Known Issues
Records with midnight timestamp sometimes missing when importing from XLS or XLSX data files
Reported: July 25, 2019 Version(s) affected: DataSight 3.6 onwards Issue: When importing XLS or XLSX data files, records with a midnight timestamp are sometimes missing from the Date Time field in Step 3. This occurs because Excel has previously ...
License Already Installed - New Windows User Profile
Reported: May 31, 2019 Version(s) affected: DataSight 3.0 onwards Issue: When running DataSight for the first time on a newly created Windows User Profile, DataSight requests the DataSight license details to be entered, despite prior authentication ...
Embedded Charts in Reports Displaying Incorrectly
Reported: May 16, 2019 Version(s) affected: DataSight 3.5 onwards Issue: Reports created in Report Designer with embedded charts may not display correctly when the report is previewed, printed or exported. This is due to the implementation of ...
Error saving new projection record in Level Properties
Reported: April 30, 2019 Version(s) affected: DataSight 3.4 and above Issue: Saving a new projection record within the Level Properties displays the following error message: "Error while saving: DataSight Database Error:SetLevelProjection" ...
Check all import templates have date time delimiters
Reported: October 4, 2018 Version(s) affected: DataSight 3.4 onwards Issue: Date and Time Delimiters in Step 1 of the Import need to be precisely identified. Data validation is strictly enforced in DataSight version 3.4 onwards and any change in date ...
Series filters in Saved View Charts cannot be changed
Reported: October 4, 2018 Version(s) affected: DataSight 3.4 and below Issue: When opening a Saved View chart with multiple variables, the individual series filters on the Filter Panel may have been dropped and the individual series tabs are not ...
Error saving Projection Information
Reported: December 18, 2017 Version(s) affected: DataSight 3.2 and above Issue: Projection information has been added to SQL Views in Version 3.2. As a result, the Projection information column has been made mandatory and unique when adding a ...
Mandatory Fields in Tabular Forms
Reported: October 18, 2017 Version(s) affected: DataSight 3.0 and above Issue: When a new record is mistakenly added to any grid view in DataSight (e.g. new Variable, new Standard etc), a Can't be Empty marker will appear in any cell that a mandatory ...
Query Editor disappears from view in Report Designer
Reported: October 13, 2017 Version(s) affected: DataSight 3.0 and above Issue: Once the Report Designer is opened, the Query Editor window may disappear from view when the user clicks outside of DataSight. The Query Editor window will not be visible ...
Customizing dynamic chart controls in Report Designer
Reported: June 13, 2017. Version(s) affected: DataSight 3.0 and above Issue: When creating a report with Report Designer, in which the user has inserted a Chart control bound to the queried data, the Argument Scale cannot be changed from Qualitative ...
Re-authenticate license requires Administrative rights
Reported: July 31, 2017. Version(s) affected: DataSight 3.0 and above Issue: Overtyping a license key, or trying to re-authenticate without Administrator rights to the system or computer, may cause an installation error. Workaround: If you are ...
DataSight window minimized upon launch after upgrade
Reported: March 16, 2015 Version(s) affected: DataSight 3.0 and above Issue: Window size and state (maximize/minimized) are saved into the user's registry upon closing and loaded when launching DataSight. Unfortunately, if left minimized prior to an ...
Shift Update Process Type in Version 3.1
Reported: August 16, 2017 Version(s) affected: DataSight 3.1 Issue: The process type of Shift Update was assigned to both Data Conversion from the Regressions tool and the Shift Analysis for the processing of surface water data in accordance with the ...
Changing your DataSight License Type
Reported: September 6, 2017 Version(s) affected: DataSight 3.0 and above Issue: If a DataSight license (either standard or concurrent) has been previously installed on a computer, you are unable to change the license type. This is an issue even if ...
Empty level dropdown lists in chart series filters
Reported: March 22, 2017. Version(s) affected: DataSight 3.0 and above Issue: Level dropdown lists appear empty when added to a chart series filter tab. Workaround: This issue is usually presented if the chart has been built by dragging and dropping ...
Non-clickable filter descriptors in Saved Views
Reported: October 31, 2016 Version(s) affected: DataSight 3.0 and above Issue: Certain filter descriptors cannot be clicked upon to change them after they have been saved in a normalised or pivoted datasheet or a chart. This applies to the following ...
Exception in reading/writing data to DataSight database
Reported: July 26, 2017 Version(s) affected: DataSight 3.0 and above Issue: Users encounter 'db_owner' permission error intermittently when reading and writing data to a database, especially when a user is trying to add/delete a gauging or level. ...
Using Chart Editor to customise axis scales in a saved chart
Reported: June 15, 2017. Version(s) affected: DataSight 3.0 and 3.1 Issue: Using Chart Editor to customise the scales of a chart axis does not save scale preferences. The customisation is lost when the chart is reopened after saving to saved views. ...
Microsoft SQL views of Pivoted Datasheets
Reported: January 31, 2017. Version(s) affected: DataSight 3.0 and 3.1. Issue: Microsoft SQL views of pivoted datasheets are not saved in pivoted tables. Linking the views to other software products such as Microsoft Excel, then does not produce the ...
Importing calculated fields from Microsoft Excel files
Reported: June 16, 2017. Version(s) affected: DataSight 3.0 and 3.1. Issue: During an import routine, if values in nominated fields of a file have been calculated using Microsoft Excel formulae, they appear empty when previewed and do not import. ...