BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise 2018 Release Notes

What’s new in BlueCielo Meridian Explorer 2016

The new features and improvements of Meridian Explorer include:

What’s new in 2016
ID Description

 

SQL Server 2005 is no longer supported.

MRE-772, MRE-954, MRE-1514, MRE-1831, MRE-1921

Packages of documents can now be imported into a vault by Meridian Explorer through the Meridian Enterprise Server. The packages have a similar structure to those that can be exported by Meridian Explorer. Sets of import rules and property mappings called import profiles can be defined in the Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console. The metadata for each package is supplied in a MS Excel workbook. Before import, the packages are scanned by the server for linked title block properties and references that can also be imported into the vault. Import package actions are controlled by configurable permissions. The destination vault VBScript events are invoked for imported documents.
MRE-945 The VALIDATE SYNCHRONIZATION command in the Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console now also validates project folders.

MRE-1062

A new administrative permission Import Profile Managers has been added that specifies which users can create and edit import profiles.
MRE-1163 Meridian Explorer synchronization has been further optimized for when a very large number of documents have been deleted in the source vault.

MRE-1300

Active Directory synchronization now supports users and groups that reside in other domains than the primary domain.
MRE-1376 The Meridian Explorer iPad website now supports forms authentication from a web browser as well as from an iPad for testing purposes.

MRE-1387

The thumbnail view shown in Chrome browsers has been improved.
MRE-1401

When specifying the Meridian Enterprise Server server name in configuration options, it can now be specified in any one of the following formats:

  • Simple name (MyServer)
  • Fully qualified domain name (MyServer.MyDomain)
  • IP address (127.0.0.1, localhost)

The same format should be used in all instances.

MRE-1438 IFilter failed errors using Adobe PDF IFilter 11 have been resolved.
MRE-1486 Internet Explorer 9 is no longer supported.

MRE-1492

The Meridian Explorer client and AutoVue have passed testing with the IPv6 protocol.
MRE-1493 The paging of results on the Audit Log and PublisherQueue pages has been improved.

MRE-1513

New parameters MOD and HOME are supported in the Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console address URL that when set to IMPORT and NO respectively show the Import Packages view.
MRE-1583 Audit reports shown by Meridian Explorer now display times in GMT format the same as the exported data.

MRE-1601

The Do not publish option of the Publish action for file extension not assigned in any rendering profile setting for Meridian Explorer synchronization jobs has been removed so as to not interfere with publishing project folders and asset tags.

MRE-1612

Meridian Enterprise Server now automatically rebuilds indexes for custom properties that are used in view configurations when the system property indexes are rebuilt.

MRE-1621 New URL parameters ID and PACKAGEID have been added to support viewing the import and export packages in the Meridian clients that are related to selected documents.

MRE-1645

The Meridian Explorer comments feature now correctly claims Meridian Explorer Standard or Plus level licenses.
MRE-1667 The performance of the Export to Excel command in Meridian Explorer has been further optimized.

MRE-1676

The views bar at the bottom of the Meridian Explorer page can now be hidden with a new HIDEVIEWBAR URL parameter or a new HideViewBar setting in WebConfigDto.dat.
MRE-1680 A new option Show on home page has been added to view definitions that allows them to be hidden on the home page but still available from the views bar after a user opens the Documents view.

MRE-1698

The date and time that a rendition was last updated is now maintained for each document revision instead of only one per document and obsolete renditions are synchronized when the repository is synchronized from the source vault.
MRE-1700 A new parameter MRU in the Meridian Explorer client address URL is supported that when missing (default) or set to YES, shows a group of the most recently used view names on the home page. When set to NO, it shows the welcome text instead of the view names.
MRE-1755 The Meridian Explorer Dashboard page has been improved with a pie chart of export packages by status. Charts for which no data is available are now not shown.

MRE-1783

Meridian Explorer is represented by a new icon Meridian Explorer icon.

MRE-1808

The responsiveness of repositories with many security assignments in deleted projects has been improved.
MRE-1810 The New master documents and New project documents charts on the CHARTS tab of the DASHBOARD page have been combined into a single chart with two data lines of different colors for easier comparison.

MRE-1941

Performance has been improved for the Meridian Explorer mobile device (iPad) website.

MRE-1978 The date that a rendition was last updated is now shown next to the rendition icon on the General page. If the rendition is obsolete, a different icon is shown and a red text warning is shown.

MRE-1983

The likelihood of time-out errors has been reduced.

MRE-1993

The responsiveness of the splitter bar has been improved.

MRE-2005 When a view is opened with a filter specified in the URL, a warning is shown. If the user switches to a different view, they are given a choice to restart the application without the filter.
MRE-2044 The Show documents and Show object tags options of a Projects view are now effective regardless of the Enabled option of the other views.
MRE-2056 The connection names of the source and destination systems in a synchronization job are now also hyperlinks to the source system definitions in the Meridian Enterprise Server configuration.
MRE-2112 Oracle 10g is no longer supported.