Version 9.1.220 (13 April 2026)

Event Scheduling 
 Make the loading indicator smoother (#145136) 
 Problem 
 
 On the Event Scheduling Calendar view, clicking an Event flashes the right-side modal. This was due to the loading indicator abruptly displaying and hiding instead of transitioning.  
 
 
 Solution 
 
 Add a transition effect to the indicator, making its hiding and showing appear much smoother 
 
 
 Make event detail event clicking smoother (#145136) 
 Problem 
 
 When events are open on the right side of the calendar, and you click on other events, the screen flashes. 
 
   
 Solution 
 
 Cache event details so that they do not empty when loading the new details, which causes the empty details to be briefly rendered before rendering the new details, which results in the flashing. 
 
 
 
 Data Warehouse 
 Adjustments made within LearningManagementReport_ETL (#144417) 
 Problem 
 
 The Calculation for Pass or Fail did not calculate 100% for grades 10-12 due to missing subjects within the calculation 
 The latest ModeratedMarks were not updated within lmStudentSubjects  
 
   
 Solution 
 
 Updated Step to calculate Pass or Fail for Grade 10-12 within lmTermResults by including two new subjects 
 Resolved issue where the 7 hours ago latest Moderated or Calculated Marks were not used within step "Update fields CalculatedMark and ModeratedMark within #ResultsTI" for StudentSubjects 
 
 
 Added the latest V9 DWH Package to the repo (#143176) 
 Problem 
 
 The latest V9 DWH Package needs to be added to the repo as backup after Live deployment 
 
   
 Solution 
 
 Added the latest V9 DWH Package to the repo 
 
 
 Removed Previous SQL Scripts that are not part of the Code Review Folder Structure (#145986) 
 Problem 
 
 There are previous SQL files that were used for the Code Review process before the new folder structure was added  
 
   
 Solution 
 
 Removed Previous SQL Scripts that are not part of the Code Review Folder Structure 
 
 
 Added field Completed within pdmContractPeriodActionPlans (#146665) 
 Problem 
 
 Field Completed is required within pdmContractPeriodActionPlans  
 
   
 Solution 
 
 Added field Completed within pdmContractPeriodActionPlans 
 
 
 Updated Existing DataSourceFields (#146665) 
 Problem 
 
 Field Progress needs to be renamed to Milestones within ContractPeriodActionPlans 
 
   
 Solution 
 
 Update FieldAlias "Progress" to "Milestones" for DataSource ContractPeriodActionPlans 
 
 
 Added field "CustomField" within lmStudentSubjects (#144417) 
 Problem 
 
 Field CustomField is required within lmStudentSubjects  
 
   
 Solution 
 
 Added field "CustomField" within lmStudentSubjects 
 
 
 
 Communication Portal 
 Resolved extra column on file attachment (#146678) 
 Problem 
 
 Extra icon on the left-hand side when sending an attachment 
 
   
 Solution 
 
 Remove column 
 
 
 Resolved New discussions not shown first (#147067) 
 Problem 
 
 Discussions with new messages are not prioritised at the top 
 
   
 Solution 
 
 Add an order clause to correct the new message shown at the top 
 
 
 Removed Flags (#146682) 
 Problem 
 
 Flag Icons render within the library differently and return Unicode when the text is extracted 
 
   
 Solution 
 
 Removed Flag Category of Emojis 
 
   
 Remove inappropriate icons (#146683) 
 Problem 
 
 Certain icons are references in the library that can be used, which is not ideal for children who have access to the icon picker 
 
   
 Solution 
 
 Remove the few icons that could be identified 
 
 
 Added new Reload icon button (#146674) 
 Problem 
 
 V8 does not allow signal-R updates currently, so no way to refresh the views or indicate when the user is on a page  
 
   
 Solution 
 
 Add a new reload button to refresh the discussions 
 
 
 Added loading indicator for external clients using package (#146681) 
 Problem 
 
 When within external service, there is no loading indicator that gets triggered, as this is the V9 reference loaders.  
 
   
 Solution 
 
 Add a loading component to be used for external clients using the package(v8) 
 
 
 Corrected business rule on subject type ignores global setting for discussions disabled (#146739) 
 Problem 
 
 When the global setting of discussions is disabled, a user can not open or create any discussion  
 
   
 Solution 
 
 Add a business rule that if it is of a certain subject type, it is allowed to continue 
 
 
 Resolved Text overlapping tone colours on emojionearea (#146680) 
 Problem 
 
 In the Emojione area, the tone colours and the first heading overlap one another 
 
   
 Solution 
 
 Added override styling to add margin to the tones to push content down 
 
 
 Resolved Icon Search Background Colour (#146674) 
 Problem 
 
 V9 colour is calculated from the site CSS with the current background colour lightened. Which V8 does not have 
 
   
 Solution 
 
 Add a new Model check if step type is of type topic, add the v8 background colour 
 
 
 
 Ruleset Management 
 Nullify client secret in payroll connector (#146732) 
 Problem 
 
 Client secret available in plain text on inspection of payroll connectors 
 
   
 Solution 
 
 Nullify client secret 
 
 
 Correct actions and delete on the payroll connector list (#146588) 
 Problem 
 
 Cannot open the kebab menu on the payroll connector list  
 Cannot delete a payroll connector 
 PowerShell scripts are too lengthy in the list 
 
   
 Solution 
 
 This pull request improves the user interface and user experience for the Ruleset integration management page in both the backend view and the frontend JavaScript. The changes focus on enhancing usability, accessibility, and code maintainability, particularly around dropdown menus, script display, and modal confirmation behaviour. 
 
 
 Themes drop-down not loading for system menu items (#146750) 
 Problem 
 
 When a menu item is selected, the page content is loaded dynamically. The themes dropdown was not being initialised as part of that process, so clicking it had no effect.  
 
   
 Solution 
 
 Added code to explicitly initialise the themes dropdown each time the page content is loaded, so it responds correctly when clicked. 
 
 
 
 Job Management 
 Resolved people group org unit selection in tree view modal (#145942) 
 Problem 
 
 Org Unit on tree view modal not rendering, and incorrect nodes are shown; no implementation done for the nodes, incorrect logic on the page  
 
   
 Solution 
 
 Added new logic and handler events to handle the different selections 
 
 
 Resolved ordering on appointment history (#145442) 
 Problem 
 
 When no order has been identified by defaults it is ordered by the first column, which overrides the foreach on initial data order 
 
   
 Solution 
 
 Add the calculation to order by the correct start data 
 
 
 Duplicate subordinates returning (#146924) 
 Problem 
 
 The API endpoint ListManagerSubordinatesSimplified returns duplicate subordinates 
 
   
 Solution 
 
 Added a distinct keyword to ensure unique subordinates are returning. 
 
 
 Add position activation functionality and future planning (#139481) 
 Problem 
 
 A position cannot be reactivated from the front-end. Future planning cannot be captured 
 
   
 Solution 
 
 Add active switches to the position list page  
 Add a future planning section to position creation  
 As a People Management Administrator, I want to be able to set the status of each position (e.g., Planned, Budgeted, Unapproved, Approved), so that I can generate categorised reports for better workforce planning. 
 As a People Management Administrator, I want to be able to define the validity period of each position (e.g., Valid From and Valid To), so that I can track position timelines. 
 Helper text must show that it is for future use as well. 
 As a People Management Administrator, I want to be able to specify the Minimum and Maximum Budget for each position, so that I can analyse and report on budget allocations across positions. 
 As a People Management Administrator, I want to see the newly entered data on the Job Management page, where all the positions are summarised. 
 Custom styles for the date filter have been added to the position HTML so as not to override the global CSS, which seems to be an issue only on these pages 
 
 
 ListOrgUsers endpoint returns future and terminated employees (#146921) 
 Problem 
 
 The ListOrgUsers endpoint returns terminated or future appointments 
 
   
 Solution 
 
 Added the new IsCurrentPosition check to filter out terminated and future appointments. 
 
 
 
 Identity and Authorisation 
 Resolved Disclaimers (#145552) 
 Problem 
 
 An incorrect logic check existed for the ruleset disclaimer before pulling the job profile disclaimer details. Redirect occurring from disclaimers back to the login screen  
 
   
 Solution 
 
 Resolved if check, Changed logic checks to ensure context items are added if accepted and not based on their render mode from Razor if conditions 
 Added a redirect check to redirect to the disclaimer page again instead of all the way back to login 
 
 
 Cleanup expired ID tokens (#144999) 
 Problem 
 
 Expired tokens in OpenIddictTokens will become a performance problem as an index was removed during the .NET 10 upgrade 
 
   
 Solution 
 
 Create a quartz job to remove expired tokens at 4 am every day 
 
 
 
 Content Management 
 Centralise decryption of NextCloud credentials (#147083) 
 Problem 
 
 The decryption feature is missing in the OCI Share link development 
 The integration setup is confusing because it sometimes includes an encrypted client secret while at other times it does not. 
 
   
 Solution 
 
 Implemented the missing decryption feature 
 Ensured that the encrypted data is always stored in a secret and that a public method is used for decryption. 
 
 
 Next cloud not working due to missing config (#146727) 
 Problem 
 
 The missing configuration is causing the next cloud to break 
 
   
 Solution 
 
 Add encryption keys to the Content management appsettings 
 
   
 Upload of and handling of evidence using the workplace assessment app (#143882) 
 Problem 
 
 There is currently no way to upload evidence on a question, e.g., a short video or photo 
 
   
 Solution 
 
 If you are online, sync starts in the background and will even continue when the app is closed 
 Compress evidence using the V9 compression service, and store compressed evidence in the local entity 
 Sync back to V8 once compressed evidence is ready, prompt the user to Submit 
 Send compressed content to the content service and store the ContentId against answers 
 On V8, when the submit method is called, send ContentId in AssessmentAttemptDTO with the Questions object - one to many 
 If the user has an access token for V9, use this to access the content; else, use stored credentials for api user to upload content 
 On People Management > Assessment List, if evidence is available to attempt per question, make the "Download evidence" link available 
 
 
 
 People Management 
 Use StartDateInCompany to calculate work anniversary (#146800) 
 Problem 
 
 On the people management dashboard, the work anniversary query currently uses the user's current position to determine the date, rather than the user's start date with the company 
 
   
 Solution 
 
 Return StartDateInCompany to PeopleController and use it for work anniversary mapping 
 
 
 Reporting Lines on Summary Page not underlined as a link (#145925) 
 Problem 
 
 Reporting lines have no on-hover effect (underline)   
 
 Solution 
 
 Move hover class anchor tag 
 
 
 When moving an org node to another parent node, correct the update of the calculated org flat path (#146379) 
 Problem 
 
 When moving an org node, the calculated org flat path is not updated 
 
   
 Solution 
 
 This pull request updates the UpdateOrgStructureParentCommandHandler to improve how changes to the organisational structure are handled. The main change is the addition of logic to update the flattened organisational path after a parent update, ensuring data consistency across related structures. 
 
 
 
 Notifications 
 Newly appointed users are getting work anniversary notifications by only returning records of tenure greater than 0 (#146919) 
 Problem 
 
 Work Anniversaries email is being sent on the appointment date to new users  
 
   
 Solution 
 
 Resolve the problem of newly appointed users getting work anniversary notifications by only returning records of tenure greater than 0 
 
 
 Add a line break before the V9 footer to allow space between the email body (#146666) 
 Problem 
 
 The V9 build in the footer sometimes touches the normal email body 
 
   
 Solution 
 
 Add a line break before the V9 footer to allow space between the email body and the footer. 
 
 
 
 Imports 
 Ruleset Culture never sent to v8 for schema setup (#134516) 
 Problem 
 
 The ruleset's culture is never sent to the v8 schema setup endpoint; this results in en-GB always being set in V8.  
 
   
 Solution 
 
 Added the culture to the API request for v8. 
 
 
 Correct the delta check for optional staging for the import data (#145548) 
 Problem 
 
 When the appointment details have not changed, but the other personal details have changed, the user data is not staged for import 
 
   
 Solution 
 
 Move the appointment to a conditional OR with the other personal details. 
 
 
 Ensuring that the link to download the User Validation Report is only shown for User imports and PaySpace Pull imports. (#146598) 
 Problem 
 
 The link to download the User Validation Report is shown for reports for which it does not work. 
 
   
 Solution 
 
 Hiding the User Validation Report download link for all reports except the select few reports for which it works. 
 
 
 
 Tenant Management 
 Use the system Close Date to change the colour to Red (#146313) 
 Problem 
 
 The system does not use the system's Close Date to change the colour to Red 
 
   
 Solution 
 
 Update expiry colour display condition to only display on the close date within 1 month 
 
   
 As a Consultant or Tenant Admin, I want the Expiry Date to be set at the end of the following month by default (#144228) 
 Problem 
 
 When creating a tenant, the expiry and system close date are not defaulted to the end of next month, and boolean values for lock system and display expiry messages are not defaulted to disabled. Page also not ordered by expiry date ascending.   
 
 Solution 
 
 Tenant creation defaults expiry and close date to the end of next month. Lock system and expiry messages display defaulted to disabled, and the page is ordered by expiry date ascending by default. 
 
   
 As a Tenant Administrator on R1, I want to have updates to the Update Expiry Date modal (#144227) 
 Problem 
 
 New expiry date should be the same as the current expiry date; buttons need to be added to quickly set dates (for end of this week, end of next week, etc); and a new toggle to be added to enable and disable subscription expiry and system close notifications   
 
 Solution 
 
 New expiry date defaulted to current expiry date; 4 buttons added to quickly set the dates; new toggle added which persists in the database against the subscription, and displays value; and then added logic to ensure when disabled, no system expiry or close notifications are sent 
 
 
 
 Performance Management 
 Inform user buttons are to create agreement for the selected period (#142925) 
 Problem 
 
 When you move past the review setup tabs at the top, the narrator will simply read the names of the buttons, which will be the same as the names of the tabs. This can be confusing.   
 
 Solution 
 
 Include the review setup component as a tab index 
 
   
 Inform the user that the page is loading when creating an agreement (#142928) 
 Problem 
 
 Loading is not verbally indicated by NVDA 
 
   
 Solution 
 
 Indicate loading when creating contract 
 
   
 Narrator mentions heading types and sizes (#142929) 
 Problem 
 
 NVDA reads heading levels (h4, h6) 
 
   
 Solution 
 
 Suppress the heading levels where possible 
 
   
 Unable to interact with my own agreement (#142931) 
 Problem 
 
 Tab navigation is not complete when tabbed past timelines 
 
   
 Solution 
 
 Update tab order and inclusion 
 
   
 Investigate the possibility of adding pauses between phrases (#142918) 
 Problem 
 
 It is sometimes a bit difficult to follow what the narrator is saying because they ramble off sentences without pausing. Please investigate if it is possible to add some pauses so that you can more easily distinguish between different concepts. 
 
   
 Solution 
 
 Create tab-list and add aria improvements to improve flow and readability. Also added accessibility sentence to translations. 
 
   
 Review setup container not selected (#142933) 
 Problem 
 
 The tablist forces you to tab through all items to progress. 
 
   
 Solution 
 
 Create an index for the entire tab list, and allow the user to press enter to tab through the list, or tab over the list 
 
 
 Screen flickers when moving the mouse pointer over the period label (#144966) 
 Problem 
 
 When hovering over some elements that have a popover, it continues to re-render and the popover flickers, as if its visibility state is constantly changed. 
 
   
 Solution 
 
 Memoised the popover properties so that it does not re-render when anything else on the dashboard changes. 
 Found an additional issue where for a fraction of a second, the popover is shown topleft of the viewport before it positions where it's supposed to. Enforced additional CSS onto the popover to attempt to prevent that from happening. 
 
   
 
 System Access 
 Encrypt secrets, passwords and tokens (#144974) 
 Problem 
 
 Secrets, passwords and tokens used in V9 are stored in clear text 
 
   
 Solution 
 
 Encrypt and decrypt secrets, passwords and tokens when records are stored and fetched from the database by means of changes to OnModelCreating 
 
 
 
 Technical 
 Syncfusion license key is visible in dev tools (#144510) 
 Problem 
 
 SyncFusion license key is available in clear text in the local storage view in dev tools. 
 
   
 Solution 
 
 Remove the license key from local storage; instead, make the lightweight api call. Also, encode the response, and decode it in code 
 
   
 Media compression process (#140481) 
 Problem 
 
 Currently media is uploaded in its original size to the system without being compressed or optimised 
 
   
 Solution 
 
 Implement a PowerShell script to 
 Compress uploaded media 
 Remove original large media 
 Keep track of what was compressed to compress once