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title: CSV Collector
slug: changelog/csv-collector
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createdAt: 2025-12-23T08:32:17.857Z
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Always check the compatibility matrix below before installing a new version.
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## Compatibility

Collectors of all versions >= v1.0.0 are compatible with all Factry Historian versions >= v4.0.0, in both directions. However, for certain functionalities, certain minimum versions of the collector and Factry Historian are required.
More information is always available in the release notes.

### Feature Compatibility Matrix

This is the compatibility matrix for versions listed on this page. If you have downloaded a newer version than the one listed on this page, please check the release notes of that version.

| Feature                 | CSV Collector Version | Factry Historian Version |
| ----------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------------ |
| Collector Auto Update   | >= v5.2.0             | >= v6.4.0                |
| Settings Auto Migration | >= v6.0.0             | >= v7.0.0                |
| Windows 7, 8 support    | \< 7.0.0              | /                        |

## v7.2.1

Released on 01/10/2026

### Changes

- Updated the base collector to v4.3.1
- Fixed a settings migration running again when upgrading from v7.1.x

## v7.2.0

Released on 01/09/2026

### Changes

- Updated parsers library to v5.1.0
- A value the collector cannot read no longer rejects the whole file. It is written as a point with status `BadParseError` and no value.
- Settings with a `ProcessInterval`, `ProcessDelay` or `StartupDelay` of zero or less are migrated to 1

## v7.1.1

Released on 16/07/2026

### Changes

- Updated the base collector to v4.2.0

## v7.1.0

Released on 16/04/2026

### Changes

- [Updated base collector to v4.0.3](docId\:dJs1GFlKyD1m31dXQH5CU)
- [Updated parsers library to v5.0.2](./)

## v7.0.0

Released on 21/05/2025

### Changes

- [Updated base collector to v3.1.0](docId\:dJs1GFlKyD1m31dXQH5CU)
- [Updated parsers library to v5.0.1](./)
- Removed support for windows 7, 8

## v6.1.4

Released on 29/01/2025

### Changes

- Disabled streaming until a data loss fix is implemented
- [Updated the base collector to v2.7.3](docId\:dJs1GFlKyD1m31dXQH5CU)

## v6.1.3

Released on 08/01/2025

### Changes

- updated parsers to v4.0.2

## v6.1.2

Released on 02/01/2025

### Changes

- [Updated base collector to v2.7.1](docId\:dJs1GFlKyD1m31dXQH5CU)

## v6.1.1

Released on 06/11/2024

### Changes

- [Updated base collector to v2.6.1](docId\:dJs1GFlKyD1m31dXQH5CU)

## v6.1.0

Released on 03/10/2024

### Changes

- [Updated base collector to v2.6.0](docId\:dJs1GFlKyD1m31dXQH5CU)

## v6.0.1

Released on 17/09/2024

- Updated parsers library to v4.0.1

## v6.0.0

Released on 11/09/2024

- [Updated base collector to v2.5.2](docId\:dJs1GFlKyD1m31dXQH5CU)
- Updated parsers library to v4.0.0

## v5.2.3

Released on 07/06/2024

### Changes

- Added support for performance monitoring with Pyroscope

### Bug fixes

- Restored windows 7 compatibility
- [Updated base collector to v2.4.8](docId\:dJs1GFlKyD1m31dXQH5CU)

## v5.2.2

Released on 29/04/2024

### Changes

- Updated parsers library to support parsing of UTF-8, UTF-16-LE, and UTF-16-BE encoded files

## v5.2.1

### Changes

- [Updated base collector to v2.4.3](docId\:dJs1GFlKyD1m31dXQH5CU)

## v5.2.0

### Changes

- Added support for auto-updating. Requires historian server >= v6.4.0
- [Updated base collector to v2.4.0](docId\:dJs1GFlKyD1m31dXQH5CU)

## V5.1.1

### Bug fixes

- Close reader after processing file with errors

## v5.1.0

### Bug fixes

- Fixed CSVHeader settings not correctly parsed

## v5.0.6

### Changes

- Allow Filter and NamesInCSV setting to be empty

## v5.0.5

### Changes

- Added throttling so the buffer will never write to files as the csv files themselves are a buffer
- [Updated the base collector to v1.2.12](docId\:dJs1GFlKyD1m31dXQH5CU)

## v5.0.4

### Changes

- [Updated the base collector to v1.2.9](docId\:dJs1GFlKyD1m31dXQH5CU)

## v5.0.3

### Changes

- [Updated the base collector to v1.2.8](docId\:dJs1GFlKyD1m31dXQH5CU)

## v5.0.2

### Bug fixes

- Fixed bug with moving files across different devices

## v5.0.1

### Bug fixes

- Fixed crash if buffer path could not be opened
- Collector no longer tries to register collector if historian API is unavailable

## v5.0.0

### Features

- Writing csv data from one record to multiple measurements. Use a Filter to map the csv data to a measurement with one or more mappings.
- Ability to add csv data to one or more measurement tags.
- Overwrite the timezone for datapoints coming from a source device using the advanced collector setting `SourceTimeZone`.

## v4.1.6

### Bug fixes

- Fixed nil pointer exception

## v4.1.0

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When updating to this version keep in mind that environment variables that had a different value will need to be set in the Historian.
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### Changes

- Changed most environment variables to be configured as advanced collector settings in the Historian.