SCM v2.20.0 Release Announcement

Shipments with missing data are highlighted after delivery of shipment

Description: Shipments with missing data will be more easily detectable in the system. The goal is to identify the issue of missing data clearly so that subsequent actions can be performed as early as possible to facilitate a quick product release and minimize time required for root cause assessment.

This is a first iteration of several improvements in this area. In the first iteration the following changes will be included:

A banner will appear on the “shipment card” in the shipment list as seen below:

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The shipment detail view will indicate which logger is missing a part of the data:

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Impact:

This release will impact all of our users and customers.

It will impact users viewing shipment through SCM UI, especially users involved with product release and support functions.

Instead of dwelling in the “Recently Delivered” section, the shipments with missing data will be transitioned to a specific section for shipments with missing data.

Requirements impacted:

SCMRS-522: Shipments that have been assessed to have missing data are grouped together in the SCM UI. (NEW)

SCMRS-523: System will display a warning indicating which shipments have missing data. (NEW)

SCMRS-524: System will indicate which loggers in a shipment have missing data. (NEW)

SCMRS-131: If data is missing when a shipment is delivered, the shipment stops being automatically processed by the system.

SCMRS-179: System will allow maximum two missing data points from each logger in a shipment.

Added configuration triggers auto closure of all shipments regardless of excursion severity.

Description: A new configuration is added to Account Admin UI that allows our customers to configure the account so that all shipments are closed automatically by the system and manual inspection process is bypassed.

To set this option, the Require manual inspection for shipments must be set to Never.

The default setting is When excursion severity threshold is exceeded.

Note, the Excursion severity threshold configuration was previously called “Require manual inspection for shipments with:”. This was changed to better describe the functionality and better capture that the configuration determines the quality of the shipments as well as raising an alarm icon on the loggers.

Impact: This will not impact users. The default configuration for manual inspection will be set to follow the excursion severity threshold.

To enable the auto closure of shipments, the setting must be updated manually. Once enabled, all shipments will be closed automatically. Shipments with any excursion that exceeds the severity threshold will be closed with Shipment Quality as Undecided.

If the configuration is manually changed, the users most impacted are users performing quality release, as that action will no longer be required for the customers that choose to change this setting.

Requirements impacted:

SCMRS-525: Severity threshold that controls when an alarm is indicated on Controlant devices is configured in the Account Admin UI. (NEW)

SCMRS-526: Admin user can configure the account so that shipments that have recorded an excursion that exceeds the set threshold, bypass manual inspection and are automatically transitioned to a closed status. (NEW)

SCMRS-343: User will be able to choose which severity level will trigger automatic closure of a shipment.

Provide the option of limiting user access to templates

Description: Template access will be added to the SCM Access Management. In this iteration only Read access will be implemented. Create, Modify, Delete to be implemented in later releases.

Template access will make it possible to limit user access to templates during the Create Shipment process and in the single shipment detail view.

User will only have the option to select templates in the Create Shipment flow (see image below) that the user has been granted access to.

In the single shipment view the name of the templates will only be shown to users who have access to that specific template. If the user does not have access, only the ID is shown.

Template access is managed through the Access Management section in the Account Admin UI.

Impact: This change will mostly impact users who are manually creating shipments using templates, and administrators who are managing user access.

With this release, administrators and users who currently have access to templates via Create Shipment function will be granted read access to all templates, so no user should experience any change on the day of the release.

To limit user access to templates, administrators can configure the access. In general, template access should go hand in hand with the relevant Create roles.

To facilitate this change and enable customers to utilize this option, Controlant will generate an extract of user access and highlight which users have permission to create shipments. This will be shared through Project Managers and Customer Success.

Requirements impacted:

SCMRS-518: Admin User can manage user access to template information. (NEW)

SCMRS-519: Read access to a template permits the user to use the template when creating a new shipment. (NEW)

SCMRS-414: Access management: Admin users can view existing roles.

SCMRS-415: Access management: Admin users can edit existing roles.

SCMRS-416: Access management: Admin users can create new roles.

Last calibration date available in SCM UI

Description: Display the date of last calibration in the Logger detail view.

Impact: No significant impact, other than making the date available. This is the first addition concerning logger calibration. Upcoming changes include providing access to the calibration certificate and using the calibration date to control logger selection for new shipments, i.e. reducing the risk of loggers with expired calibration being added to new shipments.

Requirements impacted:

SCMRS-521: Logger details view will show last calibration date. (NEW)

SCMRS-319: User can view logger details.

Please contact me with any questions or concerns at ragnar@controlant.com

Kind regards,

Ragnar Gylfason
Product Manager, SCM