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|Client=Aptean
|Title=v4.5.1.05-12 User Release Notes
|Type=Release Note
|Date=01/09/2021
|System=Aptean POD - Calidus Edition - Admin Application
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= Introduction =
This document describes the contents of this Aptean POD – ''Calidus'' Edition admin and server release.

== Platforms/Databases ==
The release will be tested against & supported only for the following platform/database combinations:

* Windows Server 2008 or above using SQL Server 2008/2012.
* Internet Explorer version 9.0 (and above) with JavaScript and Cookies enabled.
* FireFox version 26 (and above).
* Chrome version 32. (and above).

== Related Documents ==
None

= User Notes =
This is a release of the Aptean POD – Calidus Edition Test environment at Aptean.

== Released Incidents / Changes ==
This release contains the following fixes/changes:

213465 – Further OWASP fixes.
* Fixes to file uploads for Customer Maintenance, Product Maintenance, Codes Maintenance, User and Vehicle Maintenance. Fix to Job screen when adding expenses.

356892, 229608 – Fix to stored procedure.
* Fix to stored procedure to prevent the release process from crashing.

231070 – TTM Export
* Fix to TTM Export. Amended ProcessJobLockRequest to produce correct OIT/ARR message types. If Arrivals not is use, ARR produced after job lock.

236798 – Import/Export Audit screen.
* Fixed default sort order of records displayed to be by Request Date/Time descending.

237127 – TTM Exports.
* Fix to update the TTM export flag against the job differently at the end of the export process.

238366 – added extra auditing for job exports.
* Added extra auditing for ftp Job exports.

01805061 - Email export.
* Added ‘Auto Email Job Type’ to Job Group and Site Maintenance screens. Allows filtering of Job Types for the Auto Email export process.

232821 – 01783374 – Scanning Report.
* New Product Scanning Report option in the Reports screen.

222554 – 01742521 – Asset Tracking.
* Fix for Asset Tracking to allow the Asset Count values to be updated correctly when a Job Update is processed.

230843 – 01759110 EPOD Email Export.
* EPOD Email Export incomplete email address fix to mark the export as “Error”. This should allow us to trace issues where the client has created an incorrect email address.

232281 – 01781061 Email Export timeout.
* Added config setting for Export to control how long POD note production is allowed to take. Improved exception handling and logging to help track errors in future.

231264 – Prevent In Progress job from Export.
* Fix for Job Export to prevent In Progress orders from being exported to ctms. This should prevent these jobs from being marked as POD on ctms.

222558 – 01742542 – Post type export fix.
* Fix for POST type exports to allow xml messages to be sent correctly.

217307 – 01728362 – Palletforce export fix.
* Fix for Palletforce type exports to prevent an export record from being created if there are no containers on the job.

229608 – 01756813 – Palletforce export fix.
* Fix for Palletforce type exports to prevent an export record from being created if all of the containers on the job have been cancelled.

219159 – 01733138 – Palletforce Import.
* Fix for Palletforce Import to catch file level exceptions to prevent the process from crashing if a file level error occurs. Speeded up by linking to epod load more efficiently. Allowed for columns 63 and 64 being optional. Handle blank site ids by skipping most of the record processing and continuing through the rest of file.

213465 – OWASP security fixes.
* Fix for POD Reports to prevent xss cross-site scripting issues.

216679 – 01725860 – PF2 export.
* Fix for PF2 to allow for blank dates and time.

208798 – 01591944 – Cancel All Outstanding.
* Fix for Job Group screen to allow new Job Groups to be created successfully.

212463 – PF export.
* Fix to export to produce error and prevent the export poller from crashing if no files are produced from the Palletforce export.

216679 – 01725860 – PF2 export.
* Fix to remove update of job epl_xfer_flag to prevent job status rollbacks.

Incident 231264: Testing feedback 01 Jul 2021.
* Fixed an issue which was allowing the system to use deleted interface config records when processing exports causing multiple POD notes to be sent.

Bug 230852: ePOD Export calls accidentally removed.
* Restored some erroneously removed called to EPOD_SYS_EXPORT methods so that the latest code can safely be used/released.

2078798– CUSTOM - ePOD DEV: Cancel All Outstanding - 01591944 - DEV-81270.
* Added the ability to control the existing deliver or collect all at job group level along with a new value which can enable the new cancel all functionality. Added the ability/requirement (if cancel all is enabled) to set the cancel all reason code at the job group level.

198810 – Failed count not incrementing if the site and user are correct
* Fixed an issue where if the user set a valid site ID and username (but an incorrect password) the failed login count was not incremented.

01595769 – Fix to job trigger for performance
* Fixed a performance issue where the job trigger was reading in all jobs before inserting pod records.

197846 – OWASP login and session fix.
* Change to remove previous session upon logging into epod and generate a new one. Recording failed login attempts. Account locking if failed attempts more than 4.

198810 – Auditing for failed login attempts
* Added audit message for failed login attempts from the device, e.g. if the Site, User or Vehicle don’t exist etc.

198806 – Plain text passwords
* Save passwords on the database as encrypted using AES encryption.

01595769 – Config POD note
* Improve efficiency of producing reports by making sure that load doesn't get hierarchy of jobs, and least used objects are only fetched on demand.

210672 – Added debugs for email exports
* When using export to email POD notes, catch any exceptions that have occurred in log messages.

210718 – Fix epod product constructor
* Prevent duplicate epod product records being created when completing a job that contains products.

== Setup ==
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== Performance Notes ==
It is not thought that this change will have any impact on performance although it is our recommendation that the performance of all areas of the application is validated during testing to ensure that performance is still good.

== Related Releases ==
Android mobile device application release 4.5.0.0 must be active prior to this release.

== Technical Changes & Special Notes ==

=== Technical Changes ===
The following technical changes have been made as part of this release:
# Full EPOD Server Release

=== Special Notes ===
None

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