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title: Release notes 8.0.0
description: "Release notes: Sigma 8.0.0   New feature Type Feature Description Edition Engine New extra field types for extra calculations New custom field type to allow additional calculations such as CO2 and weight All UI Visual components updated All visual components…"
url: "https://community.sigmaestimates.com/docs/release-notes-8-0-0/"
updated: "2022-07-01"
category: Release Notes
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# Release notes 8.0.0

Release notes:
Sigma 8.0.0
 
New feature



Type
Feature
Description
Edition


Engine
New extra field types for extra calculations
New custom field type to allow additional calculations such as CO2 and weight
All


UI
Visual components updated
All visual components updated to be more user friendly
All


UI
Updated Terms and Conditions
End user license agreement now shown as PDF to be easier to read and in line with EG general terms and conditions
All


UI
Colors in columns
Column headers may now be assigned a color
All


UI
Customize column names
It is now possible to change the name and hint for columns
All


UI
New program colors and icons
New colors and icons in the application
All


UI
Improved quick search
The search result list, when doing quick searches is improved by making it wider
All


Formulas
Several new calculation formulas
Additional math functions for key figures and in-cell formulas, such as SIN and COS using degrees
All


Key Figures
Key figures from Extra fields
The key figure function VALUE function can now get values from extra fields
All


API
Indsight views in AppScript
Insight views can now be added directly from AppScript
All


API
Evaluates key figures in AppScript
Evaluate a key figure string from AppScript is now possible
All


API
New event to see active column
New event to see which column is being edited
All


API
New event for content page headings
Event to manipulate content grid sum header
All


SigmaScript
SigmaScript editor improved
Improved SigmaScript editor with bookmarks and shortcuts
Ent



 
Enhancement



Type
Feature
Description
Edition


Core
Key figures calculation improved
Improved key figure performance with caching system, avoiding recalculations of same key figures
All


Core
Front page calculation improved
Improved speed and performance for SigmaScript used on custom pages by avoiding unnecessary recalculation
All


Core
Send via email with O360
Send project as email now works better for Office 365
All


UI
Component copy and move improved
Copy and paste to/from clipboard is now faster
All


UI
Updated color profiles
Reduced color schemes to Green, Blue, Dark
All


UI
Fast exit of Insight Designer
Escape key now closes Insight designer window
All


API
AppScript editor improved code completion
Improved code-completion when working with multiple AppScript files
All


UI
Mouse scroll wheel fixed in many views
Mouse wheel scroll improved in many areas of the program around grids and lists
All



 
Bugfix



Type
Feature
Description
Edition


API
UTF8 in API upgraded
Fixed UTF8 problem in AppScript files
All


Core
Time format in files corrected
Time zone had wrong sign in Xmlformat and is now fixed
All


UI
Color bugs in quick libraries fixed
Quick libraries color system fixed
All


UI
Export to Excel column name shown
Excel export settings dialog now showing column names
All


UI
Addition / deduction BACKSPACE
Moving upward in the Content page using the Backspace key now works having Adds/Cuts in the summary bevel
All


API
Column name in API
API error in relation to column names is fixed
All


Reports
Print of Insight view fixed position number
Printing reports from Insight now uses the correct position numbers
All


Reports
Print of Resource view include overhead
Reports from resource sheet may now print the "cost price with overhead"
All


SigmaScript
SigmaScript GetDate fixed
GetDate in SigmaScript also returned time. This resulted in wrong calculations on date ranges.
All