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Version: v260313 (BC 2.5.2)

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 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------- | --------------- | ------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 682608 | Power BI: 'Blank' option for filters, and fields | Hugo Ferguson E² | Accepted | 3-Could Have | DFFH; Release v260313; Reporting | | 674499 | Proxy Request Button removal | Ryan Ball E² | Committed | 1-Must Have | DFFH; DH; Raised Post-Stage 2 Commencement; Release v260313; Stage 2 | | 680190 | Permissions: changes to SCE set | Ryan Ball E² | Committed | 1-Must Have | DFFH; Permissions; Release v260313; Stage 2 customisation | | 679370 | BC Dashboard> Option to 'Export record documents' not visible | Ryan Ball E² | Pending Release | 2-Should Have | DH; Future Release; Release v260313; UAT | | 674946 | Workflow: 'Send back to previous role' workflow action available to all roles | Deklan Heider E² | Pending Release | 2-Should Have | DFFH; Release v260313; Stage2_Priority | | 668139 | Briefing: Population, Women's Health and Strategy branch does not exist any more | Ryan Ball E² | Pending Release | 2-Should Have | Briefing; DH; DHM; Release v260313; Stage2 | | 679529 | Org Level 1 missing Office of the Secretary | Ryan Ball E² | Pending Release | 1-Must Have | DFFH; Release v260313; Stage2_Priority; URGENT |

Manual post-deployment steps

Import config

Config file to import: DFFH Configuration v260313-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.