Version 5 functionality

The following list highlights the targeted functionality and changes planned for version 5.

Version 5 is targeted to be released in 2025. Contact us if you have any contributions, thoughts, or requirements related to version 5.

Planned changes

Use doc.lamininsolutions.com as primary source of information

  • redo landing page

  • redo summary of tool

  • Why use it

  • more use cases and practical guidance

Upgrade UIX in the context menu from version 1 to version 2. This required to ensure that MFSQL Connector will work with the M-Files Web and Desktop. M-Files development in this regard is still in progress. The current versions of M-Files Web and desktop will become redundant after 2025.

Use M-Files Configurations to setup the Connector. This will require a connection from M-Files to SQL. Initially this will be optional until all MFSQL Connector customers have switched on a connection.

  • Set and update MFSettings Table

  • Set and update MFVaultSettings Table

  • Select classes to include in App and automatically create all class tables in SQL

  • Set and update custom Class and property settings

Use Configurations to show MFSQL Connector operational status

  • Listing of errors

  • Process Batch statistics

  • Provide overview of usage of MFSQL in the dashboard

Use Configurations to automate SQL procedures and views

  • custom procedures to update class tables

  • custom views for reporting and analysis

  • Use VAF to trigger the automatic updating of the metadata structure in SQL.

  • Make reporting functionality magic. Automate, ease of use, report in MF.

  • Metadata alignment - improve automation

  • Improve capabilities by grouping them into operations with options. MFSQL Connector Operations

  • Change metadata sync to allow for continious update of metadata without affecting transaction processing.#. Change updating of object change history to update the change history automatically without the need to run through all objects.

  • Change processing of updates to MF to reduce checkin checkout operations and the time it takes to process

  • Convert to the use of JSON instead of XML to avoid the restrictions of XML and improve performance.

  • Change pricing to be more usage focussed

Change installation routine

  • install vault App

  • Configure vault app

  • install web service on webserver.

  • validate connection to webserver

  • install MF on SQL server

  • Check connection to SQL server

  • Execute SQL installation

  • Check connection from SQL to MF