Release notes

  • Search interface and results
    • No changes.
  • Web Directory Department Admin interface
    • No changes.
  • Profile View/Edit interface
    • Resolved regression from previous release which affected profile titles.
  • Data processing
    • No changes.
  • Miscellaneous and technical
    • No changes.
  • Search interface and results
    • No changes.
  • Web Directory Department Admin interface
    • No changes.
  • Profile View/Edit interface
    • Bug fixes for profile title logic affecting a small number of profiles.
  • Data processing
    • Performance improvements.
  • Miscellaneous and technical
    • Add duplicate user profile detection and repair. Solves for issues that may arise when individuals change their ASURITE IDs.
    • Resolve regression in error reporting display.
  • Search interface and results
    • Adjusted search results scoring so faculty and employee results score above courtesy affiliates when all else is equal, for improved relevancy
  • Web Directory Department Admin interface
    • Resolved an issue where “Array” erroneously showed in the Displayed Title field
    • Fixed CSV import error caused by platform timeout when uploading large department lists
    • Globally hidden affiliations no longer capable of being selected as primary affiliation
    • Fixed “Sort by last name” error caused by missing sort-weight values
  • Profile View/Edit interface
    • Made employee title displays more consistent across the platform
    • Added information regarding default HR data to Affiliations tab to help with troubleshooting and transparency
  • Data processing
    • Resolved issue with click API calls
  • Miscellaneous and technical
    • Created internal report dashboard
    • Resolved various HTML errors to more closely align with best practices
  • Search interface and results
    • Remove excess spacing above search results
  • Web Directory Department Admin interface
    • Hide pager on Directory Admin UI when there are no accessible results
    • Make group members and admins pages' breadcrumbs and titles consistent
    • Resolve bug preventing persons from being affiliated to departments that did not yet have affiliations
    • Maintenance updates to underlying libraries
    • "Show other relationships" link now toggles show/hide for other relationships
    • Improve business logic regarding primary affiliations and hiding of affiliations
    • Misc. UI improvements:
      • Remove mystery "*" in Directory Admin UI
      • Prevent case where loading spinner doesn't dismiss
  • Profile View/Edit interface
    • Move Affiliations tab on Profile to follow Basic tab, to be more prominent
    • Add ORCID ID logo
    • Update validation to allow X in last position of ORCID IDs
    • Resolve bug preventing profiles from being saved after profile photo is removed
    • Improvements and bug fixes for title handling
    • Short Bio field character limit validation bug resolved
    • Expertise Area links no longer open in separate tabs
    • Guard against profile photos displaying sideways
  • Data processing
    • Working title now sources from same field as Outlook working titles
  • Webspark Web Directory module
    • Fix ordering of people when stacking departments while using the "Departments" listing type
  • Webspark Web Directory module​​​​​​
    • Updated Web Directory service endpoint to resolve issue resulting in size and pager settings for Web Directory "People" and "People in Departments" listings not being honored.​
  • Search interface and results
    • Fixed phone number and address formatting on "All ASU & Faculty/Staff" results
  • Web Directory Department Admin Interface
    • Added "sort by last name" option
    • Added ability to hide affiliations on profiles in addition to hiding affiliations globally
    • Improved CSV import and export functionality for department admins
      • Admins can now delete affiliations from a CSV import
      • Admins can now hide affiliations on profiles from a CSV import
  • Profile View/Edit interface
    • Added new ORCID ID field on Research tab
    • Mouse arrow cursor now turns into hand cursor upon hover/grab/drag of cross icon
  • Data processing
    • Improved user profile loading logic and functionality from original source data (PeopleSoft)
    • Improved processes regarding the maintenance and processing of user affiliations and titles
    • Improved performance issues relating to cache and data freshness 
  • General
    • Updated to latest Webspark version
    • Updated contributed modules to work with latest Webspark update
    • Resolved deprecations on all custom modules to prepare for future updates
    • Fixed accessibility issue related to tab order for "Sort By" option
    • Provided various user experience and user interface improvements
    • Improved "page not found" and user access error handling
    • Improved stability with multiple bug fixes and feature enhancements
  • Webspark Web Directory module
    • Fixed "Department defined sort" data source problems
    • Released Faculty by Rank functionality with Webspark 2.9.0