New Features, Improvements and Bug Fixes 

Please download your Feature Pack 2 here. This will install new features, improvements and bug fixes. Thus you do not need to install Service Release 5 in addition.

Please download Service Release 5 here. This will install improvements and bug fixes to your Studio 7 product.

Download our Studio 7 Demo version to experience the new features.

Note that you need a Support and Upgrade Agreement (SUA) to be able to use features introduced in Feature Pack 2. Academic users may purchase the Feature Pack 2 as an add-on. 

• New Database Dataset that lets simulations exchange data with relational databases (for example Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server, and Oracle).
• The spreadsheet dataset variables now support different summary types.
• Manual transfer is now supported for the Spreadsheet Dataset.
• This makes it possible to use the Spreadsheet Dataset offline.
• It is now possible to create parameters for Spreadsheet Dataset connection variables. This makes it possible to view and edit a connection variable's history.
• The new "Represent time spans as days" option enables the use of time formatting for time spans in the spreadsheet.
• "Clear cells beyond simulation end time" is a new option that helps to maintain a nicely formatted spreadsheet in connection with changing simulation horizons.
• Calculator mode is now optional when using bi-directional transfer in the Spreadsheet Dataset.
• New Tail length property that allows the user to control the length of the Scatter Graph.
• It is now possible to control where the markers are placed on the Scatter Graph.
• The Scatter Graph Control can now be set to follow the simulation's report window with the new "Follow report window" option.
• It is now possible to change the report interval and summary period for the Scatter Graph Control.
• Parameters with summary types are now supported by the Scatter Graph Control.
• Events can now be triggered by user input also when the simulation is paused.
• New Copy Value Action that copies the value from a source variable to a destination variable.
• For the Set Value Action it is now possible to use other destinations than simulation variables. In addition you can use a sub selection of the variable elements as destination.
• It is now possible to automatically run multiple runs, instead of manually having to start the simulation between each run.

• The Spreadsheet Dataset can now be used in combination with runs, games, cue points and optimization.
• Improved and simplified unit syntax and terminology.
• Improved error messages and help system in connection with unit and unit consistency problems.
• Added tooltips for icon buttons in several dialogs.
• XLDATA function now supports Microsoft Excel 2007 files.
• To avoid inadvertently loosing changes made in the Properties dialog, the dialog is now locked to the current selection until the changes are applied or canceled.
• Improved delay functions making it easier to avoid circular definitions.
• The scope of index variable values has been changed from the current window to the current simulation. Index variable values are now also saved with the simulation.
• A new "Copy Area with Background" command is now available on the context menu for the "Copy Area as Picture" tool. With this command the diagram background is included in the copied picture.
• Introduced "Back" and "Forward" buttons in dialog help windows.
• Started listing public child variables of linked submodels in the "Linked variables" list in the Variable Definition dialog.
• The value source tree now shows tooltips that explain why items with stop sign indicators cannot be added as parameters.
• It is now possible to create parameters for variables of time-independent datasets.
• Added F9 as keyboard shortcut for the "Autoscale Now" command.

• Fixed problem with the context sensitive help (?) button in the Properties dialog.
• Fixed problem with POLICYGRID function when used inside a FOR loop.
• Fixed problems experienced when opening Private Diagrams containing indexed parameters for variables with undefined dimensions.
• Fixed problem with fiscal variant time translation in SAP BI Dataset.
• Fixed problem that caused permanent variables to be restored when changing the project's feature level.
• Fixed problem experienced when connecting a model variable using DISPLAYAS to a dataset.
• Fixed problem sometimes experienced when saving external data after deleting dataset variables.
• Fixed problem when loading projects using languages not available in the current operating system.
• Fixed problem with dataset variables using the "Accumulated" summary type.
• Fixed problem with incorrect use of singular/plural unit name when displaying values with scaled units.
• Fixed problem sometimes causing negative currency values to be displayed incorrectly.
• Fixed problem with the Unit Definition page sometimes selecting the "Derived" category incorrectly.
• Fixed problem with incorrect syntax coloring in the Variable Definition dialog for variable names prefixed with '.' or '~'.
• Fixed some minor issues with the Goto dialog.
• Fixed problem with some fonts not displaying correctly on Vista.
• Fixed problem with incorrectly placed graph handles.
• Fixed several issues with the Parameters property page and the Add Advanced dialog.
• Fixed problem with diagrams not reflecting changed values when manually loading data of time-independent datasets.
• Fixed problem with the "Accumulated" summary type in combination with invalid units.
• Fixed problem with incorrect page count in the History and Value property pages.
• Fixed problem where the value of variables with explicit unit was always displayed with the singular form of the unit.
• Fixed problem sometimes experienced when using the {RUNINDEX} field code with the Spreadsheet Dataset.
• Fixed problem that sometimes prevented update of time-independent Studio Dataset connections when their source changed.
• Fixed problem with time-dependent SAP BI Datasets for simulations starting before the first period of the connected SAP data.
• Fixed problem experienced when deleting diagrams shared by multiple simulations.
• Fixed problem with renaming of a global range used in common dimensions of a dataset.
• Fixed problem with the Time Graph and Scatter Graph Controls where the scale was not updated when activating a previous run or loading a game file.
• Fixed problems with private diagrams sometimes causing unknown exceptions.
• Fixed problems with auto reports and the Toggle Design Mode command sometimes causing unknown exceptions.