Release March 26th, 2025
CORE 1.40.1. [SciNote Premium]
Create inventory items directly on tasks (functional)
Are you creating new samples or producing reagents while following a protocol on tasks? You can now create new inventory items directly from the Assigned items section in Task.
Mark an item as output if you want to differentiate it from the items used, ensuring traceability of both materials consumed and produced in your work.
New capabilities in Storage locations (functional)
We’ve made several improvements to Storage locations based on your feedback.
- Select multiple box positions to assign item – Select any number of box positions, an entire row, or a column, and assign an item. Clicking on a row/column selects all empty positions. Clicking again deselects them.
- View additional item properties – When searching for an item to assign to a storage location, you can now access more item details under the info icon next to the item’s name.
- Find items across all location levels –The new “Find item” option lets you search for an item across any storage location. The system will display all locations where the item is stored.
Updates in left menu (non-functional)
The left navigation menu has been updated to a more compact design, providing more space for the content you interact with. This change also greatly enhances usability on smaller devices like tablets.
Improvements (functional):
- Import data into step and result tables from .xlsx: You can now import data into step and result tables using an Import button in the table toolbar.
- Docx reports display step and result tables formatting: Majority of the formatting applied to the new tables is not reflected in the .docx reports.
- Admin access for Single Sign-On: Organization administrators can now always log in via the new Admin Access option if SSO is unavailable.
- Task inventory item snapshots improvement: User who locked a task is now logged as a creator of the inventory item snapshot.
- Resolved an issue with audit trail export: User timezone settings no longer affect the date filter for audit trail export.
- Update in new member invitation link expiry
Improvements (non-functional):
- Visual enhancement of task tags.
- Improvements to smart annotations display.
- The add item relationship window now provides additional item details when selecting an item to link as a parent or child.
- Minor improvements and bug fixes.
- Security updates.
API changes
- No updates.
Release March 5th, 2025
CORE 1.39.2. [SciNote Premium]
This SciNote Premium release includes enhanced Step and Result Tables and Well plates as well as a set of improvements and bug fixes.
Enhanced tables and well plates (functional)
We’re excited to introduce enhanced tables and well plates to make your workflow even more efficient! With this update, old tables and well plates are replaced with new customizable tables within your protocol steps and task results, giving you more control and flexibility over your data.
What’s New?
- Table toolbar – Apply multiple formatting options, including font styles, sizes, colors, text alignment, and border styles directly from the table toolbar. Additionally, you can merge cells for better organization and customization.
- Copy & Paste or double-click to extend – Easily duplicate or transfer data between tables. Double click on the bottom right cell corner or grab and drag to quickly extend the applied cell content.
- Rename columns – Customize column names to fit your needs (not available in well plates!).
- Hide columns or rows – Keep your tables organized and readable.
- Lock cells – Indicate restricted editability for specific cells when needed.
- Resize, rearrange and sort – Adjust column and row sizes, and drag to reorder. Sort content by column.
- More formulas & Cross-table calculations – Perform advanced calculations across multiple tables. Read more about the formulas here.
- Smart annotations – Hashtag other objects or mention people inside cells.
- Keyboard shortcuts – Navigate and edit tables faster with shortcuts.
These improvements make it easier than ever to structure, analyze, and manage your data within
your protocols. Try out the new features and let us know what you think! 🚀
Learn more about how to use new tables here.
Improvements (functional):
- Stock editing is disabled when inventory item row is edited to avoid unwanted row submit. Item stock editing is still available directly in the Stock column and on item card.
Improvements (non-functional):
- Fixed issue for step date format not matching format set in preferences.
- Forms promotion.
- Activity filters improvements
- Other small improvements and bug fixes.
- Security updates.
API changes
- Updates in API documentation for tables and well plates
Release February 24th, 2024
CORE 1.39.1.2 [SciNote FREE]
This SciNote Free release includes some of the updates that were released from
CORE 1.37.0. to CORE 1.39.1.2 [SciNote Premium].
Check out the list of updates:
• Notifications: You can mark each notification separately as Read or Unread
and we also added tabs for “Read”, “Unread” and “All” notifications
• Reports: auto-selected default template, new options to exclude task
metadata and include specific inventory columns
• Rename protocol templates in each draft
• Loading speed improvements
• Other improvements and bug fixes
Release February 12th, 2025
CORE 1.39.1. [SciNote Premium]
This SciNote Premium release includes a set of smaller improvements and bug fixes.
Small improvements (Functional)
- Change in project updated behavior: Viewing a comment no longer triggers a project update.
- Added one additional default ZPL label template (203 dpi) available for all users.
- Manuscript Writer end-of-life.
Small improvements (Non-functional)
- Updated My profile page.
- Optimized speed for global search, activities, and audit trails.
- Performance improvements.
API changes (Functional)
- Added username data in the file upload endpoints.
Bug fixes (Functional)
- Fixed the issue where exports failed when snapshot item was deleted.
- Fixed the issue where not all users were displayed in the task assigned users dropdown list.
- Fixed the issue where email notifications were not sent for date/datetime reminders.
Release January 29th, 2025
CORE 1.39.0. [SciNote Premium]
This SciNote Premium release includes a set of smaller improvements and bug fixes.
Improvements (functional):
- Early access for a feature called Forms.
Improvements (non-functional):
- Fix in displaying the ampersand sign.
- Other small improvements and bug fixes.
API changes (functional)
- API endpoint for assigning inventory items to tasks.