This section contains the release notes specific to the Flow for Brando product.

Version 9.11.3.1

As-Run

• Add a new Status field to the report. It will be displayed in the report and output through BLADE.
  • support for channel, program and client to be blank.

BLADE

• Fix for program schedule error preventing any output.

General

• Update installer to report missing database scripts instead of assuming legacy behavior.

Version 9.9.1.4

KNOWN ISSUE: schedules are broken. Fixed in next build.

General

• Apply security patch for Telerik component used.
  • NOTE: UNINSTALL THE EXISTING VERSION OF FLOW BEFORE RUNNING THIS ONE TO ALLOW THIS PATCH TO APPLY.

Version 9.8.1.4

NOTE: THIS INSTALL WILL TAKE LONGER THAN MOST. THE DATABASE UPDATE AT THE END TAKES TIME. LET IT RUN.

As-Run

• Add a new Reconcile field to the report. It will be displayed in the report and output through BLADE.

General

• Apply security patch for Telerik component used.
  • NOTE: UNINSTALL THE EXISTING VERSION OF FLOW BEFORE RUNNING THIS ONE TO ALLOW THIS PATCH TO APPLY.

• Improve support for the use of HTTPS connections
• Add preference to enable an HTTP to HTTPS redirect and HSTS
  • HTTPS > Enable redirect from HTTP to HTTPS
  • HTTPS > Strict-Transport-Security Max Age
• Upgrade all tables and fields to full Unicode support (use utf8mb4_unicode_ci)

LDAP

• Enable using LDAP / Active Directory userid and passwords to login instead of using a custom login and password.

Preferences

• Fix for incorrect handling of saved time-stamp preference values.
• Disable auto-report errors by default.
  • If you want the system to send error reports to our bug tracker automatically change this key to true: Errors > Auto Submit Errors Online
• Enable preferences cache to refresh after saving any changes

Version 9.4.1.4

Clients

• Enable deleting client records instead of only disabling.

Content Groups

• Improve content group connections for channels (avoid errors when content group name changes).

Installer

• Allow a database port to be specified as part of the db server name when installing in the format "server:port".

Logos

• Add support for storing and previewing a logo thumbnail.

Program Ratings

• Allow deleting ratings.
• Remove the order column and have default order to be Code ASC.
• Remove the disabled column.

Scheduling

• Fix bug that was removing resources of other types when it shouldn't have.

Style

• Apply the new Chameleon branding style and icons.

Version 8.12.2.3

Promo As Run Report

• Add the new field: duration.

Version 8.11.4.3

Channels

• Ensure that channel names are all unique.
• Add feature to enable permanently removing a channel and it's associated data instead of just disabling/hiding it.

Programs

• Enable the use of custom dynamic fields created by the user.
  • Look for the Make Your Own section in the editor.

Dynamic Field Editor

• Improve the add/remove UI. Uses more visual logos instead of just check-boxes.

General

• Allow a greater variety of characters in passwords and user names.
• Improve security based on content group filtering of users.
• Tweak handling of audit logs and error report data.

Version 8.8.5.1

BLADE

• Add an option to select an ODBC timestamp format for blade xml output.
• Separate the start/end datetime selections into separate date and time selections and allow user to specify only a time.
• Apply channel and custom time adjustments to program schedules.

Channels

• Add a new time adjustment field to allow BLADE to auto adjust times when outputting program schedules.

Program Ratings

• Add a disclaimer field that is included in BLADE output

Version 8.8.4.2

BLADE

• Program schedules: enable new filtering options
  • Start from Now, Next program, or specific date-time
  • Include a set number of programs or all up to a specific end date-time
• Enable plain JSON output as well as the JSONP format

Version 8.6.2.2

General

• Enable assigning a default spelling language and allow selecting spelling language when activating a spell check.
• Correctly check if the db credentials are valid on a new install.
• Add cache-busting ability for css and js code.

Version 8.3.5.2

General

• Use .Net Framework 4.5
• Display additional database info in configuration module.
• Sort more dashboard groups alphabetically.
• Automatically assign folder permissions during installation.
• Only allow valid Brando serials to be applied and not other product types.
• Notify users if they try to upgrade with a bad userid/password for the database
  • KNOWN ISSUE: incorrectly reports an error with new installs even though userid/pwd is correct.

Version 8.2.2.2

General

• Fix for bug when an invalid/blank start date is used on the Snipe Scheduling form.
• Fix for bug when master schedule dynamic field value is null.
• Changed the default setting of "Days To Extend Recurring Schedule Items" preference to 30 days to mitigate issues with DMan errors.
• Enabled auto-error reporting which submits error details via an online portal at the time the error occurs.
  • disabled by default - to enable go to System Configuration - Preferences and change the "Auto Submit Errors Online" preference to true.

Version 7.11.1.2

Named Snipes

• Add new management features for easier searching, review and removal.

General

• Allow dynamic field values to wrap and display in a more readable format.

Version 7.9.4.2

Named Snipes

• Add optional Start date-time
• Add optional Expiry date-time
  • To have the DMan service automatically delete expired snipes REQUIRES DMAN VERSION 1.5.7 OR GREATER
• Add ability to limit which channels will access the named snipe
• Requires:
  • REQUIRES SWITCHER VERSION 2.0.0.19 OR GREATER

Version 7.9.3.3

REQUIRES A NEW SERIAL NUMBER VERSION 7.X

Installer

• Enable installing on a Windows 10 machine.

Serial

• Support for version 7.2 serials with
  • unlimited channels enabled
  • maintenance plan expiry enabled
• Improved serial management layout

Scheduling

• Removed the show-expanded-schedule-items checkbox
  • Use list view instead
• Add option to hide scene preview below the selection list by default
  • Preference Key Name = Is Resource Preview Enabled

Named Snipes

• This is a new feature that allows you to trigger snipes via automation or manually using the switcher app
  • REQUIRES SWITCHER VERSION 2.0.0.18 OR GREATER
  • REQUIRES PLAYER VERSION 2.0.X.42 OR GREATER
  • REQUIRES GEARS VERSION 2.0.X.23 OR GREATER

Version 7.5.4.2

REQUIRES DMAN VERSION 1.5.4.6 OR GREATER

General

• Enable the option of selecting a default feature to be used as the first page instead of the home dashboard.
• Show the next expected update time for any agent status if it is valid still (previously red status agents never showed a countdown)
• Add a secondary close button on the Agent Status details window and add a scroll bar to handle long lists of agents.
• Add support for adding a default database user for the player and other agents.
• Drop unused fields in the program schedule table for isCC and inHD

Blade

• Enable the output of the Client list.
• Enhance the output of the Program Schedule
  • Added the standard program fields
    • Duration
    • Short Name
    • Line 1
    • Line 2
    • Hashtag
  • Added dynamic field output

Scheduling

• Removed the limit of 400 count on a recurring schedule item.
  • Now rely on DMan to extend the schedule of recurring items instead of trying to insert them all into the player schedule immediately
  • Will extend for additional days based on the preference key ExtendRecurrenceDays value.

Version 7.3.4.1

Resource Scheduling

• A bug was preventing the dynamic logo selection from saving correctly for bugs, bumpers, nexts.

Agent Status

• The yellow/warning status has been removed. Now only green/good and red/bad are displayed.

Version 7.1.4.1

General

• New compact header layout to reduce wasted space.

Channel Management

• Channels are temporarily limited to 99. New channel limits will be set in the serial number in future releases.

Version 6.12.4.2

Dashboard

• New 3-column layout
• Simplified link names
• Auto-refresh the channel status section based on a number of seconds set in system preferences.

Client Management

• Client ID is now optional and does not have to be unique.
• Client ID will show in the As-Run report in Flow and BLADE output.

Version 6.12.3.5

• REQUIRES PLAYER VERSION 2.0.X.33 OR GREATER
• REQUIRES GEARS VERSION 2.0.X.15 OR GREATER

Resource Scheduling

• Now snipes, next ups and bumpers can all be assigned a client/sponsor.
  • Custom sponsored snipes are phased out.

Version 6.12.2.3

Security

• Fix errors when using a backslash in the login field.
• Enhance password security.

Version 6.11.5.6

Resource Scheduling

• Improve accuracy of the recurrence description in schedule tooltips
• Prevent sponsored snipes from incorrectly being assigned a previous snipes dynamic fields

Program Ratings

• New installations include a set of U.S. television ratings as well as the Canadian set.
• Unwanted ratings can be easily disabled in the Program Ratings module

Installer

• Fixed bug which caused updates to be applied out of sequence resulting in installation errors.
• Resolve errors that would occur after logging in on a new install with no serial pre-set.

BLADE

• Fix start and end date parameter handling.

Version 6.10.4.6

Channel Management

• A port number can now be assigned to a channel.

System Configuration

• Select features can now be enabled and disabled by an admin user.

Version 6.10.2.6

You will need new Brando apps to be compatible with this version of Flow.

• REQUIRES PLAYER VERSION 2.0.X.30 OR GREATER
• REQUIRES GEARS VERSION 2.0.X.13 OR GREATER
• REQUIRES SWITCHER VERSION 2.0.X.11 OR GREATER

Resource Scheduling

• Bugs, Bumpers, Snipes, and Next Ups now all support the use of dynamic fields (replaces the previous caption support).
• All resource schedules can now be edited via a right-click context menu.
  • The popup window will display the applicable fields for the schedule item
    • Expiry for snipes and End Time for other resources
    • Duration for programs
    • Dynamic fields when available for the resource
    • Tag time
    • Countdown To time for bugs
    • etc.
• Highlighting of the watershed time in the schedule is now also applied to weekends and can be disabled by using appropriate settings in the preferences module.

User Password

• The password change now indicates a relative password strength indicator to encourage users to create stronger passwords.

Version 6.10.1.1

Resource Scheduling

• Introducing the ability to edit existing schedule items
  • Enabled for snipes at present via a right-click context menu option

Schedule Resource Report

• Now accessible to all users for all security levels (it is a read-only report after all)
• Improved date formatting

Version 6.9.3.5

Schedule Resource Report

• This new report option allows users to generate and print a report of resource schedules for a channel.
• Filter by date (start and end date and time).
• Supports display of dynamic tags in snipes and programs.

Resource Scheduling

• Improvements to prevent errors when showing tooltips of scheduled items - particularly in the master schedule.

Dynamic Field Editor

• Allow blank values to be assigned to dynamic fields.

Version 6.9.3.2

General

• Installer improvements

Version 6.9.2.3

BLADE

• Fix for missing As-Run report icon.

Security

• Fix for errors that occur when logging in as a non-admin user.

Version 6.9.1.1

General Scheduling

• Fix the bug where the "Go To Program Details" right-click menu item returned an error page.
• New enhanced tool-tip loads additional program details and dynamic fields.

Snipe Scheduling

• Add new system preference to control is new snipes are added to the schedule as Timed Snipes by default or not.
  • Defaults to false - so new snipes default to regular and not timed snipes.

Version 6.8.5.3

Snipe Scheduling

• Fix error that prevented adding snipes when there were no dynamic fields or logos.

Version 6.8.5.2

General

• Product key embedded in installer
• Fix to missing driver error on update install
• Flow version showing proper version in bottom left
• Fix to Object References not found on install

Version 6.8.5.1

Snipe Scheduling

• Fix for issue with the use of long logo names in dynamic logos.
• Improve height control when the list of logos is long.
• KNOWN ISSUE: cannot schedule snipes if there is no dynamic fields or logos.

Version 6.8.4.5

Snipe Scheduling

• Add support for dynamic logos and field assignment
  • Caption functionality is replaced by dynamic fields
  • Does apply to specific schedule instances
  • REQUIRES PLAYER VERSION 2.0.X.23 OR GREATER
  • REQUIRES GEARS VERSION 2.0.X.10 OR GREATER
  • KNOWN ISSUE: long logo path names can cause an error. Recommend using 6.8.5.1 to fix.
• Caption functionality is replaced by the use of the above mentioned dynamic fields

System Preferences

• NEW MODULE available
  • Includes access to system preference settings
  • Includes access to view database version status
  • Includes access to view installed code versions

Serial Support

• Access to Brando modules is now controlled by assigned serial numbers for enhanced customization options.

Dynamic Field Editor

• Added character counts for text and number types.
• Added spell checking support for text types.

Program Scheduling

• Add option to enable navigation from program scheduler to program management.
• Add option to edit the program records dynamic fields from the schedule

Version 6.7.3004

Programs

• Add support for dynamic logos and field assignment.
  • REQUIRES PLAYER VERSION 2.0.X.16 OR GREATER
  • REQUIRES GEARS VERSION 2.0.X.6 OR GREATER
  • Note that this does not apply to schedule specific instances but only the static program records.

BLADE

• Now the default settings for newlines, pretty printing and timestamps can be configured in system preferences.
• Added optional filtering for As Run report in Blade using:
  • Client Name
  • Program Name
  • Title

Known Issues

• Error occurs when editing and then trying so save a change to an existing dynamic field automation name.

Version 6.7.2006

Programs

• Enhance support for programs being input from a datafeed by adding a datafeedID column to the programs table.
  • No visible UI
  • Allows users to modify the other details of the program after import without losing the connection to the original entry in the feed

Version 6.7.2003

Resource Scheduling

• Fix to correctly display scheduled items that span midnight.
• Use short date formats that reflect the client settings when entering dates.
• Allow the master and program schedules to filter which resources to show in the schedule.

Master Schedule

• Enable additional grouping combinations for resource and date.

Client Management

• Allow editing the client ID values so they can match customer system ids.
  • REQUIRES PLAYER VERSION 2.0.X.13 OR GREATER

BLADE

• Improve error handling
• Enable As-Run report to filter on individual channel or return results for all channels.

Version 6.7.1006

Resource Scheduling

• Display a new larger scene preview when scheduling resources.
• Use new colors to associate with bumpers as previous color selections made bumpers difficult to see at times.

BLADE

• Fix Program Schedules output
• Add ratings to Program Schedule output
• Improve date selection UI with wider input controls and better validation

Version 6.7.1002

Resource Scheduling

• Enabled a list-view of the schedule.
• Other minor UI tweaks

Known Issues

• Program Schedules BLADE output is broken.

Version 6.6.4002

General

• Use updated logos
• Use new home, help and logout icons in the page header instead of the previous text buttons.

BLADE

• Added support for JSON and CSV output formats.
• Added support for As-Run reports.

Channel Management

• Change location label to content group to be consistent with new terminology.

Programs

• Added support for ratings.
  • Can be added to the program records.
  • Can be set when scheduling the program.

Snipe Scheduling

• New support for snipe expiry times. Snipes with no expiry with display with a default time of 30 minutes in the schedule but can stay in the player queue beyond that. Expired snipes will not be played.
• REQUIRES PLAYER VERSION 2.0.X.11 OR GREATER

Version 6.5.5003

Bug Scheduling

• Support for a countdown in bug scenes has been added. Now you can specify a date and time that the bug will display a countdown to.
  • Note the bug scene has to have support for it before Flow will allow you to set the countdown time.

Version 6.4.5003

BLADE

• Introducing the BLADE module to provide data export features for Program Schedules and As - Runs
• NOTE: As Runs not working yet.

General

• Have nice page titles display in browser window titles
• Add Agent Status support

Resource Scheduling

• Add search functionality to resource lists
• Don't show thumbnails by default but enable display with check box option in list footer
• Merge the timed snipe and snipe scheduling into a single snipe schedule module

• A SnipeSponsor or L3Sponsor scene is no longer required to allow scheduling sponsored snipes

Version 6.4.3006

Resource Scheduling

• Add new Tag Time field to allow specify a specific time to base the use of Now and Next tags on instead of always using the default time of right now.
  • REQUIRES PLAYER VERSION 2.0.X.7 OR GREATER
• Indicate which resource scenes support the use of Tag Time when they are flagged as containing a now and/or next tag.
  • REQUIRES GEARS VERSION 2.0.X.3 OR GREATER

Version 6.4.3003

Master Schedule

• Fix to scheduled items not showing on Master Schedule after navigation
• Fix to scheduled items not being modifiable after navigation

Version 6.4.1003

Resource Scheduling

• Add option to expand schedule items instead of using exact time rendering

• Allows items at end of schedule displays to be accessible/visible even if they would otherwise be too small to be accessed

Database

• Auto-detect and use utf8mb4 connection encoding if available

• Add missing isLive column to the program_schedule table for new installs

Version 6.3.5006

USES NEW BL DEFAULT SETTINGS IN THE INSTALLER.

Resource Scheduling

• Lower Thirds are renamed as Timed Snipes
• Lower Third Tails are renamed as Snipes
• Remove any remaining references to tickers or voiceovers.

Programs

• Add support for a new hashtag field

Content Group Management

• This is a new module that allows for adding, editing and deleting content groups.
• NOTE: Content Groups were previously known as hubs.

Database

• Updated all tables to support utf8 character set
• New installs will support utf8mb4 character set since new installs will be on MySQL databases that support it

Version 6.3.3.2

• Support for the pending graphics update flag for channels.
  • An information icon will appear next to the channel in the dashboard when a graphics update is available on the project server.

Version 6.2.2.6

• Support for Shared Projects in Gears added.

Version 5.11.5.5

• Caption fields for all resource types now allow new captions or give the option to choose from up to 25 of the previously used captions

Version 5.10.5.4

• Fix to deleting scheduled items on days past current

Version 5.10.5.3

• Fix to error reports not loading
• Support driver mismatch corrected

Version 5.10.4.6

• View full day option available within resource scheduling
• Fix to calendar picker not working in Master View schedule
• Schedule loading time decreased

Version 5.10.3.6

• User based scheduling errors are no longer logged in the critical error log
• Users with apostrophes in their names can now be added
• Online help points to our new online help resource
• Fix to adding scheduled resources that start at 11:31 or later at night

Version 5.4.3.2

User Management

• Enable changing the user password when editing the user details.

• Enable the option to restore a deleted user.

• Add filtering options to easily find a specific user record by their name, security group or hub.

General

• Fix to audit logs missing user

Version 5.3.4.3

• Fixed ability to slide resources in schedule
• Fixed schedule jump on notification of error
• Fixed time chooser on program entry not allowing schedule addition
• Fixed Add Program button being inactive after entering program and changing region

Version 5.3.4.1

• Fix for program scheduling issues 
• Fix for using the Enter key to submit when adding captions

Version 5.3.2.2

• Fix for losing Sponsored 3rd clip names when sliding an existing item on a schedule
• Contains self healing utility run on launch of Flow, writes updates to System Audit logs
• Fix for Object Not Found when creating an occurrence from a series
• Install contains option to choose primary/lone or backup to prevent replication errors in DMan.

Version 5.2.5.5

• Improves de-orphaner

Version 5.2.5.4

• Adds some extra diagnostic support

Version 5.2.5.3

• Fix to count limit in high daily audit log scenarios

Version 5.2.5.2

• Fix to loss of resource association when sliding a scheduled item on the schedule

Version 5.2.4.4

• Improved loading visual during program scheduling
• Improved loading time of Lower3rd and Lower3rd Tail schedule
• Fix when switching from Sponsored 3rds to Regular Lower 3rds during scheduling
• Schedule date labels now update with calendar change on resource scheduling

Version 5.2.4.3

• Fix to inability to delete from schedule when not on today
• Calendar no longer moves ahead one day after attempting an edit from the calendar
• Lower 3rd and Lower 3rd Tail editing: Start Time in the time drop box now moves ahead only 1 minute after insertion instead of 5 minutes.