What’s new in BlueCielo Meridian Explorer 2015

The new features and improvements of Meridian Explorer include:

• A new type of document collection can be made called a package. A package is a set of documents contained in an archive (ZIP) file. They can be used to send documents to people who do not have access to Meridian Explorer, for example, or as simple transmittals. Packages are to Meridian Explorer what briefcases are to Meridian Enterprise but simpler. However, the two are different and are not interchangeable.

  One way that packages are different from briefcases is that packages are sent by Meridian Enterprise Server to a different file storage system (Windows file system, FTP site, cloud service, etc.), not to a person by email. Meridian Explorer uses the BlueCielo Publisher system links to transfer the documents for you. You only need to select a Publisher job, specify the contents of the package, and instruct Meridian Explorer to send it. The rest is automatic but you can monitor the status of the package to verify that it was sent. You may also view packages that have already been sent and search for documents inside packages.

• Web service APIs GetDocument and GetDocuments are now available to external systems to retrieve Meridian Explorer data. The APIs can be used with standard HTTP or HTTPS requests and they return the data in JSON responses.
• New permission levels Edit Collections, View Packages, Edit Packages, Execute Packages, and Manage Packages have been added to support the creation of document export packages.

• Internal functionality has been added that enables advanced repository synchronization troubleshooting by BlueCielo Technical Support.

• Exported metadata is now saved in MS Excel 2007 or higher (.xlsx) format and may contain more than 255 columns.
• Searching on properties that have more than 50K unique values now works correctly.
• Older repositories that are upgraded to Meridian Explorer 2014 no longer fail when the stoplist is added to the full-text index.
• User and group names may now be longer than 50 characters.
• When used with SQL Server 2008, an error that could cause canceled background tasks to show as still running in the Tasks list has been fixed.
• Error Column name <ColumnName> does not exist in the target table or view occurred when indexing a repository that contains over 300 document and tag properties.
• Hybrid parts of the source document are now published to non-Meridian Enterprise destination systems if the Publish the source document option of the publishing job is enabled.
• The Use fixed identity option has been renamed to Use Meridian impersonation and the default has been changed to enabled.
• After upgrading to this version, a new CSS stylesheet is generated that contains the default styles. If you made customizations to the stylesheet before the upgrade, that stylesheet is retained and you must copy your changes to the new stylesheet.
• Column filters are now available in the Audit log view in Meridian Enterprise Server Configurator.
• When viewing a batch of PDF files, the Adobe Reader window could remain visible even after closing the window.
• A new views bar at the bottom of the Meridian Explorer page shows the names of the four data contexts that are available in a repository: Documents, Tags, Projects, and Collections. The names can be clicked to switch the navigation view to the corresponding context.
• An Oracle AutoVue Client/Server deployment running under the Local System account could show errors and not display documents.
• Audit log data may now be exported from the Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console to Microsoft Excel format.
• Active Directory synchronization has been improved for large numbers of groups and users.
• The performance of synchronizing large numbers of documents that have been deleted from the source vault has been improved.
• The accuracy of validating synchronizations from Meridian Enterprise to Meridian Explorer has been improved to better detect document changes since the last synchronization.
• A new URL parameter ISOLATION=TRUE has been added that hides the views bar and the HOME tab in the ribbon menu bar when one document or a list of documents is previewed in a new browser window, such as from a maintenance management system.
• Redlines were not visible in AutoVue if the StoreFeedbackRedlineOnRendition option was set to True in the WebConfigDto.dat file of Meridian Enterprise Server and a feedback page was configured. This patch deactivates the StoreFeedbackRedlineOnRendition setting, if present so that redline display is then controlled by the Include redlines in rendition and Publish redlines options of the publishing jobs.
• New URL shortcuts named documentview, objecttagview, projectview, and packageview have been added. They can be used to open the default view for each item type. Corresponding parameters RN and ViewCat have also been added that can be used to specify the repository and view type to open. For details about usage, see the BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Server Administrator's Guide.
• Performance has been improved when thumbnails are updated and VBScript events are invoked. Internal functionality has been added that enables advanced repository synchronization troubleshooting by BlueCielo Technical Support.