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BETA Features

BETA Features

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Last updated: yesterday at 2:09 pm
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Overview

A BETA Feature is a pre-release version of a function or tool that is still in development and undergoing testing, and to allow user feedback against real-world testing they become included in the product as standard.

While BETA features provide an opportunity to explore new capabilities and influence future improvements, they may contain bugs, incomplete functionality, or unexpected behavior.

 

Users should proceed with caution when using BETA features, as they may not be fully functional, could change without notice, and may not yet be supported for critical workflows. It is recommended to test these features in non-production environments and report any issues to help improve the final version - especially before enabling them within a Production instance.

 

Available BETA Features

  1. New Category Objects

    1. NEW_CO_SHOW

  2. Performance Change (PDF Generated From Client Browser Rather Than Server)

    1. BROWSER_PDF_EXPORT

  3. Allow Child Connections

    1. CONNECTION_INHERITANCE

  4. Allow The Export of Child Connections

    1. EXPORT_FOR_CONNECTION_INHERITANCE

  5. Custom Fields

    1. CUSTOM_FIELDS

 

How To Check Which BETA Features Are Currently Enabled

To check the current BETA feature configuration in your Repository, simply run the following SQL statement - which will check the PANCREDIT_PARAMETERS table when the data is held;

 

SELECT PANCREDIT_PARAMETERS.ENABLED_BETA_FEATURES from PANCREDIT_PARAMETERS

 

How To Enable BETA Features

 

To manage BETA feature in use with the dashboard, you can now define these using two methods;

 

  1. Update Dashboard Repository DB

  2. Updating Through The GUI

 

  1. Update Dashboard Repository DB

Update the dashboard repository/database either using a database management tool like DBEAVER or on the database container using SQL.

 

Adding A Single Feature (With No Other Features Currently Enabled)

Below is an example of how the New Category Objects feature would need to be defined, when adding it as single BETA Feature

UPDATE pancredit_parameters SET ENABLED_BETA_FEATURES = 'NEW_CO_SHOW';

 

Adding Multiple Features (With No Other Features Currently Enabled)

Should you wish to add a couple of BETA Features at once, the example below showcases adding the New Category Objects and Customer Fields features at the same time;

UPDATE pancredit_parameters SET ENABLED_BETA_FEATURES = ‘NEW_CO_SHOW’, ‘CUSTOM_FIELDS’;

 

Adding More Features To Already Enabled Features

Should you already have other BETA Features enabled, you can add to this list using a statement in line with that described below. In this example, we are adding the New Category Objects feature to a list of other features that have already been enabled;

UPDATE pancredit_parameters SET ENABLED_BETA_FEATURES = CONCAT(ENABLED_BETA_FEATURES, ',NEW_CO_SHOW');

 

  1. Updating Through The GUI

You can now (since the 2025_03 release) edit the PANCREDIT_PARAMETERS.ENABLE_BETA_FEATURES column through the application.

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It is a comma separated list, which is constructed using the values mentioned in BETA Features | Available BETA Features