📢 Onboarding and Production Vendor Patches 03/20/25
BioSense Platform Monthly Patching Reminder:
- Vendor patches will be applied to the onboarding and production BioSense Platform environments.
- The Access & Management Center (AMC) will be updated to version 2.13 the Data Quality Dashboard (DQDB) will be updated to version 2.3.
- These servers will start going offline on Thursday, March 20, 2025, at 12:00 am et.
- Servers will be restarted several times during the update window.
- We plan to complete all work on Thursday, March 20, 2025, by 8:00 am et.
- We will send you a closeout email when activities are complete.
AMC Updates:
- Update the Batch Add Template to dynamically update directly from the Master Profile database
- Update the Batch Edit Template to dynamically update directly from the Master Profile database
- Add option to determine ESSENCE region from ZIP Code or county
- Add Username column to the Software Usage screen
- Add requester’s name and user role to the Software Request page
- Add “Preferred_C_Visit_Date Format” field to the MFT form screen
- Add “Preferred_C_Unique_Patient_ID Source” field to MFT form screen
DQDB Updates:
- Fix issue where the column sorting feature in the Message Viewer wouldn’t sort
- Fix bug causing text to overlap in the Data Flow tab
- Fix display issue for global filters on Completeness, Validity, and Timeliness metrics
- Fix bug causing Data Quality On Demand (DQOD) to crash while running certain reports
- Update DQOD to version 2.0, which adds several new features:
- Preview Report Structures: Display and fine-tune expected report output on a sheet-to-sheet basis, including columns and calculations
- Sheet Management: Create, name, and rearrange sheets with unique metrics, aggregation, and formatting to build comprehensive reports
- Global Filtering: Focus reports on key dates and fields of interest
- Preview Report Structures: Display and fine-tune expected report output on a sheet-to-sheet basis, including columns and calculations
- Sheet Management: Create, name, and rearrange sheets with unique metrics, aggregation, and formatting to build comprehensive reports
- Global Filtering: Focus reports on key dates and fields of interest
- Custom Formatting: Heatmap values with intuitive color schemes, specify performance thresholds, and focus on substandard results
- Explore Nonconforming Messages: Define performance thresholds and analyze characteristics of individual messages with substandard data quality
- Reproduce Shared Reports: Reveal embedded parameters of existing reports to replicate them or share configurations
Effect on Services:
These tasks will require restarting some onboarding and production BioSense Platform servers several times. The following services will not be available during this update window:
- AMC
- DQDB
- ESSENCE data processing
- ESSENCE Web application
- Posit Workbench
- SAS Studio
User-Required Actions:
- None
Sincerely,