Core Engine Release 5.6

March 2026

We upgraded! What's new? Learn more about new features, technical changes and solved bugs in 4App Core Engine.

Note on upgrading: If you skip a version when upgrading, check all release and patch notes in between for important information. They apply cumulative.
Note on individualization: If your 4ALLPORTAL is highly customized or if you installed individual apps, please contact your implementation partner before upgrading. We recommend checking your custom contents, especially layouts and object renderers, carefully after an upgrade.

New Features

Role-dependent Dimensions

Dimensions can now be controlled on a role-dependent basis. When activated, there is a new "Dimension permissions" tab in the Role configurations admin snap-in. For each role, the permissions for all existing dimension combinations can be set here (read, edit, or disabled). By default, no permission is granted.
Role-dependent dimensions are particularly useful for systems that operate across multiple languages and departments in different countries.
Please note: Role-dependent dimensions must first be activated in admin snap-in "General system configurations > System settings > Dimensions", toggle "Enable role permissions for dimensions".
Further information: Dimensions documentation

Solved Bugs

• Fix the handling of clipping paths and additional profiles in EPS conversion
• Fix a typeahead indexer error when processing objects that were already deleted by the filesystem indexer
• Fix the cloning of objects with CEObjectLink and CEMetric fields that failed due to an incorrect type conversion
• Fix missing accessible renderer fields for value option <module>.accessible_fields
• Fix missing DELETE subscription events. Now they bypass trigger fields or query filter checks and always trigger all matching subscriptions.
• Fix the not working version selection when updating a 4App in the App Management
• Fix for suppressing the help after using the "Open help" shortcut
• Fix the missing display of icons in dimension dropdowns

Patch releases

Version 5.6.1

• Fix the availableFields value option by skipping permission-based element exclusion for system sessions in renderer config

Version 5.6.2

• Fix ensure distinct dimensions and consistent sorting in query results

Version 5.6.3

• Fix preventing incorrect permission filtering when sorting by dimensioned fields, which could cause query errors

Version 5.6.4

• Fix overlapping download profile names in an approval task