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Release Notes

 

Release 7.3.7

7/19/10

 

 

 Key Bug Fixes

 Various bug fixes are included in this release.  The following is a list of key fixes by application area.  

 Please contact customer support for the status of any specific Astra Schedule case number.

 

 

 Area:        Calendar

 

 Calendar Activities:  Corrected an activity filtering error that was picking up resource usage as separate from event

 activities and therefore duplicating the activities displayed on the calendar if an event used a resource.

 

 Area:        Conversion

 

 The conversion tool was updated to resolve the problem of room configuration names changing in v7 and then

 re‑running a conversion from v6 to v7.  The conversion tool will now choose the default room configuration if the

 specified configuration cannot be found.

 

 Area:        Events

 

 Event Scheduling/Requesting:  Provided field length validation for the event description field to prevent errors caused

 when too many characters were used.

 

 Area:        N/A

 

 Room Effective Dates and Usage Controls:  Corrected a problem in the room usage control logic that was causing

 deleted controls to still be applied.

 

 Default usage controls are now linked to the effective dated room version and exception controls are linked to the

 parent/original room.  Exception controls are displayed (and editable) from any version of the room.  Modifying room

 effective dates or adding/removing an effective version will update the default usage control and usage data for all

 versions of the room that are affected by the edit.

 

 Area:        Optimizer

 

 Optimizer:  Updated back‑to‑back instructor section assignment logic to properly consider the room needs of all

 sections involved before assigning.  It was previously possible for the first section in the group to be assigned to a room

 that did not meet the needs of the second section.

 

 Optimizer:  Corrected the total section count logic so that the summary section data is correct when the back‑to‑back

 instructor section pre‑processing option is selected.

 

 Optimizer:  Corrected an issue where the optimizer was not checking for conflicts properly on cross‑listed meetings

 that were included in the optimizer run.  This was creating the possibility of double‑bookings for cross‑listed sections.

 

 Area:        Report Subscriptions

 

 Report Subscriptions:  Corrected a problem in the name drop‑down list control in report subscriptions that was causing

 the list to be empty.

 

 Area:        Sections

 

 Optimizer Publish:  Added a notification message to the Publish process to inform users that a batch export must be

 performed after publishing room assignments to production if they are to be exported to the SIS.  Real‑time export

 does not pick up published room assignments as a change.

 

 Section Meeting Instance:  Corrected an error on the section meeting instance edit form that was preventing

 re‑assignment or edit of a single meeting date.

 

 Area:        SIS/ATE

 

 

 Banner SIS:  The real‑time import configuration file was updated to eliminate an error in the meeting instructors query

 that was causing instructor assignment updates to fail.

 

 Banner Interface:  Cross‑list information is now updated in Astra Schedule if the cross‑list group is changed or removed

 in Banner.

 

 SIS Interface and Optimization:  Imported sections with incomplete meeting patterns are now flagged appropriately in

 the database and ignored during room optimization.  This corrects an optimization error caused when the incomplete

 data was encountered.

 

 Area:        System

 

 Browser Support:  IE8 added as a supported browser.  Initial testing has revealed no browser‑specific issues.

 

 

 Known Limitations

 

 Area:        Calendar

 Browser Support:  The Calendar functions are not currently compatible with Safari.  We are investigating options for

 an update to the Calendar control that will support Safari in a coming release.

 Area:        Holidays and Announcements

 Holiday Section Conflicts:  Section meeting instances are cancelled and flagged as exceptions upon section creation.  

 However, at this time, holiday configuration actions that should impact existing section records will not perform this

 work.  Holidays that block section meetings must be created before sections are created.

 Area:        People

 People records cannot currently be searched via email address.  This is expected to be resolved in the 7.4.0 release.

 

 Area:        Report Subscriptions

 Report Subscription:  Reports to be included in a report subscription may not include sub‑reports in their design.

 

 Area:        Security

 "Guest" user account must be mapped to the "guest" role.

 

 Area:        SIS/ATE

 After importing events via the Excel import utility, customer data must be re‑exported to ObjAcct before users can

 effectively access Events and Customer related functionality.