Changes in Content UI 6.3

This release includes an improvement to uploading large files:

• Improved: The part size for multipart uploads is increased to 25 MB, a common S3 client default part size. This change speeds the performance of large uploads and avoids error responses. (UIC-407)

• Fixed: After a video clip is successfully created, clicking the "new clip will be available here" link erroneously results in a red error banner. Clicking the link a second time resolves to the clip. (6.3.1: UIC-421)

• Fixed: Adding a collection does not work in version 6.2. (UIC-411)

Known Issues

• Under the Permissions tab, the Access Policy wizard offers Actions related to Tokens, but these are incompletely implemented. Denying users the ability to create tokens prevents them from accessing the Content UI. (UIC-406)

• After upgrading the Content UI (Portal) and/or Storage UI, the cache must be cleared to get the new version. Either shift-Reload the page or clear the browser cache, then verify the About page shows the new version. A logout does not fix it nor is it necessary. (UIC-222)

• When uploading files from iOS devices, all filenames are "image.jpg". You may upload these as UUIDs or upload one file at a time with a different filename prefix. (UIC-188) 

• The login button for the Content UI may require a second click to proceed. (UIC-98) 

• New tokens with a user-supplied description do not initially show the description in the list of tokens. Workaround: Refresh the list of tokens after adding a new token. (UIC-43) 

• To create a collection from metadata that includes non-ASCII characters, you must create it from the domain page. The ability to create a collection from non-ASCII metadata on the object details page is not currently supported. (UIC-31)

• For any collections that erroneously show the bucket icon, make a small edit and resave them, which causes them to be fully repaired. (UIC-24)

Changes in Content UI 6.2

This release includes major functional enhancements, including video-clipping, content sharing, and expanded bulk upload support.

• Video Clipping for Partial File Restore: The Content UI now supports the creation of video clips (part of the functionality known as partial file restore) from videos stored in Swarm. This occurs directly through the browser interface, with no downloads/uploads or local editing tools needed. When this optional feature is installed in Content Gateway, videos viewed in the UI show a scissor icon to the right of the playback controls, which toggles the video clip creation tools. Each clip is a standalone video with a start and end time relative to the source video, and it is saved to a new name. The resulting clips have no dependency on the source files. Supported HTML5 video formats are MPEG-4/MP4 (H.264) and WebM. (UIC-353) See Video Clipping for Partial File Restore.
  
  

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• Sharing Controls on All Content: When you select an object in a listing to view it, a new Share button appears next to its name. The button opens a menu of commands for content sharing, including copying the URL to your local clipboard, downloading the file locally, and opening the default email program to email the link to someone else.

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• Large Uploads Through Content UI: The Content UI file uploader is redesigned to write directly to Swarm storage and bypass spooling altogether, which removes the prior 4 GB limit. Now the Content UI accepts more and larger files and is better able to recover and resume uploads that encounter errors. (UIC-399)

• Filtering for Time of Last Access: When you add columns and search criteria to your object filters, you can now show and filter on Last Accessed, which is the optional time feature captured in the Castor-System-Accessed header and indexed in Elasticsearch as 'accessed'. Filtering on the time of last access includes standard and custom time spans from the present as well as Before and Since ranges. (UIC-374)
  
  

• Fixed: Content UI did not permit saving of valid erasure-coding policies that had more parity segments than data segments (such as 5:7). (UIC-391)

Known Issues

• Adding a collection does not work in version 6.2. (UIC-411)

• Under the Permissions tab, the Access Policy wizard offers Actions related to Tokens, but these are incompletely implemented. Denying users the ability to create tokens prevents them from accessing the Content UI. (UIC-406)

• After upgrading the Content UI (Portal) and/or Storage UI, the cache must be cleared to get the new version. Either shift-Reload the page or clear the browser cache, then verify the About page shows the new version. A logout does not fix it nor is it necessary. (UIC-222)

• When uploading files from iOS devices, all filenames are "image.jpg". You may upload these as UUIDs or upload one file at a time with a different filename prefix. (UIC-188) 

• The login button for the Content UI may require a second click to proceed. (UIC-98) 

• New tokens with a user-supplied description do not initially show the description in the list of tokens. Workaround: Refresh the list of tokens after adding a new token. (UIC-43) 

• To create a collection from metadata that includes non-ASCII characters, you must create it from the domain page. The ability to create a collection from non-ASCII metadata on the object details page is not currently supported. (UIC-31)

• For any collections that erroneously show the bucket icon, make a small edit and resave them, which causes them to be fully repaired. (UIC-24)

Changes in Content UI 6.1

This release corrects several issues with the display of charts in Content UI.

Known Issues

• After upgrading the Content UI (Portal) and/or Storage UI, the cache must be cleared to get the new version. Either shift-Reload the page or clear the browser cache, then verify the About page shows the new version. A logout does not fix it nor is it necessary. (UIC-222)

• When uploading files from iOS devices, all filenames are "image.jpg". These may be uploaded as UUIDs or uploaded one file at a time with a different filename prefix. (UIC-188) 

• The login button for the Content UI may require a second click to proceed. (UIC-98) 

• New tokens with a user-supplied description do not initially show the description in the list of tokens. Workaround: Refresh the list of tokens after adding a new token. (UIC-43) 

• To create a collection from metadata that includes non-ASCII characters, you must create it from the domain page. The ability to create a collection from non-ASCII metadata on the object details page is not currently supported. (UIC-31)

• For any collections that erroneously show the bucket icon, make a small edit and resave them, which causes them to be fully repaired. (UIC-24)

Changes in Content UI 6.0

In support of Swarm 10, Content UI has extensive usability upgrades in response to client feedback. These are the highlights:

Streamlined Usage Reports: Page layout and navigation across the Content UI are reorganized to be more efficient. Storage and Bandwidth usage summaries are moved into the title bar of the Charts panel so they remain in view even when collapsed because of the importance they provide. Clicking Charts expands and collapses the full view of the charts:

Commands and Properties: For consistency and simplicity, the commands and properties are all unified under the gear icon:

Commands such as Upload appear where needed:

Search and Collections: Handling of search collection creation and filters is improved, with the Filter and Search functions unified in a collapsible panel expanded by clicking Search:

By selecting Create Collection on the object view, you can create a metadata-based search in a single click, which greatly speeds up the design of your search criteria:

Known Issues

• After upgrading the Content UI (Portal) and/or Storage UI, the cache must be cleared to get the new version. Either shift-Reload the page or clear the browser cache, then verify the About page shows the new version. A logout does not fix it nor is it necessary. (UIC-222)

• When uploading files from iOS devices, all filenames are "image.jpg". You may upload these as UUIDs or upload one file at a time with a different filename prefix. (UIC-188) 

• The login button for the Content UI may require a second click to proceed. (UIC-98) 

• New tokens with a user-supplied description do not initially show the description in the list of tokens. Workaround: Refresh the list of tokens after adding a new token. (UIC-43) 

• To create a collection from metadata that includes non-ASCII characters, you must create it from the domain page. The ability to create a collection from non-ASCII metadata on the object details page is not currently supported. (UIC-31)

• For any collections that erroneously show the bucket icon, make a small edit and resave them, which causes them to be fully repaired. (UIC-24)