October 2020 Dashboard Release Notes
Release Date Oct 30, 2020
pi.2020-10-29
Dec 13, 2021 - in response to a Java security vulnerability around Log4J2, this version of the dashboard needs to be updated to a version from our patched November 21 (inclusive) - or mitigating actions taken to provide security assurances - more information can be found HERE
Release Video
Release Highlights
Added
PANINT-8530 The data connection used and the chart ID is now displayed when hovering on a chart title in the chart library screen.
Dashboard
PANINT-8726 Export configuration from the port selector in the correct format for the new configuration tool
Configuration
CFGTOOL-2 Added beta version of new configuration command line tool (configuration-tool(.exe) in Dashboard), ultimately replacing port selector
Configuration
CFGTOOL-3 Added beta version of new configuration gui tool, (configuration-tool-GUI(.AppImage)|(.exe)) ultimately replacing the port selector
Configuration
Click here to see more information about this new feature on the release video.
Changed
PANINT-8722 - The dashboard will now update its own repository data connection if it detects a change on disk
Dashboard
PANINT-8769 - sameSite
cookie security setting defaults to strict
. This means new deployments that want to use embedding with auto-login functionalities or oAuth providers must change this to none
or lax
. (see detail)
Additionally, there are two new environment variables to configure this:
Variable | Description |
---|---|
| This needs to be |
| One of |
Automated deployments using any auto-login capabilities (while embedding) and/or oAuth must set the above variables accordingly.
If your dashboard is being served by HTTPS via a reverse proxy or a load balancer, you must also set
PI_PROXY_IS_SECURE=true
.
Deployment
Known Issues
Due to browser security improvements, embedding in other applications and/or using OpenID Connect authentication will from now on require HTTPS and additional cookie configuration in the new configuration tool.
Configuration
Due to browser security improvements, embedding charts in other applications using Chrome may require HTTPS and extra cookie configuration. Support can provide further assistance if required.
Configuration
Screenshot
The following screenshot shows the configuration settings:
Fixed
PANINT-8805 - Getting metadata on Postgres connections should work again.
Dashboard
PANINT-8723 - When user has debugging permissions, and using debug tools to inspect Category Filters, the SQL to generate the list of data is now present as a hidden html element for debugging
Dashboard
PANINT-8399 - Previously when using a top filter on charts or tables that contained multi dimensions there was a problem with how the filters were displayed when the top filter was one of these dimensions.
Dashboard
PANINT-8711 Fixed variable replacement for images in a pi Report. This means now you can use e.g. [[LOGO]]
as an image in a report, and [[LOGO]]
will be replaced by a variable set up for the user that views the report.
pi Reports
PANINT-8690 If a forgotten password email is requested for an email address which does not exist then there is no longer an error; the sent email page is displayed.
Dashboard
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