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Why Upgrade?

v7.3 4 contains new features that improve usability and makes designing forms easier. Here are a few of the top reasons to upgrade:

New Features:

  • Ability to display a customized warning message when a user tries to delete a repeating section or table row.

  • System Metrics to monitor Platform Stability / Performance - (Cloud Only)
  • Version 2 of the Visual Rule Builder now supports functions/expressions. This added functionality greatly enhances the rule builder's ability to create more powerful rules reducing the need to manually add JavaScript.
  • frevvo.war now uses springboot to standardize server framework   
  • Spaces generate menu item url's using parentheses instead of curly braces    
    • The Fields list dropdown in the Rule Builder no longer 'wraps' when using up/down arrow to select   
    • Rule Builder: Support for mapping a data structure
  • An unsaved changes warning displays when the form/flow browser window/tab is closed without saving or submitting and changes have been made to the data
    • Global configuration property to disable the unsaved changes warning for in-house customers

  • Ability to display a customized warning message when a user tries to delete a repeating section or table row.

  • frevvo.war now uses springboot to standardize server framework

    • Configuration Property to turn on json logging for the frevvo log

  • The Insight Server is now included in the frevvo.war file.
    • In-house customers using the tomcat bundle.
    You
    • will no longer see an insight.war file in <frevvo-home>\tomcat\webapps.
    • Log entries for the Insight Server are now captured in <frevvo-home>\tomcat\logs\frevvo.YYY-MM-DD.log
    An unsaved changes warning displas when the form/flow browser window/tab is closed without saving or submitting and changes have been made to the data
  • Spaces generate menu item url's using parentheses instead of curly braces    
  • Customization of in-house installations is done in a single properties file named <frevvo-home>\conf\frevvo-config.properties
  • Global configuration property to disable the unsaved changes warning for in-house customers
  • Configuration Property to turn on json logging for the frevvo log
  • System Metrics to monitor Platform Stability / Performance - (Cloud Only)


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Live Forms Online cloud hosted customers will be automatically upgraded on TBDDecember 16, 2017. The automatic cloud upgrade will be seamless. Cloud customers should review these topics to prepare for the new version of .

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Migration Considerations for Cloud and In-house Customers  

Visual Rule Builder v2

 

New version of the Database Connector

A new version (v2.5.3) of the Database Connector is no longer included in the v7.3 frevvo tomcat bundle. It is available in a separate download. You can download it here.  The database.war does not extract after startup. You will not see a database subfolder in the <frevvo-home>\tomcat\webapps directory if you are using the tomcat bundle as in previous releases.

The Database Connector v2.5.3 requires v7.3.2 . The v2.5.3+ database connector datasources are now defined in the new <frevvo-home>\tomcat\conf\frevvo-config.properties files. The v2.4.* database connector datasources were defined directly in configuration.xml. This upgrade requires you to move your datasource configuration out of configuration.xml and into a configuration properties file.

  1. Read the documentation for new configuration instructions to take advantage of the new features.

Review the DB Connector Release Notes for a complete list of the enhancements to help you decide.   

New version of the Google Connector

Version 2.3.0 of the Google connector is a small patch release with enhancements for logging and configuration. This version was deployed to the frevvo cloud on September 2, 2017. The connector will be released for in-house customers on TBD. frevvo recommends that you use this version of the connector with Live Forms versions v7.3+ to take full advantage of the improvements.

Logging and Configuration Enhancements

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frevvo Connectors are now designed to use the frevvo-config.properties file. This file contains global properties that apply to frevvo connectors including the frevvo.war. Creating this file is the recommended approach going forward.These changes are already in place in the frevvo Cloud.

In-house customers should refer to Tomcat Logfiles topic for information about turning on DEBUG for the frevvo log and to the Connector Logging topic for more detailsVersion 2 of the Visual Rule Builder now has built-in functions and the ability to use operators to enable building useful expressions. There is a Lookup mode to search for the function that you want to use and a Help mode that provides function syntax information and an example

Use this version of the Rule Builder to create rules to

  • Compute a Subtotal and Total

  • Populate fields with the logged in user’s information

  • Concatenate field data

  • Populate a Date field when the user signs

The need to manually write JavaScript is eliminated. Here is a list of the new functions:

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It also supports these Operators:

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Refer to the Visual Rule Builder chapter for more information. Be sure to see the real world sample rules that can be with the Rule Builder on the Rule Examples page.

Unsaved Changes Warning Message



Support for curly braces in Share Link URLs

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It may be necessary to increase heap size for the Insight server, when reporting on/indexing a large number of submissions. Refer to the memory configuration topic for the details.

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 requires Insight software for the Reporting and Submissions View feature. The Insight software is included in the tomcat bundle. The Insight server MUST be started BEFORE starting . Instructions for Windows and Linux operating systems are listed here:

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 Windows:

  1. Open a command prompt. Navigate to <frevvo-home>\solr-5.4.1.Type bin\solr.cmd start to run the Insight server in the background, listening on the default port 8983.

    You will see this message:



  2. Browse http;<your server:your port>/solr to verify the Insight server is running. The <server:port> default values are localhost:8983. Change <your server>  to the server name and <your port> to the port the Insight server is running on if they are different than the defaults. Do not include the angle brackets <>. You will see the Insight server (Solr) dashboard with the current status:

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If you close the Insight server (Solr) startup window, the server will stop running. Leave the window open or set up Live Forms and the Insight Server to run as Windows services.

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Linux:

  1. Ensure that the scripts are executable: chmod 755 <frevvo-home>/tomcat/bin/*.sh
  2. Navigate to <frevvo-home>/solr-5.4.1/bin. Run this command to make the solr startup file executable:

    chmod +x solr
  3. Navigate back to the solr-5.4.1 directory.
  4. Start the Insight server by typing:

    bin/solr start - this starts the Insight server in the background, listening on the default port 8983.
  5. Browse http;<your server:your port>/solr to verify the Insight server is running. The <server:port> default values are localhost:8983. Change <your server>  to the server name and <your port> to the port the Insight server is running on if they are different than the defaults. Do not include the angle brackets <>. You will see the Insight server (Solr) dashboard with the current status:

   

  You do not have to restart the Insight server every time you restart .

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