v2.5 (Build 114)

• New ability to create alias for document parameters (and use alias in macro)
• New ability to create document groups either for related documents or simply to group common documents together
• New 'Document Groups' function within burst details to allow for group level parameter setting
• New ability to create private links to XIR2 documents (useful for non-admin users)
• (Improv): New macro functions @rplstr and @rmstr to replace or remove a string in a variable
• (Improv): New 'MS' format option for [TODAY] macro to display Milleseconds (nnn) (e.g. [TODAY,HH:MN:SS:MS])
• (Improv): New '$BURSTID' system macro
• (Improv): New # Copies option for printing
• (Improv): Crystal default values now converted to LOV (with UI selection)
• (Improv): IgnoreIfEmpty option is now available for Crystal XIR2 documents
• (Improv): New config option InfoBurst->XIR2DeskIRefresh to control how refresh is done (ReportEngine or Instance)
• (Improv): FTP path can be "(path)" to allow for special names such as mainframe queue names etc.
• (Improv): If a custom print command fails, a retry loop will try again each minute for up to 5 minutes
• (Improv): On the burst details screen the default parameter values will be displayed (before only saved values were displayed)
• (Improv): If catalog a document with 1 filter and 1 document variable (RPL), it will set the RPL as the default value
• (Improv): On the burst summary screen it is now possible to jump directly to the document options/parameter/distribution screens (new hyperlinks)
• (Improv): New config option IBRUN->AbortEPLIfNoData to decide if abort/warning on empty EPL
• (Bug-fix): Document with $ in name would truncate default instance name in burst, corrected
• (Bug-fix): Condition would appear for in-line value list NOT multi-pass, corrected
• (Bug-fix): User right to maintain schedule calendar did not work, corrected
• (Bug-fix): Complex dynamic EPL queries could generate wrong data, corrected
• (Bug-fix): XIR2 document A.B.C cataloged as A.B, corrected
• (Bug-fix): Crystal client (9,10,XI) could not RPL filter on numeric data items, corrected
• (Bug-fix): EPL with extra columns used on filter (no prompts) would return incorrect values, corrected

v2.5 (Build 113)

• New support for distribution to XIR2 user inbox (with EDL/IDL)
• New support for distribution to XIR2 folder with category association
• New EDL option for XI to retrieve account-name or email address from one or more groups
• (Improv): Search option is case insensitive (ORA repository), default search pattern is now *search*, use ^ char to begin with
• (Bug-fix): Runtime error could occur if EDL extra columns not used, corrected
• (Bug-fix): Distribution condition may not be editable, corrected
• (Bug-fix): Crystal reports single-pass could generate XML error, corrected
• (Bug-fix): Cataloging full-client Crystal reports would ignore filter, corrected

v2.5 (Build 112)

• New XDS support for Report contents (tables) rather than just data providers
• New support for PDF split + combine into a single file
• New date macros FIRSTDAYINQTR and LASTDAYINQTR with +/- support (e.g. [FIRSTDAYINQTR-1Q,MM/DD/YYYY])
• (Improv): Crystal reports on XIR2 platform now processed quicker (without creating instances)
• (Improv): XIR2 distribution for DeskI, WebI and Crystal extended to allow both folders and instances
• (Improv): For BusObj FullClient documents, it is now possible to select report-tabs for printing
• (Improv): Printer support extended for BusObj FullClient and Crystal Client to directly print a report in text format (plain or CSV)
• (Improv): Schedule events based on a database query can use macros within the SQL text to generate the query
• (Improv): Query based EDL and EPL can both return additional columns for use with [%col] macros
• (Bug-fix): Single-pass burst using BOFC+native format did not save document with current filter, corrected
• (Bug-fix): If use EPL with dynamic parameter, value was not updated if use later with [=x] macro, corrected
• (Bug-fix): EPL/EDL query with parameter containing a single quote would cause error, corrected

v2.5 (Build 111)

• (Improv): Schedule Event of type Qry can now use a macro for the true condition e.g. [TODAY,MM]
• (Improv): It is now possible to re-link an XIR2 document to another InfoBurst user (to use different logon)
• (Improv): It is now possible to set EDL parameter(s) if an EDL is used for BO 5/6 repository send to user
• (Improv): IgnoreIfEmpty document option now allows for either ALL or ANY data provider if document has >1 data provider
• (Improv): Condition tooltips are now displayed on the burst distribution screen if conditions exist (green icon)
• (Improv): Actions such as Hold,Release,Force etc on the Today's schedule screen are now logged in the Audit log
• (Bug-fix): Danish date format (dd-mm-yyyy) caused problem with IBServer startup, corrected
• (Bug-fix): Publish to BO 5/6 repository for a user with multiple in-line users only sent to first user, corrected

v2.5 (Build 110)

• New Xml option for BOFC,WebI XIR2 to extract per Data Provider
• New system configuration option WEBSITE->DefaultUseBurstCreatorLogon
• New system configuration options EMAIL->SMTPServerPort and EMAIL2->SMTPServerPort
• New system configuration option INFOBURST->IBServerName to allow connection between stand-alone web interface + IBServer
• (Improv): WebI 6.x documents could sometimes appear unsorted by name, added extra sort at InfoBurst side
• (Improv): For BusObj FullClient it is now possible to retrieve single-value document variables using [=variable] macro
• (Improv): Access to report variables introduced in Build 108 could lead to slow performance on large documents, now an option rather than default
• (Bug-fix): BusObj6/11 handlers could reset path to busobj.exe if non-default location, corrected
• (Bug-fix): Error occured if Oracle repository and try to clear delivery logs, corrected
• (Bug-fix): If create distribution template with AllowEdit, option was not displayed when editing template, corrected
• (Bug-fix): It was not possible to create an un-sorted IPL, corrected
• (Bug-fix): Email attachment name could lead to problems if dynamic values contained a path seperator, corrected
• (Bug-fix): Burst Watch/Simu options were lost when 'Completing Burst', corrected

v2.5 (Build 109)

• (Improv): EPL now supports parameter macros such as [=State] (e.g. EPL:GetZipCodes(@state=[=State])
• (Improv): MS Access DBConn now supports a security file option
• (Improv): Test DBConn for MSAccess/ODBC(MSAccess) is handled via IBServer (for authentication)
• (Bug-fix): Multi-pass burst with IgnoreIfEmpty stopped at first empty document, will now continue
• (Bug-fix): In-line html failed if BOFC report tab has trailing space, corrected
• (Bug-fix): Accented characters in prompts could cause linking EPL/IPL to fail, corrected

v2.5 (Build 108)

• New Xml Data Source option (XDS) to create and manage dynamic content for Xcelsius dashboards
• XDS can be based on BusObj 6.x,DeskI,WebI XIR2 document or any # direct database queries (using new Query creation for a DBConn)
• New schedule calendars support with rules, exceptions and manual dates
• New option to copy document (used mainly when adding dynamic filters to WebI documents)
• New option to publish a hyperlink for an Xcelsius dashboard to the XIR2 platform
• New ability to extract document variables when bursting BusObj Full Client (e.g. Burst on City, publish on network using [=ZipCode])
• New repository/DB connection support for MySQL (open source RDBMS)
• New IBRmt command line tool can be run on any windows machine to submit EXEC,STAT requests to IBServer
• (Improv): Schedule created/edit screen re-designed for easier use
• (Improv): View future Schedule screen re-designed for quicker/easier use
• (Improv): Server documents screen operates more smoothly with better performance
• (Improv): If add filter to WebI document, will now retro-fit to all bursts using document as "*" value
• (Improv): XIR1 and XIR2 "manage" screen now sorts folders by name (refresh the list)
• (Improv): XIR2 Crystal EDP "Use Local" option fully supported (allows HTML, XML distributions + local filter)
• (Improv): Burst details screen global options interface improved
• (Improv): EDL/EPL screen re-worked for smoother test mode
• (Improv): It is now possible to re-order documents in a burst
• (Improv): It is now possible to one-click change document enabled and refresh in a burst
• (Improv): Trigger files are only created once for the document if bursting except if [=x] macro used for trigger filename
• (Bug-fix): Remove server document gave error, corrected
• (Bug-fix): Test Macro button on burst parameter screen gave error, corrected
• (Bug-fix): If change event only schedule back to regular date/time, event still executed, corrected
• (Bug-fix): Excel 2000 handler gave 'Hwnd' error, corrected
• (Bug-fix): Crystal HTML/Email required 'root folder' option, corrected
• (Bug-fix): It was not possible to disable refresh for DeskI/WebI reports, corrected
• (Bug-fix): Single quote character could cause problems for email attachments, corrected
• (Bug-fix): Excel conversion for BOFC 5.x documents, report-tab selection did not work, corrected

v2.5 (Build 107)

• New Dashboard option for system activity and document analysis
• New support for distribution of Crystal Xcelsius dashboards (and XML data based 'Dashboard Packages')
• Email config extended to allow secondary email server (with optional backup)
• Burst email options now include selection of email server and from address
• New Burst email option for single document bursts to send a single email with BCC list
• (Improv): File based EDL can now be tested via web interface (remotes via IBServer to avoid access rights issues)
• (Improv): New config setting IBRUN.AbortIfEDLNoData to control if a step should abort if an EDL returns no data
• (Improv): BOFC Refresh failure with "server threw an exception" will restart the BusObj session
• (Bug-fix): New date format macros DDX,DDLX,MMX,MMLX renamed to DAY,LONGDAY,MONTH,LONGMONTH to avoid conflicts
• (Bug-fix): ZipEach email could lead to 'Interrupted' message, corrected
• (Bug-fix): DeskI local logon failed with XIR2 SP1, corrected

v2.5 (Build 106)

• New Migration option to re-map bursts using existing BusObj WebI 6.x documents to use WebI XIR2 documents
• New InfoBurst Excel post-processing option for all 'provider' generated Excel (allows further customization via Macro etc)
• Text (CSV) option for BOFC has new option to strip header line
• Text (CSV) for XIR2 DI/WI now has extensiom, delimiter and strip header options
• New macro functions rml/removeleft and rmr/removeright to strip characters from left/right
• New burst email option to combine in-line html content with attachments (enables in-line summary + attached detail reports)
• New extended support for .zip archives including ability to send in-line html email (newsletter publish etc)
• (Change): Date/time suffix option can use {myprefix} syntax to insert hard-coded content, for example MM_{DEPTA} = 05_DEPTA
• (Improv): Zip option for Network/FTP/WebDAV has Zip file-name over-ride with macro support
• (Improv): It is now possible to specify a file-name for Text (CSV) if only 1 data provider exists
• (Improv): Macro functions can use system variables (such as $DOCINAME)
• (Improv): Manage XIR1/XIR2 documents screen is now more responsive when clicking on documents
• (Bug-fix): BOFC HTML conversion fails if report name has trailing space, work-around implemented (BusObj bug)
• (Bug-fix): WebI XIR2 in-line HTML email produced blank report, corrected
• (Bug-fix): WebI XIR2 catalog document with contexts produced error, corrected
• (Bug-fix): BOFC report selection could case problems with very long internal filenames, corrected
• (Bug-fix): Kill burst option with oracle repository caused error, corrected
• (Bug-fix): Schedule management screen as non-admin user caused error, corrected

v2.5 (Build 105)

• New Enterprise Document Provider configuration to allow multiple external document servers to be defined
• Support for Business Objects Enterprise XIR1 (Crystal/WebI)
• Support for Business Objects Enterprise XIR2 (Crystal/WebI/Desktop Intelligence)
• Support for Business Objects Desktop Intelligence (client mode)
• New Migration option to re-map bursts using existing BusObj 5/6 client documents to use DeskI XIR2 documents
• New XI Platform distribution to corporate folder structure (with macro support)
• EPL query now allows for parameters (e.g. @product)
• New Schedule AtEnd option to set a Trigger (allows for dependant schedules)
• Schedules can be disabled/re-enabled (rather then having to set the valid date range)
• New option to 'Execute Schedule Now' with event check
• New System Functions option to create reusable macros or use combination of macros
• Revised user interface, improved burst destination/format screen
• New QuickBurst feature to create a burst using only one screen (Network/Email)
• New toolbar search option to quickly locate documents, bursts and schedules (Sales* find all Sales Docs or B,Test* for Bursts)
• Support for XML output for Business Objects 6.5/DeskI, XIR2 DeskI/WebI and Crystal 9-11
• New DefaultWebDavUser/Password and DefaultFTPUser/Password in Website config
• New option to "Save for All Users" for Business Objects 6.x
• New FTP support for both SSL and S/Shell with configurable port number
• New support for Zip password with option for 128-bit AES data encryption
• Distribution templates supported for both client and EDP (Server) documents
• New extended log details for FTP and Secure FTP to see client/server messages
• Validate logon supported for all connection types, client and EDP (Server)
• New support for generic ODBC database drivers (Schedule events, EDL, EDP)
• New support for Excel 2003 (InfoBurst conversion for BusinessObjects Full Client)
• New support for Crystal Reports range prompts, with validation
• New support for Powerpoint,Shockwave Flash(Xcelsius) and ZipArchive static files
• New support for publishing static files to Enterprise Platform (WebI 6.x, XIR1, XIR2)
• New user access right for non-admin; ViewAllActivityLogs to enable 'helpdesk' type user to view all logs
• New date format macros DDX,DDLX,MMX,MMLX for MON,MONDAY,JAN,JANUARY formats (e.g. [TODAY,DD-MMX-YYYY] is 10-APR-2006 if today is 4/10/06)
• (Improv): HTML templates \custom folder support, will look here first
• (Improv): Config changes stored in Audit log
• (Improv): EDL/EPL query length increased from 512 to 3072
• (Improv): Crystal/HTML option to create root folder (default:true)
• (Improv): Conditional distribution can use in-line value like "a;b"
• (Improv): Schedule change for today does not create missed bursts, they are ignored
• (Improv): Recatalog allows a file to be linked
• (Improv): IgnoreIfEmpty for Crystal Reports is now supported
• (Improv): Config for Email SMTPServer/BackupSMTPServer has TEST button to send test email
• (Improv): Report-tab order is preserved for InfoBurst conversion Excel distribution, plus new RemoveTab option
• (Bug-fix): AtEnd action would not trigger if bursts ran over midnight, fixed
• (Bug-fix): Events based on SQL Query were truncated if >256 chars, fixed (max size is 2000 chars)
• (Bug-fix): FTP with no root folder + date suffix option did not work, corrected
• (Bug-fix): Adding duplicate document names from different folders did not work, corrected
• (Bug-fix): Dynamic EDL based on email filter did not work since 2.1, corrected

v2.1.2

• Support for Microsoft Reporting Services (beta)
• Support for Crystal XI full-client
• Support for RPL bursting with Crystal Reports (requires XML to be installed for Crystal)
• User profile supports different WebI logon to BusObj
• New IDL option for creating internal distribution lists
• New [@function()] syntax to extend macro capabilities
• New @first function to extract first n chars from a variable, params=(variable[,n])
• New @replace/@rpl function to replace chars in a variable, params=(variable,find,replace)
• New @convspace/@sp function to convert chars in a variable to space, params=(variable,chars)
• New @remove/@rm function to remove chars in a variable, params=(variable,chars)
• New schedule type based on events not date/time
• Improved STOP action when filtering a large number of items, will now stop sooner
• New KILL action in todays schedule to attemp to kill BO process and stop burst
• If IBServer is stopped and BOSPEnabled, any executing bursts will be aborted to free the session pool
• New config option IBSERVER.FileEventCheckViaServer (default=True), choose if remote request to server
• New config option IBSERVER.EventCheckEvery (default=30), control how often to check for waiting events (in seconds)
• Event checking mechanism improved to try and avoid affecting new pending bursts (new EVTWatcher thread)
• Improved response time for many screens, user cache extended to support folder and object browsers
• New Admin->System->IBMaint option to invoke system maintenance functions from Web UI (command line still exists)
• IBRegister will now ask if replace primary or add secondary for a new instance registration
• EDL parameter can now be set to a macro value using [=variable] syntax
• Macros can now be used in the text message for an email
• New option to email burst activity log in either in-line html or text attachment
• New 'Execute Now' option for a schedule
• New system macros [$FILENAME], [$FILE] and [$EXT] can be used in network/ftp/webdav path
• New schedule 'At End' action to send email using a pre-defined template
• (Improv): WebI documents are sorted per category in the manage webi documents screen
• (Improv): If WebI server changed (e.g. test/production) the user cache is now cleared
• (Improv): If change BO or CR version, cataloging service does not require a restart
• (Improv): Zip option for Network/FTP/WebDav will create matching file-names rather than default names
• (Improv): Text Plain output with 1 report-tab can be re-named using standard file-name syntax
• (Bug-fix): In-line HTML/Email for BO 5.x with spaces in report names failed to display, corrected
• (Bug-fix): In-line HTML/Email for Crystal Reports, header could over-lap content, corrected
• (Bug-fix): HTML/Email for Crystal Reports (as attachments), no files sent, corrected
• (Bug-fix): Email notification for HTML (Network/FTP/WebDAV) included all files, corrected to just link to root page
• (Bug-fix): Multiple text distributions for the same document with different report-tabs now works correctly
• (Bug-fix): EDL/EPL queries converted to uppercase; query is now left as-is (caused issues with case sensitive queries)

v2.1.1

• WebDAV distribution suports NT authentication (user specified DOMAIN\user)
• Option to supply multiple IPL/EPL values by row, not matrix of all values
• Option to create un-sorted IPL
• New button on IPL screen to allow quick clear of all values
• Plain Text output format Doc.txt (no report names)
• BusObj Refresh retry improved to re-open document and re-supply parameters
• Option to select burst(s) to use for config option SendAbortEmail, New screen Admin->System->Burst Alert List
• (Bug-fix): Email address with ' in name caused error, corrected
• (Bug-fix): 2nd IBServer did not dispatch bursts, corrected

v2.1

• Support for true bursting of WebI 6.x documents
• WebI user cache to improve browser response
• WebI LOV handling improved, max size can bet set using Config option WebIMaxLOV
• Sub-report selection for BO 5/6 (All formats) and WebI (HTML)
• WebDAV distribution option
• Option to ignore document distribution if empty
• Option to ignore document distribution if condition not met (new $IB$DELIVER support)
• Support for $IB$variables in document to allow conditions to vary
• Database connections used for EDL/EPL can be re-used
• Database connections extended to support Oracle ODP and MS Access
• Database connections automatically linked to Crystal documents that require login
• New schedule event based on SQL query
• New schedule option - every nn days
• New schedule priority feature
• New delivery reporting to extend burst activity log information
• Option for email distribution to allow recipient to un-subscribe
• BusinessObjects repository delivery extended to support send to user (FC) or inbox (WebI)
• New trigger file option for Network/FTP distributions
• Option to deliver HTML via Email as attachments rather than in-line
• New config option BORecycleAt to set time of day for BUSOBJ session recycle
• Delimiter re-added to IPL value input to allow lists of items containing ; (e.g. one;two,three;four using "," as delim)
• Burst management screen has burst description and document-type display
• Search button added to Catalog, Burst and Schedule screens to link to FileSystem search function
• New command-line utility IBCONFIG to allow changes without web-site
• New command-line utility IBDUMP to assist with troubleshooting issues with bursts and documents
• DBSETUP and IBREGISTER can now save/load .config files to allow easier switching between repositories
• New config option AddDisclaimer to add custom disclaimer to all generated emails
• Repository performance improvements
• Manage folders and objects has improved performance and second tree display for better drag drop
• Manage groups has improved performance (loads users in each group on demand)
• Activity log has improved performance
• Today's schedule all-in-one option (+ user toolbar configuration)
• Option to remember logon
• Revised user interface for document selection within a burst (and bursts within a schedule)
• Revised user interface for choosing email recipients for a burst distribution
• New config option INFOBURST.MacroDelim to change default delimiters from []
• New buttons on Manage Folders & Objects screen to select/unselect all
• WebI document browser supports selection of whole category
• Option to convert tabs in plain text output
• (Bug-fix): Catalog issue if prompt + variable of same name, corrected
• (Bug-fix): WebI document with >1 prompt was not handled properly, corrected
• (Bug-fix): Delete user from user management screen gave error (but worked ok), corrected
• (Bug-fix): Error when paging and switch to folder with less items, corrected
• (Bug-fix): Certain Distribution template(s) not displayed for selection, corrected
• (Bug-fix): Unable to catalog document if contained "." in name, corrected
• (Bug-fix): Date macro [TODAY-n] always used 1 as value, corrected
• (Bug-fix): If disable folder count, users folder was not displayed
• (Bug-fix): Change owner of object now correctly changes underlying owner
• (Bug-fix): Distribution for native documents, corrected screen interface issue
• (Bug-fix): If XLS conversion failed, working HTML files were sent, corrected
• (Bug-fix): Using disable all in burst screen gave error, corrected
• (Bug-fix): Copy burst could fail if single quote used as prompt name
• (Bug-fix): Sub-report order is preserved for HTML/EMAIL