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Releases in 2023
v6.0.4 (2023-12-14) Preview
Preview release for testing clients.
Workbook file conversion to v6 fix
Excel Workbook Bug fix Preview
Issue with converting files included in the workbook from the old version to v6 is resolved
Formulas across multiple sheets fix
Excel Workbook Bug fix Preview
Issue with formulas referencing multiple sheets was broken in the last version. It is now resolved.
v6.0 (2023-11-17) Preview
Preview Release of DataSnipper v6.0 with Co-authoring and FSS improvements.
DataSnipper Co-authoring real-time
Co-authoring New feature Preview
With the newly updated data storage, DataSnipper now allows multiple users to create, update, and delete Snips on the same workbook in real-time.
Co-authoring SharePoint requirement
Co-authoring New feature Preview
For simultaneous editing and collaborative work, users need to import documents to the same SharePoint folder.
Backward workbook conversion to v5.1x
Excel Workbook New feature Preview
Workbooks can now be converted to be compatible with older versions (v5.1x or lower).
Snip All Tables option
Snipping New feature Preview
Table Snip: New 'Snip All Tables' option allows users to extract all tables from a document with page numbers.
Table Snip column/row UX
Snipping Improvement Preview
Table Snip: User experience improved for adjusting the sizes of columns and rows in table snips.
OCR for Hebrew, Greek, Arabic
OCR / Text Recognition Improvement Preview
OCR recognition for Hebrew, Greek, and Arabic has been significantly improved for accuracy.
FSS decoupled from Excel
Financial Statement Suite New feature Preview
FSS is decoupled from Excel and can be launched separately.
FSS built-in calculator drag cursor
Financial Statement Suite Improvement Preview
Added drag cursor to the built-in calculator and flyout.
FSS Version Compare always current/previous
Financial Statement Suite Improvement Preview
The document drop-down has been removed from the Version Comparison page. Now, the comparison is always done between the current and previous versions of the current year document.
FSS PDF export custom tickmarks
Financial Statement Suite Improvement Preview
The left click on the index does not apply the correct tickmark automatically and opens a flyout to allow users to define the tickmark.
FSS index left-click flyout
Financial Statement Suite Improvement Preview
The left click on the index does not apply the correct tickmark automatically and opens a flyout to allow users to define the tickmark.
FSS IC algorithm missing notes
Financial Statement Suite Improvement Preview
IC algorithm has been improved to produce better results when some notes missing in the document.
FSS export and import project
Financial Statement Suite New feature Preview
Export and import project functionality has been added.
FSS Project list view
Financial Statement Suite New feature Preview
Project list view has been added to make it easier to access previously created projects by individual users, only visible to them.
FSS built-in calculator across pages
Financial Statement Suite New feature Preview
The new built-in calculator is accessible across all test pages.
FSS Document Viewer rewrite
Financial Statement Suite Improvement Preview
FSS Document Viewer has been completely rewritten.
FSS data in APPDATA folder
Financial Statement Suite Improvement Preview
All the FSS data is stored in the APPDATA/DataSnipper/FSS folder
v5.1.2 (2023-09-07) GA
Enterprise release with date and view-only fixes.
Date and time formatting regions
Platform Bug fix GA
Resolved a bug related to date and time formatting in shared documents across multiple regions, ensuring consistent date formats.
Document viewer view-only after validation
Licensing / Admin Bug fix GA
Fixed an issue where the document viewer in the view-only version was not opening properly after user license validation.
v5.1.1 (2023-07-05) GA
Enterprise release.
Version compare license update
Licensing / Admin Improvement GA
Licensing for the version compare feature has been updated. It is now accessible when FSS is enabled.
Delete-redo multiple snips in same cell
Snipping Bug fix GA
We have rectified a problem where users encountered issues when deleting and redoing multiple snips in the same cell.
Rename extractions popup fix
Document Extraction Bug fix GA
An issue with renaming extractions and information not displaying correctly in the popup window has been fixed.
v5.1.0 (2023-05-01) GA
Enterprise release with new packaging and licensing.
Licensing for new packaging with granular flags
Licensing / Admin Improvement GA
Updated the DataSnipper licensing to work with new packaging, each feature now has more granular feature flagging to show/hide the button.
Document viewer Include PDFs off fix
Document Management Bug fix GA
Fixed an issue whereby the document viewer would sometimes not show if "Include PDFs" was turned off.
Table snip negative values characters
Snipping Bug fix GA
Fixed an issue whereby Table snipping was adding characters to negative values
Find All Sums Parts column accuracy
Cross-references / Find all sums Improvement GA
Updated the "Parts" column of the "Find All Sums" output to be accurate
Create Folder removed from import menu
Document Management Deprecation GA
Removed the "Create Folder" option from the import menu
v4.1.7 (2023-03-31) GA
Enterprise release with bug fixes.
Snip data serialization with multi-workbook
Snipping Bug fix GA
Fixed snip data serialization issue when multiple workbooks are opened at the same time.
v5.0.7 (2023-03-15) GA
Enterprise release with improvements on opening existing workbooks.
Multi-workbook snip data serialization fix
Snipping Bug fix GA
Fixed snip data serialization when multiple workbooks are opened at the same time.
Linked PDFs backward compatibility
Excel Workbook Bug fix GA
Fixed backward compatibility issue for workbooks with linked PDFs.
v1.2 or lower backward compatibility
Excel Workbook Bug fix GA
Fixed backward compatibility issue for workbooks created with DataSnipper v1.2 or lower.
v5.0.6 (2023-03-01) Preview
Preview release.
Document matching fewer than 4 chars
Platform Bug fix Preview
Fixed issue where document matching didn't work for strings with fewer than 4 characters.
FSS scrollbar annotations
Financial Statement Suite Bug fix Preview
Resolved issue in FSS where annotations on scrollbar were not showing.
FSS document level automation backward compat
Financial Statement Suite Bug fix Preview
Fixed backwards compatibility issue for document level automation not showing in the FSS.
v5.0.5 (2023-02-15) Preview
Preview release.
OCR on rotated text
OCR / Text Recognition Bug fix Preview
Fixed a bug where OCR was not working on rotated texts,
Page rotation works with OCR
OCR / Text Recognition Improvement Preview
Users can now rotate the page & OCR will work.
Document Matching xml corruption
Platform Bug fix Preview
Fixed a bug where the xml of Document Matching templates could become corrupted.
Document Organizer popup consistency
Document Management Improvement Preview
Improved consistency of popups in the Document Organizer
Document viewer dropdown sync
Document Management Improvement Preview
Improved synchronisation of document viewer drop down selectors when a document is removed.
FSS semi-automated tickmark workflow
Financial Statement Suite New feature Preview
Added semi-automated workflow where DataSnipper FSS now adds suggestions and the user must click these suggestions to add tick marks.
v5.0.4 (2023-02-07) Preview
Preview release with performance, bugfixes, and new snip-within-snip feature.
Importing a file for the first time
Performance Preview
Deleting a range of snips
Performance Preview
Export folder opening in background
Platform Bug fix Preview
Export folder opening in the background
Form extraction templates scroll viewer
Document Extraction Improvement Preview
Form extraction templates now has a scroll viewer
Version compare ribbon visibility
Version Comparison Improvement Preview
Version compare button in the ribbon (where applicable) is now visible before a file is imported
File naming Windows-compatible restrictions
Excel Workbook Bug fix Preview
File naming now has relevant restrictions and matches the windows standards, this fixes Excel crashing issues.
Repeat table snip dialog digits only
Snipping Improvement Preview
Now only allow setting digits in the repeat table snip dialog box
Document matching Force Same Page column scope
Platform Bug fix Preview
Fixed a bug where Forcing Same Page in document matching would force it for all columns instead of the column it was set on
Message boxes blocking Excel actions
Platform Bug fix Preview
Fixed a bug where some message boxes were blocking Excel actions
OCR failure error messaging
OCR / Text Recognition Improvement Preview
When the OCR fails, now we can see the appropriate error message/condition
Right-click does not deselect in Document Organizer
Document Management Bug fix Preview
Right-clicking no longer deselects the items on the document organizer
Imported folders display in organizer
Document Management Bug fix Preview
Imported folders are now properly displayed in the document organizer.
Create snip within a snip
Snipping New feature Preview
Its now possible to create a snip within a snip
v4.1.6 (2023-01-27) GA
Enterprise release with bug fixes and improvements.
NotSupportedException import fix
Document Management Bug fix GA
Solves issue were it is not possible to import documents from certain workbooks, often this is related to the location of the workbook. You can benefit from this version if you see a System.NotSupportedException in your log file.
v5.0.3 (2023-01-03) Preview
Preview release.
Document organizer UX and Command Menu
Document Management Improvement Preview
Improvements to Document organiser UX and Command Menu.
CTRL+V shortcut blocking with paste-to-import
Platform Bug fix Preview
Fixed issue where the CTRL + V Shortcut being blocked in excel when the "Paste to import" setting was turned on.
Message-boxes transparent
Platform Bug fix Preview
Fixed issue where message-boxes were consistently being shown as transparent.
Exclude PDFs export fix
Document Management Bug fix Preview
Fixed issue where exclude PDFs caused exporting functionality not to work in some cases.
Delete sheet performance
Performance Preview
Performance improvements for deleting sheets.
Dates after 2100 indexing fix
Platform Bug fix Preview
Fixed issue where no indexing of dates larger than the year 2100 was causing document matching to not pickup some text.
Other minor fixes and performance
Platform Improvement Preview
Other minor bug fixes and performance improvements.
