In May 2020 all customers instances have been updated to the latest release of SensaLab® Study. This release includes a number of new features and addresses known bugs identified in release 20200507.1.
Summary of the Key Features and Improvements in SensaLab® Study and Connector Release:
Support for list view in test methods
Users can now add results that use lists like Body Condition or Breathing score using SensaLab® Study. Currently there are eight pre-defined list test methods that are supported:
- Activity
- Body Condition
- Breathing
- Coat
- Drinking
- Eating
- Eyes
- Movement/Gait
SensaLab® Connector now also supports adding result for list view test method:
Support for sorting and filtering in Tasks page
Users can now sort and filter tasks and results in Tasks page.
Column Selection in Animal List
Users can customize the columns to be displayed in animal list page. This allows flexibility to show only the animal data relevant to the organization. Here are the available columns available to select:
- Unique ID
- Visual ID
- Visual ID Date
- RFID
- RFID Date
- Supplier ID
- Ethics ID
- Study Title
- Principal Investigator
- Purpose
- Cage Name
- Cage Barcode
- Species
- Strain
- Line
- Genetic Status
- Genotype
- Phenotype
- Sex
- Age
- Date of Birth
- Life Status
- Health Status
New Animal Import template and features
The Animal Import template (CSV) file has been updated and now enables you to upload animal records with the RFID tag code of the animal added to the CSV file. This can be particularly useful if you are having your animals pre-tagged by your vendor and where they can provide the data which confirms the Tag IDs they have applied to your animals in the order. This avoids the need for you manually associate the tagged animals to add the Tag ID into each animal record in Study.
Support for Single Sign On Authentication (SSO)
New customers* using SensaLab® Study will now have the ability to manage their own users. Previously, customers would have to contact Somark to add users into the Active Directory so they can add them to SensaLab® Study. With this new release, customers will just need to nominate one administrator and that administrator can add users to SensaLab® Study and generate password that will be used to login without the need to contact Somark. They can also invite users with third-party email address to use SensaLab® Study, functionality that was not supported previously.
*Existing customers may also opt to move to their own managed AD but extra process must be observed. Contact support@mysensalab if you wish to avail of this feature.
Other features and improvements:
- Add RFID gray tick notification to Unique ID column in Tasks page
- Remove protocol length validation
- Validation of RFID value during animal import process
- Ability for barcode scanning the cage
- Display Cage Bar Code in Animal Record Location Tab
- Remove old user IDs from Connector (requires System Administrator privileges)
Bug Fixes
- Do not format numbers with comma in Free Text field result
- ClientType column is not populated in result export file
- Supplier name is not saved for the imported animal
- Animal import generates 2 animal records when importing a file with RFID and Supplier ID
- Cannot update specializations for ID method configuration
- Animal Id specializations not removed from list when updated