1.6 Release Notes

Planned for release:

Functional requirements

• HD-1231 Ability to adapt the helium invitation SMS per app
• HE-2943 Finish implementing the foreach for DSL
• HE-2084 Ability to execute SQL from DSL functions
• HE-2085 Package SQL scripts with DSL app source code

Bug fixes

• HE-3105 Helium CI Doesn't like "!" in my password
• HE-3032 Special character in password policies is not clear
• HE-3029 Helium does not allow source download of app with no mobileApps

• HE-3174 Helium Exception on Bulk Merge endpoint

Additional Information

HD-1231 introduces the following:

• An overloaded version of the invite built-in function that allows invite messages to be sent per e-mail in addition to the current SMS messages that are sent by Helium.
• App specific templates for SMS and e-mail invite messages content are also introduced. These templates can be updated from the "Template" tab when creating or updating an app on the Helium core app. 

Please consult the following documentation for more details:

• Helium DSL and View Quick Reference for the overloaded invite built-in function
• Helium DSL Reference for the overloaded invite built-in function
• Overloaded invite built-in function usage as described in Helium Tutorial Lesson 3
• Invite message templates details
• Specifying invite message templates when creating non-snapshot apps

HE-2943 introduces a foreach loop for the Helium DSL. Please consult the following documentation for details:

• Helium DSL and View Quick Reference
• Helium DSL Reference
• Mention in Helium Tutorial Lesson 10

HE-2084 introduces functionality to execute SQL natively from DSL apps. Please consult the following documentation for details:

• Helium DSL and View Quick Reference
• Helium DSL Reference
• Dedicated tutorial lesson: Lesson 22: Executing SQL Select Queries From the DSL
• Dedicated tutorial lesson: Lesson 23: Executing Other SQL Queries From the DSL
• Also take note of the supporting feature allowing for multi-line string declarations

HE-2085 introduces functionality that allows for the packaging of custom SQL scripts with DSL apps as well as the execution of these scripts during app deployment/schema upgrade. Please consult the following documentation for details:

• Dedicated tutorial lesson: Lesson 24: Executing SQL During App Deployment