6.1.34
Released on April 30, 2024 What’s New
Report Server
- Support to customize database schema and table prefix upon tenant creation, allowing the use of a single database for multiple tenants.
- Support deploying as a 64-bit application on Azure, enhancing memory handling and performance.
- Added support for Bold ETL Service. This new feature allows users to easily transform and load data from data source connectors.
- Report part improvements:
- An option to create a report part directly from the Report Server has been included.
- Supported draft report parts for editing and publishing at any time.
- Enabled Info option for report parts to view basic details.
- Support for integrating Azure Application Insights enables enhanced error logging and application health monitoring.
- Added the option to test email credentials directly on the server email settings page.
- Provided support for configuring Microsoft 365 email settings with OAuth authentication.
- Exposed API to create MySQL data source.
Report Viewer
- Report Viewer renders table group levels with millions of records in seconds via record limiting and on-demand processing. Refer to the documentation for enabling this feature through settings.
- Added the option to include comments for all report items when exporting to Excel.
- Introduced SVG image rendering for .NET Core platform report viewer and export.
Report Designer
- Provided an option to connect to the Microsoft SQL datasource through an SSH tunnel.
- Provided an option to add and configure SVG images to reports through the report designer for .NET Core platform
- Introduced the ‘FetchLimit’ custom property to restrict the preview record limit
- Enhanced the functionality to maintain the existing layout size while refreshing report parts.
Improvements
Report Viewer
- The QR and Barcode work properly in the .NET 8.0 framework.
- The ‘XAxisEdgeLabelPlacement’ custom property now functions properly in Report Viewer v2.
- Improved the chart item color palette change based on the expression.
- Added localization support for the license message in the Report Viewer.
- Now custom attributes support parameter expressions.
- Resolved the time details missing in datetime parameters.
- Improved error message for RDLC reports when containing an empty dataset.
- Improved error message in PDF exports when the dataset contains an empty value for image data.
- Subreport nested inner Tablix items now render properly in PDF exports.
- The first day of the week expression works properly in the date part function.
- Improved document map node navigation performance when `enablevirtualevaluation` is set to true.
Report Designer
- Enhanced the icons and UI of the Report Designer’s dialogs
- Improved the error message content on report open and save actions
- Restricted unsupported file formats during uploads via report designer API calls
- Fixed the serialization failure for chart ‘legend reversed’ property in EJ1 ReportDesigner
- Fixed the issue with property panel tab switching when swiping the mouse
- Resolved the issue where the font family was not applied to textbox report item when their font names contained special characters
- Resolved the issue of displaying unwanted Unicode characters in the property panel tab header for French localization
- Fixed the issue causing report save failures due to parameter and parameter layout details mismatch
- Added tooltip and a search option for the Report expression listbox
- Improved the description content of expressions within the expression editor
Breaking changes:
Report Viewer
The transparent background color is not supported in the 1D Barcode due to text overlapping issue in BarcodeLib library 3.0.3 upgrade.
Report Server
The old viewer and designer have been deprecated. The new viewer and designer will now be enabled by default in the following areas: report viewing, report designing, exporting, and embedding.
Removed the following options from the report server listing context menu as part of application security and usability improvements:
Views:
The context menu option to display all views associated with the report has been removed. However, users can still access the same views from the Report Viewer.
Clone:
Existing cloned reports will continue to work without any issues. However, reports will no longer be cloned in the future.
Public Reports:
- Existing public reports will render without any issues.
- The “Make Public” option has been removed for reports.
- The “Make Private” option will be shown for existing public reports. We recommend making all public reports private and disabling the “Mark reports as public” option from the report settings page.
- As an alternative to the Public Reports feature, we recommend using the following embedding features as needed, https://help.boldreports.com/enterprise-reporting/developer-guide/embed-in-application/.
Note: The Public Reports feature will be removed in upcoming releases.
Known Bugs / Limitations:
- ETL Service not supported in Azure App Service.
- ETL Service – MSSQL connector doesn’t support spatial, Point, and geometry data types.
Security:
- Provided support for known domains to mitigate both SSRF attacks and open redirect vulnerabilities.
- Enhanced server security by implementing Subresource Integrity (SRI) and XSS prevention measures.
Deprecation
The Bold Reporting Tools ASP.NET MVC and Web Forms will not be deployed in the embedded build. However, bug fixes are diligently transferred to our public repositories until Microsoft officially announces the end of support for these platforms. For new web application development or to stay up-to-date, Blazor or ASP.NET Core are recommended.
