CARDEXCHANGE®
CONTROLER

RELEASE NOTES

Last Updated: June 8, 2023

Version 2.4.0 (SandBox)

August 13, 2024
  • Improvements

    Added Help icon to top right of main screen next to the Profile icon

  • Improvements

    Improved wording on Issue tab. Changed from Awaiting for issuance approval to Awaiting approval for issuance.

  • Improvements

    Simplified the Production stage headings to make them more consistent. Replaced Create, Approve For Production, Print, Approve For Issuance & Activate with Create, Approve, Print, Issue & Activate.

  • Improvements

    Made all drag and drop menu items such as selection of search & visible fields WCAG 2.1 AA compliant

  • Improvements

    When creating temporary credentials, the user will be prompted to select an end date in cases where the global setting in AdminCenter for credentials is set to Follow Profile End Date, as there will be no profile end date to follow for the temporary credential .

  • Improvements

    Updated the Microsoft Face API used by Stand and Controller for facial recognition and automation of photos to V3.0

  • Bug Fix

    Resolved issue where logo and header height would increase dramatically if the size of the browser was increased.

  • Bug Fix

    Resolved issue where address fields were marked with an * to denote they were mandatory by default, when they were not.

  • Bug Fix

    Resolved issue where custom reports using the date of birth field as search criteria caused incorrect date values to be shown in report output.

  • Bug Fix

    Resolved issue where reports will sometime fail to run and/or export if they contain a large number of records.

  • Bug Fix

    Resolved issue where column sorting indicator disappears when navigating from and back to a page.

  • Bug Fix

    Resolved issue where the person’s name under their photo on the person details page does not follow the formatting of the source field. Letter capitalisation format was not respected.

  • Bug Fix

    Resolved issue where search criteria entered in the Production Create tab does not clear correctly when refreshed, and causes the same search criteria to be applied to the Approve tab.

  • Bug Fix

    Resolved issue where sync endpoint may fail on subsequent sync of a record with invalid input such as blank person number, when person number is a required value. Returns correct status on first request but fails on subsequent requests.

  • Bug Fix

    Resolved issue where HFC printer status does not always load correctly in the printer selection list.

Version 2.3.0

July 10, 2024
  • Improvements

    Hide attributes from reports based on users role so fields hidden from the user in the Controller UI are not visible on reports.

  • Improvements

    Updated Azure Application Gateway SSL encryption to latest version .

  • Improvements

    Improved role configuration to allow an administrator to choose which users can access the CSV export function.

  • Improvements

    Improved how the CSV import menu handles header data containing quotations.

  • Improvements

    Improved management of ID documents submitted for photo comparison which have multiple photos on them.

  • Improvements

    Resolved issue with business rules where template is not stored when triggering a Mail Merge action.

  • Bug Fix

    Resolved issue where fields configured to calculate a random value (PIN) could not be edited.

  • Bug Fix

    Resolved issue where business rules configured based on “OnDelete” events was not always triggering.

  • Bug Fix

    Resolved issue where the photo on the person record did not reload after editing the record.

  • Bug Fix

    Resolved issue where the credential end date settings were not applied to temporary credentials

  • Bug Fix

    Resolved issue where the wrong HFC template was used when printing multiple cards with different profiles.

Version 2.2.110

May 16, 2024
  • Improvements

    Roles & Attributes Improvements (Admin Role)

  • Improvements

    Security Improvements for the API (Penetration Testing report)

  • Improvements

    PIN Field is not editable

  • Improvements

    Encryption algorithm version changed for a more securty version

  • Improvements

    WCAG Improvements, 400% Zoom, Colour Selection, Table Header for Advanced Search, Advanced Search Tooltips and Tab Tooltips improved

  • Improvements

    Controller Media Queries to 200% WCAG Compliance

  • Improvements

    Subscription Creation Improvement

  • Improvements

    Authentication Service new look and feel, new Custom Errors pages.

  • Bug Fix

    Roles & Attributes were not being applied correctly when changed in Admin Center

  • Bug Fix

    Property to match the photo name was not being assigned

Version 2.2.100

April 17, 2024
  • Improvement

    Signature and Documents Performance improvements

  • Improvement

    Tooltips improvements for Controller

  • Improvement

    Controller Media Queries to 200% WCAG Compliance

  • Improvement

    Roles & Attributes Improvements

  • Improvement

    JAWS validation WCAG Compliance

  • Improvement

    Table Settings for Roles & Attributes Improvements

  • Improvement

    Hover & Focus WCAG Compliance

  • Bug Fix

    Adding a Photo now creates a card

  • Bug Fix

    Hidden Attributes were not applied correctly

  • Bug Fix

    Having more then 6 filters UI improvements in Persons View

Version 2.2.90

March 19, 2024
  • Bug Fix

    The Name On Card field under the profile tab could not be updated with Null data after containing a value

  • Bug Fix

    The Photo-caching mechanism was not working correctly

  • Bug Fix

    Role-based attribute permissions were not immediately enforced when switching tenants

  • Bug Fix

    After updating a photo, the person details did not show the updated photo

  • Bug Fix

    In some cases, the Card Number value was not being generated correctly

  • Bug Fix

    Changing the email address of a Person gave the error that the person number was already in use

  • Bug Fix

    When using HID Fargo Connect, an error was shown when trying to print after choosing the destination printer

  • Bug Fix

    When you had more than one credential in a profile and you had one Activated, you could Activate other Credentials as well

  • Bug Fix

    The persons list was not automatically loaded

  • Improvement

    Role-based attribute permissions were not applied to history records

  • Improvement

    Improved WCAG 2.1 AA standard - Implemented Media Queries to improve the display when resizing the screen

  • Improvement

    Improved WCAG 2.1 AA standard - Removed the use of italics and Uppercase words

  • Improvement

    Improved WCAG 2.1 AA standard - Improved the implementation of tooltips

Version 2.2.83

March 18, 2024
  • Improvement

    Improved WCAG 2.1 AA standard - Ensure that all non-text items have informative alternative text

  • Improvement

    Improved WCAG 2.1 AA standard - Added skip to main content option

Version 2.2.82

March 6, 2024
  • No changes

Version 2.2.81

February 23, 2024
  • No changes

Version 2.2.80

February 15, 2024
  • Bug Fix

    Resolved issue where role-based attribute permissions were not applied when editing records

  • Bug Fix

    Resolved issue where it was not possible to fully deleted/clear data from fields

  • Bug Fix

    Resolved issue where the Blocked Cards report returned all non-active credentials

  • Bug Fix

    Resolved "Internal server error" message when changing card status from blocked to activated in credentials tab

  • Bug Fix

    Resolved error where incorrect email settings were used for forgot password emails

  • Improvement

    Improved handling of photo comparison for ID documents with multiple photos

  • Improvement

    Improved loading performance of the person list by loading person and photo data concurrently. Only load profile, address and credential information when opening individual person records

  • Improvement

    Improved WCAG 2.1 AA standard keyboard navigation compliance

  • New Functionality

    Added Support for HID Mobile Access

Version 2.2.7.3

December 01, 2023
  • No changes

Version 2.2.7.2

November 19, 2023
  • No changes

Version 2.2.7.1

November 02, 2023
  • No changes

Version 2.2.7.0

October 21, 2023
  • Bug Fix

    Thumbnails were showing blurry on the person/production screens

  • Bug Fix

    Group filtering was not applied to the production screens

  • Bug Fix

    Photo export failed when person number had leading space

Version 2.2.6.9

September 13, 2023
  • No changes

Version 2.2.6.8

August 16, 2023
  • No changes

Version 2.2.6.7

August 11, 2023
  • No changes

Version 2.2.6.6

August 10, 2023
  • No changes

Version 2.2.6.5

July 25, 2023
  • No changes

Version 2.2.6.4

July 13, 2023
  • No changes

Version 2.2.6.3

July 02, 2023
  • No changes

Version 2.2.6.2

June 30, 2023
  • Bug Fix

    Filters defined for a group in Admin Center were not applied on the production screens in Controller

  • Improvement

    Set the drop-down lists in Controller so that they show the values in ascending alphabetical order

Version 2.2.6.1

June 21, 2023
  • No changes

Version 2.2.6.0

June 16, 2023
  • Bug Fix

    On some pages, the custom field labels were not displayed

  • Bug Fix

    When setting fields to be hidden under the role attribute permissions, they were still shown

  • Bug Fix

    Fixed some issues when working with advanced search where filters were also applied

Version 2.2.5.5

June 11, 2023
  • No changes

Version 2.2.5.4

May 17, 2023
  • Bug Fix

    When photo approval was enabled for Stand, but not for Controller, photos that are not approved are still showing in the approve for production screen

  • Bug Fix

    When refreshing data on the approve for production page, it is calling the fargo Defaults endpoint even if HID fargo Connect is ont enabled

Version 2.2.5.3

May 10, 2023
  • Improvement

    Update the Copyright date

  • Bug Fix

    Null-reference exceptions when importing photos

  • Bug Fix

    Photo Approval URL link was not formatted correctly

  • Bug Fix

    When using the approve option on the individual rows under photo approval, it was not triggering workflows

Version 2.2.5.2

April 19, 2023
  • No changes

Version 2.2.5.1

March 27, 2023
  • No changes

Version 2.2.5.0

March 16, 2023
  • Improvement

    Added download link to the Print tab for the CardExchange Press installer

  • Improvement

    Added loading text to the spinner in the header to make it more obvious

  • Improvement

    Added a clear search button to the person and production screens

  • Improvement

    Added a notification confirming that print jobs were sent to the HID Fargo Connect printer

  • Improvement

    Added the version number on the main page

  • Improvement

    Added a block reason to the persons table, this is used when blocking/archiving a person

  • Bug Fix

    Added pagination to the custom reports page as it would not show more than 15 reports

  • Bug Fix

    Modified the photo import process so that it processes them in small batches to avoid errors

  • Bug Fix

    When editing an ID document, it said updated signature

  • Bug Fix

    Card History was showing the PACS fields even if they were not set to be visible

  • Bug Fix

    After exporting to, or importing from external production, the screen always showed 10 items per page and page 0

Version 2.2.4.2

February 22, 2023
  • Bug Fix

    When creating a credential via the credential tab of a person, it is not loading the default values

  • Bug Fix

    When saving a field that is defined as a checkbox in System Labels, it is not updated when unchecking it

Version 2.2.4.1

February 10, 2023
  • Bug Fix

    Fixed an issue with photos edited through the Photo Approval screen saving as a seperate image

Version 2.2.4.0

February 8, 2023
  • Improvement

    When importing photos through controller, it did not give a message saying it completed successfully

  • Improvement

    Fargo printer list was not sorted alphabetically

  • Improvement

    Included additional fields in the external production export/import

  • Bug Fix

    There was an issue loading Controller when only Controller itself had a subscription and there were no other subscribed services

  • Bug Fix

    When selecting photos to import, you got an error if you did not first select the property to match

  • Bug Fix

    When you deleted a photo using photo approval and you had a card in production, it set all cards to initialized instead of just the cards in production

  • Bug Fix

    An error was shown when trying to export photos

  • Bug Fix

    When a photo was deleted, the previously approved photo that it used as a default moved back into a pending state

  • Bug Fix

    When editing a photo, it went into a pending state

  • Bug Fix

    Some fields were not working correctly in custom reports

  • Bug Fix

    Existing cards without card type caused failures

  • Bug Fix

    Invalid column name 'CurrentCredentialIssueNumber' shown

  • Bug Fix

    Refreshing the Profile page did not update anything

Version 2.2.3.0

December 20, 2022
  • Improvement

    Implemented new logic behind sorting a numeric field

  • Bug Fix

    After importing from external production, it refreshes the screen and loads the data from the approve for issuance tab instead of the print tab

  • Bug Fix

    Photo approval screen - records to display option keeps resetting

  • Bug Fix

    When a Profile is blocked, it did not withdraw an initialized card

Version 2.2.2.4

November 11, 2022
  • Bug Fix

    When adding search terms in custom reports, an error is displayed when the search combines different tables

  • Bug Fix

    Advanced Search in the create tab does not work properly

  • Bug Fix

    PACS Credential Columns displayed in Controller are giving errors

  • Bug Fix

    Advanced search on profile type is not working on persons screen

  • Bug Fix

    Filtering custom reports on profile type causes an unhandled exception

  • Bug Fix

    Export person list to CSV gives unhanded exception

Version 2.2.2.3

November 3, 2022
  • Bug Fix

    Performance issues with Create tab after update

Version 2.2.2.2

November 2, 2022
  • No changes

Version 2.2.2.1

October 28, 2022
  • Bug Fix

    Photo approval issue when comparing against ID document

Version 2.2.2.0

October 27, 2022
  • New Feature

    Added withdraw option for credentials in the Print tab of the Production screens.

  • Improvement

    Image caching improvements

  • Improvement

    Improved string handling in custom report user input filter

  • Improvement

    Set create tab to check "photo required" setting in the profile and anly show people with approved photos if enabled

  • Improvement

    Automate HFC Production Status Updates

  • Improvement

    Improvements on error message handling

  • Improvement

    Show a dialog when creating new credentials in the Create tab where you can choose the credential type and specify fixed dates

  • Improvement

    PACS Column Headers In Production Screens

  • Improvement

    Show PACS card number and facility code fields in credential list on Person record

  • Bug Fix

    When adding/editing a credential, the dates displayed in the credentials tab are one day previous

  • Bug Fix

    Deleted photo still shows rejected banner on people screen

  • Bug Fix

    When editing a photo, it shows release banner under the photo

  • Bug Fix

    Attaching temporary credential to person throws error

  • Bug Fix

    Unhandled server error when deleting temporary card

  • Bug Fix

    Temporary Credentials does not fully load all records available

  • Bug Fix

    HID Fargo Connect not printing when record does not have photo

  • Bug Fix

    Records are shown in the create tab when they do not have a profile/cardholder

  • Bug Fix

    Report generation causes out-of-memory exception

  • Bug Fix

    Fixed pagination and loading issues in Approve for production tab

  • Bug Fix

    Searching for Card Status In Production does not work correctly

Version 2.2.1.5

September 9, 2022
  • Bug Fix

    Fixed search box in photo approval not working

  • Bug Fix

    Auto-release photo is not working when used in combination with the auto-approve functionality

Version 2.2.1.4

August 25, 2022
  • Bug Fix

    Fixed issue where People that had two Profiles, and only one had an email, that the email did not send.

Version 2.2.1.3

August 8, 2022
  • Improvement

    Allow doing an advanced search and then applying a photo filter in Production screens

  • Bug Fix

    Fixed the Advance search on Profile, no longer searches on ProfileID field

  • Bug Fix

    Job title not saving when adding new records

  • Bug Fix

    Origin and UpdatedFromOrigin being set to null when editing existing records in Controller

Version 2.2.1.2

July 26, 2022
  • Bug Fix

     If you set a group filter on a free field, you cannot use photo approval

  • Bug Fix

    Photos of Archived records that were in Pending state, still show

  • Bug Fix

    Photo approval screen columns disappearing

  • Bug Fix

    Issues around showing photos and thumbnails

  • Bug Fix

    Advanced search drop-down values only show in dark theme

Version 2.2.1.1

February 14, 2022
  • New Functionality
    Added the Signature and ID Document to the person details page with edit and delete functionality
  • New Functionality
    Added the printer status to be displayed with the printer name when selecting an HID Fargo Connect printer to send the job to
  • New Functionality
    Added a refresh button to the photo approval page
  • Improvement
    Changed the display of the credential start and end dates to match the standard format used for Controller
  • Improvement
    Added a text heading for the filter in the persons list when active
  • Improvement
    Improved the mechanism for filtering and searching in the Persons Service
  • Improvement
    When adding an ID Document via Stand, show the correct error message if the orientation is not correct
  • Improvement
    Photo status in approval screens should have a capital first letter
  • Improvement
    Status on person list should have a capital first letter
  • Improvement
    Added some additional checking to make sure that it is not possible to activate a card for a blocked person
  • Improvement
    Changed the default label name from "Locality" to "City"
  • Improvement
    Changed default person status to “Activated” instead of “None”
  • Improvement
    When deleting a photo, check if there is a credential in production first
  • Improvement
    Disabled clicking on photo or id document in photo approval
  • Improvement
    Disabled clicking on records in photo approval and production
  • Improvement
    Changed the photo filter options on the person list to correctly show approved photos, also removed the option to show rejected photos
  • Improvement
    Removed application profiles option under profiles tab
  • Improvement
    Improved the implementation of filters on the persons screen so that you can now save and switch between filters
  • Improvement
    Removed the approve dialog when clicking on a photo in approve for production screen
  • Improvement
    Removed the reject button from the rejected list, and the approve button from the approved list under photo approval
  • Improvement
    Changed icons on credentials page
  • Improvement
    When storing chip serial number, check if it is set as required in credential setup
  • Improvement
    Implemented improvements around searching and queries to make things more efficient
  • Improvement
    Removed the upload ID option from the rejected photos list
  • Improvement
    Added profile (cardholder) fields as options for filter under groups.
  • Improvement
    Creating a new card will now set default values for end date and start date depending on the Credential Settings in Admin Center
  • Improvement
    Apply the new filter and search implementation to the list of people without cards in the first production tab based on “photo required” value
  • Improvement
    Removed unnecessary include clauses from the card-ready query. These clauses caused the query to break down into three consecutive queries.
  • Improvement
    Reduced the amount of default search fields to only nine (Person Number, First Name, Middle Name, Last Name, Date Of Birth, Email Address, Card Number, Chip Serial Number, PACS Card N
  • Bug Fix
    Tooltips in the Controller menu were not respecting the "Show tool tips" setting in Admin Center
  • Bug Fix
    The text color on the photo approval dialogs in the light theme was the wrong color
  • Bug Fix
    When in Sandbox account, the buttons did not align with the banner
  • Bug Fix
    Adding a person filter caused an error and the filter was not showing when refreshing the page
  • Bug Fix
    The Photo Approval screen was only showing the first 10 records
  • Bug Fix
    The number of records to show per page under photo approval was not stored
  • Bug Fix
    Photo cache in the person list was not cleared if a photo was deleted
  • Bug Fix
    When adding an ID Document through Controller, it was also setting the crop window to the persons face which is not correct
  • Bug Fix
    Fixed an issue where uploading the ID Document did not compare the person photo with the ID Document photo
  • Bug Fix
    When adding a profile, an Unexpected Error was shown related to the payment option
  • Bug Fix
    Fixed problem where editing and adding profile (cardholder) in person wouldn't save free fields

Version 2.2.1.0

November 30, 2021
  • New Functionality
    Show a pending approval label to the photo if a photo is still pending approval
  • New Functionality
    Add filters to persons view
  • New Functionality
    Add option define which fields should be "searchable" in Controller
  • New Functionality
    Add a language preference field to the persons table
  • New Functionality
    Added Photo approval screen
  • Improvement
    Admin Center: Labels are not correct
  • Improvement
    Search/filter section and buttons on persons screen are not aligned, and button spacing is not the the same
  • Improvement
    Disabled font color setting in Controller
  • Improvement
    Change all round photos to match new rectangular style
  • Improvement
    Add animation to settings panels in Controller so they slide in like in Admin Center
  • Improvement
    Move the settings cog link for admin center back to an option in the menu called Configuration
  • Improvement
    Under the photo approval tabs, set the same padding as we did for the persons screen
  • Improvement
    Add footer to all pages in Controller and Admin Center
  • Improvement
    When "compare against historic" is selected, hide the ID Document column under photo approval screen
  • Improvement
    Hide the photo filter buttons in "Approve for production" when "use photo approval" is enabled
  • Improvement
    Move photo import/export to a sub menu in controller as per the mockup
  • Improvement
    Change order of Controller menu items
  • Improvement
    Update action buttons around photo object
  • Improvement
    Only show cards in Production that have an approved photo
  • Improvement
    Change label on "Reject photo" button under approve for production screen to "Delete Card"
  • Improvement
    Controller UI changes
  • Improvement
    Add free fields to custom reports and also include them in standard reports
  • Improvement
    Improve layout of Stand general settings in Admin Center
  • Improvement
    Create a default user preference entry to only show specific fields for new Controller users
  • Improvement
    When a user cannot log in an they get an error message page, it should also give them a button that will return to the login page to try logging in again and delete any token.
  • Improvement
    Update images in lists to show as rectangles with rounded corners instead of circles
  • Improvement
    Change sidebar menu color and icons to match admin center2
  • Improvement
    Link logged in user image in header to their person photo if they exist as a person as well as a user
  • Improvement
    When a picture is loading, show a placeholder instead of a pixelated image
  • Improvement
    Add some reasons that can be stored when blocking a credential
  • Improvement
    Controller front end needs to implement that records that have Editable = false cannot be edited.
  • Improvement
    Remove fields from add/edit person screens and main persons screen that should not be shown
  • Improvement
    Implement advanced search on free fields
  • Bug Fix
    When deleting a card from the approve for production screen, do not delete the photo
  • Bug Fix
    Look into issues with SQL queries in custom reports
  • Bug Fix
    Column headers are not aligned with their columns
  • Bug Fix
    If you have an approved photo, then a new rejected photo seems to be deleted instead of moved to the rejected tab
  • Bug Fix
    When deleting a photo under the rejected tab in photo approval, it deletes all photos
  • Bug Fix
    Face similarity is not checked when adding a photo and photo approval is enabled
  • Bug Fix
    Photo approval section does not seem to respect filters applied to a user/group
  • Bug Fix
    Records in controller are only loaded when the user has the role "Admin"
  • Bug Fix
    When photo approval is disabled, photo status should be NULL not pending
  • Bug Fix
    Photo Capture in Controller not working in Chrome (or Edge)
  • Bug Fix
    Issues with the uploaded id document when using photo approval against ID
  • Bug Fix
    Cannot upload a photo in Controller if no ID document has been uploaded
  • Bug Fix
    Error "The value '' is invalid" when adding a new person
  • Bug Fix
    More than 15 Credentials, do not show on the people record
  • Bug Fix
    Investigate photo caching issue in Controller where it seems that the no photo image is cached in the person list
  • Bug Fix
    Rejected photos are still used to compare against.
  • Bug Fix
    When clicking on menus with sub items, they should automatically expand like when clicking on the arrow
  • Bug Fix
    Remove incorrect icon from edit person page
  • Bug Fix
    Text color is incorrect under photo capture dialog
  • Bug Fix
    Text color is incorrect under photo reject dialog
  • Bug Fix
    Printing using HFC with multiple credentials always uses first credential details
  • Bug Fix
    Fix issue with print jobs not being updated when using Fargo Connect
  • Bug Fix
    Theme color issue with font color and icons
  • Bug Fix
    Text when selecting a saved search does not change with the theme
  • Bug Fix
    Records With No Photo Show Large Photo Placeholder
  • Bug Fix
    Block person icon does not change color when switching themes
  • Bug Fix
    People view row height varies with photo size
  • Bug Fix
    Cannot approve persons to Production
  • Bug Fix
    Changing the person status does not block the profiles
  • Bug Fix
    Cursor not visible in dark theme
  • Bug Fix
    When loading a person, multiple incorrect calls are made to get the current photo
  • Bug Fix
    When clicking on a person in production it gives a warning "The value '' is invalid"
  • Bug Fix
    Fix Verbose headers

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