Support services for InSite Lite will end in September 2021. Until that time, the feature will enter the "Extended Support" state, during which BiZZdesign will limit support to priority 1 and 2 issues.

TP-11075

The sign-in page that is available when using an Azure AD or SAML 2 integration for user synchronization and authentication, has been simplified. The fields for username, password, and forget password, and the associated sign-in button are now hidden behind a Use a different account link so that the standard SSO sign-in button is the only one visible by default.

TP-11192

The Find and Advanced find functions have been optimized, generally causing searches to return results more quickly. The actual speed improvements may vary, depending on search parameters, type of model package searched, and whether or not a search was done before in the same session.

In addition, the legacy Save as viewpoint button was removed from the Advanced find window; searches should be stored for later use by saving the automatically created unsaved viewpoint to the model.

TP-11073

It is now possible to export all users, along with their basic information including roles, from the Users page in the Team Server to a CSV file. The export can be made using the export button on the page. The button is only visible to users with the Administrator or System Administrator role.

TP-11140

The license settings page that was previously only accessible to System Administrator users is now also available to Administrator users. This makes the license settings page also accessible to users working with a hosted Team Server. The license settings page can be accessed via Settings > License.

The license settings page shows the current situation with respect to the license and numbers about the use of seats (users) in the tool license, including how many are used and a possible shortage of seats.

For more information, please refer to Viewing license information in the Team Server.

TP-9961

The UML metamodel has been extended with the UML communication diagram. The communication diagram is a kind of interaction diagram that shows interactions between objects and/or parts (represented as lifelines) using sequenced messages in a free-form arrangement. The communication diagram corresponds to a simple sequence diagram without structuring mechanisms such as interaction uses and combined fragments. To create a communication diagram, a new diagram type "Communication diagram" is available in the UML model.

Example of a communication diagram:

TP-10954

To facilitate navigating cross-model relations from and to BPMN processes via the canvas, a navigation control has been made available for BPMN diagrams. The control will become visible in the diagram once a cross-model relation has been created from an element in a model of a different metamodel to the BPMN diagram (process, collaboration, or choreography), or the other way around (via the model browser).

TP-10764

When importing data using a ServiceNow connection, both the display values and actual values for the entire data set are fetched, but only the actual values were imported into the model in Enterprise Studio. As of now, the display values can also be imported. To enable this, the Import display value option needs to be activated at the import options for a mapping relation. See also Creating a ServiceNow connection.

TP-10939

The current version (date) of HoriZZon is now shown in HoriZZon. To view it, click the user profile icon, and then click About.

TP-11099

Performance improvements have been made to processing model packages with many views to HoriZZon.

TP-10956

A custom navigation control can be defined for some object using the Metamodeler, to link one or more other objects and to navigate to these linked objects. A custom navigation control can only be created in the BPMN metamodel and can be used on objects in BPMN models to link to objects in models of other metamodels, but also within BPMN models.  Multiple navigation controls can be created for one object. Example of a custom navigation control for BPMN tasks, referring to ArchiMate application components:

For more information, please refer to Creating a custom navigation control.

TP-10964

It is now possible to configure the default roles (Lead Designer, Designer, Contributor, or Consumer) for users being provisioned using identity provider Azure AD. If you do not use group authentication or are not able to upon user provisioning, you can specify one or more default roles for all users to provide them access.

Defining the default roles  can be done on the Team Server authentication settings page for Azure AD. This page is only accessible to users who have the System Administrator role.  Please take note that the settings are only available in an on-premise installation of the Team Server. If you are working with a hosted Team Server, please provide the roles that you want to assign when contacting BiZZdesign Support for configuring the Team Server.

TP-10683

The error messages that may appear when using ADOdb for importing Excel files have been improved to better indicate errors due to ADOdb limits.

TP-10929

When creating a new object on a diagram or view, Enterprise Studio checks if the object matches existing objects in the model package, and if so, the new object can be matched to an existing one. Previously the entire model package was checked for matching objects. This is still the case, however, it is now possible to exclude parts of a model package from matching by configuring the scope for matching. Models and top-level folders can be excluded from matching.

Models and folders can be excluded from matching by deactivating the allow matching property on the Properties tab of the model or folder. When new objects are created on a diagram or view, the excluded parts of the model packages are not checked for matching objects.

For more information, please refer to Excluding models and folders from object matching.

TP-10855

If you are working with an on-premise installation of the Team Server, using MSSQL, and using integrated security for the Team Server, you need to download a new JDBC driver for the Team Server before updating it to the new version. For more information and instructions, please refer to Enterprise Studio release-specific required actions.

TP-10666, TP-10749, TP-10879

HoriZZon now has a new homepage for welcoming the user. The new homepage includes the following sections with favorite, popular, and last updated views. Additionally, the views  show to which site they belong. The design of the HoriZZon pages has also been updated, including a new header, style of titles and breadcrumbs located in the header. In addition, on the right in the header is a separate entrance for notifications and one for the user profile, language settings, and configuration download.

For more information and a demo, see also the BiZZdesign blog: https://bizzdesign.com/blog/a-new-home-for-horizzon/.

TP-10823

On behalf of consistency and better visibility of several site functions, the following changes have been made:

• The More Options control on view pages and inspect pages , and on the Properties panel of selected elements  has been replaced by separate buttons. The Explore, Inspect, and workflow functions now have their own button.
  
  
  
  
• The More Options control for an element's property in the Properties panel has moved from left to the right of a property. All property controls are now located on the right of a property.
  
  

TP-10605

It is now possible to configure the default roles (Lead Designer, Designer, Contributor, and Consumer) for users being provisioned using a SAML2 enabled identity provider. If you do not use group authentication or are not able to upon user provisioning, you can specify one or more default roles for all users to provide them access.

Defining the default roles  can be done on the Team Server authentication settings page for SAML 2.0. This page is only accessible to users who have the System Administrator role.  Please take note that the settings are only available in an on-premise installation of the Team Server. If you are working with a hosted Team Server, please provide the roles that you want to assign when contacting BiZZdesign Support for configuring the Team Server.

TP-10694

When a shared model package or project is closed or when Enterprise Studio exits and there is work that has not been committed yet, Enterprise Studio will now inform the user about this. The user has the option to close the model package or project without committing (the default), not closing and checking these changes, or just cancel the operation. If the user does not react to the question, the model package or project is automatically closed without committing the changes after 30 seconds.

For more information, please refer to Committing changes to a model package or project.

TP-10705

To be able to delegate administrative tasks in the Team Server further, it is now possible to grant users group manage permissions. It can be given to members of a group and can be done by users who have the Administrator role or have manage permissions for that group. A user with group manage permissions can perform the following actions:

• Add members to the group and remove them from the group.
• Change the name and description of the group.
• Grant group manage permissions to other members of the group and remove these permissions.

Please take note that adding and removing members and changing the group name and description can ONLY be done for native Team Server groups. These are groups that have been created in the Team Server. It is not possible for groups that have been added to the Team Server through provisioning via an external identity provider (Azure AD, SAML, etc.).

A user can be granted group manage permissions via the group page or the new group members page:

There can be multiple users with group manage permissions in one group. Once a user who is granted manage permissions for a group is no longer a member of that group, he or she will automatically lose his or her manage permissions for that group.

For more information about group manage permissions for users, please refer to Granting users group manage permissions.

TP-10706, TP-10963

When a shared model package or project is opened in Enterprise Studio and there are contributions from other users available that have not yet been applied to the model package or project, Enterprise Studio will now ask the user if they want to update the model package or project with these contributions upon opening.

For more information, please refer to Opening a model package from the Team Server and Opening a project from the Team Server.

TP-10795

To be able to delegate administrative tasks in the Team Server further, it is now possible to grant users manage permissions for collaborations (i.e., model packages and projects). It can be given to individual users who are directly invited to a model package or project (so not group invitations). Granting the permissions can be done by users who have the Administrator role or have manage permissions for that model package or project. A user with manage permissions for a model package or project can perform the following actions (in addition to permissions that are implied by being invited):

• Revoke other users' invitations to the model package or project.
• Revoke group invitations to the model package or project.
• Remove other users' claims for the model package or project.
• Change other users' access to the model package or project.
• Grant manage permissions to other users who are directly invited to the model package or project and remove these permissions.

A user can be granted collaboration manage permissions via the model package or project overview page. Example:

Users who create a model package or project automatically receive the manage permissions for that model package or project. There can be multiple users with manage permissions for a specific model package or project. Once a user who is granted manage permissions for a model package or project is no longer invited to that model package or project, he or she will automatically lose his or her manage permissions for that collaboration.

For more information about collaboration manage permissions for users, please refer to Granting users manage permissions for a model package or project.

TP-10887

List pages in the Team Server administration pages, like the user list page and model package list page, have a search box for searching/filtering items in these lists. It can be done by entering a search term. Now you can also use query-based search on these pages: Users, Groups, Members, Model packages, and Projects. With query-based search, you can combine a specific filter name and value in the search box, making searching and filtering more powerful.

An example: When entering only a search term on the Users page, the names and e-mail addresses are scanned for this value. To limit the results, a filter name can be included in the search box. By entering name: followed by the value, only the users' names are scanned for the value, not the e-mail addresses. Also, searching for a specific role that users have is not possible by only using a search term. It is possible using a query-based search. By entering role: followed by the role name, the list is scanned for users with that role. Entering role:designer will show all users who have that role.

Following filter names can be used:

Users, groups, members: name:, description:, role:

Model packages, projects: name: and description:

When running Enterprise Studio Online in the Windows Client application, there is now support for native application mode. Functionally, the native application mode has no additional value to the Windows Client application, it is mainly a visual change: Enterprise Studio Online opens in its own window and functions in the same way as a locallly installed application. Also, the Activity Console, and integrated file explorer and web browser open in their own application windows and look as if they were running locally.  The native application mode is not supported on resolutions higher than 2560x1440. Make sure that you are using the latest version of the Windows Client application.

The native application mode can be activated via the session toolbar by clicking Settings > Switch to native application mode.

TP-10381, TP-10424

The Appstream Windows Client application, available since the 20 December 2019 release, for running Enterprise Studio Online, can now also be used when running HoriZZon in Mozilla Firefox.

If the preference is set to using the Windows Client application for running Enterprise Studio Online but the Windows Client application is not installed yet, clicking the Enterprise Studio Online button in HoriZZon will generate an error message with a link to the support page about the Windows Client application, or a default message informing that no app is installed.

TP-10270

The following improvements and changes have been made to the Enterprise Studio user interface.

Functional changes

• The ribbon now has an Expert mode and a Simple mode. The Expert mode is similar to the old ribbon in previous releases. In Simple mode, only a number of basic commands on the regular ribbon tabs (File, View, Report (new), and Window) are available in the ribbon. In Expert mode, there is also the (new) Advanced ribbon tab, and the additional metamodel-specific tabs when a model is open. The Expert mode can be toggled via the switch to the right of the ribbon tabs.
  
  For users who have already worked with an earlier version of Enterprise Studio, the ribbon is automatically set to Expert mode. New Enterprise Studio users start with the Simple mode as default.
  
  
  
  
• The properties in the Properties window now have a context menu with options for directly generating a color view or label view on the selected property. Right-clicking a property will show the context menu. The menu options not only allow generating the view filter on but also deactivating it. In addition, a similar color view or label view can be generated via the Navigator for elements.
  
            
  
  
• The Line color function on the Home ribbon tab (Markup group) is now always enabled for lines, regardless of the application setting Derive line color from fill color. This setting only affects objects. The setting and the line color function do not apply to node graphics (like junctions).
  
  
• The behavior of the Navigator pane now follows the application setting Double-click in model browser to open diagram, reacting the same way the model browser does based on this setting.

Relocations and rearrangements

• The commands in the Markup group on the Home ribbon tab have been rearranged. Additionally, the labels of the commands have been removed.
  
  
  
  
• The command groups on the View ribbon tab have been rearranged and within the View filter group, the order of the view filters has changed.
  
  
  
  
• The ribbon has been extended with 2 new tabs Report and Advanced. The latter is only available in Expert mode.
  
  The Report ribbon tab includes the functions for reporting to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and the create poster function. The reporting functions have been relocated from the metamodel-specific ribbon tabs Amber, ArchiMate and BPMN. The create poster function has been added to the ribbon tab, in addition to the existing command in the Backstage menu (via Print).
  
  
  
  The Advanced ribbon tab includes the Translation table, model inspection functions, the Links table, Derive Relations functions, and Query Tool entry. The Translation table, Links table, and Query Tool have been relocated from the Home ribbon tab, the model inspection and derive relations functions have been relocated from the View ribbon tab.
  
  
  
  
• The function for changing the active model language has been relocated from the Home tab (Language group) to the left corner of the application status bar. By clicking the language you can select a different language, if available.
  
  
  
  
• The control for changing the application theme that was located at the right top of the ribbon has been removed. Instead, the option for changing the theme is now available at the General settings of the Enterprise Studio Options.
  
  

Renaming

• The Backstage menu item Report has been renamed to Publish.
  
  
• The commands Property Table and Cross-reference Table on the Home ribbon tab (Tables group) are now called Properties and Cross-references.
  
  
• The Icons command on the Home ribbon tab (Markup group) is now called Image.
  
  
• The Add modeling conventions  function on the Quality ribbon tab ( Conventions group) has been renamed to Set modeling conventions .

Visual changes

• The arrow control for expanding and collapsing the model package at the top level in the model browser has been removed. The model package can now be collapsed and expanded by double-clicking its name so that sorting and resetting the package tree are still possible.
  
  
• The + and - controls in the tree structure of the Properties window for expanding and collapsing properties have been replaced by arrow controls.

Removals

• The Next Diagram and Previous Diagram commands have been removed from the Window ribbon tab (Diagram group).
  
  
• The Tip of the day functionality has been removed from Enterprise Studio.
  
  
• The commands Undo, Redo, Delete, and Select all have been removed from the Home ribbon tab (group Editing). Deleting data from a diagram or view remains possible using the Delete or Backspace key. Selecting all data in a diagram or view remains possible using the Ctrl+A shortcut. Undoing and redoing operations can be performed using the Quick Access toolbar.

TP-10308

The automatically derived line color of ArchiMate objects has been refreshed. The way the line color is derived from the background color has been improved, in Enterprise Studio as well as HoriZZon. Also, the color of the icon in an object now follows the color of the font in the object.

TP-10498, TP-10564

A new ArchiMate Total view has been introduced which uses a new fresher color scheme. The new view, called Total view new style, is available next to the old Total view, now called Total view classic.

The old Total view and the rest of the view types keep their original color scheme. Existing views will keep their original or customized colors.  Some of the ArchiMate example models and template models have been updated to fit the new color scheme. The standard template "Empty model with total view" now includes the classic and new style Total view.

For more information, please refer to Creating ArchiMate models using the new style color scheme.

TP-10498

To show a more complete overview of the features Enterprise Studio offers for ArchiMate modeling, the ArchiSurance TOGAF example model has been extended with the following:

• various examples of business and strategy views, including a strategy analysis with portfolios
• example of capability-based planning, including analysis with portfolios
• example of product management, including portfolios
• example of a basic table chart

TP-10421

As of this release, views of a site are by default sorted by popularity ("Number of hits"). Previously, the default sorting was by name. Sorting options "Name" and "Last modified" are also still available.

TP-10529

As of this release, a new feature for sharing view is available at request to try out. In addition to the existing feature of sharing views via hyperlinks (since the 20 December release), there is a possibility to include views in SharePoint and Confluence pages by embedding the views. Embedded views can be viewed by anyone who has access to the respective SharePoint or Confluence page. Accessing a view in HoriZZon from the SharePoint or Confluence page is only allowed for HoriZZon users who have the Consumer role.  Security of the sharing feature can be enhanced by specifying a list or range of allowed IP addresses (IP allowlisting).

Example of a view embedded in a SharePoint page:

The sharing by  embedding feature including allowlisting is currently only available at request. If you are interested, please contactBiZZdesign Support. If you prefer to use allowlisting, please also provide the IP addresses.

For more information about the sharing functionality, please refer to the support page Embedding HoriZZon content outside HoriZZon and BiZZdesign blog Unleash the power of HoriZZon on SharePoint & Confluence.

TP-10461, TP-10553

The model packages overview page in the Team Server administration pages now shows for each model package the date it was last updated instead of the creation date. Also, it is now possible to sort the model packages and projects by their last updated date.

TP-5434

Before, setting a specific or persistent color palette for a color view in Enterprise Studio required using a script. From now on, w hen selecting different colors in a generated color view, these colors will be persisted and applied the next time the (saved) color viewpoint is reactivated for a view. In addition, controls have been added to the color view legend to reset  the changed colors, and to deactivate  the color (or label) view from there. For more information, please refer to Customizing the colors of a color view.

Example of a color view with default colors (left) and customized colors (right):