Release notes

I would love the same thing.  The current search in the release notes is not working for me.

Search/Filter is not working for me either - if I search on the defect I am interested in (DEV-1873), I can see it was fixed in 15.1.3, but if I filter on 15.1.3, it does not appear in the results. I am struggling with how to actually figure out what we will be getting if we install the next service pack since we are currently on 15.1.2 without having to click through 105 pages of results in the help system.

Yep.  This is the kind of thing I want to do and I've basically given up using the tool we have been provided called TableFilter.  I even tried writing regular expressions to try to make this work and did not really get what I wanted.

Here is part of a conversation I was having back in September with Tessitura Staff.

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Hi Jess - thanks so much for your feedback on the release notes. This has been an on-going process to improve these results, and your comments are very important to helping make these enhancements.

Your example was great - and led us to find the defect immediately and implement a fix - so the dropdown for 15.1.3 now displays the card for DEV-1873.

The multiple release numbers can prove somewhat challenging, and we've been working on ways to make it easier for the community to get the information you need quickly. In regards to your comment about service packs, there is actually an option later in the dropdown to see everything from a specific version number through the latest service pack.

So, for example, since you are currently on 15.1.2, you would choose the option "15.1.3 - latest 15.1 SP" and that will display everything inclusive of 15.1.3 through the most recent service pack (15.1.7 as of this writing). If you choose to see 500 records at once, you'll see all those entries on the same page.

At this time, there is not a way to export all rows to Excel. We have, however, increased the number of results you can return at one time (see the dropdown at the top right of the table).

Thanks again for your sleuthing and feedback - and helping to make this page better for everyone!

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Beth Gilliland
Learning Engineer
Tessitura Network

Hi Tom -

We've actually made several enhancements since September, so you shouldn't have a need to use any of the regex from before. We had some data issues we were finally able to address, and that allowed us to implement a much simpler dropdown for fix versions. The dropdown will let you see a single version, as well as items between versions. And to keep it simple, since you can only jump to the latest SP, the search is limited to only showing you "v15.X - latest SP". These version dropdowns are in the defect lists as well. We've also added a dropdown for breaking changes in the release notes.

Understandably, reading individual items line by line may not be for everyone, so there is always the option to see higher-level updates and changes by reviewing the What's New topic in the help systems, and by reading the summaries for each of the service packs (follow the link next to each release number).

Thanks again for all your feedback on this, Tom. You, too, were integral in helping us implement the updates thus far for the rest of the community.

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Beth Gilliland
Learning Engineer
Tessitura Network

Beth Gilliland,

I'm still having problems in some browsers with the search options not appearing. 

Note in my Chrome Browser I do not have the opportunity to do searching.

I thought for a bit that this might have been related to the setting "Block third-party cookies."

Has any solved this problem?

OK yes if you have this Block third-party cookies option on in Chrome you lose the ability to search.  If you turn it off this thrid party cookie protection And then close the browser window in order to have this setting stick in chrome.  The search feature will start to work again.  

Interesting, Tom. The only other time I've seen it is when there is a disconnect with the authentication to our website, without which you can't access the javascript files that support display of the form. We are making some updates shortly in those areas, so I'll keep an eye out to see if the problem continues. (I, too, have had the forms disappear, but only on 1 of my Chrome profiles on an iMac.)

Beth

It is interesting to me that the "latest SP" seems to be defined at 15.1.8.  If I understand correctly 15.1.7 was just released and I can not install 15.1.8 at this time.  

Is that a correct understanding?

As defects are resolved they move from the Defect List to the Release Notes. This results in Bug Fix rows in the release notes for the forthcoming SP in addition to the latest SP. New Feature and Enhancement items are only listed for for published (i.e. not forthcoming) releases.

15.1.8 has not yet been released, but you will find any defects resolved in that forthcoming release listed in the Release Notes now.

Hi Beth

Thanks for this – knowing I can search for everything from my instance and higher is helpful.

Are there any plans to make this exportable? While I can now narrow down what I need to see, it is still incredibly difficult to work with in terms of both synthesizing and sharing information with colleagues and in developing a testing plan to make sure we are fully aware of the changes being implemented.

If you point me in the right direction, I am happy to submit an enhancement request.

Best Jess

Jess - 

I was able to successfully filter the table to the items I was looking for, expand the table to show all the rows on a single page (500) and then selected the table contents from top to bottom. This can be copied (Ctrl+C) and pasted (Ctrl+V) into a spreadsheet for further manipulation if needed.