Production Accounting 1.13.1 (August 2024)

Configuration

  • The Configuration Editor supports HTML-formatted templates for business process email notifications.

Installation

  • Production Accounting executables and dynamic link library (DLL) files have been signed with Datamine's digital signature.
  • The Email Notification Configuration section of the Installation Guide includes additional information for how to register the Production Accounting application in the Microsoft Entra identity platform.

Functionality

  • Error messages for the email notification functionality have been improved.
  • Additional authentication and testing methods are supported for SMTP email notification configuration.
  • The JKMetAccount mass balance engine has been improved to preserve the precision of numeric values imported from the database. Running existing balances with the updated mass balance engine may produce a different but more precise result, due to the improved precision of the imported data. See the JKMetAccount Installation section of the Installation Guide for how to implement the changes.
  • The JKMetAccount database provides easier access to a full set of balance results that includes the 0 values not saved in the results table.

Logsheets

  • Date selectors for shift, day, week, month, quarter and year time periods include left and right arrow buttons to select the previous or next period. See View logsheet data and Enter logsheet data.

    Note: For the week selector previous and next buttons to work as expected, the Time Offset must be configured as per the selected Interval Type.

  • An Initial Hourly Offset can be configured to define a logsheet's default display date or period; for example, to default logsheets to yesterday's date. The offset is configured per logsheet (in Module Settings) and is relative to the user's current web browser date and time. A negative value configures an offset to a previous period. For example, -12 hours defaults to the previous shift and -24 hours defaults to the previous day. A month offset may be useful when lab assay wait times delay the monthly data entry and authorisation processes. For example, a month logsheet with an offset of -72 displays data from the previous month when viewed during the first three days of the current month.
  • To improve the experience of interpreting calculation traces, the following enhancements have been made to the Calculation Tracer:
    • The expandable Attribute nodes in the trace output include the Attribute Description and Calculation Description.
    • Users can select the Use Description checkbox to display the descriptions for attribute, set and calculation tag components in the trace output. The Use Description as Default setting in the Calculation Tracer module settings controls whether the Use Description checkbox is selected by default. See Trace a calculation.

Data Authorisation

  • Emails can be sent to notify users when a data authorisation business process is rejected. Rejection email notifications can be configured to include the log time, a link to the required Authorise screen in the Production Accounting web application, and the user's rejection comments.

    Note: Configuration of data authorisation rejection notifications requires Datamine consultant support. Please contact our support team to arrange for this functionality to be configured when you upgrade.

System Administration

  • Permissions updates for 'PA Core' functionality take effect without a manual token refresh. The token refresh icon has been removed from the user interface.
  • The Production Accounting 1.13.1. initial setup script assigns Edit permissions for email notification configuration by default to the Admins group, including the Default Administrator user. See the Email Notification Configuration section of the Installation Guide.