CAST Report Generator - Release Notes - 1.21

Info

Summary: this page describes the new features and bugs that have been fixed in CAST Report Generator 1.21.x.

Content matrix

Version	Summary of content
1.21.0	Three new reports for the STIG v5 standard, requiring the Quality Standards Mapping extension version ≥ 20210517.0.0-funcrel Improvement to existing AETP_LIST component: "FORMAT" option added.

Compatibility matrix

This release of Report Generator GUI and for Report Generator for Dashboards functions with the following:

CAST RestAPI	≥ 1.12.x	Mandatory
MIPS Reduction Index	≥ 20200518	These extensions are required for Compliance Report generation. Depending on what "standard" you are targeting in your Compliance Report, you can install a combination of extensions: To generate Compliance Reports for MIPS standards, you MUST always install the MIPS Reduction Index extension. To generate Compliance Reports for CISQ, ISO-5055 and OWASP standards, you can install either the CISQ, ISO-5055 and OWASP extensions or the Quality Standards Mapping extension. If both the CISQ, ISO-5055 and OWASP extensions and the Quality Standards Mapping extension are installed, data is automatically taken from the CISQ, ISO-5055 and OWASP extensions at all times. If you are using CAST AIP Console ≥ 1.14.0, the Quality Standards Mapping extension is installed with all new source code versions, however, you should ensure that the correct release of the extension is used.
CISQ Index	≥ 20200518
ISO-5055 Index	≥ 20210408
OMG-ASCQM Index	≥ 20200518
OWASP Index	≥ 20200518
Quality Standards Mapping extension	≥ 20200929
.NET Core SDK	3.1.x

Component documentation

1.21.1-funcrel

Resolved Issues

Customer Ticket Id	Details
30409	Oracle materialized views show zero on FP report under previous contributed value column.

1.21.0-funcrel

Feature Improvements

Summary	Details
New templates for STIG-v5 standard	Three new reports are delivered in “Application\Compliance reports”: STIG V5 Compliance Report.docx, STIG V5 Detailed Report.docx and STIG V5 Full Detailed Report.xlsx. They require the Quality Standards Mapping extension version ≥ 20210517.0.0-funcrel.
Component AETP_LIST updated to increase precision for AETP value	New option called “FORMAT” added to the AETP_LIST component to change the precision of the AETP value. The number of decimals for effort complexity, ratio and AETP count (N2 for 2 decimal places, N5 for 5 decimal places), by default N2. For example to list all the AETP values to five decimal places, use the following: TABLE;AETP_LIST;COUNT=-1,FORMAT=N5. See https://doc.castsoftware.com/display/DOCCOM/Table+components+for+Report+Generator+1.21.

Summary

Details

New templates for STIG-v5 standard

Three new reports are delivered in “Application\Compliance reports”: STIG V5 Compliance Report.docx, STIG V5 Detailed Report.docx and STIG V5 Full Detailed Report.xlsx. They require the Quality Standards Mapping extension version ≥ 20210517.0.0-funcrel.

Component AETP_LIST updated to increase precision for AETP value

New option called “FORMAT” added to the AETP_LIST component to change the precision of the AETP value. The number of decimals for effort complexity, ratio and AETP count (N2 for 2 decimal places, N5 for 5 decimal places), by default N2. For example to list all the AETP values to five decimal places, use the following: TABLE;AETP_LIST;COUNT=-1,FORMAT=N5. See https://doc.castsoftware.com/display/DOCCOM/Table+components+for+Report+Generator+1.21.

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