2017.1.7753 Release Notes

We are launching our second major release of the year-- 2017.1.  Most of the improvements listed below are fairly minor, and the significant items are really 'under-the-hood' performance improvements, particularly in handling of training records data, refactoring improvements to the dashboard and PDF generation.  We also launched a beta of our "Advanced/Custom ZenReports"-- a significant expansion of our ability to deliver complex and customized reports using all your data.  Probably the most consequential change relates to effective date attainment based on training compliance %.  Finally we handled a new issue related to the just released Chrome 57 browser that was causing intermittent problems. 

These improvements and the related bug fixes warranted their own release and full regression testing, so the team decided to release them on their own.  We expect another major release in the third quarter. 

For those scoping the impact of the changes, please note the following most consequential items:

• Generating PDFs or previewing 'view only' PDFs and controlled files is significantly enhanced, especially where for documents with dynamic headers/time stamps. 
• Enjoy a smarter approach to data table refreshes in the new dashboard
• "Advanced/Custom ZenReports"-- this is a passive change that does not affect the application data integrity in any way. 
• Document Effective Date is set based on training compliance %: this is a much requested feature.  Basically documents can now become effective based on a target date OR a training compliance % threshold for assigned trainees. you can choose a date based target.
• Logic for training status icons through out the app was updated to match the approach with the new dashboard-- Trainees are 'red' if training is past due; 'yellow' if training is due between today and the next month or else 'green'.  
• Disabled users training records-- we enhanced the way we handle disabled users and their training records, so they don't appear as 'non-compliant' any more months after their departure. 

Thanks as always to our customers that send us great ideas and to our developers who have been working overtime to launch. 
-panos.

Validation/Deployment Details

• This announcement plus the email to all active admin users counts as our formal announcement for the release.  
• We plan to deploy at 9pm on 14-May-2017.  Please email help@zenqms.com as soon as possible if this causes any issues for your team-- we would expect some slowness or possible down time during deployment.    
• Deployment (as always) is handled by the ZenQMS team-- so don't worry. 
• About those Xs in the release notes title: clients have asked us to include the source code build ID in these release notes.  We will do so post deployment-- this will match the version ID in production.
• All changes are available for you to access and test at test.zenqms.com.  Please email help@zenqms.com if you have any problems.  **note all data in this instance is likely 60 days old**
• This release is being managed under change control #8103 and a full set of validation documents will be published and added to the auditor share as it is approved.  

Improvements

Bugs

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