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Soprano release 1st November 2022

We’re pleased to announce that the release of Soprano that was previously in preview has been released to live service this morning.

This release includes the following:

  • Speed improvements related to some environment variables

The details are described in this release notice.

If you have any questions or suggestions please get in touch. You can comment here on the Soprano blog or contact our support team directly.  To suggest and discuss additional features please visit the Soprano Ideas Forum.

Soprano release to preview 27/10/22

We’re pleased to announce that the next release of Soprano is now available for preview. This release includes the item below:

  • Speed improvements related to some environment variables

We have resolved a defect in the way we store the settings for some environment variables. The settings are now cached in Soprano for a period of 10 minutes. This improves the performance of processes and pages using this data and reduces the load on your LMS at the same time.

If you do make changes to the settings of some environment variables, these will automatically update in Soprano’s cache within 10 minutes.

Release Procedure

To preview this release

You can preview this release by inserting ‘-demo’ into your tenancy URL after the word ‘soprano’: soprano-demo.librarymanagementcloud.co.uk/{your tenancy name}. Please remember that it accesses your live data.

Release to the live service

This version of Soprano is expected to be released to the live service on Tuesday 01/11/2022.

Comments and contact

If you have any comments, questions or suggestions please get in touch. You can comment here on the Soprano blog or contact our support team directly. To suggest and discuss additional features please visit the Soprano Ideas Forum.

Soprano release 25th October 2022

We’re pleased to announce that the release of Soprano that was previously in preview has been released to live service this morning.

This release includes the following:

  • Speed improvements for the site lists displayed in some areas of the system and the list of departments

The details are described in this release notice.

If you have any questions or suggestions please get in touch. You can comment here on the Soprano blog or contact our support team directly.  To suggest and discuss additional features please visit the Soprano Ideas Forum.

Soprano release to preview 19/10/2022

We’re pleased to announce that the next release of Soprano is now available for preview. This release includes the item below:

  • Speed improvements for the site lists displayed in some areas of the system and the list of departments

We have resolved a defect in the way we handle site lists when working with borrower records and ordering copies. Similarly the department list when editing a borrower record has been addressed. This information is now cached in Soprano for a period of 10 minutes. This improves the performance of processes and pages using this data and reduces the load on your LMS at the same time.

If you do make changes to the site names or add a site (and similarly with departments), these will automatically update in Soprano’s cache within 10 minutes.

Release Procedure

To preview this release

You can preview this release by inserting ‘-demo’ into your tenancy URL after the word ‘soprano’: soprano-demo.librarymanagementcloud.co.uk/{your tenancy name}. Please remember that it accesses your live data.

Release to the live service

This version of Soprano is expected to be released to the live service on Tuesday 25/10/2022.

Comments and contact

If you have any comments, questions or suggestions please get in touch. You can comment here on the Soprano blog or contact our support team directly. To suggest and discuss additional features please visit the Soprano Ideas Forum.

Soprano release 6th September 2022

We’re pleased to announce that the release of Soprano that was previously in preview has been released to live service this morning.

This release includes the following:

  • Speed improvements for the lists of item types, sizes and sequences when creating or editing item records

The details are described in this release notice.

If you have any questions or suggestions please get in touch. You can comment here on the Soprano blog or contact our support team directly.  To suggest and discuss additional features please visit the Soprano Ideas Forum.

Soprano release to preview 31/08/2022

We’re pleased to announce that the next release of Soprano is now available for preview. This release includes the item below:

  • Speed improvements for the lists of item types, sizes and sequences when creating or editing item records

We have resolved a defect in the way we handle item types, sizes and sequences, where these items are now cached in Soprano for a period of 10 minutes. This improves the performance of processes and pages using this data, and reduces the load on your LMS at the same time.

If you do make changes to the Item Types, Sizes or Sequences, these will automatically update in Soprano’s cache within 10 minutes.

Release Procedure

To preview this release

You can preview this release by inserting ‘-demo’ into your tenancy URL after the word ‘soprano’: soprano-demo.librarymanagementcloud.co.uk/{your tenancy name}. Please remember that it accesses your live data.

Release to the live service

This version of Soprano is expected to be released to the live service on Tuesday 06/09/2022.

Comments and contact

If you have any comments, questions or suggestions please get in touch. You can comment here on the Soprano blog or contact our support team directly. To suggest and discuss additional features please visit the Soprano Ideas Forum.

 

Soprano release 23rd August 2022

We’re pleased to announce that the release of Soprano that was previously in preview has been released to live service this morning.

This release includes the following:

Circulation fix: Waived charges are now correctly recorded when the default reason is used and the till is in operation

The details are described in this release notice

If you have any questions or suggestions please get in touch. You can comment here on the Soprano blog or contact our support team directly.  To suggest and discuss additional features please visit the Soprano Ideas Forum.

Soprano release 4th May 2022

We’re pleased to announce that the release of Soprano that was previously in preview has been released to live service this morning.

This release includes the following:

  • Update to the Report an incident link

The details are described in this release notice.

If you have any comments, questions or suggestions please get in touch. You can comment here on the Soprano blog or contact our support team directly.  To suggest and discuss additional features please visit the Soprano Ideas Forum.

Soprano release to preview 27/04/2022

We’re pleased to announce that the next release of Soprano is now available for preview. This release includes the item below:

Update to the Report an incident link

The Report an incident link now generates an email to the address: support@educationsoftwaresolutions.co.uk

Release Procedure

To preview this release

You can preview this release by inserting ‘-demo’ into your tenancy URL after the word ‘soprano’: soprano-demo.librarymanagementcloud.co.uk/{your tenancy name}. Please remember that it accesses your live data.

Release to the live service

This version of Soprano is expected to be released to the live service on Wednesday 04/05/2022

Comments and contact

If you have any comments, questions or suggestions please get in touch. You can comment here on the Soprano blog or contact our support team directly.  To suggest and discuss additional features please visit the Soprano Ideas Forum.

Soprano release 19th August 2021

We’re pleased to announce that the release of Soprano that was previously in preview has been released to live service this morning.

This release includes the following:

  • Circulation fix: Date of birth display

The details are described in this release notice

If you have any comments, questions or suggestions please get in touch. You can comment here on the Soprano blog or contact our support team directly.  To suggest and discuss additional features please visit the Soprano Ideas Forum.