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Datacenter Release Notes

Version 2.0 | Published November 02, 2023 ©

Datacenter Release Notes

Datacenter 2.0.1

Release Date: 2023-11-01

These are the release notes for Datacenter version 2.0.1. This document describes the user-visible changes that have been made to the software since Datacenter 2.0.0.

Fixed Issues

  • When setting up a Generic Rest Backend dataset, users can now also specify just a URL base address, omitting the port (setting the port to 0) (RZT-11196).

  • Fixed an issue where restarting the Datacenter service would remove all configured outputs (RZT-11218).

  • Fixed an issue where duplicating a dataset would not immediately make the "Add" button available (assuming the duplicated dataset name is not already present or contains illegal characters) (RZT-11075).

  • Fixed an issue where hovering over the Dataset Output data table, would trigger a resize of the whole table at certain zoom levels (RZT-11123).

Datacenter 2.0.0

Release Date: 2023-09-14

These are the release notes for Datacenter version 2.0.0. This document describes the user-visible changes that have been made to the software since Datacenter 1.0.0.

New Features

New UI and Improved UX/Workflows

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  • New front-end based on Vue 2.7 (RZT-8964).

  • Improved UX and workflows (RZT-9630).

  • Possibility to configure the main view (RZT-10762).

  • Datasets can be tagged for easy retrieval (RZT-9403).

  • Possibility to copy keys or values from the front-end to other software (RZT-10748).


Increased Security

  • HTTP/HTTPS service configuration support (RZT-9195).

  • Encryption on disk of sensitive data (RZT-9626).

  • Improved logging (RZT-9418).

  • Possibility to configure localhost access only for HTTPS configurations (RZT-9195).

Support for New data Transfer Protocols and New Providers Native Integration

  • Added support of new data transfer technologies:

    • HTTP REST (RZT-8923).

    • Apache Kafka (RZT-8938).

  • Added native integration of new data providers (RZT-9629)

    • StatsPerform (RZT-9534).

    • Fluid (RZT-9059).

    • Viz Data Connectors (RZT-9483) .

Data providers licensing

Info: Native integrations of new providers are available via add-on license.

Improved Dataflow

  • Intuitive data structure filtering via graph manipulation (RZT-9179).
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  • Data manipulation and augmentation via scripting (RZT-9428):

    • Support for Javascript-based scripting.

    • Support for scripting inspection, debugging and uploading (RZT-10784, RZT-11026).

Support for New Outputs

  • Viz Engine Control Channels (RZT-9631).

  • Viz Arc (RZT-9115).

  • Generic TCP sockets (RZT-9424).

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New Licensing

  • Added provider-specific licenses (RZT-9548).

  • Added free providers (requiring only a Datacenter license) (RZT-9548).

V3 License

Info: New providers are only available with a V3 version of the license.

Improvements

  • Customizable JSON flattening delimiter (RZT-9630).

  • JSON flattening is now optional and data can also be forwarded in its original format (RZT-9630).

  • Improved warning/error reporting, using a more compact view and more informative message (RZT-9626).
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  • Encryption of sensitive data (RZT-9626).

  • Editable outputs (RZT-9373 ) .
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  • Improved handling of large datasets (RZT-9101).

  • All providers that require a configuration step in the Admin view can be tested (RZT-9629).

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  • Improved license acquisition and check (RZT-9548).

Known Limitations

  • Generic REST datasets are limited to a single REST webserver URL (RZT-9662).

  • HTTPS certificates are required to be stored in a PKCS format (RZT-11072).

  • When modifying a script content on disk, the inspector dialog might show the old content even though the (correct) most recent content on disk is applied to the data (RZT-11074).

  • Datasets created with previous versions of the software are not compatible with Datacenter 2.0.0 (RZT-11073).

Licensing

Datacenter 2.0.0 requires a WIBU V3 software license.

Installing Datacenter 2.0.0

Install New Software (Required)

The setup file VizDatacenter-2.0.0. 1980 .msi installs all required files to run Datacenter. The installation requires the following steps:

Step 1: Remove Existing Datacenter Versions (Optional)

  • Remove any existing installation of the Datacenter (recommended).

Step 2: Install Datacenter

  • Locate the file VizDatacenter-2.0.0. 1980 .msi and double click on it.

  • Follow the steps on screen and click the Install button when finished.

    Running the Installer

    Info: Running the Datacenter 2.0.0 installer requires Admin privileges.

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Step 3: Verify Datacenter's Installation

  • Make sure you have a valid Datacenter V3 WIBU license.

  • Navigate to http://127.0.0.1:5700 or double click on the Datacenter Desktop icon.

  • You should land on the following view:
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Project Compatibility

Datasets created with previous versions of the software are not compatible with Datacenter 2.0.0.

Compatibility Notes

Datacenter 2.0.0 is compatible with:

Product

Version

Windows

Windows 10

Viz Engine

5.1.0

Viz Libero

8.2.0

Viz Arena

5.1.0

Viz Arc

1.7.0

Documentation

Documentation for Datacenter is available at the Vizrt Documentation Center:

Support

Support is available at the Vizrt Support Portal.