Follow this tutorial for a comfortable and quick migration to the new major version.
Before completing the migration guide, update Flexmonster CLI to version 2.9:
npm install -g flexmonster-cli@~2.9.0
Then check the CLI version by running the following command in the console:
flexmonster -v
Now you can update Flexmonster and proceed to the migration guide.
This migration guide describes updates and new features presented in version 2.9. The Updates section contains a list of changes you should make to the existing code to ensure compatibility with version 2.9. The New features section lists innovations that will improve your experience with Flexmonster.
Read this section if migrating from version 2.8.15 or earlier. To check Flexmonster’s version, click on the grid and press Ctrl + Alt + i (Option + Control + i on macOS). You will see the pop-up window with the component’s version.
In version 2.8.16, a number of element IDs were changed to class names to remove duplicate IDs on the page.
If you have custom CSS, update your CSS selectors according to the list below (e.g., change the #fm-add-btn selector to .fm-add-btn).
Here is a full list of IDs changed to class names:
#fm-add-btn#fm-add-group-view#fm-aggr-display#fm-aggregations-view#fm-alert-view#fm-and-label#fm-branding-bar#fm-btn-add-measure#fm-btn-add-measure-2#fm-btn-close-fields#fm-btn-collapse-expand-all#fm-btn-connect#fm-btn-open-fields#fm-build-version#fm-calc-display#fm-calculated-view#fm-cancel-btn#fm-chart#fm-chart-legend#fm-charts-filters-btn#fm-charts-filters-container#fm-charts-view#fm-cols-filter#fm-cols-resize#fm-cols-sheet#fm-conditions#fm-conditions-dropdown#fm-data-sheet#fm-datepicker-1#fm-datepicker-2#fm-dates-filter-view#fm-details-label#fm-drag-handle"#fm-drillthrough-view#fm-fields-view#fm-filter-label#fm-filter-sort-row#fm-filter-view#fm-filters-col#fm-font-family#fm-font-size#fm-formula-input#fm-func-btn-group#fm-grid-view#fm-header-toolbar#fm-icon-display#fm-info-icon#fm-inp-proxy-url#fm-interval-dropdown#fm-labels-filter-btn#fm-labels-filter-view#fm-landscape-radio#fm-left-scroll-button#fm-link#fm-list-wrapper#fm-lst-columns#fm-lst-hierarchies#fm-lst-measures#fm-lst-pages#fm-lst-rows#fm-measures-dropdown#fm-members-filter-list#fm-message-label#fm-moreicon-display#fm-name-input#fm-next-btn#fm-num-input-1#fm-num-input-2#fm-numbers-filter-view#fm-page-filter#fm-periods-dropdown#fm-popUp-modal-overlay#fm-popup-conditional#fm-popup-format-cells#fm-popup-olap#fm-popup-options#fm-portrait-radio#fm-preloader-view#fm-prev-btn#fm-prompt-view#fm-remove-btn#fm-right-scroll-button#fm-rows-filter#fm-rows-resize#fm-rows-sheet#fm-sample#fm-select-counter#fm-sheet-headers#fm-sort-col#fm-sort-label#fm-spinner#fm-text-display#fm-time-filter-view#fm-txt-input-1#fm-txt-input-2#fm-ui-dp-month#fm-ui-dp-year#fm-values#fm-values-filter-view#fm-version-label#fm-wrap-columns#fm-wrap-measures#fm-wrap-pages#fm-wrap-rowsFor instance, the #fm-grid-view selector in the following CSS code:
#fm-pivot-view #fm-grid-view div.alter1 {
background-color: #f7f7f7;
}
should be changed to .fm-grid-view:
#fm-pivot-view .fm-grid-view div.alter1 {
background-color: #f7f7f7;
}
Starting from version 2.9, Flexmonster Data Server is available as a Windows/Unix service. It ships with Flexmonster Admin Panel — a graphical user interface for the Data Server.
The main advantages of using the Data Server as a service are:
Before updating Flexmonster Data Server, update Flexmonster CLI to version 2.9 or higher:
npm install -g flexmonster-cli@~2.9.0
Now see our documentation for details on installing the Data Server as a service and migrating your existing configurations to it.
Previous Data Server versions are compatible with version 2.9 of Flexmonster, so you can update the Data Server later.
Version 2.9 includes the following MongoDB Connector updates:
Read this section if you have a custom data source API server that supports multilevel hierarchies.
Since version 2.8, there were two significant updates in the custom data source API, namely in version 2.8.5 and version 2.8.22.
To check your version of the custom data source API, see the instructions below:
Depending on your version of the custom data source API, follow the instructions from one of the tabs below:
In version 2.8.5, we added advanced filters for hierarchical data. Implementing these filters allows you to compose multilevel hierarchies of your data.
See our guide on supporting multilevel hierarchies in version 2.8.5 for more details.
In version 2.8.22, we improved the advanced filter’s syntax to make hierarchical filters more comprehensive. Your server should implement new filters to support multilevel hierarchies in version 2.8.22. Learn more in our documentation.
Significant accessibility improvements were introduced in version 2.9:
Learn more in the Accessibility section.
Flexmonster is now available for Ionic and Electron.js frameworks. You are welcome to try these integrations:
Flexmonster now allows sharing reports with the help of Flexmonster Data Server.
There are two updates in Flexmonster API to support report-sharing functionality: the shareReport method and the shareReportConnection property of the new Flexmonster() API call.
For more details on how to share your report, see our guide.
The following asynchronous methods are now available:
With the MappingObject, it is now possible to create several fields from one field when using a JSON or CSV data source. Have a look at the example:
dataSource: {
...
mapping: {
"Price": [
{
type: "number",
uniqueName: "PriceNumber",
caption: "Price as Number"
},
{
type: "string",
uniqueName: "PriceString",
caption: "Price as String"
}
],
...
}
}
Learn more about this feature in the mapping guide.
The following new intervals were added to the interval property in the mapping:
y for one year.q for one quarter.M for one month.w for one week. Note that these intervals should be used without numbers. The feature is available only for "json" and "csv" data source types.
options.liveFiltering property is deprecated and no longer receives any fixes and improvements.If migrating from the previous major versions, follow these tutorials: