Release Notes 1.19#

We're happy to announce our latest major version 1.19 of i-doit. This release is a very important step in the development of i-doit. See the changelog for a complete list of changes. We encourage you to update to this release as soon as possible.

Highlights in this release#

• A complete redesign of the i-doit frontend to improve the user experience.
• Added compatibility for PHP 8.0.
• New configuration to create custom translations and custom languages.
• Setting to define a default language for newly created users.
• New configuration to attribute settings from categories and/or overview pages.
• Option to log the last login of a user.
• Export for reports which have been created via query builder.

Add-ons#

The New Add-on Versions require i-doit >= 1.19

Alongside i-doit 1.19, we will also release new versions of the following add-ons, which need to be updated afterwards to be compatible with PHP 8.0 and the new design:

• API 1.13
• Documents 1.5
• Analysis 1.3
• Floorplan 1.6
• Cabling 1.2
• Relocate CI 1.2
• Replacement 1.4
• Maintenance 1.2
• Events 1.3
• Workflow 1.1
• Checkmk 1.1
• Check_MK 2 1.8
• Nagios 1.1
• Packager 1.2

Important update notes#

• With i-doit 1.19, PHP 7.3 is no longer supported. Please ensure to upgrade to PHP 7.4 first before updating to i-doit 1.19. Do not upgrade to PHP 8.0 as long as you are using i-doit < 1.19. After the update of i-doit 1.19, you are free to upgrade PHP to 8.0 which is also highly recommended.

• Before activating the feature to log the last login of a user, please check whether this is compatible with the data protection agreements of your company and country. Contact your data privacy expert first if you are not sure about this.

• If you want to use the new icons for object types after updating to i-doit 1.19, you can activate them manually in your i-doit administration under System tools > Cache / Database.

• The following Partner Add-ons need to be updated before the i-doit 1.19 update (If these version requirements are not matched, the i-doit update cannot be performed):

  • ISMS needs to be updated to version 1.5.2 or higher
  • VIVA 2 needs to be updated to version 3.2.1 or higher
  • Privacy needs to be updated to version 1.1 or higher
  • Label needs to be updated to version 0.5or higher
  • Disposal needs to be updated to version 1.1.2 or higher
  • Inheritance needs to be updated to version 1.3.7 or higher

System requirements#

Please check that your system matches the system requirements before updating your instance to i-doit 1.19. Please also check that you have created a backup of all your data and all add-ons are up-to-date.