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SpaceObServer Web Access Changelog

What's new in SpaceObServer Web Access 2.6.2 Build 607

Nov 25, 2022
  • An error with the data shown in the "History" chart has been fixed.

New in SpaceObServer Web Access 2.6.1 Build 603 (Jan 18, 2022)

  • The scan results of SharePoint scan targets were not available for selection in SpaceObServer Web Access. This problem was fixed.
  • When FIPS compliance was enabled, an error message appeared in the 'Charts' tab. This error has been fixed.
  • In the directory tree, expanding a directory over multiple levels caused a JavaScript error. This error has been fixed.

New in SpaceObServer Web Access 2.6.0 Build 601 (Nov 10, 2021)

  • New features:
  • Single Sign On (SSO): The application now supports logon via the integrated Windows authentication. This authentication offers the advantage that logged in Windows users do not have to explicitly log in to SpaceObServer Web Access with their user account again.
  • In the tab 'File Types' file types can now be filtered via the context menu. The filtered file types are displayed in the detail view.
  • Improvements:
  • In the setup dialog for selecting administrator roles, the search field required the full account name of a group or user from Active Directory. The search can now handle partial entries and displays multiple results.
  • The search field in the role system required the full account name of a group or user from Active Directory. The search can now handle partial entries and displays multiple results.
  • Bugfixes:
  • In the Administrator backend, the process for deleting a registered user caused an error. This has been fixed now.
  • The directory tree can now display the changed number of files. To do this, the 'Show size changes in tree' and 'Show number of files in folders' buttons must be enabled. In addition, the directory tree can now display the percentage change.
  • Compatibilities:
  • Windows 7 is now no longer supported.

New in SpaceObServer Web Access 2.5.0 Build 592 (Feb 4, 2021)

  • New features:
  • The date and time format displayed in tables and charts can now be customized in analogy to SpaceObServer.
  • The context menu in the directory tree can now be used to copy the directory path of a tree item to the clipboard.
  • Improvements:
  • Error reports labeled 'OleServiceException' and 'CurrentUserExpiredException' no longer appear in the logs.
  • Bugfixes:
  • The scan status for underlying scans was not indicated correctly in the Overview panel for containers in the directory tree. This has been fixed..
  • If a value is ("not available") in a table field, the value is now indicated in neutral rather than red script..
  • When sorting a table column, the sorting got lost during the switch between directories and folders in the tree and in the selection of a size unit. This has been fixed. Loading data from a sorted column can now be canceled..
  • In the 'File types' table, the filter function for groups malfunctioned. This problem has been fixed.
  • Exported files did not contain sub-items in the "Duplicates" tab. This issue has been fixed.
  • In the 'Duplicates' table, exported files did not contain sub-items. The problem is fixed now.
  • - If the first column in the 'File types' table was not 'Name', the filter function did not work as was expected. This bug has been fixed..
  • The loading time for filtering file extensions by groups was significantly reduced.
  • Minor bug fixes.
  • Changes:
  • Internet Explorer 11 will no longer be supported in the future.

New in SpaceObServer Web Access 2.4.0 Build 570 (Mar 12, 2020)

  • New Features:
  • The overview window now shows the live status of scans. For update scans, the current scan progress is displayed.
  • Duplicates can now be filtered out of the list by size. See the knowledge base entry.
  • Users can now use the button 'Clear Caches' to reset user-specific settings to default settings.
  • Improvements:
  • The user interface has been extensively revised.
  • In the tab 'Details' the loading of data has been accelerated considerably.
  • In tables and in the directory tree, double-clicking now triggers the expansion of elements.
  • In the table 'Details' it is now possible to navigate through the folder levels by double-clicking and pressing a button.
  • In the administrator area in the list of roles the members are now loaded and displayed.
  • In the Windows Start Menu there is now an entry for changing the installation key.
  • If a new installation key has been entered, it is immediately valid. The application pool no longer needs to be restarted.
  • The structure of tables and charts appears much more smooth. This is particularly noticeable when changing the window size.
  • In the tables 'Extensions' and 'Duplicates', the expanded rows are separated from the rows below by color.
  • If an activated table column causes long loading times, the user will be informed and has the possibility to deactivate the affected columns.
  • Minor improvements in the user navigation.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Similar to SpaceObServer the overview window now not only shows the data of a container but also the data of the scans directly below it.
  • In the administrator area in the tab 'Licenses' the date was displayed incorrectly under certain circumstances. This has been fixed.
  • When activating and deactivating the filter in the table 'Extensions' a server error could occur. This error is fixed now.

New in SpaceObServer Web Access 2.3.0 Build 542 (Oct 7, 2019)

  • Compatibility:
  • Web Access now requires at least .NET 4.7.2.
  • Features:
  • Scans can now be started via the context menu. To do this, the logged in user must have the appropriate authorizations. The role system handles the authorization to start scans.
  • In the directory tree, bars now show the ratio of the values of files and folders to the root element.
  • In the setup you can now choose the https protocol.
  • Improvements:
  • The directory tree now has a button for opening the context menu.
  • The appearance of some GUI windows has been unified.
  • If authorizations of roles are changed in the administrator backend, these are effective after the main application has been updated (F5 key). A new login is no longer necessary.
  • If the directory tree is sorted by size or name then the tables will be sorted accordingly.
  • The load times of some steps in the setup have been improved.
  • Changes to the web page settings via the IIS Manager are now displayed correctly in the installation dialog.
  • JavaScript errors are now logged and can be sent to the developer as an error report.
  • Minor improvements in the application and online help.
  • Changes:
  • The application runs now with the application pool user rights. During the update or a new installation, the setup sets appropriate system and folder permissions. This makes it easier to set up Windows authentication with the SQL database.
  • The trouble-shoot document has been transferred from the online help to the knowledge base and translated into German. This facilitates finding instructions for known errors.
  • The indication when a scan last ran is now displayed in the overview panel.
  • Bugfixes:
  • In the 'Distribution' tab, the graph did not always take up all available space. This has been fixed.
  • The scans are sorted alphabetically in the drop-down list now.
  • Sometimes the last scan time was incorrectly specified for a scan. This has been fixed.
  • In the details the column 'Annotation' could not be sorted. This has been fixed.
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in SpaceObServer Web Access 2.1.0 Build 467 (Jul 19, 2018)

  • Compatibility:
  • Support for Microsoft Internet Explorer version 9 and 10 has been dropped.
  • Support for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 has been dropped.
  • Features:
  • The web interface is now available in German. On the login page there is a radio button to switch between English and German.
  • In the tab 'Charts' a new button has been added. This button provides options to show certain elements in the treemap.
  • Bugfixes:
  • During an update or reinstallation an error appeared in the Event Viewer under certain circumstances. This error is fixed now.
  • In the Google Chrome browser, the "Save" button for exporting tables or charts sometimes did not respond. The bug is fixed now and the button reacts as expected.
  • When searching for a user in a domain, an exception error occurred if the domain of the machine and the target domain did not have a trust. A suitable notification is displayed now.
  • If a user from another domain logged in to Web Access, under some circumstances an exception error occurred and logon failed. This has been fixed.
  • Some minor improvements and bug fixes have been incorporated into the new version.

New in SpaceObServer Web Access 2.0.0 Build 446 (Mar 6, 2018)

  • New Bitness:
  • The Web Access changes to 64 bit. A 32 bit version is no longer available.
  • Permissions:
  • Web Access now provides a role system. The role system configuration is located in the administrator backend. A role connects multiple Windows accounts or groups with permissions. The Web Access supports nested groups. A user can only log into Web Access when he belongs to a role, either through a connected Windows group or directly through his user account. When a user belongs to multiple roles, then all activated permissions of all belonging roles will be additively combined. Three recommended roles are available as presets. It is possible to add, edit, delete and clone roles. The setup provides an input mask to add users to the administrator role.
  • Web Access caches the group membership of a logged in user for 15 minutes. When the group membership is changed in the Active Directory, then Web Access applies the changes after 15 minutes. In the administrator backend, in the tab 'Information', there is a button to delete the cache and force a reload. After that, Web Access refreshes the cached groups from the Active Directory, during login.
  • When SpaceObServer scans with an activated ACL (Access Control List) and Web Access has enabled the respective option, the displayed data is filtered by the ACL. An ACL-filtered Scan has a blue filter icon as indicator in the folder tree.
  • The setup dialog for the configuration of the admin role now shows a warning when the currently logged-in user is not a member of the administrator role.
  • In the administrator backend, the tab 'Users' has been renamed into 'Licenses'. The controls to register users or set filters to users are no longer available in this tab. The role system is now responsible for these purposes. The tab 'Licenses' now only summarizes all information about used licenses.
  • New Export Functions:
  • It is now possible to export the data in tables in CSV, Excel, TXT, or PDF format.
  • It is now possible to export the images in the tabs 'Charts', 'History' and 'Distributions' in PNG, JPEG, Bitmap, and GIF format.
  • Tables:
  • In the tabs 'Extensions', 'Users' and 'Top100' a dropdown menu provides checkboxes to hide/show columns, these settings are persisted across sessions.
  • The dropdown for tables now provides the horizontal order of columns, these settings are persisted across sessions.
  • In the tabs 'Extensions', 'Users', and 'Top100' the tables show the data noticeably faster.
  • Tables now load only data from the server for fields visible in the window, therefore tables with many datasets display the first results much faster.
  • In the tab 'Extensions', the data in groups is only loaded from the server when users expand groups (Lazy Load). This reduces the initial loading time of the table.
  • If users select rows in tables and switch between the tabs, the rows remain selected.
  • Charts:
  • The history provides new additional information: 'Size', 'Allocated', and 'Average'.
  • The tab 'Charts' provides the 'Tree Map' now.
  • The tab 'History' provides a button to enable/disable a grid now.
  • When users switch between the tabs 'Charts' and 'History' the client does not reload the images from the server again, showing the images from the cache instead.
  • Changed Compatibilities:
  • Web Access requires an installed SpaceObServer with at least version V6.x, which was released on 11th of November, 2017.
  • Bugfix:
  • In the tab 'Details' the columns 'Last Modified' and 'Last Accessed' sometimes displayed the data with a noticeable delay.
  • Switching between the tabs 'Extensions', 'Users', 'Top100' and 'Duplicate Files' sometimes resulted in long waiting times, because server side processes blocked each other.
  • In the tables sometimes negative values were colored green. All negative values are red now.
  • The sorting of some table columns with decimal places was wrong.
  • When users switched the selection of folders in the folder tree between two scans, the 'History' sometimes displayed no data.
  • When SpaceObServer made an update scan, the tab 'Extensions' didn´t show the updated data in the entire session. A re-login was required. The table now shows the updated data after pressing the F5 button.
  • In the tab 'Charts' sometimes the identifier of the x-axis was missing.
  • Miscellaneous:
  • The icons and the appearance have been adapted analogously to SpaceObServer.
  • There a two new items added to the Windows Start Menu: "Configure Administrator Role" and "Configure Database".
  • Some minor improvements and bugfixes have been incorporated.

New in SpaceObServer Web Access 1.4.0 Build 378 (Nov 9, 2017)

  • The Web Access now provides the tab 'Duplicates' where users can investigate file duplicates as in the SpaceObServer.
  • The login mask now shows the checkbox 'Remember me on this computer'. The user remains logged in when he closes and re-opens the browser. Administrators can deactivate this checkbox via the 'WebAccess.config'.
  • A switch between tabs no longer reloads the table content from the server.
  • Vertical scrolling in tables is a little bit faster now.
  • Sorting the directory tree and the tables by size or name is faster now. Data is reloaded from the server only in rare cases.
  • In some table columns percent values are shown as percent bar now.
  • While sorting expensive columns in the 'Details' tab, the progress bar shows the remaining time now.
  • The application specific configuration part in the 'Web.config' file has been moved to the 'WebAccess.config' file. Configurations in these files are no longer overwritten by future updates.
  • Bugfix: The login of the administrator account failed in certain cases and an error message was displayed. This error has been fixed.
  • Bugfix: New scans are displayed now after refreshing the browser (F5). A re-login is no longer necessary to achieve this.
  • Bugfix: In the directory tree, when a checkbox had the state 'mixed' and all other chekboxes at the same level had the state 'checked', then the parent element was wrongly shown as 'checked'. This has been fixed.
  • Some minor improvements and bugfixes have been incorporated.