New Features and Enhancements

Server Build 9.0.0

Design and implement "Meta" storage repository

DICOM data is stored is a separate (meta) repository from processed data.

Add ability to track actual repo location via callback/event notifications

The repo handler supports a callback interface used to track resource locations without needing to use the locate function.

Web service's ForwardStudy operation should handle partial (series/object) forwards

The web services Forward command supports forwarding individual series and objects from the same study to a defined target. See web services manual for details.

Update ServerSettingsConst hierarchy to be enum based

Structural changes applied to improve the handling of server settings.

Report templates are not exported/imported

Report templates are included in the user export and import tools.

Repository handler should do the auto-resolution even if above the fullLimit

The repository handle automatically consolidates studies split between multiple partitions even when the full limit threshold has been exceeded, except when the physical limit has been exceeded. The physical limit is defined by the configuration setting hardFullLimit. The built-in default is 99.9%. This can be overridden in respository.cfg.

Make the rights setting color more visible when using dark mode

The background color of the individual rights fields when using the dark theme has been modified to make the setting indicator more visible.

Return error code by dotcom.ReCollect when recollecting dotcom configuration fails

The command line tool to recollect dotcom information includes options to include a return code when the operation encounters an error or warning.

Back-end script for repo.jsp and validate.jsp needed

The repo.jsp and validate.jsp scripts have been updated to dynamically generate a system session for use in automation tools.

Log import user and user conversion into an upgrade log file

Log entries for importing user accounts and for user conversion (during upgrade) are consolidated into dedicated log files, ~/var/log/UserExport, ~/var/log/UserImport and ~/var/log/UserConversion.

Add "generic title+label" option to report template editor

A generic report template type has been added to support adding Dcstudy fields to a report view or report edit template. See the eRAD Layout XML Customization manual for details.

Change the default of warnmoveTime for the data/dicom.repository

The default for the warnMoveTime changed to five hours for data repositories. For all other repositories, the default remains two days.

Admin GUI feature to review and delete nuked study files

Nuked study files support study data which is used to populate a new web page for reviewing and deleting these files. The Study Cleanup page is available to users with Support rights from the Admin menu. The page is empty by default. Enter criteria to display a list of up to 5,000 nuked studies. The tools are consistent with those on the Worklist page. When cleaning studies that exist on child servers, start with the child before cleaning up the parent. Cleanup requests and results are logged in the forever log.

Create viewer profile backup file after editing profile from the desktop viewer

When the user updates their viewer settings, the existing profile file is saved as a backup so it can berestored later, if necessary. These backup files are propagated throughout the dotcom.

Default "apply to current content" to no in v8 action lists

The default for the Apply to Current Content setting for all actions has changed to “No”. Existing actions are not affected as long as they remain enabled. Once disabled, the new default shall be used when re-enabled, unless manually overridden during setup.

Baseline server code base on v8.0

eRAD PACS version 8 medsrv build 49, asroot 8.0.1 and platform-7.9.0 make up the starting code base for eRAD PACS v9.0. Modifications have been applied to account for labeling (eRAD PACS v9.0) and packaging (RPMs, etc.)