Longview v26.3 Software Release Notes
This document describes enhancements and changes to Longview version 26.3
Announcements
AI-Powered Capabilities: Longview Add-In for Office now includes intelligent assistants—Report Assist, Data Assist, and Text Assist—with license-driven enablement and flexible administrator controls for environment and user-level access.
Self-Service Scheduling for Cloud-Hosted Customers: Cloud-hosted customers can now create and manage scheduled Longview Application Framework automations directly in Longview Server Manager, with support for daily, recurring interval (minutes/hours), weekly, and monthly schedules. Administrators can also view and delete scheduled task run time logs in the Server Manager Log files page.
Longview Add-In for Office Features: Users can now query data tables directly in Excel with column-level formatting and API support for programmatic access. The new LVBATCHCOMMENT function enables custom batch comments for data submissions, with the default now set to 'Data Submission from {workbook name}'.
Multi-Currency Country by Country Reporting: Organizations can now enter Country by Country Reporting data in functional currencies with automatic translation to group reporting currency, streamlining the data collection and consolidation process.
Public Country by Country Reporting Support: Longview now supports mandatory public disclosure requirements for EU and Australia Country by Country Reporting, enabling tax professionals to meet regulatory compliance obligations across these jurisdictions.
Enhanced Designer Capabilities: Longview Designer now supports the full range of document types for Events and Calculated Journal Entry Events. Pre-Selection, Post-Selection, and Post-Refresh code execution are now available for Event Triggers and Attribute-Based Report templates.
insightsoftware continues to focus our efforts on providing the greatest value in our product investment. As part of this effort, we began an initiative in 2020 to deprecate certain features that were legacy in nature and could be replaced with newer components that offered greater functionality and improved user experience.
The following components are deprecated as part of the current release:
Longview Legacy Non-HTML5 Dashboard: Deprecated as of version 25.2 now that cards on the HTML5 Longview dashboard can be manually or automatically refreshed.
Third-party authentication: Deprecated as of version 25.3 as Longview now supports the Longview SSO service, which provides a more industry-standard approach to Single Sign-On authentication.
The following supported platforms are deprecated:
Windows Server 2019 End of Support: Longview does not support Windows Server 2019. The last version of Longview that supports Windows Server 2019 is 26.1.
Enhancements Added in Longview 26.3
Longview 26.3 contains enhancements in the following areas:
- Longview Add-In for Office
- Longview Data Servers
- Longview Designer
- Longview Platform
- Longview Server Manager
- Longview Solutions Framework
- Longview Tax
- Longview Tax – Country by Country Reporting
- Longview Tax – Pillar Two
Longview Add-In for Office
| Enhancement | Description |
|---|---|
| LV-13598 | Longview Add-In for Office includes the LVBATCHCOMMENT function, enabling users to provide a custom batch comment for data submissions. In addition, the default batch comment for submissions in Longview Add-In for Office now defaults to 'Data Submission from {workbook name}'. |
| LV-14177 | Longview Add-In for Office users can now query data tables directly in Excel, selecting specific columns and applying column-level formatting. In addition, there is API support, enabling developers to programmatically retrieve data tables. |
| LV-14398 | Longview Office Add-In now includes AI-powered features (Report Assist, Data Assist, and Text Assist) with license-driven enablement and flexible controls that allow administrators to toggle access at the environment and user levels based on organizational licensing. |
| LV-14518 | Symbol Class Attribute query results now include a new Object_Dimension column, positioned after the Object_Name column, displaying the dimension associated with each object. If an object has no dimension value, the cell displays empty. |
Longview Data Servers
| Enhancement | Description |
|---|---|
| LV-14442 | Oracle database customers can now configure DATABASE_RECONNECT_TIMEOUT, enabling automatic reconnection to the database after temporary connection losses. |
| LV-14481 | Longview now supports the submission of UTF-8 characters for string data across the platform. |
| LV-14681 | New Longview installations now default to a minimum password length of 12 characters, enhancing security without requiring manual configuration. |
| LV-14682 | Longview now defaults ticket security to enabled for new installations and enables it during upgrades, strengthening security without requiring manual configuration. |
Longview Designer
| Enhancement | Description |
|---|---|
| LV-14424 | Longview Designer now supports the full range of document types when creating Events and Calculated Journal Entry (JE) Events, eliminating previous restrictions that required implementers to use workarounds. This enhancement brings Events to feature parity with free-form applications in terms of available document types. |
| LV-14425 | Longview Designer now supports Pre-Selection, Post-Selection, and Post-Refresh code execution for Event Triggers and Attribute-Based Report templates, providing implementers with the same powerful customization capabilities previously available only in Data View Input (DVI) applications. |
Longview Platform
| Enhancement | Description |
|---|---|
| LV-14437 | Longview now validates the integrity of third-party resources to ensure external content has not been tampered with, enhancing security for cloud-hosted installations. |
Longview Server Manager
| Enhancement | Description |
|---|---|
| LV-14088 | Cloud-hosted customers can now create and manage scheduled Longview Application Framework automations directly in Longview Server Manager, with support for daily, recurring interval (minutes/hours), weekly, and monthly schedules. Administrators can also view and delete the scheduled tasks run time log in the Server Manager Log files page under the Scheduled task tab. |
| LV-14422 | The environment name is now included in the Server Manager breadcrumb link, providing administrators with persistent visibility of the current environment when working with multiple Longview instances. |
Longview Solutions Framework
| Enhancement | Description |
|---|---|
| LV-14376 | Data View Input (DVI) applications now support custom Submit button logic, allowing tax administrators to tailor the submit behavior to meet specific business requirements. Previously, all DVI apps used standard submit functionality with no ability to customize the submission process. |
| LV-14377 | Data View Input (DVI) applications now offer the option to open in read-only mode when the data area is currently locked by another user. Previously, when a user attempted to open an input application that was locked, they were blocked from accessing the app entirely. This enhancement allows users to view and review data even when editing is not available. |
Longview Tax
| Enhancement | Description |
|---|---|
| LV-14315 | The rollover validation screen now includes a link to launch Workflow Designer, providing administrators with an additional option to resolve workflow lock issues before completing the rollover. This link appears only when workflow is enabled. |
| LV-14319 | The Manage Interest Expense Limitation Automations app has been updated to remove the upfront account selection step, allowing tax administrators to view and manage all automation settings at once without needing to reopen the app for each account. |
Longview Tax – Country by Country Reporting
| Enhancement | Description |
|---|---|
| LV-13646 | Country by Country Reporting (CbCR) now supports multi-currency data entry and translation, enabling organizations with geographically diverse operations to prepare functional currency numbers and have them automatically translated to group reporting currency. |
| LV-14014 | Longview now supports EU and Australia Public CBC Reporting, enabling tax professionals to meet mandatory public disclosure requirements in these jurisdictions. |
Longview Tax – Pillar Two
| Enhancement | Description |
|---|---|
| LV-14423 | Pillar Two input applications now consistently provide period selection functionality, allowing users to choose between scenario, compliance, and active periods when opening any P2 or QDMTT input application. |
Issues Resolved in Longview 26.3
Longview 26.3 contains issues resolved for the following components:
- Longview Data Servers
- Longview Platform
- Longview Report Viewer
- Longview Smart Client
- Longview Tax
- Longview Tax – Pillar Two
Longview Data Servers
| Issue | Description |
|---|---|
| LV-14113 | Longview allowed the creation of users with a user name beginning with the @ symbol, which is an invalid user name. |
| LV-14436 | Output encoding vulnerabilities have been addressed to enhance the security of Longview. |
Longview Platform
| Issue | Description |
|---|---|
| LV-14372 | Longview experienced integration issues with Longview Analytics for organizations using SSO. |
Longview Report Viewer
| Issue | Description |
|---|---|
| LV-14454 | Longview Report Viewer was not honoring all formatting options, including column heading displays and row indentation. |
Longview Smart Client
| Issue | Description |
|---|---|
| LV-14227 | When ApplyUserPreferences was set to FALSE, saved data table layouts were not available when the app reopened. |
Longview Tax
| Issue | Description |
|---|---|
| LV-13809 | The Tax Account Rollforward (TARF) calculation in IAS systems now runs successfully on a new out-of-the-box install without requiring any manual intervention. |
| LV-14329 | The EIFEL (Canadian Interest Expense Limitation Rules) input application now correctly references the IEL.T element in its calculation model. Previously, several calculation references incorrectly used IEL.A instead of IEL.T, which could result in calculation inaccuracies or unexpected results when processing Canadian interest expense limitation data. |
Longview Tax – Pillar Two
| Issue | Description |
|---|---|
| LV-14365 | Excess Negative Tax calculations now correctly respect safe harbour elections, ensuring that no additional top-up tax is calculated for jurisdictions that qualify for and have elected safe harbour provisions. Previously, when a jurisdiction had elected any safe harbour option the system incorrectly calculated Excess Negative Tax and applied it as additional top-up tax in the period. |
Hardware and Software Requirements
This chapter contains information on these main topics:
- Supported Server Platforms
- Supported Client Platforms
- Upcoming Unsupported Server and Client Platforms
Note: Third party components and versions, such as operating systems, browsers, etc., no longer in support by the third-party provider are not supported by Longview as well.
Supported Server Platforms
Supported platforms are defined as the Operating System and RDBMS "families", and minimum patch/point level on which the application is supported under the terms of the Customer's maintenance Services Agreement. Assistance with issue investigation and resolution is available through Support Services. Any platform related software issues identified will be addressed based on Longview's standard issue prioritization criteria.
Longview reserves the right to end support for supported platforms with subsequent releases of the application.
Should a customer choose to use current versions of Longview software on non-supported platforms, Longview will continue to provide the application support under the terms of the Maintenance Services Agreement with the following exceptions:
- Issues encountered which cannot be replicated on a currently supported platform will not be addressed.
- For issues that exist on both supported and non-supported platforms, fixes will be verified only on supported platforms and may or may not address the issue on the non-supported platform.
- No support is available for platforms (OS or RDBMS) that are no longer supported by their respective vendors.
This section contains information on supported platforms for the following items:
- Updating Windows Universal CRT
- Data Server OS and RDBMS
- Web Server
- Data Server Web Services
- Longview Grid Server
- HTTP Proxy Server
Updating Windows Universal CRT
Improved security and compatibility of Longview means that older server machines must install Windows Universal C Runtime (CRT) update 2999226. You can determine whether your server requires this update and download this update, if needed, from the following link: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2999226
Data Server OS and RDBMS
The following combinations are supported for all servers in the application. For details on the term Supported, see Supported server platforms.
| Server Operating System (x64) | Server RDBMS (64-bit) |
|---|---|
| Windows Server 2025 | SQL Server 2022 |
| Windows Server 2022 | SQL Server 2022 SQL Server 2019 Oracle 19c |
Note: If you are using a separate Database server, any platform and Operating System supporting the database versions can be used.
Web Server
The following combinations are supported for the Web Server. For details on the term Supported, see Supported server platforms.
Note: The Web Server supports only x64 Server hardware architecture.
| Server Operating System (64-bit) | Web Server (64-bit) |
|---|---|
| Windows Server 2025 | Microsoft IIS 10.0 |
| Windows Server 2022 | Microsoft IIS 10.0 |
Data Server Web Services
The following combinations are supported for Data Server Web Services. For details on the term Supported, see Supported server platforms.
Note: Data Server Web Services supports only x64 Server hardware architecture.
| Server Operating System (64-bit) | Java |
|---|---|
| Windows Server 2025 | Oracle JDK 21 (LTS), OpenJDK 21, Oracle JDK 25 (LTS) or OpenJDK 25 |
| Windows Server 2022 | Oracle JDK 21 (LTS), OpenJDK 21, Oracle JDK 25 (LTS) or OpenJDK 25 |
Note: Apache Tomcat is deployed as part of the Data Server Web Services install process. If you have already installed Apache Tomcat, you must have version 9.0.102 installed.
Longview Grid Server
The following combinations are supported for the Longview Grid Server when Grid Processing Type is selected in Longview Server Manager. For details on the term "Supported", see Supported server platforms.
Note: Longview Grid Server supports only x64 Server hardware architecture.
| Operating system (64-bit) | ODBC |
|---|---|
| Windows Server 2025 | ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server |
| Windows Server 2022 |
Note: You must install the ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server on the grid node that corresponds to the RDBMS that the Longview application server is configured for.
HTTP Proxy Server
The following combinations are supported for the HTTP Proxy Server. For details on the term Supported, see Supported Server Platforms.
| Server hardware | Server operating system (64-bit) |
|---|---|
| x64 Architecture |
Windows Server 2025 Windows Server 2022 |
Note: You must have .NET 4.8 installed to run HTTP Proxy Server.
Supported Client Platforms
This section contains information on Supported platforms for the following items:
Longview Client Components
The following platforms are supported for client computers. For details on the term Supported, see Supported Server Platforms.
| Client Operating System (64-bit) | Web Browser | .NET Version |
|---|---|---|
| Windows 11 | Microsoft Edge Google Chrome |
.NET 4.8 |
Note:
- Chrome browsers require a Chrome extension to automatically deploy and launch ClickOnce components. Alternatively, an organization can use Enterprise Deployment to deploy components via IT.
- Longview components require WebView2.dll which is part of Edge.
Important: Longview recommends a DPI display setting of 100%. Using a DPI mode other than 100% can cause display issues ranging from incorrect and inconsistent font sizes to interface elements not being visible on the screen.
Microsoft Excel
The following Microsoft Excel versions are supported.
Note: Both Microsoft Office and Microsoft Office 365 are supported; however, you must use the fully deployed version of Microsoft Excel to work with Longview Add-In for Office.
| Longview Add-In for Office |
|---|
| Office 365 -- 32-bit and 64-bit |
| Excel 2024 -- 32-bit and 64-bit |
| Excel 2021 -- 32-bit and 64-bit |
Supported Languages
Longview client components are language consistent. For example, for a French client system, this update supports the French version of the Longview client, with the default regional settings, running with the French version of the respective operating system, and the French version of Microsoft Office.
However, for the servers, this update supports English versions of the respective RDBMS, server operating system, or Web server, regardless of the client language.
The following table outlines the language requirements for your Longview system.
| English | French | |
|---|---|---|
| Windows requirements |
English Windows English Microsoft Office |
French Windows French Microsoft Office |
| Java |
Oracle JDK 21 (LTS) Oracle JDK 25 (LTS) OpenJDK 21 or OpenJDK 25 |
Oracle JDK 21 (LTS) Oracle JDK 25 (LTS) OpenJDK 21 or OpenJDK 25 |
| Web browser | English | French |
| Server operating system | English | English |
| RDBMS | English | English |
| Web server | English | English |
Upcoming Unsupported Server and Client Platforms
Server Platforms
| Platform | Note |
|---|---|
| Microsoft SQL Server 2019 | The last version of Longview that will support Microsoft SQL Server 2019 will be 27.1 (January 2027). |
| Oracle | Longview will continue to support Oracle 19c until it’s EOL of April 30, 2027, Oracle has still not announced the release date for Oracle 26ai (previously named 23ai) for Windows. Longview is currently reviewing the future of ongoing support of Oracle. |
Client Platforms
| Platform | Note |
|---|---|
| Windows 10 | In line with Microsoft EOL of Windows 10, Longview no longer supports Windows 10 LTSC 2021 (21H2) as of October 14, 2025. |
| Microsoft Excel 2019 | In line with Microsoft EOL of Office 2019 extended support, Longview no longer supports Office 2019 as of Oct 14, 2025. |
Longview Support Schedule
- As of this release, only Longview version 23.3 and newer are supported.
- Longview 23.3 will no longer be supported as of July 2026.
- As of 24.1 our standard support life cycle will be 3 calendar years from the month of release.
See the table below for more details:
| Version | Release Date | End of Support |
|---|---|---|
| 23.2 | May, 2023 | July, 2026 |
| 23.3 | August, 2023 | October, 2026 |
| 23.4 | November, 2023 | February, 2027 |
| 24.1 | February, 2024 | February, 2027 |
| 24.2 | May, 2024 | May, 2027 |
| 24.3 | July, 2024 | July, 2027 |
| 24.4 | October, 2024 | October, 2027 |
| 25.1 | January, 2025 | January, 2028 |
| 25.2 | April, 2025 | April, 2028 |
| 25.3 | July, 2025 | July, 2028 |
| 25.4 | October, 2025 | October, 2028 |
| 26.1 | January, 2026 | January, 2029 |
| 26.2 | April, 2026 | April, 2029 |
| 26.3 | July, 2026 |
July, 2029 |
For more information on any of the above updates, please contact your Customer Success Manager, Account Executive, or Longview Support.