QBench Mid May Release Notes

What’s New:

Inventory

  • Users are now able to formulate Inventory Items with Inventory Stock
  • Users can now associate a worksheet to an Inventory Stock

Tests

  • Users are now able to Filter by locked and unlocked Tests
  • Users are now able to bulk unlock Tests in the Test List Page
  • Users are now able to Filter Samples with Tests of the same status
  • Users are now able to Filter by Samples “Last updated” on the Test Landing Page
  • Users are now able to Filter by Tests “Last updated” on the Test Landing Page

Divisions

  • Users are now able assign Panels to a Division

Contacts

  • Users are now able to filter by Customers on the Contact List Page

Orders

  • Users are now able to create “Sources” in the Order Logging Page
  • Users are now able to bulk link existing Samples in the Order Logging Page

Samples

  • Users are now able to Filter by Samples “Last updated” on the Sample Landing Page

Batches

  • Admins can now specify required fields and default values for a Batch
  • Users are now able to remove platemaps from the Batch
  • Users are now able to remove a Protocol from a Batch
  • Thicker borders have been added to the Batch’s Platemap for adjacent Sample ID’s

Customer Portal Settings

  • Admins are now able to configure the Customer Portal Settings to allow automatic publishing of Orders

QMS - Issues

  • Users are now able to assign Teams to an Issue
  • Issues are filterable by Teams in the Issues List Page

Equipment

  • Users are now able to set descriptions for a schedule in equipment

Reports

  • Uploading Reports to QBench will automatically inherit the name of the file. Users can now optionally rename this file upon uploading

Assays

  • Users are now able to Filter multiple Assay names in the Assay Landing Page

API

  • Developers are now able to retrieve Equipment by IDs in the API
  • Developers are now able to retrieve Inventory Usage by IDs in the API
  • Developers are now able to query Tests by Batch ID

QOL/Bug Fixes

  • Users are now able to see “Total Selected” count when checking items in the list pages
  • Users are now able to specify and save custom page sizes
  • The Document field in the Assay Detail Page now has a quick link
  • The Confident Cannabis auto-create Customer behavior can now be toggled on/off
  • The Add Sample Button in the Order Logging page has been shifted to the right of the Save Samples Button
  • “Fill” Button has been added for Label Printing
  • Cursor automatically appears in the field after clicking on the Add Samples Button in the Order Details page
  • The Sample Comment field is now a Textbox input
  • Default Value for Test and Order Statuses has been fixed
  • Filter emails have been fixed
  • Printing Module for Received Stock has been fixed to exit module after printing Inventory Stock
  • Order searches for the top three additional fields have been fixed for General Search
  • Errors have been fixed when printing a Label for a Sample that is deleted
  • Locked Tests have been fixed to load correctly when viewing the Details of the Test
  • Additional Sample Date Field has been corrected to appear in the “Configure View” on the Test List Page
  • Batch PrintDoc title has been fixed to support more characters
  • Additional Textbox Field for Invoices has been fixed so that it saves correctly when text is added and removed
  • 500 error has been fixed on the Document Details Page
  • Edits for Default value and Required field on Core Fields has been fixed to save correctly

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