Highlight Features MAKERS CHOICE 25-07
[Accessibility] Business AI with Simplifier
Infusing your Applications with AI is not a question of whether, but when. With Simplifier, you already have all the possibilities to enhance your Applications with local AI and AI Services. But we are convinced we can drive the adoption of your business cases even more by introducing Business AI to Simplifier. Besides using AI in creating Applications, Business Objects, or translating Workflows during creation, Business AI focuses on integrating all the AI possibilities for all the users of your Applications.
Welcome our new ‘AI Action’ Shape in the Process Designer, to easily use AI within Applications. As a start, we added our AI Translation Service to the Shape, empowering you to translate, e.g., a Connector’s output into the user’s language before displaying it. You can now make sure that your end-users can not only enjoy Applications in their mother language, but also their data! This increases the quality of your processes in multi-national environments, no matter if the users are blue-collar workers, white-collar workers, process experts, IT experts, or anybody else. (Read more)
But that’s not all! Our Business AI Features are also available in Server-Side Business Objects via our SBO API (Read more) and even our Client REST-API (Read more)!
[Integration] Use Microsoft Exchange Online with OAuth to send emails
Microsoft will end the support of Basic auth with Client Submission (SMTP AUTH) starting March 1st, 2026 (Read more). Sending emails is a crucial feature in many of our customers’ use cases. To enable you to have a seamless transition of sending emails via our Email-Shape, SBO-API, and System-Emails, we have integrated the modern OAuth client-credentials flow in our SMTP-Server Settings. (Read more)
[Interaction] Build and deploy your Applications to the Google Play Store within App Editor (Experimental)
Now, deploying your Applications as an Android App into the Google Play Store is directly integrated in the App Editor. Build the application files in three simple steps and choose to download the Files for testing purposes or directly deploy them from the App Editor to the Google Play Store. (Read more)
Changelog MAKERS CHOICE 25-07
App Building
- [Accessibility] New AI Shape with option to translate strings during Application runtime (Read more)
- [Accessibility] New Auto Field to access the current app language (Read more)
- [Interaction] Android Apps for your Simplifier Applications can now be built and deployed directly from the Application Editor. (Read more)
Workflows
- [User Experience] Optimized the technical base of the shape canvas of the Workflow Designer to improve the User Experience
- [User Experience] Improved User Experience of auto translation of Workflows. The AI-based automatic translation of Workflows is now in the Feature Lifecycle Stage ‘Released’ (Read more)
Business Objects
- [Accessibility] Enhanced Server-Side Business Object API to translate strings during function execution (Read more)
- [Integration] Parameter ‘parametrized’ on calling Business Objects within Scripts and Client-Side Business Objects is now deprecated and will be removed later. (Read more on calling Business Objects within Scripts and Client-Side Business Objects)
Connectors
- [Integration] New experimental Proxy Connector can now be activated in Feature Settings (Read more)
- [Integration] Improved REST Response Processing (Read more)
- [Integration] The JDBC driver for PostgreSQL was updated to version 42.7.5 (Read more in the official JDBC changelog)
- [Integration] Simplifier now supports connecting to Postgres instances, which use the more secure scram-sha-256 authentication type
Server
- [Governance] Added support for modern authentication on sending emails with Microsoft via the System’s API (System Mails, SBO API, Mail-Shape) (Read more). Integrating OAuth for Microsoft into our Connectors will follow in a later MAKERS CHOICE Release
- [User Experience] The Button ‘Create new keystore’ is displayed again in the Settings ‘SAP Security’ Tab
System Requirement Changes MAKERS CHOICE 25-07
There are no changes in System Requirements.
General Upgrade Instructions for MAKERS CHOICE 25-07
We have installation instructions prepared based on the versions you are upgrading from:
- Upgrade from MAKERS CHOICE 25-05 to MAKERS CHOICE 25-07
- Upgrade from LTS Release Simplifier 9 to MAKERS CHOICE 25-07
If you are setting up a new instance, please follow our installation guide for MAKERS CHOICE 25-07.
Manual Changes that should already be done before upgrading to MAKERS CHOICE 25-07
Activate enhanced security (optional)
Activate enhanced security for Business Objects, Templates, and Plugins, if you have deactivated them. (See documentation)
Please check if your roles are set up accordingly and contain execution permission for all required Server-side Business Objects, read permission for all the necessary Templates as well as the relevant Plugin Permissions. Take care that you explicitly use your app-relevant/project roles during testing (and not Standard-Roles like SF_Developer or SF_Administrator).
Manual Changes after upgrading to MAKERS CHOICE 25-07
Refresh License
Refresh the license on your instances to benefit from our new AI Cloud services (Read more).
Update Standard Content
Update Standard Content to ensure you have all current fixes and features available on your instances. (Download here)
Please check the endpoint of AppWizard Connector, Standard Workflow Connectors, Login, and Captcha Connector (Read more).
Deprecated Features MAKERS CHOICE 25-07
[Integration] Parameter ‘parametrized’ on calling Business Objects within Scripts and Client-Side Business Objects
When calling Server-Side Business Objects within Scripts or Client-Side Business Objects, the developer was able to deactivate the input validation by setting the API’s parameter ‘parametrized’ to false. This parameter is now deprecated. You can already deactivate the parameter in the Feature Settings.
Deprecated since MAKERS CHOICE 25-07; Removal with first MAKERS CHOICE after Simplifier 10
[Integration] Captcha Plugin
Our Captcha Plugin won’t be updated anymore and was removed from the plugin list in our default installation/upgrade guides.
See our Knowledge Base article on ‘How to use Google reCAPTCHA v3 Essentials‘ for an alternative solution.
Deprecated since MAKERS CHOICE 25-01; Removal from the plugin list in our default installation/upgrade guides with Simplifier 10; Final removal with Simplifier 11
[Interaction] Event tab in UI Designer
Our UI designer still has the legacy feature to add scripts to events directly in the Event tab. As we want to provide a consistent App Building, we will remove this feature with Simplifier 10. Simply use our Process Designer instead.
As we are developing our new Application Editor as a parallel solution to the existing one, we won’t remove that feature, but will not implement it in the new one
Deprecated since Simplifier 8 EHP 3; Removal in new Application Editor
[Integration] Javascript execution in PDFs created by PDF Plugin
Currently, it is possible to add Javascript to PDFs created by PDF Plugin. This is a potential risk for Server Side XSS (PDF Injection) and Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF). The option to add Javascript to PDFs in PDF Plugin is now deactivated but can be activated at its own risk. The activation is subject to be removed in later Releases.
Deprecated since Simplifier 8 EHP 3; Removal tbd
[System requirements] Support of Oracle for Simplifier databases
Oracle support for your Simplifier instances has been deprecated and will be removed in a future release.
Deprecated since Simplifier 8 EHP 4; Removal tbd
[Integration] Removed setting to activate deprecated Connector API
The settings to activate deprecated Connector API will be removed with Simplifier 10 LTS. Please make sure you do not use the deprecated Connector API anymore.
Deprecated since Simplifier 8 EHP 4; Removal tbd
Removed Features MAKERS CHOICE 25-07
[Integration] Removed support for PostgreSQL versions lower than 8.2 in our SQL Connectors
PostgreSQL databases with versions lower than 8.2 cannot be used with Simplifier SQL Connectors anymore. The official support of these versions ended in 2010 or before. We recommend always using supported versions only.
Deprecated since MAKERS CHOICE 25-07
Release Date: July 2nd, 2025
End of Maintenance: August 27th, 2025
All Simplifier releases and updates are provided on Docker Hub Repository.
- Highlights
-
Highlight Features MAKERS CHOICE 25-07
[Accessibility] Business AI with Simplifier
Infusing your Applications with AI is not a question of whether, but when. With Simplifier, you already have all the possibilities to enhance your Applications with local AI and AI Services. But we are convinced we can drive the adoption of your business cases even more by introducing Business AI to Simplifier. Besides using AI in creating Applications, Business Objects, or translating Workflows during creation, Business AI focuses on integrating all the AI possibilities for all the users of your Applications.
Welcome our new ‘AI Action’ Shape in the Process Designer, to easily use AI within Applications. As a start, we added our AI Translation Service to the Shape, empowering you to translate, e.g., a Connector’s output into the user’s language before displaying it. You can now make sure that your end-users can not only enjoy Applications in their mother language, but also their data! This increases the quality of your processes in multi-national environments, no matter if the users are blue-collar workers, white-collar workers, process experts, IT experts, or anybody else. (Read more)
But that’s not all! Our Business AI Features are also available in Server-Side Business Objects via our SBO API (Read more) and even our Client REST-API (Read more)!
[Integration] Use Microsoft Exchange Online with OAuth to send emails
Microsoft will end the support of Basic auth with Client Submission (SMTP AUTH) starting March 1st, 2026 (Read more). Sending emails is a crucial feature in many of our customers’ use cases. To enable you to have a seamless transition of sending emails via our Email-Shape, SBO-API, and System-Emails, we have integrated the modern OAuth client-credentials flow in our SMTP-Server Settings. (Read more)
[Interaction] Build and deploy your Applications to the Google Play Store within App Editor (Experimental)
Now, deploying your Applications as an Android App into the Google Play Store is directly integrated in the App Editor. Build the application files in three simple steps and choose to download the Files for testing purposes or directly deploy them from the App Editor to the Google Play Store. (Read more)
- Changelog
-
Changelog MAKERS CHOICE 25-07
App Building
- [Accessibility] New AI Shape with option to translate strings during Application runtime (Read more)
- [Accessibility] New Auto Field to access the current app language (Read more)
- [Interaction] Android Apps for your Simplifier Applications can now be built and deployed directly from the Application Editor. (Read more)
Workflows
- [User Experience] Optimized the technical base of the shape canvas of the Workflow Designer to improve the User Experience
- [User Experience] Improved User Experience of auto translation of Workflows. The AI-based automatic translation of Workflows is now in the Feature Lifecycle Stage ‘Released’ (Read more)
Business Objects
- [Accessibility] Enhanced Server-Side Business Object API to translate strings during function execution (Read more)
- [Integration] Parameter ‘parametrized’ on calling Business Objects within Scripts and Client-Side Business Objects is now deprecated and will be removed later. (Read more on calling Business Objects within Scripts and Client-Side Business Objects)
Connectors
- [Integration] New experimental Proxy Connector can now be activated in Feature Settings (Read more)
- [Integration] Improved REST Response Processing (Read more)
- [Integration] The JDBC driver for PostgreSQL was updated to version 42.7.5 (Read more in the official JDBC changelog)
- [Integration] Simplifier now supports connecting to Postgres instances, which use the more secure scram-sha-256 authentication type
Server
- [Governance] Added support for modern authentication on sending emails with Microsoft via the System’s API (System Mails, SBO API, Mail-Shape) (Read more). Integrating OAuth for Microsoft into our Connectors will follow in a later MAKERS CHOICE Release
- [User Experience] The Button ‘Create new keystore’ is displayed again in the Settings ‘SAP Security’ Tab
- Migration Notes
-
System Requirement Changes MAKERS CHOICE 25-07
There are no changes in System Requirements.
General Upgrade Instructions for MAKERS CHOICE 25-07
We have installation instructions prepared based on the versions you are upgrading from:
- Upgrade from MAKERS CHOICE 25-05 to MAKERS CHOICE 25-07
- Upgrade from LTS Release Simplifier 9 to MAKERS CHOICE 25-07
If you are setting up a new instance, please follow our installation guide for MAKERS CHOICE 25-07.
Manual Changes that should already be done before upgrading to MAKERS CHOICE 25-07
Activate enhanced security (optional)
Activate enhanced security for Business Objects, Templates, and Plugins, if you have deactivated them. (See documentation)
Please check if your roles are set up accordingly and contain execution permission for all required Server-side Business Objects, read permission for all the necessary Templates as well as the relevant Plugin Permissions. Take care that you explicitly use your app-relevant/project roles during testing (and not Standard-Roles like SF_Developer or SF_Administrator).
Manual Changes after upgrading to MAKERS CHOICE 25-07
Refresh License
Refresh the license on your instances to benefit from our new AI Cloud services (Read more).
Update Standard Content
Update Standard Content to ensure you have all current fixes and features available on your instances. (Download here)
Please check the endpoint of AppWizard Connector, Standard Workflow Connectors, Login, and Captcha Connector (Read more).
- Discontinued
-
Deprecated Features MAKERS CHOICE 25-07
[Integration] Parameter ‘parametrized’ on calling Business Objects within Scripts and Client-Side Business Objects
When calling Server-Side Business Objects within Scripts or Client-Side Business Objects, the developer was able to deactivate the input validation by setting the API’s parameter ‘parametrized’ to false. This parameter is now deprecated. You can already deactivate the parameter in the Feature Settings.
Deprecated since MAKERS CHOICE 25-07; Removal with first MAKERS CHOICE after Simplifier 10
[Integration] Captcha Plugin
Our Captcha Plugin won’t be updated anymore and was removed from the plugin list in our default installation/upgrade guides.
See our Knowledge Base article on ‘How to use Google reCAPTCHA v3 Essentials‘ for an alternative solution.
Deprecated since MAKERS CHOICE 25-01; Removal from the plugin list in our default installation/upgrade guides with Simplifier 10; Final removal with Simplifier 11
[Interaction] Event tab in UI Designer
Our UI designer still has the legacy feature to add scripts to events directly in the Event tab. As we want to provide a consistent App Building, we will remove this feature with Simplifier 10. Simply use our Process Designer instead.
As we are developing our new Application Editor as a parallel solution to the existing one, we won’t remove that feature, but will not implement it in the new one
Deprecated since Simplifier 8 EHP 3; Removal in new Application Editor
[Integration] Javascript execution in PDFs created by PDF Plugin
Currently, it is possible to add Javascript to PDFs created by PDF Plugin. This is a potential risk for Server Side XSS (PDF Injection) and Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF). The option to add Javascript to PDFs in PDF Plugin is now deactivated but can be activated at its own risk. The activation is subject to be removed in later Releases.
Deprecated since Simplifier 8 EHP 3; Removal tbd
[System requirements] Support of Oracle for Simplifier databases
Oracle support for your Simplifier instances has been deprecated and will be removed in a future release.
Deprecated since Simplifier 8 EHP 4; Removal tbd
[Integration] Removed setting to activate deprecated Connector API
The settings to activate deprecated Connector API will be removed with Simplifier 10 LTS. Please make sure you do not use the deprecated Connector API anymore.
Deprecated since Simplifier 8 EHP 4; Removal tbd
Removed Features MAKERS CHOICE 25-07
[Integration] Removed support for PostgreSQL versions lower than 8.2 in our SQL Connectors
PostgreSQL databases with versions lower than 8.2 cannot be used with Simplifier SQL Connectors anymore. The official support of these versions ended in 2010 or before. We recommend always using supported versions only.
Deprecated since MAKERS CHOICE 25-07
- Release Info
-
Release Date: July 2nd, 2025
End of Maintenance: August 27th, 2025
All Simplifier releases and updates are provided on Docker Hub Repository.
