Release notes - Acquia DAM
This webpage describes the regular updates Acquia has made to Acquia DAM.
For a list of known issues you may encounter when using Acquia DAM, see
Known issues in Acquia DAM.
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.
The information contained herein is subject to change without notice and
is not warranted to be error-free. If you encounter any errors, contact
Acquia Support.