Release notes - iBase 10.0.1
A high-level overview of the release, listing new features, the system requirements, and recent known issues.
Important notices
⚠️ Upgrading to iBase 10
The iBase 10 installer requires versions prior to iBase 10.0.0 to be uninstalled before installation can proceed.
⚠️ Upgrading iBase databases
Existing iBase databases used with iBase 8.9.13 or later can be upgraded directly to iBase 10.
For iBase versions 8.9.13 to 9.0.2 the database will be upgraded by opening in iBase 10 Designer.
For later iBase versions the database will be upgraded on the first connection by iBase 10. This upgrade takes place without notification to the user.
For versions prior to iBase 8.9.13 please contact i2 Support for guidance.
Once upgraded the database is no longer supported for use with previous versions of iBase.
⚠️ After upgrading to iBase 10 existing scheduled Search 360 jobs may fail
The file path to 'i2.iBase.SearchIndexerExe.exe' has been changed in iBase 10. For further details and solution see i2 Technical Memo.
⚠️ Changes to iBase 10 GIS Interfaces
NEC Software Solutions (formerly Northgate Public Services) have not yet released an iBase interface which provides compatibility with iBase 10; when available, customers should request this from NEC Software Solutions directly.
⚠️ Analyst's Notebook and Sentinel RMS License Manager
Analyst's Notebook 10 customers using network-based licensing must upgrade to the Sentinel RMS License Manager 10.2.0 supplied with iBase 10 to use network licensing with iBase.
Features
Release highlights
The following new and updated features are available in this release:
| iBase |
|---|
| Stability and performance improvements |
| Support for Esri ArcGIS Pro 3.4 |
Release highlight details
Stability and performance improvements
- This release of iBase provides stability and performance improvements.
- In addition it provides fixes for a number of faults, details may be found in the List of fixed issues.
Support for Esri ArcGIS Pro 3.4
Support for Esri ArcGIS Pro 3.4 in addition to 3.1, 3.2, and 3.3; added in iBase 10.0.0 Fix Pack 1.
To use Esri ArcGIS Pro with iBase, first install the ArcGIS interface from the GIS Interfaces option in the custom install menu of the iBase installer, and then install the separate i2 iBase ArcGIS Pro Add-In using its own installer.
Version by Version comparison
The following table shows a comparison of features between recent versions of iBase:
🆕 = New Feature ✅ = Existing Feature ❌ = Feature Removed/Obsolete
| FEATURES | iBase 10.0.1 | iBase 10.0.0 | iBase 9.2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Support for Esri ArcGIS Pro 3.4 | 🆕 | - | - |
| 64-bit support | ✅ | 🆕 | - |
| Modernized icon set | ✅ | 🆕 | - |
| Importing enhancements | ✅ | 🆕 | - |
| Excel export improvements | ✅ | 🆕 | - |
| Improved reporting | ✅ | 🆕 | - |
| Updated scheduler logging | ✅ | 🆕 | - |
| Support for Esri ArcGIS Pro 3.2 and 3.3 | ✅ | 🆕 | - |
| Updated Security | ✅ | 🆕 | - |
| Updated pre-requisites | ✅ | 🆕 | - |
| License Management | ✅ | 🆕 | - |
| 64-bit support for Analyst's Notebook 10 | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 |
| Support for Esri ArcGIS Pro 3.1 | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 |
| Support for MapInfo Professional 2023 | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 |
| Prevent duplicates option for Chart Item Extractor | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Support for Esri ArcGIS 10.8.2 | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Support for MapInfo Professional 2021 | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Support for ArcGIS 10.8 and 10.8.1 | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
Fixed and known issues
The issues that have been fixed in this release, and known issues.
Download information
Customers who have entitlement can request copies of i2 products.
For more information, see Where can I download the latest i2 products?
System requirements
The following tables shows the system requirements for this release, and previous releases. These system requirements should be used to ensure that the setup you are running is fully supported. Ensure that existing deployments are upgraded to currently supported versions of all the software required.
When you are considering your system requirements, ensure that you take the following into account:
If you are planning to use i2 Analyst's Notebook 10, check the system requirements as they exceed those that are given for iBase.
If you are planning to install the iBase GIS Interfaces, check the system requirements for any GIS applications you use as these applications may exceed the requirements that are given for iBase. Check with the GIS manufacturer for details of their own system requirements.
For large databases, the performance depends on the amount of memory on each client that is using the database, and not just on the file server that is hosting the database file.
iBase is a client-server application and it requires a continuous, reliable and low latency network connection between the client (iBase application) and the server (SQL Server database instance).
🆕 = Newly supported ✅ = Supported ❌ = No longer supported
Operating systems - iBase desktop client
| OPERATING SYSTEMS | iBase 10.0.1 | iBase 10.0.0 | iBase 9.2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Windows 11 Enterprise (64-bit) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Microsoft Windows 11 Pro x64 (64-bit) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise (64-bit) | ✅1 | ✅ | ✅ |
| Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit) | ✅1 | ✅ | ✅ |
| Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise(32-bit) | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (32-bit) | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Datacenter Edition | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Standard Edition | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Essentials Edition | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Datacenter Edition | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Standard Edition | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Essentials Edition | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Edition | ✅1 | ✅ | ✅ |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Standard Edition | ✅1 | ✅ | ✅ |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Essentials Edition | ✅1 | ✅ | ✅ |
1 The next release of iBase will deprecate support for Microsoft Windows 10 Pro and Windows Server 2016.
Note: i2 products are supported on hardware virtualization environments that run any of the operating systems that are listed in the detailed system requirements. When you run in a virtual environment, any issues that can be replicated by i2 in a supported operating system are addressed by using the standard support policy. Trial editions of i2 iBase cannot be run in virtualized environments.
Prerequisites
| SOFTWARE PREREQUISITES | iBase 10.0.1 | iBase 10.0.0 | iBase 9.2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft 365 Access Runtime redistributable (64-bit)2,3 | ✅ | 🆕 | - |
| Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Native Client QFE | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server 18 | ❌ | ❌ | 🆕 |
| Microsoft Access database engine 2016 (64-bit) | ❌ | ❌ | 🆕 |
| Microsoft Access database engine 2010 (32-bit) | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
2 or Microsoft Access (64-bit) from a supported version of Microsoft Office (2019, 2021 or 365).
3 The Microsoft 365 Access Runtime redistributable is only available as an Online installer from the Microsoft website. For offline installations please see How to install Microsoft Office 365 Access Runtime redistributable when working offline for further information.
Supported software (optional)
| COMPATIBLE i2 COMPANION PRODUCTS |
|---|
| i2 Analyst's Notebook 10.0.2 |
| Analysis Studio Aug.2024 |
| i2 iBase ArcGIS Pro Add-In 1.0.1 |
Note: iBase 10 is not compatible with earlier versions of Analyst’s Notebook, and is not available as part of Analysis Hub Aug.2024 or earlier.
| SUPPORTED DATABASES | iBase 10.0.1 | iBase 10.0.0 | iBase 9.2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azure SQL Managed Instances | ✅ | 🆕 | - |
| Microsoft SQL Server 2022 (includes Linux editions)4 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Microsoft SQL Server 2019 (includes Linux editions) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Microsoft SQL Server 2017 | ✅5 | ✅ | ✅ |
| Microsoft SQL Server 2016 | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
4 iBase does not support Entra ID for connecting to SQL Server.
5 Microsoft SQL Server 2017 support will be deprecated in a future iBase release.
| SUPPORTED SOFTWARE - Geographic Information Systems | iBase 10.0.1 | iBase 10.0.0 | iBase 9.2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esri ArcGIS Pro 3.4 | 🆕6 | - | - |
| Esri ArcGIS Pro 3.2, 3.3 | ✅ | 🆕 | - |
| Esri ArcGIS Pro 3.1 | ✅7 | ✅ | 🆕 |
| Esri ArcGIS 10.8.2 | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Esri ArcGIS 10.8.1 | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Esri ArcGIS 10.8.0 | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Esri ArcGIS 10.6, 10.6.1 | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Esri ArcGIS 10.5, 10.5.1 | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Esri ArcGIS 10.4 | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| NEC NPS xd8 | ✅9 | ✅9 | ✅ |
| MapInfo Professional 2023 | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 |
| MapInfo Professional 2021 | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| MapInfo Professional 2019 | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| MapInfo Professional 17 | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| MapInfo Professional 16 | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| MapInfo Professional 15 (32 and 64-bit versions) | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
6 Added in iBase 10.0.0 Fix Pack 1.
7 Esri ArcGIS Pro 3.1 support will be deprecated in a future iBase release.
8 Interface component to be provided directly by NEC Software Solutions (formerly Northgate Public Services).
9 NEC Software Solutions (formerly Northgate Public Services) have not yet released an iBase interface which provides compatibility with iBase 10; when available, customers should request this from NEC Software Solutions directly.
| SUPPORTED SOFTWARE - Reporting and Analysis | iBase 10.0.1 | iBase 10.0.0 | iBase 9.2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Office 2021 | ✅ | ✅ | 🆕 |
| Microsoft Office 2019 | ✅10 | ✅ | ✅ |
| Microsoft Office 365 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
10 The next release of iBase will deprecate support for Microsoft Office 2019.
Hardware - iBase desktop client
| Hardware requirements | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| Disk space | 1GB for installation plus additional working space | |
| Processor | Intel or AMD processor with 64-bit support, 1.4GHz or faster | |
| Memory | 2GB | 4GB |
| Display | 1280 x 1024 | 1920 x 1080 |
Hardware - Database server
The overall success of iBase is dependent on using a suitable server machine to run the SQL Server instance. The volume of data, the number of clients, and the type of analysis work combines to determine the specification of the server machine. For example, iBase systems that use Search 360, Alerting, and Audit History make greater demands on your server.
Language support
i2 products are tested on a number of various regional variations of operating systems. In addition they are translated into a number of different languages.
Operating system language support
i2 supports this product on the following regional versions of the supported operating systems:
| Language Group/Language | Language Collection | Support Status |
|---|---|---|
| Western Europe and USA | Basic | ✅ |
| Central Europe | Basic | ✅ |
| Baltic | Basic | ✅ |
| Cyrillic | Basic | ✅ |
| Turkic | Basic | ✅ |
| Arabic | Complex Script | ✅ |
| Japanese | East Asian | ✅ |
| Korean | East Asian | ✅ |
| Traditional Chinese | East Asian | ✅ |
| Simplified Chinese | East Asian | ✅ |
| Thai | Complex Script | ❌ |
| Vietnamese | Complex Script | ❌ |
| Greek | Basic | ❌ |
| Hebrew | Complex Script | ❌ |
| Indic | Complex Script | ❌ |
| Georgian | Complex Script | ❌ |
| Armenian | Complex Script | ❌ |
| Dhivehi | Complex Script | ❌ |
| Galician | Complex Script | ❌ |
| Gujarati | Complex Script | ❌ |
| Kannada | Complex Script | ❌ |
| Kyrgyz | Complex Script | ❌ |
| Mongolian (Cyrillic) | Complex Script | ❌ |
| Punjabi | Complex Script | ❌ |
| Syriac | Complex Script | ❌ |
| Telugu | Complex Script | ❌ |
Data support
i2 products support unicode data.
Translations
The following languages are supported:
| Translations | iBase 10.0.1 |
|---|---|
| Arabic | ✅ |
| Brazilian Portuguese | ✅ |
| Czech | ✅ |
| English | ✅ |
| French | ✅ |
| German | ✅ |
| Italian | ✅ |
| Japanese | ✅ |
| Polish | ✅ |
| Simplified Chinese | ✅ |
| Spanish | ✅ |
| Traditional Chinese | ✅ |