Release date US: 2022/03/04

Release date AU/EU: 2022/03/04

 

Redesigned Relationship Settings 

This release introduces a new design, which now clearly indicates the direction of the relationship created between two items.

 

Performance Improvements

This release features performance and scale improvements in our continuous efforts to align usability and capability in Jama Connect with our customers' growing adoption and usage. 

Experience significant improvements when you batch update or batch workflow transition multiple items. 

 Important: The batch update improvement requires a separate zero-downtime settings update by Jama Software after the release.  This improvement will be available on or before Wednesday, March 9, 2022.

 

Admin-Configurable Infotips for Field Labels and Pick List Values

Admins can now configure infotips for field labels and pick list values.

Because field labels and pick list values are concise by design, infotips can provide clarity on their meaning. This can reduce time to train new users and time spent by occasional users looking at help docs and wiki pages. It also reduces the risk of users misinterpreting field labels and pick list values. 

Infotips:

• Are an optional configuration — Off by default when no text is present in the infotip; on automatically when text is present.

• Can be configured by organization admins for both field labels (while configuring fields in item types) and pick list values (while configuring values in pick lists).

• Are visible to any user with project access when they hover their mouse over a field label or pick list value, or when expanding a pick list selector.

 

Extended Capability for Calculated Fields for Risk Scoring

Admins can now use a calculated field as input to another calculated field within the same item (not across related items).

When you are configuring a calculate field, additional calculated fields only appear as an input option if they haven't already been used in any other calculations. Once a calculated field is used in another calculated field, it is automatically filtered out of future calculated input options. 

For example: 

If field 3 = [field 1 * field 2], then field 5 can = [field 3 * field 4], so long as field 4 is not also a calculated field.

Additionally:

If field 5 = [field 3 * field 4] then field 7 can't = [field 3 * field 6] because field 3 was already used in another calculated field and won't show up as a calculation input option while you configure field 7.

This feature is generically available for all calculated fields, but the intention is to better support our customers using Jama Connect for risk scoring activities. Having the ability to extend calculations means likelihood and probability scoring calculations can function as an input into overall risk and severity scoring calculations.  

In the future, we will expand our support for formatted and logic-based results for calculated fields, adding methods to automate translation of risk scoring for end user. Watch for more improvements in future releases.

@mention Feature in Review Comments

In a review, you can now use the @mention feature to direct comments to a specific reviewer. This is useful when you have several reviewers and need to direct a question to a specific subject matter expert.

• Only users participating in the review appear in the list of possible reviewers who can be tagged with @mention.

• Anyone participating in the review can use the @mention feature to tag other participants. 

• Comments that include @mention are highlighted by color. Light yellow = comment for you. Light blue = comment for another reviewer. 

To use the @mention feature:

1. In a review, select the comment icon and type @ followed by the name of the reviewer. 

1. Type your message, then click Comment. 

1. (Optional) To display only items where you are mentioned, select Filters > My mentions. 

Do you have feedback on the @mention feature? Join our Community, where you can comment on this Ideation card.

 

Updates from Customer Feedback 

"Restore defaults" Button Now Available in List View and Reading View

You can now quickly reset your project List View and Reading View to the original administrator defaults in the Show/hide fields configuration panel (enabled only for lists with single item types). 

Do you have feedback on this "Restore defaults" button? Join the conversation in this Jama Software Community Ideation card.

 

Report Type Identifier Added to Report Detail View

Report type is revealed in a newly added Report Detail area in the Run Reports module.

 

Usability Improvements

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  Updates to the Select items to baseline window, the Duplicate projects window, and the List View last saved information in the main header to make the data more consistent with current Jama Connect UI standards.

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  New slide-over panels are now enabled by default system-wide. Updated slide-over panels include Baselines item preview, Trace view item preview, Admin activity history, Attachments preview, and Links preview. Enhancements include a more consistent UI, all slide-overs are now resizable, and linked items in other projects now open in a new browser tab.

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  The Export drop-down menu and window references "Export options" to be more accurate when referencing export types. Test runs and the Items with attachments widget now have updated UI and language on their Export drop-down menus.

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  The inactive Collapse button has been removed from the tree’s temporary preview panel display.

• Category type, project count, and item count have been added to the Selected category path header in the organization admin area of Jama Connect.

Diagram Editor Upgrade

The Diagram Editor was upgraded to enhance usability and provide further support for character diagram rendering, including for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean characters. 

 

Resolved Issues 

ID	Description
SOS-DEF-5089	The compare item view in the Review Center now shows heading numbers.
SOS-DEF-5576	The second publish confirmation modal is no longer blocked by a continuous creating revision spinner.
SOS-DEF-5600	After adding HTML to the accepted attachments formats, Velocity reports are downloaded from the reports history page and opened in a new browser tab.
SOS-DEF-5670	Moderator's abilities are no longer impacted when editing a review that is approved and finalized.
SOS-DEF-5677	In the header of the project activity stream messages, the inactive links to a baseline source have been converted to labels because routing to a baseline source isn't possible.
SOS-DEF-5680	The Review Center tab in the My Profile window has been updated to reflect the language change from "Follow" to "Subscribe." This change is consistent with the recently updated language in reviews.
SOS-DEF-5688	When you click on an item link from the Filters list, the "Find me" action now works correctly.
SOS-DEF-5704	When all items are removed from a review, they are now correctly displayed when the option Show removed items is enabled.
SOS-DEF-5707	To prevent an error, you can no longer enter data in the Batch transition field. Instead, you must select a field.
SOS-DEF-5709	Custom date fields now show the correct date.
SOS-DEF-5719	You can now configure core fields in the "Items assigned to me" section of the projects dashboard.
SOS-DEF-5744	Users no longer receive a "TypeError" when reloading or opening a review.

 

Known Issues 

ID	Description
SOS-DEF-5728	If the tree hasn't been refreshed when trying to move a category that was already removed, the error does not display the correct message.
SOS-DEF-5733	"My mentions" quick filter in Review Center: When established Review Center comment @mention is edited or deleted, the count doesn't reflect the reduction.
SOS-DEF-5734	"My mentions" quick filter in Review Center: If a reviewer is tagged with @mention in the top level of the comment box (not attached to any item) in the feedback area, that count is reflected but now shows in the "Filter items by" results because it is not attached to any item.
SOS-DEF-5787	When you use a calculated field as input with another calculated field in the same item, then attempt to reuse and sync the item, an error occurs and it won't complete.

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Jama Connect 8.68 Cloud

Release date US: 2021/12/10

Release date AU/EU: 2021/12/11
 

Introducing the Categories feature

We are excited to introduce the first iteration of the cross-project feature categories. Use the Categories feature to organize and view items based on classifications like configurations, allocations, releases, or features. This feature offers a view into how items and components can build a final product. 

 Use the Categories feature to:

• Allocate requirements to a hierarchy of items in a system of systems context where the items might exist in multiple projects

• Manage releases for multiple items that live in multiple projects

• Identify variants of products

• Organize and view items in a cross-project hierarchy
  

The Categories feature is available in these areas of Jama Connect:

• Admin

• Single Item View

• Categories tab, when enabled, in the Explorer Tree

• Labs API:
  
  
  • Associate categories with an item
  
  
  • Retrieve categories that are associated with an item
  
  
  

In future releases, categories will be supported in these features: 

• List View, Reading View, Trace View

• Filters

• Exports

• Velocity reports

• Baselines

• Review Center

• Item version history

• Item activity

• Project activity stream

• Imports

Enabling the Categories option

The Categories option is disabled by default. The organization admin must enable it for the option to appear in Jama Connect and be available for users.

 When enabled, users with read/write permissions can interact with:

1. Categories tab in the Explorer Tree

1. Categories table in Single Item View

1. Manage categories button in Single Item View, Reading View, and List View

When enabled, organization admins can interact with:

1. Categories admin tree

2. Selected category path option 

3. Variations of selected category option

 
Roles for the Categories feature 

Your role determines which tasks you can perform when you use the Categories feature. 

Role	Responsibilities and actions
User with read/write permissions	Organize your requirements across projects.  Apply a category to items from Single Item View, List View, or Reading View.  View categorized items in the Category tree.  See a list of cross-project items.  View Category paths.  View Category path IDs.
Organization admin	Control and manage the Category tree:  Add, move, copy, and merge categories.  Edit, remove and delete a category.  See category details like description, when it was created, and the last time it was used.  View Category paths.  View Category path IDs.  View Category IDs.

 

New performance and usability guidance 

With this release, several new guidance messages have been added throughout Jama Connect. These messages are informational only and won't prevent you from completing the intended action. Additional messages will be added in a future release of Jama Connect.  

These messages are designed to:

• Notify you when an action might have an unintended performance or usability impact.

• Provide insights into how the application can be used more efficiently.

These messages now appear when you:

• Create a review with more than 500 items

• Send a review to more than 30 recipients

• Copy a project with more than 10,000 items

Updates to the Admin workflow

• A warning message now appears when you enable or disable the workflow for your organization.​

• A warning message now appears when a project manager enables or disables the project workflow override option for a project.

• Drop-down menus are now searchable.

• Workflow page layout has been updated for a better user experience. 

Updates from customer feedback 

New option for exporting Velocity reports to Excel

Additional Test Center customization options

For the Test Run item type, you can now use Editor Templates in custom rich text fields:

• Organization admins can configure the default Editor Templates for the Test Run item type in the Admin panel.

• Templates can be edited in the Test Execution window.

• To export the Editor Template information for a Test Run item: From Single Item View, select Export > View all templates > All Item Details, then click Run.

Usability improvements

• Tooltips now appear when you expand and collapse the Explorer Tree.

• Item type names with more than 30 characters are now shortened to avoid text wrapping in the header. 

• The Details option is now displayed at the top of the organization admin navigation panel.

• In List View, Reading View, and Single Item View, labels on the action buttons now display the icon only (depending on the size of your screen).

Resolved issues

ID	Description
SOS-DEF-4800	In Single Item View, the Workflow field no longer switches between values when a corresponding item, created by the Jama Connect API, uses a non-default value for that field.
SOS-DEF-5204	The Item Path field is no longer displayed as a search filter option.
SOS-DEF-5243	As root admin, you can now edit an organization admin's username and license information.
SOS-DEF-5422	In the "Update moderators/Add review/Request review delegation" windows, the placeholder text in the search field is now cleared when you enter text.
SOS-DEF-5545	You can now lock items for test plans and test runs.
SOS-DEF-5564	When using the Quick-add option, items are no longer duplicated if you click Save more than once.
SOS-DEF-5566	When you perform a sync with Crowd, large sets of users are now successfully removed.
SOS-DEF-5578	When you select View Moved Items in the Activity Stream, API IDs are no longer displayed in the content header.
SOS-DEF-5582	The View details link no longer appears in the post-reuse content header.
SOS-DEF-5589	Licenses are now updated for users who are removed then re-enabled with Crowd sync.

Known issues

ID	Description
SOS-DEF-5649	If you create a category name with a pipe character (|), the category List View header displays only the text after the pipe character. When you select a category from the project Category Tree and its name includes a hashtag (#), this error message appears: "Syntax error: Your search contains invalid search parameters. Update your query and try again."

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Jama Connect 8.67 Cloud

Release date EU/US: 2021/11/12

Release date AU: 2021/11/13

 

Remove and recover items from a review 

With this release, review moderators can remove and recover items from active reviews without altering the project source. 

• When you pair these actions with the Approval workflow, those items remain in their original state and aren't updated when the review is finalized. 

• When an item is removed from the review and the review is republished, the item in the corresponding baseline is also removed. 

When items are removed, you can't:

• Access Single Item View from the review

• Approve, reject, or add comments

• Edit the item

To remove items from a review:

1. In the review, select the triangle drop-down menu next to the items you want to remove, then select Remove.

     The "Tagged for removal label" appears.  

2. Publish a new revision to remove the items from the review.

A label appears with the version the item was removed in. 

To recover items in a review:

1. In the review, select Recover to recover the item you removed. 

       The "Tagged for recovery" label appears.    

   2. Click Publish new revision to recover the item. 

Usability improvements

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  • When a user with read-only permissions selects an item from List View or Reading View, they no longer see the Reuse button. 
  
  
  • When you reopen a saved and released Trace View, previously selected items are now saved. 
  
  
  • The Export drop-down menu has a new design and language pattern.
  
  
  

• The Add drop-down menu now includes a plus icon. 

• When you edit an item that is locked by another user, a refresh button now appears so you can quickly see changes. 

• In List View or Reading View, the text for the "number of selected items" has been updated. 

Updates from Customer Feedback

• With this release, Velocity PDFs now support the following languages: Chinese, Albanian, Polish, Hindi, Portuguese, Punjabi, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Russian, Igbo, Serbian, Japanese, Korean, Kurdish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Thai, Vietnamese, Georgian, Marathi, Greek, and Norwegian.

• List View, Reading View, Trace View

• Filters

• Exports

• Velocity reports

• Baselines

• Review center

• Item version history

• Item activity

• Project activity stream

• Imports

Coming soon — Categories (in progress)

In a future release, Jama Connect will introduce the cross-project feature categories. With this feature, organizations can organize and view items by categories like configurations, allocations, or features. This feature must be enabled by your Organization admin to manage categories in a hierarchical tree view.

You can use categories to:

• Allocate requirements to a physical or logical architecture in a system of systems context where the items might exist in multiple projects

• Manage releases for multiple items that live in multiple projects

Categories will be available in these areas of Jama Connect:

• Admin

• Single Item View

• Categories tab, when enabled, in the left-hand Explorer Tree navigation

• Labs API:
  
  
  • Associate categories with an item
  
  
  • Retrieve categories that are associated with an item
  
  
  

Features supported in future releases of Categories: 

Resolved issues

ID	Description
SOS-DEF-515	When you rename a test cycle, the new name now appears immediately when it's exported.
SOS-DEF-694	Now when you re-create a field with the same name as a field that was deleted, the name is saved as written.
SOS-DEF-2966	HTML tags no longer appear in the Activity Stream after you delete a comment from an item.
SOS-DEF-4175	HTML tags no longer appear in the Details Preview Panel when you add a relationship.
SOS-DEF-4820	HTML tags no longer appear in the Activity Stream after you delete related items.
SOS-DEF-5447	In the Participant progress tab of a review, the Time Spent column no longer appears when Enable time tracking is not selected.
SOS-DEF-5499	A tooltip now appears when you hover over the Project Selector icon (<<) and space was added between the divider for Modify | Remove.
SOS-DEF-5508	In List View or Reading View, you can now select more than 50 items and send them for review or select Relate to existing.
SOS-DEF-5548	When you hover over a test plan, the author's name now appears.
SOS-DEF-5570	Associated test cases are now included when you send a review from a test plan.
SOS-DEF-5624	Performance improvement related to View all locked items count.

 

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Jama Connect 8.66 Cloud

Release date US/EU: 2021/10/15

Release date AU: 2021/10/16

 

Integrating OSLC Model Connector with Jama Connect

With this release, you can now integrate the Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration (OSLC) model connector with Jama Connect through Smartfacts. This integration provides clear visibility to model artifacts in real-time, further enhancing your Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) approach.

Important: Contact your Jama Software Account Manager to set up access to the OSLC Model Connector and MID Smartfacts. For more information, see Jama Connect OSLC Model Connector Datasheet. 

 In Single Item View, you can configure specific item types for the OSLC Model Connector using the OSLC Artifacts widget.

Support for WIRIS MathType floating license

This release removes support for the WIRIS MathType named license. Jama Connect now supports the WIRIS MathType floating license. 

 

End of life for WIRIS MathType named license support

The MathType column was removed from the Admin Permissions table.    For organizations that managed WIRIS MathType named licenses in the Admin Permission table, we recommend that you remove individual users to keep things organized.

Jama Connect now supports the WIRIS MathType floating license

The WIRIS MathType Equations Editor requires a separate license. Contact your Jama Software Account Manager to:  Inquire about purchasing a license.  Convert existing WIRIS MathType named licenses to floating licenses. Self-Hosted and Airgap environments with named licenses must complete this conversion before upgrading to Jama Connect 8.66. Note: In Cloud environments, WIRIS MathType availability isn't impacted by this change.     MathType and ChemType buttons are now visible to all creator users from any Rich Text Editor.  Depending on license availability, creator users obtain a license by opening the equation editor.  To release the license back to the floating license pool, close the equation editor.

 

Updates from customer feedback

• Test runs now remain open when a session has timed out. 

• In the Reports tab of root admin, the "Restrict to Group" options are now listed in alphabetical order. 

• New improved library to support PDF exports of Velocity reports.

• You can now use "Find me" to locate a folder in a folder. 

 

Usability improvements

• You can now resize review comment windows.

• Trace View filters now support multiple choices. 

• On the Jama Connect homepage, you can now bookmark projects, components, sets, or folders so they appear under Bookmarks and remain in the Recently viewed sections. Having them appear in both places allows you to keep track of recently viewed items even if you remove the bookmark. 

• When you try to delete a filter that was used to create a review, a warning now appears. 

• In Single Item View, a refresh button has been added to the content header. 

• The "View all locked items" button was moved to the actions area of the content header. 

• In Single Item View, you can no longer unlock an item while you edit. 

 

Resolved issues

ID	Description
SOS-DEF-344	When a new flag field is added to pre-existing items, a null value is now treated as 'false' in filter results.
SOS-DEF-1751	When "Include Unexecuted Test Runs in Status Calculations" is set to "No", calculations are now displayed correctly.
SOS-DEF-4847	API "GET users" is no longer case sensitive when you search by email.
SOS-DEF-4861	PowerPoint file attachments are now indexed consistently.
SOS-DEF-5314	After you change the workflow setting for an item type on the Project Admin page, the "Current Workflow State" option is now correctly displayed in Single Item View.
SOS-DEF-5423	The "Unlock item" tooltip now reflects the date and time format that was configured by the organization admin.
SOS-DEF-5431	In the item set name of the breadcrumb link in Single Item View, special characters &, ", <, > are now displayed correctly.
SOS-DEF-5458	In List View, when you selected the option "Add Sub Attachment," an error occurred. This option was removed in this release.
SOS-DEF-5481	When you hover over an advanced filter, the name of the author now appears.
SOS-DEF-5506	Multiple links are no longer created in the breadcrumb navigation when the item set name includes "/" (slash) with or without spaces.
SOS-DEF-5515	The edge of the "Add" button is no longer highlighted when you select the space between the "Trace View" and "Add" buttons.
SOS-DEF-5521	After you edit and save an item, the Test Plan header is refreshed and now reflects the changes you made.
SOS-DEF-5544	When you move from the Filter to Tag view, the correct in-app tab name is now displayed.
SOS-DEF-5570	When you send a test plan for review, test groups and test cases linked to those groups are now included.

 

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Jama Connect 8.65 Cloud

Release date US/EU: 2021/09/17

Release date AU: 2021/09/18

 

The Review Center header gets a new look

This release continues the introduction of a new interface design for the Jama Connect Review Center. For a consistent and organized user experience, we created a standardized design pattern to make actions and views more visible. Buttons replace drop-down menus and interactive links (breadcrumb navigation) now indicate the location in your project hierarchy.

Add multiple items with "Quick add"

When brainstorming with your team, you may want to quickly capture the flow of ideas. In Jama Connect, the Quick add option lets you easily add multiple items using only the Name and Description fields. After you create the item, you can edit it to add more fields. 

Within the Quick Add module:

• Add up to 50 rows at a time. Each row represents a single item that can be added to a set of like items. 

• Use the tab key to quickly move across the table. 

• Module will respect item-type configurations of the Description field (read-only, required field)

Newly updated Trace View header

This release adds new enhancements to the interface design for the Jama Connect Trace View header. This update includes a consistent and organized user experience. We've created a standardized design pattern to make actions and views more visible. Buttons replace drop-down menus.

Additional features:

• A new confirmation modal when enabling/disabling workflow options in the Admin area.

• A new link to "Go to item" in a new browser tab from the item preview menu in Review Center.

 

Resolved issues

ID	Description
SOS-DEF-1730	A trace view can now be generated when items are added in a release already opened in list view.
SOS-DEF-5408	Users are no longer able to create duplicate relationships through reuse and "Add relationship to original item."
SOS-DEF-5413	The View all Locked items and Send for review buttons were not aligned properly when 'Relate item(s)' window was opened.
SOS-DEF-5484	In some recent Jama Connect Cloud instances, the Current Version and Version fields appeared multiple times in a field picklist. This release resolves this issue.
SOS-DEF-5495	Office Template reports no longer fail with a Java error.

Known issues

ID	Description
SOS-DEF-5470	When overriding a workflow, project admins see the message "You don't have permission to perform this action."
SOS-DEF-5314	After changing the workflow setting for an item type from the Project Admin page, the New Status drop-down menu doesn't appear.

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Jama Connect 8.64 Cloud

Release date US/EU: 2021/08/20

Release date AU: 2021/08/21

 

Updates from customer feedback

• Project Admins can now unlock user-locked items in Single Item View.

 

Resolved issues

ID	Description
SOS-DEF-2637	Locked items can be unlocked by a project admin with the appropriate permissions.
SOS-DEF-4625	Users with create/edit permissions can now assign a test case to a test group from the API using POST /testplans/{id}/testgroups/{testGroupId}/testcases.
SOS-DEF-5334	Project admins can now unlock single items in their assigned projects.
SOS-DEF-5364	When you send items for review, a notification now appears in the activity stream.
SOS-DEF-5476	You can now batch edit items from a smart filter list without receiving an error.

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Jama Connect 8.63.1 - Cloud

Release date US: 2021/08/03

Release date AU/EU: 2021/08/04

 

The Jama Connect header gets a new look

This release continues the introduction of a new interface design for the Jama Connect content headers. For a consistent and organized user experience, we created a standardized design pattern to make actions and views more visible. Buttons replace drop-down menus and interactive links (breadcrumb navigation) now indicate the location in your project hierarchy. 

 

The header is divided into two sections:

• Views — Information and actions that relate to the presentation of your data. 

• Actions — The things you can do with the currently displayed content. 

 

Where can I see it? 

The new header design now also appears in Single Item View, List View, and Reading View. Previously, it was first introduced to Baselines. In a future release, this design will also be available in Reviews and Trace View. 

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Jama Connect 8.63 Cloud

Release date US: 2021/07/23

Release date AU/EU: 2021/07/24

Usability improvements

• You can now resize review comment windows. 

 

Updates from customer feedback

• In List View, you can now remove tags when you bulk edit items.

Resolved issues

ID	Description
SOS-DEF-5044	When you batch edit items from filter results, you can no longer update release and tag values from another project.
SOS-DEF-5138	When the rich text editor is maximized, the formatting bar and header are now correctly displayed.
SOS-DEF-5153	You can now save and add another item from Single Item View.
SOS-DEF-5302	You can now delete your reports from the Reports History.
SOS-DEF-5358	When you export a Word document from a review, numbered lists are now displayed in sequential order.
SOS-DEF-5449	Admin users can override workflow at the project level.

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Jama Connect 8.62.2 Cloud

Release date AU/EMEA/US: 2021/06/25
  

This patch release resolves an issue where select items were not viewable due to a workflow-related data exception and customers were receiving an "Unknown error" message. 

   

Resolved issues

 

ID	Resolution
SOS-DEF-5365	Items are now viewable and do not display an "Unknown error" message.

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Jama Connect 8.62 Cloud

Release date US: 2021/06/04

Release date AU/EU: 2021/06/05

 

SAML and multi-mode authentication: New option that controls user provisioning

You can now control the auto-provisioning of new SAML users in both single SAML and multi-mode. If your users are set up as a user in SAML but not yet added to your user table, this option allows you to control whether users can auto-provision in Jama Connect.

• New option, Disable the auto-generation of new SAML users, was added to the root admin authentication properties. 

• When this checkbox is selected and properties are saved, your SAML users (SAML and multi-mode) can't sign in to Jama Connect until you add them to the user table. A message tells them to finish the authentication process with their administrator. 

• This option is selected by default after you upgrade to Jama Connect 8.62.

• Cloud customers, if you prefer that new SAML users appear in your instance before they are actually set up (with the correct Permissions, Licenses, User Groups) in the Jama User Table, please contact Support. They can de-select this option in your Root menu.

Updates from customer feedback

New field type: Float

You can now use custom floating decimal fields to accurately capture values and avoid converting values to another data type. The float field follows IEEE 754. These fields can be positive or negative.

Attachments in Reviews

Moderators now have the opportunity to include item attachments in the Review Center.

Additional updates

• Test runs are now automatically unlocked when a user's session times out.

• New pop-up notification now informs users when download is complete and available on the Reports History page. 

Usability improvements

Reviews 

• When you apply an activity filter to a review, then select an action (approve or reject, review, follow or unfollow), the page now reloads and takes you back to your previous location in the review. 

• When viewing all your reviews in the table view and opening a review in a new browser tab, you no longer see an error. 

REST API updates

The REST API now supports PUT and PATCH for custom fields in a test run to align with recent updates in UI. These options are available with /v1 and were previously available only within /labs.

Resolved issues

ID	Description
SOS-DEF-2587	When you use these field values in a duplicated project, they now match the time and user who performed the duplication: createdBy, createdDate, modifiedBy, and modifiedDate.
SOS-DEF-5251	The filter conditions "Empty" and "Is Not Empty" now return the correct results.
SOS-DEF-5332	Large image attachments are now uploaded correctly after a virus scan runs.
SOS-DEF-1061	When right-clicking and selecting "Open in New Tab/Window" on a Review, the selected Review opens (instead of an "Oh No" page.)

 

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Jama Connect 8.61.1 Cloud

Release date US: 2021/05/13
Release date AU/EU: 2021/05/14

This patch addresses issues found in the new Review Center template functionality and configuration. These issues were previously resolved via applied configurations by Jama Software; however, this hotfix will provide a more permanent resolution.

Resolved issues

ID	Description
SOS-DEF-5296	In the new Review Center Approval and Peer templates, the default values no longer affect previous settings.
SOS-DEF-5299	Previously, due to a hard-coded value, some customers received an error when they created a review. This issue has been resolved and the error no longer appears.

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Jama Connect 8.61 Cloud

Release date US: 2021/04/23

Release date AU/EU: 2021/04/24

Introducing multi-mode authentication 

The combination of Jama Connect Basic and SAML authentication (Basic + IdP) provides extra security by separating your internal users from external partners.

 Contact Support to enable it. 

Review center and workflow enhancements

Review center now includes templates for Approval and Peer reviews. This change provides a new way to transition items when an approver finalizes a review. By adding templates, we streamline the review configuration workflow to ensure reviews are up to date and compliant.    

 The Add review status workflow option has been replaced with Approval and Peer review templates. 


To use this feature, organization administrators must enable an Approval review in Review center settings. 


Once enabled, select Organization | Workflow, then select the items you want to transition when finalizing an Approval review.

New administration roles

We're excited to announce the release of the new Jama Connect administration roles: user admin, process admin, and add project. The new roles help alleviate the challenges that sometimes occur for organization admins working in an enterprise environment. Managing users and configurations can be an overwhelming task, potentially introducing risk if the organization admin role is assigned to a lot of users. 

User administrator

The user administrator role manages licenses, users, and groups. This role can be assigned to an individual or a group. The user admin must also be a project admin to set permission for users and groups.  

Process administrator

The process administrator role focuses on configuring content and connections in Jama Connect. The process admin must also be a project admin or user admin to access projects, users, groups, and permissions.

Add Project

The add project role is a new role that allows lets users add projects outside of the organization admin role. Users/groups will also have the ability to duplicate projects where they are a project admin.

For more information, see New administration roles and user visibility controls.

 

User and group visibility updates

Improved filtering for users and groups

Users and groups associated with items, comments, and notifications are now only visible to those with project access. Controlled by permissions, users no longer receive assignments or notifications for content they can't access. 

New settings

Allow project administrators access to all users and organization groups

In project groups or permissions, organization admins can give project admins the ability to add users outside of their project. You can find the new setting here: Admin > Organization > Details.

Enable new comments in global Stream

Creating new comments from the global Stream page (accessed from the Jama Connect header) is disabled by default. Most organizations prefer to limit access to all users and groups in Jama Connect. Users can continue to reply to comments in the global Stream, but @mention is now filtered by the project associated with the original comment. You can find the new setting here: Admin > Organization > Stream.

REST API — New permissions for GET/users and GET/usergroups

To reduce the exposure of users and user groups, additional permissions are applied to limit these calls to organization and user admins. A new project ID parameter now provides access for project admins.

• Access to GET/users and GET/usergroups will require organization or user admin roles. The user admin role is new in Jama Connect 8.61. Project admins can continue to use these endpoints, but will be required to provide a project ID where they are a project admin.

• Access to GET/users/{userId} and GET/usergroups/{id} will now perform a permissions check, ensuring the requesting user has access to the same project as the requested user or user group.

 Updates from customer feedback

• A new reports history page lists previously generated reports with the option to download them. Available from Reports in the Jama Connect header, reports now run in the background so your screen isn't blocked when you run them.

• You can now edit a Test Cycle's name, description, and date fields without updating its content.

• In List View, project admins can now batch unlock items manually. In a previous release, only organization admins could do this.

• When you click x to close the Test Execution window, the test run is no longer locked. 

• The HTML clean-up process no longer runs when you generate a non-PDF report, allowing for more control over the output.

• We have replaced the icon and label used for filters and reports. Instead of the star icon you now see the bookmark icon and instead of the "Favorites" label you now see "Bookmarks."

Resolved issues

ID	Description
SOS-DEF-1499	Temporary reports are now removed from the TempReports folder after 7 days.
SOS-DEF-4434	The ability to see project-level user groups is now restricted to admins who have access to those projects.
SOS-DEF-5036	Project admin access for organization admins is now restricted when the organization admin doesn't have admin rights to a specific project.
SOS-DEF-5189	Deleting multiple items at the same time no longer causes duplicate version numbers.
SOS-DEF-5196	When you batch-lock items, a user lock is no longer placed on an item already in a system-locked state.
SOS-DEF-5218	In the Review Center administration, approved email domains for inviting users from outside the project are now correctly displayed after you click Save.
SOS-DEF-5223	A NullPointerException error no longer occurs when you export a template that includes upstream or downstream items and a numbered list in the description.
SOS-DEF-5233	When you use a mix of bulleted and numbered lists, the formatting is now correctly exported in Word and PDF formats.
SOS-DEF-5234	Duplicate version numbers no longer appear when you select Replace with baseline, then click Restore in the Activity stream.
SOS-DEF-5238	When you edit a review from the Table view, the wizard now advances to the next page when you click Next.
SOS-DEF-5247	When you export a Trace View that includes the Tags column, the export now finishes in the expected amount of time.
SOS-DEF-5250	You can now use default export templates to format bulleted items in rich text fields.
SOS-DEF-5253	When you modify an item, users and groups in the "Assigned To" fields are now limited to only those with access to that project.
Data fix	This release resolves the issue where version numbers didn't increment sequentially. For specific questions about this fix, contact Support.

Known issues

ID	Description
SOS-DEF-5222	When you archive a picklist option, it remains visible but you can't select it. If you use multi-select to edit this option, the selection might disappear.

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Jama Connect 8.60 Cloud

Release date US: 2021/03/12

Release date AU/EU: 2021/03/13

 

Updates from customer feedback

This release provides the ability to:

• Resize the columns in the test step table when executing a test. 

• Export the number of links, attachments, and item path in compatible reports. 

Velocity logging enhancement

Debugging custom Velocity reports can be difficult and time consuming. To help alleviate these challenges, this release adds logging information to contour.log from the Velocity LogTool.

Sample:

## sets a variable x to some value and then logs a message that includes the variable value in the output

#set($x = 8675309)

$logTool.info("What is the value? ${x}")

Coming soon — Changes to review workflows

In an upcoming release, the Review center will include templates for Approval and Peer reviews. This change provides a new way to transition items when an approver finalizes a review. By adding templates, we streamline the review configuration workflow to ensure reviews are up to date and compliant.    

The Add review status workflow option will be replaced with Approval and Peer review templates. 

To use this feature, organization administrators must enable an Approval review in Review center settings. 

Once enabled, select Organization | Workflow, then select the items you want to transition when finalizing an Approval review.


Why are we making this change? 

Many of our users asked for the ability to merge the item and review workflows. The existing review workflow isn't integrated with the more complex item workflow process. In its current form, a completed review can't implement the item workflow or provide status updates. To integrate these workflows, we need to remove the existing review workflow. 

How does this change impact users?

The item status update options will no longer be available when you finalize a review. To continue item status updates, your administrator will have to configure the items' workflow and review approval state. 

We recommend batch updating items in a review or project if: 

• You don't want to configure the system's workflow feature.

• You find value in updating the status for items when a review workflow is completed.

For more information about workflow status change, see Managing workflow.

 What are the benefits? 

The new templates and workflow integration offer a streamlined experience for moderators. Reviews are consistent and up to date. 

Coming soon — New administration roles

We're excited to announce the release of the new Jama Connect administration roles. Starting in 8.60, this feature is available to select customers with plans to make it available to all customers in 8.61. Jama Connect will include new administrator roles: user administrator and process administrator. The new roles help alleviate the challenges that sometimes occur for organization admins working in an enterprise environment. Managing users and configurations can be an overwhelming task, potentially introducing risk if the organization admin role is assigned to a lot of users.

User administrator

The user administrator role manages licenses, users, and groups. This role can be assigned to an individual or a group. The user admin must also be a project admin to set permission for users and groups. 

Process administrator

The process administrator role focuses on configuring content and connections in Jama Connect. The process admin must also be a project admin or user admin to access projects, users, groups, and permissions.

New administration roles and user visibility controls

Coming soon — Internet Explorer support ending Fall 2021

Microsoft is ending support for Internet Explorer and Edge. Microsoft Edge Chromium will be the supported browser going forward.

 We recommend that you access Jama Connect from these browsers:

• Chrome

• Firefox

• Safari

• Edge Chromium

If you have questions or comments, submit a ticket at support.jamasoftware.com. 

Resolved issues

ID	Description
SOS-DEF-1834	When signing in to Jama Connect using IE 11, it no longer matters how fast or slowly you type your username and password.
SOS-DEF-4181	When you access the Help from Admin > Workflow, the correct topic now appears.
SOS-DEF-4388	When you hover over a Test Cycle, the full name is now correctly displayed.
SOS-DEF-4855	You can now import images from Microsoft Word to Rich Text fields.
SOS-DEF-5109	Users with a Collaborator license type can now unlock Test Runs that they locked.
SOS-DEF-5173	Smart filters with a subquery no longer cause timeouts when searching.
SOS-DEF-5175	The Description field for text and images, which appears when you edit an item in a review, has been expanded.

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Jama Connect 8.59 Cloud

Release date US: 2021/02/12

Release date AU/EMEA: 2021/02/13

Admin activity history improvements

The Project admin panel now includes added administrative activities filtered by project.

  

New audit activities available at project level

The Project admin activity stream includes actions from these tabs: 

 

Tab	Available information
Settings	Changes in version items; maximum number of items displayed in the Explorer Tree; where to save test run defects.
Item Types	Item types that transition from visible to hidden and from hidden to visible.
Release List	What was added, edited, deleted, archived, and unarchived in a project release.
Project Permissions	Modifications to inherited permissions; added and removed permissions at the project level.
Workflow	Overriden items and who overrode them; removed and configured workflows per item type in a project.
Attachments	Attachments added from the Attachments tab of the Project admin panel.
Tag Management	What was added, deleted, and edited to a tag in a project.
Index	When a project level index was initiated.
Clean Up	When project cleanup and project baselines cleanup are initiated.

 

Ability to track project management for org admins

Organization administrators can now see basic create and delete activities at the project level, such as adding a project or project folder; deleting a project or project folder, and archiving and unarchiving a project. 

 

Updates from customer feedback

• You can now send items for review directly from List View. In List View, select the items you want reviewed, then select Actions > Send for review.

 

• You can now see attachment and link details in List View. When configured to appear in List View, the # of Links and # of Attachments columns display a link with the total count. Select the number to open a panel with more details.  

• You can now include the tags column in exports from the Trace View.

• Organization and Project administrators will no longer be able to Override or Modify users or groups assigned the Organization Admin role. The Organization Admin is a role that has access to all projects and items and the appearance of overriding access has resulted in confusion and difficultly in navigating permission settings.

Updates to CKEditor

Jama Connect now uses CKEditor 4.15.0 for rich text editing.  This upgrade includes several resolved issues, including SOS-DEF-4689 (see details below). 

Updates to REST

A new header option "x-jama-date-fields-with-time" has been introduced to the REST API for serializing dates in the fields as ISO-8601. This will help eliminate confusion around dates that may be affected by UTC.

When the header is not used or set to false the system will continue include the field values as dates. When the value is set to true the values will be a complete datetime.

         

Coming soon — Changes to review workflows

In an upcoming release, the Review center will include templates for Approval and Peer reviews. This change provides a new way to transition items when an approver finalizes a review. By adding templates, we streamline the review configuration workflow to ensure reviews are up to date and compliant.    

 

The Add review status workflow option will be replaced with Approval and Peer review templates. 

To use this feature, organization administrators must enable an Approval review in Review center settings. 

 

Once enabled, select Organization | Workflow, then select the items you want to transition when finalizing an Approval review.

 

 

Why are we making this change? 

Many of our users asked for the ability to merge the item and review workflows. The existing review workflow isn't integrated with the more complex item workflow process. In its current form, a completed review can't implement the item workflow or provide status updates. To integrate these workflows, we need to remove the existing review workflow. 

 

How does this change impact users?

The item status update options will no longer be available when you finalize a review. To continue item status updates, your administrator will have to configure the items' workflow and review approval state. 

 

We recommend batch updating items in a review or project if: 

• You don't want to configure the system's workflow feature.

• You find value in updating the status for items when a review workflow is completed.

For more information about workflow status change, see Managing workflow.

 

What are the benefits? 

The new templates and workflow integration offer a streamlined experience for moderators. Reviews are consistent and up to date. 

If you have questions or comments, submit a ticket at support.jamasoftware.com. 

Coming soon — New administration roles

In an upcoming release, Jama Connect will include new administrator roles: user administrator and process administrator. The new roles help alleviate the challenges that sometimes occur for organization admins working in an enterprise environment. Managing users and configurations can be an overwhelming task, potentially introducing risk if the organization admin role is assigned to a lot of users.

 

These roles provide the ability to control the administrators' responsibilities at a more granular level. 

User administrator

The user administrator role manages licenses, users, and groups. This role can be assigned to an individual or a group. The user admin must also be a project admin to set permission for users and groups. 

Process administrator

The process administrator role focuses on configuring content and connections in Jama Connect. The process admin must also be a project admin or user admin to access projects, users, groups, and permissions. 

 This role can modify these settings:

 

• Item types

• Pick lists

• Relationship rules

• Review Center

• Risk management

• Workflow

Resolved issues

ID	Description
SOS-DEF-2509	During a re-sign-in user is routed to correct page.
SOS-DEF-4673	A project folder can no longer be assigned as its own parent from the REST API.
SOS-DEF-4689	Formatting issues no longer occur when you copy and paste a numbered list from Microsoft Word or Chrome.
SOS-DEF-4850	When you export to Microsoft Word from Review Center, numbered lists are now displayed as separate sections and bulleted lists are preserved.
SOS-DEF-5040	When you add project permissions from the Permissions tab, you now see only the current project's groups.
SOS-DEF-5163	Opening a second folder after viewing another folder opens the second folder as expected.

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Jama Connect 8.58 Cloud

Release date US: 2021/01/15
Release date EU/AU: 2021/01/16

A new look for Stream comments

This release introduces a new interface design for Stream comments. You can see the new look when you add, resolve, or reply to a Stream comment.  

Improvements include:

• Layout and consistency with the rest of the application

• New user avatar design in all commenting views

• Better user experience for resolving comments with open actions

Database traffic management improvements

This release includes improvements to database traffic management, which reduces the impact of traffic spikes from users. 

Resolved Issues

ID	Description
SOS-DEF-1673	Comments widget now shows the correct number of comments for Test Plans and Test Runs.
SOS-DEF-3105	Selecting a set from the Explorer Tree now returns the correct items when a group is granted read access rights for only one set in a component.
SOS-DEF-5137	In the message "Review is closed," the date is now displayed in the correct format you configured.

Jama Connect 8.57 Cloud

Release date US: 2020/12/18
Release date EU/AU: 2020/12/19

Configurable date formats 

Organization administrators can now configure the date format from the Organization Details page. The default setting is month/day/year, but can be changed to year/month/day or day/month/year as needed.

Jama Connect 8.56 Cloud

Release date AU: 2020/11/06
Release date US/EMEA: 2020/11/06

 

Increased security

Jama Software has increased security for our Cloud customers. To protect users, we now offer virus scanning when you upload attachments.

 

Updates from customer feedback

Admin Activity stream now includes the ability to refresh and resize.

Jama Connect 8.55 Cloud

Release date AU: 2020/09/26
Release date US/EMEA: 2020/09/25  

 

Baseline improvements 

This release adds the ability to show or hide IDs for sources, baselines, and folders in the baseline tree. When the IDs are visible, you can search for them using the baseline search box.

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Jama Connect 8.54.1 Hotfix 

Release date AU/US/EMEA: 2020/09/18

This patch release resolves errors occurring if specific fields were selected when you exported from Trace View. 

 

Resolved issues 

ID	Resolution
SOS-DEF-4988	Exporting from Trace View now works as designed.

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Jama Connect 8.54 Cloud

Release date AU: 2020/08/28
Release date US/EMEA: 2020/08/28  

Baseline improvements 

The baseline header, List View, and Reading View were redesigned for a streamlined user experience.  

List View now follows the same pattern as Project List View

• You can now add custom fields, sort, and drag and drop.

• To display the baselined and current versions in List View or Reading View, select the gear icon, then select ​Current version​ and ​Version​​.

• Preview item now appears as a slide-out panel. From here, you can view the item version and versioned fields that were included for the item when it was baselined. 

Reading View now follows the same pattern as Project Reading View 

• You can now add custom fields from the gear icon. 

• Preview Item now appears as a slide-out panel where you can view the item version and versioned fields that were included when it was baselined. 

 

A redesigned baseline header provides easier access to actions

• If you accessed the baseline from a link or the Explorer Tree hierarchy is collapsed, select Find me to locate the baseline in the baseline tree.  

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Jama Connect 8.53 Cloud

Release date AU: 2020/08/07
Release date US/EMEA: 2020/08/07   

 

Configure review comments to appear in your project

Comments made during a review can now be configured to appear in the project view for that item. When enabled by the administrator, review moderators can — for each review — allow comments to be displayed for the item in that project. Comments are visible as they are made and during the review, and remain after the review is closed.   

This option needs to be enabled in two places for it to take effect. The administrator must enable it in the Review Center Settings and moderators must enable it when they create a review.

 

Review Center Settings: 

Initiate review settings: 

Project Single Item View:

 

Enhanced text highlighting in reviews

Scanning comments in reviews is now easier, thanks to new colors representing the comment's state. Yellow = open; green = resolved; and red = rejected. When you select a highlighted comment, the remaining highlighted comments temporarily change to gray, so you can focus on the selected comment.

 

Updates from customer feedback

• Adjust row height —Ability to adjust the line height in List View, enabling word wrap. The page might take a few seconds to load when multiple columns are being re-aligned to wrap the text. 

 

 

• Configure custom fields to appear when executing a Test Run — Add fields to the Test Run item type to have access to them when executing a Test Run. 

Example: Add a test field to capture the serial number for a product being tested.

 

• Update to @mention — Suggested names are now limited to the users within the project.

 

TFS and Jira connectors have been removed from Admin 

The TFS and Jira connectors, which were previously announced as coming to end of life in April 2019, have now been removed from the Admin section.  

 

Resolved issues

ID	Description
SOS-DEF-2609	In reports, the mail merge tag "TableStart:STEPS" no longer causes HTML to export with test case steps.
SOS-DEF-2635	The jamacore container entry script no longer throws an exception when it parses trusted certificate .pem files that contain zero-width, no-break spaces.
SOS-DEF-2958	When you create an export with mail merge codes, items in tables are now exported in the correct order.
SOS-DEF-4241	The Synchronized Items widget no longer causes performance issues.
SOS-DEF-4275	All selected fields are now included when you export to Word from List View.
SOS-DEF-4831	Test Run exports to Word no longer contain HTML code in Test Steps and images are now rendered correctly.
SOS-DEF-4853	The Velocity engine now successfully retrieves relationship types from baselines.
SOS-DEF-4888	Velocity report permission checks are now processed significantly faster when the "permissionsOff" report parameter is enabled.

Jama Connect 8.52 Cloud

Release date AU: 2020/07/10
Release date US/EMEA: 2020/07/10

 

New options for custom reports 

 

Formatting 

An upgraded Velocity exporter allows report writers to upload HTML templates with full Velocity script support, including header and footer customization, and control of page size, margin, style, and layout.  

Important: For Velocity reports in PDF format to appear correctly, changes must be made to your custom PDF reports. For more information, see the community guide on custom velocity PDF exports or contact your consultant.

 

Permissions 

Self-Hosted organization administrators now have the ability to selectively extend permission for specific custom reports. Cloud customers must contact Support to configure these settings. 

 

Updates from customer feedback

This release adds the ability to sort from the Tags column in List View.

 

Performance improvements

This release provides general performance improvements.

 

Resolved issues

ID	Description
SOS-DEF-368	Reuse and edit options are now correctly displayed when a user with read access selects items from List View or filter results.
SOS-DEF-607	In List View, the configure fields drop-down list now includes a scroll bar for item types.
SOS-DEF-656	Exporting a Word document no longer adds an extra paragraph above the heading.
SOS-DEF-2146	The Tag Cloud now correctly updates when adding more than 20 tags.
SOS-DEF-4378	Duplicating a project with more than 12 workflow overrides now successfully completes.
SOS-DEF-4583	You can now relate test runs to items from the API.
SOS-DEF-4793	Exporting to Word using the Office Template no longer creates an extra line break after rich text fields.

Known issues

ID	Description
SOS-DEF-4860	When exporting an item from a Word or PDF document, and the item has more than one table, the lower border of the last table is missing.

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Jama Connect 8.51 Cloud

Release date AU: 2020/06/05
Release date US/EMEA: 2020/06/05

 

Managing access to the equation editor

• Organization administrators can assign individual users access to the WIRIS MathType Editor.

Note: Access to the equation editor is optional.  Contact your Jama Software account manager if you are interested in licensing this capability.

 

Updates from customer feedback

• In List View, you can now include the number of attachments and links in the items table. 

 

• The Actions menu now includes the option to View all locked items. 

 

• When editing items, the Save & done button is now highlighted in blue as the primary action.

Resolved issues

ID	Resolution
SOS-DEF-1253	You can now relate items if both are locked by the system or another user.

 

Jama Connect 8.50 Cloud

Release date AU: 2020/05/08
Release date US/EMEA: 2020/05/08

 

Updates to baseline permissions 

• Organization and project administrators can edit the name and description of a signed baseline.

 

Updates from customer feedback

• From the Organization Details page, administrators can generate equation images as PNG or SVG files using the WIRIS MathType editor.  

 

Resolved issues

ID	Resolution
SOS-DEF-4064	The logout timer now works as designed.
SOS-DEF-4678	When updating existing items with round-trip imports, the system will stop the import and alert the user when there are two rows in Excel that refer to the same API ID.
SOS-DEF-1840	Items locked by the user or systems are now correctly duplicated.
SOS-DEF-4242	Using the Rich Text Editor to copy and paste larger images now finishes successfully.