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Release Notes: April 2024
SafetyChain is excited to announce the details for the April 2024 monthly release!
Highlights include:
(Power BI Connector) New Version 2.1.0 Released: To increase visibility, we have added several enhancements to the Power BI Connector including enabled / disabled Resources, Location and Resource filters, and a new function 'getLinkedResources', which queries items and suppliers, provided they're linked resources.
(LINK) Supplier Compliance Management Module is Now Generally Available! Enjoy a faster, simpler process to create and manage your requirements with a LINK-based module! Read below to see what new enhancements are available this month and be sure to check out the 9 customer Ideas (with a total of 20 votes!) that were fulfilled as part of this GA release.
(LINK) Seamlessly Add Locations to Resources: Take advantage of this select-multiple field with search capabilities to manage your resource locations much more efficiently, with the option to associate locations in the Details screen while you are adding a new resource.
(LINK) Scorecard Feature Enhanced with Persistent Banner Display: To improve the user experience within the scorecard feature in LINK, a persistent, dynamic banner, that reflects your selected dates and consistent shift details, is now displayed as you click through the paginated navigation.
To view additional information on these releases and more, please continue reading in the release notes below.
April 2024 Version Numbers
LINK 2.41
iOS, Android 6.44 - There are no mobile releases this month.
Windows Apps 6.45- There are Windows Apps releases this month.
For Windows App v6.45, the change that resulted was the following:
(PC App) Additional Validations on Submit: An additional validation has been added to check for any fields that were not originally processed for expression or dependency rule calculations. In the rare instance where any calculations were initially missed, the user will receive a pop-up message indicating that the field names now have updated values, and will prompt them to review and resubmit.
Please note: Prior to this change there may have been scenarios where the record as seen in the submissions tab in the app differed from the record in LINK because the expressions were calculated after submission if they were missed. The calculations on the final record were accurate.
For customers using MDM to update the apps, please use the below links. These will also be available in the Apps stores.
A reminder from your Product and Support team: Ensuring your devices have the most recent SafetyChain App version is highly advised. If you are using an old version of the SafetyChain app for your mobile submissions, you are at risk for unexpected behavior and will not be able to take advantage of all new mobile features.
April 2024 Highlights
(Power BI Connector) New Version 2.1.0 Released: To download and install the latest version, please view the Installation Instructions in the Developer Hub. Enhancements include:
Added Enabled and Disabled Resources in the getResourceAttributes function
Added Location and Resource Filters in the getRecords and getRecordFields functions
Added new function getLinkedResources, which queries items and suppliers provided they're linked resources
(LINK) Supplier Compliance Management Module is Now Generally Available! Enjoy a faster, simpler process to create and manage your requirements with a LINK-based module. Enhancements released this month include:
Requirement Migration Tools: We have continued to test and refine our migration tools to ensure a seamless process when moving to the new Supplier Compliance Management Module in LINK. Check out our recent Spotlight Post with more information on how to migrate.
Requirement Reporting Enhancements: A number of enhancements have been made to the new Supplier Compliance reporting for a better user experience. This includes features such as focusing the filters at the top of each reporting page and being able to easily preview documents from LINK.
Requirement Disablement: Active and inactive requirements can now be disabled. Requirements that are no longer needed can be marked as disabled, which will stop the task creation for that requirement. Any open tasks will be recalled once a requirement is disabled. These requirements are filtered out by default on the Supplier Requirement homepage.
Larger Requirement Slide-Out Panel: The requirement slide-out panel in the new Supplier Compliance Management Module has been expanded to cover more of the screen, giving you more workspace when creating requirements. This larger view now displays more columns on the Add Resources and Finalize pages so you can view additional columns and minimize horizontal scrolling.
Notes and Alerts in the New Supplier Portal: The new Supplier Portal now shows notes that have been added to a requirement during the requirement creation process. In addition, there is a new feature ("alerts") to provide a clear indication of when a submitted task has been rejected and for what reason.
Requirement Document Preview in Document Management: Once a supplier document has been approved, it can be previewed within Document Management where users can also edit the document name, description, and expiration date. In addition to a copy of the document, the document details, history, related tasks, and associated links will also be available.
Alongside these enhancements, we have fulfilled 9 customer Ideas with a total of 20 votes!
(LINK) Seamlessly Add Locations to Resources: We are excited to include the option to associate locations in the Details screen while you are adding a new resource, while also keeping that an editable field when viewing existing resources.
Take advantage of this select-multiple field with search capabilities to manage your resource locations much more efficiently. The Locations tab will retain its functionality and the field will be visible to all users with access to Resources. This field will only be editable by users that have the Role Permission to Save Locations to Resources.
(LINK) Scorecard Feature Enhanced with Persistent Banner Display: To improve the user experience within the scorecard feature in LINK, a persistent, dynamic banner that reflects your selected dates and consistent shift details is now displayed as you click through the paginated navigation.
(LINK) Saved Filters for the Forms Module: We are continuing to add saved filters throughout the platform and this month you’ll be able to utilize them in the Forms and Unreleased Forms grids!
We Fixed Some Bugs
(Power BI Connector) Fixed an issue with converting time from a 12-hour format to a 24-hour format for start and end date queries. In some cases, this would cause issues with incremental refresh receiving an error that Start Date must be in the past. This is resolved in v2.1.0.
(LINK) Previously, when sending supplier reminders, all supplier email addresses were included as part of the ‘To’ field; this has been resolved and all internal and supplier email addresses (if this setting has been selected) are now in the ‘BCC' field.
(LINK) Users on two different devices were able to start more than one production run on a line if started before the first “start event” has processed. We have updated this functionality so that a user can now start only one production run on a line at a time, even when on multiple devices.
An Error message will now display if trying to start a batch on a line that is already running, ”_Batch {NotendedBatchId} is currently running on {Line}. To start batch {NewBatchId}, first end batch {NotendedBatchId}_”.
(LINK) Previously, if a user was searching for a task that was due on a particular day but was completed late, they would not be able to filter to it based on the date that it was due. We have updated the date filter query to now filter tasks based on the “Due by” date rather than the “Completed On” date.
(LINK) When users try to filter Documents list on Card and Grid Views, a few documents were missing in the filtered list. We have resolved inconsistencies in filtering and display behavior, now guaranteeing that all documents are accurately visible when filters are applied.
(LINK) We've fixed an issue where users were not able to add these special characters '#', '%', '&', and '+' in Downtime Split Additional Details, causing calendar display problems. This has been resolved and users can now seamlessly include these characters, enhancing the efficiency.
(LINK) We resolved an issue in Unreleased Forms view that caused sorting to only sort based on the Forms available in the current view. Now, the sorting will go across all of the data in the server and return the expected results, regardless of the amount of forms displayed.
(LINK) Values can only be carried over to the Target Form if the field in the Source Form and Target Form have the same short name and are the same field type. The Dynamic Flow utility used to display fields that shared short names but were not the same field type, which caused user confusion. This has now been updated to only show fields that are the same field type and have the same short name.
Various other bug fixes and improvements
Finally, Some Logistical Updates from the SafetyChain Team
Release Dates: we intend to release this into the Live environment on 04/28/2024 for Web & LINK; there are no mobile or Windows apps to publish on this date.
Feature/Bug Fix Availability: The label in parentheses that appears in front of each feature or bug indicates if that update is part of the Web, LINK and/or app release(s); therefore, indicating when it will become available.
Downtime: SafetyChain’s monthly release cycle requires one window of downtime, which takes place during the Web release and effects both the Web and LINK applications. During the 90 minutes of downtime, users may continue to operate in Offline Mode via the Mobile Apps (learn more about this here). Downtime does not occur during the LINK release.
Downtime Start/End Times:
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