Accruent Meridian Enterprise 2023 Release Notes

We're delivering this upgrade on August 11, 2023, with the following highlights:

  • Autodesk 2024 family support – Work with the latest Autodesk products integrated in Meridian workflows.

  • 3D BIM IFC viewer – View 3D IFC models and inspect asset data in a web application without having to download or install a local application.

  • Performance improvements – Several improvements to provide better performance on large vaults.

  • Add print stamp to downloaded rendition – Show clear and concise status on each hard copy to prevent inappropriate use.

  • OAuth 2.0 for SharePoint Publisher – Increase the security of the integration between Meridian and SharePoint.

ClosedAdministration Improvements

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When a user browses to a Meridian client but does not have an account in Enterprise Server, an account was automatically created. As result, the user could enter the client and a license is claimed.

As this is not always desired, we implemented an option to disable automatic creation of a Meridian account when a user browses to a Meridian client. If this option is enabled and the user does not have an account, a page appears saying that the user has no access.

MPS-47049

MPS-47651

MPS-47652

In Meridian Enterprise ServerAdministration Console, you can now enter a value to filter all columns in the list of user names.

MPS-24726

ClosedApplication Link Improvements

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The AutoCAD 2024 family is now supported. Autodesk Inventor 2024 and Autodesk Revit 2024 are now supported.

MPS-50308

ClosedClient Improvements

Improvements apply to the PowerWeb client application unless otherwise stated.

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We fixed an issue that caused documents to be editable in LWS while these documents weren't editable by the user in the vault. That led to errors in the workflow transitions. MPS-50738

Some users were getting an issue that caused TOC layouts to be distorted during synchronization. As a workaround, you can configure the new SkipToC registry value so that the synchronization skips the TOC.

MPS-50953
We fixed an issue that caused vault icons generated by Application Integration not to appear in Windows 11. MPS-50650

If you click a folder or navigation level that contains a number of items larger than a pre-configured limit, instead of listing the items, a pane appears with the following options: Search by name and Quick Search.

For navigation views, this feature doesn't consider the selected level. This as a limitation that will be addressed in a future release.

If you select a document and the number of incoming or outgoing references is larger than the number for the pre-configured limit, only that number of references appear. In this case, a message appears saying that there are too many references.

The reason for these limitations is that showing a large number of items might affect performance. The default limit number is 3000. This number is defined by the MaxItemsInList value.

MPS-49638

MPS-50455

MPS-50456

MPS-51256

You can now rename a Static Collection in PowerWeb.

MPS-41024

We included new registry key settings to configure Site Cache Client connection retries. The ConnectionRetries value controls the maximum number of retries. The ConnectionRetryInterval value controls the time interval between retries. The LogDetails value controls the recording of retries in the log.

MPS-52472

This update applies to the following case: you are logged into PowerWeb, a default domain name is configured for an electronic signature, a workflow is configured with e-signature on a transition , you are not in the default domain for your e-signature, and you have a document selected. Now if you execute the workflow transition with the e-signature in these conditions, you don't need to include the domain name in your user name.

MPS-48013

We fixed an issue that caused the User Name field to be disabled sometimes when authentication is configured to use the Site Cache Client. This field is now always editable.

MPS-51796

In PowerWeb, when you select a batch of documents to download a PDF rendition for printing, the renditions are now added to a PDF Portfolio. If print stamps are configured for the documents, they are added to the PDF Portfolio.

We renamed the Print Renditions option in PowerWeb to Download for Print. Use this option to download a batch of renditions for printing.

MPS-52323

MPS-49106

We fixed an issue that caused a "Type mismatch" message to appear when double-clicking a document that is not locked and is in Quick Change on the To-Do List of another user. Documents in this situation are now synchronized to the LWS as read-only files and will not be locked. MPS-52705
You can now view PDF renditions when Site Cache is disabled. MPS-51910

When downloading a batch of documents, the source files and their CAD references are now added to a .zip archive.

MPS-33881

When downloading a batch of renditions, the renditions are now added to a .zip archive.

MPS-48225

You can now view renditions using a Site Cache server that is in a different domain from the one of the WebAccess server.

MPS-51882

You can now attach renditions via the Site Cache Client. This option in particularly useful if you need to view a model with the IFC viewer which requires uploading a large rendition file.

MPS-47862 MPS-51783

ClosedConfiguration Improvements

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We included new registry key settings to configure Site Cache Client connection retries. The ConnectionRetries value controls the maximum number of retries. The ConnectionRetryInterval value controls the time interval between retries. The LogDetails value controls the recording of retries in the log.

MPS-52472

OAuth 2.0 is now available for using Microsoft SharePoint as a destination system.

MPS-51756

ClosedVBScript Customization Improvements

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Executing a custom command that accesses data in the User.Profile object in PowerWeb now returns the data set in your user profile. Previously, values in the User.Profile script object were initialized only when a new profile was created.

MPS-42904

ClosedViewer Improvements

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We extended support to redlines to more PDF viewers. You can view redlines using WebViewer, Chrome, Edge, and Adobe Acrobat Reader. MPS-52883

You can now view 3D IFC models and inspect asset data in a web application without having to download or install a local application.

To learn how to install the components for using this feature, see Install Apryse BIM Server.

MPS-50338

ClosedExplorer Improvements

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Users with the Repository Administrator and Application Administrator privileges can now delete packages created by other users. This feature can be used to delete packages created by people who left the company.

MPS-40168

We fixed an issue that caused the PDFTron viewer to use the XOD file even if Enable XOD viewing is not selected. MPS-49295
You can now view PDF renditions when Site Cache is disabled. MPS-51910

We extended the maximum number of results that appear when using a filter URL to 1,000.

MPS-49926

ClosedPublisher Improvements

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OAuth 2.0 is now available for using Microsoft SharePoint as a destination system.

MPS-51756

ClosedKnown Issues

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Enable XOD viewing does not work if the user accesses the client using localhost://. MPS-49295

If you have an Autodesk document file (such as .iam or .dwg) available in the vault and open the vault in a Windows 11 workstation, when you download the document using Site Cache mode, the Windows dialog to select the application to open the document with doesn't appear. As a workaround, you can download the document to the LWS folder and open it from there.

MPS-53419

Load testing has shown that the memory consumption of the Meridian IIS application increases continuously if the PowerWeb client is set to ActiveX mode. This does not affect the PowerWeb IIS application and the case in which the PowerWeb client is set to Site Cache mode.

If the majority of your users are using ActiveX mode and the Meridian IIS application, we recommend that you recycle the Meridian IIS application daily.

This issue is under investigation and a patch will be published as soon as possible.

MPS-53703

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