• A ThingWorx installer is now available. For more information about using this installer, see ThingWorx Installer.

• File Repository management has been enhanced in this release. You can now manage files in remote file repositories in the Composer UI.

• The ability to import extensions is disabled for all users by default in this release. To enable extension importing, parameters must be added and configured in the platform-settings.json file. For more information, see Importing Extensions.

• A username and password must be added in platform-settings.json for the H2 database. See platform-settings.json Configuration Details for more information.

• ThingWorx administrators should be aware during migration of a user from an older version of ThingWorx, existing user passwords will not be validated against any new password rules that have been implemented in this release. User passwords may need to be updated to ensure that they comply with current password validation rules. For more information, see User Passwords.

• You can now create configuration tables for Things, Thing Templates, Thing Shapes, and Mashups from the Composer user interface. For more information, see Configuration Tables.

• Anomaly Detection has been enhanced to use the ThingWorx Analytics Server microservices. This change streamlines the implementation of Anomaly Detection because no additional external services need to be installed. In the ThingWorx Alert Processing Subsystem, ThingWorx only needs to be configured to point to an AnalyticsGateway.

• User password security has been enhanced to allow you to define prohibited user passwords. Minimum password length is now configurable, with a minimum length of 10. See User Management Subsystem for more information.

• Value streams have been enhanced to allow big integers. Previous to 8.4, there was a possibility that value stream entries reached the maximum limit (MAX_INT) and new value stream entries could not be created in the database.

• The capability to create property transformations has been added to Thing properties. This functionality is available only when the Property Transform microserver is installed. This new microserver provides a set of services that can be used to derive value from streaming data entering ThingWorx.

• ThingWorx has a new data storage option. InfluxDB can be used with persistence providers as part of default installation for PostgreSQL and MSSQL. You can create and configure the persistence provider instance in ThingWorx to connect the InfluxDB data store using the InfluxPersistenceProviderPackage. See Using InfluxDB as the Persistence Provider for more information.

• With this release, ThingWorx supports Azure SQL Database as a new persistence provider for model, property, and streaming data. Azure SQL Database is a managed cloud database (SaaS) provided as part of Microsoft Azure. ThingWorx supports all three Azure SQL deployments - Managed Instance, Single and Elastic Pool. See Using Azure SQL Server as the Persistence Provider for more information.

• Added the Composer organization and ComposerUsers user group system object.

• A significant number of security issues have been fixed in this release including major investments in updating third party libraries and handling of data to address cross-site scripting (XSS) issues. It is recommended to upgrade as soon as possible to take advantage of these important improvements.

• To address the broad landscape of devices that connect to the ThingWorx platform, the concept of "connected" has changed from "currently bound using a websocket" to "connection normalcy", which is referred to as Thing Presence. Thing Presence indicates when the connection of a Thing is "normal", based on the Thing.

• Query Microservice is available in this release and can be used to offload the ThingWorx server by allowing query execution to occur in a separate process on the same or on a different physical machine. Query MicroService is recommended if:

◦ Your system uses queries that load/retrieve a very large amount of data in-memory that results in slowness or system crash.

◦ Your system experiences slowness/unresponsiveness due to large volume of queries executed as part of processing.

• The Security Management Tool is available with this release and can be used to manage secure information used by ThingWorx software such as licensing and database passwords. It can be used with any ThingWorx application and is supported with products such as the ThingWorx Platform, Connection Server, EMS, Integration Runtime.

• For administrator users only, the option, Universal Export, has been added for exporting entities only. See the table of Export options in Importing and Exporting Data, Entities, and Extensions for details.

• With this release, the Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL) persistence provider has been optimized for write performance of streaming data.

• Added the supportedMediaEntityContentTypes section to the platform-settings.json file. This can be used to define MIME types that are allowed to be dynamically linked to Media entities.

• Multiple subscriptions are now allowed. See Subscriptions for more information.

• On the List widget in the Combo Box view, the NumberOfItemsPerPage property was added.

• Widgets are categorized as Standard, Beta, Legacy, or Imported in this release. For information about categories of widgets, see Widgets.

◦ Existing widgets are now categorized as Standard, except for the Repeater widget, which is categorized as Legacy.

◦ The Beta category includes 13 new widgets.

• Mashup template support is provided in this release. Templates are a starting point to develop your mashups. Default templates are provided in the platform. Also, you can create mashups and save them as templates. For more information, see Mashup Templates.

• Mashup previews are enabled in this release. For more information, see Mashup Previews.

• Mashup Project and Tags filters are enabled in this release. For more information, see Mashup Project and Tags Filter.

• Mashup configuration form functionality is added in this release. For more information, see Mashup Configuration Form.

• Mashup parameter enhancements are included in this release. For more information, see Configure Mashup Parameters.

• The Functions panel for expression and validator functions was added. The panel replaces the Expression and Validator widgets.

• Theming has been enhanced with Style Themes (Beta) in this release. You can use style themes to style new Beta widgets. You can create, modify, apply, and reuse style themes to quickly customize the look and feel of your mashups. For more information, see Style Themes (Beta).

◦ (Beta) UseThemesForHybrids - Applies a style theme to hybrid widgets in the mashup.

◦ (Beta) StyleTheme - Specifies a style theme for the mashup.

• Added Beta style theme support for Standard widgets. You can apply a style theme or use style definitions to style these widgets in a mashup. For more information, see the topics for the Standard widgets.

• Added the Responsive (Advanced) mashup type. You can use advanced responsive layouts to create mashups that are based on Flexbox CSS rules. To use Flexbox-based layouts, you must rebuild your existing mashups. For more information, see Responsive (Advanced) Mashups.

• Fixed an issue that was causing the following error in the Remote Access Client: Uncaught error: Maximum call stack size exceeded.

• The behavior of all GetPropertyValue services have been made consistent when called for a property with basetype PASSWORD. Regardless of type, all of these services now attempt to convert the encrypted password value to the type requested. This behavior includes services such as GetIntegerPropertyValue, GetLongPropertyValue, GetNumberPropertyValue, etc.

• Fixed an issue that was preventing the Connection Server from consistently reconnecting to the platform in an HA environment.

• Fixed an issue that was preventing .doc files, and other file types, from being downloaded. To fix this issue, the following ContentTypeSettings section has been added to the platform-settings.json file in the PlatformSettingsConfig section:

• Fixed an issue that was causing the GetCurrentLicenseInfo service to return more entities than were created.

• Fixed an issue that was preventing a user from editing a remote property manually via copy and paste.

• Fixed an issue that was preventing alerts from being acknowledged if the alert values were changed after alert was triggered.

• Fixed an issue that was causing an exception to be logged in the event of an asynchronous service call failure to the edge.

• Fixed an issue that was causing menus in Composer to collapse incorrectly.

• Fixed an issue that was preventing run time instance permissions on User Groups to be added on Thing Templates.

• Fixed an issue that was causing the application logs to be flooded with warning messages when remote properties were deleted from a Thing Shape.

• Changed the websocket behavior from processing messages on a closed websocket to logging.

• Updated the DispatchingServerCommunicationsModule behavior when saving WS Communications Subsystem.

• Fixed an issue that was preventing the PostImage service from returning a blob result.

• Fixed log messages to include exception information on bind failures.

• Fixed blocked WSExecution threads.

• Fixed an issue that was preventing the ThingStart event from being triggered.

• Fixed an issue that was preventing the scroll bar in the service output area of a service from working on Internet Explorer 11.

• Fixed an issue where alerts were not fetched even if they were supposed to be active per the alert definition.

• Fixed an issue with the AddDataTableEntry and UpdateDataTableEntry services that was causing unexpected behavior.

• Fixed an issue with the GET method for ThingWorx requests.

• Fixed an issue with services not updating the last modified date on Things.

• Documentation has been updated to correct some issues in the description of auditing support.

• Fixed an issue where no audit history is returned when querying for DEVICE_COMMUNICATION or FILE_TRANSFER categories.

• Documentation has updated to more accurately reflect how to query audit history for the Data Storage category.

• Fixed an issue that was preventing Things from being saved.

• Fixed an issue that was causing migrations from ThingWorx versions prior to 7.2.2 to fail.

• Fixed an issue where an IndustrialThing with default settings and the Value/Quality displayed for an IndustrialThing property did not match the Value/Quality for a tag in KEPServerEX.

• Fixed an issue when configuring a Media Entity to act as a content proxy for Navigate in a non-SSO configuration.

• Fixed an issue seen when overriding a Thing Template service that displayed the source code of the shape, but at execution time it returned the output of the Thing Template.

• Updated the Javadoc information for the AddPropertyDefinition service.

• Fixed an issue that was causing a maximum limit to value stream entries.

• Fixed an issue with the log permission errors being written to the ThingWorx logs.

• Fixed an issue when a Thing was created from a default tag of data type, its base type was set to NOTHING. Changed the default base type to STRING.

• Fixed an issue that was preventing a Thing Template with subscriptions that was created and exported in Composer from being imported as part of an extension.

• Fixed an issue that was preventing files from being downloaded from a File Repository with spaces in the name of the File Repository.

• Fixed an issue that was causing an extra border to display around the container when building a Master mashup.

• Fixed an issue that was preventing a Clicked event on a Button widget from firing when clicking between two buttons.

• Fixed an issue with the Collection widget that was causing performance issues while adding and deleting.

• Fixed an issue that was causing a null value when a configuration mashup with a JSON parameter was bound to a service on the original mashup.

• Fixed an issue with the List widget that was causing an extra border to display when viewed on a dropdown.

• Fixed an issue that was causing a mashup with a style theme in an extension to fail on import.

• Fixed an issue with the Filter Widget.

• Fixed an issue with the Advanced Grid widget that was preventing it from being saved in Mashup Builder.

• Fixed an issue that was causing imported Mashups with mashup parameters as a custom configuration to fail.

• Fixed an issue with Mashups that was causing an iOS user to double tap the screen for some options.

• Fixed an issue with incorrect auto sizing that was affecting numerous widgets.

• Fixed an issue that was preventing extensions that contained mashups from being imported.

• Fixed an issue that was preventing a Mashup using a double byte character on name from loading when set as the home mashup for a user or organization.

• Fixed an issue that was preventing borders from being displayed on dropdown options.

• Fixed an issue with the Data Export widget that was preventing it from working if its style properties were changed.

• Fixed an issue with the Advanced Grid widget that was breaking the copy and paste functionality.

• Fixed an issue with the Collection widget that was preventing the AllowSelection property from working.

• Fixed an issue that was causing the Combobox widget to retrieve an old selected value after clearing the combobox text.

• Fixed an issue with the Collection widget that was preventing cells from being displayed when the data change was less than 300 ms.

• Fixed an issue where the RefreshRequested event was not consistently firing when using multiple contained mashups.

• Fixed an issue with the Collection widget that was preventing the Sort option from working.

• Fixed an issue that was causing mashups to load slowly.

• Fixed an issue with the Value Display widget that was causing text to get cut off.

• Fixed an issue with the Expression widget that was preventing expressions to be evaluated.

• Fixed an issue that was preventing a horizontal scroll bar from displaying if the UseMashupDimensions property was set to false.

• Fixed an issue that was preventing mashups from displaying correctly.

• Fixed an issue that was preventing some widgets from displaying in run time.

• Fixed an issue with the Navigation widget that was causing the modal pop-up to appear behind the mashup pop-up overlay.

• Made the DefaultTabAtRuntime property bindable on the Tabs Responsive widget.

• Fixed an issue that was preventing groups of widgets to keep the same orientation when grouped using CTRL + click (to select multiple widgets) to drag to a new location.

• Fixed an issue with the File Upload widget's Upload button alignment.

• Fixed an issue with the Data Filter widget that was causing the Clear button to display incorrectly in other languages.

• Fixed an issue with the List widget that was preventing the list dropdown from collapsing when the arrow icon was selected.

• Fixed an issue with the Collection widget that was preventing a progress indicator from displaying.

• Fixed an issue with the chart widgets that was causing the labels to overlap.

• Fixed an issue with the Tab widget that was causing an unnecessary scroll bar to display.

• Fixed an issue with the Grid widget that was preventing styles from being applied to fonts.

• Fixed an issue with the Numeric Entry widget that was preventing warning messages from being localized correctly.

• Fixed an issue with the Menu widget that was causing a 404 error when attempting to open the Mashup in new window.

• Fixed an issue seen when a Value Display widget on a panel with the TextWrap property set to false, the alignment was ignored.

• Fixed an issue with the Value Display widget that was preventing the ImageScaling property from working correctly.

• Fixed an issue with the Grid widget that was causing the sort to function incorrectly after data was reloaded.

• Fixed an issue with the Date Time Picker widget that was preventing the tool tips for days of the week to be localized.

• Fixed an issue with the chart widgets that was preventing values from being ​applied immediately when binding X and Y axis.

• Fixed an issue with the Bubble Chart that was preventing the Y-axis autoscale from choosing proper minimum and maximum values.

• Fixed an issue with the Navigation widget that was preventing the close bottom of popup page from displaying.

• Fixed an issue with the Button widget that was preventing tool tips from disappearing on an iPad.

• Fixed an issue with the Numeric Entry widget that was preventing error messages from being localized.

• Fixed an issue with the Navigation widget that was preventing the full screen option from working correctly.

• Fixed an issue with the Date Time Picker widget where an infinite loop was created if both mouse buttons were clicked upon selection.

• Fixed an issue where labels were displayed inconsistently for bar charts.

• Fixed an issue with the Layout widget where expanding the header caused the tabs to stop switching.

• Fixed an issue Mashup parameter for the type location was displaying NaN : NaN in widgets.

• Fixed an issue with the Date Time Picker widget that was causing the hour and minute field to have an auto-increment loop.

• Fixed an issue with the Grid widget that prevented the last column from being resized when scrolling horizontally.

• Fixed an issue with the Label chart where the AxisTitle and Labels were crossing each other in a horizontal label chart.

• Migration from PostgreSQL and H2 to MSSQL or AzureSQL is not supported.

• There is a known deadlock issue when performing concurrent updates to the model of an entity. One of the use cases that exacerbates this issue is if you try to add multiple dynamic subscriptions on a Thing at the same time.

• The DSE extension (DsePersistenceProviderPackage.zip) is not supported in this release, but will be supported in a future release

• The Media option for User Profiles is not available if you are performing an in-place migration to 8.4.0.

• Due to optimizations made for MSSQL write performance in this release, the following APIs may have reduced performance:

• The HTML structure of the Gauge widget has changed. If you apply a custom style definition to the Gauge widget, the CSS rules are not displayed in the design mode of the mashup but is displayed at runtime. Therefore, you must evaluate the CSS rules at runtime. This is a known issue that does not affect your mashup performance. It will be fixed in an upcoming release.

• Undefined access permissions for style themes can prevent users from viewing the mashup during design and runtime. Ensure that users have at least Visibility access permission set for the Style Themes (Beta) Collections in order to display mashups that use style theme entities.

• In Internet Explorer 11, the Toggle Button, Checkbox, Link, Radio Button, and Label widgets are forced to display on a single line within a container. To fix this issue, specify a value for the widget LabelMaxWidth property. This issue will be fixed in a future release.