Rons Data Stream - Product History

Current Version (2021.03.06.1047)

• CSV 'Escape Character' support added.
• Output file split option added.

• UNC path issue fixed.
• Various bug fixes.

Version 2021.02.28.1645

• Azure Blob Container support added.

• Various bug fixes.

Version 2021.02.20.1533

• 'Refresh' button added to 'Preview' side panel for sources that refresh slowly (for example tables in web pages).
• 'Preview' processed (output) view enabled when no 'Cleaner' selected.
• 'Preview' flow improved.

• External 'Cleaner' in 'Job' switching to embedded 'Cleaner' fixed.
• 'Quick Job' fixed.
• 'Preview' refresh on 'Quick Job' already open in 'Preview' fixed.

Version 2021.02.17.0850

• Product renamed to 'Rons Data Stream'.
• Data Stream Pro/Lite introduced.

• None.

Version 2021.01.15.0902

• New Data Tools window added.
• 'Merge CSV Files Horizontally' added to Data Tools.
• 'Append extra line' added to all text output formatters.
• New line options added to all text output formatters.
• New line in cell options added to CSV output formatter.
• 'Split Row' rule added to 'Row Processors'.

• Various bug fixes.

Version 2020.09.10.1716

• None.

• Various bug fixes.

Version 2020.08.30.1303

• Data Preview added for text output targets.
• Data Preview flow improved.
• Missing JSON data types added.

• Various bug fixes.

Version 2020.08.20.1047

• Text template Output Format dialects added for CSV, HTML, JSON and SQL Server (part two).

• Various bug fixes.

Version 2020.08.13.0857

• SQL Server source added.
• Data pipeline updated to handle multiple data types.

• Data mapping fixes.
• Various bug fixes.

Version 2020.07.23.1051

• Text template Output Format added (part one).

• Empty source crash in Preview fixed.
• Changing to Embedded Cleaner issue fixed.
• Parquet target fixed.
• Various bug fixes.

Version 2020.07.02.1101

• Job Result Preview side panel added to Main Window.
• Job Result Preview improved to add all related components.
• Preview Window job results removed.
• Cell Change side panel added to Preview Window.
• Maximum cell size before parsing error now configurable - added to the CSV source.
• Replace regular expression handling improved for empty matches.

• Multi tab issues fixed.
• Detecting change in Embedded Cleaner as part of Job issue fixed.
• Various bug fixes.

Version 2020.02.25.0734

• Updated to use .net Framework 4.7.

• None.

Version 2019.09.18.0954

• Product name changed to 'Rons Data Stream'.

• None.

Version 2019.09.13.1142

• Added 'Skip Rule' option to 'If Table Exists' option in SQL table output format.

• None.

Version 2019.09.11.1419

• Job step identifiers added to variable processing.
• Type support added to JSON.
• Type support added to Parquet.
• Better status output added to Command line execution.

• Parquet issue fixed in the install.
• Various bug fixes.

Version 2019.09.06.1607

• Data type handling added to SQL Server and SQLite output formats.
• Add Column rule updated to set output data types.
• Update Column rule introduced, for setting output data types.
• Data Stream processor grouping added in the editor.

• Various bug fixes.

Current Version (2019.09.02.1240)

• Command line variables introduced.
• Internal variable engine improved.

• None.

Version 2019.08.02.0905

• Portable version introduced.

• None.

Version 2019.07.22.1645

• None.

• Main window close bug fixed.

Version 2019.05.27.1142

• Cleaner file extension changed to avoid conflict.

• None.

Version 2019.05.24.1443

• Embedding Cleaners in jobs added to make one click jobs easier.
• Shared Cleaners between jobs added.
• Local files removed from Preview window (use Quick Job instead).
• Default SQL table output type changed for greater flexibility.
• Job and Cleaner icons added in Explorer for more clarity.

• None.

Version 2019.05.21.1529

• SQLite output format added.
• Parquet output format added.

• None.

Version 2019.05.17.0950

• SQL Tables options added for table lifetime control.

• None.

Version 2019.05.16.1826

• JSON output added.
• XML output improved.

• SQL empty and badly formatted columns handled.
• SQL bugs fixed.

Version 2019.05.15.1705

• Copy added to Job rules outside of main Job edit.
• Raw data source view added to Preview Window.
• Improved error handling fetching source in Preview Window.
• Some GUI tidy up.

• Various bug fixes.

Version 2019.05.13.1324

• XML Source Profile added.
• JSON Source Profile added.
• Skip lines added to CSV source.
• Add skipped lines added to CSV target.
• CSV parser made more resilient.

• Various bug fixes.

Version 2019.05.08.1602

• Add invert option to all filters.
• Empty column match expression now matches empty columns.

• Various bug fixes.

Version 2019.4.29.1436

• Code signing certificate changed to 'Rons Place Software'.

• None.

Version 2019.4.29.1436

• HTTP Source Location added.
• HTML table Source Profile added.

• None.

Version 2019.04.09.0844

• Significant overhaul of Quick Job to better fit work flow.

• None.

Version 2019.03.22.1405

• Import for Fill lookup rule added.
• Import for Replace lookup rule added.

• File find in job execute fixed.
• Handling of zero files found in job execute improved.

Version 2019.03.17.1431

• Fill lookup rule added.
• Replace lookup rule added.

• None.

Version 2019.03.10.1719

• Command line execution added.

• None.

Version 2019.03.08.1743

• Data change logging added to Cleaner rules.

• None.

Version 2019.02.26.1322

• Initial Beta release.

• None.