PolyWorks|ReportLoop™

for Excel
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Release Notes
2022/01/31
PolyWorks|ReportLoop
Contents

4 Compatibility

4 2021 IR9

4 2021 IR8

4 2021 IR6.1

4 2021 IR6

5 2021 IR5

5 2021 IR4

6 2021 IR3

6 2021 IR2.1

6 2021 IR2

7 2021 IR0

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 Compatibility

Compatibility
The following table lists the compatibility with each version of PolyWorks|ReportLoop™ for Excel at the time of
writing these release notes.

PolyWorks Metrology Suite

PolyWorks|ReportLoop for
PolyWorks|Inspector and
Excel
PolyWorks|Reviewer

2021 IR0 or later 2021 IR0 or later

2021 IR9
 Fixed issue:

 An issue preventing access to snapshots from a control view when there were no controls has been fixed.

2021 IR8
 PolyWorks|ReportLoop now supports Dutch.

 Fixed issue:

 An issue has been fixed when using the Add pieces by Workbook functionality, if the name of the
destination workbook already exists and the workbook is opened in another Excel instance.

2021 IR6.1
 Fixed issue:

 The code signing certificate has been updated.

2021 IR6
 The language used in PolyWorks|Inspector does not affect the control properties in object property formulas.

 Fixed issue:

 Reports generated by the Measurement System Analysis toolbar in PolyWorks|Inspector are now
available in languages other than English when updating data in PolyWorks|ReportLoop.

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 2021 IR5

2021 IR5
 The new Replace piece functionality can now be used to replace inserted data with the data of a new piece.

 Fixed issues:

 The Restore Data functionality was not working for piece template properties.

 PolyWorks|ReportLoop requested a workspace path when updating a report created using the Add
Pieces by Workbook functionality.

 When custom object properties were removed in PolyWorks|Inspector, PolyWorks|ReportLoop was not
displaying controls or features in the preview area.

2021 IR4
 PolyWorks|ReportLoop now supports different languages. The displayed language is synchronized with the
selected language in Excel.

 It is now possible to reset the display of warnings in the PolyWorks|ReportLoop Options dialog box.

 Fixed issues:

 An issue causing the formula value not to be updated when reinserted in the same cell has been fixed.

 The correct status is now displayed for the Update and Add Pieces functionalities, when there is a
communication problem with PolyWorks|Inspector.

 An issue when updating by Workbook or Current Sheet, if the Excel document is saved in OneDrive and
the PolyWorks|Inspector project does not exist, has been fixed.

 An issue when adding pieces while another workbook is opened and connected to PolyWorks|Inspector
has been fixed.

 A message is now displayed when the Excel document contains a chart sheet, which is not supported
in PolyWorks|ReportLoop.

 An issue causing a crash when a filter is used in the preview area, and the user inserted values in the cells
when there are no occurrences in the preview, has been fixed.

 An issue when merged cells were selected as source cells in Add Pieces by the Selected Cells
functionality has been fixed.

 An issue causing the Reporting Tools pane to duplicate has been fixed.

 An issue causing Office 2013 to close has been fixed.

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 2021 IR3

2021 IR3
 PolyWorks|ReportLoop now allows users to restore previous Excel cells after inserting user-defined
functions.

 Fixed issues:

 An issue when adding pieces by workbook to an Excel document that is saved to OneDrive has been fixed.

 An issue when selecting a full column while adding pieces by selected cells has been fixed.

 An issue when using the Save Project As functionality in PolyWorks|Inspector while connected to
PolyWorks|ReportLoop has been fixed.

 A status error displayed in the Add Pieces dialog box when pieces have not been fully downloaded from
PolyWorks|DataLoop Core has been fixed.

 Adding pieces by workbook was slow when including a user-defined function of a project property.

2021 IR2.1
 Fixed issue:

 An issue has been fixed when converting control view formulas to object property formulas, while adding
pieces to reports created with PolyWorks|ReportLoop 2020 IR0 or earlier.

2021 IR2
 Formula parameters now contain the object names instead of their UID.

 The PolyWorks|ReportLoop Installation Guide and the PolyWorks|ReportLoop User Guide are now available
in the add-in.

 Fixed issue:

 An error when using sheet names longer than 25 characters or containing non-supported characters in
the Add Pieces > One Sheet per Piece operation has been fixed.

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 2021 IR0

2021 IR0
 Starting with the 2021 major release, all PolyWorks products follow the same versioning scheme. Planned
versions deployed for the same month will have the same IR identifier. This adjustment allows for easier
communication of changes within the PolyWorks ecosystem.

 Version 2021 IR0 (Major Release) in April 2021

 Version 2021 IR1 in May 2021

 Version 2021 IR2 in June 2021

 Version 2021 IR3 in July 2021

 Version 2021 IR4 in September 2021

 Version 2021 IR5 in October 2021

 etc.

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