Bika LIMS 3.1.6 released

We are proud to announce the Bika LIMS 3.1.6 release. Though mainly a bug-fix version, some small features and enhancements are included too. The release saw a sharp spike in downloads, at the writing of this, more than 1000 a day since its release 17 December.


Fixes	Cape Town 21 December 2014
LIMS-1085: Allow Clients to add Attachments to ARs LIMS-1334: Calculate result precision from Uncertainty value LIMS-1362: File attachment uploads to Batches LIMS-1363: Batches per Client LIMS-1378: Bulking up Batches LIMS-1389: Units in results publishing should allow super and subscript formats LIMS-1390: More workflow for Batches LIMS-1404: New Batch attributes and their integration on Batch views LIMS-1405: New Sample and AR attributes LIMS-1420: Status filter is not kept after moving to next page LIMS-1422: Results doesn't display yes/no once verified but 1 or 0 LIMS-1430: Create an AR from batch Clients and Contacts error LIMS-1440: Error when trying to publish with analysis from different categories LIMS-1441: AR creation partition units error when selecting analyses LIMS-1442: Sample Type is not filtered by Sample Point LIMS-1443: In published reports the publishing date is not shown in the pdf LIMS-1444: Accredited analysis services are not marked as accredited	LIMS-1445: Scientific names should be written in italics in published reports LIMS-1446: After retracting a published AR, its Sample gets cancelled LIMS-1448: Reports: "Analysis turnaround time" displays others LIMS-1457: Exponential notation in published AR pdf should be formatted LIMS-1459: Error when checking instrument validity in manage_results LIMS-1460: Additional field in AR for comments or results interpretation LIMS-1467: Sample Point Lookup doesn't work on AR modify LIMS-1470: AS Setup. File attachment field tag is missing LIMS-1479: new-version and upgrade-steps should be python viewlets LIMS-1486: Typos in instrument messages LIMS-1498: Published Results not Showing for Logged Clients LIMS-1500: Alere Pima's Instrument Interface LIMS-1529: Error while inserting an AR with container-based partitioning LIMS-1530: Scrambled Analysis Category order in Published Results After modifying analysis Category, reindex category name and UID for all subordinate analyses Setup data import improvements and fixes Simplify installation with a custom Plone overview and add site

Fixes

Cape Town
21 December 2014

LIMS-1085: Allow Clients to add Attachments to ARs
LIMS-1334: Calculate result precision from Uncertainty value
LIMS-1362: File attachment uploads to Batches
LIMS-1363: Batches per Client
LIMS-1378: Bulking up Batches
LIMS-1389: Units in results publishing should allow super and subscript formats
LIMS-1390: More workflow for Batches
LIMS-1404: New Batch attributes and their integration on Batch views
LIMS-1405: New Sample and AR attributes
LIMS-1420: Status filter is not kept after moving to next page
LIMS-1422: Results doesn't display yes/no once verified but 1 or 0
LIMS-1430: Create an AR from batch Clients and Contacts error
LIMS-1440: Error when trying to publish with analysis from different categories
LIMS-1441: AR creation partition units error when selecting analyses
LIMS-1442: Sample Type is not filtered by Sample Point
LIMS-1443: In published reports the publishing date is not shown in the pdf
LIMS-1444: Accredited analysis services are not marked as accredited

LIMS-1445: Scientific names should be written in italics in published reports
LIMS-1446: After retracting a published AR, its Sample gets cancelled
LIMS-1448: Reports: "Analysis turnaround time" displays others
LIMS-1457: Exponential notation in published AR pdf should be formatted
LIMS-1459: Error when checking instrument validity in manage_results
LIMS-1460: Additional field in AR for comments or results interpretation
LIMS-1467: Sample Point Lookup doesn't work on AR modify
LIMS-1470: AS Setup. File attachment field tag is missing
LIMS-1479: new-version and upgrade-steps should be python viewlets
LIMS-1486: Typos in instrument messages
LIMS-1498: Published Results not Showing for Logged Clients
LIMS-1500: Alere Pima's Instrument Interface
LIMS-1529: Error while inserting an AR with container-based partitioning
LIMS-1530: Scrambled Analysis Category order in Published Results

After modifying analysis Category, reindex category name and UID for all subordinate analyses
Setup data import improvements and fixes
Simplify installation with a custom Plone overview and add site

Thank you

Jordi, Campbell, Pau, Alex, and all other code contributors, testers, feature requesters and providers of the enthusiasm that keeps everybody fired up. Sponsorship came from De Bortoli Wines, DEOHS University of Washington, SANBI, Oshana and Alpha health labs in Namibia, Lab San Martin, and off course individual Naralabs and Bika Lab Systems team members who continue to contribute massively on their own accounts.

Upgrade instructions

LIMS 3.1.6 is a minor release, and there is no need for further changes or modifications elsewhere in the Bika LIMS instance. If your instance to be updated has been customised, please review whether the customisations are affected by the update by checking the CHANGELOG.txt file published with the release.
See Installing Bika LIMS and/or upgrading Bika LIMS

Feedback and support

Please post questions to one of the Bika mailing lists:
Bika LIMS Users
Bika LIMS design
Bika Developers
IRC: irc://freenode.net/#bika

Please log issues, feature requests, or bugs in the Issue Tracker. And remember you can also enable your Bika LIMS instance toreport bugs to us automatically via sentry.bikalabs.com.

Review

The Bika LIMS online demonstration installation will be upgraded to 3.1.6 shortly.