Plutora Production Release Notes September 2013
Features Included in this Release
Regional Release Schedule
| Region | Schedule |
| Worldwide | 1 September 2013 |
Functional Enhancements
Email Notifications
- When an Environment CR is created, submitted or completed the Title and Description fields have been added in the email notification. The email notification can be turned on and off in Customizations.
Release Manager
- When a non-enterprise release becomes associated with an Enterprise release, all Phases and Gates activities of the Enterprise release are automatically copied to the dependent release. The start and end dates of the Phases and Gates now populate automatically to match the Enterprise Release dates.
Release Manager Activities
- Prior to this enhancement Gates and Approvals were only available for enterprise releases. Gates & Approvals have been enabled for Non-Enterprise Releases and the Blue Flag to view Gates & Approvals can now be selected on the Releases page for all releases.
Environments
- A new entity called Host has been added in the Environment > Technical Specs & Configuration window. The “Host” represents a container for components and can be a physical server, virtual server, or another device.
Dashboard – Gates & Approvals
- Text change: In the Gates & Approvals page, the column “Phase” has been renamed to “Gate”.
Bug Fixes
Releases (IE8– Browser Performance)
| Problem Some popup screens are timing out in the IE8 browser. |
Fix IE8 optimizations have the popup screens appearing correctly. |
Release Schedule
|
Problem The filter on the Release Schedule page did not filter the users view to what has been set. |
Fix The filter on the Release Schedule page now working as designed. |
Releases – View Enhancement
| Problem Release Popup, Systems, Changes, and Environments tab did not appear in full-screen view. |
Fix Minor Screen Enhancement – Release Popup, Systems, Changes, and Environments tab are now full-screen view. |
Release Manager
|
Problem When trying to save a release where not all mandatory fields have been entered, the validation text is not appearing when it should. |
Fix Validation messages now appear when all mandatory fields have not been entered. |
Environment Schedule
|
Problem In the IE8 browser, in Release Manager, the window distorts when the Dependencies tab was selected. |
Fix The tab now displays correctly in all browsers. |
Changes
| Problem Descriptive Text was missing in the Releases Tab from a Changes popup window. |
Fix Descriptive Text now included. |
Dashboard – Browser Enhancement
|
Problem Calendar & Time displays incorrectly in IE8. |
Fix Calendar & Time displays consistently across all browsers. |
Screen Resolution Settings
| Problem When a monitor is on low resolution, the screen was not maximized, and scrolling was needed to view the whole screen. |
Fix Plutora optimized to reduce scrolling on low monitor resolution. |

