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New features in KE EMu 3.1 and beyond
New features in
KE EMu 3.1 and
beyond
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New features in KE EMu 3.1 and beyond
Querying
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New mechanism to abort searches added
Feedback on number of records retrieved
Aborting a search displays records found so far
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New features in KE EMu 3.1 and beyond
Querying (cont)
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Limit search time
Limit number of records retrieved
Configure update time on search feedback
Administrator can enforce system wide settings on server
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New features in KE EMu 3.1 and beyond
Searching
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complete
Index support added for IS NULL and IS NOT NULL searches
(that is !* and * searches)
Index support added for leading character pattern searches
(that is xxx*, a?, al[a-f]*ed, ^ab{cd}$, etc)
EMu selects automatically the best index or combination of indexes for
a given search
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New features in KE EMu 3.1 and beyond
Help System
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Windows based CHM help file (all help in one file)
Language specific instances of the file
Context sensitive
Animations to walk through more complex processes
Help file can be localized on a client basis
New field level help module
Field level help can be customized on a group or user basis
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New features in KE EMu 3.1 and beyond
Reporting
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Support for Crystal 10 viewer (NT, 2000, XP, 2003)
Support for Crystal XI viewer (2000, XP, 2003) once image display
issue resolved.
Crystal 9 viewer still shipping for 95/98/Me
Support added for XSLT reports.
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New features in KE EMu 3.1 and beyond
XSLT Based Reporting
complete
texserver
XML
List of files to client
XML
XSLT Document
XSLT Processor
XML/HTML/PDF/PCL/Other
Report Viewer
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New features in KE EMu 3.1 and beyond
Page View
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testing
New mode to view results of a search
Any XSLT based report can be used to view records
Report integrated into standard EMu environment
Potential for other report types to be used in Page mode
(eg Crystal, Word, Excel)
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New features in KE EMu 3.1 and beyond
Resources
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Ability to query/fetch internet based resources from a record
Dynamic URL generation based on contents of record
EMu registry defines “Resource” menu entries
Menu built dynamically based on contents of current record
Menu text can contain content from current record
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New features in KE EMu 3.1 and beyond
Miscellaneous
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Ditto Tab
Restrict records searched when attaching
Batch taxonomic re-identification tool available
Saved static groups now restore in original order
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New features in KE EMu 3.1 and beyond
Record Level Security
under development
• Set access permissions on individual records
• Access controls:
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Can view
Can modify
Can attach
Can change access
• Access defined on user/group basis along with combination of
data fields (e.g Department)
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New features in KE EMu 3.1 and beyond
User Interface Update
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under development
Update menu text for commands
Replacement of Command Centre icons with consistent set of colours
and images
Update of short cut buttons to use new colour scheme
(based on Office 2003 look and feel)
Flattening of buttons on Command Centre
Investigate new look and feel for tabs
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New features in KE EMu 3.1 and beyond
XML Import Facility
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EMu 3.2
Data import of defined XML data format
Support creation of referenced records
Support attachment resolution
Interactive process with ability to run unattended
Support for CSV loading
Support for loading of multimedia
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New features in KE EMu 3.1 and beyond
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<table name="ecatalogue">
<tuple>
<atom name="TitMainTitle">A walk in the park</atom>
<table name="TiTOtherNames_tab">
<tuple>
<atom>A stroll by the lake</atom>
<atom>A family going for a walk</atom>
</tuple>
</table>
<table name="CreCreatedByRef_tab">
<tuple>
<atom name="NamLast">Marshall</atom>
<atom name="NamFirst">Bernard</atom>
</tuple>
</table>
<table name="MulMultimediaRef_tab">
<tuple>
<atom name="Multimedia">c:\Images\Image1</atom>
<atom name="MulTitle">A digital image of the painting</atom>
</tuple>
<tuple>
<atom name="Multimedia">c:\Images\Image2</atom>
<atom name="MulTitle">A low res image of the painting</atom>
</tuple>
</table>
</tuple>
</table>
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New features in KE EMu 3.1 and beyond
Unicode Support
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EMu 3.3
Support for most known character sets
Replace current control set with Unicode based controls
Windows Me/98/95 no longer supported
Upgrade database server to provide UTF-8 support
abcd áçèîö αβγδ ‫بةتثجح כלםמ‬
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New features in KE EMu 3.1 and beyond
Database
research
• Feasibility study into providing Oracle as a database alternative
• Reworking of Texpress query optimiser to provide more efficient
cross-module searching
• Provide JDBC interface to Texpress
• Provide “standard” web services access to EMu
• Investigate adding spatial index support
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New features in KE EMu 3.1 and beyond
Timetable
• KE EMu 3.1
– Record Level Security
– User Interface Update
• KE EMu 3.2
– XML Import
• KE EMu 3.3
– Unicode support
December 2005
March 2006
June 2006
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