dms:whats_new
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What's New in DMS
See below for details of the latest updates to DMS.
Whats New: Release 3.1.47.2
Release January 2021
Fixes
Multiple minor fixes
Whats New: Release 3.1.47.0
Released November 2020
New Features
- New Deployment Status model, can be altered by Deployment type
- New Orders, recording of asset orders
- New Attribute Mapping now used by Emails
Others
- Hardening- numerous security vulnerabilities fixed
Whats New: Release 3.0.46.0
Released May 2020
New Features
- New Attribute Mapping, used by new User Portal, Staging Sheets
- New User portal
- Logon link only, 1 per task (deployment)
- Can be used for survey & other things
- New Staging Sheets - for data import
Whats New: Release 2.1.45.4
Released October 2018
New Features
| Appointment responses | Email responses to appointment requests can now be processed |
| Further attack vector hardening | Increased resilience against online attacks |
| Encryption at rest | End to end encryption of data implemented |
Whats New: Release 2.1.45.0
Released March 2018
New Features
| Appointment Attachments | Emails can now include appointments as attachments to enter the date into the users calendar |
| New Structure object - Site | Sites now formally supported, with custom attributes |
| Site Survey updated | Site surveys are now integrated into the new site structure |
| Logon data | Logon counters are now in place to see who is currently logged on to server, and for how long |
| Deployment Slots update | Deployment slots have been restructured to allow custom attributes to be stored for a given deployment slot |
Whats New: Release 2.1.44.0
Released April 2016
New Features
| Deployment Types | Different deployment types can be defined. Switching between types supported. Different types can have different allowed custom attributes. A Schedule Group can define allowed Types |
| Deployment Tasks | T-Schedule tasks can now be set for Schedule Groups and Deployments, with new task type of Send Email |
| Managed Comms | Tasks for emails. An email task now specifies which email to send, and is grouped to allow bulk administration of emails |
| Email Priority Flag | Email Priority flag can be set |
| Local Language Portals | All web portals can now be localised into local language |
| Reporting - restricted SG | Reports can be set to show only SG assigned to the user |
| Move Deployments | Deployments can be moved between schedule groups |
| Portal logoff timer | Portal pages revert to login after timer based (inactivity) logout |
| User Portal link access | Users can now login to the user portal using an expiring unique URL |
Whats New: Release 2.0.43.0
Released October 2014
New Features
| Non Asset Deployments | Introduced a new deployment type of Non Asset allowing DMS to be used to manage non physical deployments and migrations such as applications. |
| Asset Tracking selectable by deployment | Asset tracking can now be turned on/off throughout the OU structure right down to individual deployment level |
| Web Portal Caps Lock | User notification for password CAPS LOCK implemented |
Whats New: Release 2.0.42.0
Released August 2014
New Features
| GUI refresh | The look and feel of the web portals has been given a refresh |
| WYSIWYG Comms editor | The editor in the Language portal is now WYSIWYG whilst still supporting the ability to edit the HTML for advanced formatting |
| Site Surveys | Site surveys can now be created within the DMS instance and sent to users for completion |
| Home Page notes | Notes can be added, which will be displayed upon logging in to the portal |
| New Dashboard Reporting | New reports have been added which produce graphical reporting on the Dashboard |
| Buildsheet customisation | Buildsheets can now be customised in terms of page size and orientation if required. This is a modus custom option and not available in the DMS client. |
Whats New: Release 1.4.41.0
Released April 2014
New Features
| Validation Portal Defaults | The new validation portal now has a default configuration |
| Build Portal Auto Assign | One-click button to assign any shown deployments in the build portal to available matching models |
| Search for Assets in Asset Portal | Free text searching to locate which location an asset is in |
Fixes
| feature: DMS Console Asset Transfer dialog resizing | This dialog can now be resized to make it easier to use |
| issue: DMS Console SG Left-Hand context menu not preserved | fixed - menu choice should be preserved between sessions |
| issue: DMS Console SG Left-Hand shedule menu shows wrong font | fixed |
| issue: Some Portal loads time-out on IE8 when loading large number of locations | fixed - A warning message appears before the loads are executed |
| feature: DMS Console Setup / Administrator view - more columns | |
| issue: Failing deployments must have deployment date set | fixed - deployments no longer need a Deployment Date to set them to failed |
| feature: DMS Console to fail multiple deployments | The deployment wizard can now fail multiple deployments |
| issue: Using merge load to change asset type to 'New' fails | fixed |
| issue: Various minor updates and fixes |
Whats New Release 1.4.40.0
Released December 2013
New Features
| Deployments View | View deployments from multiple Schedule Groups in a single view, and filter on Date, Status or Tags (accessed by clicking on the following icon in DMS console:  ) |
| Portal Tree Selector | Where appropriate the portals Schedule Group selector tool has been replaced with a tree view, allowing summary views of multiple Schedule Groups. The tree is limited to only showing the paths that contain assigned Schedule Groups |
| Updated Dashboard | Improved Project Managers Dashboard |
Fixes
| feature: Deployment Slot Language | Slots can now be shown in local language |
| issue: New Asset must be in deploy location to be merge loaded | fixed - can now be anywhere |
Whats New Release 1.4.0.38
Released September 2013
New Features
| Deployment Slots | Each Schedule date can now be further divided into 'Deployment Slots'. These slots are defined at the tree level and inherited, so that different countries/schedule groups can have different slots specified. Examples might be 'AM' and 'PM'. Or 'Hotel' and 'Work' |
| Validation Portal | A new portal has been added that allows the customer to view and correct groups of Deployment, Computer and User data. It is imagined that this could be used by customers at Deployment status '1 - Edit' for validation, or '2 - User Portal' if a project needs a customer administrator to manage many deployments instead of using the User Portal |
| Exceptions | Deployments, Computers and Users have built in customisable rules, that can generate an exception alert - with additional menu options to filter by exceptions so incorrect data is easier to locate. Examples might be 'Users should logon to the portal' - an exception generated for users that have never logged on. |
| Tags | Deployments, Computers and Users can now be Tagged in the DMS Console. Tags allow for groups of these items to be quickly created and manipulated |
| Build Sheet Update | Build Sheet Generator has been re-written to make it much faster. It is also easier to customise and can now access any value in the database. It can also print bar codes of any types, and improves handling of multi-page build sheets. |
| DMS Console GUI update | The Deployments/Users/Computers dialogs have been improved with multiple menu bars allowing filtering by many different values |
| Computer User Added | Computers have a new value of 'User', to cater for projects where the Schedule User is not the computer user. For example, a single person maybe responsible for all the computers on their floor. They would therefore be the Schedule User for all those deployments, but not the Computer User |
| Components | Computers/Peripherals/Applications have been merged into a Components menu. This allows DMS to be extended to accommodate new types for a customer. An example might be to deploy extra Monitors or Additional batteries for laptops. Available components can now also be restricted by the selected new Computer model |
| Bad Logon Count | If 3 bad logon attempts are made within 4 minutes, the account is disabled |
Fixes
| feature: Security Review | Review of code to guard against vulnerabilities |
| feature: Selection of asset locations in admin properties | DMS Console setup update to make this selection easier |
| feature: Admin Wizard improvements | Admin wizard can now copy report assignments |
| issue: Asset location window from Console - Send list not alphabetical | fixed |
| issue: Date Timezone Calculation | Date/Times should not shown in local timezone for deployment data |
| issue: Asset location window from DMS Console - Send list not alphabetical | fixed |
| issue: Cannot remove a Schedule Group T0 date | fixed - you can now clear a T0 date |
| issue: Logon screen & menu cannot be localised | fixed |
| issue: Asset portal - assets won't select if there is a space after the comma | fixed |
| issue: cannot perform 2 asset transfers without refresh after first item | fixed |
| other minor fixes and performance improvments |
Whats New Release 1.3.0.37
Released May 2013
Release 1.3.0.37 of DMS has been produced in response to a number of specific issues being experienced on customer sites and is not a planned feature enhancement release.
New Features
| Project Calendars | Project Calendar is now a property of an OU in the project structure and allows dates to be excluded, or in the case of weekends included. Project Calendar settings are inherited in the structure and can therefore by set on a project level and then changed for specific sections of the structure as necessary. |
| Computer model, Application and Peripheral moved from SG templates to OU structure | Computer model, applications and peripherals are no longer setup within a Schedule Group Template and then applied at the time a Schedule Group is created. A new tab has been added to the properties of an OU called Component Defaults. This solves the previous problem of not being able to change these components at a Schedule Group level once the deployments had been created. Components can now be changed as and when required and can be set to be inherited. |
| The ability to selectively show/hide applications from the User Portal and/or build sheets | The parameters of a global application now include the ability to set whether an application is visible on the user portal and/or the build sheet. |
| Application Groups | The parameters of a global application now include the ability to set a group name for an application. The group name will be displayed on the User Portal Applications page rather than each individual application with the same group name set. |
| New deployment types | A deployment can now be one of four types; replace, rebuild, return or new. This provides the flexibility to support more than the typical new for old replacement deployment type. |
| New site name attribute | A new attribute has been added to the Schedule Group Defaults tab of the OU Properties. This is an attribute that inherits within the structure and is provided to be available within project communications. |
| New DMS Console Deployments window layout and features | The DMS Console Deployment window has been updated to allow the administrator to switch between a view of deployments, users or computers. It also provides an information header area which shows information about the Schedule Group such as T0 date, PM name and Schedule Group routes. The columns in each view are also now customisable. |
| Select feature added to DMS Console Task View | The ‘select, none, invert’ feature has been added to the Task View in the DMS Console. |
| Additional level of administrator security | An additional level of security has been added for Administrators that allows separate allocation of access to the DMS Console but not DMS Setup. |
| Wizard to assist with configuring administrator accounts | A new administrator wizard allows for the replication of Menus, DTL & Build Portals, and Asset Locations from one administrator to others. |
| Report export to CSV now sets sheet name to report name | When a report is exported to CSV it is named the same as the report that was run. |
| Completed by added to Task page | The name of the administrator that completed the T-Schedule task is now visible on the Task page. |
| New function keys in DMS Console | F5 can now be used to refresh the DMS Console and F3 can now be run to jump to the DMS Console search feature. |
| Web Portal password security policy | An optional password security policy can now be applied to a DMS instance. |
Fixes
| issue: The drop down list selector for Schedule Group reports not in alphabetical order | fixed |
| issue: The deployment wizard fails if nothing in the email description field | fixed |
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