Release Notes

Document Issue Level: Date Issued:
1.0 February, 2021
Product: Version Issued:
Symmetry CONNECT & GUEST 1.31.0

Introduction

This bulletin provides technical information on product improvements for Symmetry CONNECT & GUEST for both hosted and on-premise deployments, available in production from February 2021

New Functionality

Installer

  • We have improved the security of all Docker Registires.

GUEST

  • As part of the new Suspend Identity feautre added in IDM, Suspended Idenitties will not be ble to be searched on either from Visitor Search or Identity Search.

CONNECT

  • We have added 2 additional Roles to CONNECT ‘IDS Code Manager’ and ‘Pin Code Manager’ to CONNECT > Configuration > Roles.
  • We have added optional features to allow specific Identities to hold ‘IDS Code Manager’ and ‘Pin Code Manager’ located in CONNECT > Configuration > General.
  • We have added an optional feautre to allow ACR/ACRMs view/delete all Access Rights assigned to Identities, which can be found in CONNECT > Configuration > General.
  • For increased security we have added obfuscation to PIN and IDS codes on CONNECT Identites.
  • We have added an optional configuration to allow Hot Stamps to be displayed on an Identity’s Credential Page. This can only be populated by file upload, and will only be enabled if the configuration is updated in CONNECT >Configuration > General.
  • The new ‘Hot Stamp’ feature, when enabled will allow Users to enter Card Numbers as Hot Stamps.
  • A new feature in CONNECT > Configuration >General has been added to allow Users to configure ‘Remove the Cardholder from Symmetry’ in the event of an Idenity being Suspended. To note, unlike the Temination feature, Unsuspended Identities will be reactivated in Symmetry if ‘Remove the Cardholder from Symmetry’ is set to OFF.
  • We have updated the CONNECT UI and relevant reports to reflect Suspended Identities.
  • Updates to Audit Campaigns for Identity Suspension will behave exactly the same as ‘Expired/Unexpired’ and ‘Terminated/Unterminated’.

IDM

  • We have added a new feature to allow Identities to be Suspended/Un-Suspended on the Identity Edit page, located next to the ‘Terminate’ and ‘Expire button’
  • We have updated relevant Reports to reflect Suspended Identities.
  • We have updated our status Filters in IDM to allow for Suspended Identites.
  • We have updated IDM Screen Configuration to make ‘Employee number’ and Primary Phone’ configurable.

Public API

  • We have added additonal API requests to allow Users to Suspend/Unsuspend Identites via the Public API.

Issues Addressed

  • FP158192 - We have addressed a perfromance issue relating to high counts in remote messages for the Amag.Symmetry.Client. This has now been addresssed.
  • FP158086 - We have addressed an Authentication error with emails being genrated from GUEST where Usernames and Passwords were optionally not set. Additionally we have added a new feature to assign a custom ‘FROM’ email address wihtin the advanced option of the Installer.
  • FP157425 - We have addressed an issue whereby the Public Api allowed blank first names to be passed into the Application. Going forward, validation will prevent this from happening.
  • FP157996 - We have addressed an issue with Reports failing to load due to timeouts where there is a large quantity of data. We have improved the application’s query for Reports and have improved timings for Report loading.
  • FP158064 - We ahve addressed an issue for the IDM to Symmetry Mappiong dropdown list not displaying Identity Type. this has been resolved.
  • FP158416 - We have addresed an with Audit Campaigns not starting due to SQL timeouts. This has been resolved.
  • FP157664 - We have addressed an issue with Access/Credential Requests that were allowed to be made on behalf of a Terminated /Expired Identity. this has now been reoslved.

Known Issues

  • GUEST Search field will only allow Users to search on a maximum of two searchable words. In the future we will provide Users with the ability to search three search words. The work around at this time is to enter an ‘AND’ operator between each word to exceed a 2 word search.
  • After completion of ‘Define New Visitor’ from the Unknown Visitor link (Calendar Integration) the user is not automatically re-directed to the default GUEST view. The work around is to manually navigate back to GUEST until a fix is put in place in a future release.
  • PDF pagination numbering does not change when cycling through (x) pages for Policies.
  • ACRM/ACR proxy by admin is displaying exceptions when selecting Audit Pie charts from CONNECT Dashboard. ACRM/ACR retain functional behaviour for Audit pie chart selection.
  • ACRM/ACR proxy by admin will throw exceptions when navigating between GUEST and CONNECT.
  • Identity Credentials Report attributes will be deleted from fields if drop-down is selected during editable phase of report generation. Ensure that report is generated before selecting the Drop down icon.
  • If a receptionist’s base building/company combination has a visit configuration without visit types, all the self registration kiosks activated with a code generated by the receptionist won’t be able to create any visits. This is a limitation of the current design of the kiosk and will be fixed in a future release. The work around for this issue is to either change the building/company of the receptionist to a combination that has a visit type, or to add a visit type to the current building/company combination used by the receptionist.

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