Hi,
Many thanks for the release of KNIME 2.6.0 and the lovely new features and enhancements.
I have noticed one bug with the XLS Reader node in that it fails to load XLSX files (the spreadsheets I am trying are very simple, just some text and numbers). This works in KNIME 2.5.4, but not in KNIME 2.6.0, it reports this error;
ERROR XLSReaderNodeDialog java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
ERROR XLSReaderNodeDialog java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException.
I have also noticed another bug, but very minor. If you load in the ComplexSAR workflow from the KNIME public server under Applications and run it to completion, and then save it first. If you then shut the workflow down, and then reopen it, the save icon is available and when you go to reshut it, it asks to save changes, even though no changes have been made. It doesnt affect the operation of the workflow however.
In terms of some new additions, and improvements there are some really impressive ones..
Many thanks for the big improvements with the aggregation nodes. The very quick implementation of the Geometric Mean and Geometric Standard Deviation in the GroupBy node, and being able to select all aggregation columns by numerical/non-numerical/all with a right click. Someone has made me very happy!!, this will save alot of time, especially the Geometric St.Dev. The Groupby node by column aggregation (column aggregator) is another great addition of merging multiple datasets together. Someone needs a big pat on the back for these changes.
Thanks for the quick implementation of dynamic column handling in the (column) splitter node, this used to be a real problem when new columns were introduced.
And the great implementation of the OpenBabel node now, this now allows such a wide variety of chemical format interconversions. This is much more flexible and useable between users now, especially with OpenBabel being part of the KNIME Update Site. Great!
I am also really happy to see the new Round Double node can round by decimal and by significant figures, this is really useful having both options available, really good! Again, thanks for the quick implementation.
Thanks, there have been some really impactful additions in the new release.
Simon.
P.S.
I suspect I will struggle to find many bugs in this version as I notice there were alot of bug fixes in the changelog!
I look forward to trying out all the other new features!