LIMS 3.1.7 and new Graphite theme released

Bika LIMS 3.1.7 and the exciting new Graphite theme 1.1 were released and are available for download. 3.1.7 Is a minor release, but features enhancements and eight new instrument interfaces. Graphite improves usability and user experience, moving Bika away from the standard Plone UI towards an even cleaner design. Exciting times!

Graphite, first Bika LIMS theme

Graphite by Naralabs is a Diazo theme improving Bika's usability and user experience further, delivering a visually appealing and clean design that maximises Plone's work-space, quick access to most of the Bika LIMS features with minimum clicks, and dynamic view loads. Graphite video demonstration.

GT, Graphite Theme, 1.1 is compatible with Bika LIMS 3.1.7 and/or Bika Health 3.1.7. Installation instructions.

Improvements

LIMS-257 Set Blank and warning icons in Reference Sample main view

LIMS-1199 Worksheet totals in WS lists
LIMS-1365 Batch search parameters on Work sheets/Work sheets insides Batches
LIMS-1520 Allow invalidation of verified Analysis Requests
LIMS-1536 [Add] button to allow quick additions in reference widget
LIMS-1539 Printable Worksheets. Analysis Request by row or column

LIMS-1587 Better support for extension of custom sample labels

LIMS-1623 Implement bika-frontpage as a BrowserView

New Instrument interfaces

LIMS-1569 Beckman Coulter Access 2
LIMS-1570 Roche Cobas Taqman 48
LIMS-1571 Sysmex XS-1000i
LIMS-1572 Sysmex XS-500i
LIMS-1575 Thermo Arena 20XT
LIMS-1603 Life Technologies Qubit
LIMS-1604 BioDrop uLite
LIMS-1605 Tescan TIMA

Fixes

LIMS-1266 Sampling date format error
LIMS-1423 Save details when Analysis Request workflow action kicked off
LIMS-1428 Results capturing receiving samples with Sampling workflow enabled
LIMS-1517 Storage field tag translation
LIMS-1518 Storage Location table
LIMS-1524 Populate invalidation email variables
LIMS-1527 CC Contact on Analysis Request edit offers all contacts in system
LIMS-1540 When accent characters are used in Sample Type title, it is not possible to create a new Analysis Request
LIMS-1574 Fixed Analysis Request and Analysis attachments
LIMS-1594 Re-ordered tabs on Client home page
LIMS-1614 Error when selecting Analysis Administration tab after receiving a sample with Sampling workflow enabled
LIMS-1617 Error with bin/test
LIMS-1622 Version Check does not correctly check cache
LIMS-1624 Import default test.xlsx fails
LIMS-1636 Batch Sample View crash
LIMS-1670 Fixed windows incompatibility in TAL (referencewidget.pt)
LIMS-1687 Added option to select landing page for clients in configuration registry
LIMS-1688 After Analysis Request invalidation, Analysis Requests list throws an error
LIMS-1689 Error while creating a new invoice batch
LIMS-1690 Typo. Instrument page

Thank you

Jordi, Campbell, Pau, Alex, and all other code contributors, testers, feature requesters and providers of the enthusiasm that keeps everybody fired up.

Viva Open Source LIMS, Viva! Amandla Awethu!

Sponsorship came from De Bortoli Wines, DEOHS University of Washington, SANBI, Lab San Martin, and off course individual Naralabs and Bika Lab Systems team members who continue to contribute massively on their own accounts.

Upgrade instructions

LIMS 3.1.7 is a minor release, and there is no need for further changes or modifications elsewhere in the Bika LIMS instance. If your instance to be updated has been customised, please review whether the customisations are affected by the update by checking the CHANGELOG.txt file published with the release.
See Installing Bika LIMS and/or upgrading Bika LIMS

Feedback and support

Please post questions to one of the Bika mailing lists:
Bika LIMS Users
Bika LIMS design
Bika Developers
IRC: irc://freenode.net/#bika

Please log issues, feature requests, or bugs in the Issue Tracker. And remember you can also enable your Bika LIMS instance to report bugs to us automatically via sentry.bikalabs.com.

Review

The Bika LIMS online demonstration installation will be upgraded to 3.1.7 shortly.