# Update to v 1.20.0

**URL:** <https://forum.knime.com/t/update-to-v-1-20-0/15050>\
**Category:** Community Extensions\
**Tags:** vernalis\
**Created:** [May 2, 2019, 2:06pm UTC](https://forum.knime.com/t/update-to-v-1-20-0/15050 "2019-05-02T14:06:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vernalis](https://forum-cdn.knime.com/user_avatar/forum.knime.com/vernalis/32/356_2.png) [@Vernalis](https://forum.knime.com/u/Vernalis)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2019, 2:06pm UTC](https://forum.knime.com/t/update-to-v-1-20-0/15050/1 "2019-05-02T14:06:47Z")

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We have just updated the nightly build to v1.20.0, which incorporates 7 new nodes, new features for existing nodes, and a bug fix.

 ![image](https://forum-cdn.knime.com/uploads/default/original/2X/3/3c4d016a59ebc5db3d161a04e829f5e6db363852.png)

**New Nodes**

- URL Decode Node
- Set To List Node
- Collection To String Node
- Flow Variable Benchmarking start / end nodes (with/without memory monitoring)

**New Features**

- ‘PDB Saver’ / ‘Save File Locally’ nodes now allow option to specify parent folder / directory path to save all files to
- ‘PDB Loader’ / ‘Load text-based files’ nodes now allow removal of input column  
(In both cases, legacy behaviour is retained in existing nodes, and new nodes default to existing behaviour)

**Bug fixes**

- ‘PDB Saver’ / ‘Save File Locally’ nodes now handle directory creation correctly when using multiple threads, preventing some files from being saved

Some of the nodes in this release relate to the following forum topics:

> [@Convert List to String](https://forum.knime.com/t/convert-list-to-string/14810/8):
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> We have a Collection to String node unreleased at present at @vernalis. When back in the office I will see about getting out released. Steve

> [@URL Decode node](https://forum.knime.com/t/url-decode-node/14816):
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> I tried decoding encoded URL’s with a recursive loop but it hit’s the sound barrier pretty early when processing bigger amounts of URL’s. Any option to include an URL decode node?

> [@Convert collection cell to string for exporting into Excel file?](https://forum.knime.com/t/convert-collection-cell-to-string-for-exporting-into-excel-file/14965):
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> I am using XPath to parse through some XML data and have some data as collection cells that I need to convert into string cells in order to export into Excel. I have tried Split Collection Column and then Column Combine. However, some values are missing and return as a “?”, so my combined column includes a bunch of “?,?,?,?,?,?,?”. I’ve tried to simply remove these after using String Manipulation. However, I feel that this is not ideal, since I now have hundreds of columns that my collection cel…

We envisage transferring this update to the v3.7 stable build in the coming days. If you notice any problems, please do get in touch.

Thanks

Steve

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**Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.knime.com/t/update-to-v-1-20-0/15050/2 "2023-04-21T21:47:25Z")

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