Change log¶

If you are viewing this page from your local copy of AyaNova be advised that it will only show changes up to the date that your version was released, the most recent changes are documented in the AyaNova manual hosted on our website.

How to upgrade¶

See the upgrade instructions section of this manual for details.

2024¶

AyaNova 8.2.3¶

In progress...

Docs: fixed outdated and missing installation steps for setting directory rights and ownership in linux server install for post 8.2.0 changes (hat tip to Steven L. for spotting this)

AyaNova 8.2.2¶

Released 2024-10-23

Fixed

Server: resolved false negative validation issue with Custom fields set to Required in WorkOrders, Quotes or PM's at the Item and Unit levels preventing save

AyaNova 8.2.1¶

Released 2024-08-28

WARNING: If you are currently at a version older than 8.2.0 you must follow the special instructions for that release.

Changed

Server: updated internal 3rd party database related dependencies

Fixed

Server: resolved issue which could result in an overflow exception error when opening an existing work order

AyaNova 8.2.0¶

Released 2024-06-03

WARNING: this release contains changes that will require a pre upgrade step on all Windows and Linux network platforms from the normal upgrade process you may be accustomed to. Be sure to follow our upgrade instructions and the pre upgrade step for your platform for this particular upgrade from version 8.1.5 (or older) to version 8.2.0 (or newer).

Changed

Server: updated to use .NET 8.x LTS from previously used .NET 6.x LTS. .NET 6.x is reaching end of support this upcoming November. With this update to .NET 8.x come numerous benefits including performance and security gains.
Server: switched the report rendering system from Chromium to Chrome browser to align with the default browser now supported by the Puppeteer headless browser controller library that we use for report generation. There will be a longer than normal delay the first time a report is rendered after upgrading while AyaNova automatically downloads the new report rendering browser.
Server: all 3rd party components used by the AyaNova server have been upgraded to their most recent release versions to use with .NET 8.x. This improves performance, stability and security for each component used.

Added

Docs: added documentation about a potential issue with "US" being prepended to currency values on reports for non US users and how to correct it in user settings currency code

AyaNova 8.1.5¶

Released 2024-05-03

Fixed

App: issue with Workorder status set to inactive displaying for selection on Work orders
App: issue with Quote status set to inactive displaying for selection on Quotes

AyaNova 8.1.4¶

Released 2024-04-29

Fixed

Server: issue handling retrieval of last work order service date for work orders with a null service date

AyaNova 8.1.3¶

Released 2024-04-08

Added

Server: Improvements to license installation code to automatically handle some edge cases that previously prevented license installation
Docs: Documented "Viz" fields in the report template editor documentation

AyaNova 8.1.2¶

Released 2024-03-20

Fixed

App: a true / false custom field would not display properly in the data table for that object

AyaNova 8.1.1¶

Released 2024-01-26

Fixed

App: some users were seeing an error when dropping file attachments on to a record. (This error was "cosmetic" only and did not affect the functionality of attaching files)
Reporting: issue where some "Viz" server populated fields such as Work order item Task completion types and other similar pick list related fields on reports were defaulting to English translation instead of the User's selected translation

2023¶

AyaNova 8.1.0¶

Released 2023-11-22

Fixed

Server: Customer notes Tag extension: "Job failed" error when using tag extension for customer notes

Changed

App, Server: Reporting - the ayT translation key helper function now shows an error directly in the rendered report in place of an incorrect or uncached translation key rather than the report failing entirely with an error message
App: Improvements to error handling and display if there is an issue when rendering reports
App: Customer notes edit form: "New" menu option now defaults Customer selected on the new Customer notes form to the same Customer

Added

App: Work orders, Quotes and PM's added a new feature to the Customer Contact field to enable the user to select from any existing Contact entered for that Customer.
Docs: in several places added a warning about using special characters such as '@' or '$' in the PostgreSQL database name or password as it may interfere with the automatic backup process and cause it to fail.

AyaNova 8.0.43¶

Released 2023-05-10

Fixed

App: postal code not being copied when copy to postal or to street address menu items selected on Customer, Head office or Vendor

Added

App: New Send email extension to support bulk SMTP email to selected Customers, Vendors, Head office, Users, Contacts
App: New Send email ability to support sending an SMTP email in Customer, Vendor, Head office, User, Contact edit forms
App: Now indicates if an AyaNova server update is available on login ("Perpetual" licensed build only)
App: Trial period remaining days display added on login

Changed

App, Server: Change notification settings to allow empty notification password and login to support Office365 direct send SMTP scenario
Docs: Change log format simplified going forward

AyaNova 8.0.42 (2023-04-06)¶

Fixed

App: data table filter changes unintentionally overwriting saved filters

Changed

App: Data table saved filter UI improved usability and functionality saving filters and changing / ovewriting saved filters
Docs: Re-written saved filters documentation to reflect changes

AyaNova 8.0.41 (2023-03-24)¶

Fixed

Server: report data field PartDescriptionViz not being set for Work order and PM

AyaNova 8.0.40 (2023-03-21)¶

Added

App: Additional improvements to web app local error logging in certain conditions

Fixed

Server: occasionally causing error saving duplicated Work order, Quote, PM with attachments selected

AyaNova 8.0.39 (2023-03-17)¶

Added

App: Improvements to web app local error logging in certain conditions

AyaNova 8.0.38 (2023-03-16)¶

Fixed

App: occasionally causing Work order and Quote to show an incorrect current status in their main data table display

AyaNova 8.0.37 (2023-03-08)¶

Changed

Server: Unit and Customer report data LastWorkorderViz and LastServiceDateViz fields now indicate the most recent work order of any Status matching their respective data table similar field

Added

Server: Unit and Customer report data added two new fields LastWorkOrderCompletedViz and LastServiceDateCompletedViz which indicate the most recent work order set to a Completed Status
Server, App: Customer Autocomplete list template added all 5 phone numbers, email address and account number as options in addition to existing Tags and Name

AyaNova 8.0.36 (2023-03-06)¶

Fixed

Server: Unit report data's "LastWorkOrderViz" field being set to incorrect value

Changed

Server: manual / on demand backup files no longer prepended with "manual-", named same as daily automated backups. Existing "manual-" files found will have the "manual-" portion removed when next backup runs. This resolves a potential issue with pruning of excess backup sets and removes potential confusion from lack of consistent naming. Docs updated to remove reference to "manual-" naming of backup sets.

Added

App: added Quote w Travel Loan Item Expense Outside Service report to available Quote reports as the original stock one left out some sections of the quote. Note: this report will only automatically install in new databases created after upgrading to this release.
For existing databases download Quote w Travel Loan Item Expense Outside Service and import to AyaNova.
Docs: added documentation page for AyaNova subscription service on-boarding information

AyaNova 8.0.35 (2023-01-27)¶

Fixed

Server: bug preventing import of Translation

AyaNova 8.0.34 (2023-01-25)¶

Added

Server: added new AYANOVA_REPORT_RENDER_API_URL_OVERRIDE configuration option for specific report rendering issue scenarios

AyaNova 8.0.33 (2023-01-24)¶

Fixed

Server, v8-migrate: Fix for issue preventing erasing database when Customer notification set to a custom translation
UI: date picker control when selected "Today" option not using local timezone for value could result in wrong day being set
UI: data table when opening a data table pre-filtered (e.g. viewing a single Customer's units from Customer edit form menu) that had previously been paged was not resetting to page 1

Changed

Server: improved server error logging when unexpected exception prevents erasing database
Server, UI: Quote, PM, WorkOrderItemXXX collections (labors, travels etc) now fetch and display in edit form in fixed order by "start" / "sent" / "request" dates if dated otherwise in order created

Added

Documentation: various sections improved

AyaNova 8.0.32 (2023-01-10)¶

Changed

Installers, Documentation: changed URLs and references in install documentation to ASP.NET Core 6.x specifically as .net core 7 has just been released but is not currently supported for AyaNova

AyaNova 8.0.31 (2023-01-05)¶

Fixed

UI: Work order item custom fields not correctly displaying if same index work order header custom field also defined but incompatible data type (no data loss, display issue only)

AyaNova 8.0.30 (2023-01-04)¶

Fixed

UI: DateTime and Date controls not displaying properly localized when in edit enabled mode
UI: Unit edit form New work order menu item not translated
UI: Customer edit form internally sending an extra unused field on updates

Changed

Developer console: Updated developer console to latest release, was incorrectly showing internal only properties (i.e. ayType)

2022¶

v8-migrate 8.0.5 (2022-12-30)¶

Added

v8-migrate: workaround to assigned document file migration, now logs and skips without intervention when issues with URI
v8-migrate: workaround to handle migrating work order item parts from pre 7.6 AyaNova with inventory off but had been on and empty warehouse id set
Documentation: improved sections regarding migration from v7 to v8

AyaNova 8.0.29 (2022-12-20)¶

Fixed

UI: Part inventory data table was incorrectly showing the Delete and Tag extension when it should only show the export extension
Server: fixed a bug that could cause a server crash attempting to process mass delete extension on unsupport object types

AyaNova 8.0.28 (2022-12-14)¶

Fixed

UI: Work order, Quote, PM were not recognizing record needs to be saved if the only change is in an address field

Added

Server, App, Documentation, v8-migrate: Added Postal / ZIP code to physical address for all addressible objects

AyaNova 8.0.27 (2022-12-02)¶

Added

UI: Service schedule added Customer selection / edit link to new work order dialog to preselect Customer or create new one using Open record button
UI: All schedule forms click on Work order more info dialog added Work order header's Summary text below work order serial and customer name

AyaNova 8.0.26 (2022-11-28)¶

Changed

Server: Removed unique Name requirement for User / Customer Contact
App: Added UserId field to ayClientMetaData so report template scripts have access to the Id of the User rendering the report

AyaNova 8.0.25 (2022-11-25)¶

Fixed

UI: Home notifications could error out with "internal server error" rather than list of notifications

Added

Documentation: Multiple pages improved / expanded

AyaNova 8.0.24 (2022-11-21)¶

Added

Server: Added new internal API route /api/v8/notify/direct-smtp to support on demand notification scenarios
Server, App: log to AyaNova event log when User sends a direct smtp message using new notify API route, can be viewed in Event history
Server: Report api utility methods ayPutToAPI, ayPostToAPI, ayGetFromAPI was incorrectly throwing exception on empty return body (202, 204 results)
App: added z_API send SMTP from work order report example report to show how to use the new API notify via smpt method added to send an email when a report is rendered automatically. Note: this example report will only automatically install in new databases created after upgrading to this release.
For existing databases download z_API send SMTP from work order report and import to AyaNova.

AyaNova 8.0.23 (2022-11-18)¶

Added

Server, App, Documentation: Added ayPutToAPI API convenience method to report renderer
App: added z_ayPutToAPI work order example report to show how to use the new put method added to update a work order on render Note: this example report will only automatically install in new databases created after upgrading to this release.
For existing databases download z_ayPutToAPI work order and import to AyaNova.

AyaNova 8.0.22 (2022-11-14)¶

Changed

Server: Quote, Work order state's collections GET change to avoid any potential for non-deterministic ordering

AyaNova 8.0.21 (2022-11-10)¶

Changed

UI: New Quote status object's default Roles for who can set and who can remove changed to all compatible Roles (had some incompatible ones before)
Server: Quote, Work order internal improvements to status change synchronization between header and state collection
UI: Custom fields improved layout and clarity

Fixed

UI: Home schedule form appointment item icons nudged upwards to layout fully visibly in month view

Added

UI: Customer and Unit form's menu's added new New work order option to directly create a new Work order with these items pre-selected
UI,SERVER: Part inventory data table added Part Manufacturer as available column
UI: New customer menu option added to Home schedule, Service Schedule, Units table, Workorders table, Quotes table and PM table
Documentation: more screen shots and images, more to come

AyaNova 8.0.20 (2022-11-03)¶

Fixed

UI,Server: Unit Model form implemented "Workorders", "Quotes", "Preventive Maintenance" menu items features to view list of those items for the open Unit Model
UI,Server: Work order, Quote fixed several issues related to changing Status when restricted Role permissions were set for changing status
UI: Customize form wasn't showing full Translation keys in each field's subtitle
UI: Translation form display text editing could cause item being edited to disappear if searched for and modified to no longer match search
UI: Translation display edit allowed empty string

Added

Documentation: more guided tours added, many more to come
UI: User settings added OK popup when changing the "Use browser's standard date time input controls" setting to help indicate it's instantly changed and doesn't require saving the form
UI: Translation form items table was unsorted by default when first open form changed to sort by Key initially

AyaNova 8.0.19 (2022-10-29)¶

Fixed

Server: With generated sample data only, not production use, Work order and Quote could potententially not show as locked when set to a locking status

Changed

UI: Reduced whitespace on forms between fields and row heights in data tables to show more in less space

AyaNova 8.0.18 (2022-10-27)¶

Fixed

Server: expiration date of license and maintenance incorrectly stated "(utc)" time in log but is actually server local time
UI: Evaluation license request page now properly shows that the company name and other details are required and disables request button until filled in

Changed

Server: Erase database huge speed improvement; improves v8-migrate, sample data generation, manual erase by SuperUser in UI
UI: Administration -> License page added time in addition to existing date for license and maintenance expiration
UI: Administration -> License page only SuperUser account is offered the Erase Database menu option (no other user has rights to erase db)
UI: Evaluate, show SuperUser only message before showing generate options dialog rather than on submit
UI: Evaluation request button now disabled when request is actively being processed

AyaNova 8.0.17 (2022-10-12)¶

Fixed

Server: Report rendering would fail if Global setting Company physical address longitude or latitude were set to an empty string

AyaNova 8.0.16 (2022-10-12)¶

Added

Server: Debug log level diagnostic information for troubleshooting report generation issues during technical support

AyaNova 8.0.15 (2022-09-30)¶

Added

UI, Server, Documentation: Misc. additions and changes for Subscription mode AyaNova

Fixed

Server: Automatic backup pruning to remove backup sets in excess of the Number of backups to keep setting was not deleting manual backup sets

AyaNova 8.0.14 (2022-09-29)¶

Changed

UI, Server, Documentation: Dashboard list widgets limited to maximum 100 items to prevent overwhelming and potentially freezing the browser with large quantities of data better viewed through filtered data tables

AyaNova 8.0.13 (2022-09-28)¶

Changed

UI, Server, Documentation: Bulk Tag and delete extensions changed to show progress and support cancellation of long running jobs

Fixed

UI: Dashboard issue potentially causing freeze / high memory usage with Reminders, Reviews and Scheduled dashboard widgets

AyaNova 8.0.12 (2022-09-27)¶

Changed

SERVER: internal change to batch jobs to prevent long running jobs from hogging CPU cycles in constrained environments

AyaNova 8.0.11 (2022-09-26)¶

Fixed

Multiple data tables had more than one column internally defined at the AyaNova server end as the row id column which could result in a table not displaying data and an error message showing in the AyaNova web app. This also meant that the extra row id columns were not able to be set to not display in the data table columns.

V8-Migrate plugin 8.0.3 (2022-09-23)¶

Added

UI: "copy to clipboard" button added to migration log display form to enable copy displayed migration log to clipboard
UI: warning message indicating migration will fail if login to v8 server during migration

Changed

UI: Text displayed when migration ended to more clearly show if failed or completed properly
Always attempt to send memo of log to SuperUser on any failure
Always attempt to set v8 server state back to open even if earlier failure

Fixed

Not fail on empty v8 Part name due to missing v7 data but generate a unique placeholder instead

AyaNova 8.0.10 (2022-09-22)¶

Added

Documentation: Added Change log / release notes page and links to it
Documentation: Personal History manual page added section about Ghostery and other similar browser extensions potentialy blocking event log history
Documentation: several pages added section that clarifies SuperUser is not a normal account and specific information about SuperUser not having access to business data
Documentation: ops-restore section added more detailed instructions regarding restoration and in particular setting rights and ownership when restoring to Linux server

Changed

License check: when using active trial license now does fast track license check to accomodate slow data migration scenarios where trial license would expire before migration has completed
Metrics: changed the server's timespan for gathering daily metrics from beta period interval of every 12 hours to normal release interval of 24 hours
Metrics: changed the default timespan for graphs from last 6 hours to last 7 days
Metrics form: improved the timeline chart data points to be more clearly visible

Fixed

Documentation: miscellaneous improvements and edits to documentation in multiple places
Metrics form: fixed issue with some timeline charts not displaying properly

Removed¶

Evaluate form: removed various levels of trial data seeding, defaults to small only
Profiler form: removed now that beta test and primary development has ended