Released Enhancements
Board Portal Manual Vote Option
A Manual Vote option has been added to the Board Portal for all accounts with Live Meeting Manager. When faced with technical difficulties that may delay the voting process, such as device or network issues, board members can use the Manual Vote option to quickly summon the E-Vote prompt to cast their vote.
Performance Updates
The App Switcher component will now pull from an internal UI component library instead of using a shared component. Users should see a faster response time when switching between apps.
The Console error is no longer triggered when the Board Portal display is switched to the Vote page.
The LINQ statement we use for the Agenda Items page was trimmed down significantly, reducing the number of queries and improving page load time.
The number of queries involved in delivering the Event Details view was reduced, resulting in fewer requests to the database. They are now being retrieved in a more performant way in a single SQL script.SQL connection issues were resolved and will no longer be causing exceptions. As part of this work, the “Schedule Jobs” Azure function was updated to route all traffic through our virtual network to prevent any Azure throttling of outbound connections. A new table index was added to help identify any related issues in the future.
An auto-stop event for CivicPlus Media was adjusted so that it will run on a less frequent basis now, reducing the load on our resources.
A new query was created to help identify SQL performance issues in the Agenda Item view which will retrieve complete information for items, its approvals, and its attachments with errors, and to display the information in the Agenda Items and Agenda Select views.
A new merge tag feature was implemented for agenda merge tag resolution. This will ensure merge tags are properly solved in notifications when publishing agenda files, in emails when sending emails in the agenda files view, and when generating packets and zip files.
The Minimum Same Site Cookie Policy was updated which resolved nearly 1,200 authentication errors per day. With this release, users should experience fewer authentication errors while using the Admin and Board Portal applications.
SQL query performance improvement was made by requesting only the needed fields instead of all fields of the agenda items.
The Board Portal will now gracefully handle remote auth errors from /signin-oidc requests. The application is redirected to a valid secure route to allow authentication to proceed like normal. If the user is not authenticated, then they will be redirected to the login page. Otherwise, the request will be resolved like normal without the user being presented with an error message.