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Release date: June 2023

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List of changes

Special:

Switching to PHP 8.1
Accounting for telecom racks and cabinets
New in-system pollers for low-level equipment polling (FDB, ARP, Vlan, interfaces). Faster and less resource intensive
Implemented separation for API keys for access to API sections (separately you can allow access to customers, communication nodes, tasks, etc.)
Any number of arbitrarily filtered customer lists and task lists for work can be displayed on the home page. Customisable by each employee for themselves

Customers:

Ability to import a list of customers from a CSV file (including updating the data for these customers)
Customer marks are merged with common labels by other objects
In the device-dependent customers filter, added display of all subscribers that are included in the "descending" tree (via dividers, links, etc.)
Added speaker with ONU signal strength to customer list (switchable)
In the customer card added link to create a cable line to this customer
In the customer list it is possible in group actions to change the customer's billing (only for manual billing types)
Added in the scheduler tasks for inactive customers the possibility to specify the billing of these customers
Added scheduler task "Transferring customers who are not in billing to disconnected customers"
Added filter by absence of tasks on customer to the customers list
In the customer's switching information on a port displays all of its IP addresses (collapsed)
In the customer list, on the icon about outstanding tasks for a customer added a link to go to this outstanding task
The "Date transferred to former customers" field has been added to the customer list table setting
Adjusted the quick search for customers in the top bar - now searches first and displays by the more sought after data (username, full name/title)
In the SMS mailing by customers added the ability to select by customer group
Variables with payment amounts for additional services have been added to the SMS template
Floor support number "0" for subscribers
In the customer card under the "History" tab added output of warehouse operations for this customer
When adding an IP subnet for a customer, you can immediately specify the display colour of this subnet in the IP grid
When grouping the list of customers by buildings added the ability to export to Excel and print
It is forbidden to create a potential customer with the same address as an existing potential customer

Cable infrastructure:

For a cable line, it is possible to build a list of dependent customers on that line
For cable duct traces automatically suggest the length that is calculated by coordinates
For cable duct routes, added the ability to import route from KML file
Added (G.652-G.657) fibre type parameter to the cable directory
In the cable line card and lists the cable fibre type is displayed
In the window of adding a cable line added a link to create a new cable brand
For cable channels and cable channel routes added the ability to view the history of actions on these objects
Patch table by ODF/cross added port signatures
Connection route calculation for optical cabling now takes other cabling types into account, provided that they are also of type "Optical"
When changing the colour of the fibres of a particular cable line added the ability to copy the colours from the fibres above
In dividers, it is possible to hot swap to a higher capacity divider
The shows the attenuation on the ports of unused dividers

Communication installations:

Groups for communication installation types, which allows the tree view of communication installation types in the left menu
The card of a communication installation is divided into tabs, where the objects from this communication installation (equipment, inventory, cable lines, etc.) are placed
A link to view its coordinates on Google Maps has been added to the communication installation card
Significant optimisation of the operation of the switching circuitry and the overall switching circuitry
In the switching scheme added option to cancel switching of all fibres/core cables/cross cables/cross cables
Coloured "switching arrows" have been returned to the switching diagram to indicate whether the equipment is currently active or inactive
In the switching scheme on the divider port displays the ONU RX "(dBm)" signal levels for the connected ONU
In the cancellation of actions in the switching scheme of the communication installation added the possibility to cancel the switching break
When re-switching in the switching scheme - cancel switching operation - restores the previous switching operation as well
When clicking on a fibre/patch cord in a switching scheme it not only changes its thickness but also its colour
A general switching scheme can be assigned to a specific building
When opening a general switching scheme from under a communication installation - the alignment on this scheme goes on this communication installation
The number of variables in the setting parameter "Template with information about the connection endpoint" (in the switching scheme) has been expanded
When adding a communication installation from the map - the required building is substituted if the communication installation is added on it
For types of communication installations it is possible to specify a default owner, which will be offered when adding a new object of this type
In the history of operations with communication installations records what changes were made
In the switching scheme added the ability to switch all free fibres/cable line cores/ ODF/cross adapters to another installation. I.e. mass switching between only unoccupied objects to each other
In the switching scheme, the hint pop-up for a customer displays the signal strength on the customer's ONU
In the switching scheme for the equipment uplink/downlink ports are highlighted separately
When you click on a switching line in the global switching scheme - the whole switching route of this line is highlighted at once

Equipment:

Capturing the FDB table/operation of the usm_peleng module into the Vlan table at the same time captures the identified Vlans by device
Added report "ONUs found on OLT but not installed on objects"
Added report "Number of ONUs on OLT ports"
Added a column to the OLT list added column with the number of ONUs on that device (based on usm_pon module information)
In equipment group actions added enable and disable polling by usm_peleng module
In the VLAN list, search searches also by values of additional fields
Home page widget "PON Notifications" is divided into three separate widgets: "ONU optical power is out of acceptable limits", "Unknown ONUs found on OLT", "Found ONUs that are registered on multiple OLTs"
In the setting of notifications added the ability to configure templates of messages about the loss/appearance of activity in the equipment
In the left menu in the ‘Hardware’ section added the ability to go to the equipment card by its inventory number (enabled/disabled)
In the MAC address/FDB table list by device for unknown MAC addresses added link to display vendor by MAC address
In the Switching to Equipment dialogue added the ability to quickly search by equipment (previously only by communication installation or by customer who has the equipment)
When equipment is moved to another communication installation or when inventories are moved - if there are integrated inventories - then these integrated inventories are moved with it
Filtering option "ALL" has been added to the radio equipment list
For PON, you can separately disable/enable signal strength data capture in the setup for ONU-TX, OLT-RX, OLT-TX (System-wide)
Global customer search added ONU search on OLT (including unknown ONUs)
Scheduler tasks for notification of equipment connection loss - send messages based on geographic availability
Added setting option "Display quick links for equipment in the switching information to that equipment"

Coverage:

Ability to display a preview of a communication installation's switching scheme in a tooltip when hovering over a communication installation icon on the coverage map
If you click on the icon of a communication installation on the coverage map with the Alt key pressed, not the card of the communication installation opens, but switching scheme of this communication installation
On the coverage map in the tooltip on the cable line - the number of free fibres is displayed taking into account that degraded fibres or ODF/cross-switched fibres are not considered occupied if they are not terminated by equipment
The map now outputs and sectors of radio equipment at customers (and other devices with map display, such as surveillance cameras)
In the coverage map, in the tooltip for a cable line the markings at the ends of this line are displayed
In the building card it is possible to open a list of all emergency tasks for this building (by special task type)
In the building card you can also see the tasks for the equipment installed on the communication installations in this building
Added link to view and mass delete unused addresses to the "Settings - Addresses" section
When opening a map from the left menu from under a specific address object - map search form will suggest that address object in the search bar
When hovering over a building on the map the tooltip will display information on the number of flats, floors and entrances
When hovering over a task icon on the coverage map the tooltip also displays the executors and subdivisions of the task
If a communication installation has its own icon selected on the map, the name of this icon will be displayed in the card of the communication installation and in the tooltip on the map
Filtering by different parameters has been added to the addresses in the list of buildings
In importing addresses from CSV file added possibility to specify a mark that the building is not connected
In the form of editing an address unit in the selector of address type, in addition to the type name, its token is displayed
Added a parameter to the "When adding a building manually, include the property "Building is not connected"
In the dialogue box of adding a building it is possible to select the building type at once
For a building, the possible intervals of are customised to the nearest minute
On the coverage map, when you point at a cable line it is not only highlighted but also comes to the foreground

Employees:

In the subdivision card, the list of employees displays their status in that subdivision
Added "Employee account authentication session timeout" configuration option
For operator profiles, added the ability to create a copy
A new right "Delete common switching schemes (with all links to other communication installations)" has been added to operator profiles (previously - you could not delete a shared switching scheme if multiple communication installations were added to it)
Added setting parameter "Allow setting up tables with data for yourself for employees with access rights to the setup" (previously there was a parameter "Allow customisation of data tables by each employee for themselves", but now a separate parameter allows only administrators to allow customisation of tables for themselves)
Added the ability to set default home page widgets for all employees (for new or all existing employees)
For each employee, you can disable notifications that are sent to the departments they belong to
In the vehicle card files can be attached
In the vehicle card extended filter for GPS data period selection
Added transaction accounting for vehicles (petrol, insurance, maintenance, other)

Tasks:

In the My Tasks section separately displays all tasks by subordinate subdivisions cumulatively, including recursively all child subdivisions and their employees
A task can be postponed to a specific date and time (previously only to a date)
In the task types for task chains/automation added the ability to change executors automatically when the task status changes (adding new ones, excluding current ones, passing to the author of the task, specifying the operator who changed the status of the task as the executor)
A field with a special type ("Emergency work")]] has been added for task types and a filter by special task type has been added to the list of tasks
Added filter "Subdivision (including all subordinates)" to the Work Plan to display tasks for this subdivision, its employees and all subsidiary subdivisions and employees
The selector for assigning executors to tasks has been improved. The quick search results additionally display all matching options with selection checkboxes, allowing you to quickly mark related departments/employees
The "Transfer all outstanding tasks today to the next day" property has been added for task types
When adding a task for a customer displays a list of recent tasks for that customer (for the last 30 days. Customisable)
Tags that have a colour setting and are assigned to tasks - affect the colour of this task in the task list
In the work plan filter, all optional fields are grouped into a single item "Optional Field"
In task group actions, the ability to generate any documents has been added] (previously only "Work Order")
Added scheduler task "E-mail notifications to task authors about overdue tasks"
When adding a comment to a task, you can specify a quick link to another comment
In the task card for linked tasks displays:
- counter of attached files
- the count of items of inventory on these tasks
- executors on these tasks
In the template of customer information in the task card it is possible to specify the output of the value of an additional field
Added "Sort history by task in reverse order" to the setting
If a custom icon is loaded for a task type, this icon will be displayed on the map when viewing the list of tasks on the map
When creating a task in the employee selection calendar added the ability to move to previous/next date
A link to view current tasks for this subdivision has been added to the card
Added a variable "Link with coordinates of the task address on Google map" to the setting of task message templates
Added "Display comment count by task" to the setting
Added "Allow empty type comment" to Customisation]
The task card displays information about employee unavailability for the current day (holiday, sick leave)
When a file is added to a task - the executors of the task receive a notification about it
Added "When creating a child task, copy additional fields" to the setting (you can change the selection when creating a task)
Added setting option "When selecting executors for a task, display all available subdivisions"
A variable with the full name of the communication installation has been added to the document template of the task
If an automation/task chain is assigned to the task status - then the status change block will indicate this point
A quick link to add a communication installation to an assignment has been added to the assignment view card (subject to permissions)
In comments on a task task - recognises phone numbers, if they start with a "+" sign and do not contain spaces
Opportunities for copying task number, type, link, etc. to the clipboard have been expanded in the task card
If there are more than 3 customers in a task, default information on them is displayed in abbreviated form
In the task type settings, when assigning automatically assigned subdivisions to a task it is possible to copy the address settings of this subdivision from another task type
For a task type in automation on it it is possible to assign/delete labels for task customers when the task state changes
It is possible to add owners for tasks owners (customisable for each task type)
When creating a new task, it is possible to immediately attach files (previously it was only possible when editing an already created task)
In the settings of auto-assigned personnel and subdivisions by task type added the ability to deselect all address objects in an employee/subdivision (to quickly remove this employee/subdivision from auto-assignment)
Filters added to the work plan:
- by customer manager
- by tag on customer
- by former customers
- by comment author
- by date the comment was added
- "Address (missing)" (to exclude tasks at a specific address)
For task types can be configured whether to output device selection and cable selection

Warehouse:

In the group actions on written-off inventory items, added the possibility of mass selective deletion of written-off inventory items
In the warehouse operations filter, added ability to filter on multiple selective warehouses at the same time
Added summary line by total amount of transactions to the list of warehouse transactions
In the filter of the list of inventory items, added filtering by specific supplier
In the Commodity list filter, added warehouse selection for the "Transit" option
In the Commodity list table fields can be customised
In the building card displays the total value of all commodities that are installed on the building and all communication installations on it
It is possible to change the number and date of the incoming document and the total amount of the transaction/value of inventory items in the incoming transaction card
Added setting option "In the list of inventory items all categories of inventory items are selected by default"

Settings

In "Settings - Scheduler" added setting parameter "Save operation logs"
Added displaying the launch of all copies of this module for the last 30 days in the setup in the system modules information
Some of the settings from "Settings - Notifications - SMS" have been moved to "Settings - Main - Phones/SMS"
Added page-break variable to the document template setting
Added "Customer billing name" and "Employees assigned to the task" (including deployed all employees of assigned departments) variables to document templates
In document settings, added variable with the ordinal number of the day in the year
In labels by object, added ability to adjust the colour of the label text
In the "Output MAC address in format" setting, added "Via point" option
"Open page in a new tab" has been added for custom pages
Additional fields are made universal. Any field can be assigned to different object types at the same time
New type of additional field - "Coordinates" (point on the map) with the ability to quickly go to the map or open on Google map
New type of additional field - "Text" (unique values only), which allows to write to additional fields for objects only unique values within this additional field
The "Hint" property has been added for additional fields, which allows you to specify an auxiliary hint when editing the value of an additional field
If you enter a link to an audio file in the value of the optional field, it will be converted into a media player with the ability to play the file directly in the browser
Additional field with multiple value selection converted from selector to checkboxes

Other:

The database changed the schema name from userside3 to erp, as well as major changes to the database structure
Removed JABBER. Use the "Custom HTTP request" notification service or Messenger "(Telegram)"
A notification will be displayed on the main page and in the "Settings-Billings" section if between Billing and UserSide is too big time difference (different date/time settings)
Added filter options "N days forward" and "N days back" to (list of customers, tasks, etc.) date filtering, and added the ability to filter with hour and minute precision

API:

Added method API->call->add
Added method API->call->transfer_call
Added method API->call->hangup
Added method API->key->add
Added method API->employee->add_notification
Added method API->employee->address_access_add
Added method API->employee->address_access_remove
Added method API->employee->address_access_list
Added method API->employee->edit
Added method API->employee->task_address_access_add
Added method API->employee->task_address_access_remove
Added method API->employee->task_address_access_list
Added method API->employee->get_unavailable_data
Added method API->map->add_polygon
Added method API->task->comment_edit
Improved method API->inventory->get_inventory_catalog
Improved method API->task->edit
Improved method API->inventory->get_operation
Improved method API->address->edit_house
Changed information output in methods:
- API->employee->get_division
- API->fiber->get_list
- API->cable_route->get_route
- API->customer->abon_hist
- API->task->get_catalog_state
- API->task->show
- API->task->get_catalog_type
- API->inventory->get_operation
- API->device->get_data

new version usm_abills 3.252.258
new version usm_bgbilling 3.252.102
new version usm_billing 1.11.252
new version usm_checker 2.3
new version usm_gps 2.4.0
new version usm_hydra 3.252.162
new version usm_iferr 1.2
new version usm_lanbilling 3.252.295
new version usm_nodeny 3.252.242
new version usm_nodeny_plus 3.252.69
new version usm_observer 1.2
new version usm_utm5 3.252.653

Other changes: see https://wiki.userside.eu/3.17