BimlStudio 2018 R3 Release Notes

Significant changes between BimlStudio 2018 R2 and BimlStudio 2018 R3

SSIS

  • Fixed error in XMLSource transformations where XSD with multiple root items and references to other complex items within complex items was not working correctly.
  • Fixed issue where CastOperator was not working for DT_NUMERICs with more than 1 digit to the left of the decimal place.
  • Fixed an issue where OleDbSource components were incorrectly being imported as TheobaldXtractSapSource components.
  • Prevented Package duplicates from being added to the PackageProject node when importing an Ssis project.
  • Fixed issue where importer for 2012 Sql Server components were not getting parsed correctly during import.
  • Corrected bugs with rewiring control flow precedence constraints in LocalReplace transformers.
  • Added ability for DB2 to use SysCat schema when available.

BimlStudio Bugs

  • Fixed issue where clicking "Delete Unscripted" on top level items in he Logical View (eg Data Integration and Integration Services) did not actually do anything.

SSAS

  • Fix for SSAS emission bug where required children properties were not being emitted due to default check.

BimlFlex Projects

  • In Upgrade Assets utility, added the option to select Beta Release and Cumulative Update bundles.
  • In Upgrade Assets utility, fixed bug where updating the BimlCatalog connectionstring to a valid one was not updating the "not found, feature locked" message in the UI.
  • In Upgrade Assets utility, fixed bug where predeploy scripts were not executing on BimlFlex database, only BimlCatalog.
  • In Debug utility, fixed capitalization in file dialog.
  • In Debug utility, fixed issue where zip was being split into multiple parts, even if the file size was under 5mb.
  • In Debug utility, removed spurious option to save the debug file as a .json file.
  • Changed Bridging Table label to Bridge Table in BimlFlex objects.
  • Fixed Getting Started page to remove references to features that are no longer in the ribbon.
  • Fix for lack of border on multi-select dropdown in BimlFlex Data Vault Accelerator Options.

Source Control

  • Svn Fix to prevent NRE when looking for Inner Exceptions that was causing BimlStudio to crash.