Released: Q3 2024

Highlights Portrait - 7.0.0

Forms based on existing Entries

Elasticsearch Index Space Optimization

Field Processor - new Helper and Types

Security Improvements Notice

At Portrait, we take application security extremely seriously, which is why we continuously enhance the security features of our platform. We strive to strike a balance between automated configuration options and strict input validation, ensuring that our users can build flexible and dynamic web applications with confidence.

Please note that Portrait is designed to empower admins to create custom web applications. While we prioritize robust security, we also recognize the importance of flexibility and ease of use in our platform. As such, you may need to perform manual configuration or make informed decisions about trade-offs between security and functionality.

As an admin using Portrait to build your application, it's essential that you consider your own application's security needs and take responsibility for ensuring its security. With our latest update, we're introducing new configuration options that enable admins like you to further strengthen their application's security by adding custom input validation, permissions, conditions, and limiting form submissions to specific entries. These enhancements empower you to build applications that meet your unique needs while maintaining a high level of security.

Permissions

Sections can now be configured to be only accessible for admins.

Code Block
- name: src-inventory role: ADMIN caption: Inventory

role String

ADMIN = only admins can see this section

USER = every user can see this data

If you don’t define it, role USER will be applied

Admin only sections will be displayed in the administration view.

Actions 2.0

The Action inside a Section has been reworked and now support

conditional expression. see https://portrait.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PA7/pages/1029117068/Draft+7.0.0+-+Reisalpe#Conditions
Handlebar Support for Labels and Links.
Support to link multiple Forms within a single Section Entry

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	Actions
	Actions
name	actions marketing
nopanel	true

Details, see: Actions

Forms

Permissions

Forms can now be configured to be only accessible for admins.

Code Block
- id: createInventoryItem role: ADMIN onSubmit: type: ELO ... dialog: config/forms/createInventoryItem.json

role String

ADMIN = only admins can see this section

USER = every user can see this data

If you don’t define it, role USER will be applied

Field Processor

Field Processors support has been extended and is now available for

ELO
Python
SQL

They work similar to the Field Processors in ELO.

Python

The evaluated Field processors are passed alongside the form fields to the python script via the --args flag.

SQL

The evaluated Field processors are available as variables for the SQL query.

Forms based on existing Entries - Mode and Scope

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name	Forms based on existing Entries - Mode and Scope

It is now possible to link Forms to existing Entries. This allows Portrait Administrators to further increase their application security and data consistency. To achieve this goal we introduced multiple configuration options:

Mode Update (new for SQL and Python)

SubmitType	ELO	SQL	Python	BLP 5.1
Supported

With the Mode Update you can get the ‘previous’ attributes from an entry available as variables to be used for Field Processors, SQL Query or further processing in your Python script.

The attributes are prefixed with ORIGIN_ (STATUS → ORIGIN_STATUS)

In addition a security check is applied:

If no entry is found for the configured section and key

Python/SQL

Two configs are required:

mode: UPDATE
source: sectionID
forward ‘key’ in the section action config. https://portrait.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PA7/pages/1029113865/Column+Types#Form

Code Block
- id: edit_entry onSubmit: mode: UPDATE source: sectionID

ELO:

Three configs are required:

Code Block
- id: edit_entry onSubmit: mode: UPDATE source: sectionID scope: STRICT

Scope (Strict / Loose)

SubmitType	ELO	SQL	Python	BLP 5.1
Supported

A Parameter scope has been added to the onSubmitconfiguration element.
This can either be STRICT or LOOSE

Code Block
- id: create_vacation onSubmit: type: ELO ... source: vacations scope: STRICT

STRICT:

Info
The STRICT Scope is meant to protect your ELO Instance from being manipulated in ways that you did not configured in the first place: Like editing unrelated Sords which are not indexed. Therefore it is highly recommended to apply this configuration.

Please set all ELO Mask Attributes explicitly via FieldProcessors see https://portrait.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PA7/pages/1029112687/ELO#Mask-Attributes

For Mode Update/Delete there are additional requirements and checks:

Required Config for Mode UPDATE/DELETE:

The source: <sectionID> parameter needs to be set → this is the sectionID of the referenced section

For more details on the purpose and effect of the STRICT mode see:

https://portrait.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PA7/pages/1029112687/ELO#Improved-Security%3A-Scope-(Strict-%2F-Loose)

Conditions

With Portrait 7.0 we introduce the concept of conditions, which allows for extensive input validation to keep your data consistent at all times.

A condition is a boolean expression when evaluated either allow or prevent:

Section Actions https://portrait.atlassian.net/wiki/x/AQBwPQ
Form submit (backend validated) https://portrait.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PA7/pages/1029112649/Post+Processing+onSubmit#Conditions

Example:

Code Block

condition:
  - expression: "{{in SELECTED_STATUS 'STATUS1' 'STATUS2'}}"
    errorMessage: 'only STATUS1 or STATUS2 are allowed'
  - expression: "{{in SELECTED_EMAIL PORTRAIT_USER_EMAIL}}"
    errorMessage: 'you can only edit your own entries'

Multiple Conditions can be set. All conditions need to match. (Logical AND between all conditions). You can build more complex rules with nested handlebars.

Code Block
- expression: "{{or (in SELECTED_STATUS 'STATUS1' 'STATUS2') (eq PORTRAIT_USER_ROLE 'ADMIN')}}" errorMessage: 'only STATUS1 or STATUS2 are allowed, Admin can do anything'

If needed, variables can also be preprocessed with fieldProcessors, this allows for a better readability.

Code Block

 - id: edit_entry
      onSubmit:
        type: ELO
        connection: eloconn
        mask: ELOMASK
        mode: UPDATE
        source: eloSource
        scope: STRICT
        condition:
          - expression: "{{or IS_VALID_STATUS IS_ADMIN_USER}}"
            errorMessage: 'only STATUS1 or STATUS2 are allowed, Admin can do anything'
        fieldProcessor:
          - field: STATUS
            value: "{{SELECTED_STATUS}}"
          - field: IS_VALID_STATUS
            value: "{{in SELECTED_STATUS 'STATUS1' 'STATUS2'}}"
            type: BOOLEAN
          - field: IS_ADMIN_USER
            value: "{{eq PORTRAIT_USER_ROLE 'ADMIN'}}"
            type: BOOLEAN

Conditional Support Currently on Forms https://portrait.atlassian.net/wiki/x/SQNXPQ currently works for

ELO
Python
SQL

For more details see: https://portrait.atlassian.net/wiki/x/AYDHPg

Section Actions

The Action inside a Section has been reworked and now support

conditional expression. These allow to write custom boolean expression to either display or hide a action on an entry to entry base.
Handlebar Support for Labels and Links.
Support to link multiple Forms within a single Section Entry

Details, see: Actions

Field Processor

Type Boolean

A new type boolean has been added. Example:

Code Block
fieldProcessor: - field: BudgetLeft value: '{{gt Amount 0}}' type: BOOLEAN

Details Field Processors

In Helper

A new type helper has been added.

Check if a given value is contained in a given list of other values

Code Block
{{in SELECT_VACATION_STATUS 'GENEHMIGT' 'ABGELEHNT'}}

Also a combination with various split methods is possible

Code Block
{{in PORTRAIT_USER_EMAIL (splitBySemicolon EVENT_PARTICIPANTS) 'admin@portrait.com'}}

Details: https://portrait.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PA7/pages/1029114243/Field+Processors#In

File Download

It is now possible to download files linked to an indexed ELO Entry directly from the Table or Detail View.

Configuration

Code Block
sourceSpecific: mask: Application Entry files: nesting: 1 mask: Application Attachment

Will be displayed like this:

Depending on the file type, a preview is available. All files are available to download.

Search

Elasticsearch Index Space Optimization

We optimized the required disk space for the search recommendations. To take full advantage of this, we recommend that you delete your index and rebuild them from scratch.

To do this:

Delete your sources that you want to optimize in the admin dashboard.
Restart Portrait
If mandatory, trigger a manual reindex if not configured periodic reindexing.

Breaking Changes

Breaking changes led to a major release. In this chapter, we summarize the breaking changes - which might affect your installation and need to be considered, whilst upgrading.

SQL Form Submit Parameter

We increased the security measurements whilst dealing with SQL write operations. This means, the SQL query will be parsed as prepared statement. For safety reasons, we enforce this style now for every SQL query.

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so:

Given the example for the

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- id: updateCompany
  onSubmit:
    type: SQL
    connection: organigram
    query: |
      UPDATE DemoOrganigram 
      SET NAME = '{{name}}', PARENT_LABELS = '{{PARENT_LABELS}}', COUNTRY = '{{COUNTRY}}', REGION = '{{REGION}}', GF = '{{GF}}', SUB_COMPANIES = '{{SUB_COMPANIES}}'
      WHERE ID = '{{ID}}';

New Format

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	SQL
	SQL
name	sql marketing
nopanel	true

Details, see: https://portrait.atlassian.net/wiki/x/pQNXPQ

TODO remove this: New Format

Code Block

- id: updateCompany
  onSubmit:
    type: SQL
    mode: UPDATE
    source: demo-organigram # used to get access to ORIGIN_ID for improved security
    connection: organigram # the database connection the update statement should run against
    fieldProcessor: # Useful for optional fields which otherwise could not be set in the SQL statement
      - field: NAME
        value: "{{NAME}}"
      - field: PARENT_LABELS
        value: "{{PARENT_LABELS}}"
      - field: COUNTRY
        value: "{{COUNTRY}}"
      - field: REGION
        value: "{{REGION}}"
      - field: GF
        value: "{{GF}}"
      - field: SUB_COMPANIES
        value: "{{SUB_COMPANIES}}"
    query: |
      UPDATE DemoOrganigram 
      SET NAME = :NAME, PARENT_LABELS = :PARENT_LABELS, COUNTRY = :COUNTRY, REGION = :REGION, GF = :GF, SUB_COMPANIES = :SUB_COMPANIES
      WHERE ID = :ORIGIN_ID;

ELO Sources Files Indexing

When indexing files to the public folder, it is now required to set publicCache: true.

Info

This is relevant to you, if you use Portrait in public mode - without authentication.

ELO Sources Adminbase and Chaosablage indexing

When indexing Elements within the Administrationbase (“Administration” Folder) and “Chaosablage” results are per default now ignored this can be changed with

Code Block
sourceSpecific: blacklistChaosablage: false #default, if not set: true blacklistAdministration: false #default, if not set: true

https://treskon.atlassian.net/browse/POR-871

ELO sources

In addition you can also provide own folder GUIDs that will be excluded:

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ELO Sources IDs

With this version we switch to a more classic approach how ELO uses GUIDS. In ELO the identifier for an SORD is in there form of:

Object ID	GUID
17593	(FC4B5EB2-359A-2FAE-C3DE-AC908A1A6BD9)

Previously we removed the surrounding brackets artificially. So the ID inside portrait had been ‘FC4B5EB2-359A-2FAE-C3DE-AC908A1A6BD9’.

With Release 7.X we remove this artificially modification of the GUID.

Note
To maintain a consistent database ,we recommend to clear the existing ELO indexes and reindex them!

There might be some changes required in your configuration when you already used the ELO-GUID directly by the substring handlebar.

Note
To maintain a consistent database we recommend to clear the existing ELO indexes and reindex them!

Example

BEFOREBefore

AFTERAfter

Code Block
value: '{{#if SHARE_PARENT_ELOGUID}}[Open](https://organigram.tuev.at/complete/{{substring SHARE_PARENT_ELOGUID 1 37 }}/hi){{/if}}'

Code Block
value: '{{#if SHARE_PARENT_ELOGUID}}[Open](https://organigram.tuev.at/complete/{{SHARE_PARENT_ELOGUID}}/hi){{/if}}'

value: 'elodms://({{key}})'

value: 'elodms://{{key}}'

value: '{{substring SHARE_SUBSIDIARY_ELOGUID 1 37 }}'

value: '{{SHARE_SUBSIDIARY_ELOGUID}}'

API changes

The following API routes were removed in this release:

GET DATA / Search:

old URL: /data/{term} and /data

was changed to

new URL: /search/{term} and /search

GET DocDetails:

URL: /docDetails/{docId} (where docID was similar to the entryID)

Desc: This allowed to retrieve the key value pairs for a single entry. Similar to /entries/{sectionID}/{entryID}. However, it would lead to an issue when there would be the same entryID in two different sections. To guarantee uniqueness DocDetails was removed

Alternative: Use either /entries/{sectionID}/{entryID} to query an unique entry. Or/data/{term} to perform a global search.

GET Sources:

URL:sources/{index}/{entryID}

Desc: Method to retrieve a certain entry. This was similar to /entries/{sectionID}/{entryID}.

Alternative: Use /entries/{sectionID}/{entryID}

INFO: Currently there is a strong 1:1 connection between source and section. In the next versions we plan to loosen up this restriction to connection a single source to multiple sections. This API change is one of the first steps towards that goal

Page Comparison

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Highlights Portrait - 7.0.0

Security Improvements Notice

Permissions

Actions 2.0

Forms

Permissions

Field Processor

Python

SQL

Forms based on existing Entries - Mode and Scope

Mode Update (new for SQL and Python)

Python/SQL

ELO:

Scope (Strict / Loose)

Conditions

Section Actions

Field Processor

Type Boolean

In Helper

File Download

Search

Elasticsearch Index Space Optimization

Breaking Changes

SQL Form Submit Parameter

New Format

ELO Sources Files Indexing

ELO Sources Adminbase and Chaosablage indexing

ELO Sources IDs

API changes

GET DATA / Search:

GET DocDetails:

GET Sources: