Release Notes: Graphical Scheduler
The following release notes contain updates made to Graphical Scheduler. Listed below are the versions and their new features, improvements, and fixes. Please refer to the following information pertaining to your version of Graphical Scheduler. Upgrade to the current version of the application to access new features, improvements, and fixes.
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Graphical Scheduler Version 2.2
Release Date: April 2026
Compatible With:
- Business Central 13.3, and 14.3 and newer
- Insight Works Common 2.17 and newer
Licensing Requirements:
Full User, Essential
Improvements
| Improvement | Description |
| Project/Job planning lines hours behavior | You can define the time unit of measure by specifying a Capacity Unit of Measure record with the same name as the unit of measure that you are using in your project/job planning line. Requires Business Central 16 or newer. The supported time units of measure are: Hours, Minutes, and Seconds. |
| Double Zoom In/Out | Added Double Zoom In/Out actions to the Graphical Scheduler. |
Updates
| Update | Description |
| Duration change | For production order routing lines changed how duration is calculated such that it’s based on the expected need instead of endtime-starttime. |
| Dragging items performance | Resolved an issue where the page would sometimes freeze when dragging items that were partially off screen. |
| Default styles | If no border color is selected, it will now default to use the background color instead of the text color. |
| Selecting an empty cell | Selecting an empty cell will now clear the previously set page caption. |
| Event drag handling | Events are prevented from being dragged off the edge of the screen when non working hours are configured to be hidden. Prevents an issue where the events would disappear while being dragged. |
| Drag and drop routing opteration | Dragging and Dropping a routing operation from one machine to another no longer changes the UOM on the routing line. |
| Style colors | Style colors now include Blue-Gray, which was previously missing. |
| Partial milliseconds in expected capacity | Resolved an issue where partial milliseconds in expected capacity need records can overflow with an error message Overflow under conversion of Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.Runtime.Decimal18 value 1234.5 to System.Int64. Included in release 2.2.9628.1 |
| Paging in hours and 15 minutes | Resolved an issue with paging when looking at data from multiple years in the past while zoomed into the hours view and showing shaded working hours. Included in release 2.2.9652.1 |
| API changes | Made additional methods public, and introduced GetViewDataAsJson to allow use with different rendering widgets. Included in release 2.2.9671.1 |
| On-premise license | Updated to prevent calls to OnGetEssentialExperienceAppAreas from failing with permission errors when Graphical Scheduler is upgraded on-premise, but the installed license does not provide access to the Graphical Scheduler app.
Included in release 2.2.9720.1 |
Graphical Scheduler Version 2.1
Release Date: May 2025
Compatible With:
- Business Central 13.3, and 14.3 and newer
- Insight Works Common 2.17 and newer
- Insight Works App Registration 1.0 and newer
Licensing Requirements:
Full User, Essential
Improvements
| Improvement | Description |
| Improved time when dragging items | The time shown in the top left corner of the scheduler now continues to update while dragging items. |
Updates
| Update | Description |
| Removed OnBeforeNavigateWithRecordRef event | Removed the obsolete event OnBeforeNavigateWithRecordRef. |
| Resolved block border issue | Resolved an issue where borders would only appear on a block when selected. |
| Resolved hours issue | Resolved an issue where extra hours were hidden when configured to hide non working hours. |
Graphical Scheduler Version 2.0
Release Date: March 2025
Compatible With:
- Business Central 13.3, and 14.3 and newer
- Insight Works Common 2.13 and newer
Licensing Requirements:
Full User, Essential
Improvements
| Improvement | Description |
| Work Center Load Styles | Adding a work center load data source now adds three default styles. |
| Improved arrow rendering | Improved the rendering of lines between cells when cells are drawn closely to each other. |
| Zoom options on main toolbar | The zoom options (Zoom In, Zoom Out, and Zoom to Document) have moved from the Change Dates page to the main toolbar. Also added a right click context menu for zooming to mouse. Zoom behavior has changed. |
| Work Center load filter options | Work Center Load : Added ability to filter by the production order status, excluding finished production orders from capacity considerations. |
| Improved read-only data sources | Cells rendered that are configured as read-only are no longer draggable. |
| Improved setup | Reduced manual setup options. |
| Added ability to sort data sources | Added the ability to sort data sources for rendering cells in specific orders. |
| Configurable options for working hours | Added configurable options for displaying working hours in scales that show hours. |
| Timestamp for mouse position | As the mouse moves, a label indicating the approximate timestamp position of the mouse is shown. |
| Added date presets | Date presets have been added allowing quick ways of changing dates or zooming. These date presets are also user configurable. |
| Added context menu | Added a context menu to allow the ability to center, zoom in, zoom in from mouse, zoom in to document, zoom out, and access to date presets. |
| Added loading icon | Added a loading icon to help visualize when the display is busy. |
| Paging behavior changes | With the horizontal scrollbar removed, paging will now page with the same approximate timespan with some reasonable overlap on both the left and right sides. |
| Improved double-click on cells | Double-clicking on a cell now functions the equivalent of selecting a cell and choosing details. |
| Added optional time-only fields | Added optional time-only fields for use with cell templates and tooltip templates in addition to the full timestamp. Use [Start Time] or [End Time] for time-only; use [Starting Date-Time] or [Ending Date-Time] for the full timestamp. |
| Improved granularity scale | Added a new 15-minute scale level to allow more granularity zooming into smaller time scales. |
| Horizontal scrollbar removed | The horizontal scrollbar has been removed and replaced with overall usability changes to make it easier to zoom in, out, to document, and to page left and right. |
Updates
| Update | Description |
| Resolved right-indent on work center load | Resolved how the work center load could occasionally right-indent when used with some scales. |
| Resolved time fields issue | Resolved issue with displaying time-only fields introduced with Business Central 25. |
| Updated API | Updated the following for the API:
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| Updated error messages | Improved some error messages. |
| Views with specific dates | When you update from 1.9 to 2.0, any views with specific dates create date presets with default visibility not set to everyone.
Included in release 2.0.9208.1 |
| API method update | Added RunPageWithDates to help extensions start Graphical Scheduler with specific predefined dates. Included in release 2.0.9208.1 |
| API update | Updated API to correct details in obsoletion message.
Included in release 2.0.9215.2 |
| Added IWX Scheduler Part events | Added two new events:
These events pass the following parameters to the subscriber: The starting and ending dates, the Scheduler View record and the current Time Scale Enum. They also pass the Scheduler Part as the sender, which can be used to update the page part from the subscribing code. Included in release 2.0.9236.1 |
| IWX Scheduler Part | Added the following two new events:
These events pass the following parameters to the subscriber: The starting and ending dates, the Scheduler View record and the current Time Scale Enum. They also pass the Scheduler Part as the sender, which can be used to update the page part from the subscribing code. Included in release 2.0.9236.1 |
Graphical Scheduler Version 1.9
Release Date: October 2024
Compatible With:
- Business Central 13.3, and 14.3 and newer
- Insight Works Common 2.11 and newer
Licensing Requirements:
Full User, Essential
Improvements
| Improvement | Description |
| Define cell text alignment | Added ability to define the cell text alignment. |
| Date and Time Header alignment | The date and time text in the timeline header can now automatically left/center/right align. |
Updates
| Update | Description |
| Excessive tooltip template text shortened | When cell or tooltip template text is over 400 characters the text now truncates instead of erroring. |
| Hours view issue resolved | Improved ability to work with time zones that don’t match. |
| Anything provider configuration updated | Fixed issue where deleting a datasource for an Anything provider would not always delete the related Anything configuration. |
| Permission sets update | Convert to Permission set objects. The user may need to manually update permission set assignments. |
| Increased allowed size of data fields | Updated to allow adding more data fields to cell and tooltip templates.
Included in release 1.9.9068.1 |
| Flat work center list issue resolved | Resolved issue with machine names rendering incorrectly.
Included in release 1.9.9091.2 |
Graphical Scheduler Version 1.8
Release Date: December 2023
Compatible With:
- Business Central 13.3, and 14.3 and newer
- Insight Works Common 2.11 and newer
Licensing Requirements:
Full User, Essential
Improvements
| Improvement | Description |
| Added usage telemetry information | Usage telemetry information has been incorporated into the system, providing insights into user interactions and behaviors. |
| Assisted Setup location change for new installs | On new installations, the Assisted Setup location transitions from “Install Extensions to add features” to “Enhance your company with Insight Works”. |
| External Business Event availability for SaaS installs | The External Business Event “IWXGSOnAfterScheduleChanged” under the category Graphical Scheduler is now accessible for SaaS installs. It is designed for integration with Power Automate and Dataverse. |
| General API improvements for customizations | General API improvements have been implemented to facilitate customizations; the Refresh procedure on the scheduler page part is now public. |
| Compatibility with newer Business Central versions | General changes have been made to ensure compatibility with the latest versions of Business Central, providing enhanced functionality and support. |
Graphical Scheduler Version 1.7
Release Date: August 2022
Compatible With:
- Business Central 13.3 and newer
- Insight Works Common 2.7
Licensing Requirements:
Full User, Essential
New Features
| New Feature | Description |
| Warehouse Pick Assignment | Introduced experimental warehouse pick assignment feature, allowing supervisors to assign warehouse picks to warehouse employees. |
Improvements and Fixes
| Improvement or Fix | Description |
| New Application Area | Introduced an application area for the Graphical Scheduler, allowing the Graphical Scheduler components to be hidden when used as a library. |
| Option to Add Service Orders | Added an option to add service orders easily using the Anything data provider. |
| Option to Add Assembly Orders | Added an option to add assembly orders easily using the Anything data provider. |
| Configuration Error Messaging | Improved error message when a configuration uses a codeunit that was uninstalled from a customization. |
| Data Provider Filters | Resolved issue where filters from other data providers can be added when making a new provider. |
| Assisted Setup Completed Checkbox | Resolved issue where the Completed checkbox in the assisted setup can sometimes clear out. |
| End Date-Time Field | Resolved issue in the Anything provider using a duration FlowField for the End Date-Time field. |
| Menu Actions and Setup Page Layout | Changed on-page links to menu actions and altered the setup page layout. |
| Setup Wizard | Resolved issue in Business Central 15 running the setup wizard. |
| FlowFields | Allow FlowFields to be used in the tooltip and cell configuration editor. |
Graphical Scheduler Version 1.6
Release Date: May 2022
Compatible With:
- Business Central 16.0 and newer
- Insight Works Common 2.5
Licensing Requirements:
Full User, Essential
New Features
| New Feature | Description |
| Configurable Writes on Custom Tables | Added the ability for the Anything data provider to write changes. |
| Calendar Scales | Added calendar-style scales in addition to the existing timeline based scales. |
| Start from Production Order | Added actions to start the Graphical Scheduler from production orders directly. |
Improvements and Fixes
| Improvement or Fix | Description |
| Cell and Tooltip Templates | Improved ability to configure cell and tooltip templates. |
| Holidays | Improved Shop Calendar holidays rendering. Remove and re-add the holidays to take advantage of this feature. |
| Flat Work Center tree | Improved the flat work center tree. |
| Resource trees | Improved the resource trees to render machine types. |
| Dragging | Improved usability when dragging. |
| Is Late flags | Improved usability of the automatic Is Late fields. |
| Navigation | Improved navigation for Anything providers to try and use the card page when possible to navigate when clicking Details. |
| Planning Worksheet | Improved usability starting the Graphical Scheduler from the planning worksheet. |
| Business Central v20 | Improvements to support technical changes introduced for Business Central v20. |
Graphical Scheduler Version 1.5.81
Release Date: April 2022
| New Feature, Improvement, or Fix | Description |
| Hourly timeline view | Improved visibility of 11pm to midnight for 24 hour shops. |
| Flat work center tree | Improvements in the flat work center tree. |
| Sales Lines | Improvements to support sales lines with the Anything provider using the resource tree. |
Graphical Scheduler Version 1.5.80
Release Date: February 2022
| New Feature, Improvement, or Fix | Description |
| Work Center Load | Improved usability of Details button when used with work center load. |
| Styles and Colors | Improvements on cell section coloring. |
| Layout | Usability improvements on the layout of the scheduler fields in Business Central production pages. |
Graphical Scheduler Version 1.5.78
Release Date: June 2021
| New Feature, Improvement, or Fix | Description |
| French Translations | Improved French Translations. |
| Integration | Improvements in technical integrations options (more events added). |
Graphical Scheduler Version 1.5
Release Date: April 2021
| New Feature, Improvement, or Fix | Description |
| Connecting Lines | Improved line rendering, and changed rendering to remove fading gray lines. |
| Double-click | Improvements on handling of double-click events. |
| Colors | Additional default colors added. |
| Zoom to order | Added an ability to zoom to a specific document, supported by some data source providers. |
| Non-working hours | Improvements on visualization of non-working hours. |
Graphical Scheduler Version 1.4
Release Date: February 2021
| New Feature, Improvement, or Fix | Description |
| Late categories | Added an ability to categorize how late an order is. |
| Line connections | Improvements in line connection rendering. |
| Cell Height menu | Improved menu lookup for cell height. |
| User identifiers | Improved user views when the user ID has a special character. |
| Sorting | Added ability to have a custom sort order for machines, work centers, and resources, in additional to sorting by the no. or name. |
| Whitespace clicks | Improved usability so that whitespace clicks de-select a cell. |
| Anything provider | Introduction of the anything provider for read-only data. |
Graphical Scheduler Version 1.3
Release Date: January 2021
| New Feature, Improvement, or Fix | Description |
| Grouped routings | Added experimental feature for grouped routings. |
| Job Planning Lines | Added experimental feature for job planning lines. |
| Visual connectors | Added experimental feature to show connectors between production order routing lines. |
| Large Datasets | Added indicator for loading information from very large datasets, and added ability to configure timeouts to work with very large datasets. |
| Hours Scale | Improvements rendering the start time in the hours scale. |
| Last Date | Improvements on rendering of data in the last data. |
| Date paging | Usability improvements with date paging. |
Graphical Scheduler Version 1.2
Release Date: December 2020
| New Feature, Improvement, or Fix | Description |
| Ireland | Added regional support for Ireland. |
| Additional language improvements | Added additional improvements for dragging and dropping data in different languages. |
| Performance | Improved performance. |
| Better handling of bad data | Improved ability to handle incomplete information. |
| Better defaults | Improved default configuration. |
Graphical Scheduler Version 1.1
Release Date: October 2020
| New Feature, Improvement, or Fix | Description |
| Regional improvements | Additional changes to support more regions. |
Graphical Scheduler Version 1.0
Release Date: September 2020
| New Feature, Improvement, or Fix | Description |
| Initial Version | First release of the Graphical Scheduler, showing production order routing lines and other basic production-related information. |
| Drag and Drop | An ability to drag and drop to re-schedule using existing Business Central scheduling logic. |
| Colors and Styles | An ability to choose conditional colors and styles. |