IA Desktop 3.4.0

Dec 22, 2015

This release involves both content and policy-support changes as well as a few usability and performance upgrades. Key changes are listed below.

Content Changes

  1. The new 2016 content revisions are included with this update. An overview of the changes broken down by system type is attached.
  2. ‘Confirm’ flags have been removed, so the ‘confirm’ subset option is no longer available.

Application Changes

  1. The Configuration page is now available from a top-level tab.
  2. The Configuration page is now divided into sub-tabs for easier navigation. The setup process has not changed.
  3. The inspection-level attachment list how has its own tab
  4. For HL and GT inspections, there is a new default task titled “Approve Profile/Screening Activities”. With a corresponding validation rule that flags missing approvals.
  5. For inspections based on 2016 content, the planning interface has been simplified by the removal of the Detail/Confirm/Not planned control. Specific planning decisions should now be recorded in the Inspection Summary text.
  6. Planning grid will now display an “x” when the question is excluded for the corresponding asset due to exclusions.
  7. Common results validation issues are now displayed for the user in real-time as well as in the validation report.
  8. Inspection tab now has a planned and/or answered filter option. Analogous to IA Mobile’s.

Other Changes

  1. Validation items that involve configuration issues will link to the corresponding tab on the configuration page
  2. Validation report rule inventory is now displayed in its entirety irregardless of the inspection’s current data types.
  3. IOR workflow template tables have been removed
  4. Standard issue severity are now more easily discoverable as a box and a mouse-over hint appear on mouse-over.
  5. Snoozed tasks can now have notes added when they are snoozed.
  6. New Inspection button now stays on-screen
  7. Default names for multi-unit assets are now improved