Revision as of 11:30, 13 January 2016

General Information

Next Upgrade Dates

The next upgrade is scheduled for January 21st.

Bi-Monthly Upgrades

Upgrades are released on a bi-monthly basis.

The benefits of this approach are as follows:

• The upgrades will be performed in smaller batches.
• New features will come on-stream faster, as we can fast track key enhancements into early updates.

A list of planned upgrade dates is available here: Future Upgrades.

We regularly update the list of upgrade features and schedule for both the backup and production servers on this Wiki page.

This page will provide a general overview of each upgrade, with links to the Wiki articles describing the new or updated features and how to use them. You can also subscribe to the Technical Journal that is sent out prior to each upgrade on the Newsletter Signup Page. (Unsubscribe here).

System Upgrade Process

The objective of the System Upgrade Process is to ensure that customers have a chance to review, without compromising the integrity of their production system, how their applications and information will work following the upgrade. In order to take advantage of this you will need to know how to access your backup instance of SmartSimple. If you need assistance with this either refer to the Backup Server and Testing Instances Wiki article, or contact the SmartSimple support desk.

For clients on a Dedicated Server, please review the SmartSimple Upgrade Process – Dedicated Server page.

Backup Server Update

• Each backup server will be updated to the "release candidate" prior to the upgrade date.
• This update will provide for instance specific testing of release candidate, as you can log into your respective backup server and test the changes against your most current data and configuration.
• Internal staff will also be using these servers to perform instance specific testing.

Update Go/No-Go

• Subject to satisfactory testing on both the pre-production server and the production backup servers, the go/no go decision will be made on Wednesday at 12:00pm.

Current Upgrade Package: November 2015

The server upgrade is scheduled for November 19th, 2015 between 10pm - 10:15pm EST.

Important: The upgrade will be applied to your backup server one week prior to the scheduled upgrade date for your production server.
You are encouraged to log into your backup server during this period to test the changes against your most recent data and configuration. 

If your organization has a dedicated SmartSimple server or you host in-house, SmartSimple will be in contact with your system administrator to schedule the upgrade of your server after December 17th.

Global System Upgrades

The new features listed below are enhancements to the SmartSimple system and will be immediately available to SmartSimple users upon the application of the upgrade to their server:

Updated Style of Arcadia Caption and Instructions

• Minor update to the styling of custom field captions and instructions when positioned above the field input for a better look and feel.

On-Demand System Upgrades

The following features are also available immediately with the application of the upgrade, but must first be enabled or configured by a System Administrator:

New Easily Create PDFs and Printable Pages with the SmartField View Template

• New sample template within Web Page View custom fields makes it easier to create PDF's and printable sheets.
• Why? | How

New Generate Meeting Requests, Tasks and Contact Cards with iCalendar

• Generate and share meeting requests, contact cards, and to-do tasks using iCalendar format.
• Why? | How

New Integration with ORCID Research Database

• Integration with ORCID research database enables the importing of publications directly from ORCID and other databases into SmartSimple.
• Why?

New Option to Convert Uploaded Word Documents to PDF

• Automatically convert Word documents to PDF documents upon file upload.
• Why? | How

New Ability to Attach a WorkFlow to Company/User Registration Pages

• Enhanced signup pages with the ability to explicitly trigger a workflow for each signup page to make for easier configuration.
• Why? | How

New Create Consumer / Provider link Using Workflow Task

• New workflow task type allows you to create consumer/provider links increasing the ways you can customize consumer/provider associations.
• Why? | How

Beta Previews

The following features are available for beta preview. For a sneak peek, please contact your SmartSimple administrator for more information.

New Integration with Payment Provider Stripe

• New integration with Stripe to offer payment options (credit card processing) within SmartSimple.
• Why?

Previous Upgrades

See the Previous Upgrades page for a list of previously-implemented upgrade features.

Future Upgrades

Click here for a listing of future upgrade dates.