Dec 19 2023

T122-2023 Notification regarding BIOVIA Workbook 2023

BIOVIA Workbook

Program

BIOVIA Workbook

Operating System

All supported operating systems

Description

We are providing this Technical Note to inform you about the release of BIOVIA Workbook 2023 which includes the following enhancements and fixed defects:

Enhancements

This release of BIOVIA Workbook includes the following enhancements.

User Story

Description

NBK-21035

Users can now set a system-wide preference to open experiments in Continuous or tab lay-out.

NBK-32412

Workbook Workflow can now manage the Lifecycle of an associated Task Plan.

NBK-32812

You can now paste a table into a Text section without corrupting an Experiment.

NBK-33334

If a user does not have appropriate permissions to move an Experiment from one folder to another, an informative, user-friendly error message is now displayed.

NBK-33396

Workbook folders can now be opened using the copy link feature.

NBK-33884

During the execution of the Vault Installer, Vault and RAS schemas in the database are now re-granted all permissions necessary for installing and operating the product.

NBK-33977

An administrator can now hide the clone option from a specific group of users.

NBK-34067

This update replaces an outdated version of Log4j with a current, secure version.

NBK-34105

Text Section now displays all data as expected.

NBK-34160

Administrators can now configure Workbook to show User Name, User ID or both user Name and User ID in application grids.

NBK-34185

Scientists are no longer prompted to confirm Collaboration Space before a Task Plan is created from a Workbook experiment.

NBK-34372

Workbook has been upgraded to use the latest version of Java OpenJDK 8.

NBK-34373

Workbook has been updated to use the latest version of Apache Tomcat 8.5

NBK-34393

The background color of the create experiment/initial check-in dialog is no longer light blue.

NBK-33727

The Collaborative Space associated with an Experiment is now updated dynamically when the Collaborative Space of the associated Task Plan is changed.

NBK-33967

Workbook now ships with portable BIOVIA Draw 2022 SP1 HF1 embedded.

NBK-33135

The Text Section has been refactored to better handle large embedded images and reduce the occurrence of out-of-memory errors.

NBK-34114

The Pipeline Pilot Server URL is now picked up from the configuration of run Protocol Permission - which picks the expected URL for Workbook.

NBK-34264

Workbook is now compatible with ChemDraw 21.0.

Fixed Defects

This release of BIOVIA Workbook includes the following fixed defects.

Defect

Description

NBK-34002

Check-ins no longer fail to the site repository.

NBK-34624

Materials persist as expected when working with the Reaction Scheme and Synthetic Chemistry section.

NBK-34804

VaultobjectMessageHandlerQueue no longer fails when the number returned to Vault is too large.

NBK-30765

When BIOVIA Draw editor is launched through Workbook, the importing SCSR Structures no longer fails.

NBK-32814

Out of memory errors are no longer caused in text sections by pasting in large images.

NBK-33294

VaultObjectIndexMessageHandling is more efficient in high latency environments

NBK-33772

In Experiments, you can now open a text section with a long file name without any error.

NBK-34020

Deleting a duplicated group from Hub no longer causes issues with the "VaultHubSynchronizationService" service.

NBK-34101

Errors are no longer displayed when a user attempts to save or check-in an experiment where a second signature is required for a signature policy on a property within the experiment.

NBK-34108

Fulltext search now completes in a timely fashion.

NBK-34120

Text value changes implemented via a script are persisted.

NBK-34126

Workbook no longer crashes if more than one experiment using the Synthetic Chemistry functionality is open at the same time.

NBK-34149

Search no longer finds experiments based on data that was in previous versions of the experiment.

NBK-34164

In all cases, text Section now displays all data as expected

NBK-34206

Browsing folders that contain many experiments performs better than in prior releases, for the second and subsequent times visited in the same login session.

NBK-34209

Folders containing high numbers of experiments now load in a reasonable amount of time.

NBK-34217

Very rarely, when multiple (more than 100) updates are made on a Vault object the Audit History now records all changes.

NBK-34239

Workbook login times have been significantly improved.

NBK-34410

File names containing "legal" unicode characters no longer cause the File Service upload to fail.

NBK-34528

Empty workflowactorassociation is no longer added to the AssociationList, avoiding Workflow errors.

NBK-34576

When a reference is deleted from an experiment, the associated reference checkbox in the materials table is now removed.

NBK-34671

Experiments containing one or more files in a file section with the name now behave as expected.

NBK-34776

Experiment previews now work as expected for all users.

NBK-34785

Existing experiments now open as expected in read-only mode.

NBK-34877

Adding *.txt files to file sections now work as expected.

NBK-30223

The view settings in an Excel file in a Workbook file section no longer revert to the default each time the file is opened from within Workbook, and are now respected in the Workbook PDF report.

NBK-30435

The Example Dose Response template is no longer part of the Workbook sample templates package.

NBK-32442

In some cases, users can no longer paste a Sample ID value into a read-only Sample ID field.

NBK-32724

Workbook installer now informs user if improper ASCII characters are found.

NBK-33879

It is now possible to "unfavorite" an experiment.

NBK-33913

Images annotated by higher resolution images result in usable output using the new "Annotate Original Image..." feature in 2023.

NBK-33926

The Task Plan toolbar now appears as expected even when the Task Plan is the first section in an Experiment.

NBK-34011

A more user friendly error message is displayed when a Collaborative Space reader tries to edit a Task Plan.

NBK-34065

The user Full Name is now displayed for all audit events.

NBK-34070

When an update is made to a material in a material section that is used as a component in a preparation, the preparation is now also updated.

NBK-34078

Workbook now behaves as expected if a second user is needed to sign a signature policy.

NBK-34132

The "Save List" functionality in Workbook explorer now functions as expected.

NBK-34302

Viewing and zooming 2 tabbed files in full screen mode no longer renders the Workbook client unresponsive.

NBK-34308

Vault to Hub Sync Service now syncs changes from hub to vault in all conditions.

NBK-34383

The full name of an experiment, even if it is very long, is now displayed in dialogs.

NBK-34418

Workbook no longer throws errors when opening experiments if the QuickFile panel contains invalid paths.

NBK-34422

Search results saved as a Queries under Favorites now work when run either via Browse pane or via Display pane.

NBK-34433

VaultHubSynchronization Service no longer stops when error is thrown.

NBK-34514

Text is no longer overwritten if a user is typing in a table section cell when auto-save is triggered.

NBK-34645

The Vault Server system requirements now reflect the accurate ports for load balancing environments.

NBK-34700

Workbook no longer crashes when PDFs were certain issues are added to a file section.

NBK-34993

The Vault Server Installation now reflects the accurate ports for load balancing environments.

Resolution                                                                         

BIOVIA Workbook 2023 was released in June 2023 and is available for download at https://software.3ds.com under BIOVIA products and can be found under:

Product line: Lab, Scientific and Content Solutions

Release: BIOVIA 2023

Level:   BIOVIA 2023 Refresh3

Fixes for this level:  N/A

How to contact BIOVIA Support

If you have any questions, please contact BIOVIA Support.