T42-2025 - Notification regarding BIOVIA Notebook 2025 SP1
We are providing this Technical Note to inform you about the release of BIOVIA Notebook 2025 SP1 which includes the following enhancements and fixed defects:
SEP | 24th, 2025
Program
BIOVIA Notebook
Operating System
All supported operating systems
Description
We are providing this Technical Note to inform you about the release of BIOVIA Notebook 2025 SP1 which includes the following enhancements and fixed defects:
Enhancements
This release of BIOVIA Notebook includes the following enhancements.
| User Story | Description |
|---|---|
| CELN-11968 | When installing, default section privileges are now granted to the ELNUSERS group. |
| CELN-12383 | Web server response header "X-Content-Type-Options" is now set to "nosniff" as per security best practices. |
| CELN-12544 | API endpoints for submissions have been refactored. The following old endpoints are now deprecated and may be removed in a future release: GET v1/experiments/\{parentId}/\{partNo} GET v1/experiments/\{documentid}/submissions/\{renditionid}/eligiblewitnesses GET v1/experiments/\{parentId}/submissions/\{id} GET v1/experiments/\{parentId}/submissions/\{id}/validatesignatures |
| CELN-12740 | Single Sign-On using a SAML Identity Provider can now be configured in Notebook. |
| CELN-13057 | Drag-and-drop of chemical structure files into advanced search is now supported, for files with extensions .mol, .rxn, .skc, .cdx, .smi |
| CELN-13086 | The LicenseFilePath appSetting is no longer required when the default name and location for the license file are used. |
| CELN-13598 | The ordering of items in the Actions menu in the experiment editor can now be controlled by means of a new SORTKEY property on Protocol objects in the API. Actions are sorted first by SORTKEY, then by ID. |
| CELN-13917 | When external authentication with Hub or SAML is configured, a database user can now login using the new login page [https://servername/notebookloginservice/nativelogin.aspx] |
| CELN-13991 | API endpoints for section history have been refactored. The following old endpoints are now deprecated and may be removed in a future release: GET v1/experiments/\{parentId}/history/\{historyId} GET v1/sections/\{id}/history/\{historyId}/data |
| CELN-14087 | Username is now available as an optional column in the experiment library lists such as All Experiments. |
| CELN-14089 | Lookups can now have a custom icon that is displayed in the Lookup Sections menu in the experiment editor. The icon is uploaded in Lookups administration. |
| CELN-14133 | Security audit trail now shows Object Name correctly also for Experiment Type objects. |
| CELN-14253 | The ordering of items in the Lookup Sections menu in the experiment editor can now be controlled by means of a new Sortkey property in Lookups Administration. |
| CELN-14262 | A new experiment can now be created based on a selected product or reactant in a chemical reaction section, using the cog-wheel menu. |
| CELN-14263 | Sorting is now available in all the views (Table, Content, Compact and Chemistry) in the experiment library lists such as All Experiments. |
| CELN-14358 | The My Packages and All Packages library lists in Data Archive now contain a Project column. |
| CELN-14375 | The Home button in Data Archive now navigates to the Data Archive start page. |
| CELN-14469 | Performance has been improved when the Notebook database is SQL Server, by improving indexing in the database. |
| CELN-14502 | An optional configuration is available in order to require admin privilege on the grantee group when granting permission on objects to a group. |
| CELN-14558 | A new administration application "Configuration Manager" has been added to support configuring single sign-on with SAML. |
| CELN-14647 | Experiment Collector has been updated to be compatible with Scientific Notebook R2025x FD03. To migrate experiments to an earlier version of Scientific Notebook, use the Experiment Collector from Notebook 2025. |
| CELN-9717 | The Data Archive section in Notebook now displays the checksum for an archived package. This does not apply to already submitted sections. |
Fixed Defects
This release of BIOVIA Notebook 2025 SP1 includes the following fixed defects.
| Defect | Description |
|---|---|
| CELN-14552 | Submission comment time and date stamps are now correct even when the user is in a time zone with negative UTC offset. Note that sign and co-sign dates have always been correct. |
| CELN-14626 | When filtering an experiment list by author, only the current author name is listed in the dropdown but experiments authored by the same user under a previous name are returned. |
| CELN-12473 | In the Image section, the Screen Capture button is not shown when using macOS. Users are advised to use the built-in macOS screen capture tool and paste the image into the Image section. |
| CELN-12595 | It is no longer possible to accidentally add the same collaborator multiple times in an experiment. |
| CELN-13511 | Pasting images, charts and other objects from Microsoft Office 2021 applications into a Body Text section now works correctly. |
| CELN-13786 | The ordering of items in the Actions menu in the experiment editor can now be controlled by means of a new SORTKEY property on Protocol objects in the API. Actions are sorted first by SORTKEY, then by ID. |
| CELN-14224 | User first and last names containing Unicode national characters are now supported even when the Notebook database is SQL Server. |
| CELN-14414 | Section history can now be loaded correctly even on Notebook that was first installed with version 2024 SP1 or 2025. |
| CELN-14416 | Usernames containing Unicode national characters are now supported also when the Notebook database is SQL Server. |
| CELN-14443 | The correct version for Notebook Server is now shown in the Windows control panel list of installed applications. |
| CELN-14488 | The API now returns the expected response when you retrieve users or groups with a $skip parameter value larger than the total number of items. |
| CELN-14520 | Searching by experiment type or lookup item containing Asian characters now works correctly, even when the Notebook database is SQL Server. |
| CELN-14528 | The "Recent experiments" widget in Foundation Hub now displays experiments correctly also in the expanded state. |
| CELN-14575 | It is no longer possible to delete a coeditor by calling delete contributors endpoint and vice versa. |
| CELN-14584 | It is now possible to use the extra five license seats intended for system and test users, when granting ELNUSER privilege to users or groups. |
| CELN-14594 | Lookup filters in a saved search are now correctly shown when opening in advanced search. |
| CELN-14635 | Database users can now change their own password on the User details page in the Administration section. |
| CELN-14641 | Searching by experiment types or lookup items that contains a comma or backslash now works correctly. |
| CELN-14665 | Dropdown lists in Advanced search now support filtering to find matching items correctly, even when the total number of items is very large. |
| CELN-14689 | An issue which sometimes caused characters such as ampersand to become double-encoded in HTML attribute values has been resolved. This affected some external links in Body Text sections. |
| CELN-14698 | Database users can now change their own password on the User details page in the Administration section. |
| CELN-13316 | The filter controls for date filters in experiment and template lists have been improved so that "Past week" means anytime between now and a week ago, and similarly for the other date filter options. |
| CELN-14155 | Tooltips on custom toolbar buttons are now shown correctly. |
| CELN-14237 | The issue with storing experiment project metadata has been resolved, preventing rare cases where some project references in the experiment content were not included in the searchable metadata. |
| CELN-14250 | Error handling in Data Archive web client when trying to open an inaccessible package has been improved. |
| CELN-14530 | Pasting images, charts and other objects from Office 2021 applications into a Body Text section now works correctly. |
Resolution
BIOVIA Notebook 2025SP1 was released in September 2025 and is available for download at https://software.3ds.com under BIOVIA products:
Product line: Lab, Scientific and Content Solutions
Release: 2025
Level: BIOVIA 2025 Refresh3
Fixes for this level: -
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