CERF 5.3 Release Notes

Released April 17, 2024

Improvements

• Desktop Client
  • User Interface / Experience
    • When loading a resource in center File Viewer pane, the resource will automatically be selected in CERF Tree view
    • Improve network stability over wi-fi during resource checkin
    • All notifications can now be deleted by a user
    • Added Activity Panel message to lower right for Express Checkin
    • Improved feedback to user during large searches
    • Viewing a collection from Search results now automatically mounts collection in CERF Tree
    • CERF Resource type search parameter is now sorted alphabetically
    • Improve right-click menu options in File Viewer window
    • Visual consistency update to buttons
  • Speed
    • Improve messaging and load time of large collections in Center Panel if the right-hand Resource Info panel is open.
    • Improve loading speed of Show Collections dialog when user has access to large numbers of collections
  • Export
    • New button in Saved Search and Search panels to Export search results as CSV file. New Business Policy SEARCH_EXPORT_MAX_SIZE will set the maximum results that can be returned by the export.
    • New button in the Version History panel of a Resource Info window to allow export of version history as CSV file
    • New Export button to save Signature Report results to CSV file
  • Technical
    • Cross Reference links display now use friendly name data links
    • Fix No Signature Workflow Selected error when creating new Notebooks under specific scenarios
    • Increase timeout limit to 60 seconds for creating new resources from large templates
    • Fix Refresh button in Controlled Document panel
    • Fix issue with Signature Status icons when a signed resource was rejected by a Co-signer and then the Contributor reinitiated signature a second time
• Server
  • Add FASTA, GFF3 and VCF mime types
  • Fix issue when attempting to export a Resource from the Web Client when the resource title contains a comma
  • Fix issue from CERF 5.2.4 that causes the user session to automatically end every 5 minutes, where if a user leaves Desktop Client open with the Notifications panel in view and the CERF Server times out the user session per the Business Policy setting.
  • Additional Audit Log tooling
• Supporting Software Upgrades
  • Tomcat to version 9 (CERF-1016)
  • ActiveMQ to version 5.16
  • MySQL 5.7.44
  • LibreOffice 7.6
• Web Client
  • Disallow non alphanumeric characters in username field in Web and Desktop client Login dialogs

Known Bugs

• MacOS desktop client on M2/M3 chipsets might need to use control+left-click on track pads to see right-click menus (your experience may be different)

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