{"id":69460,"date":"2024-10-30T12:31:36","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T04:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/?page_id=69460"},"modified":"2026-08-13T22:33:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T14:33:58","slug":"explorer-release-4-18","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/p2-explorer\/explorer-releases\/explorer-release-4-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Explorer Release 4.18"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"intro-text\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-67352 size-full alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Explorer_100.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"101\" height=\"101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Explorer_100.png 101w, https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Explorer_100-48x48.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 101px) 100vw, 101px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"intro-text\">IFS OI Explorer version 4.18 includes:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"intro-text\">\n<li>IFS branding is being rolled out<\/li>\n<li>Retention policy added to manage data mart size<\/li>\n<li>Explorer security includes multi-federated delegation support for APAC cloud<\/li>\n<li>A case can be added from a trend hairline<\/li>\n<li>Embedded trend a tab in case dialogs<\/li>\n<li>Links on a tab in case dialogs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"page-subheading\">IFS Branding Applied<\/h2>\n<p class=\"intro-text\">The IFS brand is being incrementally applied across the different applications and documentation. In this release you will see changes to the about box, installers and the logo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"intro-text\"><em>Explorer About Box:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image001-2.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-69462\" src=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image001-2-600x413.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image001-2-600x413.png 600w, https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image001-2-768x529.png 768w, https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image001-2-150x103.png 150w, https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image001-2-48x33.png 48w, https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image001-2.png 861w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"intro-text\"><em>Sentinel installation wizard:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image002-2.png\" rel=\"lightbox-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-69463\" src=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image002-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image002-2.png 408w, https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image002-2-150x103.png 150w, https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image002-2-48x33.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"page-subheading\">Retention Policy to Manage Data Mart Size<\/h2>\n<p class=\"intro-text\">A retention policy designed to manage the size of the data mart and improve performance, has been added. The policy enables the length of time data is retained for to be configured in Server Management or the <em>svr.Server<\/em> database table.<\/p>\n<p class=\"intro-text\"><em>Retention policy configuration in data mart in Server Management:<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"intro-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image001-1.png\" rel=\"lightbox-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-69444\" src=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image001-1-600x137.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image001-1-600x137.png 600w, https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image001-1-768x175.png 768w, https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image001-1-150x34.png 150w, https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image001-1-1080x246.png 1080w, https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image001-1-48x11.png 48w, https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image001-1.png 1198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"intro-text\">Additional settings allow the policy to be configured to run automatically at a set time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"intro-text\"><em>Retention policy properties in svr.Server table in the database:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image002-1.png\" rel=\"lightbox-3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-69445\" src=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image002-1-600x210.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image002-1-600x210.png 600w, https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image002-1-768x269.png 768w, https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image002-1-150x53.png 150w, https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image002-1-48x17.png 48w, https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image002-1.png 773w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"page-subheading\">Explorer Security - Multi-Federated Delegation Support Required for APAC Cloud<\/h2>\n<p class=\"intro-text\">We have added support for multi access delegation to more than a single Entra directory. This will help users who have third parties accessing our hosted environments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"intro-text\"><em>AppAllowedDelegateDirectoryId<\/em> has been renamed to <em>AppAllowedDelegateDirectoryIds<\/em> to allow a list of directory IDs for delegation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"intro-text\">It is necessary to backup <strong>serverconfig.xml<\/strong> before upgrading, as the existing value will not be retrofitted automatically into the list structure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"intro-text\">Example structure:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Snag_1ae40f56.png\" rel=\"lightbox-4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-69481\" src=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Snag_1ae40f56-600x144.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Snag_1ae40f56-600x144.png 600w, https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Snag_1ae40f56-150x36.png 150w, https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Snag_1ae40f56-48x12.png 48w, https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Snag_1ae40f56.png 734w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"page-subheading\">Create a Case from a Trend<\/h2>\n<p class=\"intro-text\">A case can be easily created from a trend with the addition of the <em>new case<\/em> button on the trend hairline. Using the button will save time as the user is taken directly to a new case entry dialog.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image009.png\" rel=\"lightbox-5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-69465\" src=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image009.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image009.png 419w, https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image009-107x150.png 107w, https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image009-34x48.png 34w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"intro-text\">The button is only displayed when the trace is of an entity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"intro-text\">The system field Event Time has been added to case entry forms and will be used initially to save the date and time of the trend hairline, from which the case was created.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image011.png\" rel=\"lightbox-6\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-69466\" src=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image011-600x298.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image011-600x298.png 600w, https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image011-150x75.png 150w, https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image011-48x24.png 48w, https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image011.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"left-bar-blue\">Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/p2-explorer\/trends\/hairlines\/\">Trend Hairlines<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"page-subheading\">Embedded Trend in Case Dialog<\/h2>\n<p class=\"intro-text\">When a case is created using the <em>new<\/em> case button on a trend\u2019s hairline, the trend can be viewed as an embedded trend in the case entry dialog. This feature means that users can quickly see the case in context.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image013.png\" rel=\"lightbox-7\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-69467\" src=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image013-600x361.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image013-600x361.png 600w, https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image013-768x463.png 768w, https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image013-150x90.png 150w, https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image013-1080x650.png 1080w, https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image013-48x29.png 48w, https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image013.png 1212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"intro-text\">The embedded trend has a movable hairline, a read only mini trace table and the option to open the full-sized trend.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"page-subheading\">Links in Case Dialog<\/h2>\n<p class=\"intro-text\">Template links can now also be found under a Links tab in the case entry dialog, making it easy for users to access links relevant to a case.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image015.png\" rel=\"lightbox-8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-69469\" src=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image015-600x242.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image015-600x242.png 600w, https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image015-768x310.png 768w, https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image015-150x61.png 150w, https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image015-1080x436.png 1080w, https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image015-48x19.png 48w, https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image015.png 1138w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"intro-text\">The Links tab is displayed when an entity with links is selected, and the entry has been saved.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"page-subheading\">Configuration File Changes<\/h2>\n<p class=\"intro-text\">The following changes have been made to the <strong>ServerConfig.xml<\/strong> file, located at:<\/p>\n<p class=\"intro-text\">C:\\Program Files\\P2 Energy Solutions\\P2 Explorer\\Configuration\\<\/p>\n<p class=\"intro-text\">Group Security.Azure:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Snag_1ad9a2c1.png\" rel=\"lightbox-9\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-69471\" src=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Snag_1ad9a2c1-600x116.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Snag_1ad9a2c1-600x116.png 600w, https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Snag_1ad9a2c1-768x149.png 768w, https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Snag_1ad9a2c1-150x29.png 150w, https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Snag_1ad9a2c1-48x9.png 48w, https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Snag_1ad9a2c1.png 1016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"intro-text\">Group Data Layer:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Snag_1add117a.png\" rel=\"lightbox-10\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-69474\" src=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Snag_1add117a-600x83.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Snag_1add117a-600x83.png 600w, https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Snag_1add117a-768x106.png 768w, https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Snag_1add117a-150x21.png 150w, https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Snag_1add117a-48x7.png 48w, https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Snag_1add117a.png 1013w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"intro-text\">Group RulesEngine:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Snag_1addd98d.png\" rel=\"lightbox-11\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-69475\" src=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Snag_1addd98d-600x110.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Snag_1addd98d-600x110.png 600w, https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Snag_1addd98d-768x141.png 768w, https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Snag_1addd98d-150x27.png 150w, https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Snag_1addd98d-48x9.png 48w, https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Snag_1addd98d.png 1016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"page-subheading\">Event Time Field Added to Case Entry Forms<\/h2>\n<p class=\"intro-text\">The Event Time system field has been added to case entry forms. In existing forms Event Time is defaulted to Now in Server Management, in new forms no default has been set.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IFS OI Explorer version 4.18 includes IFS branding being rolled out, retention policy added to manage data mart size, Explorer security includes multi-federated delegation support for APAC cloud, a case can be added from a trend hairline,  embedded trend a tab in case dialogs and links a tab in case dialogs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/p2-explorer\/explorer-releases\/explorer-release-4-18\/\">Read more<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":67352,"parent":28831,"menu_order":26,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69460","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-release-notes","Version-4-18","Product-ex"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69460"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70312,"href":"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69460\/revisions\/70312"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28831"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}