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Release notes 2024

2024-07-31

Improvement: Server programming environment update

  • A major server framework update applied
  • Related bug fixing in progress

2024-05-31

New: New way of Mortality information handling

  • Mortality information now entered similarly as Tracking End and Tracking start
  • The look and functionality of the create/edit/delete for the three events unified
  • Mixed app features using mortality information adjusted to work the new way

New: Annotations/Clusters shown to users

  • Tracking profile timeline modified to show clusters of various types (mortality, night, etc).
  • New cluster detail form (the centroid calculated)
  • Create annotation/cluster from the interval introduced.
  • Mortality info entering coupled with Mortality cluster creation

Improvement: Various improvements

  • Tracking/Animal management
    • Tracking/Animal visibility in projects improved
    • Statistics updated after the new tracking created
  • Import functionality further adjusted
    • Control of cancelling improved
    • More validation checks added
  • Note/ToDos replies links added

2024-04-22

New: New IMPORT functionality (final version)

  • Workflow reviewed and finalized
  • Return info and warning messages finalized
  • Cancel button behavior adjusted
  • Data validation logic extended (insert, update, skip options elaborated)
  • More error situations handled
  • Missing progress bars for remaining import stages added

Please check the updated section of the user guide

Improvement: Various improvements

  • Tracking/Animal management improved
    • Tracking/Animal entities identification in projects modified
    • Animal created by info added for existing animals
    • Create tracking here fixed for some instances
    • Last record geolocation updating when modifying tracking end fixed
  • Note/ToDos more functionality added
    • Transform/move a note into the reply
    • Fix tracking name display in notes
    • File attaching into note draft note fixed
    • Time format fixed when creating a new bulk note

Bugfix: Various fixes

  • Tracking and device grid
    • Broken grid header in some situations fixed
    • Country code display in tracking grid adjusted
    • Redundant grid refreshing when changing unrelated column mappings removed
    • Device and tracking list XLSX export fixed
  • Device and SIM discard flow post-release adjustments
  • Copy filter functionality fixed
  • Waypoints all option fixed
  • Percentage values in XLS exports fixed
  • API issues fixed
    • Fix API declaration typos
    • Fix API scroll requests not working with both body and request parameters
    • Fix API column filtering

2024-03-31

Improvement: Import flow further extended

  • more finetuning of the graphic wizard
  • improved parallel run of multiple files
  • more file variants tested

New: Device discard flow and SIM management changed

  • Device discard state made more visible in profiles
  • Change device saving checks, modify required fields in device form
  • Refresh device detail header upon saving modifications
  • Fix the zooming issue in the Comm history and SIM profile
  • Fix SIM detail zooming incorrectly
  • Add refreshing of SIM state in profile
  • See the updated documentation section

Improvement: Various improvements

  • Notes can be dragged as a reply
    • Add drag-and-drop notes to replies
    • Dragging notes with replies not disabled
    • Additional consistency checks for user rights in note dragging added
  • Tracking / Animal visibility and handling improvements
    • Created by Person for existing Animals shown
    • Disable create tracking functionality where 'here' can be applied
    • Change wording in select animal
    • Context menu for tracking creation/modification adjusted

Improvement: System optimization and performance

  • 3rd party API reactivated (Google altitude geolocation)
  • Prevent duplicate preference calls in profiles
  • system monitoring improved (row counts per queue added)
  • other data processing optimizations

Bugfix: Various fixes

  • Public (iframes) maps - animation and logos fixed
  • Person names in search fixed
  • Fixed track visibility - first position missing

2024-03-17

New: New IMPORT FLOW (new user interface and background processes)

  • new workflow implemented as a graphic wizard
    • parallel run of multiple files in a single run (each file flow processed independently)
  • file acquiring phase embedded in the flow
  • file structure checking phase reimplemented and extended (prevents further processing for wrong type and error structured files)
  • automated import type matching implemented
    • The file column list must match one of the existing import format
    • More accepted file variants added (Ornitela and Ecotone CSV file versions)
  • data validation phase reimplemented
    • insert new data only or data merge (insert new + update existing) options
  • import into database reimplemented, the user stays notified on the status of progress till the end of the import run

New: Live updates concept implemented

  • Configuration status is now automatically updated for Anitra tags
  • i.e. config icons refreshed across the app whenever the status changes (e.g. when the device applies config changes)

Improvement: Various improvements

  • API extended to provide data with a customized column list
    • Available data and metadata columns can be queried over API
    • Data can be fetched using a customized column list similar to metadata
  • Tracking / Animal visibility and handling improvements
    • Tracking end filtering condition added
    • The existing animal list improved to provide more details
    • Fix layout in the profile data grid, tracking list visibility
    • Age vs tracking start conflicts visibility improved in profile, grid, map tooltip
    • Movebank sourced objects (Tracking and Animal) are now fully controlled in profiles
    • Mortality section visibility and behavior (collapsed for not dead animals)
    • New Tracking controls in project tracking list (remove Tracking from project)
    • Tracking End and Mortality geolocation related topics handled

Bugfix: Various fixes

  • wrong track from the last point (in particular data situations)
  • fix iframe styling, animation controls
  • Fix quick filter breaking visually in Chrome

2024-01-29

New: New last data post-process mortality detector

  • activated for Anitra trackings
  • last 3 hours and or minimum last 3 positions analyzed
  • pitch and roll oscillation evaluated, when both below 3 deg, evaluated as mortality
  • re-run mortality with modified tracking interval
  • add mortality tracking calculation to data received chain of events

Note the algorithm is now in the verification phase

Improvement: More mortality related improvements

  • Mortality (any) filter modified
    • result of new mortality detection added
    • Invalid body orientation included
  • Mortality warnings in profiles
    • onboard and post-process warnings reviewed and made consistent
    • Invalid body orientation warning added
  • Mortality detection and warnings user guide added

Improvement: Area hierarchy enriched

  • Added admin L1 for SK and IT
  • Added admin L2 for FR, ES, CZ, and SK

Improvement: Various improvements

  • Filter profile map to X days back as user preference
    • Fast profile data loading for large profiles
    • managed by a new user preference
  • More profile graph options (post-release adjustments and fixes)
    • Fix column visibility modal comparison
    • Fix an issue in clearing graph styles
    • Fix column mapping empty headings
  • Graphs user guide updated
  • Tracking end adjustments
    • Fix tracking event saving
    • Fix tracking event not opening in some cases

2024-01-14

New: Postprocess mortality detection and analysis features in tracking grid view

  • Last Data invalid body orientation for Anitra tags added
  • Last Data mortality detection drafted, detection fields added for Anitra tags
  • Mortality Position Date, Location, and Country added to the tracking list
  • Last location area filter modified to take into account Mortality place

New: Customization of the graph functionality

  • Users can now customize graph metric colors, a default value range, and graph type
  • Line graph type divided into line and line-dashed (gaps for NULL values)
  • The "Chose metrics" component previews metric colors now
  • More metrics made available e.g. Latitude and Longitude graphs
  • Metric default ranges adjusted and unified (e.g. temperature)

Improvement: New IMPORT functionality (update)

  • Alternative mapping for Onitela (version 2) added
  • Alternative versions of the Ecotone file accepted
  • Full file name visible in the wizard
  • Wrong MIME file type handled

Note the functionality is still a work in progress. Comprehensive user interaction and interface still to be added. User guide section will be updated for the final version