WBIS 2

What is new?

  • The map now runs on Atlas 3.2.
  • A new report template editor for building flexible formatted reports, and reworked Botanical Survey and Scoping reports. #1320, #1324
  • Tables and map layers now refresh automatically, and Atlas is prompted to update geometry after a sync from iPad. #1405, #1430
  • A new toast notification system for database notifications. #1482
  • Expanded help throughout the application, including help for dockable windows and links to the iOS applications from the Help menu. #7, #623, #1397, #1435, #1568
  • You can now view a user's active Hex160s and Botanical Survey Areas from the Users tab. #1689
  • An incoming record whose location falls outside your active hexes now assigns that hex as active automatically. #1606
  • Audio Placements now show and display their photos, and copying a Point of Interest to a Plant of Interest brings the attached photos across. #1425, #1504
  • Constituent and associated tables now show which Plant Species entries came from iOS. #1486
  • Point of Interest categories now offer suggestions, and spell check has an expanded built-in dictionary. #194, #1313

What has been fixed?

Map and selection

  • Selecting records now reliably highlights them on the map, whether selected one at a time or as a group, and no longer drops rows from the table when panning a vector tile layer. #1423, #1489, #1505, #1691
  • Selecting a record with the map open no longer throws an error during zoom, including on the N/A District. #1531, #1539
  • Zooming from a table to the map now works for features added after new survey information. #1478
  • Selecting a feature no longer briefly shows the previous symbology after a style edit. #1500
  • CDFW Spotted Owl Diagrams now draw correctly. #1723
  • Survey tracks added manually from the map now appear on the map. #1457
  • Draw Manual now works as expected. #1461
  • The measure toolbar is available again. #1479

Map layers and performance

  • Map layer refreshes no longer exhaust the database connection limit, which was producing "remaining connection slots are reserved" errors for multiple users. #1538, #1578
  • Synced records now update on the map, and map performance no longer degrades over a long session. #1483
  • Map layers are no longer dropped when the map opens on an unreliable connection, and the map no longer intermittently opens as a blank canvas. #1464, #1637
  • The Data Source Manager button in the map layers panel now opens. #1447, #1656
  • The SPI_HF layer now loads correctly on Production. #1499
  • Added shapefiles no longer lock after a restart, and their source files can be deleted. #1524
  • The layer tree no longer crashes when a node changes while the tree is sorted. #1607

Layer styles and saved settings

  • Style settings are now retained when the application is closed and reopened, and no longer change on their own when the Style Settings window is opened. #1406, #1507, #1526
  • Styles, folder groups, layer ordering and visibility ranges now save and load correctly, including for layers inside folder groups. #1497, #1498, #1528, #1535, #1536, #1565
  • Updating style settings no longer breaks vector tile layer connections, and layers no longer render blank with an empty Layer Settings dialog. #1481, #1559
  • Layer style settings now populate with usable default From and To values instead of zeros. #1470
  • Saving styles and closing the application no longer produces a path error. #1424

Reports

  • Formatted reports have been rebuilt for performance and stability, covering the District, Hex160 Coverage, Hex160 Survey, Botanical Survey, Botanical Survey Summary, Botanical Scoping, Original Watershed, and THP/Forester watershed wildlife reports. #1660, #1663, #1665, #1667, #1669, #1673, #1675, #1679, #1682, #1684, #1686
  • Survey and Scoping reports no longer fail, and the Scoping report Table 3 no longer omits data. #1289, #1717, #1718
  • Exported formatted reports no longer make Word warn about references to other files. #1730
  • Report Builder now honours the View Deleted and View Repository options. #1677
  • Formatted report text is now restricted to Admin users. #1322

Wildlife

  • Saving a Wildlife Project is now much faster, no longer drops the database connection, and no longer fails when saving a selected HEX160. #1509, #1602, #1695
  • Adjusting a user's Wildlife Projects now assigns their active Hex160s. #1688
  • Wildlife Survey Areas now save the Hex160 Area and Comments fields, display the polygon when updated from a shapefile, and no longer error when drawn manually or added. #1180, #1543, #1544, #1545
  • Correcting a species on a Wildlife sighting now updates the alpha code and species-list attributes. #1436
  • Amphibian Survey records now open correctly, and Open Details is available on the Amphibian Element constituent list. #1595, #1699
  • Camera placements now include elevation data, and the Camera Review constituents Column Chooser offers the full set of columns again. #1321, #1610
  • Buffer imports for breeding and wobble buffers now complete without failing. #1434

Site Calling

  • Editing many records in sequence no longer causes memory to climb, and clicking a record after the application has been open a long time no longer produces an error. #1469, #1587
  • Editing a record no longer strips the seconds from time spent. #1518
  • The Detection form has its production field order and tab colour restored, and column order now persists between records. #1619, #1630, #1633
  • The Nest Height field is visible without needing a full-width window. #1640
  • Corrected the track repository and delete filters. #1542

Botany and Plant Species

  • Plant species scientific names can be changed again, the Use Existing merge no longer fails with a permissions error, and iOS-originating species are distinguished so Desktop-managed records are protected. #1466, #1477, #1716
  • Copying between Points of Interest and Plants of Interest no longer produces errors, and Plant of Interest photos now display instead of showing grey boxes. #1286, #1449, #1601
  • Editing one Botanical record no longer changes the date modified on all associated records. #1502
  • Botanical unit assignment now records the change in server time, so iOS reliably picks up newly assigned units. #1506
  • Confirming a watershed selection while creating a new Scoping no longer produces an error. #1508
  • Several fixes to the plants list. #1495

Tables, toolbars and forms

  • Toolbar icons have been cleaned up and modernised, missing tools restored across the Users, Constituents, Survey Templates, Report Builder and Additional Surveys tables, the Shapefile Export icon restored on eight tables, and duplicate toolbars removed. #614, #617, #630, #1591, #1592, #1594, #1634, #1726
  • Table toolbar tools no longer disappear when the window is narrow. #1584
  • The select-all button at the top-left of a table works again, and sorting a column no longer moves the scroll bar. #1646, #1724
  • Long Comments entries now scroll instead of pushing the rest of the form out of view, and no longer stretch their table row. #1658, #1661
  • View Parent and View Constituent right-click options are now filtered correctly. #1583
  • Restored the table ID fields, and added HCP_Status to Hex 160. #1654
  • Required-field markers now match the fields that actually block saving. #1589
  • Form field layout corrected on the Banding User, Wildlife Sighting, Outside Survey and Outside Survey Detection forms, and numeric fields now align consistently. #1597, #1609, #1611, #1615, #1616
  • A copied record can now be saved directly, without needing to be edited first. #1737
  • A record can no longer be exited while it is still loading. #512

General

  • A full pass over dark and light mode has corrected numerous theming inconsistencies, including unreadable notification text. #1582, #1585
  • Notifications are now limited to the resources you belong to, and the new version notification now appears. #1494, #1510, #1580
  • Spell check works again, and the custom dictionary now loads from the installed build. #1617, #1647
  • User settings and layouts are no longer wiped by an installer update or repair. #1651
  • The record importer has been stabilised, the FID field is hidden during imports, and the Import Data window now shows the field name instead of an internal name. #1458, #1467, #1649
  • Photo Export now explains when there are no photos to export, and BDOW Removal photos display on Production instead of showing Not Found. #1548, #1731
  • Updating a Protection Zone ID now updates its related records. #1493
  • WBIS layer settings now update correctly from the RMS tools. #1293
  • Saving a user is now faster. #1452
  • The repository tool has been deactivated for Banding User support records. #542