Addovation Change
Last Updated: 2026-09-15
Service Description
Introducing Change - the Cloud Service for managing your Business Data. Extract the specific data you need, visualize it to make fact based decisions and update IFS with the changes. Change allows you to easily update or import large volumes of data to IFS while working from Excel (web and desktop).
Features
 IFS Cloud Data in Excel |
 Customizable |
 Central deployment |
|---|---|---|
| Present, maintain and manipulate IFS Cloud data directly in Excel independent of platform. It’s powerful, flexible, and above all user-friendly. | Configurable logic using standard or custom APIs makes Change exceptionally flexible and robust. | Easy administration by centralized deployment using Microsoft 365. Get running in no time. |
 IFS Cloud enabled |
 Security |
 Pre-built templates |
|---|---|---|
| Change is truly Cloud enabled using the latest web app technology to connect to IFS Cloud. Platform independent. | Change uses IFS Cloud IDP. Together with Microsoft Azure you always get latest security protection. We take your security seriously. | In Change you can design your own templates or use pre-built templates made by Addovation. Get started in no time. |
Standard Templates
The standard templates are a great starting point for tailoring to your specific business needs. Whether it comes to production planning, budgeting or keeping your master data up to date.
Service Requirements
Customer Obligations
The customer need to be able to publish the add-in manifest for selected users in the organization. Access to Customer IFS Cloud Buildplace is required to deploy custom projections. The service need to have access to IFS Cloud.
Third party products
IFS Cloud
Applicable versions /dependencies to versions
IFS Cloud 23R1 and later. Support for IFS Cloud major release updates will be added within reasonable time.
Delivery pre reqs
User Access and Monitoring
User access is tied to the permissions in IFS Cloud to secure that the user can't access more data from Change than she has the right to. Monitoring is handled through Application Insights in Microsoft Azure.
Required Access
To deliver Change you need have access to deploy Office365 web add-ins using manifests.
Required Competencies
To build templates you need to know:
- Microsoft Excel (datatypes, formatting, data validation, lists etc.).
- How to navigate IFS Cloud API Explorer to select the right API
Recommended Competencies
Depending on the complexity of the templates you build you may need to know:
- IFS Cloud functional flows (for objects being created) including basic data etc. if you are building a template that creates or updates records.
- Projections for IFS Cloud if custom functionality is needed.
- Knowledge of IFS Lifecycle management (Build Place)
Documents
- Release notes
- Setup guide (customer)
- User Guide
- User guide (advanced) - OData Filtering Explained
- White Paper
Release Notes
| Release date | Version | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 3.3.1 | Handling of renamed column headers in Merge/Enrich tables "Merge/Enrich" button functions across sheets Console Logs visible to users during data Fetching Execution is continued when the workbook is back in focus Automatic cache clear functionality LOV display column limit increased from 5 to 10 Pagination to LOV tables Improved LOV search across the full dataset New ADDO variables ADDO_ENVIRONMENT_URL and ADDO_LASTEXECUTED_DATETIME_SHEETxx_QRxx/ESxx Improved edit window on double click for quick reports and entity sets New notification tab with history Display generated query using UI helper and in text filter Improve delete confirmation with exact item type and name Drill down functinality: Parent -> child navigation Cell format: from Custom to Date for date values Improved named cell support Improved worksheet renaming Improved tooltips UI improvements Other improvements and fixes |
| 2026-06-16 | 3.3.0 | Performance improvements in report execution Proper handling of formulas, calculated columns, total rows, events, table formatting during report execution Clear progress step messages to user while data loading Additional messages in console while data loading Extend merge/enrich feature - different parameter types/count, rename of columns (with space), support in different sheets Encrypt/Decrypt all DB values UI Helper improvements LastRunDateTime named range during GetData operations $skip $top filter condition support in EntitySets '&' sign improvements in buttons Add 'Clear' options for Action / Function Maintain column order during sync for table updates Highlight changes in the table after sync Autorun functionality improvements Display selected items count in Data tab Input parameter validation for Quick Reports Information/validation/tooltip message improvements Improved error notification handling Improved Add-in responsiveness Improved progress indicators Overall UI improvements |
| 2026-03-19 | 3.2.6 | Released 3.2.6 to Production based on the previous versions that were previewed in the test channel (UAT). |
| 2026-03-13 | preview 3.2.6 | Bugfix: QR columns with '$' and '-' |
| 2026-02-26 | 3.2.5 | Released 3.2.5 to Production based on the previous versions (starting from 3.1.1) that were previewed in the test channel (UAT). |
| 2026-02-26 | preview 3.2.5 | Bugfix: Action with Select Cell fails when invoking |
| 2026-02-10 | preview 3.2.4 | Bugfix: long wait time when an action or function fails |
| 2026-01-27 | preview 3.2.3 | Improved performance for large Quick Reports by fetching the data and updating the table in batches. Customized grouping of buttons now includes the button for Enrich/Merge and updates automatically when a projection item is removed as a selected item. A sync icon appears when Quick Report or Entity Set response data has changed or differs between IFS environments. Bug fix: Resolved an issue where items in the Selected list could not be renamed. |
| 2026-01-14 | preview 3.2.2 | Improved error messages, fixed an issue when switching manifest, removed false "no table" messages, automatically retries HTTP requests when a 502 or 503 error occurs, QR fetching in bigger batches, automatically adds single quotes for string values in odata filter, extended UI helper in odata filter |
| 2025-12-17 | preview 3.2.1 | Added fixes for an issue where the Add-In could become blank after invoking a function within a grouped section, improved robustness in Excel Enrich/Merge by handling column mismatches and text-based date values correctly, and updated automation IDs for improved consistency and maintainability. |
| 2025-11-19 | preview 3.2.0 | Added new Table Exchange feature enabling Excel table enrichment and merge operations, introduced feature flag for grouping buttons, and resolved radio button selection issue in Quick Report/EntitySet LOV dropdown. |
| 2025-11-11 | preview 3.1.10 | Bug fix for edit and save LOVs (List of Values) search |
| 2025-11-10 | preview 3.1.9 | Fixed issue where values were not returned for selected columns in LOV tables,New feature for configurable grouping buttons and sections for end users,Added validation for invalid OData and reference cell filters in LOVs |
| 2025-11-05 | preview 3.1.8 | Added support for using cell references as dynamic filters in LOV (List of Values) for entity sets, The OData Builder now recognizes semi-colon as a valid separator for multiple filter conditions. |
| 2025-10-22 | preview 3.1.7 | Rearrange and rename columns in Entitysets and QRs, proper data handling and date types. |
| 2025-10-13 | preview 3.1.6 | Execute button includes Quick Reports and multiple sheets, Initial VBA implimentation, Keep LOV list order stable in configuration tab, Updated dialog window when deleting projection, Semi-colon handling for multiple values, consistent CRUD behavior when validation runs seperately, Error when selecting a column with a non-matching cell value - odata builder, Function and Action settings dialogs now render correctly when both are selected. |
| 2025-09-24 | preview 3.1.5 | OData/Reference Cell Filter Saving in LOV Configuration, Introduce Execute Button, UI tool for oData filtering, provide cell reference for function/action input parameters, Add “Clear” Option in Sorting Order Grid, Support using templates across app versions. |
| 2025-09-15 | preview 3.1.4 | More tooltips, support named cells as input parameters for Quick Reports, UI improvements for LOV search and labeled buttons configuration. Bugfixes in LOV search: fails to return values when sheet name contains white space and data source configuration search displays unexpected result for some QRs. |
| 2025-08-27 | 3.1.0B | Improved performance for workbooks with pivot tables. |
| 2025-07-16 | preview 3.1.3 | Detailed error message in console log, preserve column width on data fetch, improved performance for workbooks with pivot tables, editable entity set column names. LOV search: prevent dubplicate LOVs on same cell or column, handle numeric QR input types, limit the number of search result table columns. Bugfixes: formulas disappearing, first option not selectable in long dropdown list, "No table" message appear when it should not. |
| 2025-06-27 | 3.1.0A | Fixed an issue where Quick Reports with spaces in their names failed to load properly in Excel, resulting in missing column headers and no table connection in the add-in. |
| 2025-06-16 | preview 3.1.2 | Customized input parameter labels for LOVs and return values to named cells. Disabling filter on table no longer disables get and clear. Refresh of pivot tables is now consistent. Formulas work properly above a Change managed table |
| 2025-05-21 | preview 3.1.1 | Hide API URL. Handle when QRs metadata updated. Dont show Deletion confirm if delete is not enabled. List of values search with multiple return values. |
| 2025-04-03 | 3.1.0 | Cell input and output for actions and functions. Validation block for add/update operations on entity set |
| 2025-03-06 | 3.0.2 | Name changed from Powertools to Change, auto update of pivot tables, table filtering preserved after populate, quick reports support of removed table header and named cell inputs |
| 2025-02-08 | 3.0.1 | User-friendly table naming, Total row support, confirm deletion. Bug fixes: sheets with white space causing formula issues, green banner hiding buttons |
| 2024-07-04 | 2.0 | Major UI Improvements |
| 2024-01-15 | 1.2 | Support for Quick Reports |
| 2023-04-15 | 1.1 | Maintenance release |
| 2023-02-22 | 1.0 | First release to market |