We’re happy to announce the release of Profitbase InVision 4.0!
For InVision 4.0 we’ve made a significant effort in moving from .NET Framework to .NET Core on the backend, and from AngularJS to React on the frontend.
We made these changes in order to ensure that we can continue to innovative and deliver the best possible products and features to our customers and partners on the most modern and flexible technology stack that will stay with us for years to come.
Installing InVision 4.0
To install InVision 4.0 on your local PC or on a server / VM, you need to do the following
- Contact Profitbase to get a license id.
- Make sure you have PowerShell 5.1 and IIS .Net core hosting bundle installed.
- Download and install Profitbase Installation Manager 4.
- Follow the instructions in the installation guide or view this video
You can download Profitbase Installation Manager 4 from here or run the following Powershell commandInvoke-WebRequest -Uri “https://download.profitbase.com/installer/ProfitbaseInstallationManager v4.0.0.0.exe” -Outfile “ProfitbaseInstallationManager v4.0.0.0.exe”; Start-Process ("ProfitbaseInstallationManager v4.0.0.0.exe")
Upgrading to InVision 4
Because we’ve moved to a new technology platform, you cannot automatically upgrade to InVision 4.0 from previous versions just by clicking the “Upgrade” button in the installer. Depending on which features you have used in your Solution(s), there are a few manual steps involved.
Read the detailed steps about how to upgrade to InVision 4 here.
New features
The focus for this release has been on moving to a new, modern technology platform. We have, however, found the time to add a few new features to please y’all.
Time Dimension
We’ve added support for creating and managing Time Dimensions directly in InVision without having to use Profitbase Studio.
Monitoring and diagnostics through Application Insights
We’ve added support for sending telemetry information to Application Insights to enable IT departments to include InVision in their standard operations and monitoring tools and processes.
This feature is enabled by default, and sends telemetry information to Profitbase unless you change the instrumentation key during installation or manually at a later point by editing the appsettings.json configuration files.
Change Workbook Title dynamically
You an now dynamically change the Workbook Title at any time after the Workbook has been loaded by calling the SetWorkbookTitle(…) command in Execute actions on the Workbook object.
Bug fixes
Version 4 contains more than 50 bug fixes from version 3. Many of them were reported through our support site / user forum, and we appreciate all feedback that help us improve the product.
Here’s a list of all bug fixes reported through the support site that were fixed in version 4.
What’s next
Now’s where the fun begins! The last year+ has been spent on porting our entire software platform from “legacy” to a modern technology stack. This has prevented us from delivering new features and capabilities to partners and customers that help them unleash business value faster. For the next year, we’ve lined up a range of exiting new features that we know will provide great value and help you exceed your customers expectations.
Enjoy!
– The R&D Team