Perfion Windows Client - Latest Version

Fixed issue with 'Download images in Grid' where some parameters was not correctly passed to the job

When using the 'Download images in Grid' option in the three-dot menu, some parameters was not correctly passed to the job producing incorrect results. This has been fixed.

IN-Clauses in Perfion API with more than 1000 values could cause SQL-error

Perfion API Query allows IN-clauses with more than 1000 values. SQL does not, so such big IN-clauses are handled using a Temp-table and joining in SQL. The code doing that could not handle ' (apostrophe) correct, which caused a SQL-error. The issue affected the IMPORT.FEATUREDATA-action, since that makes use of PTable and IN-clauses. The issue has been fixed.  

Dashboard - Widgets with "group by" on a boolean

A bug for widgets with "group by" on a booleans are fixed. It is now possible to use "group by" on a booleans in other languages then English.

Import could fail to run when started by a user that was logged in via Azure Entra ID

When logged in via Azure Entra ID, users could experience issues with running imports due to an issue with user credentials validation. This has been fixed.

Recycle bin - "Logged By" is "Unknown" user bug

In some cases, the "Logged By" is set to "Unknown" user in the Recycle bin. This is now fixed and the "Logged By" should be the correct User

Feature Configuration - Copy item dependency features

Copy item dependency features was not working if the same feature has the Copy marked on some depended features and not marked in other. This i now fixed

Supplier Portal - Perfion item with hierarchy bug

In some cases it was not possible to have hierarchy connected to Supplier Items, this is now possible

Perfion integration with DeepL updated as per DeepL's per announcement of breaking changes

DeepL has announced breaking changes on how authentication is handled in their API after March 2025.  The Perfion integration with DeepL has been updated accordingly so it will continue to function after this change.

Generated URLs for images could have incorrect encoding of parameters

The generated URLs for images could have incorrect encoding of parameters causing the Perfion Image Server to generate and return unexpected results. Previously some parameters could be XML encoded, which was not correctly parsed by the Perfion Image Server. Parameters are now URL encoded instead.

The Perfion Image API will now return status 404 - Not Found

Previously the Perfion Image API could return a successful status code 200 OK even when the requested image was not found. The API will now return status 404 - Not Found in those situations.

SupplierImport could throw null-value exception

Supplier Import could throw null value exception. That happened if you imported into an already existing SupplierItem linked to a non-existing Standard Item. The error causing the data-issue has not been found, but the Supplier Import now simply ignores the erroneous link in data.

FormatMultiValues in Formulas could fail to render some languages

When using FormatMultiValues in a formula, it could fail to render the correct value for some languages. The issue was caused by an inconsistency between the language used for localization within Perfion and the corresponding culture used to format values. This has been fixed.

It is no longer possible to create multiple global searches using the same base feature

In previous versions of Perfion, it was possible in the Web Client to create multiple Global Searches on the same base feature. This was an error and is no longer possible.

Perfion could prompt for where to execute an Action when running as low-privileged user

When running the Perfion Windows client as low-privileged user and trying to run an Action in the context of one or more items, the Perfion client could prompt for where to execute the Action - on the Client or Application Server - even though the tier was configured on the Action. This has been fixed.

Filtered values could give null value exception if controlling feature was not in grid

In Windows client, when using late load on the Product-feature (right hand side feature) and filtered values, Perfion would throw a null-value exception if a Controlling Feature was not in the grid. This was not necessary, if Product-grid instead was paged. Now it has been corrected, so it also works as intended even when using late load.

Performance of new Importer has been improved

Performance of the new importer (currently that is the IMPORT.FEATUREDATA-action) has been improved.  Improvement is most significant when importing values for Selectable Features that already has a large amount of items in the database. That would often be importing into features, that are Identity Inheriting "Product", since there typically are many products.  Furthermore the counting of updated Items and Specs has been corrected in a few cases. Specs and hereby also Items were here counted as being updated, even though they were not. 

Optimized Perfion API

The Perfion API has been optimized slightly for queries fetching many named specs. This especially helps the ECommerce API when having many mappings, since each mapping is translated to fetching a single feature. Using the wild card-mapping will also benefit from this. This optimization is best seen when having 1000s of features in a query.

Name of images imported via URLs could use fallback name

In certain situations, the names of images imported via URLs could use the fallback name, e.g. image.png, if the response from the origin did not indicate the actual name of the file. This has been fixed so that the virtual path from the URL is used as filename if no other indications of actual name is found in the response.

Unable to download certain filetypes, including .drawio files.

When trying to download certain filetypes from Perfion, the server could return an error causing the browser to show failed download attempts. A fix has been implemented to better support arbitrary filetypes.

Actions script function 'Make' could fail when run on the Application Server

A change introduced in 2024-R2 SR1 (5.5.2) to the Make() scripting method could cause Actions to fail when run on the Perfion Application Server. This has been fixed.

Action - Support for SystemVar in the Make() method

It is now possible to use System Variables in the Make() method. Like Make( "{=@$NameOfSystemVariable}" )

Clicking on Edit when no Item Trigger was selected, would cause an error

When clicking the edit button in the Item Triggers overview, the Windows Client would show an error if a trigger was not selected. This has been fixed.

Dynamics NAV - Multi language mapping

It is now possible to have multi language mapping in Dynamics NAV.

An exception to permissions-ruling has been made in Perfion API for Swap-features

An exception to permissions-ruling has been made in Perfion API for Swap-features. This allows you to add items to Swapped features, even if permissions strictly does not allow it. Since the Web Client uses the Perfion API for manipulating data, this exception also applies here. The Windows-client has always had that exception implemented. 

Filtered Values of "-1" could not be imported

In previous version of Perfion the "Controlled Feature" could not be given a value of "-1". This has been fixed.

Both Windows and Web-Client ignored missing Deselect-permission when clearing values in grid

Users without Deselect permission for some selectable value were erroneously still capable of clearing the value. This was allowed both in the grid and when using an Update-statement clearing it. This has been fixed. 

Remote connections of type 'Url' now supports authentication based on OAuth refresh tokens

Remote connections of type 'Url' - used by the SELECT.API Actions command - now supports authentication based on OAuth refresh tokens.  This feature allows Perfion to authenticate as a user in offline mode, enabling access to certain APIs like Dropbox and others.

Slow loading of feature lists

On Perfion installation with a lot of features, loading an overview of features in the Web Client could take a long time. This has been improved.

When Sortable Related Items was enabled on an image feature, saving data in the Windows Client item editor could fail.

When Sortable Related Items was enabled on an image feature, saving data in the Windows Client item editor could fail.  This has been fixed.

Supplier Portal - 2-factor authentication and AD integration

The Multifactor authentication and AD integration is enabled for the Supplier Portal.

Resolved issue with paging index not being reset on change of a category

Index of the selected page is now being reset on change of a category

Windows Client moving to last page has been fixed

Windows Client allows to switch to a last page, however when there were more than 2000 items it would switch to page with items 2000 instead of actual last ones.

Using OR-clauses in Search without using Sub-elements could give wrong Search-results.

Using an OR-clause like this in a Search-feature:

The above did not work properly when used in conjunction with other clauses, unless you put Sub-elements around it like this:

This has been fixed.

View relations did not include inherited values

When using the 'View Relations' feature in the Windows Client, items that inherited any of the selected values was not shown correctly.  This has now been fixed.

Image Service would return "Image not found" if filename contained parenthesis

When using the new Image Service endpoints, the API would return "Image not found" if the filename contained parenthesis. This has now been fixed.

Slow performance of certain queries - especially on installation with a lot of items and specs

When executing certain queries on database with a lot of items and specs, users could experience long executing times. When monitoring activity on the database a large number of logical reads could be observed.  This has been optimized so such queries now perform better.