Merative ™ Social Program Management 7.0.4.2

Release Notes

Abstract

Merative Social Program Management 7.0.4.2 Release Notes

Content

Introduction
System Requirements
Download
Installation
Improvements, Resolved Issues and Third Party Updates
Known Issues
Notices

Introduction

Welcome to the Merative Social Program Management 7.0.4.2 release.

This is a cumulative release which incorporates the Improvements, Resolved Issues and Third Party Updates contained in all previous 7.0.4 Fix Pack releases. Details of these Improvements, Resolved Issues and Third Party Updates are included separately in the release notes for each of the previous Fix Pack releases. For the latest version of the release notes, see https://curam-spm-devops.github.io/wh-support-docs/spm/release-notes.

Full product documentation can be found in the Product documentation and PDFs.

A CSV file is attached at the end of this document, which summarizes these release notes.

System Requirements

For information about the supported software and hardware for this release, see the Merative Social Program Management Prerequisites.

Download

See the download instructions for this release at /support/spm.

Installation

Prior to running the installer please ensure all files in your Merative Social Program Management installation are writable.

The installation steps are as follows:

Additional installation instructions can be found in the Development Environment Installation Guide.

Upgrading

If you are upgrading from a previous version, the Merative Social Program Management Upgrade Helper contains documentation and tooling to help you to upgrade your Merative Social Program Management application codebase and database to work with your new version of Merative Social Program Management . The Merative Social Program Management Upgrade Guide describes a recommended process for performing application and database upgrades. The Upgrade Helper contains tools to assist you with implementing the upgrade, including tooling to produce a schedule of required migrations for your upgrade, tooling to provide information about database schema changes and tooling to generate initial SQL scripts for applying changes to your database.

To download the appropriate version of the Merative Social Program Management Upgrade Helper, see the download instructions at /support/spm.

Improvements, Resolved Issues and Third Party Updates

Third Party UpdatesCúram Enterprise Framework
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Third Party Updates

WorkItem:244958 - Update Browser Plugins JRE levels used in Microsoft Word Integration

The following JRE level for Word Integration is supported for this release:

WorkItem:244960 - Upgrade Adobe Flash Player to the latest version

The version of the Adobe Flash Player that has been certified to be used by the Social Program Management (SPM) application has been updated to 32.

WorkItem:244974 - Browser Support Update

The following browser versions have been updated and certified for this release:

Case Worker Application Browser Support

Universal Access Application Browser Support

WorkItem:244975 - Tablet Accessibility Support - Certify Apple VoiceOver with Chrome 72 on iOS 12.1.4

The certified version of Apple VoiceOver has been updated to iOS 12.1.4. This has been certified against Chrome 72.

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Application Development Environment

Application Development Environment

Client Development Environment

CLIENT DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT

Accessibility

Look & Feel

ACCESSIBILITY

PO07793, WorkItem:244989 - JAWS screen reader reads the tabular structure where it is used for layout purpose

Issue Description:

JAWS 2018 reads the tabular structure of the first field in a form followed by the actual field name (for example “Table Column 2 Row 1 First Name”). JAWS should just read the field name.

**User Interface Impact: **No

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Login as a caseworker.
  2. Navigate to Person Search page.
  3. Start JAWS 2018.
  4. Tab on the page to the first input field in a form.
  5. Issue: JAWS reads out the field name and the tabular structure.

Resolution:

This issue is now resolved and JAWS 2018 no longer reads out the structure of the fields in a form.

PO07807, WorkItem:244990 - Color Contrast correction for Calendar

Issue Description:

In the UI's Calendar widget the color for today's date fails Level AA Conformance to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. This is due to the background-color being light-blue (#9FBBDE) and the font-color being white (#FFFFFF). This impacts users with impaired vision, preventing them from distinguishing the dates available in the Calendar.

**User Interface Impact: **No

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Login as a caseworker.
  2. Search for a person registered this month, and click their name to open their profile.
  3. In the Tab Actions menu click 'Edit..'.
  4. Click the Calendar widget next to Registration Date.
  5. Issue: Observe that today's date is highlighted with a light blue background-color and white font.

Resolution:

Observe now that the font color is now black which conforms with Level AA Conformance to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.

PO07816 , WorkItem:244991 - Application screen heading structure used by JAWS navigation missing Level 1 Heading

Issue Description:

Previously, the heading structure of application pages was missing the h1 heading. When using JAWS to navigate the application by pressing Insert+F6, the list of available headings to move to was starting from the h2 heading.

User Interface Impact: No

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Login as a caseworker using Internet Explorer 11.
  2. Launch JAWS 2018.
  3. Press Insert+F6 to bring up the lists of headings (on any pages of the Merative SPM Application).
  4. Issue: Observe the list of headings in the JAWS dialog. The h1 heading is not displayed in the list.

Resolution:

This issue has been resolved by updating the Application Banner Renderer to create the h1 element. Now 'IBM Curam Social Program Management' is displayed as h1 in the Heading List on the JAWS dialog when pressing Insert+F6.

PO07996, WorkItem:244992 - Screen reader does not announce the tab titles when moving through the content area tab navigation bar

Issue Description:

When a user searched for a person, opened their home page and moved through the content area tab navigation bar, JAWS screen reader 17 and 2018 ignored the tab title and/or read other elements that were not related to the tab title.

**User Interface Impact: **No

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Using JAWS 17 or 2018 with Internet Explorer 11.
  2. Login as a caseworker.
  3. Navigate to a Person profile page e.g. 'James Smith'.
  4. Navigate to the 'Home' tab on the content area tab navigation bar and move through the other tabs such as 'Evidence' and 'Care and Protection'.
  5. Issue: The extra text is not being consistently announced.

Resolution:

The issue has been resolved and JAWS now correctly announces the tab titles.

LOOK & FEEL

PO08179, WorkItem:244835 - Lists could not be sorted by clicking on column titles

Issue Description:

When searching for a person during Person Registration, the result list columns could not be sorted by clicking on the column title, making it more difficult for the user to find a person within the list.

User Interface Impact: No

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Login as a caseworker.
  2. Select to Register a Person.
  3. Search for a person so that you get a result list of more than one person.
  4. Click on any column title.
  5. Issue: Clicking on the column title does not sort the list.

Resolution:

This was resolved by updating the gen-jsp.xsl stylesheet to add back in content that had been incorrectly removed. Now the list can be sorted by clicking on any column title.

Technical:

The gen-jsp.xsl stylesheet, which lives in the following location

was missing a closing quote after the following statement, ${listSortColAnchorText}. So the following line

was updated to

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Intelligent Evidence Gathering

Intelligent Evidence Gathering

WorkItem:242067 - Universal Access Responsive Web Application: IEG menus are showing incorrect values when the codetable domain name is duplicated

Issue Description:

Menus are showing incorrect values when the codetable domain name is duplicated. This only affects users of the Universal Access Responsive Web Application.

User Interface Impact: No

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Navigate to an IEG page which contains duplicate codetable domains.
  2. Issue: Observe that the menu values displayed are incorrect.

Resolution:

IEG menus are now showing the correct values when the code table domain name is duplicated.

WorkItem:242397 - Universal Access Responsive Web Application: When using a codetable hierarchy question in a List, the code is displayed instead of its value

Issue Description:

When using a codetable hierarchy question in a List, the code is displayed instead of its value. This only affects users of the Universal Access Responsive Web Application.

User Interface Impact: No

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Navigate to an IEG page which uses a codetable hierarchy question in a List
  2. Observe that the codetable code table is displayed instead of its value.

Resolution:

When using a codetable hierarchy question in a List, the value is now correctly displayed.

WorkItem:242943 - Universal Access Responsive Web Application: Issue with trailing zeros not displaying in field amounts

Issue Description:

Zeros at the end of decimal numbers are not displayed after navigating back to the page. This only affects users of the Universal Access Responsive Web Application.

User Interface Impact: No

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Navigate to an IEG page with a decimal entry field.
  2. Enter a number with trailing zeros.
  3. Navigate back and then forward again to the same field. Observe that the trailing zeros are missing.

Resolution:

Trailing zeros are now correctly displayed.

WorkItem:245046 - Universal Access Responsive Web Application: Issue with the Next and Save & Exit buttons on summary pages

Issue Description:

It is not possible to navigate to the next page by using the ‘Next’ or ‘Save & Exit’ buttons if an attribute has been defined using a custom domain definition derived from IEG_INT32. This only affects users of the Universal Access Responsive Web Application.

User Interface Impact: No

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Navigate to an IEG page where an attribute is defined by using a custom domain definition derived from IEG_INT32.
  2. Attempt to navigate to the next page or use ‘Save & Exit’ .
  3. Observe that the navigation is blocked.

Resolution:

This issue has now been resolved and columns with type Integer are converted to type String for lists in summary pages.

WorkItem:245047 - Universal Access Responsive Web Application: Argument substitution in message text fails when the placeholder type is ‘%1d’.

Issue Description:

Date values are not substituted correctly in the message text when the placeholder type is "%1d". This only affects users of the Universal Access Responsive Web Application.

User Interface Impact: No

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Navigate to an IEG page and enter a date field.
  2. Observe that any message displaying this date will output "%1d" instead of the actual date.

Resolution:

This has now been resolved and date values are substituted correctly.

WorkItem:245049 - Universal Access Responsive Web Application: Codetable Hierarchy support

Issue Description:

Codetable hierarchies are not supported in the Universal Access Responsive Web Application.

User Interface Impact: No

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Log onto Universal Access
  2. Attempt to use an IEG script which uses codetable hierarchies.

Resolution:

You can now use two-level code-table hierarchies in questions. Any question where the data type is a code table is displayed as two separate questions in vertically aligned drop-down menus. The first question menu corresponds to the root code table in the hierarchy, and displays the label that is specified for the question. The second question menu corresponds to the second-level code table in the hierarchy, and displays a label that corresponds to the code table display name. The second menu is disabled until a selection is made in the first menu. Summary pages display both questions. Displaying a code-table hierarchy value in a list, or the codetable-hierarchy-layout options, are not supported.

WorkItem:245051 - Universal Access Responsive Web Application: Unable to distinguish between multiple household members

Issue Description:

When adding multiple house members in Universal Access is it not clear which person you are entering details for. This only affects users of the Universal Access Responsive Web Application.

**User Interface Impact: **No

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Log onto Universal Access.
  2. Add multiple household members to an application.

Resolution:

Adding a household member and their details was enhanced to make it clearer who still needs to be added. On the household page, the current household members and their ages are now listed. Household members are displayed in the order in which they were added. While you are adding details for a household member, their name and age are displayed.

WorkItem:245053 - Universal Access Responsive Web Application: Unsupported field schema error on read-only array questions

Issue Description:

When accessing an IEG script containing a read-only array question a parser error is thrown. This only affects users of the Universal Access Responsive Web Application.

User Interface Impact: No

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Create an IEG script that contains a read-only array question.
  2. Access the IEG script and note that a parser error is thrown.

Resolution:

Read-only array questions are now displayed correctly.

Known Issues

See the Known Issues section in the 7.0.2.0 release notes.

Notices

Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in "Notices".

CSV Release Notes

ReleaseNotes 7.0.4.2.csv

This CSV file summarizes the individual release notes documented above in the "Improvements, Resolved Issues and Third Party Updates" section. The individual release notes documented above will be maintained and will reflect the latest version of the release notes from eGA onwards. However, the content of this CSV file is valid on eGA date, but is not maintained after that.

Document Information

More support for:

Merative Social Program Management

Software version:
7.0.4

Operating system(s):
Linux, Windows

Modified date:
21 March 2019