Release Notes for 09/05/2023

Pika Release Notes 2023.03.0

Deployed 9/5/2023

New Functionality

• Increase maximum allowed value for Masquerade Mode session time out from 240 seconds to 600 seconds (Minute 21:25).

Bug Fixes

• Update Pika’s Sierra Loan Rule Determiners logic for matching item shelf locations (Minute 22:54)

• Wake County - Correct handling of diacritical characters for day-time Horizon partial extract processing (Minute 26:35)
  • For a record with bad diacritical display that has not been reextracted, login with staff admin account 
  • Go to the record view (More Info) 

• Go the Staff View section and click on the Force Extract from Sierra button

• Security fix - missing permission check on administration AJAX call to load ptype data from Sierra. (Minute 28:48)
• Security fix - missing permission check on additional administration AJAX call
• Display library new request summary instead of the default when the setting is populated by the library. (Minute 29:02)

• Correct handling of bibliographic data extract of records with diacritic characters.  (Impact appears limited to MLN1 production Pika.)
  • Libraries will have to manually re-extract records in Pika that are displaying with bad diacritics
• Wake County - PIN reset page incorrectly gave a failure response when the PIN was actually reset (Minute .29:40)
• Attempt to prevent Sierra bibliographic data extractor from becoming stuck due to network disruption while communicating with Sierra DNA  (Postgres database)

Sideloads

• LION libraries
  • Gale Legal Forms
  • Gale Peterson’s
• Bemis Udemy
• Anne Arundel O’Reilly

Additional Work

• Aurora Public Library catalog interface re-theme 
• Export patron data for departing member Rampart
• Ubuntu migration - LION
• Add another econtent source determination for Addison Public Library ILS econtent records
• Wake County - finalizing patron integration drivers for Horizon ROA web services
• Self-Registration
• Englewood - set a default notification preference for created self-registered patron records
  • Sacramento - set default PCODE4 value for Folsom patrons
  • Northern Waters - Include an optional address field in form

Documentation

• New

  • N/A

• Updated

  • Masquerade Mode - updated with documentation about potential errors (Minute 30:27)