News

26.04.2023

openBIS v20.10.6 is now available.

The most relevant new features and bug fixes are:

New navigation menu in ELN interface. In addition to the new look, the new menu has several new features, such as filtering and sorting. For the full list of functionalities check the documentation
1. : https://openbis.ch/index.php/docs/user-documentation/additional-functionalities/navigation-menu/
Improved tables exports. It is now possible to export tables in an openBIS import-compatible format or not. The two exports differ as explained in the documentation:

Support for zip import in admin UI. https://openbis.ch/index.php/docs/admin-documentation/masterdata-exports-and-imports/
Changes to default eln-lims dropbox. The new dropbox script no longer requires 2 folders for data ingestion, only 1 folder with the name generated from the openBIS UI:

Possibility to configure notifications of dropbox data upload failure. It is possible to configure who should receive email notifications for dropbox upload failures:

Dropbox monitor. It is possible to monitor the status of data upload via dropbox from the ELN interface:

Search datasets by size in ELN UI. It is now possible to search datasets based on their size. An example of this functionality is described in the dataset archiving documentation:

Improvement to masterdata update in admin UI. It is now possible to use “update if exists” if the masterdata file contains $ properties.
Fix for PATs to work with email as username.

The full list of changes is available here:

Before upgrading to this release version, check the list of pending configuration changes:

This version can be downloaded from the production releases page of our wiki:

05.12.2022

openBIS v20.10.5 is now available.

The most relevant new features and bug fixes are:

XLS exports in ELN UI: tables in the ELN can now be exported in XLS format (instead of .tsv). This export is compatible with the XLS imports for batch updates:
1. https://openbis.ch/index.php/docs/user-documentation/additional-functionalities/tables/
2. https://openbis.ch/index.php/docs/user-documentation/inventory-of-materials-and-methods/batch-update-entries-in-a-collection/
XLS exports in admin UI. Types tables can now be exported from the admin UI. The exported XLS files can be imported in the admin UI. This facilitates exchanges of data models between different openBIS instances:

1. https://openbis.ch/index.php/docs/admin-documentation/masterdata-exports-and-imports/
New navigation menu preview in admin UI. It is now possible to navigate the openBIS hierarchy from the admin UI. This navigation menu is a preview of the new navigation menu that will be included in the ELN in the next openBIS minor release in 2023.

1. https://openbis.ch/index.php/docs/admin-documentation/database-navigation-in-admin-ui/
Semantic annotations in XLS masterdata. It is possible to use semantic annotations for types in the XLS masterdata. Annotations are not yet visible in the ELN and admin UI, this will be included in the next openBIS minor release in 2023.
1. https://unlimited.ethz.ch/display/openBISDoc2010/Excel+Import+Service

Parents and children kept in ELN templates. Previously when Object templates created in the ELN contained parents and children, these were not copied over when the templates were used. This is now fixed.
Improvements to ELN settings in multi–group instances.
Personal Access Tokens (PAT): simplify integration with other systems, by avoiding to provide username and password for authentication. PATs can be long-lived:

The full list of changes is available here:

This version can be downloaded from the production releases page of our wiki:

25.10.2022

openBIS community forum now available: https://community.openbis.ch