QBench Late October Release Notes

What’s New:

Epics

  • Users are now able to create an Epic data type
  • Users can apply an Epic to a Project

Projects

  • Users are now able to prevent further modification to a Project until a user has submitted an approval
  • Users are now able to add Panels to Projects
  • Users are now able to add Batches to Projects
  • Users are now able to filter the Projects page by Epic

Samples

  • Users are now able to fill out a Sample-Level “Email To” field
  • Users have the ability to send out Sample report emails to just the recipients on the Sample’s “Email To” field

Fields and Data Types

  • Rich Text Field has been added as a field type in the Field and Data Type Settings.
  • Admins are now able to force users to add a reason when changing data for Orders/Samples/Test/Panel/Assay Records.

Rich Text Editor Templates

  • Admins are now able to configure Rich Text Editor templates
  • Users are now able to select a template when filling out data for a Rich Text Editor field e.g. Test Free Response, QMS Issue Root Cause, and the new Rich Text additional field type

Filters

  • Users are now able to add Batch Level Filters to their Dashboards.
  • Users are now able to filter by “Not Set” in the additional fields section for Order, Samples, Test, and Batch.
  • Users are now able to filter by Sample ID in the Sample List Page of the Customer Portal.

General Settings

  • Admins are now able to enable/disable the creation of Customers with the same name.

Bug Fixes / QoL

  • Grey Font Text throughout the UI has been changed to a darker style for better readability.
  • Test Locking Rules will now apply immediately after marking Test statuses to complete
  • Cancelled invoices are now hidden when applying payments to an invoice.
  • Users can now view Panel History.
  • Users are now able to select the “Day” on the Equipment Reservation Dashboard.
  • Estimated Complete Date has been fixed so that it does not auto-calculate when a duration is not specified.
  • Error has been fixed when sending the “Samples Received Email” for Order’s that do not contain a “Date Received” value
  • Project Detail Page has been fixed so that Orders can be added.
  • “Total Selected Count” on the Test List Page has been fixed.
  • Fixed Order Requests not being able to submit
  • Fix attachment history UI
  • Fixed various bugs related to the Document’s acknowledgement report output

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