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Longview v24.4 Software Release Notes

This document describes enhancements and changes to Longview version 24.4.

Announcements in Longview 24.4

  • Introducing a live connection for SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud, via our Open Data Business Fabric, for new Cloud customers, with pre-built finance content (Business Views) for consumption of finance data by Longview Close, Plan and Tax.

  • Pillar Two:

    • Now supporting a framework for jurisdiction level Qualifying Domestic Minimum Top-Up Tax (QDMTT) calculations. The QDMTT result is automatically applied as a deduction to GloBE top-up tax.

    • A new app has been added to manage jurisdictional elections and settings. This app includes additional elections and settings to support QDMTT, and the GloBE Information Return.

  • Continued performance improvements:

    • In Longview Tax Multi-Regional Provision (US GAAP and IFRS), the performance of the Multi-Regional Deferred Tax Transfer and Deferred Tax Deductible calculations have been improved when triggered by a large number of entities, regions and currencies.

    • In Longview Pillar Two, the performance of the Temporary Difference Recast Adjustment calculation has been improved when executed against a large number of entities and currencies.

    • In Longview Tax Provision (IFRS), the performance of the Current Tax Charge and Deferred Tax calculations have been improved when executed against a large number of segments and/or details with sparse data.

    • Lock performance when opening input templates has been improved when workflow is enabled.

  • Introducing support for Linux within the ISW Cloud infrastructure for Longview Tax new customers. Longview Close and Plan, and customers upgrading will be supported from the next release.

insightsoftware continues to focus our efforts on providing the greatest value in our product investment. As part of this effort, we began an initiative in 2020 to deprecate certain features that were legacy in nature and could be replaced with newer components that offered greater functionality and improved user experience.

A recap of the recent decisions, the following features have been de-supported over the past few releases:

  • Longview Component Manager – Version 22.1 (Spring 2022)

  • Legacy Longview for Excel component – Version 22.1 (Spring 2022)

No additional components are deprecated as part of the current release.

Enhancements Added in Longview 24.4

Longview 24.4 contains enhancements in the following areas:

Longview Application Framework

Enhancement Description

LV-10889

A new Application Framework command, GET DATA, has been added to retrieve data from an outside data source using the Open Business Data Fabric for customers that are on insightsoftware’s platform.

Syntax: Get DATA BusinessViewId [“Parameters”] TO FileName

For more information, see the Longview Developer's Guide. For more information on how to develop an end-to-end solution using this command, see the Longview Integration Guide.

Longview Solutions Framework

Enhancement Description

LV-10725

Solutions Framework has been enhanced to update the event log file while the event is in progress.

Longview Tax – Pillar Two

Enhancement Description

LV-10684

For Longview Pillar Two, a new app has been created to manage jurisdictional elections and settings. This app includes additional elections and settings to support QDMTT, and the GloBE Information Return.

LV-10693

LV-10773

Longview Pillar Two now supports jurisdiction level QDMTT calculations, through adjustments to GloBE Income, Covered Taxes and Substance-based Income Exclusion. The QDMTT result is automatically applied as a deduction to GloBE top-up tax.

LV-11031

For Longview Pillar Two, an app has been created to migrate jurisdiction settings from Manage Constituent Entities to Manage Jurisdiction Elections. The Migrate Jurisdiction Settings app can be found in the System folder of the Administration category in the Global Transparency module.
LV-11072 Longview Pillar Two now includes rollover steps for Substance-based Income Exclusion rates.

Issues Resolved in Longview 24.4

Longview 24.2 contains issues resolved for the following components:

Longview Installation and Supported Platforms

Issue Description

LV-11082

The Longview Installer did not support changing ODBC connection parameters during an upgrade. Users can now modify the Database Name, ODBC Data Source, and Database Server\[Instance Name] via the UI during an upgrade. Alternatively, parameters can be specified in the .ini file for a silent install upgrade.

Longview Application Framework

Issue Description

LV-1562

When “Keep Deleted Journal Entry” was enabled, the GetCalcJEStatus function failed when using the app ID of a deleted calculated journal entry.

LV-3027

When a SYM function was used to assign a real symbol to a temp symbol hierarchy and run between other TEMPSYM functions, the data area lock check produced incorrect results.
LV-10871 In some cases, Longview Analysis and Reporting failed to launch in the correct language.
LV-11059 When the REST API header parameter name was too long, it caused the Longview Application Framework to return an error.

Longview Data Servers

Issue Description

LV-8652

There was a URL injection vulnerability with the LongviewLaunchClient parameter.

LV-10595

REST API calls using CURL library would return an error when the certificate revocation checking failed.

LV-11126

Lock performance decreased when workflow was enabled, causing some users to experience long wait times when opening input templates.
LV-11127 In some cases, the Longview Data Server export did not properly export rows containing USER ID when “user local” was used in the Longview Sever Manager Admin console (LVMGRL).

Longview Platform

Issue Description

LV-10871

In some cases, Longview Journal Entries, Longview Workflow and Longview Analysis and Reporting did not launch in the correct language.
LV-11078 Using some OS display settings, Longview Client had window sizing and positioning issues when working with multiple screens.
LV-11106 Cards and Pages created in Longview Dashboard with special characters were not saved correctly in the database.
LV-11358 The Longview Single Sign-On service would not start if SAML was not configured.

Longview Report Viewer

Issue Description

LV-10682

In some cases, the Report Viewer did not pass the entity from the Longview Client navigation pane when the template was published with an entity selected but not some of the fixed dimensions.
LV-10841 In some cases, opening a report with nested entities would cause an “Index out of range” error.

Longview Tax – Multi-Regional Provision

Issue Description

LV-10717

In Longview Tax Multi-Regional Provision (ASC/US GAAP, IAS/IFRS), the performance of the Multi-Regional Deferred Tax Transfer calculation has been improved when triggered by a large number of entities, regions and currencies.
LV-10719 In Longview Tax Multi-Regional Provision (ASC/US GAAP, IAS/IFRS), the performance of the Multi-Regional Deferred Tax Deductible calculation has been improved when triggered by a large number of entities, regions and currencies.
LV-10966 In Longview Tax Multi-Regional Provision (ASC/US GAPP and IAS/IFRS), tax rollover would fail when a rollover step was added with the 'Custom' method.

Longview Tax – Pillar Two

Issue Description
LV-10988

In Longview Pillar Two, the rule IDs of Transitional Safe Harbour and Substance-based Income Exclusion transfer conflicted. As part of this fix the rule IDs for Substance-based Income Exclusion transfer have been moved from 5750170 - 5750171 to 5750180 - 5750181. New deployments of Transitional Safe Harbour will use custom rule numbers, in the 5950170-5950176 range.

LV-11006 In Longview Pillar Two, with foreign exchange enabled, events could run out of memory when triggered with a large number of entities and many currencies in the system.
LV-11077 In Longview Pillar Two, the performance of the Temporary Difference Recast Adjustment Calculation was improved when executed against a large number of entities and currencies.
LV-11162

In Longview Tax Multi-Regional Provision (ASC/US GAAP), a lock conflict error would occur in the Multi-Regional Provision Rate Reconciliation calculation if a user submitted data in a regional current provision input app (SS0201/SG0201) without closing the app.

Longview Tax – Task Management

Issue Description

LV-11257

In the Task Management Jurisdictions editor, the Tax Types column displayed white text over a white background.

Longview Tax – Tax Provision

Issue Description

LV-7644

In Longview Tax Provision (IAS/IFRS), the performance of the Deferred Tax calculation was improved when executed against a large number of segments and/or details with sparse data.

LV-10966

In Longview Tax Provision (ASC/US GAPP and IAS/IFRS), tax rollover would fail when a rollover step was added with the 'Custom' method.
LV-11005 In Longview Tax Provision (IAS/IFRS), the performance of the Current Tax Charge calculation was improved when executed against a large number of segments and/or details with sparse data.
LV-11083 The Rollover and Scenario Setup editor became unusable when attempting to scroll vertically.

Hardware and Software Requirements

This section contains information on these main topics:

Note: Third party components and versions, such as operating systems, browsers, etc., no longer in support by the third-party provider are not supported by Longview as well.

Supported Server Platforms

Supported platforms are defined as the Operating System and RDBMS “families”, and minimum patch/point level on which the application is supported under the terms of the Customer’s maintenance Services Agreement. Assistance with issue investigation and resolution is available through Support Services. Any platform related software issues identified will be addressed based on Longview’s standard issue prioritization criteria.

Longview reserves the right to end support for supported platforms with subsequent releases of the application.

Should a customer choose to use current versions of Longview software on non-supported platforms, Longview will continue to provide the application support under the terms of the Maintenance Services Agreement with the following exceptions:

  • Issues encountered which cannot be replicated on a currently supported platform will not be addressed.

  • For issues that exist on both supported and non-supported platforms, fixes will be verified only on supported platforms and may or may not address the issue on the non-supported platform.

  • No support is available for platforms (OS or RDBMS) that are no longer supported by their respective vendors.

This section contains information on supported platforms for the following items:

Updating Windows Universal CRT

Improved security and compatibility of Longview means that older server machines must install Windows Universal C Runtime (CRT) update 2999226. You can determine whether your server requires this update and download this update, if needed, from the following link: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2999226

Data Server OS and RDBMS

The following combinations are supported for all servers in the application. For details on the term Supported, see Supported Server Platforms.

(x64 architecture) Server RDBMS (64-bit)

Windows Server 2022

SQL Server 2022

SQL Server 2019

Oracle 19c 

Windows Server 2019

SQL Server 2022

SQL Server 2019

Oracle 19c

Note: If you are using a separate Database server, any platform and Operating System supporting the database versions can be used.

Web Server

The following combinations are supported for the Web Server. For details on the term Supported, see Supported Server Platforms.

Note: The Web Server supports only x64 Server hardware architecture.

Server operating system (64-bit) Web Server (64-bit)

Windows Server 2022

Microsoft IIS 10.0

Windows Server 2019

Microsoft IIS 10.0

Data Server Web Services

The following combinations are supported for Data Server Web Services. For details on the term Supported, see Supported server platforms.

Note: Data Server Web Services supports only x64 Server hardware architecture.

Server operating system (64-bit) Java

Windows Server 2022

Oracle JDK 17 (LTS), Oracle JDK 21 (LTS), OpenJDK 17, or OpenJDK 21

Windows Server 2019

Oracle JDK 17 (LTS), Oracle JDK 21 (LTS), OpenJDK 17, or OpenJDK 21

Note: Apache Tomcat is deployed as part of the Data Server Web Services install process. If you have already installed Apache Tomcat, you must have version 9.0.85 installed.

Longview Grid Server

The following combinations are supported for the Longview Grid Server when Grid Processing Type is selected in Longview Server Manager. For details on the term Supported, see Supported server platforms.

Note: Longview Grid Server supports only x64 Server hardware architecture.

Operating system (64-bit) ODBC

Windows Server 2022

ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server

Windows Server 2019

ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server

Note: You must install the ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server on the grid node that corresponds to the RDBMS that the Longview application server is configured for.

HTTP Proxy Server

The following combinations are supported for the HTTP Proxy Server. For details on the term Supported, see Supported Server Platforms.

Server hardware Server operating system (64-bit)

x64 Architecture

Windows Server 2022

Windows Server 2019

Note: You must have .NET 4.8 installed to run HTTP Proxy Server.

Supported Client Platforms

This section contains information on Supported platforms for the following items:

Longview Client Components

The following platforms are supported for client computers. For details on the term Supported, see Supported Server Platforms.

Client operating system (64-bit) Web browser .NET version

Windows 11

Microsoft Edge

Google Chrome1

.NET 4.8

 

Windows 10

Microsoft Edge

Google Chrome1

.NET 4.8

 

Note: 1 Chrome browsers require a Chrome extension to launch ClickOnce components. For example, the Windows Remix ClickOnce Helper to launch Longview ClickOnce components.

Caution: Longview recommends a DPI display setting of 100%. Using a DPI mode other than 100% can cause display issues ranging from incorrect and inconsistent font sizes to interface elements not being visible on the screen.

Microsoft Excel

The following Microsoft Excel versions are supported.

Note: Both Microsoft Office and Microsoft Office 365 are supported; however, you must use the fully deployed version of Microsoft Excel to work with Longview Add-In for Office.

Longview Add-In for Office

Office 365: 32-bit and 64-bit

Excel 2021: 32-bit and 64-bit

Excel 2019: 32-bit and 64-bit

Supported Languages

Longview client components are language consistent. For example, for a French client system, this update supports the French version of the Longview client, with the default regional settings, running with the French version of the respective operating system, and the French version of Microsoft Office.

However, for the servers, this update supports English versions of the respective RDBMS, server operating system, or Web server, regardless of the client language.

The following table outlines the language requirements for your Longview system.

 

 English French

Windows requirements

English Windows

English Microsoft Office

French Windows

French Microsoft Office

Java

Oracle JDK 17 (LTS)

Oracle JDK 21 (LTS)

OpenJDK17

or

OpenJDK 21

Oracle JDK 17 (LTS)

Oracle JDK 21 (LTS)

OpenJDK17

or

OpenJDK 21

Web browser

English

French

Server operating system

English

English

RDBMS

English

English

Web server

English

English

Upcoming Unsupported Server and Client Platforms

Server Platforms

Platform Note

Windows Server 2019

The last version of Longview that will be supported on Windows Server 2019 will be 26.1 (January 2026).

Oracle

Longview will continue to support Oracle 19c until it’s EOL of April 30, 2027. As of the Longview 24.4 release date, Oracle has still not announced the release date for Oracle 23ai for Windows. Longview is currently reviewing the future of ongoing support of Oracle.

Client Platforms

Platform Note

Windows 10

In line with Microsoft EOL of Windows 10, Longview will only support Windows 10 LTSC 2021 (21H2) as of October 14, 2025.

Microsoft Excel 2019

In line with Microsoft EOL of Office 2019 extended support, Longview will only support Office 2019 until Oct 14, 2025.

Longview Support Schedule

  • As of this release, only Longview version 21.2 and newer are supported.
  • Longview 21.2 will no longer be supported as of February, 2025.
  • As of 24.1, our standard support life cycle will be three calendar years from the month of release.

See the below table for more details:

Version Release Date End of Support
10.7 November, 2020 February, 2024
21.1 May, 2021 July, 2024
21.2 November, 2021 February, 2025
22.1 June, 2022 July, 2025
22.2 November, 2022 February, 2026
23.1 March, 2023 April, 2026
23.2 May, 2023 July, 2026
23.3 August, 2023 October, 2026
23.4 November, 2023 February, 2027
24.1 February, 2024 February, 2027
24.2 May, 2024 May, 2027
24.3 July 2024 July 2027
24.2 October 2024 October 2027

For more information on any of the above updates, please contact your Customer Success Manager, Account Executive, or Longview Support.
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Longview v24.4 Software Release Notes

This document describes enhancements and changes to Longview version 24.4.

Announcements in Longview 24.4

  • Introducing a live connection for SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud, via our Open Data Business Fabric, for new Cloud customers, with pre-built finance content (Business Views) for consumption of finance data by Longview Close, Plan and Tax.

  • Pillar Two:

    • Now supporting a framework for jurisdiction level Qualifying Domestic Minimum Top-Up Tax (QDMTT) calculations. The QDMTT result is automatically applied as a deduction to GloBE top-up tax.

    • A new app has been added to manage jurisdictional elections and settings. This app includes additional elections and settings to support QDMTT, and the GloBE Information Return.

  • Continued performance improvements:

    • In Longview Tax Multi-Regional Provision (US GAAP and IFRS), the performance of the Multi-Regional Deferred Tax Transfer and Deferred Tax Deductible calculations have been improved when triggered by a large number of entities, regions and currencies.

    • In Longview Pillar Two, the performance of the Temporary Difference Recast Adjustment calculation has been improved when executed against a large number of entities and currencies.

    • In Longview Tax Provision (IFRS), the performance of the Current Tax Charge and Deferred Tax calculations have been improved when executed against a large number of segments and/or details with sparse data.

    • Lock performance when opening input templates has been improved when workflow is enabled.

  • Introducing support for Linux within the ISW Cloud infrastructure for Longview Tax new customers. Longview Close and Plan, and customers upgrading will be supported from the next release.

insightsoftware continues to focus our efforts on providing the greatest value in our product investment. As part of this effort, we began an initiative in 2020 to deprecate certain features that were legacy in nature and could be replaced with newer components that offered greater functionality and improved user experience.

A recap of the recent decisions, the following features have been de-supported over the past few releases:

  • Longview Component Manager – Version 22.1 (Spring 2022)

  • Legacy Longview for Excel component – Version 22.1 (Spring 2022)

No additional components are deprecated as part of the current release.

Enhancements Added in Longview 24.4

Longview 24.4 contains enhancements in the following areas:

Longview Application Framework

Enhancement Description

LV-10889

A new Application Framework command, GET DATA, has been added to retrieve data from an outside data source using the Open Business Data Fabric for customers that are on insightsoftware’s platform.

Syntax: Get DATA BusinessViewId [“Parameters”] TO FileName

For more information, see the Longview Developer's Guide. For more information on how to develop an end-to-end solution using this command, see the Longview Integration Guide.

Longview Solutions Framework

Enhancement Description

LV-10725

Solutions Framework has been enhanced to update the event log file while the event is in progress.

Longview Tax – Pillar Two

Enhancement Description

LV-10684

For Longview Pillar Two, a new app has been created to manage jurisdictional elections and settings. This app includes additional elections and settings to support QDMTT, and the GloBE Information Return.

LV-10693

LV-10773

Longview Pillar Two now supports jurisdiction level QDMTT calculations, through adjustments to GloBE Income, Covered Taxes and Substance-based Income Exclusion. The QDMTT result is automatically applied as a deduction to GloBE top-up tax.

LV-11031

For Longview Pillar Two, an app has been created to migrate jurisdiction settings from Manage Constituent Entities to Manage Jurisdiction Elections. The Migrate Jurisdiction Settings app can be found in the System folder of the Administration category in the Global Transparency module.
LV-11072 Longview Pillar Two now includes rollover steps for Substance-based Income Exclusion rates.

Issues Resolved in Longview 24.4

Longview 24.2 contains issues resolved for the following components:

Longview Installation and Supported Platforms

Issue Description

LV-11082

The Longview Installer did not support changing ODBC connection parameters during an upgrade. Users can now modify the Database Name, ODBC Data Source, and Database Server\[Instance Name] via the UI during an upgrade. Alternatively, parameters can be specified in the .ini file for a silent install upgrade.

Longview Application Framework

Issue Description

LV-1562

When “Keep Deleted Journal Entry” was enabled, the GetCalcJEStatus function failed when using the app ID of a deleted calculated journal entry.

LV-3027

When a SYM function was used to assign a real symbol to a temp symbol hierarchy and run between other TEMPSYM functions, the data area lock check produced incorrect results.
LV-10871 In some cases, Longview Analysis and Reporting failed to launch in the correct language.
LV-11059 When the REST API header parameter name was too long, it caused the Longview Application Framework to return an error.

Longview Data Servers

Issue Description

LV-8652

There was a URL injection vulnerability with the LongviewLaunchClient parameter.

LV-10595

REST API calls using CURL library would return an error when the certificate revocation checking failed.

LV-11126

Lock performance decreased when workflow was enabled, causing some users to experience long wait times when opening input templates.
LV-11127 In some cases, the Longview Data Server export did not properly export rows containing USER ID when “user local” was used in the Longview Sever Manager Admin console (LVMGRL).

Longview Platform

Issue Description

LV-10871

In some cases, Longview Journal Entries, Longview Workflow and Longview Analysis and Reporting did not launch in the correct language.
LV-11078 Using some OS display settings, Longview Client had window sizing and positioning issues when working with multiple screens.
LV-11106 Cards and Pages created in Longview Dashboard with special characters were not saved correctly in the database.
LV-11358 The Longview Single Sign-On service would not start if SAML was not configured.

Longview Report Viewer

Issue Description

LV-10682

In some cases, the Report Viewer did not pass the entity from the Longview Client navigation pane when the template was published with an entity selected but not some of the fixed dimensions.
LV-10841 In some cases, opening a report with nested entities would cause an “Index out of range” error.

Longview Tax – Multi-Regional Provision

Issue Description

LV-10717

In Longview Tax Multi-Regional Provision (ASC/US GAAP, IAS/IFRS), the performance of the Multi-Regional Deferred Tax Transfer calculation has been improved when triggered by a large number of entities, regions and currencies.
LV-10719 In Longview Tax Multi-Regional Provision (ASC/US GAAP, IAS/IFRS), the performance of the Multi-Regional Deferred Tax Deductible calculation has been improved when triggered by a large number of entities, regions and currencies.
LV-10966 In Longview Tax Multi-Regional Provision (ASC/US GAPP and IAS/IFRS), tax rollover would fail when a rollover step was added with the 'Custom' method.

Longview Tax – Pillar Two

Issue Description
LV-10988

In Longview Pillar Two, the rule IDs of Transitional Safe Harbour and Substance-based Income Exclusion transfer conflicted. As part of this fix the rule IDs for Substance-based Income Exclusion transfer have been moved from 5750170 - 5750171 to 5750180 - 5750181. New deployments of Transitional Safe Harbour will use custom rule numbers, in the 5950170-5950176 range.

LV-11006 In Longview Pillar Two, with foreign exchange enabled, events could run out of memory when triggered with a large number of entities and many currencies in the system.
LV-11077 In Longview Pillar Two, the performance of the Temporary Difference Recast Adjustment Calculation was improved when executed against a large number of entities and currencies.
LV-11162

In Longview Tax Multi-Regional Provision (ASC/US GAAP), a lock conflict error would occur in the Multi-Regional Provision Rate Reconciliation calculation if a user submitted data in a regional current provision input app (SS0201/SG0201) without closing the app.

Longview Tax – Task Management

Issue Description

LV-11257

In the Task Management Jurisdictions editor, the Tax Types column displayed white text over a white background.

Longview Tax – Tax Provision

Issue Description

LV-7644

In Longview Tax Provision (IAS/IFRS), the performance of the Deferred Tax calculation was improved when executed against a large number of segments and/or details with sparse data.

LV-10966

In Longview Tax Provision (ASC/US GAPP and IAS/IFRS), tax rollover would fail when a rollover step was added with the 'Custom' method.
LV-11005 In Longview Tax Provision (IAS/IFRS), the performance of the Current Tax Charge calculation was improved when executed against a large number of segments and/or details with sparse data.
LV-11083 The Rollover and Scenario Setup editor became unusable when attempting to scroll vertically.

Hardware and Software Requirements

This section contains information on these main topics:

Note: Third party components and versions, such as operating systems, browsers, etc., no longer in support by the third-party provider are not supported by Longview as well.

Supported Server Platforms

Supported platforms are defined as the Operating System and RDBMS “families”, and minimum patch/point level on which the application is supported under the terms of the Customer’s maintenance Services Agreement. Assistance with issue investigation and resolution is available through Support Services. Any platform related software issues identified will be addressed based on Longview’s standard issue prioritization criteria.

Longview reserves the right to end support for supported platforms with subsequent releases of the application.

Should a customer choose to use current versions of Longview software on non-supported platforms, Longview will continue to provide the application support under the terms of the Maintenance Services Agreement with the following exceptions:

  • Issues encountered which cannot be replicated on a currently supported platform will not be addressed.

  • For issues that exist on both supported and non-supported platforms, fixes will be verified only on supported platforms and may or may not address the issue on the non-supported platform.

  • No support is available for platforms (OS or RDBMS) that are no longer supported by their respective vendors.

This section contains information on supported platforms for the following items:

Updating Windows Universal CRT

Improved security and compatibility of Longview means that older server machines must install Windows Universal C Runtime (CRT) update 2999226. You can determine whether your server requires this update and download this update, if needed, from the following link: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2999226

Data Server OS and RDBMS

The following combinations are supported for all servers in the application. For details on the term Supported, see Supported Server Platforms.

(x64 architecture) Server RDBMS (64-bit)

Windows Server 2022

SQL Server 2022

SQL Server 2019

Oracle 19c 

Windows Server 2019

SQL Server 2022

SQL Server 2019

Oracle 19c

Note: If you are using a separate Database server, any platform and Operating System supporting the database versions can be used.

Web Server

The following combinations are supported for the Web Server. For details on the term Supported, see Supported Server Platforms.

Note: The Web Server supports only x64 Server hardware architecture.

Server operating system (64-bit) Web Server (64-bit)

Windows Server 2022

Microsoft IIS 10.0

Windows Server 2019

Microsoft IIS 10.0

Data Server Web Services

The following combinations are supported for Data Server Web Services. For details on the term Supported, see Supported server platforms.

Note: Data Server Web Services supports only x64 Server hardware architecture.

Server operating system (64-bit) Java

Windows Server 2022

Oracle JDK 17 (LTS), Oracle JDK 21 (LTS), OpenJDK 17, or OpenJDK 21

Windows Server 2019

Oracle JDK 17 (LTS), Oracle JDK 21 (LTS), OpenJDK 17, or OpenJDK 21

Note: Apache Tomcat is deployed as part of the Data Server Web Services install process. If you have already installed Apache Tomcat, you must have version 9.0.85 installed.

Longview Grid Server

The following combinations are supported for the Longview Grid Server when Grid Processing Type is selected in Longview Server Manager. For details on the term Supported, see Supported server platforms.

Note: Longview Grid Server supports only x64 Server hardware architecture.

Operating system (64-bit) ODBC

Windows Server 2022

ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server

Windows Server 2019

ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server

Note: You must install the ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server on the grid node that corresponds to the RDBMS that the Longview application server is configured for.

HTTP Proxy Server

The following combinations are supported for the HTTP Proxy Server. For details on the term Supported, see Supported Server Platforms.

Server hardware Server operating system (64-bit)

x64 Architecture

Windows Server 2022

Windows Server 2019

Note: You must have .NET 4.8 installed to run HTTP Proxy Server.

Supported Client Platforms

This section contains information on Supported platforms for the following items:

Longview Client Components

The following platforms are supported for client computers. For details on the term Supported, see Supported Server Platforms.

Client operating system (64-bit) Web browser .NET version

Windows 11

Microsoft Edge

Google Chrome1

.NET 4.8

 

Windows 10

Microsoft Edge

Google Chrome1

.NET 4.8

 

Note: 1 Chrome browsers require a Chrome extension to launch ClickOnce components. For example, the Windows Remix ClickOnce Helper to launch Longview ClickOnce components.

Caution: Longview recommends a DPI display setting of 100%. Using a DPI mode other than 100% can cause display issues ranging from incorrect and inconsistent font sizes to interface elements not being visible on the screen.

Microsoft Excel

The following Microsoft Excel versions are supported.

Note: Both Microsoft Office and Microsoft Office 365 are supported; however, you must use the fully deployed version of Microsoft Excel to work with Longview Add-In for Office.

Longview Add-In for Office

Office 365: 32-bit and 64-bit

Excel 2021: 32-bit and 64-bit

Excel 2019: 32-bit and 64-bit

Supported Languages

Longview client components are language consistent. For example, for a French client system, this update supports the French version of the Longview client, with the default regional settings, running with the French version of the respective operating system, and the French version of Microsoft Office.

However, for the servers, this update supports English versions of the respective RDBMS, server operating system, or Web server, regardless of the client language.

The following table outlines the language requirements for your Longview system.

 

 English French

Windows requirements

English Windows

English Microsoft Office

French Windows

French Microsoft Office

Java

Oracle JDK 17 (LTS)

Oracle JDK 21 (LTS)

OpenJDK17

or

OpenJDK 21

Oracle JDK 17 (LTS)

Oracle JDK 21 (LTS)

OpenJDK17

or

OpenJDK 21

Web browser

English

French

Server operating system

English

English

RDBMS

English

English

Web server

English

English

Upcoming Unsupported Server and Client Platforms

Server Platforms

Platform Note

Windows Server 2019

The last version of Longview that will be supported on Windows Server 2019 will be 26.1 (January 2026).

Oracle

Longview will continue to support Oracle 19c until it’s EOL of April 30, 2027. As of the Longview 24.4 release date, Oracle has still not announced the release date for Oracle 23ai for Windows. Longview is currently reviewing the future of ongoing support of Oracle.

Client Platforms

Platform Note

Windows 10

In line with Microsoft EOL of Windows 10, Longview will only support Windows 10 LTSC 2021 (21H2) as of October 14, 2025.

Microsoft Excel 2019

In line with Microsoft EOL of Office 2019 extended support, Longview will only support Office 2019 until Oct 14, 2025.

Longview Support Schedule

  • As of this release, only Longview version 21.2 and newer are supported.
  • Longview 21.2 will no longer be supported as of February, 2025.
  • As of 24.1, our standard support life cycle will be three calendar years from the month of release.

See the below table for more details:

Version Release Date End of Support
10.7 November, 2020 February, 2024
21.1 May, 2021 July, 2024
21.2 November, 2021 February, 2025
22.1 June, 2022 July, 2025
22.2 November, 2022 February, 2026
23.1 March, 2023 April, 2026
23.2 May, 2023 July, 2026
23.3 August, 2023 October, 2026
23.4 November, 2023 February, 2027
24.1 February, 2024 February, 2027
24.2 May, 2024 May, 2027
24.3 July 2024 July 2027
24.2 October 2024 October 2027

For more information on any of the above updates, please contact your Customer Success Manager, Account Executive, or Longview Support.
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