Hardware Inspector Client / Server Changelog
What's new in Hardware Inspector Client / Server 2.3.12
Jan 19, 2010- Innovations:
- Added the Asset Location Map with floor and room maps.
- Added new search tools - “List of transfer history” and “List of maintenance history”.
- Added a new report template to the list of reports: “User details”
- Added a new report template to the “Service desk” form - “List of requests” which allows you to view/print the list filtered by request types.
- Added new source categories to the “Database Query Editor”: “Licenses”, “Software name”, “Software subtype”, “ Software type”, “License maintenance history”. The editor interface is improved.
- Added the “Device barcode” field (Barcode) to the set of fields in the “Workplace specification” report.
- Added the “Auto refresh search forms” parameter to the program settings.
- Added the sorting by markings in the “List of connections” report.
- Added the ability to search by synthetic barcode in the “Search for Devices” form.
- Added new columns to the “Search for Devices” form: “Invoice date”, “Invoice number”, “Account date”, “Account number”, “Contract date”, “Contract number”, “Delivery note date”, “Delivery note number”, “Warranty certificate date”, Warranty certificate number”, “Payment order date”, “Payment order number”.
- Added the ability to open the “Device maintenance” report with prefilled fields from the “Device maintenance history” form.
- Added the ability to sort software in the “Software” > “Current status” tab in the “Workplaces” form.
- Added the “Default type of service” parameter to the “Workplaces” form.
- Added the ability to open the “User details” report with prefilled fields from the “Users” catalog.
- Added the restrictions to profile editing in the catalog of users which depend on user rights.
- Added the “Request urgency” column to the list of requests in the “Service desk” form.
- Added the auto container feature in the “Transfer device” and “Retire device” forms which takes into account compatibility of device models.
- Added the “Show unfinished services” checkbox to the “Services performed” report and improved the search range mechanism.
- Added the ability to select a workplace for the “Set device status for workplace” import rule in the “Computer audit” form.
- Other innovations.
- Changes :
- Improved sending of mail notifications.
- Improved the data refreshing in the “Search for licenses” and “Search for expendables” forms.
- Added the multi-thread mechanism for scanning IP address range in the “Import workplaces” form.
- Increased the number of symbols up to 80 in the alias names for device models and manufacturers.
- Improved the search mechanism for the “Models” source in the Database query editor.
- Improved the “Target user group” in the “Service desk” form.
- Improved on the custom width settings in the following forms: “Search for devices”, “Search for licenses” and “Service desk”.
- Improved the mechanism for checking the access rights to devices types.
- Improved the tracing of routes in the “Network connections” form.
- Improved on the “Responsible persons” report.
- Improved on the auto-container feature in the “Properties of Device” form which takes into account compatibility of device models.
- Restricted the access to the database backup settings and request defaults to all users but administrators.
- Improved on the “Report Manager” form.
- Improved on the “Prohibited software” catalog.
- Improved the data refreshing in the “Current status” tab in the “Workplaces” form.
- Improved on the “Search for prohibited software” form.
- Improved the mechanism for checking unique names of import rules in the “Computer audit” form.
- Improved the mechanism for checking correct data input of import rules in the “Computer audit” form.
- Changed several interface messages in the “Computer audit” form.
- Improved on saving of the column width settings in the “Search for Devices” form.
- Some minor changes.
- Corrected Errors:
- Fixed the potential error of the Inventory manager module which could have occurred after it is launched.
- Fixed the error of data refreshing in tabs in the “Workplaces” form which occurred after a workplace was added.
- Fixed the error of employing the HWI_SA.dll library on Windows 2000 Professional.
- Fixed the error of importing several printers from ASTRA32 reports which occurred under certain conditions in the “Computer audit” form.
- Fixed the error of importing several printers from ASTRA32 reports which occurred under certain conditions in the “Import basket” form.
- Fixed the error of importing several monitors which occurred under certain conditions in the “Computer audit” form.
- Fixed the error of filling the “Container” field in the “Search for Devices” form which occurred under certain conditions.
- Fixed the error of column width settings in the “Search for licenses” and “Service Desk” forms.
- Fixed the error of starting the “Inventory manager” module which occurred under certain conditions.
- Fixed the error which occurred under certain conditions when linking department tree nodes to map.
- Fixed the error of importing memory modules from AIDA32/EVEREST reports which occurred under certain conditions in the “Computer audit” form.
- Fixed the error of importing memory modules from AIDA32/EVEREST reports which occurred under certain conditions in the “Import basket” form.
- Fixed the error which occurred if a device model was added to the catalog of models and types after editing rights to device types.
- Fixed the error of forming new device stickers which occurred after executing “Import new selected devices” operation.
- Fixed the error of calculating totals in the “Summary list of devices” report.
- Fixed the error of custom grouping of search results in the “Database query editor”.
- Fixed the error which occurred if the “IP import” button in the “Import basket” form was pressed after the “Workplaces” form was closed.
- Fixed the error in the “Computer audit” form which occurred under certain conditions when data was imported from AIDA32/EVEREST reports.
- Fixed the error of displaying software data in the “Current status” form which occurred if the system information report was deleted.
- Fixed the error of saving the tree parameters in the “Computer audit” form which occurred under certain conditions.
- Fixed the error of selecting manufacturer in import rules in the “Computer audit form.
- Now there is more thorough checkup of button accessibility depending on user rights.
- Some minor changes.
New in Hardware Inspector Client / Server 2.2 (Nov 9, 2009)
- Innovations:
- Added the "List of connections" report template.
- Added the "Warranty period expiration" report template.
- Added the "License maintenance" report template.
- Added the "Search for prohibited software" form.
- Added the ability to launch external applications from the "Workplaces" form.
- Added the mechanism for creating back-up copies in background mode. The backup options are defined in the program settings.
- Added the "Prohibited software" catalog.
- Added the "Types of connections" catalog.
- Added the "Types of ports" catalog.
- Added importing the "SKU#" parameter in chassis model name from AIDA32/EVEREST reports.
- Added the ability to use the multiple search filters for selecting devices in the "Device specification" report.
- Added the ability to use the multiple search filters for selecting licenses in the "License specification" report.
- Added the ability to use the "Device specification" report templates for printing results of the search for devices and search for expendables forms.
- Added the ability to use the "License specification" report templates for printing results of the search for license form.
- Added the name format parameter to the "Import users" form.
- Added the mechanism to keep the custom length and order of tree columns in the "List of requests" form.
- Added new fields to the set of fields in the "Device maintenance" report template - "Vendor ID" and "Vendor name".
- Added a new item to the context menu in the catalog of software which opens the "Search for licenses" form.
- Added new filters to the "Due to be retired" and "List of software" reports.
- Added the "Show empty records"checkbox to the "Subscription period expiration" and "Warranty period expiration" reports.
- Added the "Device model" filter to the "List of devices" report.
- Added the "Software name" filter to the "List of software" report.
- Added the selection of workplaces in the "Split a group of licenses" and "Split a group of devices" forms.
- Added the "Ctrl+A" hot key to the "Search for devices", Search for expendables and "Search for licenses" forms.
- Added the "Deadline" filter to the "List of requests" form.
- Added new fields to the "Search for expendables" form.
- Added the mechanism to calculate the lifelength with regard to type of service in the "Workplace maintenance history" and "Device maintenance history" forms.
- Added the "Lifelength" column to the "Workplace maintenance history" and "Device maintenance history" forms.
- Added new fields to the "Search for expendables" form - "Workplace user" and "Financially accountable person".
- Added new fields to the "Edit connection" and "Add connection" forms - "Type of connection" and "Length".
- Added new parameters to the catalog of inventory sessions - "Order #" and "Committee members".
- Added new fields to the "Inventory results" report - "Order #" and "Committee members".
- Added new fields to the set of fields of the "Device maintenance" report - "Type of service ID" and "Lifelength difference" (the difference between the previous and current lifelength values).
- Added the "Software status" filter to the "Workplace specification" report.
- Added the "Marking" column to the "Network connections" form.
- Added the "Individual maintenance period" parameter to the catalog of software.
- Added new variables to the "List of expendables" report - "Arrived to storage", "Issued from storage", "Discarded"
- Other innovations.
- Changes :
- Updated the "Cost of workplaces" report.
- Increased the speed of report generation.
- Improved the search by key words in the "Search for devices" and Search for licenses forms.
- Improved the identification of DNS server addresses imported from AIDA32/EVEREST reports.
- Improved the mechanism for displaying links to the records you need to delete.
- Blocked the following motherboard serial numbers: "000000-000", "System Serial Number".
- Improved importing processors from ASTRA32 reports.
- Improved the view of the following report templates "Label 40x55" and "Label40x55 A4" (Device specification report).
- Added the mechanism to sort the tree nodes in the following forms: "Workplace maintenance history", "Device maintenance history" and "License maintenance history"
- Improved the saving of custom column width in the "Search for devices" and "Search for licenses" forms.
- Improved the "Workplace maintenance" and "License maintenance" reports.
- Improved the checking of user rights for changing the dismissal date by supporters in the catalog of users.
- Improved the time initialization for "date+time" fields.
- Improved the access differentiation between users and supporters in the built-in Service Desk.
- Improved on the following forms: "Inventory status", "Report Manager" and "User import".
- Improved the "Inventory results" report.
- Improved the refreshing data in the "Workplaces" form.
- Improved on the license management feature in the catalog of users.
- Fixed the error of displaying BR symbols in the "List of requests" form if a request was added via the web interface of Hardware Inspector Service Desk.
- Some minor changes.
- Corrected Errors:
- Fixed the error which occurred in the "Computer audit" and "Import basket" forms under certain conditions.
- Fixed the error of stand-alone mode in the " Search for devices" form.
- Fixed the error of the inaccessible context menu items in the map view mode of the "Workplaces" form.
- Fixed the error of the incorrect view of model volume in the catalog of models and types.
- Fixed the error of group operations in the catalog of users which occurred under certain conditions.
- Fixed the error of filling device parameters in the "Computer audit" form which occurred when new selected devices were imported.
- Fixed the error in the "Computer audit" form which occurred under certain conditions when new records were imported to the catalog of manufacturers.
- Fixed the error of identification of network adapters parameters which occurred under certain conditions when AIDA32/EVEREST reports were imported.
- Fixed the error of importing network parameters from AIDA32/EVEREST reports in the "Import basket" form which appeared in a previous beta version.
- Fixed the error of identification of motherboard serial number imported from ASTRA32 reports.
- Fixed the error of device status identification which occurred if a device had several serial numbers.
- Fixed the error of setting default parameters in the "Search for licenses" form.
- Fixed the error of inaccessible "Export" button which occurred under certain conditions.
- Fixed the error in the "Workplaces" form which occurred when the sorting pattern was changed in the "Departments" and "Map" view modes.
- Fixed the error in the "Import workplaces" form which occurred under certain conditions while scanning the IP range.
- Fixed the error which occurred if the "Inventory manager" module was launched before the data was imported.
- Fixed the error of incomplete list of installed software which occurred if a resource was inaccessible.
- Fixed the error of saving the state of a new expendable item.
- Fixed the error of inaccessible controls for copying workplace properties in the "Transfer devices" form. It occurred if the current user was given the right to view workplace information.
- Fixed the error of refreshing the tree of workplaces which occurred if the link to map was changed.
- Fixed the error in the "Retire devices" and "Transfer devices" forms which occurred under certain conditions.
- Fixed the error of generating data on software in the "Workplace specification" report.
- Fixed the error of checking access rights to device types in the catalog of models and types which occurred a user logged in the database after the administrator of the database.
- Fixed the resizing error in the catalog of software.
- Fixed the error in the built-in Service Desk which occurred if a user searched data by target group without specifying the requester.
- Fixed the error of sending mail notifications which occurred under certain conditions.
- Fixed the error of setting the default value for the "Response speed to database queries" property in the server management form.
- Fixed the error which occurred if access rights to device types were changed.
- Fixed the error of attaching files to a request which occurred if the path to the folder with attachments was incorrect.
- Some minor changes.
New in Hardware Inspector Client / Server 2.1 (Jul 22, 2009)
- Single database for remote branches.
- Multilevel access permission.
- Access via the Internet.
- Inventory of network connections.
- Computer audit.
- Barcode inventory.