DevonWay 2.55 Release
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Long-term support (LTS) version: 2.55.5
2.55.0
US Production: January 11, 2023
EU & Canada Production: January 25, 2023
- Made several fixes for reports generated via the new Print Engine, which was announced in 2.54.5.
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Miramar User Interface:
- Improved the Priority selection field in the Standard Workflow Layout to correctly indicate when it’s required and provide a mechanism for clearing out an existing value.
- Improved the look-and-feel of the attachment icon for field-level attachments.
- Improved the behavior of the Person selection pop-up when sharing reports.
- Fixed an issue that prevented User Administrators from adding certain Subscriber Roles.
- Improved the resize behavior on large character fields.
- Fixed an issue that caused search results to incorrectly sort by Last Updated by default, and another issue that caused the wrong sort value to display in some cases.
- Fixed the location of the hover help for advanced filter field values.
- Several other smaller fixes and improvements.
- Administrators / Module Developers:
- Rebuilt the Job Scheduler utility in a new architecture for improved stability and security.
- The Data Import screen is no longer available through the Classic UI. Log in to Miramar to use Data Import. (If you do not have access to Miramar for your area, please contact us.)
- Build: 2.55.0.0-572 (e99ddae3b)
2.55.0.1
US Production: January 18, 2023
EU & Canada Production: January 25, 2023
- Fixed an issue to ensure that certain ("Run Models") batch-processing jobs run successfully, meaning they successfully insert records into the batch-job queue for later creation of items from models.
- Build: 2.55.0.1-573 (e99ddae3b)
2.55.1
US Production: January 26, 2023
EU & Canada Production: February 8, 2023
- Improved search processing to better handle rare and unexpected conditions, such as when saved-search definitions reference fields that no longer exist.
- Made several fixes recommended by our static code quality management software.
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Miramar User Interface:
- Enabled support for Card and Hierarchy style search visualizations.
- Added support for Trending on hierarchical data (which previously only worked in Classic).
- Fixed an issue with exporting search results to Excel in cases where saved filter definitions had broken.
- Added a message to the Classic Data Import screen clarifying that that functionality is only available in Miramar.
- Fixed an issue with the column widths on the Cross Module Functions screen.
- Improved the "Remaining Required Fields" display in the Standard Workflow Layout to shorten the name of a field when they get too long, with the full name being shown in hover text.
- Improved the scrolling behavior on the Standard Worklow Layout so that the Identifier and Synopsis stay visible when scrolling.
- Several other fixes and improvements.
- Build: 2.55.1.0-580 (0143b50c4)
2.55.2
US Production: February 9, 2023
EU & Canada Production: February 22, 2023
- Fixed some issues with page numbers and narrow column data when printing objects as PDFs (using the new print engine).
- Made several fixes recommended by our static code quality management software.
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Miramar User Interface:
- Updated the User Interface to provide better accessibility, in accordance with Section 508 of the United States Rehabilitation Act.
- Calendar searches will now return an empty calendar when there's no data to display, and we will now remember the selected Month/Week/Day view when saving your search.
- If you add filters to a search before saving it, we will now remember those filters even if nothing is selected for them.
- Added a clearer error message when attempting to export more than the maximum number of rows (200) from a search grid.
- Fixed some issues with notifications built on saved searches with Miramar-style filters.
- Updated Designer to support translating templates into different languages, and also improved the way we edit values for Static Select fields.
- The Dashboard's Recent items view is now grouped by items created "Today", "Yesterday", in the "Last 7 days", etc.
- Build: 2.55.2.0-585 (34a61929d)
2.55.2.1
US Production: February 10, 2023
EU & Canada Production: February 22, 2023
- Fixed Search API to continue returning a value for the Identifier field name (in addition to _Identifier with a leading underscore).
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Miramar User Interface:
- Made a fix to ensure that you can export a large number of search results to Excel.
- Build: 2.55.2.0-586 (99e94632e)
2.55.3
US Production: March 2, 2023
EU & Canada Production: March 15, 2023
- Fixed an issue that prevented certain Scheduled jobs from running between February 13 and 15.
- Added a view for the table that stores incoming web service messages so that they are searchable via Query Builder.
- Clarified and improved some of the error messages thrown when building a module.
- Fixed the displayed tab label to correctly show the Area when logging in via SSO.
- Fixed an issue with printing History information in certain rare cases.
- Made several fixes recommended by our static code quality management software.
- Fixed a problem that arose when downloading module backups that contained certain special characters.
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Miramar User Interface:
- Added improved multi-language support in Designer.
- Made some improvements to the Data Import screen.
- Fixed the Miramar versions of the Module Import and Export screens.
- Improved the look of non-enabled team members on the Teams screen.
- Fixed an invalid error that we would report when exporting search results to Excel.
- Fixed the ordering of child items in the Process Map.
- Improved the positioning of Picklist and Reference Field dropdown lists.
- Added the remaining character count on large character fields.
- Build: 2.55.3.0-602 (908eaddff)
2.55.4
US Production: March 23, 2023
EU & Canada Production: April 5, 2023
- We will now send the standard assignment notification e-mails even if the person who would receive the e-mail is also the one who triggered the assignment.
- Fixed an issue that could prevent a group of module-defined e-mails from sending if one of them failed.
- Fixed an issue that prevented SSO logins from working via RESTConnect or Mobile when we were matching on a field other than the username.
- Removed the ability to reset passwords via e-mail for Interface accounts (since those typically use a shared e-mail address).
- Made the SSO Behaviors region of the users screen always visible, regardless of whether the area is set up for SSO.
- Made several fixes recommended by our static code quality management software.
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Miramar User Interface:
- Fixed an issue with grid filters on Admin screens.
- Made some improvements to the Data Import screen.
- Cleaned up the field-level attachment behavior for invisible fields that become visible.
- Added support for running SSRS reports from a button field.
- Improved the selection popup for hierarchical reference fields.
- Fixed display issues with date fields as well as overall issues with the common Due Date field in card displays.
- Improved the 'Collapse All' and 'Expand All' functionalities for child grids.
- Made several fixes and improvements to Designer.
- Build: 2.55.4.0-607 (207e1cc0c)
2.55.4.1
US Production: March 24, 2023
EU & Canada Production: April 5, 2023
- Fixed Search API to continue returning a value for the Identifier field name (in addition to _Identifier with a leading underscore) in cases where the request does not specify return fields.
- Modified Miramar to no longer report an error message on login for a small percentage of end-users who had customized their Home dashboard.
- Build: 2.55.4.1-608 (5105aae76)
2.55.4.2
US Production: March 28, 2023
EU & Canada Production: April 5, 2023
- Made a fix to ensure that those using the legacy, built-in method of change-request handling are able to modify suggested values when approving change requests.
- Included translations for recently-added, platform-level terms across all supported languages.
- Build: 2.55.4.2-611 (1d129562f)
2.55.5
US Production: April 13, 2023
EU & Canada Production: April 26, 2023
- Upgraded our BI reporting engine to a newer version.
- Added the ability to export objects to PDFs in grayscale, instead of the default blue/green color scheme. This is a global setting which you can enable by contacting DevonWay Support.
- Made several fixes recommended by our static code quality management software.
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Miramar User Interface:
- Improved the filtering process for hierarchy searches and made the overall process more clear.
- Fixed an issue that prevented users with the Module Viewer role from seeing Module definitions.
- Updated the Process Map so that items that are newly created from a parent item will show up immediately.
- Fixed an issue with inconsistent refresh behavior on CS or CL fields.
- Fixed some spots where field-level attachments were viewable on non-modifiable fields.
- Improved the display of Closed objects to make it more obvious that they are closed.
- Improved the appearance of Workflow Steps on the left hand side in the Standard Workflow Layout.
- Fixed an issue that required removing and re-adding certain text search filters on the Search screen.
- Added a Designer feature to automatically convert Static Select Values to their translated equivalents.
- Added new properties to stored mobile form templates to ensure version uniqueness.
- Administrators / Module Developers:
- The Miramar Users screen will now require Administrators to enter their own password when changing another users username or password (this was already required in the Classic version).
- Added support for setting a User's preferred Time Zone on the Miramar Users and Profile screens.
- Build: 2.55.5.0-622 (958dca59c)