With version 3.1, we mainly enhance SimDia² with features that resulted from the wishes and suggestions of our users in our customer talks and our user survey in December 2018.
This includes, among other things:
New features in the Recording Wizard
Undo recording steps

It is now possible to undo individual recording steps during the creation of a recording.
You can undo steps up to the point at which data was last saved or transferred to the SAP server.
Import of long texts into the SAP line editor without prior formatting
SimDia² now enables the import of multi-line long texts from a single Excel cell into the SAP line editor without having to prepare the texts in Excel or splitting them into individual columns.
SimDia² recognizes when data is to be transferred into the SAP line editor and automatically splits them up according to the line length available in the editor.
The transfer takes place including all blank lines, line breaks and the required control characters for the line editor. In the same way, long texts from the SAP line editor can be exported to an Excel cell entirely in just one step.

Multi-line long text in Excel before transfer to SAP

Multi-line long text after transfer from Excel to the SAP line editor
Editing ALV Grid Views using the dynamic SimDia² table functions
The dynamic SimDia² table functions can now also be applied to ALV Grid Views. This allows you, for example, to now also search this SAP table type for specific keys and edit them selectively according to your requirements.
Exporting the SAP status bar
In addition to transferring field values from SAP to Excel, you can also transfer success messages (green status messages) from the SAP status bar to Excel.
You can transfer both the entire status message and individual parameters of the message:

Status message in SAP

Transfer options for SAP status messages in the Recording Wizard

SAP status message transferred to Excel (entire and individual parameters)
Creating and displaying comments for recording
Before saving a recording (both in the Recording Wizard and in the Editor), you now have the option of storing a comment on the recording. This comment can then be displayed in both the SimDia² Cockpit and the Editor.
Revision history for recordings
SimDia² now creates a revision history for each record. This contains the author, the date and the comments for each new creation or change of a recording.
New features in the Recording Editor
Setting steps as optional
This option allows you to specify that a step is to be treated as optional during the import. This is useful, for example, in cases where a field or button exists and is to be processed in SAP for some data records, but not for others.
Inserting stop points into recording
This option allows you to specify that a forced stop point is inserted before a step, for example to perform a manual entry in SAP during the import.
Statistical data about the usage of SimDia²
SimDia² now provides statistical data on its use (number of data sets transferred, time required, SAP transactions used etc.). The statistics data are stored exclusively locally and can be accessed via the SimDia² Admin Tool.
The data can then be evaluated with the usual Excel functions. This provides you with detailed information on your use of SimDia².
Miscellaneous:
- Tray menu: Added a quick option to download the ERSAsoft QuickSupport Tool and send a support request or feedback mail (menu item “Help”)
- Notice on startup of SimDia² if a version of SAP GUI with known errors in the SAP GUI Scripting component is installed on your system. The list of affected versions is kept up-to-date via online retrieval from the ERSAsoft server.
(NOTE: This is a read-only data retrieval. No data will be sent whatsoever!)
- New option in the SimDia² Admin-Tool: You can now restrict the authorization to export data from SAP to Excel
- When saving a new recording, the name of the recording file is now proposed by default by SimDia² applying the following format:
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- In addition to the button content, the button captions in the Recording Wizard are now also highlighted when in use
- For a better overview, data exported from SAP to Excel as well as detail data are now highlighted by color in Excel
- Option to disable notification sounds during import
- When exporting radio buttons, the currently active radio button in the group is exported instead of the focused radio button
- Via the function “Insert new steps” in the Recording Editor, a single fixed value can now be added to the recording without having to record other actions
- In the Recording Editor, deactivated recording steps are hidden by default for a better overview
- Error messages at startup of SimDia² completely revised and translated into all languages
- Improved stability when using Excel during an import
Bug fixes:
- Fixed an error where the SimDia² Cockpit was positioned outside of the visible screen area
- Fixed an error where the timer for automatically confirming error messages during import did not work correctly
- Minor bug fixes, detail and comfort improvements
All changes are of course documented in detail in the SimDia² manual.