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5.8

Jan 2022 Update
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Improvements to the Player Update area, Download of Player data and other updates

Features

  • Player Sub Types are now assigned to Players, in addition to a Type
  • Player Sub Types can now be used to help organize and assign correct Player Software Updates
  • Player Download Percentage is now an available column to view in the Players Table

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  • Account Admins can now download a CSV file of all Player data/details

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  • Improved Search has been implemented, to hide non matching items instead of just highlighting matching items
  • Search by Serial Number for players is now available
  • Account Admins can now hide the Messages Area if not needed
  • Editing a Custom Setting for a Player is now available
  • Deleting multiple screenshots at once for a Player is now available
  • Content Upload page now has a Cancel button available
  • Select All in tables is now available
  • List of available Countries in Player Edit has grown
  • Content Contributors can now add folders in the Content area
  • Copying a Schedule is now available in the Schedule table page
  • The Account List for an Organization Admin is now alphabetized
  • Tags assigned to a Location are now visible on the Locations Page
  • Player Updates now allow for an update classification, either MediaSignage, OS or System
  • Removed the Next/Previous buttons when only a single piece of Content is being created from a Content Template
  • Made some UI improvements in the new Program area
  • Added Bulk Actions to the Program area
  • Ruby version running on a Player is now displayed in the Player System area

Fixes

  • Updated the instructions on Player Bulk Update to be more clear
  • Fixed some issues around pagination when deleting a Playlist
  • Fixed an issue where a negative value could be saved in the Placeholder Limit field
  • Fixed an issue where the Content table Settings area was not working properly for Content Contributors
  • Fixed an issue where filters were not working properly on the Playlist page
  • Fixed an issue where the wrong icon was being used for the HDMI content type
  • Updated the share icon for Content
  • The top bar now handles longer Account names better
  • Fixed an issue where Content Contributors could incorrectly favorite a piece of content
  • Fixed an issue where the player SAN value was not being saved correctly
  • Fixed an issue where a Playlists Content and Play Time values were doubled when the Playlist was duplicated
  • Custom Settings are for Players now handles long values better
  • Fixed some issues around dates not showing correctly at times in the Schedule area
  • Fixed an issue where tags were not saving properly during the Content Upload process
  • Fixed an issue where Location import would not work properly at times
  • The Player Count on Player Group Folders displays larger numbers better now
  • Fixed an issue where the resize handles were missing on Content Templates
  • Fixed an issue where start and end times were not being passed down to the player properly for Local Content
  • Fixed an issue where content assigned to a Group would incorrectly show in the Assigned content for that Group
  • Improved and fixed some bugs to the Bulk Update function in the Player area
  • Fixed an issue where players would not always be notified of a new software update
  • Removed the unneeded 0's after the decimal point in the Layouts area
  • Fixed an issue where Content Assignment was not working properly when assigning the content to a lot of Locations
  • Removed Bandwidth Limit, Local Still Duration and Local Content PW from the Player Settings area, as those values are no longer applicable
  • Fixed multiple issues around Player Deletion
  • Fixed an issue where a Program might display an error icon for a Playlist even though content is assigned
  • Fixed an issue where new Messages for a Location would update the Location Manifest file incorrectly
  • Updated Player Settings labels. Media Manage Content -> Local Content, VOD Media Manage Content -> VOD Content
  • Fixed an issue where Content Count total for a Location was not calculating properly
  • Fixed an issue where Group Content Count total was not calculating properly
  • Fixed an issue where the Tags panel would not display properly during Content Upload
  • Fixed an issue where Tags were sometimes not displaying properly for a Player
  • Other bug fixes and improvements

Requirements

Notes

Testing Complete
December 7, 2021
Heroku Released
January 5, 2022
Azure Released
January 6, 2022
Created by

Brad Godfrey

Last Modified
January 7, 2022