This release includes the following new features and enhancements:

New Features

• Tier Name Configuration—Instead of displaying 0, 1, 2 as tier names, you can now configure them to be more descriptive.
• Database Replication Gap Alert Email—When the replication database server falls behind the primary Vocera Analytics server, an email is sent to notify the recipient of the gap duration between the servers.

Enhancements

• Automatic Deletion of Spark temp directory—The Spark temp directory content on the Vocera Analytics server is automatically deleted when upgraded from Vocera Analytics 1.4.2 to 1.4.3 version.
• Upgrade Installer Suite Enhancements—The upgrade installer suite now displays a new screenshot to notify the user to stop any Service Monitor services that are currently running.
• Security Enhancements—Updated the configuration of MariaDB and Apache Tomcat to enhance communication security.
• Backup and Purge Enhancements—Enhanced the default scheduling intervals for backup and purge operations.

Third-Party Software Versions

The following third-party software versions are included in this release:

This release includes the following new features and enhancements:

New Features

• Vocera Edge—Vocera Edge data type is now added to all applicable dashboards and reports.
• Panic Broadcast—Panic Broadcast data type is now added to all applicable dashboards and reports.
• Replica Database—A database replication system is introduced in this release. This feature offers more stability, enhanced scalability, and better performance for dashboards and reports.
• Platform Support—Vocera Platform 6.6.1 is added in this release.
• Engage Support—Engage 7.0 and 7.1 is added in this release.
• Voice Server Support—Vocera Voice Server 5.9 and 5.10 are added in this release.
• VMP Support—Vocera Messaging Platform 5.9 and 5.10 are added in this release.

Enhancements

• Dropped Call dashboard—Few new columns such as Caller Department, Caller Facility, Receiver Department, and Receiver Facility are added.
• Performance Enhancements—The following dashboard and reports are enhanced for better performance:
  • Response Dashboard
  • Integration Message Department Activity report
  • Integration Message Group Activity report
  • Integration Message User Activity report
  • User Activity Details report

Upgrade Path

You can now upgrade from the following Vocera Analytics versions:

• Vocera Analytics version 1.3.0 to Vocera Analytics version 1.4.2
• Vocera Analytics version 1.3.1 to Vocera Analytics version 1.4.2
• Vocera Analytics version 1.4.0 to Vocera Analytics version 1.4.2
• Vocera Analytics version 1.4.1 to Vocera Analytics version 1.4.2

Third-Party Software Versions

The following third-party software versions are included in this release:

This release includes the following new features and enhancements:

New Features

• Support for Preferred Name—Allows you to update the first or last name of the user stored in the Active Directory to a preferred name. All reports and dashboards display the updated (preferred) name.
• Facility-Unit Mapping—Provides a user interface that allows you to map the Voice Server Site and Department name with the corresponding Engage Facility and Unit name.
• Local User Password Reset—Allows you to reset the password for users created locally in the Vocera Analytics Visualization Server.
• Response Dashboard—The data represented in all the 8 Engage reports are now enhanced in the newly introduced Response dashboard. It provides metrics related to delivered events and responses to these delivered events, starting at the highest summary level to the most-detailed user/bed level. Hence, the following Vocera Engage reports will no be longer available:
  • Bed Detail
  • Bed Summary
  • Department Detail
  • Department Summary
  • Mobile Activity Department
  • Mobile Activity User
  • User Detail
  • User Summary

  For more information on Response dashboard, see https://pubs.vocera.com/platform/va/1.4.1/help/va_admin_help/index.html#platform/va/1.4.1/topics/va_int_user_response.html.

• Platform Support—Vocera Platform 6.6 is added in this release.
• Voice Server Support—Vocera Voice Server 5.8 is added in this release.
• VMP Support—Vocera Messaging Platform 5.8 is added in this release.

Enhancements

• Intranet Support—The dashboards and reports of Vocera Analytics now work locally over the intranet and do not require an internet connection.
• Import Users—You can override local users while importing Active Directory users that have an identical username.
• Database Metrics—The Monitoring log captures the size of the Vocera Analytics database and related metrics.

Upgrade Path

You can now upgrade from the following Vocera Analytics versions:

• Vocera Analytics version 1.3.0 to Vocera Analytics version 1.4.1
• Vocera Analytics version 1.4.0 to Vocera Analytics version 1.4.1

Third-Party Software Versions

The following third-party software versions are included in this release:

This release includes the following new features and enhancements:

New Features

• Data Backup—A new user interface to backup data is introduced in this release. You can now schedule an automatic backup along with incremental backup or run a full backup instantly.
• Data Purge—A new user interface to purge data is introduced in this release. With a few clicks, you can now purge data seamlessly. You are no longer required to run a script to purge data.
• Local User Creation—Allows you to create users locally and access Vocera Analytics Visualization Server even if Active Directory is not set up.
• Minibadge—A new device type filter is introduced in this release.
• Platform Support—Vocera Platform 6.5 is added in this release.
• Voice Server Support—Vocera Voice Server 5.7 is added in this release.
• VMP Support—Vocera Messaging Platform 5.7 is added in this release.
• System Health Report—This report provides a trend analysis of the overall site health and usage of the Vocera system.
• Tomcat Version Support—Tomcat version 9.0.59 is added in this release.
• Panic Broadcast—Panic broadcast calls data is captured and shown in some dashboards. For more information, refer to https://pubs.vocera.com/platform/va/1.4.0/help/va_admin_help/index.html#platform/va/1.4.0/topics/va-panic-bc.html

Enhancements

• The filter behavior is updated to avoid default filters set by the system, when the user logs in for the first time for every session.

This release includes the following new features and enhancements:

New Features

• Platform Support—Vocera Platform 6.4 is added in this release.
• Tomcat Version Support—Tomcat version 9.0.52 is added in this release.

Enhancements

• Badge/Mobile Last Used Report—This report is enhanced to show the latest data for device-related columns.
• Crosswalk Workflow—The Department Group to Unit mapping is now supported as part of Platform 6.4 release.
• Database Backup—Incremental backups are now supported that reduces the backup time.
• Pipeline Stabilization—Enhanced the process for handling Group membership changes.
• Search Filter—Enhanced the search functionality of lazy-loading Group filter to display relevant filter results.
• Upgrade Procedure—Enhanced the upgrade procedure for source systems to avoid data loss.

For information on What's Fixed in this release, see What's Fixed in Vocera Analytics 1.3.1.

This release includes the following new features and enhancements:

New Features

• Platform Support—Vocera Platform 6.3.3 is added in this release.
• Tomcat Version Support—Tomcat version 9.0.37 is added in this release.

Enhancements

• Event Index Dashboard—Five new widgets are added, namely Saved Events, Interruptions, Top 10 Event Description Trend, Top 10 Interruption Description Trend and Event Details by Department. Also two existing widgets % Accepted and % Declined are removed.
• Inventory Status dashboard—Optimized the performance by considering data only for the last 6 months.
• User Interruption Dashboard—Two new fields Bed and Description are added in Details widget. The Bed field displays both the room and bed number. The Description is for alert and alarm data. Both fields are searchable through the Search option in the Details widget.
• Pipeline Enhancements—
  • For Voice Server source: Improved database query failure to avoid data loss.
  • For Engage source: By default, the SetJobProcess is set to Min.
• Email notification with problem description—Whenever all reports/dashboards in a scheduled package fail, the corresponding package recipients now receive information about the issue in the email instead of blank emails.
• Improvements to User Name Filter—Login id is displayed to differentiate two identical user names. To identify inactive users, [X] is suffixed to the user name. Data populated for this filter is lazy-loading enabled.
• Asset Tracking Improvements—Improved device activity for better tracking.

For information on What's Fixed in this release, see What's Fixed in Vocera Analytics 1.3.0.

• A special character in the nick field caused pipeline job failure errors. This issue is fixed now. (VA-12934)
• Incorrect string values error was observed in va.log for evtcontext with usernames that had French characters. This issue is fixed now. (VA-12894)
• The Spark service was generating null pointer exception while processing call data. This issue is fixed now. (VA-12779)
• While processing Broadcast call, the Spark service was throwing an exception. This issue is no longer seen. (VA-12778)
• CreateAllNormalization event was not completing. This issue is fixed now. (VA-12669)
• The service monitor did not send any email notification when the MySQL service crashed. This issue is fixed now. (VA-12664)
• In the Asset Details dashboard, the Export to PDF feature did not export the information provided in Complete Asset Inventory, Max Assets Used and % of Asset Used. This issue is fixed now. (VA-12663)
• The CSV export for Response dashboard failed with an error when last 1 month data was selected. The performance of Response dashboard has been enhanced, and this issue is no longer occurring. (VA-12381)
• Scheduled reports failed to complete and was not able to export. This issue is fixed now. (VA-12316)
• Dimension data mismtach occurred due to the skipping of some dimension files while processing. This issue is fixed now. (VA-11962)
• A few Access Points were marked as deleted while processing the dimension file. This issue is fixed now. (VA-11860)

• Export to CSV of Tiered Admin report now includes name in the Modified By column. (VA-12345)
• Facility-Unit Mapping now allows removed department or unit to be placed onto a department or unit on another page. (VA-12259)
• Event Detail processor takes more time while processing engage data. This issue is fixed now. (VA-12258)
• Dimension processing fails in Spark. This issue is fixed now. (VA-12232)
• MariaDB fills up Vocera Analytics server harddisk drive. This issue is fixed now. (VA-12202)
• Group call is displayed as User call. This issue is fixed now. (VA-12136)
• Dashboard export timeout causes the 9002 port to block connection and displays Connection Refused error message. This issue is fixed now. (VA-12035)
• License dashboard does not show the latest voice license information. This issue is fixed now. (VA-11971)
• The createAllNormalization event does not handle failed condition. This issue is fixed now. (VA-11955)
• ConversationReport processor is getting hung during its processing time. This issue is fixed now. (VA-11949)
• Facility-Unit Mapping feature saves the entry incorrectly if there are two similarly named departments in two separate facilities. This issue is fixed now. (VA-11948)
• DID Genie call to a user is not getting processed. This issue is fixed now. (VA-11929)
• The CreateAllSummary event fails nightly and degraded server performance. This issue is fixed now. (VA-11925)
• Data purge fails to complete when it is triggered from the Purge user interface. This issue is fixed now. (VA-11924)
• Exporting Dropped Calls dashboard in PDF format does not include more than 2 pages. This issue is fixed now. (VA-11868)
• Incorrect receiver group is displayed in dashboard. This issue is fixed now. (VA-11866)
• Call Details report shows incorrect call duration time. This issue is fixed now. (VA-11858)
• Race condition causes status Files corruption. This issue is fixed now. (VA-11853)

• Scheduled automatic backups no longer fails to create scheduled tasks due to invalid date format. (VA-11794)
• The data in all the widgets in the Department Interruption dashboard are now represented correctly. (VA-11731)
• The deficiency in security audit in Apache Tomcat is now fixed. (VA-11706)
• The service monitor no longer allows case-insensitive username logins. (VA-11652)
• The issue of packages not being sent via email when smtp.Office365.com is configured is now resolved. (VA-11614)
• The online help links for Complete and Missed Calls and User Interruption by Group Membership reports point to the generic help documentation page. (VA-11607)
• Vocera Analytics now recognizes the group name from Voice server logs when a call is placed to a DID number assigned to a group. (VA-11594)
• Vocera Analytics does not capture data for calls made to an extension when dialed from the keypad of Smartbadge or Vocera Vina device. (VA-6906)

• Performance of dashboards and reports. (VA-11528)
• The HSTS settings in Tomcat is enabled to avoid vulnerabilities. (VA-11366)
• The log4j.jar version is now updated to avoid vulnerabilities. (VA-11255)

The following issues are fixed in Vocera Analytics 1.3.1:

• In certain circumstances, when the location (facility/unit) gets updated for an event, the data still displayed the old location. In case the location was null, it was displayed as Unknown facility or unit. This issue is fixed now. The location field now displays the latest location (facility/unit). (VA-10885)
• Broadcast call entry was missing when call was placed via VCS device without using voice command (VCS device menu options) (VA-10655)
• Event Index dashboard might take more time to display data. For example, to display data for 1 day, it takes approximately 20 seconds. (VA-10212)
• If the device MAC address is provided in upper case in Vocera Platform, the fields Serial Number, Label are blank and Owner Facility, Owner Group display Unknown in Status Tracking dashboard even if Owner Group and Owner Facility are added. (VA-10210)
• Receiver Device ID and Name are displayed as IP address when a broadcast is done from Telephone. (VA-10173)
• Data is displayed for default date range instead of selected date range and filter if the description selected contains a percentage value in exported PDF. (VA-10127)
• From VMP 5.3.3 onwards, the MaxInUse value in License dashboard will not match with In Use value in VMP reports. (VA-10124)
• In License Dashboard, values for Latest Assigned and Max In Use fields are incorrect, if more than 10000 users are assigned to VMP License. (VA-10120)
• In exported CSV of Department Interruption Summary dashboard, if the same event has accepted or declined responses, then Others category entry will not be found. (VA-10023)

The following issues are fixed in Vocera Analytics 1.3.0:

• Location name is not displayed on dashboards and reports if the access point was provided in upper case in Vocera Platform. (VA-10144)
• Device details such as Owner Group, Owning Facility, Label, Status, Notes, Serial Number were missed as the device MAC address was provided in upper case in Vocera Platform. (VA-10133)
• Event Index dashboard did not display data for specific days. (VA-9908)
• The search operation in Description filter takes a longer time to populate the values in Event Index dashboard and reports in Interruption folder. (VA-9902)
• Data too long for column 'MC_Flat' exceptions' error resulted in broadcast call data missing in analytics. (VA-9808)
• Tomcat error displayed on the Analytics Server upon logout and login and upon reboot. (VA-9782)
• Critical vulnerability scan issue noticed on Vocera Platform servers that use admin/admin login credentials for Service Monitor. (VA-9743)
• While executing group dimensions, pipeline crashed and stopped. (VA-9649)
• Inadequate warning message was displayed when Spark failed to connect to flume. (VA-9648)
• Flume starts reading data from the beginning when status files query and conf file query does not match. (VA-9602)
• VMP Flume status files were not updated after upgrading to VA 1.2.4. (VA-9601)
• Engage Flume status files were not updated after upgrading to VA 1.2.4. (VA-9591)
• Pipeline is not processing data. (VA-9586)
• While loading dimension data, plugin error occurred. (VA-9561)
• In certain scenarios, receiver name was empty on Messaging dashboard. (VA-9560)
• After failure, Clinical Report processor processes data from the default date of 1970-02-01. (VA-9550)