This is the first beta release for the 3.5 series. Please backup your workspace directory before installing and report any problems that you encounter.
New features
- Wikidata support has been generalized to arbitrary Wikibase instances. (#1640)
- The
cross
function now accepts implicit project and column names (#2504) - The left panel can be collapsed (#1038)
- Support for more Wikidata constraints was added (multi-value, difference within range, conflicts with, and citation needed constraints) (#2354)
- Splitting multi-valued cells is now possible by transition between uppercase/lowercase (#2238)
- When importing multiple archive files, importers can store the filename of the archive file each row was extracted from (#1963)
- It is now possible to go to a page of the project table directly (#2638)
- The pagination sizes offered by the UI can now be configured by setting the
ui.browsing.pageSize
preference to values such as[100,500,1000,2000]
(#2624) - Format detection at the import stage was improved (#2805, #2800)
- The split/join multivalued cells dialogs now remember the last separator used (#2197)
- The
forEach
GREL function works on JSON objects (#3149) - A new GREL function
wholeText
can be used to extract all the text inside an XML element (including in its children) (#3180) - A dialog to confirm the removal of starred expressions was added (#501)
- HTTP host validation was added (#3288)
- The Wikibase extension can now be used to add BCE dates (#3816)
- The common cell transforms can be run on a selection of columns easily (#1843)
See the full list of changes for 3.5.
Checksums
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