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2023

Every DataSnipper for Excel release from 2023 (v4.1.x, v5.x, and v6.0), newest first. Part of the year-by-year DataSnipper changelog.

Every DataSnipper for Excel change from 2023, grouped by month, then by product area, newest first. Open a month, then a product, to see what changed. Changes are general availability unless marked Preview. Part of the full DataSnipper changelog, organized by year.

December

DataSnipper for Excel

14 Dec (v6.0.4) Preview

  • Workbook file conversion to v6 fix. Issue with converting files included in the workbook from the old version to v6 is resolved

  • Formulas across multiple sheets fix. Issue with formulas referencing multiple sheets was broken in the last version. It is now resolved.


November

DataSnipper for Excel

17 Nov (v6.0) Preview

  • DataSnipper Co-authoring real-time. 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. For simultaneous editing and collaborative work, users need to import documents to the same SharePoint folder.

  • Backward workbook conversion to v5.1x. Workbooks can now be converted to be compatible with older versions (v5.1x or lower).

  • Snip All Tables option. Table Snip: New 'Snip All Tables' option allows users to extract all tables from a document with page numbers.

  • Table Snip column/row UX. Table Snip: User experience improved for adjusting the sizes of columns and rows in table snips.

  • OCR for Hebrew, Greek, Arabic. OCR recognition for Hebrew, Greek, and Arabic has been significantly improved for accuracy.

Financial Statement Suite

17 Nov (v6.0) Preview

  • FSS decoupled from Excel. FSS is decoupled from Excel and can be launched separately.

  • FSS built-in calculator drag cursor. Added drag cursor to the built-in calculator and flyout.

  • FSS Version Compare always current/previous. 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. 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. 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. IC algorithm has been improved to produce better results when some notes missing in the document.

  • FSS export and import project. Export and import project functionality has been added.

  • FSS Project list view. 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. The new built-in calculator is accessible across all test pages.

  • FSS Document Viewer rewrite. FSS Document Viewer has been completely rewritten.

  • FSS data in APPDATA folder. All the FSS data is stored in the APPDATA/DataSnipper/FSS folder


September

DataSnipper for Excel

7 Sep (v5.1.2)

  • Date and time formatting regions. 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. Fixed an issue where the document viewer in the view-only version was not opening properly after user license validation.


July

DataSnipper for Excel

5 Jul (v5.1.1)

  • Version compare license update. Licensing for the version compare feature has been updated. It is now accessible when FSS is enabled.

  • Delete-redo multiple snips in same cell. We have rectified a problem where users encountered issues when deleting and redoing multiple snips in the same cell.

  • Rename extractions popup fix. An issue with renaming extractions and information not displaying correctly in the popup window has been fixed.


May

DataSnipper for Excel

1 May (v5.1.0)

  • Licensing for new packaging with granular flags. 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. Fixed an issue whereby the document viewer would sometimes not show if "Include PDFs" was turned off.

  • Table snip negative values characters. Fixed an issue whereby Table snipping was adding characters to negative values

  • Find All Sums Parts column accuracy. Updated the "Parts" column of the "Find All Sums" output to be accurate

  • Create Folder removed from import menu. Removed the "Create Folder" option from the import menu


March

DataSnipper for Excel

31 Mar (v4.1.7)

  • Snip data serialization with multi-workbook. Fixed snip data serialization issue when multiple workbooks are opened at the same time.


15 Mar (v5.0.7)

  • Multi-workbook snip data serialization fix. Fixed snip data serialization when multiple workbooks are opened at the same time.

  • Linked PDFs backward compatibility. Fixed backward compatibility issue for workbooks with linked PDFs.

  • v1.2 or lower backward compatibility. Fixed backward compatibility issue for workbooks created with DataSnipper v1.2 or lower.


1 Mar (v5.0.6) Preview

  • Document matching fewer than 4 chars. Fixed issue where document matching didn't work for strings with fewer than 4 characters.

Financial Statement Suite

1 Mar (v5.0.6) Preview

  • FSS scrollbar annotations. Resolved issue in FSS where annotations on scrollbar were not showing.

  • FSS document level automation backward compat. Fixed backwards compatibility issue for document level automation not showing in the FSS.


February

DataSnipper for Excel

15 Feb (v5.0.5) Preview

  • OCR on rotated text. Fixed a bug where OCR was not working on rotated texts,

  • Page rotation works with OCR. Users can now rotate the page & OCR will work.

  • Document Matching xml corruption. Fixed a bug where the xml of Document Matching templates could become corrupted.

  • Document Organizer popup consistency. Improved consistency of popups in the Document Organizer

  • Document viewer dropdown sync. Improved synchronisation of document viewer drop down selectors when a document is removed.


7 Feb (v5.0.4) Preview

  • Importing a file for the first time.

  • Deleting a range of snips.

  • Export folder opening in background. Export folder opening in the background

  • Form extraction templates scroll viewer. Form extraction templates now has a scroll viewer

  • Version compare ribbon visibility. Version compare button in the ribbon (where applicable) is now visible before a file is imported

  • File naming Windows-compatible restrictions. File naming now has relevant restrictions and matches the windows standards, this fixes Excel crashing issues.

  • Repeat table snip dialog digits only. Now only allow setting digits in the repeat table snip dialog box

  • Document matching Force Same Page column scope. 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. Fixed a bug where some message boxes were blocking Excel actions

  • OCR failure error messaging. When the OCR fails, now we can see the appropriate error message/condition

  • Right-click does not deselect in Document Organizer. Right-clicking no longer deselects the items on the document organizer

  • Imported folders display in organizer. Imported folders are now properly displayed in the document organizer.

  • Create snip within a snip. Its now possible to create a snip within a snip

Financial Statement Suite

15 Feb (v5.0.5) Preview

  • FSS semi-automated tickmark workflow. Added semi-automated workflow where DataSnipper FSS now adds suggestions and the user must click these suggestions to add tick marks.


January

DataSnipper for Excel

27 Jan (v4.1.6)

  • NotSupportedException import fix. 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.


3 Jan (v5.0.3) Preview

  • Document organizer UX and Command Menu. Improvements to Document organiser UX and Command Menu.

  • CTRL+V shortcut blocking with paste-to-import. Fixed issue where the CTRL + V Shortcut being blocked in excel when the "Paste to import" setting was turned on.

  • Message-boxes transparent. Fixed issue where message-boxes were consistently being shown as transparent.

  • Exclude PDFs export fix. Fixed issue where exclude PDFs caused exporting functionality not to work in some cases.

  • Delete sheet performance. Performance improvements for deleting sheets.

  • Dates after 2100 indexing fix. 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. Other minor bug fixes and performance improvements.


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