Accruent Meridian Cloud 2023.3 Release Notes

We're delivering this upgrade with the following highlights:

  • 3D BIM IFC viewer – Import, exchange, and view 3D IFC models in Meridian Portal.

  • Compare revisions – View and compare revisions of Master Documents in Cloud Explorer.

ClosedRelease Information

ClosedRelease Schedule

Meridian Portal

  • Not for Production: November 14 (US), November 15 (EU)

  • Production: December 12 (US), December 13 (EU)

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.

ClosedAdministration Improvements

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Windows Search service is an optional feature in PowerWeb that is controlled by the DisablePowerWebContentSearch feature toggle. This service is now disabled by default. Enabling it can impact the performance of PowerWeb.

MPS-54061

There is no longer a limit of 64 KB on the Hierarchical Lookup values. This way, you can add more property values to the Meridian hierarchical lookup list.

MPS-53228

In Dashboards, you can now see the Revision property and the Returned package acknowledged event in the document details report.

MPS-51875

ClosedPortal Improvements

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Meridian Portal now supports the new IFC Viewer Rendering Module. With this rendering module, you can view 3D BIM models in the PDFTron viewer and have the ability to switch visible layers. MPS-48114

On the Documents page, the document type column now shows the customized terminology, as expected.

MPS-53576

Project Owners, Document Controllers, Contractors, and Contributors can now upload files with .rvt and .ifc formats together. After commit, this results in the creation of a document with .rvt source and .ifc rendition.

MPS-53648

Contractors can now match IFC files to existing documents during upload.

MPS-54069

We fixed an issue that prevented links to packages from working on the Documents page when the packages had In Review status.

MPS-53479

If you download a PDF with redlines from Portal and open it in Chrome or Edge, you can now see all the redlines and text comments in their original color.

MPS-52886

ClosedExplorer Improvements

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In Cloud Explorer, you can now compare renditions of specific revisions. MPS-52333
When releasing a new revision, Cloud Explorer now carries the asset-document relationships from the previous master revision into the new one. MPS-48438

In Cloud Explorer, you can now share dynamic URLs to renditions, including URLs for specific revisions, so that external users can view them. The user must be authenticated as a Meridian Cloud user and have the required role for that.

MPS-52312

ClosedAPI Improvements

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Linking Master Assets to Master Documents now causes the modified date of the Master Documents to be updated. MPS-53185

In Cloud Explorer, new document revisions now maintain the asset relations to the previous revision.

MPS-48438