We are pleased to announce the arrival of Totara 2.9.0!
This release contains many new features, improvements to existing features, and accessibility improvements.
A big thank you goes out to all those who have contributed to this release:
- Andrew Hancox at Synergy Learning - TL-6454
- Dennis Heany at Learning Pool - TL-6525
- Ryan Lafferty at Learning Pool - TL-4485
- Eugene Venter at Catalyst NZ - TL-6022, TL-6023, TL-6308, TL-6453, TL-6496, TL-6497, TL-7529
- Maccabi Healthcare Services a client of Kineo Israel - TL-6684
- Pavel Tsakalidis at Kineo UK - TL-6531
- Russell England at Vision NV - TL-5394
For information on what has change please review the changelog below.
Kind regards
Sam Hemeryk
Release 2.9.0 (3rd November 2015):
New features:
TL-2250 New options to turn off extension requests for programs and certifications
It is now possible to disable program/certification extension requests both
for the whole system and for individual instances via the edit details page.
TL-2565 New "Fixed date" custom user profile field type
A fixed date new custom user profile field type has been added.
This new field type is designed to store absolute dates for which
timezones are irrelevant and not applied.
An example of where this field is applicable is your birthday.
Regardless of your location you birthday is the same.
Data for this date field is stored as midday UTC for the selected date.
TL-7098 Dynamic audience rules for the new fixed date custom user profile field
These rules include being able to define an audience according to their
custom profile field date being before or after a fixed date.
There are also duration-based rules, meaning they can be set according to
the profile dates being within or before a previous number of days, as well
as within or after an upcoming number of days.
Notes:
* With duration-based rules audiences will be updated at midday UTC.
TL-4485 New personal goal types with custom fields
Personal goal types can now be defined and custom fields added to them.
Preexisting goal types have been renamed to company goal types and continue to
function as they did previously.
Personal goal types differ from company goal types in that the custom field
values entered for a personal goal will be associated with the user whom
the personal goal belongs to.
Thanks to Ryan Lafferty at Learning Pool for the contribution.
TL-5094 Support for anonymous 360 feedback
We have added a new "Anonymous" setting when creating or editing a
360 Feedback.
Enabling this hides the name of responders to the 360 Feedback.
Responders can see whether a 360 Feedback is anonymous in the header of the
response page, along with the number of requests sent.
This setting does restrict some functionality to maintain anonymity:
* When enabled, requests for feedback can only be added, they can not be
cancelled. This is to stop users from potentially cancelling all
requests in order to figure out who has replied.
* Reminders can still be sent but who will receive them will no
longer be displayed to you.
While we have endeavoured to enforce anonymity please be aware that
responders are still recorded and there are ways to get this information
out of the system, such as:
* Site logs.
* Malicious code written to reveal it.
* Direct database investigation.
* Activity logs
* Blocks displaying Recently logged in users
TL-5097 New options to disable changes in membership for dynamic audiences
With this feature you can now control if users are automatically added or
removed from a dynamic audience's membership when they meet, or no longer
meet, the criteria defined by the rule set.
This is facilitated with a new setting "Automatically update membership"
which can be found on the rule sets tab when editing a dynamic audience.
This new setting has two options, both of which are enabled by default:
* Make a user a member when they meet rule sets criteria
* Remove a user's membership when they no longer meet the rule sets
criteria
Toggling these settings allows you to prevent new members being added to
the audience and/or prevent users from being removed from the audience.
TL-5818 Report builder reports can now be cloned
Added a new action that clones reports to the Report builder manage
reports page. Cloning a report creates a full copy of the report
and its columns, filters and settings. It does not copy any scheduling
or caching that has been set up for the report.
Both user created and embedded reports can be cloned.
In order to clone a report the user must have the
totara/reportbuilder:managereports capability.
TL-6023 New program completion block
A new program completion block has been added in this release that lists
one or more selected programs and the users completion status for each.
If no programs have been selected the block is not displayed.
Thanks to Eugene Venter at Catalyst NZ for the contribution
TL-6525 New report table block
Added new block that displays tabular data belonging to a selected Report
builder report.
Optionally a saved search for the report can also be selected to limit the
data shown in the block.
Notes:
* Backward incompatibility of saved searches with third party filters
might occur. If saved searches do not work with your third party
filters, please contact the developer of the filters to update them.
* Only user created reports can be selected. Embedded reports cannot
be used within this block at present.
Thanks to Dennis Heany at Learning Pool for the contribution.
TL-6621 Report Builder export is now pluggable
Reportbuilder export code was abstracted into a new plugin type 'tabexport'
located in folder '/core/tabexport'.
Tabular export plugins may now have settings and administrator can disable
individual export plugins.
New plugins have to include a class named '\tabexport_xyz\writer' that extend
base class '\totara_core\tabexport_writer'.
The base class contains a basic developer documentation, included plugins
can be used as examples.
TL-6684 Added new global report restrictions
Global report restrictions allows rules to be applied to a report
restricting the results to those belonging to the users you are allowed to
view.
This allows you to define relationships between groups of users limiting
the information a user can see to just information belonging to the
permitted group or groups of users.
Notes:
* All users including the administrator can be restricted.
* Global report restrictions are only supported by report sources where
data can be seen as owned by one or more users.
* There are internal limitations for some database backends. For example
MySQL is limited to 61 tables in one join which may limit the maximum
number of items in each restriction.
* Active restrictions may impact the performance of reports.
* Report caching is not compatible with Global Report Restrictions and
is ignored when restrictions are active.
Thanks to Maccabi Healthcare Services for funding the development of this
feature.
TL-6942 Define and use different flavours of Totara during installation and upgrade
A new feature set including plugin type has been added called Flavours.
Flavours can change default settings, the sites actual settings, and force
settings into a specific state.
During installation and upgrade the selected Flavour is applied allowing it
to control which settings get turned on or off.
It is also given the opportunity to execute code post installation or
upgrade.
Notes:
* Sites that do not use a specific flavour will default to the
Enterprise flavour that ships with Totara.
This flavour does not make any configuration changes.
* This feature was added for the benefit of Totara Cloud to allow us to
control cloud functionality. It is not used by default by Totara and
provides no new functionality
TL-7021 Added a new setting to the advanced features page that enables/disables Competencies
TL-7105 Added optional support for producing PDF snapshots of Appraisals via wkhtmltopdf executable
TL-7246 Totara Connect Client
Totara Connect makes it possible to connect one or more Totara LMS or
Totara Social installations to a master Totara LMS installation.
This connection allows for users, and audiences to be synchronised from the
master to all connected client sites.
Synchronised users can move between the connected sites with ease
thanks to the single sign on system accompanying Totara Connect.
Improvements:
TL-2368 Capability to manage reminders added to courses
A new capability moodle/course:managereminders has been created to allow
fine grained control over which roles can manage reminders within a
course.
Prior to this capability the moodle/course:update capability was used.
Now both capabilities are required.
Only site managers are given this capability by default.
TL-5020 Change of 'from' email address when sending emails
Now all Totara messages (Email and alerts) use the system wide
"noreply" address as the "From" address.
This can be configured by the admin via 'Site administration > Plugins >
Message outputs > Email > No reply address'.
In the case of Facetoface, where there is another setting in 'Site
administration > Plugins > Activity modules > Facetoface > Sender From' the
system will send Facetoface messages from that address if it is set, or from
the no-Reply address otherwise.
TL-5088 Logo now scales for smaller screens
When using the Custom Totara Responsive theme with a custom logo uploaded,
it now scales on smaller screens
TL-5239 Added several new columns to the site log report source
This change introduced several new columns to the site log report source:
* A new column "Event name with link"
* A new column "Context"
* A new column "Component"
* A new filter "Event name"
This now facilitates filtering by event name (for example this report can
can show only "Course Completed" events) as well as providing a column that
links to event source (corresponding course, report, user, etc).
TL-5356 Added new user columns and filters to the Messages report source
The standard user information columns and filters have been added to the
messages report source.
This allows you to find out information such as who the message was sent
to.
TL-5362 Assessor, Regional Manager and Regional Trainer roles were removed
Previously roles Assessor, Regional Manager and Regional Trainer were
automatically created during Totara installation. These roles did not have
any special capabilities by default.
As of Totara 2.9.0 these roles will no longer be automatically created.
If you need them you may easily create them and add any required
capabilities.
TL-5394 The initialdisplay setting can now be passed when creating embedded reports
Thanks to Russell England at Vision NV for the contribution.
TL-5511 Added pagination to the bottom of Report builder reports
When viewing a report pagination is now shown both above and below the
report.
TL-5954 Added a link between the start and finish date pickers for Facetoface sessions
The start and finish date pickers are now linked so when changing the start
date the finish date will automatically change to the same day.
TL-6022 Added the AND operator to course set operators in Programs and Certifications
This allows people to create rules such as "Learner must complete one of
course1, course2, course3 AND one of course4, course5, course6".
Thanks to Eugene Venter at Catalyst NZ for the contribution.
TL-6154 Refactor filters to use named constants instead of numbers
Previously filter operators within code were represented just as integers.
This change introduced new constants to make the handling of these
operators much clearer.
TL-6204 Customisable font when exporting a report to PDF
A new setting has been introduced that allows the font used within Report
builder PDF exports to be customised.
This allows those on non-standard installations to work around required
fonts that they do not have.
TL-6206 Improvements of CSV export in Report builder
CSV export now starts sending data immediately instead of waiting for the
whole file to be generated.
The total processing time is the same, memory usage is decreased and users
may download the file in the background.
TL-6308 Improve control over who can approve Facetoface attendance requests
A new capability mod/facetoface:approveanyrequest has been added that is
now required in order to approve Facetoface session attendance request.
Prior to this patch only site administrators or a user's assigned manager
could approve a request. Now anyone with this capability can also approve
an attendance request.
This capability is not given to anyone by default.
Thanks to Eugene Venter at Catalyst NZ for the contribution.
TL-6383 Improved accessibility of the general settings page
Previously there was an empty label associated with the warnings checkbox
following the "Send notifications for" label. This has now been improved so
that "Send notifications for" is now a legend and the "Errors" and
"Warnings" checkboxes now have labels correctly assigned to them.
TL-6413 Report builder sources may now be marked as ignored
The Report builder report source API has been extended so that report
sources can now inform Report Builder that they should be ignored.
Report builder can then choose to treat an ignored source differently, at
the very least ensuring that it is not accessible.
This can be used in situations such as when the source depends upon a
plugin or feature being enabled.
Previously this would could lead to errors if someone tried to use the
source.
Now it is dealt with gracefully.
TL-6414 Added several new placeholders to Facetoface notifications
The following placeholders were added for notification emails regarding
Facetoface sessions:
* [lateststarttime] - Start time of the session. If there are multiple
session dates it will use the last one.
* [lateststartdate] - Date at the start of the session. If there are
multiple session dates it will use the last one.
* [latestfinishtime] - Finish time of the session. If there are multiple
session dates it will use the last one.
* [latestfinishdate] - Date at the end of the session. If there are
multiple session dates it will use the last one.
These can be used in conjunction with existing placeholders that use the
first session date. For example: "[starttime], [startdate] to
[latestfinishtime], [latestfinishdate]" will give the overall start and
finish times of a multi-date session.
TL-6451 Added option in HR Import to force password reset when undeleting users
Previously, users would have their password reset if it was not provided in
the same import. This change makes the reset optional. If a password is
provided in the import then it will still take precedence and the reset
will not occur.
TL-6453 Added a time due column to the program and certification completion report sources
Thanks to Eugene Venter at Catalyst NZ for the contribution
TL-6454 Improved the robustness of Facetoface archive tests
Thanks to Andrew Hancox at Synergy Learning for the contribution.
TL-6496 Added several new filters to the certification overview report source
The following filters have been added to the certification overview report
source:
* Add status
* Renewal status
* Time completed
Thanks to Eugene Venter at Catalyst NZ for the contribution.
TL-6497 Added a timedue filter to the program overview report source
Thanks to Eugene Venter at Catalyst NZ for the contribution.
TL-6531 Improved the performance of prog_get_all_programs
Thanks to Pavel Tsakalidis at Kineo UK for the contribution
TL-6605 Improved the alignment of advanced checkbox labels in all themes
TL-6629 DOMPDF library has been updated to 0.6.1
DOMPDF has been upgraded from 0.6.0 to 0.6.1.
This upgrade includes a large number of fixes to both bugs and stability.
TL-6655 Removed legacy md5 hashing from lessons and lesson user / group overrides
TL-6667 Course completion now correctly considers activity completion without a grade as complete
This patch fixes an inconsistency in how activity completion gets treated.
Prior to this patch if you achieved activity completion without getting a
passing grade for that activity some places would consider it as complete
and others would not.
This is now consistently and correctly considered to be complete by all
areas of Totara that work with activity completion.
TL-6676 Improved responsive design when viewing an appraisal
TL-6761 Updated jQuery dataTables plugin from version 1.9.4 to 1.10.7
TL-6777 Minified Totara specific JavaScript files
Currently there are a large number of JavaScript files that are transferred
from your Totara server that are not minified. This issue minifies files
for Totara dialogues, and ensures the jQuery plugin files that we use are
minified. The minified files are only delivered if the cachejs
configuration value is set to true (as it should be on production sites).
Minified files reduce the amount of data that is transferred from the
server to the browser, resulting in faster page loading times (although
this may not be noticeable).
TL-6880 Role definition page now shows the number of users having each role
TL-6913 Reviewed language strings that used Moodle and improved them where required
TL-6915 Forum post emails are now using "totaraforumX" in list ids.
TL-6919 Installation and upgrade reliability improvements
The following changes have been made to the installation and upgrade
process:
* Fixes and improvements in install and upgrade logic
* Fixed Totara plugin environment tests
* Fixed missing 'canvas' theme when upgrading from Moodle
TL-6920 Session Cookie names now use Totara as a prefix
TL-6926 Improved memcached cache store prefix handling
Prior to this patch if no prefix was specified and the settings for the
cache store instance were changed, the cache environment could become
corrupt and the cache would need to be manually purged.
Now if no prefix is specified, a hash is generated from the store instance
settings and this is used as the prefix.
As the prefix will now change when the settings change, keys cannot conflict
and this avoids any need to manually purge the cache.
Those who have a prefix set will still need to manually manage their
memcached purging if they change any settings.
TL-6931 Curl requests made by Totara now use a specific TotaraBot agent string
TL-6943 Support generating of tree structures when bulk adding hierarchy items
It is now possible to use the bulk add functionality to generate a tree
structure instead of just a flat list of new items. Use 2 spaces in front
of the item name to indent an item by one level.
TL-6961 Each custom field type is now managed by a single capability
In Totara 2.7 and all older versions every custom field type had three
capabilities used to manage them (create, edit, delete).
This improvement sees the capabilities simplified so that each custom field
type uses only a single capability for management instead of the three.
This ensures that any actions taken by a user can also be undone, it also
greatly simplifies management of capabilities around custom field types.
The old create, edit, and delete capabilities have been removed.
The following is a list of custom field types and the new capability that
is used to manage them:
* Facetoface custom fields managed by mod/facetoface:managecustomfield
* Course custom fields managed by totara/core:coursemanagecustomfield
* Program and Certification custom fields managed by
totara/core:programmanagecustomfield
* Competency custom fields managed by
totara/hierarchy:competencymanagecustomfield
* Goal custom fields managed by totara/hierarchy:goalmanagecustomfield
* Organisation custom fields managed by
totara/hierarchy:organisationmanagecustomfield
* Position custom fields managed by
totara/hierarchy:positionmanagecustomfield
TL-7013 Installer now only shows available language packs
Prior to this change the installation process showed all possible language
packs, rather than just those that were available.
TL-7019 Dashboard functionality can now be disabled via advanced features
TL-7022 My Team functionality can now be disabled via advanced features
TL-7031 The URL download repository is now disabled by default on new installations
This change is intended to improve security. We strongly recommend that those sites
which are upgrading also disable this repository, unless they are actually using its
functionality.
The repository itself allows content to be downloaded from the internet and
used within the site.
Whilst measures are taken to ensure the download and use of internet
content is handled safely and securely it is not possible to completely
inoculate the system from threat.
We recommend putting the Totara server into a DMZ if this repository is
enabled and used.
TL-7038 Report default sort order is used consistently after report updates
TL-7072 Converted Facetoface predefined room JS into an AMD module
The previously defined totaraDialog_handler_addpdroom has been converted to
an AMD module allowing the module to be loaded only when needed.
TL-7140 Improved the display of Totara table borders such as those used for embedded reports
TL-7159 Facetoface predefined rooms are no longer required to specify a name, building or address
The capacity field is still required.
TL-7162 Converted the myappraisal JS to an AMD module
The M.totara_appraisal_myappraisal JavaScript code has been converted from
a statically loaded JS file to an AMD module.
This allows the JS to be loaded dynamically with much greater ease and
unlocks the benefits AMD brings such as minification and organisation.
This change removes the totara/appraisal/js/myappraisal.js file.
TL-7197 Converted plan templates JS into an AMD module
The totara_plan_template JS class has been converted into an AMD module
allowing it to be required only when needed.
TL-7198 Converted the totara_plan_component JS into an AMD module
The totara_plan_component JavaScript class has been converted into an AMD
module allowing it to be required only when needed.
The totara/plan/component.js file was removed as part of this change.
TL-7236 Login prompt state is now maintained across invalid attempts
The state of the the login prompt is now maintained upon a failed
authentication attempt.
The username entered by the user will remain in the username field, and the
state of the remember username checkbox will persist.
TL-7237 Serving of user submitted files has been hardened to improve security
The headers used when serving user submitted files has been improved.
Mime type handling has been improved and the following headers are now
included when the file being served is forcing a download:
* X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
* X-Frame-Options: deny
* X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block
TL-7244 Converted M.totara_cohort_assignroles JS into an AMD module
The file totara/cohort/assignroles.js has been removed as part of this
change.
TL-7293 Session timezone is now used for date fields when editing Facetoface session
TL-7297 Guest access is now disabled in new installations
TL-7331 New framework for improved error message handling when AJAX calls fail
Previously there was no framework for when a jQuery AJAX call fails.
This can leave a number interactions in Totara with nondescript errors.
This fix provides a framework for errors to be caught, handled and
displayed. It also provides debugging information when debug has been
turned on allowing JS issues to be investigated with much more ease.
TL-7384 Begin phasing out the "Hide" option for advanced Totara features
Previously many of the advanced features added in Totara could be set to
three states enabled, disabled, hidden.
The hidden state in many situations was poorly and inconsistently
implemented.
After discussions it was decided that the hidden state would be removed in
favour of a more straight forward enabled/disabled state.
Any sites using the "Hide" state will continue to experience the same
behaviour they have previously.
However the "Hide" state is no longer made available for selection.
In the future support for the "Hide" state will be removed.
TL-7388 Improved reliability of the Atto editor superscript and subscript buttons
TL-7389 Improved rtl language support for the collapse block icon
This introduces a new icon that points to the right in right to left
languages (such as Hebrew) when a block is collapsed (t/switch_plus_rtl)
TL-7432 Added a new capability to allow marking of course completion for related users
A new capability has been added totara/core:markusercoursecomplete which
can be assigned within the user context and allows a user with that
capability to mark another user's required learning courses as complete.
Previously, this was only possible for managers marking completion for
their staff.
This new capability is not given to anyone by default.
TL-7482 Updated the TCPDF library from 6.2.6 to 6.2.12
TL-7510 Improved the flow of links within the Appraisal report source
TL-7524 Improved the secure page layout within standard Totara responsive
TL-7529 Fixed handling of RPL records when resetting or deleting a course or its completions
This change fixes how RPL records are handled when a course is reset by a
certification, deleted or reset by a user, or course completions unlocked
by a teacher.
When deleting or resetting a course, RPL completions are now also deleted
correctly. Previously these were not removed. An upgrade step will safely
remove invalid data records for deleted courses.
In 2.9.0 when a users course completion gets reset by a certification
window opening, all course and activity RPL completions will be removed.
As before, when a teacher unlocks course completion criteria and selects to
delete, course and activity RPL records will be kept and still count
towards a users completion.
Thanks to Eugene Venter at Catalyst NZ for the contribution
TL-7530 Improved the display of error messages for date controls
TL-7589 Added timezone support to plans and plan templates
TL-7682 Improved the date display code to ensure it is consistent across all platforms
Language packs may now use all strftime parameters as listed here
http://php.net/manual/en/function.strftime.php
Accessibility improvements:
TL-5275 Removed the fieldset surrounding the action buttons within a form
Previously the action (submit + cancel) buttons within a form were being
printed within a fieldset.
In order to improve accessibility across all forms by reducing the number
of nested fieldsets this particular fieldset was removed.
TL-6234 Removed the HTML table used for layout when adding badge criteria
This patch also improves accessibility around single selects.
TL-6239 Improved accessibility when setting a custom room
When editing a Facetoface session, the form elements for setting a custom
room had labels that were not correctly linked to their HTML elements, and
had an unnecessary HTML table.
TL-6291 Improved the accessibility when viewing learning plans
TL-6294 Removed the table used for layout on the course participants page
When viewing participants within a course, the filters at the top of the
page were within an HTML table. This has been removed and replaced with a
series of div elements making the page more accessible and responsive.
TL-6310 Removed incorrect label on the Certificate settings page
TL-6320 Replaced invalid use of HTML labels within the add activity dialog
TL-6337 Removed the HTML table used on the group user management page for courses
TL-6380 Improved accessibility of question bank export
TL-6381 Improved accessibility of question bank import
TL-6382 The fieldset template within forms now uses a fieldset
There were a number of form fieldsets that were incorrectly used, making a
number of web pages inaccessible to screen readers.
This change improves accessibility considerably but is likely to cause
display problems for themes that have restyled forms.
A good place to look at check your theme styles would be by reviewing the
form used when adding a Facetoface session.
TL-6388 Improved accessibility on the users badge profile setting page
TL-6390 Removed empty labels and legend attributes from all form element
TL-6394 Removed the HTML label from admin settings when it was not referencing anything
What were formerly HTML label elements are now spans with the admin-label
css class. Any CSS styles that were applied to HTML labels (in the admin
area), will also need to be applied to this class (adjusting the font-size
will need to override ".form-item .admin-label")
TL-6423 Removed the HTML table within a course user details view
TL-6585 Improved accessibility uploading images into the Certificate module
TL-7139 Removed heading around no results messages for flexible tables
TL-7187 Removed the HTML table around user details when inside a chat activity
TL-7188 Removed the HTML table used for layout when entering a chat message
TL-7552 Replaced individual hierarchy item description table with a datalist
Database schema changes
New tables:
Bug ID New table name
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TL-4485 goal_user_info_data
TL-4485 goal_user_info_data_param
TL-4485 goal_user_info_field
TL-4485 goal_user_type_cohort
TL-4485 goal_user_type
TL-6684 report_builder_global_restriction
TL-6684 reportbuilder_grp_cohort_record
TL-6684 reportbuilder_grp_org_record
TL-6684 reportbuilder_grp_pos_record
TL-6684 reportbuilder_grp_user_record
TL-6684 reportbuilder_grp_cohort_user
TL-6684 reportbuilder_grp_org_user
TL-6684 reportbuilder_grp_pos_user
TL-6684 reportbuilder_grp_user_user
TL-7246 auth_connect_servers
TL-7246 auth_connect_users
TL-7246 auth_connect_user_collections
TL-7246 auth_connect_sso_requests
TL-7246 auth_connect_sso_sessions
New fields:
Bug ID Table name New field name
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TL-2250 prog allowextensionrequests
TL-4485 goal_personal typeid
TL-4485 goal_personal visible
TL-5094 feedback360 anonymous
TL-5097 cohort_rule_collections addnewmembers
TL-5097 cohort_rule_collections removeoldmembers
TL-6684 report_builder globalrestriction
Modified fields:
Bug ID Table name Field name
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TL-6621 report_builder_schedule format Converted from int to char
API Changes
TL-2250 New options to turn off program extension requests
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* New totara_prog_extension_allowed function returns true if the given program allows extension requests
TL-2565 Fixed date custom user profile field type
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* totara_date_parse_from_format has a new forth argument $forcetimezone
TL-4485 New personal goal types with custom fields
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* New report source class rb_source_goal_custom
* New totara_cohort_get_goal_type_cohorts function returns the cohorts associated with a personal goal type
* customfield_base::customfield_definition has a new optional sixth argument $disableheader
* totara_customfield_renderer::get_redirect_options has a new optional third argument $class
* totara_customfield_renderer::customfield_manage_edit_form has a new ninth argument $class
* hierarchy::get_type_by_id new optional second argument $usertype
* hierarchy::display_add_type_button new optional second argument $class
* hierarchy::delete_type new optional second argument $class
* hierarchy::delete_type_metadata new optional second argument $class
* New totara_hierarchy_save_cohorts_for_type function to save the cohort/audience data against the
hierarchy type
* totara_hierarchy_renderer::mygoals_personal_table new third optional argument $display
TL-5020 Change of 'from' email address when sending emails
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* New totara_get_user_from function returns a user to use as the from user when sending emails
TL-5094 Support for anonymous 360 feedback
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* New property feedback360->anonymous [bool]
* totara_feedback360_renderer->display_feedback_header() has two new arguments $anonymous and $numresponders
* totara_feedback360_renderer->view_request_infotable() has a new argument $anonymous
* totara_feedback360_renderer->system_user_record() has a new argument $anonymous
* totara_feedback360_renderer->external_user_record() has a new argument $anonymous
* totara_feedback360_renderer->nojs_feedback_request_users() has a new argument $anonymous
TL-5097 New options to disable changes in membership for dyanmic audiences
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* New event totara_cohort\event\option_updated fired when ever cohort options are updated.
* New totara_cohort_update_membership_options function to update cohort options. Fires the above event.
TL-5356 Added new user columns and filters to the Messages report source
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* rb_base_source->add_user_table_to_joinlist() has a new argument $alias
* rb_base_source::add_user_fields_to_filters() has a new argument $addtypetoheading
TL-5818 Report builder reports can now be cloned
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* New totara_reportbuilder\event\report_cloned event that gets fired when a report is cloned.
* New reportbuilder_set_default_access function that sets the default restrictive access for new report
* New reportbuilder_clone_report function to clone a report
TL-6234 Removed the HTML table used for layout when adding badge criteria
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* core_renderer::single_select has a new argument $attributes
TL-6310 Removed incorrect label on the Certificate settings page
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* Deleted mod/certificate/adminsetting.class.php and the mod_certificate_admin_setting_upload class within
TL-6413 Report builder sources may now be marked as ignored
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* New reportbuilder::reset_caches static method to reset user permitted report caches
* New reportbuilder::get_user_permitted_reports static method to get the reports a user can access
* reportbuilder_get_reports has been deprecated, please use reportbuilder::get_user_permitted_reports instead
* New rb_base_source::is_ignored method that can be overridden if the report should always be available
TL-6525 New report table block
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* New reportbuilder::overrideuniqueid() to set a unique ID.
* New reportbuilder::overrideignoreparams() tells report builder to ignore the standard params when
constructing the next report.
* New reportbuilder->get_uniqueid() to report the reports unique ID. All external calls to $report->_id
should be upgraded to use this method.
TL-6684 Added new global report restrictions
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* New rb_global_restriction class which manages report restrictions rules
* New rb_global_restriction_set class which integrates restrictions into report builder
* New parameter in reportbuilder constructor which expects instance of rb_global_restriction_set
* New rb_base_source::global_restrictions_supported method which should be overridden by report sources
that support Global Report Restrictions
* New rb_base_source::get_global_report_restriction_join method to inject Global Report Restrictions
SQL snippet into base query
* New parameters signature in rb_base_source::__construct now it should be ($groupid, rb_global_restriction_set
$globalrestrictionset = null) for all inherited classes
* New reportbuilder::display_restriction method which displays current restrictions and options to change
them on report pages
* New rb_base_embedded::embedded_global_restrictions_supported method which should be overridden by embedded
report classes to indicate their Global Report restrictions support
TL-6942 Define and use different flavours of Totara during installation and upgrade
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* New Totara Flavour plugins, component is totara_flavour, plugins are flavour_pluginname.
* New totara_flavour\definition class that all flavours must extend.
TL-6961 Each custom field type is now managed by a single capability
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* New method totara_customfield\prefix\*_type->get_capability_managefield()
* Deleted method totara_customfield\prefix\*_type->get_capability_editfield()
* Deleted method totara_customfield\prefix\*_type->get_capability_createfield()
* Deleted method totara_customfield\prefix\*_type->get_capability_createfield()
* Deleted method totara_customfield\prefix\competency_type->get_capability_deletefield()
Capability changes
* Added capability: totara/core:coursemanagecustomfield
* Added capability: totara/core:programmanagecustomfield
* Added capability: mod/facetoface:managecustomfield
* Added capability: totara/hierarchy:positionmanagecustomfield
* Added capability: totara/hierarchy:organisationmanagecustomfield
* Added capability: totara/hierarchy:goalmanagecustomfield
* Added capability: totara/hierarchy:competencymanagecustomfield
* Removed capability: totara/core:createcoursecustomfield
* Removed capability: totara/core:updatecoursecustomfield
* Removed capability: totara/core:deletecoursecustomfield
* Removed capability: totara/core:createprogramcustomfield
* Removed capability: totara/core:updateprogramcustomfield
* Removed capability: totara/core:deleteprogramcustomfield
* Removed capability: mod/facetoface:updatefacetofacecustomfield
* Removed capability: mod/facetoface:createfacetofacecustomfield
* Removed capability: mod/facetoface:deletefacetofacecustomfield
* Removed capability: totara/hierarchy:updatecompetencycustomfield
* Removed capability: totara/hierarchy:createcompetencycustomfield
* Removed capability: totara/hierarchy:deletecompetencycustomfield
* Removed capability: totara/hierarchy:updategoalcustomfield
* Removed capability: totara/hierarchy:creategoalcustomfield
* Removed capability: totara/hierarchy:deletegoalcustomfield
* Removed capability: totara/hierarchy:updateorganisationcustomfield
* Removed capability: totara/hierarchy:createorganisationcustomfield
* Removed capability: totara/hierarchy:deleteorganisationcustomfield
* Removed capability: totara/hierarchy:updatepositioncustomfield
* Removed capability: totara/hierarchy:createpositioncustomfield
* Removed capability: totara/hierarchy:deletepositioncustomfield
TL-7237 Serving of user submitted files has been hardened to improve security
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* New totara_tweak_file_sending function that gets called before serving files.
TL-7246 Totara Connect Client
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* Totara Connect makes it possible to connect one or more Totara LMS or Totara Social
installations to a master Totara LMS installation.
* This connection allows for users, and audiences to be synchronised from the
master to all connected client sites.
* Synchronised users can move between the connected sites with ease thanks to the
single sign on system accompanying Totara Connect.
TL-7529 Fixed handling of RPL records when resetting or deleting a course or its completions
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* New method completion_info->delete_course_completion_data_including_rpl()
Deleted files
Bug ID File
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TL-5094 totara/feedback360/request/save.php
TL-6310 mod/certificate/adminsetting.class.php
TL-6684 mod/feedback/rb_sources/lang/en/rb_source_feedback_questions.php
TL-6684 mod/feedback/rb_sources/lang/en/rb_source_graphical_feedback_questions.php
TL-6684 mod/feedback/rb_sources/rb_preproc_feedback_questions.php
TL-6684 mod/feedback/rb_sources/rb_source_feedback_questions.php
TL-6684 mod/feedback/rb_sources/rb_source_graphical_feedback_questions.php
TL-6777 totara/core/js/lib/jquery.dataTables.js
TL-6777 totara/core/js/lib/jquery.dataTables.min.js
TL-6777 totara/core/js/lib/jquery.placeholder.js
TL-6777 totara/core/js/lib/jquery.placeholder.min.js
TL-6777 totara/core/js/lib/jquery.treeview.js
TL-6777 totara/core/js/lib/jquery.treeview.min.js
TL-6777 totara/core/js/lib/load.placeholder.js
TL-6777 totara/core/js/lib/readme_totara.txt
TL-6777 totara/core/js/lib/totara_dialog.js
TL-7013 install/lang/ Multiple language files for unsupported languages
TL-7162 totara/appraisal/js/myappraisal.js
TL-7197 totara/plan/templates.js
TL-7198 totara/plan/component.js
TL-7244 totara/cohort/assignroles.js