Corteza 2023.9.5 Released

Planet Crust has released a new update of Corteza, including new features and a long list of changes and fixes:

Release notes:

Added:
  • Added the option to access user information from User values in pages, charts, and record fields. The change was added to provide an easier way for the user to access their user data (1735).
  • Added support for User and Record fields to be exported/imported on the record list page block (7fc4ca9).
  • Added the option to open a link/route/record page in a new tab using Workflow prompts (1726).
Changed:
  • Changed the flow of updating values in fields and page blocks to fetch the latest values after an update. The change was made to ensure fields and blocks are always up to date (1634).
Removed:
  • Removed Nylass page block. The removal was made because Nylass stopped using the functionality implemented in Corteza (77169cf).
Fixed:
  • Fixed not being able to upload png file to an application in Admin (0456fe4).
  • Fixed not being able to make a copy of predefined CRM namespace (55a827a, 1729).
  • Fixed not being able to add a record in a duplicated CRM namespace because page layout wasn’t created when the namespace was cloned (1717).
  • Fixed workflow session list throwing internal errors when using postgres database. The fix was made properly omitting invalid/blank slices in filters (74031ca).
  • Fixed prompt submissions always being treated as Untyped by running a type resolution step before applying to the scope (772d03e).

View the full changelog.

How to install Corteza

You can follow the offline deployment instructions for a local development or demonstration instance of Corteza. Check out the extensive online deployment instructions to set up a live deployment. If you have questions, you can engage with other community members on the Corteza forum.

How to upgrade your Corteza instance

To upgrade your instance to the latest version of Corteza, follow our Upgrade Guide.

About Planet Crust

Planet Crust is the creator of and driving force behind Corteza, a 100% open-source low-code rapid application development, business process management and integration platform for software vendors, system integrators and internal development teams. For more information or to try Corteza on the cloud, please visit www.planetcrust.com.

About Corteza

Corteza is a 100% open-source low-code rapid application development, business process management and integration platform for software vendors, system integrators and internal development teams. Corteza comes with an Apache 2.0 license, and all code is published and can be reviewed at https://github.com/cortezaproject. All Corteza code is contributed to the Commons Conservancy Software Foundation. To stay up-to-date on the project, follow @CortezaProject on Twitter.

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Corteza 2023.9.4 Released

Planet Crust has released a new update of Corteza, including new features and a long list of changes and fixes:

Release notes:

Added:
  • Added the close button to all workflow prompts. The change was added to allow users to cancel workflows/prompts (3708ca9).
Fixed:
  • Fixed workflow record selector prompt dropdown appearing behind the prompt, rendering it unusable (27e142c).
  • Fixed required fields asterisk not being displayed next to the label of the field in record blocks (65832b4).
  • Fixed incorrect value applying to date and time record field when trying to remove an already set value (6fe0b8a).
  • Fixed unnecessary showing of stale data warning in Low Code while editing and loading a record (070e751).
  • Fixed Corteza refusing to start when upgrading with alterations to the default Low Code records schema. The fix was made by allowing alterations to be logged for the default schema but continue blocking them from being applied (b389d50).
  • Fixed warning message for no matching layout after saving a record that conflicts with visibility condition of that layout In some cases, the user wasn’t able to access any layout or was redirected to the list of namespaces (57a307e).
  • Fixed select inputs that were using the api for search (User, Workflow) did’t work properly (01bd594).
  • Fixed user list endpoint with empty userID parameter throwing an error on PostgreSQL (566ff41).
Security:
  • Addressed security vulnerabilities caused by dependencies across all web applications. This was done by upgrading packages to a more stable versions and removing unused dependencies causing vulnerabilities (5f890d9).

View the full changelog.

How to install Corteza

You can follow the offline deployment instructions for a local development or demonstration instance of Corteza. Check out the extensive online deployment instructions to set up a live deployment. If you have questions, you can engage with other community members on the Corteza forum.

How to upgrade your Corteza instance

To upgrade your instance to the latest version of Corteza, follow our Upgrade Guide.

About Planet Crust

Planet Crust is the creator of and driving force behind Corteza, a 100% open-source low-code rapid application development, business process management and integration platform for software vendors, system integrators and internal development teams. For more information or to try Corteza on the cloud, please visit www.planetcrust.com.

About Corteza

Corteza is a 100% open-source low-code rapid application development, business process management and integration platform for software vendors, system integrators and internal development teams. Corteza comes with an Apache 2.0 license, and all code is published and can be reviewed at https://github.com/cortezaproject. All Corteza code is contributed to the Commons Conservancy Software Foundation. To stay up-to-date on the project, follow @CortezaProject on Twitter.

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Corteza 2023.9.3 Released

Planet Crust has released a new update of Corteza, including new features and a long list of changes and fixes:

Release notes:

Added:
  • Added the ability to export record fields. The change was added to allow users to easily export record fields (3ed3b1e).
  • Added light and dark themes as well as the ability to set custom colors for theming variables. Added the option to set a branding color when configuring a page block, record field or reporter metric. The change was added to provide the user with more freedom to customize Corteza (1579, 1671).
  • Added missing Manage schema alterations translations in Admin’s System component permissions (82f21b7).
  • Added generic optimisations to the workflow execution engine, ID generation, and access control evaluation (49e72cb).
Changed:
  • Changed the color of the alert for deleting a record from turquaz to yellow. The change was made to better fit the Corteza UI (1634).
  • Changed delimiter class for multi value fields to show values into new lines instead of spaces. The change was made to be consistent with the rest of Corteza UI (d82c5e6).
  • Changed how sorting looks across webapps to match the UI in Low Code. The change was made to standardize how sorting looks in all webapps (1634).
Removed:
  • Removed social feed block from Low Code block selector (e9bf3d0).
  • Removed deprecated code from messagebus (0346f90).
Fixed:
  • Fixed mapObject undefined error in the developer console in Reporter when navigating to another page (db2bdf3).
  • Fixed hardcoded year value on server (3bb5dd9).
  • Fixed search bar changing its width while it’s being used (9629b83).
  • Fixed not being abel to create records that have a single digit record selector field (c11165e).
  • Fixed newly added sub-workflows failing to execute with a not found error. The fix was made by properly updating internal indexes (405ab13).
  • Fixed undefined namespaceID when viewing list of namespaces (1603).
  • Fixed permissions modal not properly evaluating already selected roles/users (1603).
  • Fixed incorrect evaluation of Low Code permissions (1603).
  • Fixed unnecessary triggering of unsaved changes when a field is empty and hasn’t been edited (d614a00).
  • Fixed not being able to switch aggregation operation when defining new metric (f6d3702).
  • Fixed page layout switching to default configuration after preforming toolbar actions for a record (1655).
  • Fixed unable to save a record if it’s present in multiple layouts and inline editing of record list is enabled (1655).
  • Fixed Low Code permissions set in Admin not displayed correctly in the Low Code app (1633).
  • Fixed invalid prop console error when editing a user or record field (1675).
  • Fixed created at field showing 0 instead of user id in Admin for federation node, workflows, message queues, and auth clients resources (96f7da8).

View the full changelog.

How to install Corteza

You can follow the offline deployment instructions for a local development or demonstration instance of Corteza. Check out the extensive online deployment instructions to set up a live deployment. If you have questions, you can engage with other community members on the Corteza forum.

How to upgrade your Corteza instance

To upgrade your instance to the latest version of Corteza, follow our Upgrade Guide.

About Planet Crust

Planet Crust is the creator of and driving force behind Corteza, a 100% open-source low-code rapid application development, business process management and integration platform for software vendors, system integrators and internal development teams. For more information or to try Corteza on the cloud, please visit www.planetcrust.com.

About Corteza

Corteza is a 100% open-source low-code rapid application development, business process management and integration platform for software vendors, system integrators and internal development teams. Corteza comes with an Apache 2.0 license, and all code is published and can be reviewed at https://github.com/cortezaproject. All Corteza code is contributed to the Commons Conservancy Software Foundation. To stay up-to-date on the project, follow @CortezaProject on Twitter.

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Corteza 2023.9.2 Released

Planet Crust has released a new update of Corteza, including new features and a long list of changes and fixes:

Release notes:

Added:
  • Added the options to export, enable, disable, a workflow using the actions menu in Workflow. The change was added to provide the user with an easier way to interact with a workflow without having to open it (1583).
  • Added interpolation to block titles and descriptions, IFrame block url, Automation block button labels, Content block body and metric block transformation functions. The change was added to allow the user to use record and other variables in relevant places (1590).
Changed:
  • Changed error message when saving a record with a workflow to include metadata about the issue. The change was made to provide the user with more information about the issue and how to resolve it (1571).
  • Changed default module duplication detection rules to be empty instead of populated with an empty constraint. The change was made to improve performance for all modules and improve UX readability (1586).
Fixed:
  • Fixed charts breaking when y-axis or both timeline chart options are selected while minimum and/or maximum y-axis values are set (1584).
  • Fixed not able to export a namespace because it contains reference of deleted resource translations (1d54026).
  • Fixed DAL schema alterations generating incorrect attribute identifiers when attempting to alter to column. The fix was made taking attribute store codec into account when generating DDL queries (3e1d7bd).
  • Fixed record revisions not saving after resolving DAL schema alterations involving the corresponding record revision schema. The fix was made by properly presenting, processing, and reloading all relevant models (33821dd).
  • Fixed changing module field store encoding type breaking the module from storing or presenting any data (33821dd).
  • Fixed drill-down filter linked to a record list not being overwritten when a new drill-down filter is added (33821dd).

View the full changelog.

How to install Corteza

You can follow the offline deployment instructions for a local development or demonstration instance of Corteza. Check out the extensive online deployment instructions to set up a live deployment. If you have questions, you can engage with other community members on the Corteza forum.

How to upgrade your Corteza instance

To upgrade your instance to the latest version of Corteza, follow our Upgrade Guide.

About Planet Crust

Planet Crust is the creator of and driving force behind Corteza, a 100% open-source low-code rapid application development, business process management and integration platform for software vendors, system integrators and internal development teams. For more information or to try Corteza on the cloud, please visit www.planetcrust.com.

About Corteza

Corteza is a 100% open-source low-code rapid application development, business process management and integration platform for software vendors, system integrators and internal development teams. Corteza comes with an Apache 2.0 license, and all code is published and can be reviewed at https://github.com/cortezaproject. All Corteza code is contributed to the Commons Conservancy Software Foundation. To stay up-to-date on the project, follow @CortezaProject on Twitter.

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Corteza 2023.9.1 Released

Planet Crust has released a new update of Corteza, including new features and a long list of changes and fixes:

Release notes:

Added:
  • Added the options to clone and copy a page block within a tabbed page block. The change was added to provide an easier way to clone and copy tabbed page blocks (1527).
  • Added a dropdown to select the number of items to be displayed per page in a list of resources. The change was added to provide the user with the option to select how many resources can be displayed per page (1534).
Changed:
  • Changed the error message to be more verbose when user includes invalid or missing record input required values in a workflow function. The change was made to provide a clearer message on what and where the issue is (1571).
Fixed:
  • Fixed misconfigured tabs page block broke how the tabs block was shown (1569).
  • Fixed triggering of unsaved changes message after user adds an additional metric to generic chart and saves the chart (1572). Read more
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Corteza 2023.9.0 Released

Planet Crust, the driving force behind Corteza, is excited to announce the release of Corteza 2023.9

Changes include the new Corteza Studio, DAL Schema Alterations, UI improvements and more.

Corteza Studio

Corteza Studio is a new addition to Corteza that lets you style your Corteza user interface and all of your applications any way you like. With this release, you can use Corteza Studio to tweak your color scheme or swap out the entire stylesheet to fit your brand guidelines and make Corteza fully your own. Combined with CSS, introduced in 2023.3.3, this means you have complete control over how your Corteza and your apps look, including adding images to the background, creating transparencies, changing fonts, changing the border radius on cards and buttons and more.

Future versions of Corteza Studio will remove the need for CSS by letting you make the common style changes such elements as backgrounds, transparencies, fonts, buttons and more directly in Corteza Studio. Soon you’ll also be able to save different design themes, set design themes according to roles and apply different design themes to different apps, pages, layouts and blocks.

Here are some sample creations made with Corteza Studio and CSS. Note: When using a custom font, users will need to have the font installed locally to display it.

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Corteza 2023.3.8 Released

Planet Crust has released a new update of Corteza, including new features and a long list of changes and fixes:

Release notes:

Changed:
  • Changed the record import subsystem by upgrading it with the new data transformation framework. The change was made to optimize the process of importing records by making it more stable, efficient, and capable of handling large amounts of record imports (399f9a7).
Fixed:
  • Fixed record import not importing anything with no reported errors. The fix was made by fixing the file management to correctly report rows and counts The issue was caused because the state wasn’t reset correctly after performing a preflight to analyze and count records (532e1ac).
  • Fixed undefined property error in the developer console when removing a page block (1476). Read more
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Corteza 2023.3.7 Released

Planet Crust has released a new update of Corteza, including new features and a long list of changes and fixes:

Release notes:

Added:
  • Added the option to delete a preset filter from filter preset dropdown in a record list for administrator roles. The change was added to provide all administrator role users with the option to permanently delete a preset filter (1449).
  • Added the option to sort the system fields (ownedBy, createdBy, updatedBy, and deletedBy) as well as user and record fields and in record lists. The change was added to make sorting/viewing data easier for the user (1449).
Changed:
  • Changed option to clone a page layout by adding two sub options – for cloning a page with page block reference and for cloning a page without page block reference. When cloning by reference, configuration changes that are made to the original page’s blocks are also reflected to the copied page’s page blocks. And when cloning without reference, the changes made to the original page’s blocks are not reflected to the copied page’s page blocks. The change was made to provide the user with the option to choose whether the copied page’s block configuration should be shared among pages (1444). Read more
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Corteza 2023.3.6 Released

Planet Crust has released a new update of Corteza, including new features and a long list of changes and fixes:

Release notes:

Added:
  • Added splice function in workflows that can change the contents of an array by removing or replacing existing elements of different types like strings, numbers, etc. and/or adding new elements in place. The change was added to provide the option to easily add/remove elements from an array (7bc36eb).
  • Added the option to fetch data for a geometry page block when clicking on the refresh button in the page block or after a set by the user amount of time. The change was added to provide the option to easily fetch data for the page block (f189c43).
  • Added a dropdown to look up the permissions of a concrete module, page or page layout. The change was added to provide the option of viewing permissions of a resource without having to visit it (7fdc854).

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Corteza 2023.3.5 Released

Planet Crust has released a new update of Corteza, including new features and a long list of changes and fixes:

Release notes:

Added:
  • Added the option to configure whether module field value is on the same row as its label in the page block. The change was added to provide the user with the option to set the position of a field value (1339).
  • Added case insensitive search in a record list if MySQL database is used. The change was added to make searching of records easier by returning similar results to the searching criteria (1355).
Changed:
  • Changed page navigation to stop loading previous resources in case we’ve navigated to a new page. The change was made to reduce the amount of needless processing since the old resources would be discarded right away (638ba17). Read more
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