QBench Release Notes October 14, 2020 - v2.16.0

What’s New:

Tests:

  • Users are now able to bulk assign Deviations from the Test List page
  • Users are now able to group Worksheets by Sample in the Test List page

Batches:

  • Users can now clone a PlateMap when cloning a Batch

PrintDocs:

  • Users can now attach PrintDocs to Report emails
  • Users can now see PrintDoc version history

Reports:

  • Users are now able to configure a Report name when downloading

Customer Portal:

  • LIMS users can now include Attachments when sending a Report Published email
  • Customer Portal users can now upload Order Level Attachments on any of their published Orders

Filters:

  • Users are now able to filter by the Order’s “Date Completed” field on Order/Test List page
  • Users are now able to filter by the Order’s “Date Received” field on the Samples List page
  • Users are now able to filter by Customer Additional Fields on the Samples List page

API:

  • Developers are now able to consume QMS Documents endpoints
  • Developers are now able to consume endpoints for the Source datatype
  • Added the “check_number” field to the Payments JSON response
  • SNS messages for Reports now include the Report Template ID field

QMS Documents:

  • Users are now able to generate a “summary” of QMS Document statuses and acknowledgements

QoL / Bug Fixes

  • Users are now able to print Sample Labels from the Sample Detail Page
  • Redirect URI is now retained when logging in through SAML
  • Image files/attachments are now previewed in the browser rather than downloaded
  • Added filter for the Order’s “Date Received” field when creating multi-order Invoices
  • Upgraded the general Search page UI to include fields in your configuration
  • Deprecated spaces in Custom Sub-Sample IDs
  • Added Jinja filters to Email Template previews
  • Fixed issue when generating a report with too many Tests
  • Security implementations
  • Various other bug fixes and improvements

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