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Release Notes - Aligned Elements V2.6 SP 1 (2.6.419/176.20970)

On April 4th 2023, we release Aligned Elements V2.6 SP 1 (2.6.419/176.20970).

Reason for this Version

The main reason for this service pack is to fix a performance problem regarding loading File Objects.

Please see complete list below.

Upgrading from previous versions

Aligned Elements V2.6 SP 1 is backward compatible with Aligned Elements V2.4 and earlier. Opening a project for the first time with a new client will initiate a conversion of some of the internal data to a more performant structure. The data integrity is intact and no information will be altered.

Note! As of Aligned Elements V2.5 SP 2, the User Group management contains a new User Group right for Locking / Unlocking objects. When upgrading a project from versions earlier than V2.5 SP 2, this right will be added to the project. The change causes a Message Box saying "Templates have changed. Database will be upgraded." Click "Yes" to proceed (our recommendation) and upgrade the project.

Note! As of Aligned Elements V2.5, newly created Users must do their first log in within 5 days of the user creation date! If more than 5 days pass, a Project Administrator must reset the created user’s password to grant the user a new window of 5 days to do the initial login.

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Installation

Aligned Elements V2.6 SP 1 is available on our website for download as a standalone installer.

For MS Word x64 bit compatibility, use the designated setup on our website.

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To install using the standalone windows installer:

Uninstall any installed version of Aligned Elements on your computer.

Unzip the file and click setup.exe to install.

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Fixes and enhancements

The full list of fixes can be found below. If you have questions about anything specific, please feel free to ask us on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Windows Clients – Enhancements

  • 9834       Refactor Common to remove Windows dependencies
  • 9845       Synchronize of complex content. Load data in separate transactions for all Data Display object types when filling document
  • 9935       Upgrade set SecurityProtocol for .net 4.8, inlude tls 1.3 if supported
  • 9946       Add proxy to Zephyr T4J
  • 9905       Suspect Traces Are Cleared Manual shall be true by default (e.g. when creating a new project)
  • 9906       SignMode shall be "NoCertificate" per default (e.g. when creating a new project)
  • 9913       Add possibility to extract Tags
  • 9918       Add Old School test Execution as Resolution Option for Trace To Inconsistency
  • 9973       Include Tag information in Export
  • 9978       Update dependencies to latest versions e.g. Gembox

 

Windows Client – Fixes

  • 9862       Merge from branch uses wrong change comment.
  • 9875       Template Sets not correct in metadata after SynchronizeFile
  • 9882       Add to review creates corrupt data for risk analysis input if the same measure is applied to multiple harms
  • 9888       Check project may take a very long time for object types having IdArrayattributes
  • 9912       Jira On Premise V9.0 has depreciated createmeta call. Add alternative call.
  • 9940       Inconsistencies / Coverage. ObjectInFileCache times out
  • 9980       Upgrade of offline 'Demo Project' is incorrect. Cannot create chapter
  • 9986       NullRefException when resolving inconsistency
  • 9911       Check for null when generating Issue Proxy

 

Web Client – Enhancements

  • 9827       Propagate Disabled to all assigned projects
  • 9835       Make Automationtool run on Linux or Windows
  • 9843       Possibility to bulk upload documents/PDFs/word docs to the File book
  • 9859       RPN Summary, Allow to Rename Risk Levels, e.g. ALARP
  • 9892       Make filters persistent in test run and test run explorer
  • 9907       Optional to NOT display Projects in Manage Users
  • 9914       Send Mail to User. Add possibility to extend mail with message/comment
  • 9917       Keep formatting when copying from Word
  • 9924       Avoid editing TracedObject attributes inline (in list)
  • 9930       Throttle Copy Users to project to reduce immediate load on server
  • 9931       Throttle Propagation of User properties (from view 'Manage Users') to project to reduce immediate load on server
  • 9936       Throttle Upgrade Project / Force template reload (from view 'Manage Projects') to reduce immediate load on server
  • 9950       Allow to search for items in the word add-in
  • 9952       Enforced Signing Order: automatically send email to next signee(s) when a signer has signed
  • 9958       Run automation tool scripts at create in a background thread to avoid request time out
  • 9970       Display row number in Traced Object attribute for all entries. Allow to use Revision as DisplayedAttribute
  • 9971       Experimental feature, summarize Requirement and set as title
  • 9984       Maintain correct master project context when loading from link or show in tab
  • 6472       Allow user to add comment when generating Excel Report
  • 7872       Excel Report includes all revisions
  • 9135       Import objects, define target chapter at import
  • 9832       Manage Users, display total number of active users
  • 9839       Add to New Test Run from Test Page
  • 9868       At object generate: prevent particular fields to get copied values from original
  • 9895       Do not display the project name in risk grid
  • 9910       ESPA Project Selection Screen: Set "Manage Users" on the top and rename "Manage User Roles" to "Manage Permissions"
  • 9916       Limit Trace Table definition in height
  • 9919       Make it possible to generate Word reports from Test Run
  • 9921       Display Incons: show message if no incons are defined
  • 9928       Risk Summary Widget should only display risk type names
  • 9929       Add spaces to widget names
  • 9947       When reductions are in POH, add possibility to display non reduction attributes to the right in the grid
  • 9956       Trace Tables: if reduction is done in POH template, then move reduction columns closer to NRPN if so configured
  • 9957       Separate scrolling in trace explorer view between tree on the left and tabs on the right
  • 9961       Support "TitleVisibleInRiskGrid" in ESPA
  • 9965       Optionally create chapter structure (if not existing) for Executed Test cases executed from Test Run
  • 9979       Ensure SQL Server 2022 compatibility
  • 9981       Remember last opened tab in TraceForm. Automatically open Chapters List if last
  • 9985       Add possibility to select all in upgrade project version and Force template reload
  • 9944       Change order of email options in Signature Email form
  • 9854       Import document objects select target chapter
  • 8506       Do not display project name for ID in some edit views
  • 9646       In Trace Dialog: have the last used tab (List or Chapter) to be displayed by default at next opening (for that user)
  • 9932       Do not show Test Run Save button enabled, when there is nothing to save (like in Page form)

Web Client – Fixes

  • 9708       When creating tables in table cells in eg test cases, the font in the table is no longer the defined font but "Inter" something
  • 9842       Cannot edit file object if project information template is missing
  • 9850       Parentheses in project name causes editPage to fail
  • 9855       IncomingTraceColumn in Table Attribute adds outgoing traces to object, not incoming
  • 9858       When using CodeValue in RPNTable, it does not set user-defined colors
  • 9863       Saving Chart Widget produces validation error
  • 9865       Web.config useChapterDescription set to true on elements but false in release
  • 9866       Richtext containing malformed hyperlinks (such as drag and dropped IDs) causes exceptions during Review save
  • 9874       Colon ':' in project name causes problems in word Add-in and at copy/rename project
  • 9876       ESPA User Management: User does not appear as disabled if there are multiple disable claims
  • 9880       Drag n drop files onto File Attribute, causes to overwrite file attribute for all objects in edit mode at the time
  • 9881       Not possible to load different projects in tabs
  • 9886       Hyperlinks to revisable objects are changed to Elementslinks at html to docx conversion
  • 9887       Automation Tool: Export Action Fails
  • 9893       Selecting only inconsistency Harm ALAP, no result is shown
  • 9894       Traced Objects , expected incoming traces are set as outgoing traces
  • 9899       Risk summary in dashboard not displaying in v2.6
  • 9901       Objects in Word Tables: disable and sync removes the entire table, not the row
  • 9902       Edit file Standalone, fails to commit file when project name includes underscore
  • 9904       Trace Table Attribute Column names should display Alias when Alias exist
  • 9908       Table cell empty after save of new page
  • 9927       Log in slow when the user is assigned to many projects
  • 9934       Insert as objects from Query, Chapter description does not appear
  • 9938       Slow loading of File Object
  • 9942       Font size changes in tiny mce for rich text attributes when deleting content
  • 9953       Branch fails/is halfbaked if any Trace Table contains an empty column
  • 9954       Revision Comment filter, text value not properly saved
  • 9963       Win setup for Automation tool not signed (?) Displays unknown publisher in setup
  • 9969       Re-order traced objects in a traced object attribute, causes revision increase of all reordered objects
  • 9972       Font italic not properly displayed for table attributes when affecting a full paragraphs
  • 9975       Copy project, from 'Rename, copy or remove Project' fails after having loaded a project before
  • 9976       Cancelling an Assistant and restarting again does not run the assistant from the beginning.
  • 9823       Error displayed after saving traced object attribute after a session timeout and new login
  • 9840       File: Save to PDF with external converter includes the converter exe in the downloaded zip
  • 9841       Display as list for sub-chapter does not always set the filter in query chapter view
  • 9857       If canAddPage is false, no "Add Document Object" button should be displayed in ChapterView
  • 9871       ESPA Word Add-In: At Insert Chart when no charts exist, show message "No charts exist" instead of empty selection dropdown
  • 9872       ESPA Word Add-In Insert Project Information: change dropdown caption to "Select source (current state or from snapshot)
  • 9873       File Version: Different behaviour Web-Windows
  • 9889       IsVisible flag on attribute not used by the web client at display time
  • 9890       Template set cannot be uploaded to server via WebUI if zero template sets already exist in the server template folder
  • 9896       The Registration email shall contain information about when the activation link expires and what to do if the link has expired
  • 9897       In the generate excel doesn’t not contains all attributes
  • 9903       ESPA in Project Status => Risk Summary => Hazard Analysis, you have to click Hazard Analysis twice for the grid to show
  • 9920       Cancel HZA Edit due to "In Review" leaves HZA and all dependent objects locked
  • 9922       Changed Test Run End Date not updated in Test Run Explorer, even after refresh
  • 9943       Gembox PDF converter greater than or equal is displayed as superscript 3 when in italic
  • 9945       Chapter Description still highlighted as containing text after deleting text
  • 9949       MailContentSettings: Using the same attribute key in mail content, causes error. FullName and Email are replaced by userName
  • 9951       Finalize Review. If the user does not have the rights to modify Reviews, present a proper error message
  • 9960       Test run tab changing
  • 9964       Save button in Test run always enabled although no changes are open to save
  • 9967       Rename procedure does not update tblReviewProgress
  • 9968       Review Feedback form: for an item, click on the comment button and then enter opens a second comment dialog
  • 9977       Find in Test Run in Chapter View is clickable even though it is disabled
  • 9989       RichTextAttribute does not work in BatchCommit
  • 9990       Additional Attributes are attached to a new page after batch update
  • 9991       Default font for paragraphs changed when setting tiny mce content_style
  • 9573       Importing plain text in to table attributes does not use default font
  • 9849       Search in chapter view not reliable for text
  • 9861       Adding "incoming" objects in TracedObjectAttributes, sets outgoing traces
  • 9838       Test Run Explorer: Click Refresh should not change sort order

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