# Nightly 8.1 Changelogs - 2021

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Nightly Changelog: 8.1.6-b20210423

## Connectivity

**2233: Device data directories should be renamed or deleted when device is renamed or deleted**  
A device's data directory should now be renamed or deleted when the device is renamed or deleted.

## Platform

**159: Create a cron-based scripting event**  
Added a new type of gateway scripts - scheduled scripts, driven by a cron expression. Configured in the designer, these allow triggering business logic at specific recurring frequencies.

## Visualization

**2138: Issues with Tag Bindings to Document Tags**  
Fixed issues where arrays written inside of document tags were converted to strings.

**2153: Perspective dropdowns that use 'multi-select' write an array of qualified values back to the tag.**  
Fixed type coercion issues attempting to write back from bidirectional bindings from arrays to array tags and document tags.

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