Avola Releases

Avola 3.2.2.20240403.2 was released on April 3rd, 2024

Avola 3.2.1.20231221.2 was released on December 21st, 2023

Features

New pages have been developed for testing decisions.

• Test Collections

  • The landing page contains search filters to navigate to the proper decision table or decision service.

  • The corresponding overview page depicts test collections.

  • Functionality is available to add new test collections (manual or Excel-based) and to download the corresponding Excel-template.

• Test Scenarios – overview page

  • Opening a test collection shows a dialog window with an overview of the corresponding test scenarios.

  • Functionality is available to add new test scenarios and to run an execution for an individual test scenario or all test scenarios.

  • Highlights of Test Scenario are shown if available: Expectation, Conclusion, Result and last test date.

• Test Scenario – detail page

  • An overview of all input parameters are shown.

  • Scenario details can be adjusted: the name and expectation.

  • Changes to input can be saved and a (new) test can be executed.

  • The expectation, conclusion and result of the test execution will be shown in a dialog window and registered in the topright corner of the Test Scenario page.

  • Details of the Test can be viewed via button ‘View test result’ on the dialog window.

• Test Result

  • This page is similar to Execution Result, including the same full overview of inputs, conclusions and the result with all decision tables.

  • Test details provides additional information regarding the test execution.

  • Test Results can now be viewed via the unique execution key.

• Functionality for Projects has been included in the Business Domains page.

  • New projects can now be conveniently added by a simple wizard when you click on the ‘+’ icon next to Projects.

  • Projects (with the status ‘active’) can be set as working project by clicking on the button next to the corresponding project.

  • The working project can be closed/disabled by clicking on the ‘Disable working project’ button in the bottom right corner of the screen.

• Rebuilding all pages using the new Angular framework has now been completed. The user interface is now fully based on Angular (previously combined with the deprecated Angular JS).

Please note that the menu has several changes:

• The dashboard page has been removed, the new homepage for Avola is the Decision Services overview page.

• Domains is a separate menu-item, containing the Business Domains page.

• The Project menu-item has been removed. Functionality of Projects is now included in the Domains overview page.

• Elements is a new menu-item containing the Business Data, Value Lists, Value Pairs, Knowledge Sources and Regular Expressions pages.

• Decisions contains Decision Services and Decision Tables pages and the new Test page (mentioned earlier).

Please note that Import Decision functionality has been removed.

• Please send us a support ticket if you want to import a decision.

Enhancements and bugfixes

• Performance improvements have been implemented for the Execution Result page. By default, only the top decision table is collapsed instead of all decision tables, ensuring * that the Execution Result page loads and responds faster.

• It is possible to view Avola pages in a headless-style by adding the sting parameter headless=true.

• Fixed an issue where adding a new condition could lead to errors in the decision table.

• Fixed an issue regarding changing the sorting in decision tables.

• An issue has been solved where new conditions based on new business data with type list could not be added.

• The version number shown in the side panel is now correctly shown.

• The hit analysis page has been temporarily disabled. Extended functionality will be introduced in a future release.

• Email notifications for Avola users regarding the approval process for decision service versions now contain the URL to the corresponding decision service page in Avola.

Avola 3.1.2.20231114.1 was released on November 15th, 2023

Features

• Redesign of the overview page for decision tables of a Decision Service version.
  New page for viewing all decision tables of a decision service version.

  • Improved interface by showing the decision tables according to the new style format.

  • Seach filter is available.

  • Alphabetical sorting is available.

• Redesign of ‘Execution Search’.
  New pages for searching executions.

  • Improved visual historic overview of versioning.

  • Dialog page for decision service version with a clear overview of the approval process.

  • Functionality to add comments/notes during the approval/release procedure of a decision service version.

  • Opening executions are now done by opening a new tab page, allowing convenience in opening multiple execution results.

  • User access to executions is now clearly explained.

  • Pre-defined filters are available for date ranges.

  • Executions based on an execution key can be directly accessed. New pages for showing execution results.

  • The header shows a clear depiction of the final conclusion type and final conclusion value.

  • All used, unused or empty inputs are now fully shown providing clarity.

  • Not only the final conclusion, but a full list of (sub)conclusions are now shown including annotations for convenient explanations.

  • Alphabetic sorting is available for inputs, conclusions and decision tables.

  • Seach filter is available for the decision tables shown in the result.

  • Result shows decision tables according to the new style format with a clear distinction between input values and (sub)conclusion values.

  • Errors are now clarified by an explanation in the conclusions overview and red marking in the applicable decision table(s).

Please note that the ‘Insights’ menu has been renamed to ‘Executions’.

Enhancements and bugfixes

• Multiple improvements have been made regarding the performance of Execution Search functionality. (#3200).

• A bug was fixed concerning the type of dropdown that is shown in decision tables based on the operator.

• Decision tables shown in Execution Results with empty cells of the Business Data type lists no longer show the message “Unsupported List operator: ‘undefined’“. (#3168)

• An issue with Execution Count in case of processing high volume executions was fixed.

• Under certain circumstances formulas in Decision Tables depicted operators without Business Data.

• Business Concepts were not always shown in the dropdown while creating new Business Data.

Avola 3.1.1.20231004.3 was released on October 5th, 2023

Features

• New Decision Model
  We have developed an entirely new decision model based on DMN.
  The decision model provides a visual overview of all decision tables, input parameters and knowledge sources used in a decision service.

  • DMN-based model, also known as a Decision Requirements Diagram.

  • View and edit decision tables, input parameters and knowledge sources.
    Currently the new decision model is only available for decision services.
    Please contact Avola Support for any questions on how to use the decision model.

• Redesign of ‘Decision Service’ page
  A new, clear and concise page shows the details of a decision service and its versions.
  
  

  • Improved visual historic overview of versioning.

  • Dialog page for decision service version with a clear overview of the approval process.

  • Functionality to add comments/notes during the approval/release procedure of a decision service version.

• Creating a new Decision Service
  It’s now possible to create a new decision service from the decision services overview page in addition to creating a new decision service from a decision table page.

Enhancements and bugfixes

• Functionality for the search bar has been adjusted to navigate to the new pages for Business Data, Value List, Value Pair and Knowledge Source.

• Dropdowns for selecting an existing list or pair are alphabetically sorted. (#3500)

• An issue has been solved regarding saving changes of a decision table in an environment without tags. (#3446)

• An issue was fixed where list-based search filters without values would be endlessly loading.

• An issue was fixed regarding the Decision Services searchfilter on the Business Data page.

• An issue was fixed where knowledge sources would navigate to an incorrect url.

Avola 3.0.6.20230508.2 was released on May 25rd, 2023

Features

• New search filters functionality
  Extra search filters that have been added in the pages below. The filters are accessible via the button next to the generic search filter. Active search filters are highlighted.

  • Decision Service
    Filters: State, Project, Business Domain

  • Decision Table
    Filters: Business Domain, Tags, Decision Service

  • Business Data
    Filters: Datatype, Business Domain, Business Concept, Decision Service

• Tag functionality revamped
  Tags can be used to mark and/or categorize decision tables. Those decision tables can then be quickly found in the overview page of decision tables.

  • Tags can be directly created, applied and/or edited in the decision table detail page.

  • Applied tags can be viewed in the overview page.

• Redesign of ‘Business Data’ pages and ’Knowledge Source’ pages

  • New, clear and concise overview and detail pages deliver an improved user experience.

Enhancements and bugfixes

• Decision services with the state ‘Inactive’ are now hidden by default in the decision services overview page through the newly added search filter ’State’.

• The overview pages of decision services and decision table have been expanded, using the full width available and the columns have been changed.

• A bug was fixed that occurred while deselecting all items in a list cell.

• A bug was fixed that occurred while trying to export a decision service in JSON format from a Firefox browser (#2872 & #3524).

• An issue with Execution Count functionality was fixed.

• An issue with refreshing data in the advanced edit while switching between cells was fixed.

• The alignment of the ’Add a new condition’ page has been changed.

• Verbs have been removed as a menu-item, page and selectable field.