Sonia Release Notes - Nov 2023 through April 2024

Releases:

03 April 2024

New Functionality

• GET Position Endpoint added to Sonia API

Resolved

• Sonia API handling of NULL ExternalProviderId

27 Mar 2024

New Functionality

• SMTP Email Sending Service

Resolved

• SSO logging for Sonia Client
• Impersonate option greyed out when using AD and Sonia Auth
• SSO modern browser for Sonia Client
• Student import log loading restriction
• Issues with school users creating Sonia Client users
• Keep me signed in box preventing users from signing in
• GeoCode Optimization

16 Feb 2024

New Functionality

• API Improvements
  • The Sonia /api/Sites endpoint is now capable of returning all sites that share a specific parent ID value.

Resolved

• Check Manager display schools where the placement officer is inactive.
  • Users inactive in a school and don’t have access to checks are no longer able to filter by school and placement groups.
• One day placements not showing date in Sonia Online > Placements
  • When students create a one-day placement, their placement date shows online as the Placement Group dates instead of just the one day.
• Tooltip hardcoded with text of asd
  • The tooltip for completed checks in Check Manager was not displaying correctly.
• Masking fields in forms saving to database as masked values
  • When a form that has masking value field(s) is edited using Admin Edit mode and the masked values are not changed, the masked values no longer export when exporting data.
• Do not show allocated placement not being observed
  • If the setting "Do not show allocated placement if they have not met their mandatory check" is enabled the placement no longer appears under the summary calendar on the placements screen of Sonia Online.
• Form action button scrolls back to top of form on click
  • Clicking 'submit' on an action button in the form no longer results in the form immediately scrolling back to the top of the form.
• Check Manager turning off due to sustained heavy database load
  • New time range enforced on initial load of check manager to prevent timing out. Time range can be altered once the screen loads.
• Check Manager Signout is not working with Saml Authentication
  • The Sonia Check Manager signout endpoint is now working correctlly. 

14 Jan 2024

Resolved

• Display of Placement Interviews doesn't display the name.
  • The student’s name now displays correctly on the Interviews calendar. 

 

Coming Soon 

Issues to be Resolved 

• Sonia Central SMTP connection 

• Current SMTP settings for Sonia Central does not support certain configuration options. 

• Keep me signed in box preventing users from signing in 

• Sonia will load normally when the “Keep Me Signed In” box is checked. 

• Impersonate option greyed out when using AD and Sonia Auth 

• Impersonate option will be functional when using AD and Sonia Auth. 

• Securely store ClinConnect credentials 

• Credentials are encrypted. 

• API GET on student checks timing out 

• Response time has been improved when using the API endpoint to GET student checks. 

• Custom Field filter issue when preferencing 

• Custom Field filters are now filtering the list correctly. 

 

08 Jan 2024 

New Functionality 

• Canterbury API Improvements 

• The Class and Topic fields have been added on the PlacementPosition. 

 

Resolved 

• Sonia API handling of NULL ExternalProviderId 

• SiteContacts, Sites and Placement Request API endpoints list externalProviderId as an optional parameter but if it is excluded then calls to the endpoints result in a 404 error. 

 

Resolved 

• One day placements not showing date in Sonia Online > Placements 

• When students create a one-day placement, their placement date shows online as the Placement Group dates instead of just the one day. 

• Display of Placement Interviews doesn't display the name. 

• The name of the student does not display correctly on the PO -> Interviews calendar. 

• Do not show allocated placement not being observed 

• If the setting "Do not show allocated placement if they have not met their mandatory check" is enabled the placement still appears under the summary calendar on the placements screen of Sonia Online. 

• Check Manager turning off due to sustained heavy database load 

• Heavy database load was preventing the Check Manager screen from loading. Time range filters will be enforced to improve performance. 

• Sonia Central SMTP connection 

• Current SMTP settings for Sonia Central does not support certain configuration options. 

• SNI HAProxy incompatibility resulting in product lock out 

• When using an HAProxy load balancer, loading the Sonia Client results in the appearance of an Unauthorized message after school selection. 

• Check Manager Signout is not working with Saml Authentication 

• Sonia Check Manager signout endpoint is not working correctly. 

• Tooltip hardcoded with text of asd 

• The tooltip for completed checks in Check Manager was not displaying correctly. 

 

23 Nov 2023 

• Append notes post new note role enhancement 

• Scholarship students filter returning values from other schools 

• Merge the student importer work to recent versions 

• Forms timing out when trying to access them 

• Ad-hoc report needs to change Private tick-box to reflect new permissions 

• Reports -> Administration -> Note report needs to be updated to remove/update the Is private filter 

• Update note permission view to bring in-line with other Sonia views 

• Code review to ensure Sonia is not expecting the old logic based on value in IsPrivate column 

• Filter Function on Dates in Sonia 

• Unable to remove site contact from site due to documents associated with another site 

• Can't do Student Importer Mappings under University Options -> Importer 

 

14 Nov 2023 

Site Search field in Forms is not working correctly

Filter Function on Dates in Sonia

Unable to remove site contact from site due to documents associated with another site

Can't do Student Importer Mappings under University Options -> Importer

Ordering of allocated students