2.13 - Release Notes

Release Highlights

  • Material Specifications module introduced to store specifications related to sieve tests (Material Specifications will continue to be developed in version 2.14)
  • Consolidated reporting functionality introduced to combine data from multiple tests belonging to the sample
  • Logarithmic chart type added to the DIY form engine
  • MetaField Client / Project / Contacts / Employees / Work Breakdown Structure API web service introduced to integrate with source systems
  • Integration with Forney compression machines introduced to pull test data directly from Forney Cloud to MetaField (Cast Cylinder sample types initially, but sample types growing)
  • Dimensional Data Source repository added and integrated with the DIY form engine
  • Table sort order can be defined in Report Designer (i.e. control the sort order of a Discrepancy report)
  • Report-level expressions can now be written in Report Designer
  • "Retest Of" relationship on Density tests can now be set manually (in Administration).
  • Inspection & Observations module discontinued - I&O records converted into Activity records.
Table of Contents

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Administration

General

  • New section added - Data Sources Dimensional
  • New Section added - Integrations
    • Currently only has an integration for Forney

Reports

  • Global Settings - New variable added, Signature Name of Sender, which returns the Signature Name from the user record if it is provided
  • Report Types - "Allow Make Public on Finalize" changed to "Allow Publishing on Finalize" 

Activity

  • Search Results / Display - Include Inactive Records added as an area field setting to pick list fields under QC

Density Testing

  • Nuclear Gauges - New Field - Prescale factor added to the data grid
  • Test Administration - "Assign Retest Of" button added to the test grid which allows users to define the original test that the current test is a retest of

LIMS

  • Fracture Types - When adding new Fracture types, the sample type of the fracture is listed at the top of the dialogue box
  • New section added - Beam Testing Conditions
  • New section added - Consolidated Forms - Used to manage the creation of datasets for the purpose of reporting across multiple tests belonging to a given sample
  • New section added - Material Specifications

MetaField® DIY Engine - Form Designer

  • Global Sieve Sizes added as a value under Data Sources
  • New field setting - Include Inactive Records
  • New field setting - Default Replace All Placeholders for Text Area Fields
  • New field type - Logarithmic Graphing - Can be used to configure a logarithmic graph
  • Related Test Value Field - Text Box and Text area fields can now reference and return a pick list field
  • Related Test Value Field - Pick list fields can now reference pick list fields on a source as long as the value is in both the source and target forms reference the same data source  

MetaField® DIY Engine - Report Designer

  • Calculate Expression added under the properties tab for Table Elements - Allows for Expressions to be written directly in the report designer and to be applied directly on the report to standalone fields
  • Logarithmic graph fields can be added to reports
  • Text Area Fields - New option "Default Replace All Placeholders" which can be set as true for Field and/or QC, the default is set for false
  • Table sort order can be defined (i.e. control the sort order of a discrepancy log, etc.)

Field

General

  • Field Instructions now display on the Add / Edit Form screens, and now show at the top of the screen under the project documents section
  • View Project Documents - Once a URL or document is clicked on, it will be opened in a new tab

Concrete / Grout / Mortar

  • Field instructions - On the edit/add screen Field Instructions has been moved up and now displays under the Project Documents section
  • New fields added under the Concrete Beam field test page
    • Beam Fabrication Method
    • Beam Fabrication Method Standard

Density

  • New dialogue box when editing a test and a refresh of specifications is triggered, user is asked if they would like to keep the previous specifications or replace them with the default specifications
  • Bitumonious Nuclear Gauge - "Validate with ASTM D2950 standards" checkbox added to the Bituminous Nuclear Gauge Test screen

Project Documents

  • Once a URL or document is clicked on, it will be opened in a new tab

Quality Control

General

  • Field Notes - When hovering over the field note column (In any Data Grid in QC), the text stored in the note will now display instead of just "Field Note"

Density

  • New dialogue box when editing a test and a refresh of specifications is triggered, user is asked if they would like to keep the previous specifications or replace them with the default specifications

Sampling

  • When a sample is selected in the Samples Data Grid, all related specimens in the Specimen grid are automatically selected
  • Received By, Received, Received Date, and Received time fields are now editable directly in Sampling

Delivery

  • Email box message - The tool type when hovering the mouse over the email box now displays "Report Links / Attachments Emailed"
  • Filter controls and buttons updated:
    • "Change Public Status" button renamed to "Change Published Status"
    • Filter option renamed from "Highlight Public Reports" to "Highlight Published Reports"
    • Filter option renamed from "Show if Public in AgilePort" to "Show if Published in AgilePort"

Scheduling

  • General - Buttons are now better at adjusting to different screen sizes/resolutions; text will wrap and buttons remain fully visible regardless of screen
  • Pending Field Actions - New filter option added for Project Name
  • Pending Field Actions - Query has been optimized so the number of Pending Field Actions is returned faster
  • Technician View - Today button added to the left of the week button
  • Technician View - Drag and drop functionality similar to Calendar View now available in Technician view as well
    • Clicking in an available area of the grid opens the New Work Order Form
    • Work orders can be dropped into the "Unassigned" row of the grid to un-assign them

Project Administration

Specifications

  • Distribution - Phone number field added to the data grid and to the add receipt form
  • Distribution -  When adding a recipient, if the email entered matches a Project Collaborator, the phone number will auto populate if a phone number is already provided for the Project Collaborator 
    • If the phone number does not exist the user will be prompted to enter one
  • Distribution - When entering a name into the requested by field, the phone number is auto populated if the data exists for that contact
    • If the phone number does not exist, the user has an option to enter one

Project Setup

LIMS

General

Concrete / Grout / Mortar Work Queues

  • New fields added to the Concrete Beam data grid
    • Testing Method
    • Forming Method
    • Defects
  • Location of Failure field moved to the left of LOF Distance 1 field
  • LOF Distance 1, 2, and 3 fields can only be entered if Location of Failure field is a value other than "Middle" or blank
    • If data is entered into LOF Distance 1, 2, and 3 fields, and the Location of Failure field is changed to a value of Middle or Blank, a prompt will appear on the screen warning the user that the data will be cleared if this value is selected

Other Material Work Queues

  • Test Set Number added to the Data Grid, which allows tests to be grouped together/separately 
  • Preview Report button added to the Data Grid for the To Review and Done queues

Lab Documents

Reports

  • Concrete Beams - Concrete Modulus of Rupture Report: Testing Method, Forming, and Defects have been added to the report below the Average Test Age Strengths field
  • Bituminous Density - Nuclear Gauge (BNG) - Column  header of Max Wet Density (pcf) has been updated to Max Density (pcf)

Utilities

  • New columns added to data extract
    • New columns added for Concrete Samples:
      • Related Sample, Alternate Sample, Alternate Set Number, VSI, Est. Wind (mph), Est. Humidity (%), Project Location ID, Field Notes, Wet Unit Weight Minimum (lb/ft³) (Density Test), Wet Unit Weight Maximum (lb/ft³) (Density Test), Dry Unit Weight Minimum (lb/ft³) (Density Test), Dry Unit Weight Maximum (lb/ft³) (Density Test), Beam Fabrication Method, Beam Fabrication Method Standard, Temp Standard, Unit Weight Standard, Time Sampled, Specified Strength Test Age, Flexural Strength Test Age (Beams)
    • New columns added for Concrete Specimen:
      • Hold, Picked Up By, Pickup Date, Pick Up Comment, Check In Comment, Report Comments, Label Printed By, Label Printed Date, Received By, Received Date, Test Completed By, Test Completed Date, Approved By, Approved Date, Correction Factor, Height (Cylinders), LoadStrength, Suspended Weight (Density Test), SSD Weight (Density Test), SSD Unit Weight (Density Test), Average SSD Unit Weight (Density Test), Is Oven Dried (Density Test), Width 1 (Cubes), Width 2 (Cubes), Width 1 (Prism), Width 2 (Prism), Width 3 (Prism), Width 4 (Prism), Height 1 (Prism), Height 2 (Prism), Height 3 (Prism), Height 4 (Prism)
  • "Forming Method" for Grout Prisms has been updated to display Forming Method (Grout Prism)"
  • When Billing batch / record count is to large, a new message will display "The operation is taking too long.  Please try to select fewer records in the batch to complete the operation."

User Interface / General

  • UI - Preoject Search filters now have an updated warning dialogue box if filters aren't selected

MetaField Patch Log

2.13.1

  • Admin - Issue resolved that caused an error to be thrown when selecting Variants inside Material Specifications
  • Field - Issue resolved where generating a report when there are no Report Labels in 'Admin/Report Labels' and no Report Labels in 'Project Admin/Report Labels' causes an error
  • LIMS - 'Post to Forney' button has been added to the Cast Cylinder data grid
  • General - Issue resolved that caused multi select filter fields to grow in size and not invoke a scroll bar
  • QC/Delivery - Issue resolved where doing a batch specimen report in QC caused both records to have the same description when viewing the report in Delivery
  • QC/LIMS - Issue resolved that prevented assigning Test Forms associated with multiple materials
  • QC - Issue resolved where fields that utilize a text library are unavailable when editing an activity record
  • QC - Issue resolved which removed inactive Technicians and prevented inactive Technicians from being assignable when performing a batch edit

2.13.2

  • Form Designer - Issue corrected where "Strain At Failure" would display at the last record Axial value rather than at the peak of the curve
  • LIMS - Issue resolved where posting cylinders to Forney caused timeouts which prevented the information from being transmitted
  • LIMS - New fields and updated default fields when using the 'Post to Forney' button
  • Reports - Issue resolved where Specification fields would be present when viewing data but would not be on the generated reports

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