Release Notes 1.18.x
Updated 4 days ago
by
Stephanie Krenz
Release Notes 1.18.892
Managed App Version: 1.18.892
Published: October 28, 2025
With version 1.18, dab Nexus significantly expands the capabilities of the Extraction and Replication task types. A single task can now combine data from multiple SAP systems and multiple extraction packages. In parallel, both the Task View and Run View have been redesigned to make complex task configurations easier to understand and manage.
New
Multi-SAP System Selection
Extraction and Replication tasks can now include multiple SAP systems. These are processed sequentially within a single run, eliminating the need for creating multiple tasks for similar extractions.
Multi-Extraction Package Selection
Tasks can now contain multiple extraction packages. dab Nexus automatically checks the compatibility of the selected packages and merges them into one combined package for execution. If a package cannot be merged, the user receives a clear error message explaining why. This feature enables use cases where certain tables only need to be extracted occasionally and can be included on demand.
Modernized SAP Interface
The internal SAP communication layer has been technically modernized. It controls how dab Nexus communicates with SAP and executes RFC calls. As part of this update, it may be necessary to update the SAP RFC libraries on the dab Nexus application server and review SAP authorizations. Further details are available in the Tech Notes for the new SAP Interface.
SAP Reports Export
The SAP Report Export has been completely redesigned. This ensures that more SAP reports are now compatible for export and that SAP reports targeting SQL destinations are delta-capable. dab Nexus also assigns more suitable data types to exported report data, based on the existing structure of the destination table when available.
Email Notifications
The authentication options for email notifications have been extended to include OAuth. This allows dab Nexus to support modern and secure authentication methods, especially for Microsoft 365 and Exchange environments.
Changes
Task & Run View
Both views have been fundamentally redesigned to better present complex information, especially for multi-SAP and multi-package tasks. A new Health Check feature verifies before execution whether all required resources (licenses, connections, analysis availability, etc.) are in place. This prevents failed runs due to missing prerequisites.
Monitor
The Monitor has been simplified and but still provides a cross-workspace overview of all tasks and runs the user has access to. Telemetry data such as data volume metrics and graphical displays have been removed since they provided little value and negatively impacted run performance, especially for real-time extractions.
Toast Messages
Notifications now appear uniformly in the lower right corner in a redesigned layout.
Other Adjustments
- Extracted record counts now use comma-based thousand separators.
- Task names in the Monitor are now fully displayed.
- For Replication tasks, target table deletion (for example in Snowflake) now occurs before the upload starts.
- The upload of Parquet files to Snowflake is now limited to 150 MB per file.
Managed App Specific
- The log warning "Unknown Proxy" has been resolved.
- A new "HTTPS only" option enforces automatic redirection from HTTP to HTTPS.
Bug Fixes
- When cloning tasks, certain values (for example, selected SQL database) were not carried over.
- Measuring data sizes (especially in Fabric) slowed down extractions and has been removed. [#272805]
- The workspace table view now supports horizontal scrolling.
- In Analytic Tasks, the parameter Exclude Intercompany was not correctly inherited from the Analytic Group.
- If a Custom Analytic used the same output table name as an Analytic Suite analysis, an error is now displayed when saving.
- Within Analytic Groups, filters using the same value but different conditions can now be created.
- Scheduled runs that became invalid due to configuration changes (for example, modified packages) are now correctly shown as failed.
- It was previously possible to schedule runs in the past due to time zone inconsistencies; this has been fixed.
- Issues launching the SAP GUI for SAP Report Export have been resolved.
- The Run Log can now once again be filtered by "Error". [#272651]
- In Package Studio, tables containing "/" in their names are now correctly displayed in the canvas. [#272685]
- A new validation check prevents users from selecting multiple analyses with the same output table name within an Analytic Group. [#272904]
