Adoddle Release Spring 2010

Dear User,

Welcome to the Asite Spring 10 Release.  There are many new features available for you to use, details of which you can find below.

 

Kind regards

Asite Product Team

 

1.  New Functionality 

 

Asite Spring 10 Release includes the following new functionality:

 

1.1 Platform

 Asite cMOB Mobile interface

Access your online forms and Asite AppBuilder apps from your mobile! This includes mobile-enabled versions of Asite Site Manager for snagging, project risks and opportunities and Electronic Goods Receipting (GRN).

 Enhanced Web-services API

The Asite Web-service Application Programming

Interface (API) now supports RESTful interfaces in

addition to our SOAP-based interface.

 Safari 4.0.4 Browser Support

The Asite platform now supports access from the Safari 4.0.4 Web Browser.

 

1.2 Asite Portal (My Home)

 Welcome Portlet

A new Welcome Portlet with details of how to use Asite is placed on new users My Home page to help them get started with Asite.

Meemori Search portlet

Asite users can now search for Building Industry News and Information using the new Memoori

(www.memoori.com) search portlet.

 Portal Branding

Corporate Branding can now be applied to the entire Asite portal ensuring a consistent corporate look and feel for enterprise clients.

 Configurable Timeout and

Authentication policy

Client organisations can now define their own timeout and authentication policy for users. Users not governed by an organisation policy can also define their own timeout timeframe.

 

1.3 Asite Directory

 Updated Search Interface

The Asite Directory now has an updated search interface with a showcase for Asite network members.

 Extended Company Listing

pages

Company listing pages now show extended details, % completion and locations shown on Google Maps. All organisations registered with Asite can complete their extended directory listing for free. Please contact the Asite sales team to find out more about promotional opportunities via the Asite Directory.

 Product Directory

Search for products as well as Companies within the Asite Directory Product Searches allow you to search Public product catalogues stored in Asite Exchange

 

 

1.4 Asite Workspaces

 Workspace Template Cloning

Enhancements

Users cloning new Workspaces from a template now have additional options including:

  • Inherit Roles without role membership

  • Inherit Distribution Group names only

 Batch Mark Workspaces as

Favourite

Users can now batch mark and unmark Workspaces as favourites so that they display in the Favourite Workspaces portlet.

 Use User Photos in Contact

Cards

Users profile photographs are now displayed within

contact cards viewable from the Workspaces Team Directory.

 

1.5 Document Manager

 Asite Viewer Upgrade

The Asite Viewer has been upgraded to support the

latest CAD file formats.

 Spell Checker in Comments

 

A spell checker is now enabled within the Comments module to allow users to check their comments prior to sending.

 Default sorting and paging

options

 

Users can define how many records per page, and how search results are sorted by default within each

Workspace. In addition, Workspace administrators can define the default settings for sorting and paging for a Workspace.

 Content search available in basic

search

The content search, allowing users to search for

documents containing keywords, is now available within the basic search panel.

 Give users option to use Asite

Advanced Upload

The Standard Upload now gives users a prompt to allow them to upgrade to the Advanced upload.

 Default users to Standard Upload

New users will be given the standard upload mechanism as standard. This does not require any plug-in installation on the browser. In addition, the legacy ActiveX upload mechanism is being superseded by the Advance Upload mechanism.

 Import Placeholders from Excel

User can now define placeholders for future documents by  importing a list of documents from an Excel file.

 Batch Download comment

Attachments

 

Users can now download any documents attached or associated to comments via the Comments register.

 Rename files with Doc Ref during

download

 

During download, users can opt to rename the files to use the Document Refs as their filenames.

 

1.6 Workflow Manager

 Remove Duplicate Recipients /

Actions when assigning Actions

Buttons are now provided to remove either duplicate

actions (action / recipient combination) or duplicate

recipients (only allow 1 action per recipient) within the distribution module.

 

1.7 Procurement Manager / Asite Exchange

 Public Catalogue Support

Suppliers can now publish public versions of their

catalogues to be searchable via the Asite Directory.

 Support OmniClass Classification system in eCatalogues

eCatalogues can now use the OmniClass classification system to categorise products.

 Mobile ASN / eGRN App

Users can now receive Advanced Shipping Notes

(ASNs) and create Goods Receipt Notes (GRNs) on

Mobile devices via Asite cMOB

 

1.8 AppBuilder

 Spell checker

AppBuilder forms can now include spell-checker

functions to check the contents inputted in the forms

during creation. This is a form level setting that will be applied to all text entry fields defined within the

AppBuilder form.

 Custom Form Statuses

Custom statuses can now be created within a

Workspace for use with AppBuilder forms. Access to use these statuses can also be controlled using an Access Control List (ACL)..

 Custom Message on save / send

Custom messages can be trigged to be shown when an AppBuilder form is saved or sent. These can be conditionally triggered based on your custom logic.

 Cross-Workspace data Linking

Data links between form types (to allow data to be

queries between AppBuilder forms) can now span

across multiple workspaces.

 Limit number of form instances

Limits can now be set on the number of forms that can be created within a form type. Once reached, the create form icon is no longer available. This is used, for example, where AppBuilder forms are used for set-up purposes and only one form is required.

 Import Excel / XML files on form

creation

Users can now import an Excel XLS or an XML file into a form to define the data to be stored within the form.

 Email in Excel / XML files to

create forms

Workspace mailboxes can be defined to receive Excel XLS or XML files and turn them into forms.

 ACL to view organisations forms

Roles can now be given the privilege to view all forms sent to their organisation even if they have not been sent the form.

 Auto-Create forms from

Hyperlink

Hyperlinks can be defined within AppBuilder forms to auto-create new forms. This can be used for example to provide a button to start new processes, or create clones of the same form.

 Marked Draft forms with Draft

as opposed to FormID

Draft forms are no longer given a FormID until they are sent. Draft forms are shown with a FormID of Draft until that point. This ensures that form numbering sequences retain sequential integrity irrespective of drafts.

 

1.9 Asite Reporting

 Allow XLSM files to define

advanced Excel reports

Advanced excel reports within Asite reporting can now be defined using the XLSM (Excel Macro) file format.

 

2.  System Changes

Asite Spring 10 Release has the following changes to configuration requirements and plug-ins:

 

2.1 Changes to PC Configuration Requirements (Footprint)

 None

 

2.2 Changes to Applets / Plug-ins

  IT Configuration Applet YES. Changes to handle JRE Version and code obfusication

      Patch.

   Clicking on the Check PC Configuration Link at the Sign In Page will result in the following

 

 Asite Viewer YES. Changes to handle Brava Upgrade

 Viewing a file or comparing a file for the first time in the Asite Viewer will result in the following:

            

 Download Applet YES. Changes to handle security implementation, code obfusication.

      If Extract Files on Download is selected when downloading a file (or when setting up User

      Preference), the following will happen

 Upload Applet: YES. Changes to handle security implementation, code obfusication EA

   Navigator users will now get a Mandatory Update prompt to continue using navigator.

      Uploading Files using "Asite Upload" preference will result in the following

Notes:

1. Updating the applets detailed above DOES NOT require Administration rights on local

machine.

2. Clicking on Always option when prompted with a certificate will ensure that similar prompts

do not happen for current as well as any other applet signed by Asite. If this option has already

been activated, these updates will automatically install.