Astria Release Notes v2025.8 #
New Features #
| AREA | DETAILS | IMAGES (click to enlarge) |
|---|---|---|
| Admin | System Parameters > Item Formats Page has been added. | |
| System Parameters > Locations Tab Operators are now able to set the location colour for Logical locations. | ||
| System Parameters System page has been added. | ||
| System Parameters Enterprise Parameter page is complete. | ||
| System Parameters Workstations page has been added. | ||
| System Parameters Operators page has been added. | ||
| System Parameters Item formats page has been added. | ||
| System Parameters Locations page has been added. | ||
| System Parameters User types page has been added. | ||
| System Parameters User codes page has been improved. | ||
| System Parameters User definition page has been added. | ||
| System Parameters Institutions page has been added. | ||
| System Parameters Item formats page has been added. | ||
| System Parameters User formats page has been added. | ||
| System Parameters Matching routines page has been added. | ||
| System Parameters Workforms page has been added. | ||
| System Parameters pages have all been consolidated to have similar views. | ||
| System Parameters Task access page has been added. | ||
| System Parameters Enterprise Parameters page is complete. | ||
| ‘About’ now displays the version number, operator details and locations. Consortium systems will display the entity. |  | |
| Added physical location code next to the physical location description in the About popup. | ||
| Authentication | Login screen has been simplified to only show Username and Password fields. Pressing enter will now work on login. Users remain logged into the system, unless they select logout or are inactive in Astria for more than 7 days. |  |
| Cataloguing | ‘Verify transaction’ checkbox enabled on ‘Item Transfer > Change Work Status’. | |
| Cataloguing > Recent Headings tab has been removed. | ||
| Cataloguing > Options tab has been removed. | ||
| Child Holdings tab has been added. Tag 852 is now editable. | ||
| Cataloguing page has been added. | ||
| Cataloguing > View tab has been removed. | ||
| Cataloguing page has been redesigned. MARC data is displayed in a clearly labelled table and edited in a new popup. New tags can be added easily with a new, searchable popup. MARC data validation errors are displayed immediately next to the relevant data. Saving occurs immediately after editing a row or changing status, database subset, etc. | ||
| Quick Work page has one save button at the top right for both modes (with or without an item). After creation of a Quick Work the user is automatically redirected to the Cataloguing page. | ||
| Added a field to the manage item component that allows operators to set the item status in the cataloguing process. | ||
| An Add/Edit Item component has been created for consistency and easier workflows. | ||
| Display | The header bar has been moved above the menu bar. When scrolling down, the header bar will disappear while the menu bar remains fixed in place. |  |
| Home | The ‘New Users’ tab is now the default on the Home page. | |
| An ‘Untrapped Reserves’ tab has been added to the Home page dashboard. This will display any untrapped reserves for the current workstation’s location. | ||
| Home page tabs display can be toggled on and off by operators. Display can now show all or some of the tabs across the home page. |  | |
| Untrapped Reserves on the Home page now have their ‘Days’ value bolded and in red when older than four days. | ||
| The menu bar has been reconfigured for easier navigation. | ||
| Reports | Report Viewer automatically expands the report to fill the bottom of the screen. | |
| Search | Search page has been improved. Notes now wrap, field names match and hover text has been added. | |
| Tech Services | Tech Services > Authorities page has been added. This page allows the viewing and searching of authority headings. It replicates the Tech Services > Headings page and Headings Search tab in Aurora Desktop. The new page replaces the ‘Authority Headings’ sidebar and associated functions in Search, which have been removed. | |
| Place an order page has been refined. | ||
| Inter Library Loans has a new screen that allows operators to view existing ILLs. | ||
| Inter-Library Loans (ILL) can now be edited from Tech Services > Inter-Library Loans. | ||
| Remote cataloguing has been improved to allow for easy work flow. Works can be imported from external sources and items added. | ||
| Users can renew subscriptions from Serials Control, using the context menu. | ||
| Cataloguing. Button labels have been changed and hover text enabled. | ||
| Place an Order. Resolved bug where funds were not available for placing an order. | ||
| Resolved bug presenting data errors on Suggestions and Suppliers pages. | ||
| Place an Order. Resolved a bug which presented a data error. | ||
| Place an Order. Page has been redesigned to allow for clearer work flow. | ||
| Users | Emails for loans, overdue loans and portions of loans can now be sent from User Loans page. |  |
| User Details page has been improved with the addition of buttons for editing and adding users. | ||
| Add Charge. Fixed a bug where manually inputting a barcode would cause errors. | ||
| First name, date of birth, gender and membership acceptance are now required fields when adding or editing users. | ||
| User details page has been modified to display adjusted groupings of the new user detail buttons. |
Bugs #
| AREA | DETAILS |
|---|---|
| Admin | Fixed bug where Workstations not loading on some systems. |
| Fixed Admin > System Parameters > Enterprise Parameter ‘SMS’ group not displaying parameters. | |
| Fixed Admin > System Parameters > email parameters on some systems having the wrong type. | |
| Fixed a bug where the search box of System Parameters > Enterprise threw an error. | |
| Authentication | When prompted to login during an existing session, users will be redirected back to the page they were trying to access once they successfully login. |
| Resolved issue to clear display on logout. | |
| Resolved bug which logged users out when changing password. | |
| Cataloguing | Remote Cataloguing page. Number of search results are now displaying without errors. |
| An issue has been fixed where the ‘Paste Marc’ button was not working after selecting a remote catalogue search result to view in MARC. | |
| A question popup now displays when the ‘Verify transaction’ checkbox is ticked for an individual item format transfer. | |
| When adding an Item, an error message is displayed if a barcode is already in use. | |
| Filing indicators checkbox implemented for cataloguing. This checkbox sets/unsets all non-filing character indicators on title fields (e.g. 245 tags). Currently, only the prefixes ‘the ‘, ‘an ‘, and ‘a ‘ are checked. | |
| ‘Add Authority’ popup has been added to Cataloguing. This allows searching and filtering of existing authorities in the system. These authorities can then be added to a work. | |
| Bug resolved to allow adding a work which has no ISBN. | |
| Circulation | The ‘User Reserves’ page searching has been fixed to support predictions for each of the following fields once a minimum of four characters has been entered: 1. Barcode 2. Name 3. ID 4. Alias |
| Issues with sent email address have been rectified. Emails are sent from correct library email address. | |
| Fixed incorrect error message when trying to loan an item from another entity. | |
| Fixed a bug where manually inputting a barcode for Loans or Returns would fail if Reporting Services was not configured. | |
| Home | Duplication of ‘New works’ and ‘New loans’ on the home page has been removed. |
| ‘New User’ table accurately shows users created on that date. | |
| Home page tabs have now been relabelled, removing ‘today’ from the tab. | |
| ‘Items on loan vs items on shelf’ graph is now displaying correctly. | |
| Search | Headings sidebar has been removed from ‘Search’ page. |
| ‘Search Terms’ graph has been removed, to improve page speed. | |
| The missing ‘Resource Link’ heading has been added to the blank column chooser checkbox for the Search page results table. | |
| Bug fixed to allow place reservation. | |
| Tech Services | An issue where the results displayed in Serials Control > Supplier subscriptions were different between Astria and Aurora Cloud Desktop has been fixed. |
| Serials Control > Future subscriptions has been changed to reference the subscription start date. | |
| Place an order. When saving a new order with multiple copies, each item has its own copy number within the 852 tag. | |
| Place an order. Purchase order field has been corrected to include the REF value and dollar symbol, and the closed date has been removed. | |
| Electronic Resources > Manage Access tab has been improved. | |
| Place an order has been improved to indicate a ‘New Order’ has been created. | |
| A notification now displays in Place an Order when the work has been deleted for an existing order with the message, ‘Bibliographic ID is not on file’. | |
| An issue with Upload Marc > Upload Resources recognising physical works as electronic has been fixed. | |
| Funds are now functional within ‘Place an Order’. | |
| About Pop-up now displays version numbers for Astria, AstriaAPI, and AuroraWS. | |
| Operators can now add and manage User Inter-Library Loans and User Suggestions from the Users drop down menus. | |
| Place an Order. Fixed a bug where the Home Location step could not be completed while placing an order. | |
| Users | User Details. When creating a user with an email address, ‘Email Notices’ and ‘Email Loan Docket’ will now be automatically enabled. |
| User Details. Error where email address was deleted from users with DOB <1 month has been resolved. | |
| New User table accurately shows users created on that date. | |
| User Details. Edit user page has been updated to resolve issues with saving data. | |
| User List. Fixed a bug where the user list page would break if no users were debarred. | |
| Fixed a bug where manually inputting a barcode for Loans or Returns would fail if Reporting Services was not configured | |
| Fixed bug when editing a user immediately after creating a user was failing to save. |