Vital Signs 1.7

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Revision as of 22:17, 9 December 2015 by >Johno (Configuration Changes)
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Overview

Version 1.7 was released in the Fall of 2015. Upgrading from 1.5 & 1.6 to 1.7 is a fairly simple process. Contact Vital Soft support for assistance in upgrading.

Whats New In Version 1.7

Host Extracts:
  • Improved recovery after a job failure.
  • New RESUME parameter for JVSRELOAD.
  • New JVSCLEANUP job for deleting old QVD files.
  • Extract of all Member, Share & Loan control flags.
  • Improved extract of share div-rates
Membership Documents:
  • Tracking of Member Services based on control flags.
  • Ability to track an open/close date for services (based on control flags).
  • Added campaign tracking in Membership_Analysis
  • New New_Loan_Activity document
Windows Configuration Changes:
  • New local bin folder: x:/vitalsigns/cuname/bin
  • VitalSigns.ini, new tab for LoadMbrData
Document Distribution Changes:
  • Need a list
Bug Fixes:
  • Fix bug where a duplicate key can be created in ACCTXREF.

Update Instructions

Local Bin Files

  • A new local bin directory has been created in X:/vitalsigns/CUNAME/bin
  • The following files must be moved to this location
  • All custom bin files previously located in: X:/vitalsigns/bin/custom
(The X:/vitalsigns/bin/custom directory should be removed after moving the files.)
  • start_vsigns_srv.vbs (moved from data/config)
(Edit this file to update the path to the ini file, see below)
  • vsigns_srv.ini (moved from data/config)
Configuration Changes
  • Add the following settings to vsigns_srv.ini:
INI Key Field (Note) Default Value Purpose
QV_UNICODE UTF-16LE For Qlik versions 10 and earlier, use UTF-8.
QVD_DELETE_OK N Set this to "Y" to enable deleting old QVD files with JVSCLEANUP.
HIST_QVD_NDAYS 1000 Number of days of raw HIST QVDs to keep. Minimum is 400 days (roughly 13 months).
MBR_QVD_NDAYS 1000 Number of days of raw MBRSHLN QVDs to keep. Minimum is 400 days (roughly 13 months).
MBR_QVD_NMTHENDS 60 Number of monthend days of raw MBRSHLN QVDs to keep. Minimum is 25 monthend days.

Patches