Xtract Universal 5.6
Config files need to be converted when upgrading.
There is a knowledge base article with some general information about the new component.
General improvements
- Introduction of a new column name style “Text” that replaces the “Use description for columns” setting. Column names might not be unique with this style. Use at own risk.
- Definition of runtime parameters as known from other extractors for manual filters and BEx variables
- Introduced new runtime parameter type List
Previous extractions will be upgraded by our converter tool (See breaking changes)
- Updated internal structure with improvements to allow implementation of new features in the future
- Improved extraction performance
- Various minor bug fixes
- New and improved GUI
- MDX Cube extraction preview in Designer
- Replaces the previous BEx 3.x mode
- Extraction of Infocubes and Queries using the BICS interface
- This mode is still in beta. Use it with caution. Multiple breaking changes until final release are possible and likely
- For using the BICS mode the user needs the permissions as described in our knowledge base
Breaking changes
- Custom MDX mode not supported and will not be converted. Please contact our support if you are using this mode
- BEx 3.x mode not supported and will not be converted. Please contact our support if you are using this mode
- Column order and naming might change
- Corner case: combination of column name style TextAndCode or CodeAndText and “Use description for columns” setting will set column name style to Text
- Converted extractions will work as before as long as they stay unchanged
- Making changes to converted extractions requires a metadata refresh. After editing the new naming scheme will be used
- Non-Unicode systems may not be compatible with the new cube component
Known issues
- Renaming already assigned list parameters is not yet supported and will cause issues
- BICS metadata retrieval may fail on some systems. Please send in traces if you encounter issues with metadata retrieval