Release Notes

Improvements

• Lister Filters : It is now possible to individually delete the filters applied to the listers. 
  
• Top right dropdown menu : 
  • This menu automatically expands with a simple mouse over. It automatically closes when mouse over outside the menu.
  • The "My email" option has been removed from this menu. It can be displayed in the left main menu if needed.
• Left main menu : The "Logout" button has been removed from this menu as it now appears in the top right dropdown menu.
• Advanced Search : 
  • Users can open search results in a new tab by doing a right-click/open in a new tab or mouse scroll wheel click.
  • A new “Load more results” button appears when there is more returned results than the value defined for the "Max results" field.
  • Many users reported that the score associated to each result was not enough explicit. So it has been decided to remove it for the moment.

Bug Fixes

• Some minor corrections were made to improve the look and feel of the search bar.
• The top bar (i.e the search bar and right dropdown menu) and the content of the workflow tab are now correctly displayed for users whose first / last name contains an apostrophe.
• It was no longer possible to skip questions for the participants of a review. It has been fixed.
• Users with Readwrite rights on a module no longer get an error message (Access Forbidden) when trying to assign an object to a new owner.

Known issues :

• Users get an error message when trying to save a new notification. Nevertheless, the notification is correctly created and sent.
• Users get an error message when trying to access/modify an existing notification.

Improvements

• New conditions for dates have been added and can now be used to configure the dashboards as well as the notifications :
  • Current month + 2 following months
  • Last 2 months (i.e. last 60 days)
  • Next 2 months (i.e. next 60 days)
  • Last calendar month
  • Last 2 calendar months
  • Last 3 calendar months
• The standard dashboards use a new color palette to ensure readability and cohesiveness.
• Process Chart: Minor adjustments to improve the look and feel of this chart.

Bug Fixes

• Process Chart: filters containing special characters are now working properly.
• Filters:
  • The available options for filters on linked objects are now sorted alphabetically.
  • When modifying a filter already applied to a field, the filter previously applied is no longer automatically deselected.
• PowerPoint Generator:
  • Header/Footer slides are no longer displayed in a random order when generating decks with more than 2 Header/Footer slides.
  • The parameter to limit the number of characters for a field is now correctly processed when used on sub-tables.

Improvements

In addition to a design overhaul of the top bar, the big focus of this release is the improved and more powerful search features that make it easier to find a particular type of content by searching all objects. This update also makes the results more organised and improve the user's experience.

• New Header : A menu has been added to the Inova header to group access to some settings / functionalities such as : My profile, My emails, Page settings, About and Logout.
  
• Instant Search : When you start typing your request in the search bar, you instantly get the most relevant results back.
  • This search is performed on the name of the main objects (i.e. company, contacts, assets, projects...) but not on the documents or emails.
  • If no results are found, it suggests an advanced search instead.
    
• Advanced Search : Type your request in the search bar and press enter (or click on the magnifying glass icon) to get more detailed results and options.
  • This search is performed on the name and content of all objects, including the documents and emails.
  • To refine the search, you can add two levels of filters: by category and/or by type of object.
    
• The "Out-Licensing Discussion" tab can now be added to the company details page.

Bug Fixes

• A warning message was displayed when pushing an email via the email fetch feature or deleting emails pushed via the same feature. This is now fixed.
• All the "lists value(s)" fields can be properly managed from the Administration page.
• The default template of the "reassign to" notification has been modified to make the message clearer.

Technical Improvements

• Various technical improvements have been implemented to better manage the conditions applied in some reports.

Bug Fixes

• Pipeline Evolution: When selecting a custom period, the data are now properly updated in the chart.
• User Activity Graph: Fixed a bug where some logins were not associated with the right date (eg: date in the future).

Improvements

• It is now possible to send files that contain a "+" character in their name.
• Quick Select: when the auto-completion is launched, we can now display up to 10 suggestions.
• The "Connection settings" popup has been simplified. Now, you will just have to enter the URL of your Inova application and the add-in will detect your authentication mode. If you are in SSO, you will be automatically connected. Otherwise, your credentials will be requested.

Bug fixes

• Some users were repeatedly prompted throughout the day for credentials or were not able to connect even though the correct credentials were entered. These issues are now fixed.
• Quick Select: when clicking on the refresh button, the list is now correctly updated with the newly created objects.

Related articles

• Outlook Add-in v2 : system requirements
• How to uninstall the Outlook Add-in?
• Where can I get the latest version of the Outlook Add-in?
• Outlook Add-in : Standard Installation
• Configuring the Outlook Add-in v2

Improvements

• All the main objects types are now available through the menu. More precisely, we added the following objects types : Patent, Out-Licensing, Portal Opportunity, Alliance, Conference, Meeting, Issue Log.
• The company is now a mandatory field when creating a new contact through the Outlook Add-in.
• For the "Quick select" option, when typing a word, the results are now returning all the objects containing this word (and not only those starting with this word).
• The "Connection settings" popup has been simplified to make it easier to understand the different connection modes.
  

  

• We modified all the menu icons :
  

  

Technical Improvements

• Centralized Installation : the management of the SSO mode has been improved/simplified.

Bug fixes

• When using the "Quick Select" or "Link to..." features, it was no longer possible to load the next results of the list via the "next..." button. This issue is now fixed.
• We followed Microsoft's suggestions for improving the Outlook add-in performance metrics (startup, shutdown...) and thus reduce the likelihood of seeing the addin disabled by the add-in disabling feature (resiliency logic).

Related articles

• Outlook Add-in v2 : system requirements
• How to uninstall the Outlook Add-in?
• Where can I get the latest version of the Outlook Add-in?
• Outlook Add-in : Standard Installation
• Configuring the Outlook Add-in v2

Known issue and solution

• Despite the improvements we continually make, the add-in can still be disabled in rare cases.
  Should this happen to you, the first step is to check if the add-in is disabled and/or inactive. Then, if it still does not work, please try to use the .reg file provided here.

Since this is a brand new version, unlike what was usually done, the Add-in will not be automatically updated.
So if you want to benefit from this version 2.0 of the Add-in, you will have to uninstall the previous version before installing this one.

Improvements

• The settings page has been redesigned to make it easier to understand the different connection modes.

Technical Improvements

• The authentication and re-authentication process has been completely rethought and improved to avoid connections issues (multiple pop-up).

Notes

• Outlook 2010 is no longer supported.
• Outlook 2016 is now supported.

Related articles

• Outlook Add-in v2 : system requirements
• How to uninstall the Outlook Add-in?
• Where can I get the latest version of the Outlook Add-in?
• Outlook Add-in : Standard Installation
• Configuring the Outlook Add-in v2

Known issue and solution

• General installer error (0x8007007E) when trying to install the Outlook Add-in

Improvements

• The error messages have been enhanced to help users better understand the authentication (SSO) errors as well as the errors related to the attachments.

Bug fixes

• When the synchronization between D&A and Partnering Place is activated, we no longer have a timeout issue after a certain period of inactivity in Outlook.

Improvements

• From the contact creation popup (contact push), the user will be able to create a new company linked to the pushed contacts.