Release Notes for SquaredUp DS for Azure

SquaredUp DS for Azure will come to its end-of-life on 26th September 2024 and will no longer be maintained after this date. Existing customers can still renew and support will continue until further notice.

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For the full list of new features SquaredUp DS v5 see What's New in SquaredUp DS for Azure

5.7.3

Improvements / Issues Addressed

Data encoding fixes and improvements to grid component and custom label presentation (SQ-5277)

5.7.1

Issues Addressed

  • Dashboard tiles all make data requests on dashboard initial load, regardless of visibility (SQ-4898)
  • Security improvements (SQ-4849, SQ-4848, SQ-4847)

Known Issues

  • Alerts not displaying if Azure API limit is reached (SQ-3783)
  • Subscription scope on alert tile doesn't show alerts fired against the subscription (SQ-3910)

5.7.0 (Release Candidate)

Improvements

  • Improvements to timeframes (SQ-2429) (SQ-2816) (SQ-4047)
    • Expanded duration options
    • Date range picker in applicable tiles (Performance Graphs, Alerts and Cost)
    • Timeframe picker in applicable Connect tiles (Web API, PowerShell, SQL and Azure)
  • Improvements to the Line Graph tile (SQ-2880) (SQ-3384) (SQ-4113) (SQ-4637)
    • Configurable threshold line
    • X-axis draws to last data-point date/time (including future dates)
    • Vertical grid lines
    • Sparkline color line label matching
  • New admin control
    • Recycle Bin feature for dashboards and perspectives (SQ-2726)
    • Last login time in the named user list (SQ-2406)
  • Other improvements:
    • Alerts list: date column to nearest minute for first 59 minutes (SQ-4467)
    • Alerts list: readable and sortable date in “resolved” column (SQ-2395)
    • Donut: optional scrollable legend to fix tile height (SQ-4769)
    • Performance Improvements generally and when under heavy load:
      • Faster processing large navigation menus
      • Faster processing many team folder ACLs and AD groups per user.

Issues Addressed

  • Miscellaneous bug fixes with line graph visualizations

Known Issues

  • Alerts not displaying if Azure API limit is reached (SQ-3783)
  • Subscription scope on alert tile doesn't show alerts fired against the subscription (SQ-3910)

5.6.1

Issues Addressed

  • Minor bug fixes

Known Issues


  • Alerts not displaying if Azure API limit is reached (SQ-3783)

  • Subscription scope on alert tile doesn't show alerts fired against the subscription (SQ-3910)

5.6.0 (Release Candidate)

Improvements

  • Limit results option in Status tiles (SQ-4691)
  • Wrap sub labels in Status tiles (SQ-4643)
  • Allow API query parameters to be set at provider level (SQ-4092)

Issues Addressed

  • Grid tile with only one row cannot export data to Excel (SQ-1528)
  • SQL Line Graph does not export grouping field value to Excel (SQ-3345)
  • “entity” column value is blank when exporting Status tiles to Excel (SQ-4379)
  • Performance degradation on initial loading of a dashboard (SQ-4744)

Known Issues

  • Alerts not displaying if Azure API limit is reached (SQ-3783)
  • Subscription scope on alert tile doesn't show alerts fired against the subscription (SQ-3910)

5.5.1

Issues Addressed

  • Minor bug fixes

Known Issues

  • Alerts not displaying if Azure API limit is reached (SQ-3783)
  • Subscription scope on alert tile doesn't show alerts fired against the subscription (SQ-3910)

5.5.0 (Release Candidate)

Improvements

Issues Addressed

None

Known Issues

  • Alerts not displaying if Azure API limit is reached (SQ-3783)
  • Subscription scope on alert tile doesn't show alerts fired against the subscription (SQ-3910)

5.4.1

Issues Addressed

  • Columns with the same name in Grid tiles inherit the same width on refresh (SQ-4612)
  • Mustache value cannot be used in SQL query via ODBC connection (parameterised query) (SQ-4634)

Known Issues

  • Alerts Analytics perspective shows incorrect number of records in certain situations (SQ-3536)
  • Subscription scope on Alert tile doesn't show alerts fired against the subscription (SQ-3910)

5.4.0 (Release Candidate)

Improvements

Issues Addressed

  • FIPS preventing SquaredUp from running correctly (SQ-4471)
  • SVG in Image tiles are not loading correctly under certain circumstances (SQ-4528)

Known Issues

  • Alerts Analytics perspective shows incorrect number of records in certain situations (SQ-3536)
  • Subscription scope on Alert tile doesn't show alerts fired against the subscription (SQ-3910)

5.3.2

Issues Addressed

  • 'An error occurred while configuring Azure AD Authentication' when configuring a new SquaredUp DS for Azure instance (SQ-4518)
  • Alerts not displaying if Azure API limit is reached - New Alerts tiles (SQ-3783)

Known Issues

  • Subscription scope on alert tile doesn't show alerts fired against the subscription (SQ-3910)
  • Dollar sign in URL turns into %24 for GET method (SQ-4296)
  • A generic error is displayed if a Pinned Perspective is enabled for Open Access before IAM rights are granted to the Enterprise Application (SQ-3733)

5.3.1

Known Issues

  • Alerts not displaying if Azure API limit is reached (SQ-3783)
  • Subscription scope on alert tile doesn't show alerts fired against the subscription (SQ-3910)
  • Dollar sign in URL turns into %24 for GET method (SQ-4296)
  • A generic error is displayed if a Pinned Perspective is enabled for Open Access before IAM rights are granted to the Enterprise Application (SQ-3733)

5.3.0 (Release Candidate)

Improvements

  • New visualization: Status Image (SQ-3844)
  • Default dashboard timeframe (SQ-2368)
  • Scalar: conditional colors (SQ-3757)
  • Donut: display improvements (SQ-3168)
  • Adjustable row height in all grid tiles (SQ-4233)
  • Easily share your dashboard with our Community: (SQ-4172])
  • New Community Dashboards website (SQ-4172)
  • Security improvements (SQ-4440, SQ-4441, SQ-4442, SQ-4443, SQ-4444, SQ-4445)

Issues Addressed

  • PowerShell bar graph does not show 0 value (SQ-4434)
  • Installation fails if the IIS password contains angle brackets (SQ-4420)

Known Issues

  • Alerts not displaying if Azure API limit is reached (SQ-3783)
  • Subscription scope on alert tile doesn't show alerts fired against the subscription (SQ-3910)
  • Dollar sign in URL turns into %24 for GET method (SQ-4296)
  • A generic error is displayed if a Pinned Perspective is enabled for Open Access before IAM rights are granted to the Enterprise Application (SQ-3733)

5.2.1

Known Issues

  • Subscription scope on Alert tile doesn't show alerts fired against the subscription (SQ-3910)
  • Cost not displaying if Azure API limit is reached (SQ-4014)
  • Dollar sign in URL turns into %24 for GET method (SQ-4296)
  • A generic error is displayed if a Pinned Perspective is enabled for Open Access before IAM rights are granted to the Enterprise Application (SQ-3733)

5.2.0 (Release Candidate)

Improvements

  • New PowerShell visualization’s execution controls and security options
    • Set your own Run As accounts (SQ-4186)
      • If you are upgrading from a previous version, check if your PowerShell profiles use different identities to run the scripts. If they do, save them as Run As accounts instead of keeping them in the profile script. See Managing PowerShell Run As accounts
    • Choose execution interval, timeout and environment (SQ-4147, SQ-4231, SQ-4094)
    • Each script now runs inside its own child process (SQ-4146)
  • New visualizations available for the Splunk tile (SQ-4043)
  • Configurable switch to open links in same or new tab (SQ-2713)
  • GitHub samples link from the top right hand menu ☰ (SQ-4275)
  • Option to turn off drilldown in Open Access (SQ-3750)
  • Security improvements (SQ-4241, SQ-4179, SQ-1366)

NOTE: Best practices for secure deployment of DS for Azure have been updated (Best Practices for Security).

Issues Addressed

  • HTML Web Content tile link does not open in the new tab (SQ-3947)
  • PowerShell scalar does not recognize decimal data type (SQ-4132)

Known Issues

  • Subscription scope on Alert tile doesn't show alerts fired against the subscription (SQ-3910)
  • Cost not displaying if Azure API limit is reached (SQ-4014)
  • Dollar sign in URL turns into %24 for GET method (SQ-4296)

5.1.1

Known Issues

  • HTML Web Content tile link does not open in the new tab (SQ-3947)
  • Subscription scope on an Alert tile does not show alerts fired against the subscription (SQ-3910)
  • Cost not displaying if Azure API limit is reached (SQ-4014)
  • A generic error is displayed if a Pinned Perspective is enabled for Open Access before IAM rights are granted to the Enterprise Application (SQ-3733)

5.1.0 (Release Candidate)

Improvements

  • New data source: Splunk (SQ-1169)
  • New data source: Elasticsearch (SQ-3952)
  • New PowerShell tile (SQ-3792)
  • Status visualizations for external data sources (SQ-2926/3421/3752)
  • New visualizations available for the SQL tile (SQ-2428)
  • Re-designed Integrations Settings page (SQ-3637)
  • Headers can be configured and saved in all Web API providers (SQ-4017)
  • Donut legends/segments are no longer limited, new color palettes (SQ-3927)
  • New “Sample Integrations” dashboards (SQ-4060)

See What's New in SquaredUp DS for Azure for more information.

NOTE: To keep improving your product experience, we have made some enhancements to the telemetry analytics.

Issues Addressed

  • ServiceNow – No default view is used when API access is limited (SQ-2366)
  • Display issue when navigating away from a dashboard/perspective with a Web Content tile using an embedded display mode (SQ-1508)
  • API access token not refreshed if current token was not provided with an “expires_in” property (SQ-4028)

Known Issues

  • HTML Web Content tile link does not open in the new tab (SQ-3947)
  • Subscription scope on an Alert tile does not show alerts fired against the subscription (SQ-3910)
  • Cost not displaying if Azure API limit is reached (SQ-4014)
  • A generic error is displayed if a Pinned Perspective is enabled for Open Access before IAM rights are granted to the Enterprise Application (SQ-3733)

5.0.1

Issues Addressed

Known Issues

  • The Open Access Upgrade step does not run in the correct sequence of steps after upgrade, resulting in Open Access dashboards showing the error "Unexpected Request" and the Open Access Upgrade step being unexpectedly displayed when an administrator clicks an item on the navigation bar (SQ-3671)
  • ServiceNow – No default view is used when API access is limited (SQ-2366)
  • The calculated totals for Treemap and Sunburst tiles do not include the cost of each item that, over the selected timeframe, does not exceed 0.50 in the currency unit for that item (SQ-2527)
  • A generic error is displayed if a Pinned Perspective is enabled for Open Access before IAM rights are granted to the Enterprise Application (SQ-3733)

5.0.0 (Release Candidate)

Improvements

See What's New in SquaredUp DS for Azure for more information.

Issues Addressed

  • Miscellaneous Open Access bugs (SQ-1440, SQ-1473, SQ-2557, SQ-3148)
  • Miscellaneous Dashboard Designer bugs (SQ-3254, SQ-1325)
  • Matrix bar cell tile drops values on page refresh (SQ-3257)

Known Issues

  • The Open Access Upgrade step does not run in the correct sequence of steps after upgrade, resulting in Open Access dashboards showing the error "Unexpected Request" and the Open Access Upgrade step being unexpectedly displayed when an administrator clicks an item on the navigation bar (see Troubleshooting Open Access (v5)) (SQ-3671)
  • ServiceNow – No default view is used when API access is limited (SQ-2366)
  • The calculated totals for Treemap and Sunburst tiles do not include the cost of each item that, over the selected timeframe, does not exceed 0.50 in the currency unit for that item (SQ-2527)
  • A generic error is displayed if a Pinned Perspective is enabled for Open Access before IAM rights are granted to the Enterprise Application (SQ-3733)

4.8.1

Known Issues

  • Deleted resources are not included when scoping the Cost Management tile leading to discrepancies with the Azure portal (SQ-1449)
  • Where there are a large number of Open Access dashboards being shared, some may not load correctly (SQ-2557)
  • The calculated totals for Treemap and Sunburst tiles do not include the cost of each item that, over the selected timeframe, does not exceed 0.50 in the currency unit for that item (SQ-2527)

4.8.0 (Release Candidate)

Improvements

  • New SQL Line Graph tile (SQ-3073)
  • New Scalar tile to show the latest performance data figure (SQ-2432)
  • New scalable metric labels for Performance metrics (SQ-2384)
  • Line colors can be matched across Performance graphs (SQ-2402)
  • Option to use colored Bar Top N graphs and match colors (SQ-2359)

See What's New in SquaredUp DS for Azure for more information.

Issues Addressed

  • Cannot pin some Azure perspectives as a dashboard (SQ-3068)

Known Issues

  • Deleted resources are not included when scoping the Cost Management tile leading to discrepancies with the Azure portal (SQ-1449)
  • Where there are a large number of Open Access dashboards being shared, some may not load correctly (SQ-2557)
  • The calculated totals for Treemap and Sunburst tiles do not include the cost of each item that, over the selected timeframe, does not exceed 0.50 in the currency unit for that item (SQ-2527)

4.7.1

Improvements

  • Updated dashboard pack

See What's New in SquaredUp DS for Azure for more information.

Issues Addressed

  • Error occurs when drilling down from Summary Bar tile when the tile is on a perspective (SQ-3216)

Known Issues

  • Deleted resources are not included when scoping the Cost Management tile leading to discrepancies with the Azure Portal (SQ-1449)
  • Where there are a large number of Open Access dashboards being shared, some may not load correctly (SQ-2557)
  • The calculated totals for Treemap and Sunburst tiles do not include the cost of each item that, over the selected timeframe, does not exceed 0.50 in the currency unit for that item (SQ-2527)
  • Hidden types check box forces users to set scope when scoping is optional on some tiles (SQ-3144)

4.7.0 (Release Candidate)

Improvements

See What's New in SquaredUp DS for Azure for more information.

Issues Addressed

  • “JSON request was too large to be deserialized” error when drilling down on a Performance graph (SQ-1360)
  • Web Content tile does not allow left click of links (SQ-2917)
  • Regex does not work in custom labels (SQ-2974)

Known Issues

  • Deleted resources are not included when scoping the Cost Management tile leading to discrepancies with the Azure Portal (SQ-1449)
  • Where there are a large number of Open Access dashboards being shared, some may not load correctly (SQ-2557)
  • The calculated totals for Treemap and Sunburst tiles do not include the cost of each item that, over the selected timeframe, does not exceed 0.50 in the currency unit for that item (SQ-2527)
  • Hidden types check box forces users to set scope when scoping is optional on some tiles (SQ-3144)

4.6.0 (Release Candidate)

Improvements

See What's New in SquaredUp DS for Azure for more information.

Issues Addressed

  • Open Access dashboards default to dark mode (SQ-1586)
  • Deploying SquaredUp DS to a DS1 v2 VM can result in SquaredUp DS being unable to open (SQ-1560)
  • High frequency of Cost Management API calls (SQ-2801)
  • Cannot read property 'range' of undefined when drilling down on Alert Donut using page timeframe (SQ-2543)

Known Issues

  • Deleted resources are not included when scoping the Cost Management tile leading to discrepancies with the Azure Portal (SQ-1449)
  • JSON request was too large to be deserialized error when drilling down on Performance graph (SQ-1360)
  • Where there are a large number of Open Access Dashboards being shared, some may not load correctly (SQ-2557)
  • The calculated totals for Treemap and Sunburst tiles do not include the cost of each item that, over the selected timeframe, does not exceed 0.50 in the currency unit for that item (SQ-2527)

4.5.1

Issues Addressed

  • Installations and upgrades fail if there are multiple bindings in IIS (SQ-2355)
  • Pinned perspectives show as the last item in a folder regardless of where they are pinned (SQ-1585)

4.5.0 (Release Candidate)

Improvements

See What's New in SquaredUp DS for Azure for more information.

Issues Addressed

  • The Alerts tile does not deep link to the Azure Portal (SU-7629)
  • An error is shown in the Cost Management tile and no data is returned (SU-7948)
  • A page exception occurs when drilling down into an Azure resource that has a space in the resource name (SU-7928)
  • Performance Bar Charts do not show Custom Ranges with a negative value for the Min value as expected (SU-6689)
  • Unable to link from the Web Content tile to a website that uses JavaScript (SU-7171)
  • Non-permitted changes to sensitive queries are executed when admin views dashboard (SU-6730)
  • Non-permitted changes to sensitive queries need an admin to revert changes (SU-8011)
  • The ServiceNow tile can hit an overflow error when building large contexts (SU-8025)
  • During deployment, the Networking panel waits indefinitely while generating a Public IP Address (SU-7894)

Known Issues

  • Open Access dashboards default to dark mode (SU-8306)
  • Deploying SquaredUp DS to a DS1 v2 VM can result in SquaredUp DS being unable to open (SU-8235)
  • Duplicate deployment and uninstall tools after upgrading from DS for Azure v4.4 to v4.5 (SU-8136)
  • Deleted resources are not included when scoping the Cost Management tile leading to discrepancies with the Azure Portal (SU-7709)
  • Some Storage Accounts show unknown health state but are healthy when drilled into (SU-7848)
  • No support for Metric Namespaces (SU-7491)

4.4.3

Issues Addressed

  • HTTP Error 500 before activation when deploying in a personal Azure tenant (SU-8023)

Known Issues

  • Deploying SquaredUp DS to a DS1 v2 VM can result in SquaredUp DS being unable to open (SU-8235)
  • There are inconsistencies in the results returned by the Azure Cost Management API (SU-7896)
  • Deleted resources are not included when scoping the Cost Management tile leading to discrepancies with the Azure Portal (SU-7709)
  • An error is shown in the Cost Management tile and no data is returned (SU-7948)
  • No support for Metric Dimensions (SU-7492)
  • No support for Metric Namespaces (SU-7491)
  • The Alerts tile does not deep link to the Azure Portal (SU-7629)
  • Open Access dashboards default to Dark Theme and this cannot be personalized (SU-7963)
  • A page exception occurs when drilling down into an Azure resource that has a space in the resource name (SU-7928)
  • Some Storage Accounts show unknown health state but are healthy when drilled into (SU-7848)

4.4.2 (Release Candidate)

Known Issues

  • During deployment, the Networking panel waits indefinitely while generating a Public IP Address (SU-7894)
  • There are inconsistencies in the results returned by the Azure Cost Management API (SU-7896)
  • Deleted resources are not included when scoping the Cost Management tile leading to discrepancies with the Azure Portal (SU-7709)
  • An error is shown in the Cost Management tile and no data is returned (SU-7948)
  • No support for Metric Dimensions (SU-7492)
  • No support for Metric Namespaces (SU-7491)
  • The Alerts tile does not deep link to the Azure Portal (SU-7629)
  • Open Access dashboards default to Dark Theme and this cannot be personalized (SU-7963)
  • A page exception occurs when drilling down into an Azure resource that has a space in the resource name (SU-7928)
  • Some Storage Accounts show unknown health state but are healthy when drilled into (SU-7848)

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