e!Sankey Changelog

What's new in e!Sankey 5.2.0 Rev. 0

Aug 13, 2021
  • Change of internal file format (files created in e!Sankey 5.2 can not be opened in lesser versions 5.0.x or 5.1.x, users of these version should update to 5.2 free-of-charge). Change of internal data structure also required new release of e!Sankey SDK.
  • New feature: minimum height/width of process in Process Properties. Meaningful, in particular, when used in conjunction with option "Auto Adapt Process Height/Width": If flow values are small or small values are fed into arrows via Live Link (and arrow widths become less) the process to which these arrows are attached does not run below the minimum height/width.
  • Improvement: overlay icon for thumbnails pro und calc in Diagram Gallery, new filter available to show only files that are compatible with the specific variant used.
  • Improvement: Undo/Redo for numeric up/down buttons (e.g. angle) in some properties windows.
  • Improvement: synchronization of toolbar button and menu entry for 'Show Grid' option.
  • Improvement: When hiding individual flows (via Entries window) or when hiding all flows of a particular unit type (via Controller window) it could happen that the explicit arrow heads were not drawn properly (known as the "halved arrow heads phenomenon"). In the new version the explicit arrow heads are shown correctly even with hidden flows.
  • Improvement: 'SaveAs Template' dialog improved. It now uses the actual headline of the New Diagram template section on the start page
  • Bugfix: Due to an update made to the Microsoft Graph component, saving a .sankey file to a OneDrive cloud storage produced an error. Fixed.
  • Bugfix: When copying & pasting a diagram that contained Live Links to text labels to the clipboard and then pasting it to another application, the overlay icons signalling the existence of the Live Link were visible in the pasted diagram. This has been fixed.
  • Bugfix: In the 'Edit Live Link' dialog some GUI translations of buttons and tooltips were in English since version 5.1.2/5.1.3. Now properly translated again.
  • Bugfix: When a Balance Label was created for a process with multiple unit types, a line feed was missing after each unit type.
  • Bugfix: Removing a missing file from the Recent Files list didn't work properly.
  • Bugfix: choosing a new default template did not set the path for the 'Open' dialog correctly.
  • Bugfix: Fixed an error that could occur when the unit type of an existing flow was changed.
  • Bugfix: Trying to enter a non-unique value in the 'Key' field (for SDK use) led to an exception. Fixed
  • Bugfix: Under Windows 7 an exception could occur when opening the 'Keys' dialog while using 125 % Windows application zoom in the settings.
  • In the trial version (without license key) it is now not possible any more to switch to Floating License Service.
  • Fixed missing copyright hint in 'About' dialog.
  • Removed one superfluous message box that could pop up when switching trial version.
  • Checked and rectified URL links in e!Sankey. Some had been broken due to new website.
  • Added new demo files in zh-CN version
  • Made a number of corrections in Chinese GUI
  • Updated version user manual

New in e!Sankey 5.1.3 Rev. 0 (Mar 12, 2021)

  • Improved license entry in installer (spaces and LF/CR cropped)
  • Modified handling of .santem template files, so that number of cases is reduced, where copying of files to user directory during setup process failed and user couldn't create any new diagram.
  • New: Keyboard shortcuts for editor zoom: CTRL+0 (for 100%) and CTRL++ / CTRL+- for next larger/smaller zoom level. Available in diagram editor and in presentation mode
  • Undo/Redo for Insert Text Live Link didn't work properly, has been improved. Paste Text Live Link directly over existing Text Live Link now possible. Manual overwriting of Text Live Link in entry field after clicking Remove Live Link.
  • Improved 'Orthogonal' option for arrows: Remove check mark at 'Orthogonal' now also removes the two waypoints added to establish orthogonal routing
  • Improved handling of simple 90° arrows without 'Orthogonal' option. Yellow arrow segment points now snap together when they are moved towards each other at the 90° bend. Merged point remains active when nodes are moved.
  • Demo preview in 'Diagram Gallery' (formerly 'Start Center') with thumbnails. Filter by current language in "demos" directory. Select other folder and display thumbnail preview of .sankey files in the folder
  • For 'Insert Entries into Arrows' the focus/selection of last entry (entries) is remembered. User can now click arrows in diagram and insert the same entry (entries) as before using keyboard shortcut CTRL+L (customer suggestion)
  • New keyboard shortcut CTRL+E to 'Add New Entry'
  • Reworked Exception dialog: making it more understandable for the user and giving specific guidance in case of an error being thrown. Improved log file contains file location and license information. Error log is copied directly to e-mail
  • Bugfix: It had in specific circumstances been possible to produce diagonal arrow segments, even if an arrow routing was set to 'Orthogonal'.
  • Bugfix: Creating a Live Link to a text element or process label didn't insert the text when Excel cell contained empty text string.
  • Bugfix: List of process names in the Document properties is now updated immediately when a Live Link to a process label is updated
  • New sample diagrams (demos)
  • Update to GUI translation
  • Smaller updates in e!Sankey User Manual

New in e!Sankey 5.1.2 Rev. 1 (Aug 19, 2020)

  • Turning visibility of flows off and on again in some cases required a refresh of the diagram, because stacked arrows were not automatically drawn properly
  • Fixed issue that could lead to an error "Cannot access a closed file" (related to a temp file) on exporting a diagram in SVG format
  • Fixed an issue where special characters in entries names could cause an error message when creating SVG export file with simple bubble hint activated
  • Fixed a cropped icon in Edit Unit Type dialog (warning icon for invalid value in coefficient field or duplicate unit type name)
  • Changed default setting 'Print Margin Marks' to off (can be turned on in Options > Diagram)
  • Added a list of third party components used in e!Sankey (Third Party Notice accessible via Menu Help > About)
  • Added/corrected a few translations of GUI

New in e!Sankey 5.1.1 Rev. 0 (Aug 5, 2020)

  • When pasting Live Links on a Sankey arrow using CTRL+V, the LL icon would not appear immediately in the list of flows in the Arrow properties panel. A click in the properties panel or somewhere else was required to force the icon to be shown.
  • Change for setting/editing Live Links for text labels: Made enablement status of buttons below text field in properties panel consistent. Furthermore, a Live Link for a text label is now protected against accidental manual overwriting (icon, LL must be removed before entering manual text in label).
  • Demos and Templates: all files were verified and updated if necessary, after an issue with transparent color process border line was detected that could lead to erroneous display
  • Optimizations in log file output
  • Improved warning message when opening a template file (.santem) that contains Live Link to an Excel file that could not be found.
  • Fixed issue: zoom list in presentation mode could have all values twice
  • Fixed issue for use of e!Sankey in terminal server environment with multiple users
  • Start page: Hyperlink to EULA now points to locally installed PDF rather than to an online version
  • Some corrections in the e!Sankey user manual

New in e!Sankey 5.1.0 Rev. 2 (Aug 4, 2020)

  • Support for cloud storage provider Google Drive
  • New feature: Balance Label at process shows input, output, difference. Default label or custom label with many formatting options, such as negative balance difference red, show only when actual difference, leading plus/minus sign, etc
  • New option for processes: Auto adapt process height/width to arrow. Binds height or width to arrow magnitude (for connectivity other than "Free")
  • New option for arrow labels: Binds arrow label position to arrow border so that it follows changes of arrow magnitude
  • New option for SVG export: collect all linked supplement file in one folder to facilitate passing on the SVG with file supplements included.
  • Improvement: If a supplement file can not be found at the path indicated, e!Sankey will check whether it is instead located in the same folder as the calling .sankey file itself.
  • Improvement: Move selected element(s) one pixel by keeping CTRL key pressed until now only worked when grid was off. Now also possible when grid is turned on.
  • Improvement: Delete and remove Live Link for multiple flows in Flows list (Arrow Properties) and for multiple items in Stocks list (Process Properties) is now enabled
  • Improvement: SVG export now takes into account zoom factor set in SVG export options, in order to avoid tooltip font size to become too small. It is recommended to set 200% or 400% zoom to have a legible minimum font size in larger Sankey diagrams
  • Dialog "Keys": exported list now contains option for additional columns export (initial first two columns 'key' and 'value' remain). New columns are 'lookup list value', 'type', 'from', 'to', 'material'
  • Dialog "Select Line Color": Fixed an issue where in some GUI translations the entries in the line type dropdown list were cropped
  • Possibility to switch Live Link usage from Automatically to Manually (in Options > Extended), in case of Excel COM interoperability issues.
  • e!Sankey now using Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8, adapted setup routine
  • Bugfix: Pasting a clipboard content as Live Link to text element could produce exception when clipboard content was not from Excel
  • Bugfix: Fixed issue where flows and processes hidden with options "Hide Zero Flows" and "Hide Processes with Zero Flows" would be visible in an SVG image export
  • Bugfix: 'Edit Type' selection list still showed elements, even though they had been deselected.
  • Bugfix: Double-clicking on a column header in the 'Entries' window produced an error
  • Bugfix: Fixed issue with 'Initialize Key List'
  • Bugfix: In cases where Excel cell value was zero, pasting Live Link didn't work properly
  • Bugfix: Fixed issue where arrow tooltip in SVG export would not display properly in Edge and Internet Explorer
  • Bugfix: when admin removed settings in eSankey.exe.config, values for these settings didn't default to standard values
  • Several smaller bugfixes
  • Fine tuned some sample diagrams, fixed translation issues
  • Updated some GUI translations
  • Updated User manual

New in e!Sankey 5.0.1 Rev. 0 (Nov 22, 2019)

  • Extended balance check (settings for relative/absolute tolerance)
  • Clickable elements in Sankey diagrams: Open files, URLs, or other Sankey diagrams
  • High-res export in SVG file format (vector graphics format), interactive SVG images
  • Live Link to Microsoft Excel supports files in cloud storages
  • Open/Save of Sankey diagrams from/to cloud services: One Drive for Business (SharePoint), One Drive, Dropbox
  • Chinese GUI (Chinese Simplified, zh-CN)
  • ... and much more! Watch this space for more announcements

New in e!Sankey 4.5.2 Rev. 0 (Jul 5, 2018)

  • New or updated in e!Sankey v4.5:
  • Options dialog: moved all SDK related options to new 'Extended' tab
  • Lookup lists (CSV) with Tag IDs to be used for populating 'Key' fields, march list when typing in all 'Key' fields
  • Removed telemetry feature and anonymous usage statistics in e!Sankey calc (since v4.4) to be fully compliant with GDPR
  • Some minor corrections in translations to FR, PT
  • Some minor corrections in user manual
  • Bugfixing: Fixed error message when adding flows with different unit types to arrow via search dialog
  • Bugfixing: Text label angles between 359.5 and 359.999 degrees caused an error when using up/down buttons because they where rounded incorrectly to 360 degrees
  • Bugfixing: Arrow label did not hide zero flows when custom format was selected
  • Bugfixing: Process label did not hide for zero flows for some visibility settings
  • Bugfixing: Choosing 'transparent' as process fill color caused checkbox to activate/deactive fill color to remain unchecked

New in e!Sankey 4.4.2 (Jul 5, 2018)

  • This is a free update for all registered users of e!Sankey version 4. We have fixed a number of smaller bugs that were reported. A new signing certificate for the installation file has been added. We have made the saving of Sankey diagram templates (.santem) more user friendly.

New in e!Sankey 4.4 (Jul 5, 2018)

  • introduced new product variant 'calc', 14-day trial now calc variant, users with existing 'standard' or 'pro' should not note any difference
  • now possible to set absolute max value for each unit type scale
  • Start page: introduced a tool tip showing the directory path for recently used diagrams
  • some corrections in translations to DE, FR, ES, PT
  • Bugfixing: fixed issues that could produce an error in the Entries window
  • Bugfixing: fixed issues that could lead to an error in the Unit Types dialog
  • Bugfixing: fixed issues that could cause an error linked to the legend element

New in e!Sankey 4.2 (Apr 6, 2017)

  • New or updated in e!Sankey v4.2:
  • new shapes available for process symbols: rounded rectangle, ellipse, circle
  • insert mode for processes and arrows: default continuous insert mode may be changed to single insert mode (in options dialog)
  • Diagram Options: Shows for which unit type the visual balance check is activated
  • Process Properties: Balance check displays input sum, output sum and difference for each unit type that has balance check activated
  • Rework of entries dialog: When several Sankey diagram files were open, Undo/Redo could lead to unexpected behaviour
  • Hidden processs are excluded when determining boundaries of image for export
  • Lower flow threshold option: arrows that contain flows with quantity zero are now drawn using color of first flow entry rather than using default black
  • Image export with transparent background color available for image format PNG and EMF (new option in export dialog)
  • Double click in color selection dialog (in addition to Select/OK)
  • New keyboard shortcut Ctrl+E to create a new entry (Entries dialog)
  • File type 'xlsm' available in file selection dialog (Live Links)
  • Display settings 125% and 150% in Windows Control Panel should cause less issues
  • Start page: improved design, thumbnail images for sample diagrams
  • removed some errors in sample files
  • corrections in translations to DE, FR, ES, PT
  • Bugfixing: Move up stock sometimes caused an exception, Use As Default for process could lead to an exception when process had stock, several other bugs

New in e!Sankey 4.1.1.678 (Aug 5, 2016)

  • This new version has two smaller features and contains a number of bug fixes:
  • Added four buttons for element layer changes in main toolbar as alternative to call from context menu
  • Added 'Lock Position' options for image elements. This can be used to fix an image to its position to avoid accidental shifting e.g. of background images or maps
  • Fixed bug where .sankey files could not be stored when image files in .emf format were used in as process symbols
  • After installation of an update, e!Sankey now correctly starts in the language that had been selected by the user in the settings (previously always came up in English and didn't remember language settings)
  • In some cases reconnecting an arrow to another node (drag&drop red arrow point) wouldn't refresh the balance check warning symbol. Fixed
  • Fixed bug with sizing of legend box where text could overrun legend border
  • Fixed bug where sometimes copying&pasting a process symbol that contained an image/icon would lead to an error
  • Fixed a number of minor bugs
  • Improved some translations

New in e!Sankey 4.1.0.656 (Jul 7, 2016)

  • New or changed in e!Sankey v4.1
  • Floating licenses (concurrent) now available, using a Floating License Service on server within your network
  • Adapted License Management dialog to be able to switch between local / floating licenses
  • Adapted splash screen, now shows status messages
  • New, leaner installer, detects operating system language automatically
  • e!Sankey now requires Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6 (installer will try to download if not available on PC)
  • Improved internal logging for Live Links
  • Fixed bug where in some cases use of colour wheel led to an exception
  • Fixed bug with transparency setting in diagram background colour
  • Fixed some additional smaller errors
  • Fixed some translation errors

New in e!Sankey 4.0.3.604 (May 25, 2016)

  • A bug has been fixed. The use of the 'Show Scale' box in Sankey diagrams that were created with an older e!Sankey version and opened in the most recent version did - under certain circumstances - corrupt the diagram file.

New in e!Sankey 4.0.3.601 (May 25, 2016)

  • This new version ensures that Sankey diagram files in e!Sankey can still be created/opened after the Windows Update published by Microsoft in March 8.

New in e!Sankey 4.0.3.525 (May 25, 2016)

  • A number of smaller bugs have been fixed. User manual and online help have been updated. Some translation errors in the French, Spanish and Portuguese GUI have been corrected.

New in e!Sankey 4.0.0.000 (Jan 22, 2016)

  • Kiosk Mode: Show Sankey diagram full screen (presentation mode).
  • Design Mode: Drawing area full screen, but with toolbar and edit features.
  • Configurable legend: sort legend entries alphabetically by entry name, by group and entry name, custom sorting, configure legend entry display (group name, entry name, unit).
  • Search for entries and labels in Sankey diagram, jump directly to element found.
  • Direct paste of clipboard content: It is now possible to directly insert text or images. It is not required any more to explicitly set text label or image box first.
  • Set image transparency.
  • Process balance: Checking inputs and outputs at process node per unit type, visual marker if sum of input not same as sum of output (see this forum post).
  • New percentage mode for Flow Content Label: Show percent of output from adjacent process / percent of input into adjacent process (within the same unit type).
  • Option to set grid size, show additional helper lines.
  • Arrange process symbols equidistantly (at same distance).
  • Arrow Content Label custom format: define composition of arrow content label using keywords and parameters. Also use line breaks in flow label.
  • Fix Arrow Content Label to arrow segment (four orientations), label will stay locked to arrow when process with attached arrow is moved.
  • Improvements in Edit Live Links dialog: export list of Live Links, delete single Live Links.
  • Reworked Edit Unit Types dialog: more comfortable to manage unit types, define units and conversion factors, activate balance check per unit type
  • Enter flow quantities in any of the units defined within the unit type, will be converted to basic unit. display of flow quantities in flow content label either in entry units or in basic unit.
  • Two new clip-art libraries with over 2000 icons for use in the diagrams
  • Reworked licensing dialog.
  • New start page with direct access to files.
  • Many new sample Sankey diagrams e.g. for energy management, facility management.
  • e!Sankey tutorial videos channel on YouTube.
  • A number of bugs fixed.

New in e!Sankey 3.2.2.550 (Jan 22, 2016)

  • In specific circumstances an error could occur on inserting Live Links to Microsoft Excel stating that "Excel is busy". This message was not correct and caused by a wrong handling of Excel macro names and named functions in e!Sankey. This has now been fixed.

New in e!Sankey 3.2.0.466 (May 8, 2014)

  • The new version features new templates and sample diagrams.
  • The Live Link feature has been improved further and made more robust.
  • A number of minor bugs were fixed.

New in e!Sankey 3.0.0.27 (May 24, 2011)

  • Multi Edit of Graphical Elements
  • Easy Setting of Image Export Quality (Low Res//High Res/Print/Web)
  • Align and Resize Process Nodes to Selected Master
  • Detach and Reattach Arrow to other Process
  • Adapt Process Height/Width to attached Arrow
  • Define Own Unit Types
  • Export/Import Color Pallets
  • Lower Threshold for Arrows (thin arrows remain visible)
  • Hide Flows that have Flow Qauntity zero
  • Draw arrows without defining a process node first (visible/invisible processes)
  • Arrow Tooltip when Hovering Mouse Over
  • Changed Arrow Drawing Mode in Toolbar
  • Redesign of Graphical Shapes Selection in Toolbar
  • Improved Handling of LiveLink to Excel (Edit Live Link dialog)
  • Revised Start Center
  • Several Bugfixes
  • New templates and examples
  • New help file
  • Fully localized to 5 languages: DE, EN, FR, PT, ES

New in e!Sankey 2.0.3.2098 (Dec 23, 2009)

  • New multilingual version in English, German, French, Spanish, and Portuguese

New in e!Sankey 2.0.2.2028 (Dec 23, 2009)

  • LiveLinks now also for stocks (In/Out)
  • Overview of LiveLinks (View LiveLinks window) shows individual links for each Excel file in separate table.
  • LiveLinks are being checked for validity when they are inserted
  • Improved icons for display of LiveLink status
  • Fixed issue with special characters in path or filename when Excel language version and operating system language version are different
  • Minor Bugfixes

New in e!Sankey 1.2.0.94 (Aug 1, 2007)

  • New option in Process Properties: Stacking Order by Angle/by Z-Order. This option allow to manage the order in which stacked arrows are connected to the process.
  • New unit type 'Percentile' (%)
  • New option 'Highlight Invisible Source and Destination Processes for Selected Arrows'. This option will help when processes are set to invisible.
  • New feature: warning message when red arrow line indicates that arrow can not be drawn properly.
  • Fixed problem with trial license validity check (in some cases the test version expired on the first day of the trial period).
  • Fixed problem with progress bar freeze when storing a file
  • Fixed problem with update of 'Recent Files' list
  • Fixed bug: Invisible process became visible when doing copy&paste
  • Fixed bug: Page borders were ignored in printout when 'Fit To Page' was selected.
  • Fixed several minor bugs
  • Updated help file