Hello everyone,
The following versions of Totara have now been released:
- 2.9.6
- 2.7.14
- 2.6.31
- 2.5.38
Kind regards
Sam Hemelryk
Release 2.9.6 (20th April 2016):
Important:
TL-8417 Historical completion records belonging to a course are now deleted if the course gets deleted
Previously when a course was deleted the historical completion records were
forgotten about and left orphaned.
This lead to errors and visual inconsistencies when trying to work with the
historical completion records as they now referenced removed courses.
Now when a course is deleted all historical completion records held for it
are also deleted.
Please note that during upgrade all orphaned historical completion records
are deleted.
TL-8711 Scheduled reports belonging to a user are now deleted when the user gets deleted
Previously when a user or audience was deleted any scheduled reports
belonging to that user were left in the system.
This lead to errors as the scheduled reports now referenced users that no
longer existed.
Now when a user is deleted all scheduled reports belonging to that user are
also deleted.
During upgrade all orphaned scheduled reports belonging to previously
deleted users will be cleaned up.
The same is true of audiences referenced as recipients of scheduled
reports.
Now when an audience is deleted orphaned scheduled report recipient records
are also cleaned up.
During upgrade all orphaned scheduled reports referencing audiences that no
longer exist will be cleaned up.
Improvements:
TL-8174 Fixed visibility for the 'My Learning' SCORM activity overview
TL-8358 Updated the help text for a custom fields' "Locked" setting
TL-8393 Performance improvement when admins view a course with many activities
Previously, when an admin viewed a course, the admin's completion data for
each course would be checked for each activity multiple times. The higher
the number of activities in a course, the more often these completion
checks would occur, causing performance issues when there were many
activities involved. This only affected users who could access the course
but were not enrolled, such as site administrators. Enrolled users were not
affected by this bug. Guest users were also not affected as completion data
is not checked for them.
The issue occurred due to cached data being cleared incorrectly for the
affected users. This has been corrected and page load times for admins on
the view course page will now be similar to that of enrolled learners.
TL-8421 Usernames on login page now avoid mobile OS default capitalisation
TL-8522 Template library now has a context for admin_tool/list_templates_page
TL-8595 Added cost information to Face-to-face direct enrolment for sign-up page
TL-8657 Improved performance of adding courses and programs to audiences
TL-8751 Added links to run completion checker over whole site
Links were added in Manage Programs and Manage Certifications which allow
privileged users to run the program and certification completion checkers
over all programs or certifications on a site, rather than having to run
them one program or certification at a time.
TL-8759 Added help popup for Require view activity completion criteria
Bug fixes:
TL-6962 Made signup and cancellation fields consistent throughout Face-to-face
Previously Face-to-face custom fields for signup and cancellations were
being attached to a users signup status.
This was a regression from the conversion of Face-to-face custom fields in
2.7 that has been the cause of a several hard to track down problems.
In this fix we have changed the attachment point from signup status to the
signup itself.
This has lead to several minor changes in the Face-to-face API's as noted
below.
* facetoface_get_attendee no longer returns the statusid or usernote as
part of the record it returns.
* facetoface_get_attendees no longer returns a usernote as part of the
record it returns.
* facetoface_user_signup the usernote argument 10 has been deprecated and
now displays a debugging notice if used.
* facetoface_update_signup_status the usernote argument 4 has been
deprecated and now displays a debugging notice if used.
* facetoface_get_cancellations no longer returns a cancellation reason
property as part of its response.
* facetoface_get_requests no longer returns a usernote property as part of
the record it returns.
* facetoface_user_import no longer imports a usernote (this was not being
stored correctly)
TL-8101 Removed the incorrect "role change" warning for completed dynamic appraisals
TL-8136 Fixed Face-to-face custom field filters when applied within the calendar
TL-8156 Fixed capability checks when adding audiences and users as scheduled report recipients
TL-8162 Ensured only eligible activities are selectable for feedback reminders
Only activities which are part of course completion can be tracked for
sending out feedback reminder messages. However, it was previously possible
to select other activities and the reminder would simply not go out. The
select options for activity completion to base a feedback reminder on are
now restricted to those that are part of course completion criteria.
TL-8338 Fixed the Face-to-face signup by waitlist functionality by including overbook capability check
TL-8346 Corrected Face-to-face terminology within the session report source
The Face-to-face session report now correctly refers to users who have self
booked via the self-booking service as "Self booked", previously they were
incorrectly referred to as "Reserved"
TL-8355 Corrected spelling of re-classify and re-classifying by removing hyphen
TL-8374 Ensured the certification completion date is only calculated on the current paths courses
TL-8380 Removed the sorting from Progress column for Certification overview report
TL-8399 Fixed the coursenames column in the Program/Certification overview report
Previously if a course's short name contained a comma it would be
incorrectly processed by the Program overview and Certification overview
reports.
It is now correctly handled.
TL-8428 Fully disabled Syncing Position ID number field in HR Import when Position Hierarchies are disabled
The previous behaviour was that if you have any of the position fields
(Position Title, Position ID Number, Position start date, Position end
date) enabled for the sync and then Position hierarchies are disabled then
the position fields are removed from the interface but are still synced.
The new behaviour is that Position ID number will be completely disabled
(it will not sync the field until Position hierarchies are re-enabled) and
the other fields will not be disabled.
TL-8434 Added columns for custom program fields to Program Completion, Program Membership and Program Overview report sources
TL-8438 Added a missing string used within the Program membership report
TL-8458 Face-to-face module can now be managed by users with the 'totara/core:modconfig' capability
TL-8461 Fixed course deletion to more accurately update program coursesets
Previously, all competency course sets were inadvertently being removed
from programs whenever any course on the site was deleted. This, and
deletion of courses that left other course sets empty, also resulted in
exceptions being displayed when viewing programs.
This behaviour has been prevented.
Two methods have been added to the course_set abstract class in
totara/program/program_courseset.class.php, get_courses and delete_course.
These will be abstract methods in the next major release. For existing
releases, they will output a message if debugging has been turned on. If
any custom classes have been created that inherit from this class, it is
recommended that you overwrite these methods in the custom class.
TL-8471 Fixed 'totara/dashboard:manage' capability for non admin user
TL-8475 Fixed position type display function for Face-to-face session report
TL-8502 HR Import now correctly handles invalid usernames by logging a warning and continuing on
This issue was only encountered when the user delete setting was set to
suspend users, and there were users being deleted. However this adds extra
validation to the HR import sanity checks so any invalid users will be
detected during any sync action.
TL-8582 Updated course multiselect custom field type to update all data records when option text or icons are changed
TL-8585 Face-to-face notification iCalendar attachments now support updates during signup status and/or session date changes
Please note, software that does not support iCalendar sequence will still
create new event each time instead of updating it.
TL-8603 Fixed multilang support within Report description field
TL-8633 Fixed use of the duedate placeholder in program messages
TL-8634 Fixed Audience: Visible Learning report when no id is set
TL-8653 Fixed image used by the template library when viewing the core/pix_icon template
TL-8672 Fixed removal of seleted audiences when editing a course
TL-8685 Fixed pagination when viewing global report restriction list
TL-8691 Fixed the handling of locked custom course fields when creating a new course
TL-8698 Fixed minor JavaScript error when using AMD get_strings implementation in IE9
TL-8707 Made the 'Duration' column within Face-to-face reports translatable
TL-8760 Fixed deactivation of the "require end reach" completion condition for Lesson activities
Release 2.7.14 (20th April 2016):
Important:
TL-8417 Historical completion records belonging to a course are now deleted if the course gets deleted
Previously when a course was deleted the historical completion records were
forgotten about and left orphaned.
This lead to errors and visual inconsistencies when trying to work with the
historical completion records as they now referenced removed courses.
Now when a course is deleted all historical completion records held for it
are also deleted.
Please note that during upgrade all orphaned historical completion records
are deleted.
TL-8711 Scheduled reports belonging to a user are now deleted when the user gets deleted
Previously when a user or audience was deleted any scheduled reports
belonging to that user were left in the system.
This lead to errors as the scheduled reports now referenced users that no
longer existed.
Now when a user is deleted all scheduled reports belonging to that user are
also deleted.
During upgrade all orphaned scheduled reports belonging to previously
deleted users will be cleaned up.
The same is true of audiences referenced as recipients of scheduled
reports.
Now when an audience is deleted orphaned scheduled report recipient records
are also cleaned up.
During upgrade all orphaned scheduled reports referencing audiences that no
longer exist will be cleaned up.
Improvements:
TL-8358 Updated the help text for a custom fields' "Locked" setting
TL-8393 Performance improvement when admins view a course with many activities
Previously, when an admin viewed a course, the admin's completion data for
each course would be checked for each activity multiple times. The higher
the number of activities in a course, the more often these completion
checks would occur, causing performance issues when there were many
activities involved. This only affected users who could access the course
but were not enrolled, such as site administrators. Enrolled users were not
affected by this bug. Guest users were also not affected as completion data
is not checked for them.
The issue occurred due to cached data being cleared incorrectly for the
affected users. This has been corrected and page load times for admins on
the view course page will now be similar to that of enrolled learners.
TL-8657 Improved performance of adding courses and programs to audiences
TL-8751 Added links to run completion checker over whole site
Links were added in Manage Programs and Manage Certifications which allow
privileged users to run the program and certification completion checkers
over all programs or certifications on a site, rather than having to run
them one program or certification at a time.
Bug fixes:
TL-6962 Made signup and cancellation fields consistent throughout Face-to-face
Previously Face-to-face custom fields for signup and cancellations were
being attached to a users signup status.
This was a regression from the conversion of Face-to-face custom fields in
2.7 that has been the cause of a several hard to track down problems.
In this fix we have changed the attachment point from signup status to the
signup itself.
This has lead to several minor changes in the Face-to-face API's as noted
below.
* facetoface_get_attendee no longer returns the statusid or usernote as
part of the record it returns.
* facetoface_get_attendees no longer returns a usernote as part of the
record it returns.
* facetoface_user_signup the usernote argument 10 has been deprecated and
now displays a debugging notice if used.
* facetoface_update_signup_status the usernote argument 4 has been
deprecated and now displays a debugging notice if used.
* facetoface_get_cancellations no longer returns a cancellation reason
property as part of its response.
* facetoface_get_requests no longer returns a usernote property as part of
the record it returns.
* facetoface_user_import no longer imports a usernote (this was not being
stored correctly)
TL-8101 Removed the incorrect "role change" warning for completed dynamic appraisals
TL-8136 Fixed Face-to-face custom field filters when applied within the calendar
TL-8156 Fixed capability checks when adding audiences and users as scheduled report recipients
TL-8162 Ensured only eligible activities are selectable for feedback reminders
Only activities which are part of course completion can be tracked for
sending out feedback reminder messages. However, it was previously possible
to select other activities and the reminder would simply not go out. The
select options for activity completion to base a feedback reminder on are
now restricted to those that are part of course completion criteria.
TL-8338 Fixed the Face-to-face signup by waitlist functionality by including overbook capability check
TL-8346 Corrected Face-to-face terminology within the session report source
The Face-to-face session report now correctly refers to users who have self
booked via the self-booking service as "Self booked", previously they were
incorrectly referred to as "Reserved"
TL-8374 Ensured the certification completion date is only calculated on the current paths courses
TL-8380 Removed the sorting from Progress column for Certification overview report
TL-8399 Fixed the coursenames column in the Program/Certification overview report
Previously if a course's short name contained a comma it would be
incorrectly processed by the Program overview and Certification overview
reports.
It is now correctly handled.
TL-8438 Added a missing string used within the Program membership report
TL-8458 Face-to-face module can now be managed by users with the 'totara/core:modconfig' capability
TL-8461 Fixed course deletion to more accurately update program coursesets
Previously, all competency course sets were inadvertently being removed
from programs whenever any course on the site was deleted. This, and
deletion of courses that left other course sets empty, also resulted in
exceptions being displayed when viewing programs.
This behaviour has been prevented.
Two methods have been added to the course_set abstract class in
totara/program/program_courseset.class.php, get_courses and delete_course.
These will be abstract methods in the next major release. For existing
releases, they will output a message if debugging has been turned on. If
any custom classes have been created that inherit from this class, it is
recommended that you overwrite these methods in the custom class.
TL-8471 Fixed 'totara/dashboard:manage' capability for non admin user
TL-8475 Fixed position type display function for Face-to-face session report
TL-8502 HR Import now correctly handles invalid usernames by logging a warning and continuing on
This issue was only encountered when the user delete setting was set to
suspend users, and there were users being deleted. However this adds extra
validation to the HR import sanity checks so any invalid users will be
detected during any sync action.
TL-8585 Face-to-face notification iCalendar attachments now support updates during signup status and/or session date changes
Please note, software that does not support iCalendar sequence will still
create new event each time instead of updating it.
TL-8592 Backport MDL-51408 to fix custom field completion criteria within Badges
TL-8633 Fixed use of the duedate placeholder in program messages
TL-8634 Fixed Audience: Visible Learning report when no id is set
TL-8635 Corrected the handling of timezones on Learning Plan End Date field
TL-8691 Fixed the handling of locked custom course fields when creating a new course
TL-8707 Made the 'Duration' column within Face-to-face reports translatable
Release 2.6.31 (20th April 2016):
Improvements:
TL-8393 Performance improvement when admins view a course with many activities
Previously, when an admin viewed a course, the admin's completion data for
each course would be checked for each activity multiple times. The higher
the number of activities in a course, the more often these completion
checks would occur, causing performance issues when there were many
activities involved. This only affected users who could access the course
but were not enrolled, such as site administrators. Enrolled users were not
affected by this bug. Guest users were also not affected as completion data
is not checked for them.
The issue occurred due to cached data being cleared incorrectly for the
affected users. This has been corrected and page load times for admins on
the view course page will now be similar to that of enrolled learners.
TL-8751 Added links to run completion checker over whole site
Links were added in Manage Programs and Manage Certifications which allow
privileged users to run the program and certification completion checkers
over all programs or certifications on a site, rather than having to run
them one program or certification at a time.
Bug fixes:
TL-8162 Ensured only eligible activities are selectable for feedback reminders
Only activities which are part of course completion can be tracked for
sending out feedback reminder messages. However, it was previously possible
to select other activities and the reminder would simply not go out. The
select options for activity completion to base a feedback reminder on are
now restricted to those that are part of course completion criteria.
TL-8374 Ensured the certification completion date is only calculated on the current paths courses
TL-8438 Added a missing string used within the Program membership report
TL-8461 Fixed course deletion to more accurately update program coursesets
Previously, all competency course sets were inadvertently being removed
from programs whenever any course on the site was deleted. This, and
deletion of courses that left other course sets empty, also resulted in
exceptions being displayed when viewing programs.
This behaviour has been prevented.
Two methods have been added to the course_set abstract class in
totara/program/program_courseset.class.php, get_courses and delete_course.
These will be abstract methods in the next major release. For existing
releases, they will output a message if debugging has been turned on. If
any custom classes have been created that inherit from this class, it is
recommended that you overwrite these methods in the custom class.
TL-8633 Fixed use of the duedate placeholder in program messages
Release 2.5.38 (20th April 2016):
Improvements:
TL-8393 Performance improvement when admins view a course with many activities
Previously, when an admin viewed a course, the admin's completion data for
each course would be checked for each activity multiple times. The higher
the number of activities in a course, the more often these completion
checks would occur, causing performance issues when there were many
activities involved. This only affected users who could access the course
but were not enrolled, such as site administrators. Enrolled users were not
affected by this bug. Guest users were also not affected as completion data
is not checked for them.
The issue occurred due to cached data being cleared incorrectly for the
affected users. This has been corrected and page load times for admins on
the view course page will now be similar to that of enrolled learners.
TL-8751 Added links to run completion checker over whole site
Links were added in Manage Programs and Manage Certifications which allow
privileged users to run the program and certification completion checkers
over all programs or certifications on a site, rather than having to run
them one program or certification at a time.
Bug fixes:
TL-8374 Ensured the certification completion date is only calculated on the current paths courses
TL-8438 Added a missing string used within the Program membership report
