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Version: v250905

Release Date: 5th September, 2025

Summary

This release includes some configuration updates related to bugs raised from an earlier POC release:

ID Work Item Type Title State Tags
642064 Bug CMIN: Request Type List does not match the requirements New Stage1_Priority; v250905
642587 Bug Both: Lead portfolio list is incorrect New Change to requirements; Stage1_Priority; v250905
642817 Bug CABSUB: Issues with "COMM - Housing and Building Committee (HBC)" in the Meeting Type dropdown New v250905
642950 Bug Power BI: Pipeline report: missing fields Done Power BI; v250905

Package versions

  • Brief Connect Client Package - v2.2.8-rc
  • Brief Connect Server Package - v2.2.8-rc

Manual pre-deployment steps

N/A

Deployment steps (in order)

  1. Deploy Release 14 for Deploy Brief Connect Office Resources release pipeline in Azure DevOps to the target environment.
  2. Deploy v2.2.8-rc (1) for Deploy Brief Connect Application release pipeline in Azure DevOps to the target environment.

Power BI

  1. Download the ‘Brief Connect.pbix’ and ‘Pipeline.pbix’ files from the office resources ‘Power BI/Model’ and ‘Power BI/Reports’ folders respectively.
  2. Open the dataset workspace, select ‘Import’, choose ‘from a file’ and select ‘BriefConnect.pbix’.
  3. Once the model is imported, open the ‘Pipelines.pbix’ file in Power BI desktop.
  4. An error will appear saying the report cannot access the model. Click ‘Edit’ and select the ‘BriefConnect’ semantic model.
  5. Publish the report to the reports workspace.

Manual post-deployment steps

Import Latest Configuration File

Config file to import:

  1. Download the latest Configuration File:

  2. Navigate to the Admin Panel:

    • Open the Brief Connect application and go to the Admin Panel (https://[WEB_APP_URL]/#/adminPanel)
    • Ensure you are logged into Brief Connect as a user with system administrative privileges.

    If there is no configuration set, you have to set up Administrator user Id in the Environment variable AdminEntraId in the Azure Function App. The value should be the Object Id of the user in Entra ID (Azure AD). 3. Click the "Import from ZIP" button. 4. In the dialog: * Click "Select File & Import". * Select the Configuration File to import attached to these release notes (see step 1.). 5. The system will process the ZIP file and import the configuration. The list of configurations will refresh, and the imported configuration can then be selected and loaded. 6. After importing, select the newly imported configuration from the dropdown list. 7. Click the "Apply" button to apply the imported configuration. 8. Wait for the confirmation message indicating that the configuration has been successfully applied. 9. Select Update SharePoint Content Types button from the menu bar. Ensure that active configuration is selected from dropdown first. 10. The application will now use the newly applied configuration settings.

Clear the Server cache

  1. In the browser console via Developer Tools, run the command window.clearCache().
    Example:
    clear-cache.png

Smoke Tests

Please execute the following smoke tests after completing all deployment steps:

  • Confirm the CMIN request type field values have been updated
  • Confirm the CMIN and CABSUB Lead portfolio field values have been updated
  • Confirm the value "COMM - Housing and Building Committee (HBC)" in the Meeting Type dropdown has been updated
  • Confirm the Division, stage, record type have been added as fields in the Pipeline report, alongside traffic light colours