What's New in Meridian Enterprise Server Release 2014

The new features and improvements of Meridian Enterprise Server include:

• Users may now collaborate on individual documents and tags using text comments. Comments may have files attached to them and redlines saved within the context of the comment only. All comment activity is included in the audit log of the repository. Use of the is feature requires installation of a BC Meridian Enterprise Server (M--EPS) license.
• For SQL Server repositories only, exporting properties in the Retention property set for tags to Excel could fail with the error Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'AS' and has been fixed.
• It is now possible to upload files to the Meridian Enterprise source vault of a repository. An Upload command can be shown on the Related Documents page in Meridian Explorer. This feature is intended for use when the system is integrated with a maintenance management system. A new URL parameter, web.config setting, and VBScript event procedures are provided to enable and customize the new functionality. For more information, see the BlueCielo Meridian Asset Management Module Administrator's Guide and the BlueCielo Meridian Asset Management Module User's Guide.
• The HTTPS protocol is now supported.
• If the Enable preview option is enabled for a view, the viewer can show the message No document selected after switching between the preview tabs. A Reload icon is now also shown that the user can click to reload the viewer and see the document.
• New VBScript functions AIMS_Properties, AIMS_Commands, and AIMS_UpdateChangeManagement have been added that allow for customization of the behavior of detail pages for which the Enable feedback functionality has been enabled. For more information, see the BlueCielo Meridian Asset Management Module Administrator's Guide.
• New permissions Share Collections, Edit Comments of Others, Delete Comments, and Close Comments have been added to permission levels.
• Configuring the Is Part option of a reference type has been improved.
• A new option PDF viewer has been added to the user preferences. It can be used to toggle between the BlueCielo viewer and Adobe Reader as the default viewer for Adobe PDF documents.
• New parameters GLOBALID and COMMENTS are supported by the Meridian Explorer URL. They can be used to configure a custom external property page in Meridian Enterprise PowerUser to show the Meridian Explorer comments for a document.
• Private collections may now be shared as public collections.
• A graphical dashboard may now be viewed from the home page. The dashboard shows widgets that present data that is collected at the finish of a scheduled publishing job.
• New VBScript events AIMS_AddComment, AIMS_UpdateComment, AIMS_DeleteComment, and AIMS_CloseComment have been added that allow for customization in Meridian Enterprise after comments have been modified in a Meridian Explorer discussion on a document. The events can be disabled by a new application option Disable feedback comment events. For more information, see the BlueCielo Meridian Asset Management Module Administrator's Guide.
• A new application option Connect using app pool identity has been added. When enabled, the identity of the application pool under which Meridian Explorer runs is used to communicate with Meridian Enterprise for features like discussion comments and retrieving watermark property values. By default, the account of the current user is used.
• New options for specifying an AutoVue 3D Client/Server installation have been added to the viewer options of a repository. An option has also been added to specify the name of a user group that is allowed access to the server. These options require an AutoVue 3D Client/Server installation that is in addition to any existing AutoVue 2D Client/Server installation. This also requires that sufficient M--AV3 licenses be installed in the license server.
• Repository configurations may now be exported and imported similar to views, which are still exported and imported separately.
• Hyperlinks to other websites can be added to the Meridian Explorer client home page and to the Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console page.
• New settings ServerDateFormat and ServerTimeFormat have been added to the language resource files. These settings can be used to specify how dates and times are shown in the results list and on property pages.
• Item filters and URL templates that are upgraded from a release 2012 repository are no longer surrounded in quotation marks, which return no results.
• The values that are passed with the DOCFILTER and TAGFILTER parameters in a filter URL are now also applied to the navigation view, property-based navigation, and advanced search drop-down lists.
• The search box on the Group Mappings page now works correctly.
• Property values that contain special characters (for example, > < & " ') are now shown correctly.
• When used with SQL Server and the FILESTREAM option was enabled, the file sizes of the copies of the documents in the repository could be incorrect, which could cause the viewer or the native application to fail to load the documents.
• The Enable preview option for views now works correctly.
• Internet Explorer is no longer a requirement to install Meridian Enterprise Server unless the server will also be a web server.
• Meridian Enterprise Server is now included in the Meridian Enterprise setup program. Now only one setup program is needed to install any combination of Meridian Enterprise, Meridian Explorer, or BlueCielo Publisher. The products should not all be installed on the same computer except for demonstration or development purposes. For detailed installation instructions, continue to refer to each product’s Administrator’s Guide. Due to the change, existing installations of Meridian Explorer and BlueCielo Publisher must be uninstalled before installing this release.

Build 3.1.44

• The Compare command no longer appears on the shortcut menu in views where it cannot be used.
• The BCSyncUtil.exe background process now terminates after a configurable timeout period.
• Multiple issues with thumbnail images failing to be generated have been fixed.
• When the Update display names option is was set in an Explorer synchronization job, the job could fail. This has been fixed.
• iPad users can now open views and their collections.
• The default page size has been increased from 10 to 50 items.
• Viewer settings on the Document property page were not saved correctly.
• The sizes of downloaded files was not correct and could cause the viewer to fail for some file types.

• The layout of the viewer on the property page was not correct if the user selected to have the detail view on the right of the screen.

• Loading of publishing jobs has been optimized.

• The Data Library synchronization job failed to set values for custom properties.

• Explorer synchronization jobs could fail with a timeout.

• Configuration and repository database file paths are now applied correctly for the different file groups in the database wizard.

• It is no longer necessary to set the Enable redline editing option of a view to use redlining in a feedback page. The feature is controlled by the Enable feedback functionality option on the page.
• Permission denied messages are no longer added to the event log when a user views the Document property page and does not have the List Project permission.
• Thumbnail generation performance has been improved.

• Tasks are now scheduled correctly when the date format of the language file (.xlsx) does not match the locale setting on the server.

• Meridian Enterprise Server now supports license reservations from Meridian Project Portal.

Build 3.1.40 patch

• It is now possible to type part of a keyword into search fields to filter the list of values.
• Disabling a navigation view did not work correctly.
• Generating hyperlinks to projects showed a random document name or failed if a document filter was active.
• The number of items shown per page was not the same as the configuration setting.
• Changing the display name of system properties did not work correctly.
• A Java error Missing Application-Name manifest attribute could occur when attempting to view documents with AutoVue and Java 7 Update 51 installed.
• An error (NULLREFERENCEEXCEPTION) Object reference not set to an instance of an object could occur when trying to hyperlink to a project when an object filter was active.
• A user's saved searches and favorites are now stored with their other personal settings and can be cleared.