copy/paste dropdown values to and from excel using visible names and not techical ids.
  • Various improvements in axenox.ETL
  • Improved performance of the ExcelBuilder
  • Widget ImageGallery does not required file-related configuration anymore for objects with FileBehavior
  • Fixed prefill issues with multi-select InputComboTable

1.10 - 07.08.2023

1.9 - 27.06.2023

1.8 - 27.04.2023

New features:

  • NEW Configurable offline apps (PWA) with greatly improved offline data storage. Entire pages can be made offline capable fully automatically with all neccessary data being determined in advance and visualized in Administration > Pages > Offline apps.
  • NEW Second factor authentication can now be added to any authenticator
  • NEW Support for different time zones in data sources
  • NEW Data mapper types row_filter and subsheet_mappers
  • NEW Advanced debug output for behaviors + behaviors now visible in the performance chart
  • NEW Built-in JavaScript inspector and console, that can be used even without browser support (e.g. on mobile browsers)

Improvements:

  • IMPROVED MS SQL queries by allowing to add WITH NOLOCK to certain meta objects

  • IMPROVED behavior models: order of execution (priority) now configurable

  • FIX data authorization point now correctly handles multiple roles assigned to a user

1.7 - February 2023

New features:

  • NEW app axenox.IDE providing an integrated development environment for files and SQL schemas
  • NEW Widget for Gantt charts (experimental)
  • NEW WidgetModifyingBehavior to modify widget in selected pages
  • NEW Pivot-sheets to transpose data sheets in-memory

Improvements:

  • IMPROVED NotifyingBehavior can now send notifications after all transactions committed
  • IMPROVED Action CallAction

1.6 - December 2022

New features:

  • NEW Auto-refresh for dashboards
  • NEW Data mapper type unpivot mapper
  • NEW Action CallAction to select the right action depending on the input

Improvements:

  • Improved FileBehavior to save files in any data source transparently
  • Improved security
  • Improved action debugger

1.5 - October 2022

New features:

  • NEW Communication framework to send emails, Teams messages, etc.
  • NEW Full JSON support in HTTP task facade
  • NEW Data authorization point
  • NEW configurable action input validation via input_invalid_if

Improvements:

  • Improved debugger menu
  • Improved ActionChain configuration
  • Improved Git console in Administration > Metamodel > Apps

1.4 - March 2022

New features:

  • NEW GUI to install payload packages on a workbench(Administration > Package manager)
  • NEW Single-sign-on via SQL query to validate passwords against hashes stored in a database by other applications
  • NEW PDF layout printer
  • NEW Widget function framework + action CallWidgetFunction
  • NEW Map widget layers DataLines and DataPoints
  • NEW Widget InputSelectButtons

Improvements:

  • Improved disabled_if and hidden_if configuration of widgets
  • Improved StateMachineBehavior, added automatically generated flow diagrams
  • Improved widget DataSpreadsheet
  • Improved data mappers now allowing explicit ordering and adding using custom classes
  • Much improved form layouts in the UI5 facade

1.3 - may 2021

New features:

  • NEW action scheuler: Administration > BG Processing > Scheduler
  • NEW infrastructure app axenox.ETL to build and run ETL processes
  • NEW Single-Sign-On via OAuth 2.0: e.g. with Microsoft 365 / Azure, Google, etc.
  • NEW OAuth2 authentication for HTTP data connections
  • NEW data connector apps for Google APIs and Microsoft Graph
  • NEW Error monitor to keep track of recent errors incl. dashboard for support user group
  • NEW configurable home-pages for user groups
  • NEW widgets
    • Map for interactive maps with various layers
    • InputCustom to hook-in arbitrary JS libraries easily (WYSIWYG editors, etc.)
    • InputTags to quickly select tags, categories, etc.
    • InputMarkdown - WYSIWYG MarkDown editor
  • NEW query builder to read Excel files (*.xlsx)

Improvements:

  • Improved prefill debugger
  • Much improved auto-detection of objects and widgets affected by an action + custom effects in action models

1.2

New features:

  • NEW Task queues to process tasks in the background: Administration > BG Processing
  • NEW generic offline queue for server actions available for PWA facades - see exface.UI5Facade for an example.
  • NEW Built-in usage monitor: Administration > Monitor.
  • NEW wireframe-previews in widget presets.
  • NEW improved UXON editor incl. code-editor, copy/paste support and more.

Improvements:

  • FIX improved exception handling in command line actions

1.1

New features:

  • NEW Translation module.
    • Now most components of the meta model are now translatable right inside their model editors: meta objects, attributes, action models, pages and messages.
    • Comfortale translation UI with complete key listing, a second reference language, etc.
  • NEW support for running the workbench on Microsoft IIS and SQL Server
  • NEW static event listeners now configurable in the System.config.json allowing handlers to react to events without being previously registered from PHP code.

1.0

First stand-alone release without the dependency on an external CMS-system.

New features:

  • NEW page editor.
  • NEW Security system based on authorization points and flexible policies.

0.x

Before version 1.0, the workbench relied on an external CMS system, that would provide frontend-rendering, routing, menus and access permissions to those things. The CMS was attached using a special connector, like the ModxCmsConnector for the Evolution CMS (formally MODx Evolution).