🧪 Release Summary – Version 1.65.12
This release delivers the Angular 9 frontend upgrade, a major technical milestone that improves system stability, performance, and long-term maintainability.
It also includes significant tag management refactors, new filters, SOC-2-aligned security updates, and various bug fixes to enhance data accuracy, validation, and user interface consistency.
Overall, this release focuses on improving performance, visual consistency, data security, and UX clarity across multiple modules.
🔧 Platform and Technical Improvements
Full upgrade to Angular 9 (ELL-1840) – Rebuilt the frontend to leverage the latest Angular framework features and performance optimizations.
Refactor of Tag Management Module (ELL-1553) – Unification and optimization of tag handling across instruments, tasks, and reports.
Dynamic Typeahead Filters (ELL-1789) – Replaced static dropdowns in Admin views with live-search filters for faster site and department selection.
SOC 2 Security Compliance Updates – Parameterized stored procedures and improved backend query logging (ELL-1939, ELL-1941).
✨ User-Facing Improvements
LAB-1146/ELL-1553 – Tag Management Refactor
ELL-1623 – Standardize “S/N” and “ELL ID” Labels
Unified label formatting for “S/N” and “ELL ID” across all instrument views for visual consistency.ELL-1789 – Replace Site Dropdown with Dynamic Typeahead Filter (Admin > Departments & Instruments)
Enhanced usability with a responsive typeahead filter for site selection.LAB-1863/ELL-1794 – Add Site Filter to Reports > Users Sidebar
LAB-1862/ELL-1789 - Add Search filter for Admin>Departments tab
LAB-260/ELL-1795 – Add Site/Lab Information to Signature Chain Email Notification
LAB-1711/ELL-1796 – Allow Validation Criteria on Optional Datafields
LAB-1739/ELL-1672 - Clone Image when Cloning Instrument Type
🐛 Support Bugs
Various bug fixes were applied and affected clients were notified of the solution.
🔍 Validation
LAB-1146/ELL-1553 – Tag Management Refactor
View a dropdown selection of all existing tags in any tag filter.
ELL-1789 – Replace Site Dropdown with Dynamic Typeahead Filter (Admin > Departments & Instruments)
Review filters on Admin>Departments & Instruments Tabs
LAB-1863/ELL-1794 – Add Site Filter to Reports > Users Sidebar
Reports>Users (left side bar)
Apply filters to the new site filter
LAB-1862/ELL-1789 - Add Search filter for Admin>Departments tab
Admin>Departments & Units Tab
Apply site filters
LAB-260/ELL-1795 – Add Site/Lab Information to Signature Chain Email Notification
Add user to a sign off chain
When report is available for signature an email notification will be sent.
View Site on the email notification
LAB-1711/ELL-1796 – Allow Validation Criteria on Optional Datafields
Admin>Instruments Tab>Select Instrument Type>Edit
Add a Numeric datafield to a task and deselect the "required" checkbox.
Save Task
Select Finish
Instruments page>select instrument>select task
Complete the task without entering data in the not required numeric datafield
LAB-1739/ELL-1672 - Clone Image when Cloning Instrument Type
Admin>Instruments Tab>Select Instrument Type with an image>Clone
Select Save
Refresh screen and locate the new instrument type
Review the new instrument type's image to ensure it matches the original.
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