Release notes - iBase 10.1.0

A high-level overview of the release, listing new features, the system requirements, and recent known issues.

Important notices

⚠️ Certificate signing authority

We have updated the certificate signing authority for iBase 10.1.0. If your systems restrict which certificate authorities are trusted, you will need to update your systems to recognize the new authority.

⚠️ User Names - i2 iBase logins

If your iBase logins have a username format of ABC(123) you should not upgrade to iBase 10.1.0. Contact i2 Support for guidance.

⚠️ 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 10.1.0.

  • For iBase versions 8.9.13 or later the database will be upgraded by opening in iBase 10.1.0 Designer.

  • For versions prior to iBase 8.9.13, contact i2 Support for guidance.

Once upgraded the database will not be accessible from 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.

⚠️ 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
Entra ID single sign-on

Release highlight details

Entra ID single sign-on

  • iBase 10 single sign-on adds support for Microsoft's Entra ID access management system, in addition to Windows Active Directory. If transitioning from Windows Active Directory to Entra ID iBase can work in "Mixed Mode" to authenticate against the currently available system.

Version by Version comparison

The following table shows a comparison of features between recent versions of iBase:

🆕 = New Feature ✅ = Existing Feature ❌ = Feature Removed/Obsolete

FEATURESBase 10.1.0iBase 10.0.1iBase 10.0.0iBase 9.2.1
Entra ID single sign-on🆕---
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

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 might 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 SYSTEMSiBase 10.1.0iBase 10.0.1iBase 10.0.0iBase 9.2.1
Microsoft Windows 11 Enterprise (64-bit)
Microsoft Windows 11 Pro x64 (64-bit)
Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise (64-bit)
Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise(32-bit)
Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (32-bit)
Microsoft Windows Server 2025 Datacenter Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2025 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2025 Essentials Edition
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
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Essentials Edition

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 PREREQUISITESiBase 10.1.0iBase 10.0.1iBase 10.0.0iBase 9.2.1
Microsoft 365 Access Runtime redistributable (64-bit)1,2🆕-
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server 18🆕
Microsoft Access database engine 2016 (64-bit)🆕
Microsoft Access database engine 2010 (32-bit)

1 or Microsoft Access (64-bit) from a supported version of Microsoft Office.

2 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 10.1.0
Analysis Studio Apr.2025.1
Analysis Studio Apr.2025.2
i2 iBase ArcGIS Pro Add-In 1.0.2

Note: iBase 10.1.0 is not compatible with earlier versions of Analyst’s Notebook.

SUPPORTED DATABASESiBase 10.1.0iBase 10.0.1iBase 10.0.0iBase 9.2.1
Azure SQL Managed Instances🆕-
Microsoft SQL Server 2022 (includes Linux editions)3
Microsoft SQL Server 2019 (includes Linux editions)
Microsoft SQL Server 20174
Microsoft SQL Server 2016

3 iBase does not support Entra ID for connecting to SQL Server.

4 Microsoft SQL Server 2017 support will be deprecated in a future iBase release.

SUPPORTED SOFTWARE - Geographic Information SystemsiBase 10.1.0iBase 10.0.1iBase 10.0.0iBase 9.2.1
Esri ArcGIS Pro 3.4🆕5--
Esri ArcGIS Pro 3.2, 3.3🆕-
Esri ArcGIS Pro 3.1🆕
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 xd6777
MapInfo Professional 2023🆕
MapInfo Professional 2021
MapInfo Professional 2019
MapInfo Professional 17

Note: 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.

5 Added in iBase 10.0.0 Fix Pack 1.

6 Interface component to be provided directly by NEC Software Solutions (formerly Northgate Public Services).

7 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 AnalysisiBase 10.1.0iBase 10.0.1iBase 10.0.0iBase 9.2.1
Microsoft Office 2021🆕
Microsoft Office 2019
Microsoft Office 365

Hardware - iBase desktop client

Hardware requirementsMinimumRecommended
Disk space1GB for installation plus additional working space
ProcessorIntel or AMD processor with 64-bit support, 1.4GHz or faster
Memory2GB4GB
Display1280 x 10241920 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/LanguageLanguage CollectionSupport Status
Western Europe and USABasic
Central EuropeBasic
BalticBasic
CyrillicBasic
TurkicBasic
ArabicComplex Script
JapaneseEast Asian
KoreanEast Asian
Traditional ChineseEast Asian
Simplified ChineseEast Asian
ThaiComplex Script
VietnameseComplex Script
GreekBasic
HebrewComplex Script
IndicComplex Script
GeorgianComplex Script
ArmenianComplex Script
DhivehiComplex Script
GalicianComplex Script
GujaratiComplex Script
KannadaComplex Script
KyrgyzComplex Script
Mongolian (Cyrillic)Complex Script
PunjabiComplex Script
SyriacComplex Script
TeluguComplex Script

Data support

i2 products support unicode data.

Translations

The following languages are supported:

TranslationsiBase 10.1.0
Arabic
Brazilian Portuguese
Czech
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Simplified Chinese
Spanish
Traditional Chinese