EqMARS Standard V2.2.0

EqMARS V2.2.0 has been beta-released 8/11/2009 to bring you several changes to improve usability, add new functionality, and release fixes. Please let us know of capabilities you would like to see in future releases.

Note: Each feature or fix shown below is preceded with the user type benefiting from the change.

New features:

• Admin: Now you can enter more information about equipment items: "Serial Number", "Comment" (free text), "Rental Fee"
• Admin & Manager: In the advanced search, serial number and rental fee have been added to the filters
• Borrower: New users will receive two email notifications - when they sign-up: "Your account has been created", and when they are approved by an administrator "Your account has been activated"

Improvements:

• Borrower: The borrower will now see the "Item Type" in the reservation search results
  
• Borrower: In the "New Reservation" screen, if "Model" is left blank, search will return all models
• After a new user signs-up for an account, he/she will be routed to the login screen
• All: Added "Cancel" button to the sign up page; goes back to login screen
• All: "Status Extension" has been renamed "Reason (if not available)"
• Manager: Manager now has access to "view all items"
• Manager: Main page has been split into two: reservations and inventory
• Admin: In the "Add New Item" screen, "Save" button has been renamed "Save and go page 2"
• Admin: In the "Add New Item" an explanation hint has been added for "Number of Items"
• Admin: In the "View Hardware" screen, "Update" button has been renamed "Edit"
• Admin: In the "Users" screen, the "select all/deselect all" button has been removed (to avoid administrators accidentally deleting all users)
• Admin & Manager: In the "View all items" screen, the filter "Name" has been re-labeled as "Type"
• All: Display widths for "Type" and "Model" have been increased

Fixes:

• Admin->General Settings: "Item Conditions" field was accepting empty value or string with spaces only
• Admin->General Settings: "Borrowing Reasons" field was accepting empty value or string with spaces only
• Admin->Add New Item: screen, data validation warning messages have been simplified
• All: Calendar icon was displayed underneath the date entry box, now it is next to the text box
• Borrower->Reservation: keyword filter results included unavailable hardware items

EqMARS Standard V2.1.0

EqMARS V2.1.0 includes several improvements and fixes. Each feature or fix shown below is preceded with the user type benefiting from the change.

New features:

• All: A count-down timer "time remaining till session expires" was added to all screens to help users track their sessions

Improvements:

• All: URL in item information will now open a new page
• Admin->General Settings: While adding "Manufacturers", the item Type is displayed on top
• Admin->General Settings: While adding "Model", the item Type and Manufacturer are displayed on top
• All: "Number of items" field is removed from all screens except "Add New Item"

Fixes:

• Admin->General Settings->Delete: The system was removing the first type/manufacturer/model on the list regardless of the selected item
  
• The system incremented the logged in users counter before the user completes the login operation
• Admin->Add New Item: It was possible for the admin to choose an empty manufacturer/ model/ building/ floor/ room/ equipment condition while adding a new item
• Admin->Delete Item Type: confirmation message fixed
• Admin->Add User: confirmation message fixed
• Admin: "Purchase Price" and "Warranty" were accepting negative value and not accepting zero value
• Admin: Filter labels on hardware section were reversed
  
• Exception error in "search" with type and manufacturer
  
• Admin->General Settings: "Location" was accepting empty (or string of spaces) campus, building floor, room or shelf
• Admin: Exception error if "Delete Selected Buildings" button is pressed without selecting any building. Same for "Delete Selected Floors"
  
• Admin->Add/Update Item: Type, Manufacturer, Model were accepting empty (or string of spaces)
• Admin->Add/Update Item: url entered without "http://" caused an error when clicking the url (in view item detail)