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Version: v260306 (BC 2.5.1)

Summary

This release contains the following requirements changes, bugfixes and record subtype configuration items. Please test these thoroughly in the TEST environment to confirm they are working as expected.

| ID | Title | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------- | --------------- | ------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | | 676234 | Remove tooltip from CICMC subtype (DH) | Ryan Ball E² | Test | 1-Must Have | DH; Release v260306 | | 679246 | Decision Maker for CSEC to be optional | Ryan Ball E² | Committed | 1-Must Have | Change to requirements; DFFH; Release v260306 | | 679240 | Alteration to Cabinet in Confidence ISC field name | Ryan Ball E² | Committed | 1-Must Have | Change to requirements; Release v260306 | | 668979 | Step 2 has incorrect tool tip | Ryan Ball E² | Pending Release | 1-Must Have | DFFH; Release v260226; Release v260306; Stage2_Priority; tooltips | | 666332 | Cabinet: CICMC: request changes to the Cabinet or Committee dropdown values | Ryan Ball E² | Committed | 3-Could Have | Cabinet; CICMC; DH; Release v260306; Stage2 | | 669269 | Parliament: PCQ: Template automation not working | Ryan Ball E² | Accepted | 2-Should Have | DFFH; Parliament; PCQ; Release v260306; Stage2 | | 672144 | Configuration (DH): Group enabled roles | Patryk Dymon E² | Committed | 1-Must Have | DH; Release v260306 | | 676412 | [UAT] In the Coordination Comments (CICCC) record type, rename the task assigned to Completer from 'Lodge Minister Comments' to 'Lodge Coordination Comments'. |   | Pending Release | 2-Should Have | DH; Release v260306; UAT | | 676436 | Cabinet: CICSUB, CICAR: submission type field> Add DD values 'Matter for Endorsement' and 'Matter for Noting' |   | Pending Release | 2-Should Have | Change to requirements; DH; Release v260306; UAT | | 676536 | DH Appointments: Remove DH Minister(s): field and its dropdown list for all record subtypes of Appointments as per screenshot. | Ryan Ball E² | Pending Release | 2-Should Have | Change to requirements; DH; Release v260306; UAT | | 676537 | DH Appointments: Change label from Portfolio(s) to Lead Portfolio(s), allowing only 1 portfolio to be selected for all record subtypes of Appointments | Ryan Ball E² | Pending Release | 2-Should Have | Change to requirements; DH; Release v260306; UAT | | 676583 | DH Briefings: Minister Meeting Brief (MMBR)> Remove Office: field and its dropdown list for Minister Meeting Brief record subtype of Briefings | Ryan Ball E² | Pending Release | 2-Should Have | Change to requirements; DH; Release v260306; UAT | | 676606 | DH Parliament: For all parliamentary questions, default option for Info Security Classification should default to 'Non-restricted' | Ryan Ball E² | Pending Release | 2-Should Have | Change to requirements; DH; Release v260306; UAT | | 676467 | DH Briefings: Remove Primary contact field for all DH record types |   | Pending Release | 2-Should Have | Change to requirements; DH; Release v260306; UAT | | 676469 | DH Briefings: Move the QAO to before the recommender in Minister Briefing sub types (MMBR + MBR) | Ryan Ball E² | Pending Release | 2-Should Have | Change to requirements; DH; Release v260306; UAT | | 676471 | DH Briefing: Make the recommender role single select for MBR record type | Patryk Dymon E² | Pending Release | 2-Should Have | Change to requirements; DH; Release v260306; UAT | | 676618 | DH Parliament: Parliamentary Questions> In the final task, add a drop drown value “Lodge with Tabling Office” | Ryan Ball E² | Pending Release | 2-Should Have | DH; Release v260306; UAT | | 676576 | Permissions UAT - Incorrect Spelling at QA - Division stage | Ryan Ball E² | Pending Release | 3-Could Have | DFFH; Release v260306 | | 671309 | Update DH Org structure | Patryk Dymon E² | Committed | 1-Must Have | DH; Release v260226; Release v260306 | | 679046 | Correction of Dropdown value in Metadata Field - Office (CMIN) | Ryan Ball E² | Pending Release | 2-Should Have | DFFH; Release v260306 |

Manual post-deployment steps

Import config

Config file to import: DFFH Configuration v260306-config.zip

Role required: Brief Connect Administrator

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).

  1. Log into the target Brief Connect environment as the Brief Connect Admin user and open the Admin Panel (https://[WEB_APP_URL]/#/adminPanel).
  2. Select Import from Zip and upload the new configuration ZIP file.
  3. The system will process the file and refresh the list of available configurations. Once it appears, select the newly imported configuration from the dropdown.
  4. Click Apply to apply the imported configuration.
  5. Wait for the confirmation message that the configuration has been successfully applied.
  6. Make sure the active configuration is selected in the dropdown.
  7. In the menu bar, click Update SharePoint Content Types.
  8. Tick Clean up unused fields from content type. It won't remove any data, only detach unused fields from Content Types, then click Confirm.
  9. Wait 20 minutes for the process to finish.
  10. Click Cleanup Unused Fields from SP Lists, then Confirm in the confirmation dialog. This process will cleanup unused fields from lists (fields provisioned with old configs and removed in later configs).
  11. Wait for 10 minutes for the process to complete.

Clear the Server cache

Role required: Brief Connect Administrator

  1. Log into the target Brief Connect environment as Brief Connect Admin user. Open the Admin Panel (https://[WEB_APP_URL]/#/adminPanel)
  2. Open browsers Developer Tools, open Console tab and run the command window.clearCache() there. After successful execution, you should see Cache cleared. Server Result: true message in the console.

Smoke Tests

We recommend following our basic testing guide after this release: Basic testing of Brief Connect - Brief Connect Documentation

Additionally, navigate to each of the PBI items outlined at the beginning of these release notes to see requirements detail and test accordingly.

Rollback steps to previous version

Execute all deployment steps for the target release from related Release Notes.