Changelog

All notable changes to Dangl.AVACloud are documented here.

v1.53.0:

• Added ItemNumberSchemaTier.Alignment property
• When importing GAEB 2000 files with invalid item numbers, those will now tried be be preserved (and possibly corrected) instead of simply being ignored
• When exporting to Excel, it's now possible to lock all cells except those for price inputs

v1.52.2:

• When importing Excel files, positions without total price are also now recognized if new element import is enabled
• When working with AVA projects, it's now possible to set ItemNumberSchema.disableLeftPaddingTiersWithFiller to true to disable automatic left-padding and filling of single tiers in item numbers

v1.52.1:

• Fixed a bug in the AVAtoAVA conversion where the specified price rounding mode was not used for total prices if the option to force strict total prices was disabled

v1.52.0:

• AVACloud now supports XRechnung, the German e-invoicing format. Both a direct representation of the invoice model is available, as well as a conversion to and from the known Dangl.AVA format via a wrapper class with additional, required invoice data. This is currently in a preview state, please contact us if you want to learn more about this feature. The documentation is not yet finished, and the feature might change until it's declared stable. In the future, XRechnung might also be available separately as an addon, and may not be part of the core AVACloud offering.

v1.51.0:

• When converting AVA to REB, it's now possible to specify the last used row address. This is useful for incremental exports, where the new file should continue with the next free address after the last used one in a previous quantity determination

v1.50.0:

• GAEB & ÖNorm validations no longer return bad requests in case of non-readable files, but instead return validation results with a single critical error stating that the file could not be read

v1.49.4:

• ARM Docker images for the self-hosted version are now also tagged for stable releases

v1.49.1:

• The Dangl.AVACloud.Admin app now offers some database maintenance insights and is runnign recurring jobs for general database maintenance (SQLServer only for now)

v1.49.0:

• Text addition identifiers in GAEB 90 exports are now left- instead of right-padded
• When exporting GAEB XML text additions that have an empty body, <span> element with a space character is added to the body. This is to prevent Xml schema validation to fail, since the body of a text addition can not be completely empty. When creating offer requests, it is recommended to fill the body with e.g. a placeholder text, such as ..........
• Bugfixes in UGL exports
• The Excel dependency was updated. While functionally the same, the default implementation when deserializing Excel will no longer recalculate Excel formulas. This should not cause issues for real usage, but if Excel files are automatically generated with formulas that should be recalculated, this might cause issues.

v1.48.0:

• Updated internal dependencies
• Fixed an issue with publishing, previously version 2.0.0 of AVACloud was accidentally released

v1.47.0:

• The new property PriceInformation.HasUnsetTaxRate now allows differentiating between projects that have a zero 0 and those that have a null tax rate set
• Fixed some formula conversions in D11 and X31 files
• Exporting totals in GAEB XML now uses correct rounding, outputs may now produce slightly different values due to that

v1.46.0:

• The backend was updated to .NET 8
• The On Premises variant is now also available as standalone Windows & Linux executables
• Fixed a bug when importing X31 files with an index in position item numbers
• Added a new controller called FlatAvaConversionController, which supports import and export of flat lists of elements. This is useful for scenarios where working with hierarchical structures is difficult
• The Oenorm export will now try to export correct ftnr values for positions, if strict Xml export options are enabled. This can possibly result in different output than before, but is necessary to export correct files

v1.45.0:

• When importing GAEB files, it's now possible to set the AllowLumpSumItemsWithDifferingQuantities query parameter to allow importing of lump sum positions that have a quantity different than one. Otherwise, AVACloud corrects such positions to have a quantity of exactly 1

v1.44.0:

• Added a new query parameter IncludeArticleNumbers when exporting Excel files. If this is set, then a new column with article numbers, read from position.commerceProperties.articleNumber, will be included in the output
• When converting to Sia, AVACloud now also supports Ifa18 as target format. This is controlled via a new query parameter

v1.43.0:

• Added support for Position.PriceCatalogueData, to transfer price estimation data in GAEB XML exchanges
• Added Catalogue.CatalogueTypeDetail to preserve the actual catalogue type from GAEB XML. It is now possible to differentiate between e.g. versions for the DIN 276 catalogue type

v1.42.0:

• Added support for IDS Connect import and export

v1.14.8:

• Clients that have passed the GAEB certification with AVACloud as their export tool can now export their GAEB files with the mark that the application is certified. This needs to be configured by DanglIT staff, please contact us to enable this for your clients

v1.41.0:

• Added support for converting between Dangl.AVA and the product data formats DATANORM and UGL
• The Admin UI was updated to Angular v15
• Added support for allowing uppercase item numbers when importing GAEB files

v1.40.0:

• DestinationRebType.X31GaebXmlV33 was added, to allow exporting to X31 files with GAEB XML V3.3 as the target format
• Added PostGaebSourceOptions.OutputHtmlAsXml and PostGaebSourceOptions.KeepEmptyHtmlText to be able to control how long texts in GAEB XML formats are imported
• The Admin UI was updated to Angular v15

v1.39.0:

• The database was updated to now aggregate and archive conversion stats for older conversions. While details about single conversions are no longer kept indefinitely, client total conversions will still be available

v1.38.0:

• Added ServiceSpecification.BidDate
• Added ServiceSpecification.WarrantyBondPercentage
• Added ServiceSpecification.ExecutionGuaranteePercentage
• Added ProjectInformation.Requesters
• Added ProjectInformation.NotificationSites
• Added CommerceProperties.SubPositionIdentifier

v1.37.0:

• The option RemoveUnprintableCharactersFromTexts for XML based target formats (GAEB and ÖNorm) now defaults to true. If you want to serialize unprintable characters, it needs to be specifically enabled

v1.36.0:

• Added Position.GaebComplementingType as a new enum property to transport information about GAEB markup / complementing types in positions. This means that in GAEB XML and GAEB 2000, the different markup types are now preserved. From a Dangl.AVA perspective, there are no changes required to implement on your side, but exports might now look different than before, meaning they more accurately preserve the data in the original GAEB file

v1.35.0:

• The GAEB target for version 3.3 has been updated to now export GAEB XML V3.3 with version year 2021-05. The original GAEB XML V3.3 with version year 2019-05 has been pulled back by GAEB. The original, older version may still be exported with the targets GaebXml_V3_3_2019 or GaebXml_V3_3_2019_Commerce
• AVACloud clients are now automatically published during AVACloud CI

v1.34.0:

• On premise hostings of AVACloud can now run databaseless, please see the README for instructions how to configure this
• On premise hostings of AVACloud can now run without authentication, please see the README for instructions how to configure this
• AVACloud was updated to .NET 7

v1.32.4:

• Docker images for AVACloud self hosted versions are now also available for ARM images, e.g. to run on Macs with Apple M1 chips

v1.32.0:

• Added Position.OenormProperties.OenormShortText and Position.OenormProperties.OenormShortTextAddition to the Dangl.AVA data model

v1.31.1:

• Added SubDescriptionDto.UnitTag as a new property

v1.31.0:

• Added ConsiderNullItemNumberSchemaAsInvalidForRebuildOperation as a boolean query parameter when converting to GAEB targets. This defaults to false, but if enabled, can be used to instruct AVACloud to consider null values in ItemNumberSchemas as invalid schemas, and thus triggering a rebuild attempt for the schema

v1.30.0:

• Endpoints that produce GAEB files now have an optional query parameter ForceIncludeDescriptions that, when set to true, will force include all description elements like LongText properties and ExecutionDescription elements. This is useful when exporting to GAEB 84 - Offer phases when you still want to keep the descriptions
• All elements of type IElementDto now support catalogue references, meaning that it is now possible for users to use those in elements of type NoteText and ExecutionDescription. This is, however, not supported for exchanges into other formats and can only be used within the AVA project itself
• A new validation endpoint was added, that allows users to validate AVA projects, GAEB & ÖNorm files

v1.29.0:

• GAEB 2000 files now support images, both for import and export scenarios
• Fixed an issue with the .NET clients, newly introduced enum values caused the deserialization of JSON responses to fail for older client libraries. Starting now, the clients libraries will assume the default enum values for unrecognized values
• When converting to REB, it's now possible to also convert to X31 files

v1.28.0:

• Added CatalogueType.OenormB1801CostGroup, which can be used in ÖNorm XML based exchanges to describe ÖNorm B 1801 cost groups attached to positions
• Added AbsoluteDeduction to ServiceSpecification and ServiceSpecificationGroup elements, which is supported in GAEB 2000 and GAEB XML exchanges. This is available as a backwards compatible way, meaning that the DeductionFactor of those elements will still be present

v1.27.5:

• Fixed a bug when importing GAEB 90 and GAEB 2000 files with skipped item number levels and top level positions that have an index defined

v1.27.0:

• The AVACloud backend was updated to .NET 6
• AVA dependencies were updated, Position.HtmlLongText now supports a bidder comment, wrapped in a div element with class="bidder-comment" at the end of the text. Additionally, all description elements now have a new boolean property indicating if the used long text contains a bidder comment. Please see the documentation for Dangl.AVA for more details

v1.26.1:

• The max size for file uploads was increased to 50 MB

v1.26.0:

• When importing GAEB files, it is now possible to set the supportSkippedItemNumberLevelsInPositions. This defaults to false, but enables a new feature that properly supports skipped item number levels in GAEB files. For example, if an item number schema defines two group levels and one position level, but the position has is at the second level in the hierarchy, the item number may be displayed as 01.__.02 instead of 01.02.. This is in accordance to the GAEB standard, but is currently specified as an opt-in behavior. Since this feature is still considered to be under testing, it might be updated or changed in future releases
• Endpoints that take an AVA project now have an optional feature to automatically generate the ItemNumberSchema and individual ItemNumbers in case it's missing
• Added feature to optionally remove unprintable characters when exporting to GAEB or ÖNorm, to ensure valid XML can be generated

v1.25.0:

• Multiple bugfixes for handling ÖNorm B2063 files

v1.24.0:

• Self-hosted instances can now be configured to allow Http scheme in the Swagger documentation instead of Https
• The ÖNorm and SIA / Ifa dependencies were updated and include many bugfixes. The import and export results may be different than in previous versions. While the element structure was not changed, many fixes are related to how elements are mapped between Dangl.AVA and the Austrian and Swiss formats

v1.23.0:

• The handling of ÖNorm B2063 file was improved. Among several bugfixes, AVACloud now supports missing optional group levels and handles them correctly. This means that internally, the project structure is not restored to a valid number of parent group levels, which means that importing ÖNorm B2063 files from now one might return different, but more correct results

v1.22.0:

• The internal packages were updated, there's a new property Position.AlternativeGroupIdentifier available in the Dangl.AVA model that allows users to explicitly specify the group identifier used when exporting base and alternative positions

v1.21.0:

• When converting to ÖNorm Xml based formats, AVACloud will now default to try outputting valid Xml files according to the schema. This means that required but missing properties will be filled with sensible defaults
• Conversions that target ÖNorm can now set a new query parameter SkipTryEnforceSchemaCompliantXmlOutput to disable strict Xml output when creating ÖNorm files
• Several smaller bugfixes when deserializing GAEB files have been added

v1.20.0:

• Dangl.AVACloud now supports the new ÖNorm V2021 format for import and export

v1.19.0:

• GAEB exports to GAEB XML can now optional export QtyDeterm items (Quantity Determination or Quantity Take Off), which can be used to export detailled quantity calculations via GAEB
• The internal modules were updated to support more features, mostly for GAEB and ÖNorm
• The SIA endpoint can now also deserialize crbx Ifa18 files
• Subscriptions to AVACloud are now no longer handled by the service itself, but by the external identity provider
• Responses on the public instances should now correctly compress, even those being served from the Cloudflare CDN endpoints. This saves around 90% of bandwidth for most request scenarios
• Dangl.AVACloud was updated to .NET 5
• For on premise or self hosting customers, Dangl.AVACloud can now be configured to use API key authentication, thus no full integration with Dangl.Identity is required
• For on premise or self hosting customers, Dangl.AVACloud now supports PostgeSQL in addition to SQL Server and SqlAzure_ as database providers

v1.18.0:

• Added support to export ÖNorm files to V2009

v1.17.0:

• Added a new parameter EnforceStrictOfferPhaseLongTextOutput when converting to GAEB. This parameter is only applied when the conversion target is GAEB XML and the exchange phase is Offer. This leads to long text exports being strict, meaning that only text addition segments are exported and all other textx are removed from the export, even if the containing element is marked to contain a text addition
• Added support for the old ÖNorm B2063 format in import and export scenarios. This is still in a preview state, no guarantee is given that the import and export is working correctly

v1.16.8:

• Fixed a bug where embedded images in Excel files could cause the deserialization to fail. This was caused by missing native dependencies in the Docker images. This did not impact most Excel files, since images are not supported when importing Excel in AVACloud

v1.16.0:

• All endpoints that accept the Dangl.AVA format now accept explicitly empty string values for Guids and enumerations. These empty values will resolve to their internal default values and should make it easier to implement clients
• The Swagger specification now correctly describes the application/problem+json content type that may be returned for some Http status codes when client side errors occur

v1.15.4:

• The Excel conversion controllers now internally abort the conversion if the client closes the connection to free up server ressources

v1.15.0:

• Dangl.AVACloud now runs on ASP.NET Core 3.1 and uses the latest Dangl.Identity integrations

v1.14.2

• When the source format is an AVA Project, it is now possible to set both ProjectTaxRate and ProjectHourlyWage directly on a ServiceSpecification when the ServiceSpecification.PriceInformation element is missing

v1.14.0:

• Internal dependencies were updated to support additional properties in the AVA project model

v1.13.0:

• When exporting to GAEB or ÖNorm, the ProgName value can now be controlled by the user. By default, the name of the OpenID client will be used. This can be configured by setting a special client claim. Please see the documentation for more details

v1.12.0:

• The Dangl.AVA data model was updated and now supports ProductData
• Import of REB and GAEB X31 files for quantity takeoff is now supported

v1.11.0:

• Properties that represent DateTime are no longer marked as required by the Swagger definition endpoint. This is because the underlying .NET model uses non-nullable DateTime properties that are omitted from serialization if they have no actual value set

v1.10.0:

• AVACloud now supports GAEB XML v3.3 files in import and export scenarios. This does not change the public interface but only introduces a new DestinationGAEBType value

v1.9.1:

• Add AvaToAva conversion to regenerate calculated properties
• Fix regression where properties with default values, e.g. DateTime, were not omitted from the output when ProjectDtos were returned

v1.9.0:

• Add support for importing properietary aslv files

v1.8.1:

• The interactive documentation was changed back to use Swagger 2.0 instead of OpenAPI 3.0, since most tools still have compatibility issues with the newer specification

v1.8.0:

• The generated assemblies now have a strong name. This is a breaking change of the binary API and will require recompilation on all systems that consume this package. The strong name of the generated assembly allows compatibility with other, signed tools. Please note that this does not increase security or provide tamper-proof binaries, as the key is available in the source code per Microsoft guidelines

v1.7.21:

• Add initial support for GAEB XML Version 3.3

v1.7.18:

• Update of internal dependencies for latest bugfixes around GAEB imports

v1.7.9:

• Significant performance increase for projects with tens of thousands of elements

v1.7.8:

• The Swagger definitions were updated to include better formatted descriptions

v1.7.5:

• The Swagger definitions for the API specification were updated to be better compatible with third party code generators

v1.7.4:

• Update Dangl.GAEB and Dangl.AVA.Converter to be able to import GAEB XML files with an invalid exchange phase (Award.DP field)

v1.7.1:

• Fix startup error that triggered for specific configuration in Azure App Services and prevented the app from starting

v1.7.0:

• AVACloud can now export to ÖNorm 2063
• AVACloud can now import and export the Swiss SIA 451 format

v1.6.2:

• Fixed wrong return type in generated .NET client code
• Include AvaConversionClient in client factory in public package

v1.6.0:

• Introduced support for the German REB DA11 file format. This format is used for quantity takeoff and quantity calculations
• The Dangl.AVA, Dangl.GAEB and Dangl.AVA.Converter dependencies were updated

v1.5.10:

• Dependencies update for latest bugfixes with GAEB XML import and export

v1.5.6:

• Dependencies were updated. Dangl.AVACloud now supports the overrides introduced with the latest Dangl.AVA.IO release for some properties
• The public documentation was updated with information about the unified Dangl.AVA project model

v1.5.4:

• The Dangl.GAEB dependency was updated

v1.5.3:

• The Dangl.AVA and Dangl.AVA.Converter dependencies were updated to include the latest additions of properties

v1.5.2:

• All parameters of type IFormFile are now checked to ensure their length is greater than zero. Otherwise, the request will return a 400 - Badrequest status code without hitting the controller

v1.5.1:

• Added AvaProjectDtoValidationAttribute to ensure that invalid AVA Projects sent as parameters lead directly to a 400 - Bad Request response and don't hit the conversion service at all
• Updated Dangl.GAEB to v1.6.7 for latest improvements to deserialize GAEB XML files with missing GAEBInfo declarations

v1.5.0:

• The Dangl.AVA dependencies were updated to v2.1.0. This now also includes support for the new destination GAEB phases SideOffer and CostEstimate
• When sending invalid AVA-projects via the API where elements of type IElementDto contain an invalid ElementTypeDiscriminator value, an error message is sent as response with the offending value

v1.4.6:

• The Dangl.GAEB module was updated to make importing of malformed GAEB XML files more robust

v1.4.5:

• GAEB exports now contain a GAEBInfo.ProgName to indicate their origin as coming from AVACloud

v1.4.3:

• Update dependencies for latest bugfixes and performance improvements

v1.4.3:

• Update dependencies. GAEB files which have no item numbers and no item number schema defined should now get automatically generated item numbers

v1.4.2:

• Update dependencies

v1.4.1:

• Fix some issues where the new ASP.NET Core 2.2 InProcess hosting model would sometimes fail to load the OS-dependant System.Drawing.Common.dll in Azure App Service environments
• Fixed issue where the Swagger definition contained duplicated enum values

v1.4.0:

• The Dangl.AVA & Dangl.GAEB dependencies were updated to the latest version v2.0.0
• The server side was upgrade to ASP.NET Core 2.2

v1.3.3:

• Update of dependencies to fix bugs related to empty tables in some GAEB XML Html long texts

v1.3.1:

• Exports to GAEB 90 no longer include the branding comment, since this caused problems with some importing applications
• The DestinationGaebType for GAEB 2000 Commerce was renamed from GAEB2000Commerce to Gaeb2000Commerce. The old value may still be used by clients

v1.3.0:

• The public and internal Swagger endpoints were unified to a single one
• The public client does now also include all operations with AVA models. It uses generated models instead of the Dangl.AVA.IO package

v1.2.4:

• Bugfix: The .NET client had a bug around JSON deserialization of OAuth2 token responses

v1.2.3:

• Update Dangl.AVA dependencies for latest bugfixes

v1.2.2:

• The Admin Ui Dashboard can now optionally store and display options that were used during conversion processes

v1.2.1:

• Update Dangl.AVA.Converter.Excel and Dangl.Oenorm for latest bugfixes and improvements

v1.2.0:

• Dangl.AVA models were updated to indicate properties that are readonly. This should make integration with clients more straightforward

v1.1.2:

• Bugfix where non-schema compliant GAEB XML files with invalid decimal values could not be read

v1.1.1:

• Bugfix where GAEB 90 exports with very high absolute values for deductions failed

v1.1.0

• The API now accepts Austrian OENorm 2063 files as input

v1.0.13:

• Update Dangl.AVA dependencies for latest bugfixes

v1.0.12:

• The app is now published with all dependencies. This results in slightly larger deployment sizes, but makes hosts no longer require to have the correct .NET Core runtime installed

v1.0.11:

• Update Dangl.GAEB & Dangl.AVA dependencies for latest bugfixes
• Prettify Admin UI Dashboard
• Update to ASP.NET Core 2.1.3

v1.0.10:

• Update Admin UI Dashboard to include more statistics

v1.0.9:

• Update dependencies to be able to read NoteText elements from GAEB 2000 commerce exchange phase files

v1.0.8:

• All DateTime Json response objects have now their timezone attached

v1.0.5:

• Added AVACloud Admin UI Dashboard to monitor service health and metrics
• Added option to normalize file names, so that when files are converted with their full path & filename, only the filename portion is used for the result

v1.0.4:

• Add support for GAEBXML_V3_1 destination type

v1.0.3:

• When supplying an invalid culture to endpoints returning Excel, the culture will now default to en

v1.0.2:

• Fix Swagger discriminator propeties not being correctly camelCased in the Swagger definitions

v1.0.1

• Fix Swagger schema being set to only http when first hit by Azure App Service warmup via non-secure http route

v1.0.0

• Initial Release