This webpage describes the updates Acquia made to Acquia DAM in 2019. For the latest updates, see Release notes.
Acquia DAM - August 16, 2019
Fix Entity browser filtering returned too many values due to an issue with the API endpoint.
Acquia DAM - May 29, 2019
Fix Some users could not successfully sign in when selecting Acquia DAM from the Acquia Cloud user interface.
Acquia DAM - August 23, 2018
Feature You can add, remove, and re-order columns in project and task list views to suit your workflow.
Feature You can export project or task list information in a downloadable
csv
file for use in other external tools.Change Improved loading of asset details.
Change Improved user experience when working with large folders.
Fix Adding a team to an approval path did not work correctly.
Fix Several issues when publishing were resolved.
Fix When the IPTC Headline field was enabled, searching for filenames returned no assets.
Fix When attempting to view an asset, the IPTC Headline field was not displayed.
Fix The IPTC Headline field could not be updated from the user interface.
Acquia DAM - August 9, 2018
Change Improved error messaging when signing in as an inactive user.
Change In Workstream, when viewing an asset with the asset viewer, you can add and view different versions of an asset.
Fix Workstream: When tagging a user as a watcher or in a comment, accurate results were not returned.
Fix Scrolling issues when viewing pages in Apple Safari were resolved.
Acquia DAM - July 26, 2018
Change SAML traffic now enforces SSL.
Change Only asset types that support rotation now display the rotation user interface.
Change Improved the clarity of confirmation email messages.
Change Improved handling and conversion of
tiff
files.Change Improved management of
pdf
files in Acquia DAM and Workstream.Fix An authentication issue with SFTP uploads was resolved.
Fix Proofs were not generated correctly for assets not included in a task.
Fix With
pdf
files, embed links sized at 550 pixels were not being generated correctly.Fix With
pdf
files, colors were rendered differently in Acquia DAM than other software.Fix Resolved an issue resizing
tiff
files with a transparency layer.Fix Resolved an issue with scheduled asset publishing.
Acquia DAM - July 12, 2018
Change Notification history displays up to 30 days of notifications and there is no longer a defined limit to the number of notifications displayed.
Change Workstream: New asset viewer.
Change Workstream: Submitted information in tasks can now be edited.
Fix Workstream: When loading data only one loading icon is now displayed.
Fix Conversion issues when working with
psd
files were resolved.Fix The My Watched Tasks filter did not always return accurate results.
Fix The Like button did not function properly on lightboxes.
Acquia DAM - June 28, 2018
Change When downloading an Adobe
raw
file, associated keywords are now embedded in the file.Change When adding a new folder, the folder hierarchy no longer collapses in the user interface.
Change Naming logic when duplicating a form has been improved.
Change Color picker behavior for task statuses has been improved.
Fix Workstream: Duplicate loading icons are no longer displayed.
Fix The Like button did not work on lightboxes.
Fix The My Watched Tasks filter did not always return accurate results.
Fix In task comments, it was not possible to untag the first tagged user.
Fix When using a
jpg
preset to download an image format that uses an alpha channel, a black background is no longer added to the transparent areas.
Acquia DAM Connector 8.x-1.32 - June 19, 2018
Media: Acquia DAM module 8.x-1.32 (download)
Fix In some instances, an error prevented successful installation of the connector.
Fix Thumbnail generation did not work consistently.
Fix When choosing the Original size option for an image, its thumbnail was used instead.
Acquia DAM - June 19, 2018
Change Improved search functionality.
Change The time-to-live (TTL) for downloading an original image can be adjusted using the API.
Change Workstream: More in-app notifications can now be loaded.
Fix Assets could not be added to a task after editing the task’s due date or status.
Fix Fixed an issue in Internet Explorer that prevented commenting.
Fix Delayed processing of video files was resolved.
Fix Resolved an issue where the audit log was missing rows.
Acquia DAM - May 31, 2018
Change Workstream: Calendar now displays an increased number of tasks.
Change When converting
EPS
files, Acquia DAM now uses your configured presets.Fix A dynamic template is no longer displayed once it has expired.
Fix An asset expiration email was not always delivered to the recipient.
Fix A permissions issue affecting the cropping tool was resolved.
Fix The video asset count was not always accurate.
Fix An issue navigating to brand portal from the main UI was fixed.
Acquia DAM - May 3, 2018
Change The IPTC headline field now displays additional characters in the headline.
Change The cropping tool now additionally supports
.tif
and.tiff
files.Change Behavioral consistency triggering a download has been improved.
Change Password reset functionality was improved.
Fix In some situations, image previews overlapped.
Fix An issue was resolved downloading
.ppt
files.Fix A
.png
file was offered in the CMYK colorspace, when that format does not support CMYK.Fix When downloading a video preset using Google Chrome, an error condition occurred if the filename included both a space and a comma.
Fix Color rendering did not always work with Google Chrome and Microsoft Internet Explorer.
Fix When entering
return
in a field, the cursor would move to the beginning of the entry field.Fix Resolved discrepancies with the launch date between user roles.
Fix When tagging a user in a comment through the guest asset viewer, Acquia DAM displayed an error message.
Fix Workstream: Resolved duplicate in-application notifications to task requester.
Acquia DAM - April 26, 2018
Change The dynamic templates folder can now be renamed and moved in the folder hierarchy.
Change Brand portal search is improved.
Change The Acquia DAM interface was improved to make it easier to avoid implementation issues.
Change Workstream: Request Form settings now includes auto notification and auto assignee options.
Fix Users could not sort audit logs at the folder level.
Fix When generating reports, the start and end dates were not always working.
Fix Approval paths did not work consistently with email addresses.
Fix Issue resolved regarding downloading versioned assets that lack a preview image.
Fix Issue resolved regarding saving metadata for large batches of assets.
Fix Workstream: Issue resolved regarding intermittent comment tagging behavior.
Fix Workstream: Issue resolved regarding project list UX.
Acquia DAM Connector 8.x-1.31 - April 17, 2018
Media: Acquia DAM module 8.x-1.31 (download)
Feature Supports Drupal 8.5.1.
Acquia DAM - April 5, 2018
Change A new configuration setting is included in the user profile: Allow support to access your account for troubleshooting purposes
Change The publishing interface now displays a mixed switch for a portal, if folders nested in a parent folder have a mixture of published and unpublished statuses.
Change Project names are now included in task notification emails.
Change Workstream: Request forms now use the term Activate instead of Publish. An activated form is available for use.
Change Workstream: The email that Acquia DAM sends whenever tasks have been received now includes the information submitted by a user in the Workstream request form.
Fix In some instances, Acquia DAM displayed the settings menu several times.
Fix The Uploaded by metadata field was not being displayed.
Fix Several issues regarding publishing were resolved.
Fix Occasionally when using proofing, Acquia DAM displayed a HTTP 500 status code error.
Fix In certain situations, multiple approvals were displayed for an asset.
Fix Brand Connect: Occasionally, faceted search did not work.
Fix Workstream: An issue with translations was resolved.
Acquia DAM - March 8, 2018
Change Improved user experience when publishing subsections of a brand guideline.
Change Added native support for M4A audio files.
Change Improved performance for Brand Connect portals with over 100,000 published assets.
Change Workstream: Approvals now support an optional default path.
Change Workstream: Approval warnings may have a custom time frame.
Change Workstream: The API now offers high resolution RAW URLs.
Change Workstream: Easier selection of future dates in the calendar.
Change Workstream: Comments within tasks can now tag other users using
@
and the username.Fix The user was not notified when publishing a subsection inside of an unpublished parent section.
Fix When approving an asset, comments were not correctly submitted.
Fix A guest user was unable to view the approval palette without authorization to view comments.
Fix The user was not notified when an asset was being processed.
Fix When viewing an asset’s details, its approval status did not update correctly.
Fix Rendering issues in Firefox and Internet Explorer were resolved.
Fix When getting a direct download link for an audio asset, the links were incorrect.
Fix Task lists displayed an incorrect time zone.
Fix Address book entries without a full name displayed as
()
.Fix Incorrect icons displayed for
.ppt
and.pptx
embedded files.Fix Searching without any criteria displayed an “undefined” pill in the search filters.
Fix Large folders of assets did not load in certain situations.
Fix Some video assets were not being processed.
Acquia DAM - February 15, 2018
Change Performance and stability improvements in Acquia DAM, Brand Connect, and Workstream.
Change Workstream now displays in-app notifications.
Fix In some cases, the Asset Expiration API replied with an incorrect response.
Fix Simple approval requests created from the Asset Details Action bar failed to send.
Fix Downloaded
.TIFF
,.JPEG
, or.EPS
files using the CMYK color scheme, were incorrectly converted to the RGB color scheme.Fix Previewing
.PSD
images using the aRGB colorspace failed.Fix An issue displaying some videos in Internet Explorer 11 was fixed.
Fix FTP downloads of assets for a lightbox failed in some cases.
Fix Brand Connect: An issue toggling visibility of facets was resolved.
Fix When using large files with the Box integration, an issue transferring files was fixed.
Fix Redirects generated for lightboxes from a Brand Portal were not always correct.
Acquia DAM - February 8, 2018
Change Admins can now batch download metadata for assets.
Change Brand Connect now displays more metadata fields by default.
Change Contributors can download inactive assets in Workstream.
Change Animated GIFs now display correctly when embedded with the Embed Links feature.
Change Sharing assets through the Box integration has been improved.
Fix Authentication: Issues with Shutterstock Premier users.
Fix Issues with Downloads By Time report.
Fix When following a direct link, previously signed in users were required to sign in again.
Fix Brand Connect: Asset counts displayed in a lightbox did not reflect recent changes made in Acquia DAM.
Fix Brand Connect: Rendering in Internet Explorer was sluggish in Brand Connect and Workstream.
Fix Workstream: Rendering in Internet Explorer was sluggish.
Acquia DAM - January 25, 2018
Change Publish assets to your brand portal with a single click.
Change Publishing and unpublishing can be done anywhere within the folder hierarchy.
Change Improved visibility into the publication status of assets.
Acquia DAM Drupal 8.4 Connector 8.x-1.2 - January 10, 2018
Fix When searching for assets, both inactive assets and folders that contained assets that met the search criteria were displayed alongside active assets.
Fix Updates made to an asset in Acquia DAM were not synced to the Drupal instance.
Fix Making updates to the Connector configuration would fail unless a new password and secret key were entered.
Fix Cron updates did not always complete successfully.
Fix Attempting to use an asset other than an image failed with an error message.
Fix Configuring the Entity browser media type would fails and display an error message.
Acquia DAM - December 7, 2017
Change When using the bulk metadata tool, Acquia DAM now displays warnings regarding missing required fields.
Change Workstream: Workstream’s dialog boxes now use material design.
Change Workstream: The responsiveness of the new task page is improved.
Change Workstream: Error messages related to proofing account creation have been improved.
Change Workstream: On the Task Details page, Workstream no longer displays due information on the left of the page.
Change Workstream: Rendering is improved for Internet Explorer users.
Change Workstream: When adding approvers, Workstream sends a notification to the update API call.
Change Workstream: The performance of the Manage > Preferences page has been improved when using a large number of statuses.
Fix Metadata templates - Issues with multi-select values.
Fix Box integration - Data transfer issue.
Fix Watch feature.
Fix Lightbox.
Fix Email customization.
Fix Custom Downloads API.
Fix Compatibility issues with PHP 5.3 and PHP 5.6 were resolved.
Fix Brand Connect: When clicking on an invalid link in an email, the user is redirected to the brand guidelines section page.
Fix Brand Connect: The Cover image feature received fixes in this release due to discovered issues.
Fix Workstream: When using the Approval Details page, items in the upper left corner now function properly.
Acquia DAM - November 15, 2017
Change Rendering is improved for users of Microsoft Internet Explorer 11.
Change When sharing a link to an asset as a signed out user, the asset path used is now shortener.
Fix The link for resetting passwords did not work for some visitors.
Fix Workstream: When using an approval preview, the correct versions of assets were not viewable.
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