Xtract Universal 5.6

There is a knowledge base article with some general information about the new component.

General improvements

Introduction of a new column name style "Text" that replaces the "Use description for columns" setting. Column names might not be unique with this style. Use at own risk.
Definition of runtime parameters as known from other extractors for manual filters and BEx variables
Introduced new runtime parameter type List

Previous extractions will be upgraded by our converter tool (See breaking changes)

Updated internal structure with improvements to allow implementation of new features in the future
Improved extraction performance
Various minor bug fixes
New and improved GUI
MDX Cube extraction preview in Designer

Replaces the previous BEx 3.x mode
Extraction of Infocubes and Queries using the BICS interface
This mode is still in beta. Use it with caution. Multiple breaking changes until final release are possible and likely
For using the BICS mode the user needs the permissions as described in our knowledge base

Custom MDX mode not supported and will not be converted. Please contact our support if you are using this mode
BEx 3.x mode not supported and will not be converted. Please contact our support if you are using this mode
Column order and naming might change
- Corner case: combination of column name style TextAndCode or CodeAndText and "Use description for columns" setting will set column name style to Text
Converted extractions will work as before as long as they stay unchanged
- Making changes to converted extractions requires a metadata refresh. After editing the new naming scheme will be used
Non-Unicode systems may not be compatible with the new cube component

Renaming already assigned list parameters is not yet supported and will cause issues
BICS metadata retrieval may fail on some systems. Please send in traces if you encounter issues with metadata retrieval