Friday, July 17, 2026

Stonefield Query SDK Version 8.6

We are pleased to announce the release of Stonefield Query SDK version 8.6. There are several new features in this version.

  • The new Display as Tooltip setting allows point labels for charts to be displayed when you hover the mouse over a data point rather than all the time. This is handy for charts with a lot of data points or where point labels would otherwise overlap if always displayed.

  • You can now output each group to separate tabs rather than separate files when outputting to Excel data format.

  • The application now supports large data files and queries that result in more than 2 GB of data.

  • You can now roll in one report at a time rather than a set of reports in a dashboard.

  • Gauges now have a header so they can show the report name and filter conditions.

  • You can now specify that a custom SQL statement is sent directly to the database engine as is rather than being processed by the reporting engine first by prefixing the SQL statement with *=. This is necessary for some complex custom SQL statement that the reporting engine may parse incorrectly.

  • The new Maintenance Utility provides functions to clean up the reports table, reset the ADMIN password, contact the activation server to refresh licenses, and fix security issues that could cause some users to not have access to some reports.

  • You can now specify ACTION=REFRESH on the command line to contact the activation server to refresh licenses.