Arc and Slice - 5.1.0

🚀 Arc and Slice v5.1 Release Notes

Arc and Slice v5.1 introduces a suite of powerful new features designed to enhance your TM1 development experience.

⚠️ Upgrade Notice for v5.1.0

The Atmosphere portal is now fully embedded within Arc.
If you're upgrading from version v5.0.0 or v5.0.1, please manually delete the following folder before proceeding:

✨ What's New in v5.1

🔄 Keep & Swap

A smarter way to explore your data in the Cube Viewer.
Right-click on rows or columns to access Keep & Swap—a dual-action feature that retains the selected element and swaps it with a hierarchy of your choice. This streamlines your drill-down workflow with a single click.

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🧭 Redesigned Context Menu

The Cube Viewer’s context menu has been revamped for clarity and efficiency.
Swap and Keep & Swap options are now grouped for easier access. Prefer a different layout? You can customize the menu structure directly from your Cube View settings.

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🛠️ Bedrock Installation Enhancements

The Install Bedrock feature now adapts to your TM1 version:

• TM1 v11 → Installs Bedrock 4

• TM1 v12 → Installs Bedrock 5 (rewritten for TM1 v12)

Note: Bedrock 5 is scheduled for official release on September 30.

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📰 NewsFeed Integration

Stay connected with your users via the new NewsFeed bar.
It displays updates from Cubewise Software and allows you to add your own custom feed—creating a direct communication channel within the app.
For more information, you can open the <Arc folder>/custom-feeds/readme.md file.

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🆚 Side-by-Side Code Comparison

Quickly identify changes between two instances or across different dates.
This feature makes it easy to track modifications and maintain version control with precision.

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🕵️‍♂️ Blame Report for TM1

Inspired by Git’s popular Blame feature, Arc+ now lets you generate Blame Reports for your TM1 developments.
See exactly who changed what, and when—line by line.

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The complete list of enhancements and fixes is available below:

• Slice - SUBNM - subset editor won't open on subnm double click

• Arc - Atmosphere Portal - minor UI updates

• Refine Atmosphere AddIn Accept HTTP Header

• Slice - Spreading - spreading shortcut (or number) replaces DBRW formula

• Arc - User Preferences - option to override editorWrapLongLines is ineffective

• Separate Arc Testing Scripts from the TM1 servers

• Arc - Atmosphere - Add 2 additional parameters + Process creation feedback

• Arc - Atmosphere - Offer Prepare and Cleanup options as columns in usage tab.

• Slice - Calculation - report stuck on refresh using Slice 5.0.408

• Slice - Build - upgrade Excel DNA to v1.7

• Slice - DBRW - support for private subsets in "subset-as-consolidation" feature

• Arc - Atmosphere - connection-test values cached after deletion

• Arc - Atmosphere - add Netsuite connection type to JSON files.

• Arc - Atmosphere - make 'atmosphereurl' available in server groups.

• Slice - Context Menu - may execute selected function multiple times

• Slice - Convert Buttons - not showing Process Parameters correctly

• Arc - Server Group Selector - Server Group colour should be automatically generated.

• Arc - Blueprints - template fails to load when folder name contains space

• Arc - Blueprints - text missing after brackets

• Arc - Applications - Download button on Edit Application page does not work if Document filename does not match Application name.

• Arc - Tabs - Layout sometimes not saved if refresh clicked immediately after change

• Arc - Applications - align upload & download behaviour with Slice

• Slice - N_Connect2 - needs an equivelent Disconnect, or automatic disconnect when excel session is closed

• Arc - Cube Viewer - improve & consolidate Context Menu structure.

• Arc - Applications - Excel applications download with incorrect extension

• Arc - Rule Editor - Create Area and Create DB features do not output Per Line formatting

• Slice - Applications - Excel crashes when opening an Application item link that doesn't exist

• Slice - Paste Range - Excel freezes intermittently

• Arc - Subset Editor - paste elements truncates the subset

• Arc - Atmosphere - make Portal plugin internal

• Slice - Data Spreading - Excel freezes when using data spreading commands

• Arc - Server Group Selector - not showing in ARC Desktop 5.

• Arc - Process Editor - ODBC connection error on preview

• Slice - N_CONNECT - reports fail to connect through non-interactive N_CONNECT

• Arc - UI - add News Ticker & News Feed Page

• Slice - Rebuild Book - not working when automatic calculation is on

• Arc - Test Hub - Collections not executing correctly with Measure Code Coverage enabled

• Arc - Pulse Integration - generate a "Blame Report" utilizing Change Tracking data

• Arc - Rule Editor - Create Area feature does not display Per Line

• Slice - DBRW - refactor and optimize error handling

• Arc - Compare - add support for comparing Processes & Rules

• Slice - Localization - add translations for Excel ribbon

• Slice - TM1RptFilter - issue when sorting report

• Slice - Spreading - Relative Proportional Spread is not setting value from selected reference