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Find out about current and previous Fabric Studio updates.

New in Fabric Studio 23.9.2

QA Release September 13 2023, Production Release September 27 2023

New Features

  • Add a new Catalogs property to the meta-record-state SNS. SNS notifications for the meta-record-state topic will now include a catalogs property
  • Add a feature toggle to allow the strict validation of only allowing Titles & Descriptions configured in Record Builder to be created & updated

Fixes

  • Fixed a bug with Genres & Sub-genres dropdowns not displaying the complete list of entries.
  • Fixed a bug where a None entry was an option in certain dropdowns within the platform.
  • Fixed a bug where records without Record Header descriptions would appear to be loading a record header description indefinitely
  • Fixed an issue where users could experience timeouts when multiple Fabric tabs were open

Cleanup

  • Updated the Bulk Ingest column header from Episode Number to Episode/Storyline Number
  • Add the ability to edit the User permissions of the Ratings Tab
  • Add Type, Code and Destination Platform fields to Bulk Ingest

Previous Versions

Fabric Studio 23.7.1

QA Release July 12 2023, Production Release July 26 2023

New Features

  • Allow users to configure ID's in Record Builder to generate hyperlinks based on the ID & a URL
  • Add the ability to control Notes & Disclaimers appearing in the Record Header via bulk import
  • Increased the Timeout period for the Reporting module from 1 hour to 10 hours

Fixes

  • Fixed a bug with Disclaimers and Notes entries not appearing in the UI after saving.
  • Fixed a bug with the Record Builder unique ID validation

Cleanup

  • Fixed an issue with Reporting not displaying special characters correctly in certain scenarios

Fabric Studio 23.8.4

QA Release August 16 2023, Production Release August 30 2023

New Features

  • Added a new enrichment feature, allowing users to set up their environment to continuously enrich shows with their seasons and episodes

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue with the Cast & Crew section not displaying accurate information in certain cases.
  • Fixed a bug related to the Release Toggle in the Record Builder module, ensuring that it now works reliably
  • Fixed an issue preventing the proper reordering of titles and synopses, ensuring seamless functionality.
  • Fixed a Record Builder bug that prevented edits of optional string fields; users can now remove values of optional strings without any issues.
  • Added additional validation to avoid issues with duplicate back-end labels in Record Builder fields.

Cleanup

  • Enhancements to the Cast & Crew section to provide a smoother user experience and improve data accuracy.
  • Added some final touches to our new Continuous Show Enrichment integration
  • Ongoing enhancements to the Bulk Image Upload feature, paving the way for an upcoming full feature release.
  • Improved the compatibility of our payload and our new bulk import plugin, and implemented additional error handling
  • Revamped the language dropdown with a new alphabetical ordering, offering users a more intuitive language selection experience.

Fabric Studio 23.7.1

QA Release July 12 2023, Production Release July 26 2023

New Features

  • Allow users to configure ID's in Record Builder to generate hyperlinks based on the ID & a URL
  • Add the ability to control Notes & Disclaimers appearing in the Record Header via bulk import
  • Increased the Timeout period for the Reporting module from 1 hour to 10 hours

Fixes

  • Fixed a bug with Disclaimers and Notes entries not appearing in the UI after saving.
  • Fixed a bug with the Record Builder unique ID validation

Cleanup

  • Fixed an issue with Reporting not displaying special characters correctly in certain scenarios

Fabric Studio 23.6.1.1

QA Release June 29 2023, Production Release July 5 2023

Fixes

  • Fixed a bug with saving Service Desk access via User Role Management
  • Fixed a bug where the record type field was incorrectly set as mandatory
  • Fixed a bug with Record Builder title type validation

Fabric Studio 23.6.1

QA Release June 21 2023, Production Release July 5 2023

New Features

  • Ability to manage the descriptions displayed in Record Header & Column Cards
  • Catalogs now support numeric values within Catalog Names
  • Support import of English Cast & Crew through new Bulk Ingest
  • Add the ability to manage access to the Fabric Service Desk via User Role Management
  • Add Functionality to Duplicate Policies

Fixes

  • Improve Search functionality within the New Record Builder

Cleanup

  • Standardise the search lists types when adding episodes or seasons to a collection

Fabric Studio 23.4.1

QA Release April 12 2023, Production Release May 10 2023

New Features

  • New Data Ingest Uploader!
  • Record Builder Update Phase 0
  • New Field - Primary Metadata Language
  • New Field - Library Prefix
  • New Field - Action Type
  • Add Ability to Create, Update and Delete a Catalog from UI inside the Data Manager
  • Enable Record Statuses against Collections
  • Allow users to manually trigger Gracenote title matching without auto-enrich functionality
  • Support Auto-generated IDs for Franchise logic

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue with Language names being entered against Contributor Translations
  • Fixed an issue with updating Contributor Script Names and it causing duplicates against the same language
  • Fixed an issue with API endpoint requests timing out
  • Fixed an issue with disclaimer fields not being able to be cleared
  • Fixed an issue with Records enriched by Gracenote images not downloading
  • Fixed an issue with users being unable to Link Storylines to Episodes in the UI
  • Fixed an issue in User Policies where the delete functionality was not saving correctly
  • Fixed an issue in User Policies where Create Collection permissions were not reflecting in Franchise Collections
  • Fixed an issue in bulk import on validation of additional countries of origin
  • Fixed an issue with Search results not correctly displaying Show/Season/Episode Linkage Hierarchy on records with Security levels above 10

Cleanup

  • Add option to make release year non-mandatory in Special, Show, Season, Episode, Storyline record
  • Add additional API endpoints for different record parts to reduce timeouts and improve overall performance

Fabric Studio 23.3.1

QA Release March 15 2023, Production Release March 29 2023

New Features

  • Add Record Properties to User Role Management. This will include Record Status, Catalog and Security level fields
  • New Field - Channel of Origin

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where numbering on storylines e.g production number was not exposed in the UI
  • Fixed an issue with non-english contributors displaying in the UI
  • Fixed an issue with record cards in search & recent activity section where season and episode count were not displaying correctly

Cleanup

  • Fix UI issue with displaying non-numerical production numbers
  • Improve asset tab UI when assets are not configured in an environment
  • Moved Show Linkages to display above Season in linkage tab
  • Convert Program Directors to multi-select

Fabric Studio 23.2.1

QA Release February 15 2023, Production Release March 1 2023

New Features

  • Add ability to choose default languages in the Language list manager

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where numbering on storylines e.g production number was not exposed in the UI
  • Fixed an issue where the ENG language code was still being referenced after updating the ENG code in the Language List
  • Fixed an issue where user permissions couldn't be configured to be able to delete records based on their category
  • Fixed an issue with record cards in search & recent activity section where season and episode count were not displaying correctly

Cleanup

  • Updated the mispellings of IMDB to IMDb throughout the platform
  • Add support for multiple catalogs to be ingested via pipe delimited values through bulk upload
  • Bulk upload - Update encoding validation logic to improve support of non Latin scripts

Fabric Studio 23.1.2

QA Release January 19, 2023, Production Release 11:00am BST

New Features

  • Support Multiple territories against Assets
  • Support New Fields - Collection Level
  • Add Record Type to Collection Franchise Records

Fixes

  • Fixed issue with Language Codes being limited to validating 3 digit codes
  • Updating Record with Asset Names causes API Timeout
  • Series Networks import is sending empty array
  • Fix Bulk Import SP Review causes
  • Suppliers and Series Network Bulk Upload Issue

Cleanup

  • Update payload structure for large collections
  • Fix delete toggle for each record category
  • Record Type not reflecting Client Managed List
  • Asset information not updating correctly

Fabric Studio 22.12.3

QA Release December 21, 2022, Production Release 11:00am BST

New Features

  • Support Multiple territories against Assets
  • Add Rights Domain for Rights tab
  • Support New Fields - TX Channel Name, Primary TX Channel
  • Support all new fields via Bulk Import
  • New Loading state and Tab Transitions
  • Add Record Type to Collection Franchise Records

Fixes

  • Data in created/updated synopsis fields in the payload leaving Fabric
  • AKA Title is not getting displayed on Fabric UI
  • Fixed issue with publishing episodes downstream. No Category Type 'Season' was found inside Linkage
  • Record is breaking after adding certificate to asset

Cleanup

  • Series Networks import is sending empty array
  • Only show record categories being used in environments
  • Hide unused fields for selected clients
  • Technical error when uploading images

Fabric Studio 22.12.1

QA Release December 7, 2022, Production Release 11:00am BST

New Features

  • Add record type to metadata tab on Franchise Collection & Collection
  • Expose Enrich options for selected clients
  • Support New Fields - Originating Territory, MEC Genres, Scripted / Unscripted, Production Format,Program Branding
  • Managed Record Catalogs via the UI
  • Enable Gracenote Auto Enrich Images
  • New fields for created date on all levels

Fixes

  • Failed on record update: Trying to get property id of non-object during Bulk Upload
  • Rename the Short to Short form content on filter
  • Fixed issue with publishing episodes downstream. No Category Type 'Season' was found inside Linkage

Cleanup

  • Rename release duration & adjusted run time fields for specific clients
  • Network Code /Program Subtype Field change
  • Add additional Pay 1 + 60 value to Rights Window Name whitelist

Fabric Studio 22.11.2

QA Release November 25, 2022, Production Release 11:00am BST

New Features

  • Ability to indicate with a flag when a title is duplicate of another title
  • Support Theme Digital & Theme TV descriptors
  • New Field: Created date on PPL
  • New Field: Program Branding
  • Migrate taxonomy data

Fixes

  • Convert Available for Vice & Is Pilot Boolean values
  • Title Records being created with null US Release Year
  • Fixed issue with Release year being removed upon save
  • Release Year required message when Release Year is present
  • Clients with Descriptors v1 unable to save descriptiors fields
  • Update specific clients to assets V2

Cleanup

  • Hide unnecessary fields in clients environments by request
  • Remove unnecessary categories in clients environments by request
  • Update Shortlist Exports in Connect
  • Primary program Usage / Program Usage managed list mapping update
  • User Service: Migrate all User permissions & automate creation pipeline

Fabric Studio 22.11.1

QA Release November 16, 2022, Production Release 11:00am BST

New Features

  • Add Validation of asset IDs against other asset IDs
  • Support Theme Digital & Theme TV descriptors

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where awards without contributors were causing technical errors
  • Spelling mistake in Asset Destination
  • Add Regional Age Guidance Fields to Bulk Import
  • Make new contributor roles dynamic in Bulk Import header mappings
  • Make new IDs dynamic in Bulk Import header mappings
  • Make Security levels bulk importable
  • Combine territories with same values in Regional Age Guidance

Cleanup

  • Fixed a display error where preview synopses were guillotined in the record header.
  • Support the Apostrophe ' Character in User Registration

Fabric Studio 22.10.3

QA Release October 28, 2022, Production Release 11:00am BST

New Features

  • Franchise Collections
  • Record created date will now match browser a Users timezone
  • New field: Origination: Parent series name

Fixes

  • Slow speed performance when saving record updates from edit sessions.
  • Creating a record creates duplicates of the same record.
  • Unable to reorder lists in alphabetical order when saving.

Cleanup

  • Fixed a display error where preview synopses were guillotined in the record header.
  • Add Notes & Disclaimers to Yaml
  • Add a newly created Territory value to the asset
  • Fixed V2 Descriptors validation being applied to v1 descriptors
  • Status Dropdown not matching Client Managed List
  • Rights status bubbles not displaying correctly
  • Technical error message when updating and saving asset