.Release Notes v2020.3
Release 2020.3 is now available; it is a major release that contains many new features, bug fixes, and refinements.
We will begin scheduling 2020.3 updates on customer Test systems starting today, October 14th, 2020.
Notable Changes
- Major Changes to CustomerCenter
- Redesigned Persistent Cart
- Save Incomplete Requests
- Updated Submission Process
- Completely Redesigned Cart layout
- Customizable Widgets
- Customizable Menus & Links
- Redesigned Attachment Uploader
- Redesigned Change Menu options in CustomerCenter
- Added Training Videos for the new CustomerCenter features to the PCR-360 Wiki.
- Added PHP 7.4 support
- Added Expense Management
- Multiple Improvements to MAC Address Support in Service Desk and Inventory
- The MAC Address is now a unique value across all Equipment Records and is enforced by a database constraint.
- Note: Before upgrading to 2020.3, you will need to remove any duplicate MAC Addresses. An AdHoc query to find duplicate values has been provided in the AdHoc Library.
- Added Service Desk Action User Defined Fields.
- Added Documentation to the PCR-360 Wiki for Tracking Non-Traditional Services (e.g. software licenses).
Please review the Database Changes in 2020.3 and make any necessary changes to your AdHoc Grids, Custom Events, and API calls.
Review and Refresh Session(s)
We are planning two Review and Refresh sessions for 2020.3; the first session is scheduled for November 4th at 11:00 AM Eastern, and the second is scheduled for November 5th at 4:00 PM Eastern.
Key
Release 2020.3.4 (4-19-2021)
Component | Description | Type | Incident(s) | Documentation |
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General | Enabled Form Read/Write Permissions on Tree Elements, including the Catalogs tree tools. Users can now set the Catalog tree(s) to Readonly or Permissions Denied. | IN-5967 | Tree Elements Permissions | |
Reports | Emailing a grid report with all rows from the grid, now includes all rows (previously the emailed report only contained the first row). | IN-3059 IN-5896 | ||
Service Desk | Completing an Upgrade/Downgrade Action once again copies the UDF values to the Service. (This fix was back-ported from 2020.4.2) | IN-5983 |
Release 2020.3.3 (3-19-2021)
Component | Description | Type | Incident(s) | Documentation |
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Billing | The Call Rate form now allows 5-digit decimal currency values. | IN-5723 | ||
General | E911 Changes This update will update the data in the E911 snapshot and load E911 fields from All addresses in the Database. Generating the E911 report now requires using the USE_E911_NENA2_FIELDS configuration option, if the option is not enabled the process will throw an exception. The E911 Report will now convert "Court" to the prefix "CT". | IN-5724 | ||
Notifications, Escalations, and Events | The Notification Log form no longer throws an error when the CC (email) Field is populated. | IN-5201 | ||
Service Desk | Added a new Escalation/Notification Filter Variable, SDWF_ADDNEW, to Service Desk Workflow events. | IN-5201 | ||
The "Add From SDC" button on Workflow no longer triggers two Workflow Start Date Notifications. | IN-5201 |
Release 2020.3.2 (2-10-2021)
Component | Description | Type | Incident(s) | Documentation |
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API | When creating Upgrade/Downgrade Actions via the API, the Billable and Report 911 flags are now pulled from the Service Catalog, not the existing Service values (if values are not provided in the API Request). | IN-4978 IN-4987 | ||
Cable | Updating or saving a Cable Path on a Multiple Location Service no longer displays the message "A path may only be added to a Service with a Location." | IN-5670 | ||
CustomerCenter | Validation Errors, from Custom Validation messages, will now be sent to Customers who submit an Incident Request in CustomerCenter. | IN-5671 | ||
General | The Crystal Reports: Batch Filters Grid should no longer fail to load for Oracle customers. | IN-5622 | ||
Imports & Exports | When creating Upgrade/Downgrade Actions via an Import, the Billable and Report 911 flags are now pulled from the Service Catalog, not the existing Service values (if values are not provided in the Import File). | IN-4978 IN-4987 | ||
The Equipment Import will no longer allow Invalid MAC Address Formats. | IN-5011 | |||
Services | Generating a range of non-Phone Service records should no longer fail to create the Service records. | IN-5184 IN-5222 IN-5194 | ||
Service Desk | Increased the size of the "From Equipment Catalog" and "To Equipment Catalog" columns for the Service Desk Cable records to prevent data truncation. The Service Desk Cable Archive table was also updated. | IN-5047 | ||
Adding a User-Defined Column (UDC) to the My Service Desk Workgroup or Workflow grids no longer displays an "Oops Error" message. | IN-5189 | |||
Service Desk Archiving Fixes
| IN-5090 IN-3923 | |||
Returning Equipment on a Billed or Completed Action should once again create a credit charge. | IN-5177 | |||
When creating Upgrade/Downgrade Actions on a Service Order, the Billable and Report 911 flags are now pulled from the Service Catalog, not the existing Service values. | IN-4978 IN-4987 |
Release 2020.3.1 (12-16-2020)
Component | Description | Type | Incident(s) | Documentation |
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Billing | Billing Group Pricing now applies to GLA Charges. | IN-5072 | ||
Cable | Creating a new Cable Path from the Service form no longer defaults to creating the Path with a status of Left In. | IN-5066 | ||
Calls & Rating | The Call Rating process no longer fails if the Service Host cannot be determined. | IN-5057 IN-4321 | ||
CustomerCenter | Expired Requests can no longer be submitted from the new CustomerCenter Cart. | |||
Some AdHoc Grids that failed to export as CSV files previously, will now export from CustomerCenter. (i.e., AdHoc Grids that use bind variables may now be exported as CSV files from CustomerCenter.) | AdHoc Grids | |||
Imports & Exports | The Call Import no longer triggers "Undefined index AUTH_CODE_FLAG" warning messages that can fill up the Error Log. | |||
GLA Import Fixes
| IN-4446 IN-5094 | |||
Inventory | Staging multiple pieces of Equipment at the same time from the Warehouse Actions grid no longer reuses the same Equipment record multiple times. | IN-4429 | ||
Reporting | Corrected minor formatting issues with PDF reports. | IN-5013 | ||
Service Desk | Users can now open the Service Desk Form that corresponds to the Workflow record from the Workflow Grids (i.e. if the Workflow is on an Action, the User may open the Action form or the Workflow form from the Workflow Grids). | IN-4427 | ||
The Service Desk Archive Log retention process now properly cleans up log entries based on the timeframe set by the configuration option ARCHIVE_LOG_RETENTION. | Archive Log | |||
Improved the loading times for the Service Desk Tab on Services & Equipment. For Oracle customers, the grid was either extremely slow or would not load. | IN-4336 | |||
The "Type Value" selector on the Escalation Criteria form now lists all Service Desk Types. | ||||
Service Desk number formats less than 8 digits now work properly. | ||||
Service Desk Items will no longer allow Services and Equipment to be Owned by both a Contact and a Department Owner. Note: There will be an AdHoc added during the upgrade process to allow customers to find and fix any Services or Equipment that have two Owners defined. | IN-3335 IN-4395 IN-4340 | |||
The columns on the Service Desk Archive grids now match the corresponding Service Desk Grids (i.e. the columns on the Service Desk Actions Archive grid now match the Service Desk Actions grid.) | IN-5090 IN-3923 |
Release 2020.3 (10-14-2020)
Component | Description | Type | Incident(s) | Documentation |
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API | The API no longer allows the creation of Services without a formatted Service ID value. | Services API Calls | ||
Billing | Added Expense Management
| Expense Management | ||
The Bill process now checks for Equipment Billling Group overrides on Equipment Charges. | IN-4342 | |||
The Bill process now checks for Billling Group overrides on GLA Charges. | ||||
Cable | Added an "Update Existing Path End Points?" checkbox to allow users to update Path Endpoints when changing the Destination Equipment on a Pair/Strand. | IN-2843 | ||
Deleting a Pair/Strand record on Oracle no longer triggers an "Oops Error." | ||||
CustomerCenter | Redesigned the Shopping Cart
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Customizable Content
| User Defined Fields Associations Adding Videos to CustomerCenter | |||
Change Requests for Multiple Location Services now allow the user to select which of the Service's Locations will be used for the Request. | ||||
Options for easier selection of a Contact or Location
| Users Group 2019 | The Cart | ||
Added a Qty selector to the Service Catalog shopping page. Each orderable item (Services and Equipment) now have a quantity selector. | Users Group 2019 | Shopping | ||
Urgency can now be set on Requests in the new Shopping Cart. The Urgency can be set as Low, Medium, or High. | Users Group 2019 | The Cart | ||
Added an Owner Selection to the Shopping pages. This allows a coordinator to select an Owner, who they will submit a request on the behalf of, and the available shopping options will be restricted by the Billing Group Permissions. | Shopping | |||
Added the ability to download/export AdHoc grid data as a CSV file from CustomerCenter. | IN-2912 | |||
We improved the CustomerCenter Theme Manager design.
| CustomerCenter Administration | |||
Redesigned Receipt Page (Submitted Request Summary) | Submitted Request Summary | |||
Redesigned Change Menu Options in CustomerCenter.
| Department and Services Widget | |||
Replaced usages of "Order Tracking" with "Request Tracking." | ||||
Cart Data in CustomerCenter will be removed by the Service Desk Archiving process when the related Service Desk Items are Archived. | ||||
Changed the button labeled "Continue" to "Submit" when submitting General Requests and Incident Requests. | ||||
Changed "Report a Problem" to "Report an Issue" in the Main Menu. Note: This is a default value in the Menu. With the customization options added to CustomerCenter, users can now change this default setting. | ||||
Changed "Incidents / Problems" to "Incidents" on the Request Tracking page. | ||||
CustomerCenter no longer supports Internet Explorer (IE). | Supported Browsers | |||
CustomerCenter now checks Billing group Permissions before displaying Services and Equipment available for purchase. | Shopping | |||
Service Order UDFs now show in the new CustomerCenter Shopping Cart. Incident UDFs now show on the "Report a Problem" Incident Request page. Previously, only Service UDFs were displayed in CustomerCenter. | ||||
The Service Host is now populated on Change Actions created from CustomerCenter. | Users Group 2019 | |||
Services no longer show up twice in the Services/Equipment List when a Service has more than one GLA. | ||||
The Requestor is now set when submitting Requests using a General Request. | IN-4134 | |||
The Service Option Flags are now passed through from CustomerCenter to the Requests (and then to the Service Orders). | IN-2965 IN201833105 | |||
Autocomplete/Auto-filtered values on CustomerCenter pickers now let you select a value. (Previously, if you started typing in the picker fields and a drop-down with auto-filtered selections appeared, you could not select a value.) | IN-4126 | |||
Task Actions are no longer displayed as Add Actions in the Cart. | ||||
Using the "Breadcrumb" navigation at the top of the Equipment Catalog page now takes the user back to the page that was selected, rather than the first page. | IN-3693 | |||
The default sort for the directory page now correctly sorts by Name. | ||||
Certain User Defined Fields, such as Currency, no longer cause an error when a Service Request is converted to a Service Order, or when an Incident Request is converted to an Incident. | ||||
When a Service Request is created, and there is a matching SDC, the SDC is now applied to the Service Request. | IN-4125 | |||
Exporting a CSV from the Department Services and Equipment Widget no longer results in a blank CSV document. | ||||
The Contact Picker tooltip no longer randomly shows up in CustomerCenter. | ||||
Submitting a package from CustomerCenter, which uses an Equipment type SDC, now adds the Charges from that SDC to the resulting Request. | ||||
General | Added PHP 7.4 Support Note: PHP 7.4 is not required at this time to upgrade PCR-360, however, a future upgrade will require PHP 7.4, since PHP 7.2 support is ending in December 2020. | PHP 7.4 Upgrade Instructions | ||
Removed Incident Request and Order Request as criteria for the Service Desk Association on User Defined Fields. Instead, Incident and Order should be used. | User Defined Fields | |||
Fixed issues with the built-in validator. | ||||
Imports & Exports | Ports/Pins/Lens Import
| Ports/Pins/Lens Import | ||
Equipment Import
| Equipment Import | |||
Service Order Import
| Service Order Import | |||
Cable Path Import
| Cable Path Import | |||
Service Import
| Service Import | |||
Unified the logic for Service ID lookups in the following Imports to provide a more consistent experience between Imports: Cable Path, Service Charge, Service Order, and Service. The Imports now find the correct Service record if you provide an Alias, a formatted Service ID, or an unformatted Service ID. | IN-3276 | |||
Inventory | MAC Address Changes
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Services | If the USE_RATING_GROUP configuration option is turned on, the Rating Group column now displays in the Service Grid. | |||
Service Desk | MAC Address Changes
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Added Service Desk Action User Defined Fields.
| User Defined Fields | |||
The Copy to New Form of a Service Order Action will now copy Billable, Essential, and Directory Service Options correctly. | IN-2819 IN-2900 IN-3007 | |||
When the USE_RATING_GROUP configuration option is used, users can now assign the Rating Group on Service Desk Actions. | ||||
Selecting certain SDC values for Upgrade/Downgrade Actions (on Oracle only) no longer throws an error. | ||||
Corrected inconsistencies related to when the MAC Address field was displayed for Equipment on Actions. This also fixes cases where the MAC Address was incorrectly or inconsistently saved. | IN-2919 (IN201936593) IN-2885 | |||
The Add/Edit Button has been restored to the Add New Service Desk Equipment Form; now you can create Equipment from the Service Desk Equipment Form. | IN-3323 | |||
The Override GLA is now retained when saving a Service Desk Equipment Record. | IN-2966 (IN201833140) IN-2966 | |||
Completing Unit Equipment that is in a Picked-Up state, no longer displays an erroneous error message that there is no Equipment Available at the chosen Location. | IN-4083 IN-4361 IN-3798 | |||
On Service Desk, choosing Consumable Equipment, where only the exact Qty of Units Equipment is available in the Warehouse, no longer prevents Completion. | IN-4014 IN-4064 IN-4205 IN-3560 |
* Indicates external documentation not written by PCR.
Database Changes in 2020.3
Default Schema
Table Name | Change | Table Changes |
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CC_THEME_ELEMENTS | Updated | Added new theme values. |
USER_DEFINED_FIELDS_ASSOC | Updated | ADD SECOND_CRITERIA_COLUMN VARCHAR(50) ADD SECOND_CRITERIA_RECID INT(11) Updates data in the CRITERIA_VALUE column. |
CC_CONTENT_WIDGETS | New | |
CC_CONTENT_WIDGET_PLCMTS | New | |
CC_CONTENT_WIDGET_ROLES | New | |
CC_REQUESTS | New | |
CC_PACKAGES | New | |
CC_REQUEST_ACTIONS | New | |
CC_REQUEST_STANDALONE_EQP | New | |
PERMISSIONS_MDL_CNTRLLRS | Updated | Updates data in the CONTROLLER_NAME column. |
MENU | Updated | Updates data in the TEXT column. |
AGG_VENDORCHRG_CHARGECODES | New | |
AGG_VENDORCHRG_IMPORTFILE | New | |
AGG_VENDORCHRG_SERVICEID | New | |
AUDIT_VENDOR_CHARGES | New | |
IMPORT_RECORD_FORMATS | Updated | ADD `AUDIT_THRESHOLD_PERCENT` DECIMAL(18,5) NULL |
EQUIPMENT | Updated | ADD UNIQUE INDEX EQUIPMENT_12 (`MAC_ADDRESS`) |
SERVICE_DESK_CABLING_PIT | Updated | Increased the size of columns FROM_EQUIPMENT_CATALOG and TO_EQUIPMENT_CATALOG columns to 255 characters |
SERVICE_DESK_EQP | Updated | ADD COLUMN `EQUIPMENT_ID` VARCHAR(100) NULL |
SDA_SERVICE_DETAILS | Updated | ADD COLUMN `RATING_GROUP_LISTS_RECID` INT NULL |
Metadata Schema
Table Name | Change | Table Changes |
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No Changes |
Archive Schema
Table Name | Change | Table Changes |
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SERVICE_DESK_CABLING | Updated | Increased the size of columns FROM_EQUIPMENT_CATALOG and TO_EQUIPMENT_CATALOG columns to 255 characters |
Supported Versions
PCR will patch the last two versions of the application and the current LTS Release. Customers will continue to receive Help Desk Support for releases outside of the support period for a given release. Bug fixes are only released for versions that are actively supported.
Key
Active support | A release that is actively supported. |
End of life | A release that is no longer supported and will not receive bug fixes. Customers using one of these releases should upgrade as soon as possible. |
Version History
Version | Release Type | Release Date | Support Ends | Release Notes |
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2024.1 | Major |
| Until 2024.2 is released | https://pcr360.atlassian.net/wiki/x/3-MQAQ |
2023.1 | Major |
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| https://pcr360.atlassian.net/wiki/x/hZEQAQ |
2022.2 | Minor |
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| https://pcr360.atlassian.net/wiki/x/NpEQAQ |
2022.1 | LTS |
| 24 months+ or until the next LTS | https://pcr360.atlassian.net/wiki/x/Q5AQAQ |
Archived Releases No Longer Supported
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