What's New in the 2022.2 Release

Meridian Cloud is software as a service (SaaS) that is continuously improved. We deploy these improvements to your account (tenancy) as soon as they are completed and tested.

Some of the improvements are minor and are immediately available to you to use. These typically have little to no impact on your data and processes and do not require configuration.

Some of the improvements are part of a major feature that has not yet been completed. These typically can have an impact on your data or processes and might require configuration.

Partial improvements are typically disabled in your account until the entire feature has been completed and tested. Each quarter, we enable the completed major features either for all Meridian Cloud accounts or for specific accounts after consulting with you.

ClosedRelease Schedule

Here are the scheduled dates of when the release will be made available to your tenancy.

Meridian Portal

  • Not for Production: August 23 (US), August 24 (EU)

  • Production: September 20 (US), September 21 (EU)

Meridian Cloud Business*

  • Not for Production: August 25 - August 29

  • Production: September 22 - September 26

*Exact dates will be communicated for each tenancy individually by email and inside the software.

ClosedRelease Toggles And Feature Toggles

A release toggle is a temporary switch used while a feature is being developed and tested on Accruent-only tenancies. It hides the feature from production releases until the feature is ready for release. We enable all release toggles as part of the release process—first for Accruent-only tenants, second for customer non-production tenants, and finally for customer production tenants. There is 3 to 4 week gap between each step. The functionality enabled by a particular release toggle is noted below.

A feature toggle is used to configure an application depending on a customer's subscription level or unique needs. These can be changed per customer via a Support request. Learn more about feature toggles.

ClosedImprovements In This Release

The following tables list improvements in specific application or functional areas.

ClosedAdministration Improvements

The following enhancements have been made to system administration.

Reference Description

MPS-40041

We've added a new Project Exchange API to our Developer Portal. These API endpoints can support the exchange of project package information and documents with 3rd party applications, including status and metadata. From a 3rd party application, you can create the possibility to modify Meridian documents and send the updated documents back to Meridian. With the API endpoints, you can develop integrations that can:

  • Detect if there are new packages available for the contractor inside the tenant.

  • Retrieve, export, and download all documents per project ID and package number.

  • Upload documents to a project.

To learn how to access our API Developer Portal, see Meridian Cloud APIs.

MPS-39690

MPS-45883

For the As-Built API, the number of API calls is now limited to 100 calls per minute, and 1,000 records per call. The API will paginate the results for calls that exceed 100 returned records.

MPS-43743

 We increased the timeout for rendering to 30 minutes. This improvement allows larger documents to be rendered successfully.

MPS-36252

We fixed an issue that was preventing customized terminology from being applied to the Master Document Number field.

MPS-29520

We fixed an issue that was preventing customized terminology from being applied to review response codes on a review package when the review package had already been completed.

MPS-43853

PDF is now the default rendition format, but XOD Viewing is disabled by default. If you want to enable XOD viewing for your Tenancy, ask Accruent Support to enable the SetXodAsDefaultRenditionFormat feature toggle.

MPS-45412

 The Master Scope Roles are now applicable to the Cloud Explorer. However, only the Master Manager and Master Assigner can link and unlink tags.

MPS-45424

 The Tags Scope Roles are now applicable to the Cloud Explorer.

MPS-43203

We've automated several more end use cases and included the test results in our test reports. The automated use cases are:

  • EUC-14: Send to Portal

  • EUC-15: Validate that context menu commands are enabled and disabled as expected

  • EUC-118-2: Document Editor cannot create new generic document if it is disabled in Portal

  • EUC-123-2: Document Editor cannot import generic document if it is disabled in Portal

  • EUC-31-3: Master Manager can update rendition in Master Area

  • EUC-111-2: As an editor, I cannot create project document if it is disabled in Portal

  • EUC-117-2: As an editor, I am not able to import project document if it is disabled on Portal

  • EUC-153: Update assembly from ACAD

  • EUC-129-3: View rendition when user selects document thumbnail

Learn how to run an automated test report.

ClosedPortal Improvements

The following enhancements have been made to Portal.

Reference Description

MPS-42258

 We fixed an issue that was preventing packages from appearing in My Tasks for a reviewer if this reviewer was added to a package already in review.

MPS-41477

 We fixed an issue that prevented users from uploading an annotated PDF file to a review package if the source file was a .docx or .txt file.

MPS-30304

 The Revision Number of a document is now synchronized between Portal and PowerWeb.

MPS-42552

MPS-42553

When you upload a document, Portal now automatically generates a document number for document if the required properties are populated for the document. You can also use the Generate Document Numbers action for a batch of documents on the Clipboard.

This functionality is only available for documents in Draft or For Routing status.

This feature is enabled by the 2022_2_Generate_Document_Number release toggle.

MPS‑43429

If you are a Document Controller, from the Package Details page, you can now add the contents of a review package to the clipboard. This feature is enabled by the 2022_2_Add_Review_Documents_To_Clipboard release toggle.

ClosedPowerWeb Improvements

The following enhancements have been made to PowerWeb.

Reference Description

MPS-37455

 Users with the Master Viewer, Documentation Viewer, or Archiver Viewer scope roles can no longer download the source file for a document. They can only download the rendition.

MPS-43131

 If document naming is set to automatic and you import a document, the original filename is stored in Imported From.

MPS-41526

 From the Tags page, you can see an embedded version of the Explorer Related Assets page.

MPS-46591

MPS-46530

 We fixed an issue that was preventing users from building reports in PowerWeb.

MPS-43349

We fixed an issue that prevented Document Controllers from deleting empty folders.

MPS-43852

We have disabled automatic XOD generation for imported documents. This update improves performance and usability when viewing PDF renditions.

MPS-43238

The Discipline # and Classification # fields have been added as sortable columns in the Folders view.

MPS-42672

We now support rendering for .dwf and .dxf documents.

MPS-30304

 The Revision Number of a document is now synchronized between Portal and PowerWeb.

ClosedCloud Explorer Improvements

The following enhancements have been made to the Cloud Explorer.

Reference Description

MPS-37455

 Users can no longer download the source file for a document. They can only download the rendition.

MPS-43465

MPS-43757

MPS-43836

MPS-43773

MPS-43758

MPS-43658

MPS-43756

MPS-42605

We've made several enhancements to the Cloud Explorer. These enhancements can be enabled with the 2022_2_Explorer_Enhancements release toggle:

  • In the Related Assets page, you can view assets related to a selected document.

  • In the Related Documents page, you can view documents related to a selected asset.

  • You can navigate from Related Assets to Documents and from Related Documents to Assets using a breadcrumb at the top of these pages.

  • If you have the Asset Linker, Asset Editor, or Asset Manager roles, in the Related Assets page for a document, you can link or unlink assets to a document. These actions are tracked in the Audit Log.

  • If you have the Asset Manager role, you can save your search results for assets.

  • There are two new pages for viewing references:

    • In the References page, you can view a list of documents linked from a selected document.

    • In the Where Used pages, you can view a list of documents linked to a selected document.

MPS-45760

 When you select rows in the Documents or Assets view, an indication of the number of selected rows appears next to Documents or Assets at the top of these pages. If you change the active filter, the selected rows are cleared.

MPS-45887

We resolved two filtering issues:

  • On the Related Documents page, date filters open a date selector instead of a text field.

  • On the Related Assets page, the Status filter populates with status values instead of being empty.

MPS-45683

The link to a referenced document on the References and Where Used tabs of a document now opens the referenced document as expected.

MPS-45681

When you navigate to the related documents or reference documents for a document, the filters you applied for the master document are no longer applied to the records on the page. The default filters are used instead.

MPS-45139

When you view the related assets of a document from the Related Documents page, you can now use the Link Assets and Unlink Assets buttons.

MPS-33327

 View and download actions in the Cloud Explorer now appear as events in the Audit Log.

ClosedLegacy Explorer Improvements

The following enhancements have been made to the legacy Explorer.

Reference Description

MPS-37455

 Users can no longer download the source file for a document. They can only download the rendition.

 

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