Aurora Systems Manager – Release Notes – 2014 #
Details are displayed in reverse chronological order (latest first)
| Reference | Version | Change | Source of Change | Functions affected by Release | Display Effect | Parameter changes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014|27|E | 4.11.5 | Two new Enterprise transaction parameters have been added for invoice notices:
|
AIT | Invoice notices | None | New parameters as listed |
| 2014|26|E | 4.10.14 | A new field, RSV_BypassNotice, is added to the ReserveQueue table. Using AWS of this date and later, this is populated when an item is trapped. | QFCL | Reservation notice production | None | None |
| 2014|25|E | 4.10.14 | The following new Enterprise parameter is added by this update:
|
AIT | Enterprise parameters; used in Task | None | New parameter as listed |
| 2014|24|E | 4.9.19 | The following new Enterprise parameters for notices are added by this update:
|
AIT | Notice parameters | None | New parameters as listed |
| 2014|23|E | 4.9.19 | Two new Enterprise transaction parameters have been added for claims:
|
AIT | Claim notices | None | New parameters as listed |
| 2014|22|E | 4.9.11 | The following new Enterprise parameters for notices are added by this update:
These parameters are provided for Consortium application, enabling each of the parameters to be applicable at the Council level, e.g. MonoStatCat1_STANTON, and allowing the Consortium wide definitions of categories to be redefined for Council-specific usage. |
NSHOR | Parameter management | None | New parameters as listed |
| 2014|21|E | 4.9.5 | A new bibliographic work status ‘Shadow work’ (System code BS and value 16) is added by this version. | AIT | Cataloguing | None | New parameter as listed |
| 2014|20|E | 4.9.4 | A new Enterprise parameter has been added
This parameter allows bibliographic and authority records to be locked, to prevent simultaneous and contradictory editing. |
AIT | Cataloguing | None | None |
| 2014|19|E | 4.7.24 | A new date field FY_RollStart is added to the FinancialYear table. This version will add the field and by default assign the new date to the same value as the start date (FY_Start). The ‘Fund Bubble-Up’ Task (when run through Aurora Watcher now checks the new field to allow libraries to receive items after the official end of the financial year, but have them included into that previous financial year. place and it’s best to put them in now while this stuff is fresh in the mind. | AIT | Financial Year | None | None |
| 2014|18|E | 4.7.23 | ASM will now insert a new Enterprise parameter ReserveBypassItemLoanParam which is able to be applied with the AWS ReserveAnItemOrWork method, by default this setting is turned OFF and no bypass is applied. | AIT | Reservation | None | None |
| 2014|17|E | 4.7.23 | v177 has been modified to truncate the BDDS. DDS_SE10 field down to 255 characters as it must have a length limit of 255 or less in order to be indexable. | AIT | Search | None | None |
| 2014|16|E | 4.6.3 | Schema v177 development completed. Button for v177 now generally enabled.This development adds new fields and indexes. | AIT | Schema update and index revisions only | None | |
| 2014|15|E | 4.5.20 | Schema v177 is extended to add 5 new fields to the SerialSubscription table. These fields are now saved when a serial prediction is successful. The intention of course is to be able to reuse the values in the next serial prediction saving operator time. | AIT | Serial subscription | None | None |
| 2014|14|E | 4.4.24 | For schema v177, BDDS. DDS_SE10 is changed from nvarchar(max) [effectively unlimited text] to nvarchar(255). This is so that this field may be indexed | AIT | None | None | None |
| 2014|13|E | 4.4.10 | This version applies a new Enterprise parameter:
Where set, this ensures any new non-serial item is given an in-progress status when added – so they will have this status when created during the Loader process. The parameter is auto inserted if upgrading to v175 or later. |
QMC | None | None | New Enterprise table setting |
| 2014|12|E | 4.4.3 | New Report added QUERY – USERS per day with Telemessages that failed to be delivered in the last 14 days (Query012) | NSHOR | None | None | New report as indicated |
| 2014|11|E | 4.3.27 | New report inserted QUERY – USERS with Telemessages that failed to be delivered in the last 14 days (Query011) | NSHOR | None | None | New report as indicated |
| 2014|10|E | 4.3.24 | This version applies a new Enterprise transaction parameter:
The parameter is auto inserted if upgrading to v175 or later. Please note: If you choose no tables, but schema v177 (when released), then if the schema is still prior to v174 (the version that included the additional Enterprise table field ‘EN_Extra’) then this additional field and the new transaction parameter, Trans079 (failed telemessage), will not be inserted. |
NSPL | None | None | Enterprise addition as indicated |
| 2014|9|E | 4.3.24 | This version applies a new Enterprise parameter:
This setting defines the number of days that an advance notice, to advise a user that their library registration is coming to an end, will go out (by email). Default setting is 7 |
NSPL | None | None | Enterprise addition as indicated |
| 2014|8|E | 4.3.20 | New report inserted QUERY – ITEMS on Loan with Withdrawn status (Query010) | NSHOR | None | None | New report as indicated |
| 2014|7|E | 4.2.26 | Further improvements are applied to SQL Counts | AIT | SQL Query – Counts | None | Report Syntaxes are updated |
| 2014|6|E | 4.2.6 | New development for ABC uses some otherwise unused Inst_System codes (A1, A2, A3) – which are now reserved for this purpose.Aurora Systems Manager will add these fields for Schema 176 for ABC only.In the parameter set for these codes, the SYcharge field now holds the last number allocated in each category, to be updated when the operator ‘allocates a new number’; the structure of the number is Prefix (2 chars) + Running Number (6 digits) -> the shelf number of 8 digits. | NABC | Site specific update | None | Parameters as described |
| 2014|5|E | 4.1.23 | A new panel is added to the Databases tab, to address compatibility issues. If the database has SQL Server 2000 compatibility, then this is shown in colour salmon;if 2005, then orange – both to stand out prominently; if above these levels, then there is no highlight.You can change the Compatibility Level of a database using SQL Server Management Studio – but a further panel is added to allow the Compatibility level to be modified. This is restricted to upward compatibility only; if someone wants to downgrade their compatibility, they can use the SQL command to do this, as it should not be easy accidentally to use the function to downgrade a customer’s database level. You are advised to discuss any planned changes with AIT before implementation. | AIT | Databases tab – Compatibility level | New panels as described | None |
| 2014|4|E | 4.1.22 | A new parameter fields is added to Loan_ItemFormat. IM_XONotice: this allows the specific format to be excluded from overdue notices | VNILS | Loan_ ItemFormat |
None | New IM_XONotice parameter |
| 2014|3|E | 4.1.21 | The System VS entry ‘Invoice Adjustment’ was found to be missing from some installations – this might possibly result in invoice totalling appearing to be out of alignment. If missing, this version will apply the parameter. | AIT | Inst_System ‘VS’ parameters | None | As indicated |
| 2014|2|E | 4.1.17 | Four new fields are created in CirculationHistory (Schema 176):
|
AIT | Schema update | None | None |
| 2014|1|E | 4.1.5 | This version applies a new Enterprise transaction parameter:
|
NSHOR | None | None | Enterprise addition as indicated |