Elvis 6 Server Release Notes

The Elvis 6 Server Release Notes contain information about the new features, changes, fixed issues, known issues and upgrade instructions for each release of Elvis Server version 6.

The versions are sorted by version number in descending order. Use the Navigation block to the right of the page to quickly navigate to the information of a released version.

Versions 6.48 and newer

For versions 6.48 and newer, see:

• Release Notes for Assets Server
• Release Notes for Assets (Pro client)
• Release Notes for Assets for InDesign (InDesign client)

Elvis Server 6.47.2 Quick Patch

Elvis Server version: 6.47.2.685

Release date: 14 May 2020

Fixed issues

The following issue has been fixed in this release of Elvis:

LVS-14972 XML contents may be overwritten during upload or metadata change.

Important: Upgrade or apply a patch for your version as explained in this announcement.

Elvis Server 6.47.1

Elvis Server version: 6.47.1.675

InDesign client version 3.7.6.809

Release date: 28 April 2020

New features

Changes

Fixed issues

Known issues

Installation

Downloads

Documentation

New features

The following features have been added in this release of Elvis:

• Pro client keyboard shortcuts: the following keyboard shortcuts have been added:

Changes

The following change has been made in this release of Elvis:

• Metadata report: When multiple files are selected, all reports are now combined into one file instead of separate reports for each selected file. As a result, changes to the API have been made. For more information, see: 

• Elvis 6 REST API - Metadata report
• Creating a Metadata report in Elvis 6

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Elvis:

LVS-13362 Pro client: When a file is opened in a new tab, 'Move' and 'Open enclosing folder' is not working as expected.

LVS-14849 Pro client: Dossiers are automatically pinned to Pinned Dossier panel as soon as user logs in to Enterprise Server.

LVS-14867 Pro client: Searches in the Pinned Dossier panel take a long time or do not show any results.

LVS-14882 Elvis Agent stays active in Windows Taskbar.

LVS-14894 Pro client: including a forward slash "/" in a folder and Collection name creates sub folders.

LVS-14912 Server: Updating importFolderPath in authkey should not require requestUpload parameter.

LVS-14915 Changing metadata status in Content station removes the extension in Elvis.

SPA-2145 Pro client: Create one Metadata report for all selected files.

Known issues

The following known issues exists in this release of Elvis:

• PDF previews not working on Chrome. Due to an update of Google Chrome, PDF previews may not load properly anymore. This affects the following file types:
• PDF
• DOC
• DOCX
• XLS
• XLSX

• Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from the Pro client, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

• Copying components from archived Digital articles does not work with specific Web browsers. Copying an article component from an archived Digital article using Content Station only works when using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, it does not work with Apple Safari or Microsoft Edge.

Installing, upgrading and migrating

• Clean installation: For information about installing Elvis 6 Server on a system on which Elvis 6 Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 6 Server.
• Upgrading an existing installation. For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis 6 Server, see Upgrading Elvis 6.
• Upgrade from Elvis 5: For information about upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6, see Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6.
• Migration from Elvis 4: For information about migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6, see Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6.

Downloads

The download files for this release of Elvis can be found in the Release announcement.

Documentation

The following changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Elvis:

• Keyboard shortcuts for the Pro client of Elvis 6 - updated
• Elvis 6 REST API - Metadata report - updated
• Creating a Metadata report in Elvis 6 - updated

Elvis Server 6.46.2 Quick Patch

Elvis Server version: 6.46.2.664

Release date: 21 April 2020

Fixed issues

The following issue has been fixed in this release of Elvis:

LVS-14915 Changing the metadata status in Content Station removes the extension in Elvis.

Elvis Server 6.46.1

Elvis Server version: 6.46.1.657

InDesign client version 3.7.6.809

Release date: 7 April 2020

New features

Changes

Fixed issues

Known issues

Installation

Downloads

Documentation

New features

The following features have been added in this release of Elvis:

• File formats: Support for .srt files. Support has been added for files in the SubRip subtitle file format .srt. For more information, see Supported file types in Elvis 6.

• REST API: 'containerIds' parameter added to Authkey. A 'containerIds' parameter has been added to the /services/createAuthKey and /services/updateAuthKey API. This optional parameter lists the container IDs which content is available for preview or download though a Shared Link. When the content of the container is updated, the content of the Shared Link is updated as well.

For more information about these APIs, see:

• Elvis 6 REST API - createAuthKey
• Elvis 6 REST API - updateAuthKey

Changes

No changes have been made in this release of Elvis.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Elvis:

LVS-12108 Pro client: The auto-Organize behavior is not working for the root and /Users folder.

LVS-13528 Server: Add reference to log file when Elvis Server (JAVA) is completely shutdown.

LVS-13535 Pro client: After rotating an image, the relevant metadata fields are not updated.

LVS-14663 Pro client/previewing: Text entered in a metadata field on the preview screen is difficult to read.

LVS-14666 Server: Reduce the number of EOF warnings in the log when uploads are canceled.

LVS-14706 Pro client: The Back button for a Collection is not working when the Collection is opened from the search results panel.

LVS-14819 Pro client/processing: Updating metadata for large images takes a long time.

LVS-14832 Processing: Add processing capabilities for subtitle files with srt extension.

LVS-14838 Server: Remove legacy sceExport code.

Known issues

The following known issues exists in this release of Elvis:

• PDF previews not working on Chrome. Due to an update of Google Chrome, PDF previews may not load properly anymore. This affects the following file types:
• PDF
• DOC
• DOCX
• XLS
• XLSX

• Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from the Pro client, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

• Copying components from archived Digital articles does not work with specific Web browsers. Copying an article component from an archived Digital article using Content Station only works when using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, it does not work with Apple Safari or Microsoft Edge.

Installing, upgrading and migrating

• Clean installation: For information about installing Elvis 6 Server on a system on which Elvis 6 Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 6 Server.
• Upgrading an existing installation. For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis 6 Server, see Upgrading Elvis 6.
• Upgrade from Elvis 5: For information about upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6, see Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6.
• Migration from Elvis 4: For information about migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6, see Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6.

Downloads

The download files for this release of Elvis can be found in the Release announcement.

Documentation

The following changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Elvis:

• Supported file types in Elvis 6 - updated
• Elvis 6 REST API - createAuthKey - updated
• Elvis 6 REST API - updateAuthKey - updated

Elvis Server 6.45.1

Elvis Server version: 6.45.1.653

InDesign client version 3.7.5.802

Release date: 17 March 2020

New features

Changes

Fixed issues

Known issues

Installation

Downloads

Documentation

New features

The following features have been added in this release of Elvis:

• RedHat Linux and CentOS. Support has been added for RedHat Linux 8 and CentOS 8.

• Pro client: Creating a metadata report. A Metadata report of one or more selected files can now be created containing an overview of metadata fields and their values. The report is created by right-clicking a selected file in the Pro client and choosing Download metadata report. After choosing the fields that should be included and creating the report (one for each selected file), the report is downloaded in .csv format.

Figure: Choosing the metadata fields to include in the report is done via the Metadata report dialog.

For more information, see Creating a Metadata report in Elvis 6.

• REST API: Creating a metadata report. A Metadata report of one or more files can now be created containing an overview of metadata fields and their values. The file can be created in json or csv format.

Example: Here, a report is generated in json format for a single asset, containing the values of 2 metadata fields:

Result: a downloaded report in json format with the following content:

{"assetCreated":{"value":1582726693230,"formatted":"2020-02-26 14:18:13 +0000"},"assetPath":"/A/IMG_6124 (1).HEIC","tags":[]}

For more information, see Elvis 6 REST API - Metadata report.

Changes

No changes have been made in this release of Elvis.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Elvis:

LVS-12444 Pro client/searching: Clearing Search box using backspace does not clear search results.

LVS-13865 Pro client: Sorting is not remembered between sessions.

LVS-14065 Pro client/previewing: Blank page shown when previewing a file from the Used in Enterprise panel.

LVS-14594 Pro client: Pinned Dossiers do not properly display the most recent Dossiers.

LVS-14691 Add support for CentOS 8.

LVS-14725 Pro client: Control bar not visible when viewing a video in full screen mode.

LVS-14729 Pro client: PDF is not properly re-sized when opening it in a new Web browser tab.

LVS-14736 Server/processing: heic image format generates incorrect thumbnail and preview for portrait orientation.

LVS-14754 Management Console: Webhook can be created while no event type is selected.

LVS-14789 Pro client: unsafe use of 'target "_blank' option.

LVS-14805 Server: Remove unused portalMetadataFields property.

LVS-14808 Pro client/Brand portal/localization: make sure 'bundle' name input is an expected value.

LVS-14813 Elvis Agent is randomly disconnecting.

Known issues

The following known issues exists in this release of Elvis:

• PDF previews not working on Chrome. Due to an update of Google Chrome, PDF previews may not load properly anymore. This affects the following file types:
• PDF
• DOC
• DOCX
• XLS
• XLSX

• Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from the Pro client, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

• Copying components from archived Digital articles does not work with specific Web browsers. Copying an article component from an archived Digital article using Content Station only works when using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, it does not work with Apple Safari or Microsoft Edge.

Installing, upgrading and migrating

• Clean installation: For information about installing Elvis 6 Server on a system on which Elvis 6 Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 6 Server.
• Upgrading an existing installation. For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis 6 Server, see Upgrading Elvis 6.
• Upgrade from Elvis 5: For information about upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6, see Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6.
• Migration from Elvis 4: For information about migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6, see Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6.

Downloads

The download files for this release of Elvis can be found in the Release announcement.

Documentation

The following changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Elvis:

• Creating a Metadata report in Elvis 6 - new
• Elvis 6 REST API - Metadata report - new
• Compatibility of Linux with WoodWing applications - updated
• Compatibility of Elvis 6 - updated

Elvis Server 6.44.1

Elvis Server version: 6.44.1.650

InDesign client version 3.7.5.802

Release date: 27 February 2020

New features

Changes

Fixed issues

Known issues

Installation

Downloads

Documentation

New features

The following features have been added in this release of Elvis:

Elvis Agent notarized for MacOS 10.15

Elvis Agent has been notarized for MacOS 10.15 and can now be run on this operating system.

Elvis for InDesign: silent installer

The Windows version of the Elvis InDesign client installer can now be run silently via a command prompt. This method is aimed at system administrators who want to remotely control software installations.

The command consists of the following format:

msiexec.exe /i "<path to installer>" /QN ADDLOCAL=<name of plug-in to install> <application ID>_PATH="<path to application>"

Example: Here, the Elvis plug-in is installed for InDesign 2020: msiexec.exe /i "C:\Elvis InDesign.msi" /QN ADDLOCAL=InDesign2020 ID2020_PATH="C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe InDesign 2020"

Note: Installations for multiple applications can be run simultaneously. Here, the plug-in is installed in InDesign 2020 and InDesign CC 2019: msiexec.exe /i "C:\Elvis InDesign.msi" /QN ADDLOCAL=InDesign2020,InDesignCC2019 ID2020_PATH="C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe InDesign 2020" ID2019_PATH="C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CC 2019"

For more information, see Using Elvis 6 with Adobe InDesign – Installing or uninstalling the InDesign plug-in.

APIs: Triggering Webhooks for specific assets only

Using Webhooks is a powerful way of automating processes. However, a Webhook for an asset event (such as check-in, check-out, create, and so on), is triggered whenever any of the files in the system is changed. This can lead to the system being flooded with a stream of messages which in turn can result in performance issues and can add complexity to integrations.

For asset events it is therefore now possible to specify for which assets the Webhook should be triggered.

This is done by including one of the following:

• A list of metadata fields of which at least one should have changed before the Webhook is triggered for an asset.
• A list of folders and a query. The Webhook is triggered for assets that are located in the specified paths and which meet the criteria of the query.

For more information, see:

• Overview of a Webhook and its payloads and events in Elvis 6
• Elvis 6 API - Managing Webhooks

Changes

The following changes have been made in this release of Elvis:

• Brand portal: Filter re-positioned and updated. To make the Filter more prominent, it has been moved from the top to the left side of the page. The working of the Filter has also been updated to match it with that of the Filter in the Pro client.

• Elvis for InDesign: Adobe support. The following changes have been made:
• Support for InDesign CC 2014 and InDesign CC 2015 has been dropped.
• Support for the 32bit version of InDesign CC 2017 and InDesign CC 2018 has been dropped.

• Shared links: changes to e-mail text. When a Pro client user creates a Shared Link with the option to notify a user by e-mail, that user is sent an e-mail when an approval is made (a file is approved or rejected) or when a file is uploaded.

The text for this e-mail has been changed:

• For e-mails that are sent when an approval is made: the text now indicates that the approval is in progress instead of completed. The body text has also been improved.

• For e-mails that are sent when a file is uploaded: general improvements have been made.

For more information, see:

• Managing languages in Elvis 6
• Changing the look and feel of the Pro client in Elvis 6

• Licenses: The Servers overview on the Licenses page in the Management Console now shows the total number of licenses that can still be activated for a product.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Elvis:

LVS-11535 Pro client/moving: Show different message when moving or removing a folder containing checked-out assets.

LVS-12500 Pro client: Multiple check-ins are performed when double-clicking icon or quickly pressing keyboard shortcuts.

LVS-12649 Pro client/previewing: Web browser becomes unresponsive when viewing a video in fullscreen mode and pressing the space bar.

LVS-12676 Pro client/Collections: Pinned Collection is not removed from Pinned Collection panel after deleting the folder in which the Collection is stored.

LVS-12834 Management Console/licenses: incorrect notification shown when trying to activate a license when no more licenses are available to activate.

LVS-12953 Elvis Agent: unable to connect when the Pro client is run in Apple Safari.

LVS-13145 Pro client/moving: Incorrect notification shown when performing a Move action without sufficient permissions.

LVS-13253 Pro client: Incorrect image is updated when changes are made through the context menu in the 'Used in Enterprise' panel.

LVS-13667 Pro client: Make days of selected month stand out more in Date picker.

LVS-13888 Pro client/Search Presets: Incorrect URL shown when Search Preset is active and subsequently logging in as a user without access to that preset.

LVS-13959 Brand portal/previewing: Preview window is not closed when pressing the Back button of the Web browser.

LVS-14035 Server/previewing: Thumbnails and previews are not generated for .jpg files containing an incorrect ColorSpace entry.

LVS-14065 Pro client/previewing: Empty page shown when opening an image from the 'Used in Enterprise' panel.

LVS-14210 Elvis Agent: notarize it for MacOS 10.15 Catalina.

LVS-14349 Pro client/previewing: Fit-to-Screen view does not work for PDF files.

LVS-14655 Pro client/Search Presets: Search Preset based on a folder is not working as expected.

LVS-14674 Pro client: header not shown correctly after opening the Brand portal in new Browser tab.

LVS-14690 Upgrading: Filestore scan fails when unexpected files or folder names are stored on disk.

LVS-14703 Server/processing: When Illustrator files contain multiple pages, the last page is used for creating the thumbnail and preview.

Known issues

The following known issues exists in this release of Elvis:

• PDF previews not working on Chrome. Due to an update of Google Chrome, PDF previews may not load properly anymore. This affects the following file types:
• PDF
• DOC
• DOCX
• XLS
• XLSX

• Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from the Pro client, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

• Copying components from archived Digital articles does not work with specific Web browsers. Copying an article component from an archived Digital article using Content Station only works when using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, it does not work with Apple Safari or Microsoft Edge.

Installing, upgrading and migrating

• Clean installation: For information about installing Elvis 6 Server on a system on which Elvis 6 Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 6 Server.
• Upgrading an existing installation. For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis 6 Server, see Upgrading Elvis 6.
• Upgrade from Elvis 5: For information about upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6, see Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6.
• Migration from Elvis 4: For information about migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6, see Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6.

Downloads

The download files for this release of Elvis can be found in the Release announcement.

Documentation

The following changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Elvis:

• Using Elvis 6 with Adobe InDesign – Installing or uninstalling the InDesign plug-in - updated
• Overview of a Webhook and its payloads and events in Elvis 6 - updated
• Elvis 6 API - Managing Webhooks - updated
• Compatibility of Elvis 6 - updated
• Using the Brand portal of Elvis 6 - updated
• Searching for files using the Brand portal of Elvis 6 - updated
• Managing languages in Elvis 6 - updated
• Changing the look and feel of the Pro client in Elvis 6 - updated

Elvis Server 6.43.1

Elvis Server version: 6.43.1.636

InDesign client version 3.7.3.793

Release date: 4 February 2020

New features

Changes

Fixed issues

Known issues

Installation

Downloads

Documentation

New features

The following features have been added in this release of Elvis:

• File formats. Support for HEIC, HEIF, WebM, and WebP file formats has been added.

Note: This is only supported for Elvis Server on Linux.

The HEIC (High Efficiency Image Coding) file format and the HEIF (High Efficiency Image File Format) file format is used for storing individual images and image sequences. Compared to images stored in JPEG format, images in the HEIC/HEIF format result in files with a much smaller size and a higher quality.

WebM is a file format developed by Google as a replacement for viewing files in JPEG, PNG, and GIF format in a Web browser.

WebP is a file formed developed by Google for viewing videos and GIF files in a Web browser.

Changes

The following changes have been made in this release of Elvis:

• Pro client History panel: Files that are shown in the History panel now also show the time when the version was created.

• CentOS 6: Support for CentOS6 has been set as deprecated. Note also that CentOS 6 will reach its end of life status by November 2020.

• Dialog plug-ins: padding set to zero. In Elvis version 6.42 or older, dialog plug-ins contain a padding of 30 pixels (top and bottom) by 20 pixels (left and right side). Because certain designs require a different padding or no padding at all, the default padding has been removed (no padding).

body {
    padding: 30px 20px;
}

• Enterprise integration. The createName field has been changed to a multi-value field. As a result of this, the plug-in configuration in Enterprise Server may need to be adjusted. Find the configuration for 'creatorName' and set the second parameter from 'false' to 'true' to handle it correctly. See 'Standard metadata fields' in Configuring the mapping of metadata fields between Enterprise 10 and Elvis 6.

• Indexing. As part of the upgrade process, a re-index of the asset index is performed. It might take some time for this process to complete.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Elvis:

LVS-12315 Pro client/plug-ins: The Plug-in menu appears for a user for whom the 'Action plug-ins' capability is not enabled.

LVS-12429 Pro client: Make Elvis Agent only available when the 'Checkout' capability is enabled.

LVS-13216 Searching using 'NOW' in dates is not working as expected.

LVS-13891 Pro client/file check-out: When uploading a file and modifying its metadata, it is not automatically opened on check-out.

LVS-14238 Pro client/metadata: Values in editable date and time fields are not fully displayed.

LVS-14407 Pro client/folder browser: Navigation arrows in the Folder browser are not working correctly.

LVS-14549 Pro client/searching: Entered search term re-appears after performing and canceling an empty search.

LVS-14622 Linux/processing: Add support for HEIC/HEIF format.

LVS-14623 Linux/processing: Add support for WebM/WebP file formats.

LVS-14625 Pro client/filtering: After changing the language, Filter options still show text in the previously active language.

LVS-14632 Pro client/uploading: .xmp files are appended with an additional .rdf extension.

LVS-14641 Server: reinvestigate making the Creator and SubjectPerson fields multi-value fields.

LVS-14642 Pro client/Versioning: Add timestamp to files in History panel.

LVS-14649 Pro client/file check-out:Adding a local file to the check-out folder also adds a thumbs.db file.

LVS-14660 Pro client/sharing: 'Today' cannot be set as the expiry date.

LVS-14662 Pro client/previewing: Previewing a Digital article fails when 'locale' is not in local storage.

LVS-14668 Pro client/uploading: Not all metadata is set correctly when required metadata fields exist.

LVS-14675 Plug-ins: Initially selected asset is not detected by `elvisContext.activeTab.originalAssetSelection'.

Known issues

The following known issues exists in this release of Elvis:

• PDF previews not working on Chrome. Due to an update of Google Chrome, PDF previews may not load properly anymore. This affects the following file types:
• PDF
• DOC
• DOCX
• XLS
• XLSX

• Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from the Pro client, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

• Copying components from archived Digital articles does not work with specific Web browsers. Copying an article component from an archived Digital article using Content Station only works when using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, it does not work with Apple Safari or Microsoft Edge.

Installing, upgrading and migrating

• Clean installation: For information about installing Elvis 6 Server on a system on which Elvis 6 Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 6 Server.
• Upgrading an existing installation. For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis 6 Server, see Upgrading Elvis 6.
• Upgrade from Elvis 5: For information about upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6, see Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6.
• Migration from Elvis 4: For information about migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6, see Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6.

Downloads

The download files for this release of Elvis can be found in the Release announcement.

Documentation

The following changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Elvis:

• Supported file types in Elvis 6 - updated
• Compatibility of Elvis 6 - updated
• Compatibility of Linux with WoodWing applications - updated
• Upgrading Elvis 6 - updated
• Upgrading Elvis 6 - updated

Elvis Server 6.42.1

Elvis Server version: 6.42.1.633

InDesign client version 3.7.3.793

Release date: 15 January 2020

New features

Changes

Fixed issues

Known issues

Installation

Downloads

Documentation

New features

No features have been added in this release of Elvis.

Changes

The following changes have been made in this release of Elvis:

• API: change to Webhooks. In previous versions, creating an asset through the API would generate two events: one for the Create event and one for updating the fileSize and contentETag properties. However, this also triggered Webhooks that are listening to Asset_update_metadata events. In Elvis 6.42, Webhooks that are listening to the Asset_update_metadata event will no longer be triggered when an asset is created, unless they are also triggered by an Asset_create event.

Note: It is possible to receive Asset_update_metadata events before the Asset_create event when a user uploads a file through the Pro client and alters metadata of the asset before the file upload is complete, or when not all required metadata fields were filled in. Such assets have the importPending metadata field set to 'true'.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Elvis:

LVS-14107 Pro client/sharing: A Shared Link with an expiry date in the past can be created.

LVS-14125 Pro client/moving: When moving a sub folder into a folder in which a folder with that name already exists and subsequently canceling the process, the parent folder of the moved folder inherits all sub folders of the target folder.

LVS-14176 Pro client/linking: 'Link' command not showing in Action menu for multiple selected assets.

LVS-14285 Pro client/previewing: Page navigation buttons appear when previewing an Adobe Illustrator file.

LVS-14349 Pro client/previewing: 'Fit to Screen' preview option not working correctly for PDF files.

LVS-14446 Management Console: When creating a Rule, the 'Select' button is enabled in the 'Select folder' when no folder is selected yet.

LVS-14504 Pro client/renaming: Incorrect error message shown when renaming a folder without sufficient access rights.

LVS-14507 API: OPTIONS call incorrectly returns status 200 in certain cases.

LVS-14527 Pro client: Tooltip with full date does not appear for date fields in Metadata panel of the Preview page.

LVS-14540 Pro client: Option to clear metadata value does not appear in Metadata panel when multiple assets are selected.

LVS-14545 Pro client/Collections: Collection icon in Folder browser changes to a folder icon when a nested or child Collection is selected.

LVS-14546 Pro client: When dragging a file over a folder in the Folder browser, folder does not stay selected.

LVS-14550 Management Console: Searching for metadata permissions not working as expected.

LVS-14551 Pro client: Search result pane is set to List view when previewing a file, followed by opening and closing the Share page.

LVS-14555 Pro client: Error shown when dragging a file onto the icon of the Pinned Collections panel.

LVS-14556 API: Updating an authkey should not require setting the importFolderPath.

LVS-14560 Pro client/moving: 'Moving Folder in Progress' notification is shown when moving a folder to a folder for which user does not have Move rights.

LVS-14572 Pro client/uploading: When uploading a file, 'Parent container folder path' field in Metadata panel shows incorrect path.

LVS-14581 Pro client/searching: Tags in Filter not correctly sorted in alphabetical order.

LVS-14589 Action plug-ins: elvisContext function 'openBrowse' requires 'includeSubFolders' to be set.

LVS-14595 Pro client: Metadata fields 'Thumbnail state' and 'Preview state' should not be editable.

LVS-14599 Brand portal: When removing files from a Basket, the files do not appear in search results anymore.

LVS-14610 Pro client/searching: Incorrect Italian translations for 'Last month', 'Last year', 'This week', and 'Within last' options in 'Imported in Elvis' section in Filter.

LVS-14647 Pro client: Search results panel jumps back to the beginning after dragging files to a Collection.

LVS-14650 Server/storing files: After moving an asset to a multi-tier storage, it is not cleaned up on the default storage engine location.

LVSID-632 InDesign client/Elvis Server with SSO: Unable to check in or check out a layout out because of an expired JWT token.

LVSID-636 InDesign client: The ElvisInDesign.app does not respond on macOS 10.14 and 10.15.

Known issues

The following known issues exists in this release of Elvis:

• PDF previews not working on Chrome. Due to an update of Google Chrome, PDF previews may not load properly anymore. This affects the following file types:
• PDF
• DOC
• DOCX
• XLS
• XLSX

• Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from the Pro client, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

• Copying components from archived Digital articles does not work with specific Web browsers. Copying an article component from an archived Digital article using Content Station only works when using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, it does not work with Apple Safari or Microsoft Edge.

Installing, upgrading and migrating

• Clean installation: For information about installing Elvis 6 Server on a system on which Elvis 6 Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 6 Server.
• Upgrading an existing installation. For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis 6 Server, see Upgrading Elvis 6.
• Upgrade from Elvis 5: For information about upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6, see Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6.
• Migration from Elvis 4: For information about migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6, see Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6.

Downloads

The download files for this release of Elvis can be found in the Release announcement.

Documentation

No changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Elvis.

Elvis Server 6.41.2 Quick Patch

Elvis Server version: 6.41.2.613

Release date: 19 December 2019

Fixed issues

The following issue has been fixed in this release of Elvis:

LVS-14602 Moving assets removed metadata in specific cases where only part of metadata was cached.

Elvis Server 6.41.1

Elvis Server version: 6.41.1.611

InDesign client version 3.7.1.780

Release date: 17 December 2019

New features

Changes

Fixed issues

Known issues

Installation

Downloads

Documentation

New features

The following feature has been added in this release of Elvis:

• Pro client: Downloading Collections from the Folder browser. It was already possible to download the content of a Collection from the search results or a Pinned Collection, but now this is also possible from a Collection in the Folder browser. For more information, see Working with Collections in the Pro client of Elvis 6.

Changes

The following changes have been made in this release of Elvis:

• Pro client: Improvements to search result suggestions. When entering a term in the Search box, a list of suggested results appears. The following improvements have been made to this list:
• The total number of suggestions that is immediately visible has been reduced from 10 to 5; any remaining results can be viewed by scrolling down.
• Suggestions that are located in the current branch are now shown at the top of the list.
• Various small UI improvements, mainly done to save space.

• Pro client: Metadata panel improvements. To improve working with the Metadata panel, the following changes have been made:
• The indicator showing that one or more fields require input now stays visible when scrolling.
• When hovering the mouse pointer over a field, the field type is now shown. This should make it clearer what type of data should be entered in that field.
• When using the Tab key to navigate through fields, non-editable fields are ignored.
• Fields in which the date or time should be entered now show place holder text for the expected format.
• Various small UI improvements and corrections.

• Pro client: Previewing high-resolution files. When previewing a high-resolution file and zooming in on it, a loading indicator is now shown to indicate that the high-resolution version is being loaded.

• Pro client: Copying and moving files: To improve the process of moving and (to a lesser extent) copying files, code changes (refactoring) around Move and Copy operations have been made. A small chance exists that external API usages may have been overlooked. When upgrading an existing Elvis installation therefore, make sure to verify that any integrations and plug-ins are working as intended. Note also that upcoming versions will contain similar refactoring actions in various operations.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Elvis:

LVS-12739 Premiere project files are compressed during upload.

LVS-12765 When logging (INFO) downloads with Elvis server, the reported times and speeds use an incorrect scale.

LVS-13124 Tags added to Word and Excel files disappear after performing a check-out and check-in action.

LVS-13539 Incorrect date shown in 'File creation' and 'File modified' fields.

LVS-13772 Pro client: Incorrect sorting order when Home icon is clicked or choosing a predefined search.

LVS-14158 Standard user is able to create a Request Upload using keyboard shortcut.

LVS-14283 Pro client: 'Abort All' on Checked-out page should not be enabled when no assets are available.

LVS-14295 Downloading multiple previews adds metadata to file name.

LVS-14477 E-mails about low disk space are sent out too frequently.

LVS-14486 Pro client/Folder browser: Incorrect alphabetic order for folders with accented characters.

LVS-14488 PartialResultException error when searching for an LDAP user.

LVS-14505 Check-in Webhook returns no metadata.

LVS-14524 Assets do not appear in the Shared Link.

LVS-14531 Admin URL does not redirect to Management Console and entering an invalid URL does not show the Error page.

LVS-14547 Management Console: Incorrect metadata query appears when creating a Search Preset.

LVS-14548 Pro client: After uploading a file to a sub-Collection, Folder Browser navigates to parent folder.

LVS-14554 Pro client: Banner and Console error shown when clicking 'Full history' in History panel for a Collection.

LVS-14562 Pro client: Various fields in Metadata panel are not working as expected.

LVS-14565 Pro client: Display issue with showing tooltips of toolbar buttons in Folder browser.

LVS-14573 Pro client: (Mozilla Firefox) When opening preview in a new browser tab, no preview is shown.

LVS-14579 Pro client: When trying to enter data in Metadata panel, keyboard shortcut action is executed instead.

LVS-14580 Pro client: New folder cannot be created when capitalization differences exist with the name of an existing folder.

Known issues

The following known issues exists in this release of Elvis:

• PDF previews not working on Chrome. Due to a recent update of Google Chrome, PDF previews may not load properly anymore. This affects the following file types:
• PDF
• DOC
• DOCX
• XLS
• XLSX

• Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from the Pro client, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

• Copying components from archived Digital articles does not work with specific Web browsers. Copying an article component from an archived Digital article using Content Station only works when using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, it does not work with Apple Safari or Microsoft Edge.

Installing, upgrading and migrating

• Clean installation: For information about installing Elvis 6 Server on a system on which Elvis 6 Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 6 Server.
• Upgrading an existing installation. For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis 6 Server, see Upgrading Elvis 6.
• Upgrade from Elvis 5: For information about upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6, see Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6.
• Migration from Elvis 4: For information about migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6, see Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6.

Downloads

The download files for this release of Elvis can be found in the Release announcement.

Documentation

The following changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Elvis:

• Working with Collections in the Pro client of Elvis 6 - updated

Elvis Server 6.40.1

Elvis Server version: 6.40.1.600

InDesign client version 3.7.1.780

Release date: 28 November 2019

New features

Changes

Fixed issues

Known issues

Installation

Downloads

Documentation

New features

The following features have been added in this release of Elvis:

• Support for Single Sign-on (SSO) using Amazon Cognito. Single sign-on is a process in which users log in once to an authentication provider that manages their user credentials.

Once logged in to that authentication provider, each subsequent log-in to an application that is connected to that provider is automatically handled by that system. This drastically reduces the number of times users have to manually log in on a daily basis.

Implementing single sign-on in Elvis can be beneficial for users who access Elvis through various applications: Elvis Pro, the Brand portal, and Elvis for InDesign.

Single Sign-on using Amazon Cognito as the authentication provider can now be implemented and is supported for the following versions:

• Elvis 6.40 (Server, Pro client, and Brand portal)
• InDesign client version 3.7.1

For more information, see:

• Implementing single sign-on in Elvis 6 using Amazon Cognito
• Implementing single sign-on in Elvis 6 using Amazon Cognito with an external SAML identity provider

• Pro client: Copying components from archived Digital articles. When a Content Station user is working on a Digital article, it is possible that the content that needs to be added already exists in a Digital article that is archived in Elvis. It is now also possible to copy this content by copying article components from Digital articles archived in Elvis and pasting them in a Digital article in Content Station.

Note: This requires Content Station 11.52 or higher as well as Enterprise Server 10.8.0 or higher; both are scheduled to be released later in November.

For more information, see Working with the components of a Digital article in Content Station Aurora.

• Pro client and Brand portal: Setting a custom suffix for downloaded files. When downloading a file by using a Download Preset, a suffix is added to the file name. In previous versions this suffix defaulted to '_preview' and could not be changed. From Elvis 6.40 onwards, this suffix can now be customized via Management Console > Server configuration > Cluster properties > defaultPreviewSuffix.

• Elvis InDesign client: Support for Adobe InDesign 2020 has been added.

Changes

The following changes have been made in this release of Elvis:

• Okta configuration. Some of the options for configuring Single Sign-On (SSO) using Okta have been renamed. When upgrading from Elvis 6.36 – 6.39, these name changes also need to be performed manually in the version that is upgraded from, else their values will be lost during the upgrade. For more information, see Upgrading Elvis 6.

• Elvis InDesign client: change in relinking files method. When files on the layout need to be relinked to files in Elvis, a search is now first done based on the XMP Instance ID. If nothing is found, a search is done based on file name. In previous versions, the search was done on file name only. The option 'Relink Files Based on Their File Name Only' has therefore been renamed to 'Relink Files Based on Instance ID and File Name, else on Instance ID Only, else on File Name Only'. For more information, see Using Elvis 6 with Adobe InDesign – Opening layouts.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Elvis:

LVS-12686 Renaming a Collection results in an incorrect storage update.

LVS-13291 Pro client/downloading: Allow setting a custom suffix for downloaded files.

LVS-14267 Storage/S3: Retry downloading of files when S3 reports an error '404 Not Found'.

LVS-14351 Pro client/performance: Pro client freezes when adding a large number of assets to a Collection.

LVS-14373 Enterprise/archiving: Values for 'sce' fields are emptied when Enterprise layout is moved to the Trash Can.

LVS-14434 Pro client/downloading: Download button is enabled in the Custom Download dialog when no format is selected yet.

LVS-14445 Pro client/Collections: When removing an asset from the context menu of a parent Collection, allow it to be removed from nested Collections.

LVS-14456 Management Console/Rules: Metadata test query only shows the first 1000 results.

LVS-14464 Pro client/previewing: When previewing multiple files, navigation buttons are incorrectly shown.

LVS-14469 Server/starting up: ecs.key.prod config property is shown in the Elvis startup log.

LVS-14472 Pro client/CSS: Thumbnails in search results are not correctly shown.

LVS-14484 Pro client/CSS: Plug-ins menu closes when moving the mouse pointer.

LVS-14487 Pro client/Download presets: sub-menu closes when moving the mouse pointer.

LVS-14493 Management console/SSO: No error shown when entering an invalid value.

LVS-14494 Management Console/SSO: Save button is not working.

LVS-14496 Sharing/E-mail No e-mail is received when uploading. approving, or rejecting assets.

LVS-14515 Management Console/SSO: Page is not correctly shown when viewed n Safari.

LVS-14516 Management Console/SSO Incorrect buttons are shown when selections are made on the page.

Known issues

The following known issues exists in this release of Elvis:

• PDF previews not working on Chrome. Due to a recent update of Google Chrome, PDF previews may not load properly anymore. This affects the following file types:
• PDF
• DOC
• DOCX
• XLS
• XLSX

• Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from the Pro client, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

• Copying components from archived Digital articles does not work with specific Web browsers. Copying an article component from an archived Digital article using Content Station only works when using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, it does not work with Apple Safari or Microsoft Edge.

Installing, upgrading and migrating

• Clean installation: For information about installing Elvis 6 Server on a system on which Elvis 6 Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 6 Server.
• Upgrading an existing installation. For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis 6 Server, see Upgrading Elvis 6.
• Upgrade from Elvis 5: For information about upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6, see Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6.
• Migration from Elvis 4: For information about migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6, see Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6.

Downloads

The download files for this release of Elvis can be found in the Release announcement.

Documentation

The following changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Elvis:

• Compatibility of the Elvis InDesign client with Elvis Server - updated
• Compatibility of the Elvis InDesign client with Adobe InDesign - updated
• Upgrading Elvis 6 - updated
• Compatibility of Elvis with Content Station - updated
• Using Elvis 6 with Adobe InDesign – Opening layouts - updated
• Setting a custom suffix for downloaded files in Elvis 6 - new
• Implementing single sign-on in Elvis 6 using Amazon Cognito - new
• Implementing single sign-on in Elvis 6 using Amazon Cognito with an external SAML identity provider - new

Elvis Server 6.39.1

Elvis Server version: 6.39.1.581

InDesign client version 3.6.2.759

Release date: 31 October 2019

New features

Changes

Fixed issues

Known issues

Installation

Downloads

Documentation

New features

No features have been added in this release of Elvis.

Changes

The following changes have been made in this release of Elvis:

• Pro client Folder browser. To make it more distinct from the menu bar of the search results pane, the following changes have been made to the menu bar of the Folder browser:

• The labeled buttons for creating a new folder or Collection have been replaced by buttons with an icon.

• The options for including subfolders and Collections have been grouped together in an Action menu.

• Folder actions that are less often used are now accessed through a context menu for that folder.

• The toolbar buttons have been positioned between the Folder browser icon and the Search box.

Compare it with the way it looked in previous versions:

• Pro client Filter: When filtering search results based on tags, 8 tags are initially shown. When more exist, the list can be expanded by clicking 'Show all'. This full list is sorted alphabetically. In previous versions, the 8 tags of the short list were the first 8 tags of the full list. This has been changed so that the short list now shows the 8 most popular tags (those for which the highest number of files exist).

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Elvis:

LVS-12391 Pro client/signing in: Sign In button grayed-out when log-in details are auto-completed.

LVS-13863 Pro client/selecting: When more than 1000 assets are present, select the first 1000 instead of showing an error message.

LVS-14129 Server/processing: Configuration option 'autoGeneratePDFPreviewsPageNumber' is ignored by 'Regenerate thumbnail' or 'Asset processing tool' options.

LVS-14130 Pro client/uploading: When pasting a copied URL of a Collection in a new Web browser window and adding assets, assets are not added to the Collection.

LVS-14207 Pro client/Dossiers: Pinned Dossier panel does not remember that connection to Enterprise Server has been made.

LVS-14296 Pro client: Upgrade Angular to 1.7.8.

LVS-14337 Pro client/checking-in: When checking-in a file, the folder of the checked-out file is not selected by default in the 'Save as new' dialog.

LVS-14361 Pro client/metadata: Translation key shown as the label for the Color Space field when color space contains an unknown value.

LVS-14363 Pro client/previewing: Animation of next/previous buttons prevents quickly clicking through previews.

LVS-14365 Configuration/AWS: Incomplete support in Elasticsearch for additional AWS regions.

LVS-14374 Server/moving: Improve handling of exceptions during a move operation to prevent creation of duplicate Elvis IDs.

LVS-14396 Server/indexing: Prevent Stats index to be created with revision r-1.

LVS-14435 server/checking-out: Prevent InDesign Book files to be checked-out as InDesign documents.

Known issues

The following known issues exists in this release of Elvis:

• Pro client issues after upgrading. After upgrading from Elvis 6.38 to 6.39, the UI of the Pro client might appear broken in places (such as thumbnails not showing correctly in the search results panel). This can be resolved by doing one of the following:
• Emptying the cache of the Web browser.
• Running Elvis Pro in Incognito mode of the Web browser.

The technical reason for this issue has been found and it is planned to be fixed in the next release of Elvis.

• PDF previews not working on Chrome. Due to a recent update of Google Chrome, PDF previews may not load properly anymore. This affects the following file types:
• PDF
• DOC
• DOCX
• XLS
• XLSX

• Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from the Pro client, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

Installing, upgrading and migrating

• Clean installation: For information about installing Elvis 6 Server on a system on which Elvis 6 Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 6 Server.
• Upgrading an existing installation. For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis 6 Server, see Upgrading Elvis 6.
• Upgrade from Elvis 5: For information about upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6, see Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6.
• Migration from Elvis 4: For information about migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6, see Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6.

Downloads

The download files for this release of Elvis can be found in the Release announcement.

Documentation

The following changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Elvis:

• Downloading files and folders in Elvis 6 - updated
• Searching for files using the Pro client of Elvis 6 - updated
• Working with Collections in the Pro client of Elvis 6 - updated

Elvis Server 6.38.1

Elvis Server version: 6.38.1.565

InDesign client version 3.6.2.759

Release date: 8 October 2019

New features

Changes

Fixed issues

Known issues

Installation

Downloads

Documentation

New features

No features have been added in this release of Elvis.

Changes

No changes have been made in this release of Elvis.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Elvis:

LVS-14006 Brand portal: Preview of first asset is shown when pressing the spacebar with no assets selected.

LVS-14018 Elvis Agent/checking-out: Download error when checking out a file containing ampersands in the file name.

LVS-14090 Pro client/filter: Leading zeros removed from filter field when performing a search.

LVS-14093 Pro client/linked files: Expanding the content of a Collection in a Collection shows no results.

LVS-14150 Pro client: Image rotation options are not working when asset is opened in a new tab.

LVS-14160 Pro client/toolbar: Rating menu in the toolbar can sometimes not be accessed.

LVS-14190 Pro client/localization: 'Auto finish' text in Upload screen not displayed correctly for Spanish.

LVS-14191 Pro client/localization: Action plug-ins menu icon overlaps with label for Spanish.

LVS-14237 Pro client/previewing: PDF preview 'Fit to screen' not working correctly.

LVS-14263 Elvis Agent: Checkouts folder location is reset after connecting to a different server.

LVS-14266 Pro client/navigation: Current folder not selected by default in 'Save as new' dialog.

LVS-14275 Pro client/metadata: Numeric metadata values cannot be cleared.

LVS-14325 Pro client/searching: Applying a filter to a Collection incorrectly also shows assets that are not part of the Collection.

LVS-14329 Server/history: Elvis metadata changes are not added to versioning history when using Asset Processing tool with Re-extract end re-embed metadata options enabled.

LVS-14334 Server/checking-in: Unable to replace a PDF with an Adobe Illustrator or an EPS file.

LVS-14355 Processing: PSD preview shows raw artifacts on alpha layers.

LVS-14358 Management console/user groups: Metadata filter for Rules only allows search terms in lower case.

Known issues

The following known issues exists in this release of Elvis:

• PDF previews not working on Chrome. Due to a recent update of Google Chrome, PDF previews may not load properly anymore. This affects the following file types:
• PDF
• DOC
• DOCX
• XLS
• XLSX

• Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from the Pro client, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

Installing, upgrading and migrating

• Clean installation: For information about installing Elvis 6 Server on a system on which Elvis 6 Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 6 Server.
• Upgrading an existing installation. For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis 6 Server, see Upgrading Elvis 6.
• Upgrade from Elvis 5: For information about upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6, see Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6.
• Migration from Elvis 4: For information about migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6, see Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6.

Downloads

The download files for this release of Elvis can be found in the Release announcement.

Documentation

No changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Elvis.

Elvis Server 6.37.1

Elvis Server version: 6.37.1.556

InDesign client version 3.6.2.759

Release date: 17 September 2019

New features

Changes

Fixed issues

Known issues

Installation

Downloads

Documentation

New features

No features have been added in this release of Elvis.

Changes

No changes have been made in this release of Elvis.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Elvis:

LVS-11876 Metadata/value: Video and audio duration values are presented in HH:MM:SS instead of milliseconds.

LVS-11934 Metadata/value: Incorrect resolution for JPEG files.

LVS-13589 Processing/LibreOffice: LibreOffice profile not generated on start-up.

LVS-13644 Pro client/localization: Upload button text is not centered for German language.

LVS-13646 Pro client/localization: Incorrect alignment of text in metadata menu.

LVS-13649 Pro client/localization: German translation missing on Checked-out page.

LVS-13651 Pro client/localization: German translation missing on multiple file preview screen.

LVS-14159 Pro client/thumbnail: Thumbnail not updated when replacing a file with an MP3 file.

LVS-14181 Brand portal/keyboard shortcuts: Downloading files from Basket using keyboard shortcut also includes files that were removed from Basket.

LVS-14215 Management console/UI: Check boxes misaligned in Create New Rule dialog.

LVS-14222 Management console/active users: Incorrect number of logged-in users on different nodes.

LVS-14225 Pro client/keyboard shortcuts: Keyboard shortcut for linking files is working in Checked-out Files pages, Shared Lins page, and Brand portal.

LVS-14250 Pro client/dialog: Users should be notified earlier in the process when they are not allowed to move a folder.

LVS-14254 Pro client/dialog: 'A folder cannot be moved to itself' message is incorrectly shown when navigating folders.

LVS-14256 Management console/API: Elvis REST API 3.0.0 page freezes.

LVS-14261 Previewing/AI: Keep transparency of Adobe Illustrator images for TIFF and PNG previews on Windows.

LVSID-604 InDesign Elvis plug-in sometimes fails to check-in an edited layout.

Known issues

The following known issues exist in this release of Elvis:

• PDF previews not working on Chrome. Due to a recent update of Google Chrome, PDF previews may not load properly anymore. This affects the following file types:
• PDF
• DOC
• DOCX
• XLS
• XLSX

• Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from the Pro client, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

Installing, upgrading and migrating

• Clean installation: For information about installing Elvis 6 Server on a system on which Elvis 6 Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 6 Server.
• Upgrading an existing installation. For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis 6 Server, see Upgrading Elvis 6.
• Upgrade from Elvis 5: For information about upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6, see Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6.
• Migration from Elvis 4: For information about migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6, see Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6.

Downloads

The download files for this release of Elvis can be found in the Release announcement.

Documentation

No changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Elvis.

Elvis Server 6.36.1

Elvis Server version: 6.36.1.548

InDesign client version 3.6.1.758

Release date: 27 August 2019

New features

Changes

Fixed issues

Known issues

Installation

Downloads

Documentation

New features

The following feature has been added in this release of Elvis:

• Support for Single Sign-on (SSO) using Okta. Single sign-on is a process in which users log in once to an authentication provider that manages their user credentials.

Once logged in to that authentication provider, each subsequent log-in to an application that is connected to that provider is automatically handled by that system. This drastically reduces the number of times users have to manually log in on a daily basis.

Implementing single sign-on in Elvis can be beneficial for users who access Elvis through various applications: Elvis Pro, the Brand portal, and Elvis for InDesign.

Single Sign-on using the Okta authentication provider can now be implemented and is supported for the following versions:

• Elvis 6.36 (Server, Pro client, and Brand portal)
• InDesign client version 3.6.0

For more information, see:

• Implementing single sign-on in Elvis 6 using Okta
• Compatibility of the Elvis InDesign client with Elvis Server
• Compatibility of the Elvis InDesign client with Adobe InDesign

Changes

The following change has been made in this release of Elvis:

• Pro client: uploading files. The upload of assets will be considered as finished and available to users regardless of the Finish button being clicked when:
• Asset data has been fully uploaded
• Metadata is complete (if the requiredMetadataHandling is set to strict or enforced)

• Elvis InDesign plug-in: The URL of the Elvis Server to log in to is not shown in the Log In dialog anymore. Instead, it is now stored in InDesign Preferences > Elvis and can be changed there if needed. This change was implemented as part of the new Single Sign-on (SSO) implementation.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Elvis:

LVS-11513 Processing/embeding: Skip permission checks when rolling back storage and index updates after embedding has failed.

LVS-12903 Configuration/AWS: Add support in Elasticsearch for additional AWS regions.

LVS-13174 Pro client/history: Entries missing in the asset Full History panel.

LVS-13420 Pro client: Tooltip sometimes stays visible.

LVS-13587 Management console: Wait for user to stop typing before filtering users and groups.

LVS-13948 Plug-in/Enterprise import: Change errorLevel from 'Error' to 'Warning' in save relation handling.

LVS-14104 preview/EPS: Limit maximum density for EPS sources.

LVS-14112 preview/EPS: Specific EPS file is not processing with transparency.

LVS-14140 preview/AI: Keep transparency of Adobe Illustrator images for TIFF and PNG previews.

LVS-14152 Pro client/Search Presets: Search Presets are not shown for certain LDAP users.

LVS-14170 Previewing/AI: Corrupted Adobe Illustrator files cause processing engine to hang.

LVS-14186 Pro client/uploading: Clear 'import pending' on assets in an earlier stage during upload to prevent data from being removed.

LVS-14197 Integration/Enterprise: Actions from Enterprise will be applied under the Enterprise user name instead of fallback user.

LVS-14199 Previewing/PSD: Some PSD files result in a completely black preview.

LVS-14206 Pro client/zooming: InDesign layouts cannot be zoomed in or out in preview mode.

LVS-14214 Pro client/filter: Date filter shows "Within next" where it should say "Within last".

Known issues

The following known issue exists in this release of Elvis:

• Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from the Pro client, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

• LDAPS: connections with mismatching names in the certificate may not work. With the upgrade of the JDK, endpoint identification for LDAP was enabled. As a result, LDAP connections with mismatching names in the certificate that were working before may now no longer be able to connect from Elvis. When this is the case, the following exception is shown:

"No subject alternative DNS name matching XXX when connecting through LDAPS".

When coming across this problem, we advice to look into obtaining a new certificate that includes the complete LDAP server URL in the certificate. This should appear in the Subject or Alternate Name extension of the certificate.

As an alternative (short term) workaround, it is possible to disable the endpoint identification by adding the following entry to the wrapper configuration of your Elvis server:

• For Windows: Add the following extra line to C:\Program Files\Elvis Server\elvis-service\elvis-service.conf (make sure to use a free number).

wrapper.java.additional.23=-Dcom.sun.jndi.ldap.object.disableEndpointIdentification=true

• For MacOS: Add the following line just above the -jar argument in /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.dutchsoftware.elvis.server.launchd.plist.

<string>-Dcom.sun.jndi.ldap.object.disableEndpointIdentification=true</string>

• For Linux: Add the following line to /srv/elvis-server/app/wrapper/conf/wrapper.conf (make sure to use a free number):

wrapper.java.additional.23=-Dcom.sun.jndi.ldap.object.disableEndpointIdentification=true

Installing, upgrading and migrating

• Clean installation: For information about installing Elvis 6 Server on a system on which Elvis 6 Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 6 Server.
• Upgrading an existing installation. For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis 6 Server, see Upgrading Elvis 6.
• Upgrade from Elvis 5: For information about upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6, see Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6.
• Migration from Elvis 4: For information about migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6, see Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6.

Downloads

The download files for this release of Elvis can be found in the Release announcement.

Documentation

The following changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Elvis:

• Implementing single sign-on in Elvis 6 using Okta - new
• Implementing single sign-on in Elvis 6 - new
• Compatibility of the Elvis InDesign client with Elvis Server - updated
• Compatibility of the Elvis InDesign client with Adobe InDesign - updated
• Feature comparison between Elvis 5 and Elvis 6 - updated
• Feature comparison between Elvis 6 and Swivle - updated

Elvis Server 6.35.3

Elvis Server version: 6.35.3.529

Release date: 13 August 2019

Fixed issues

The following issue has been fixed in this release of Elvis:

LVSD-597 InDesign: Performing a Save As and Close action creates a copy of the file in Elvis.

Elvis Server 6.35.2

Elvis Server version: 6.35.2.528

Release date: 8 August 2019

Fixed issues

The following issue has been fixed in this release of Elvis:

LVS-14189 Unable to log in, "NoSuchMethodError" mentioned in the log files.

Elvis Server 6.35.1

Elvis Server version: 6.35.1.526

InDesign client version 3.6.0.753

Migration Tool: 1.1.34

Release date: 6 August 2019

New features

Changes

Fixed issues

Known issues

Installation

Downloads

Documentation

New features

The following features have been added in this release of Elvis:

Pro client: manually linking files

Files that exist in Elvis often have a direct relation with each other. Some of these relations are automatically shown in the Linked panel:

• Files that are all part of the same Collection. These appear in the Linked panel as 'Contained by'.
• Files that are all placed on the same InDesign layout. These appear in the Linked panel as 'Referenced by'.

Files could also be related in other ways:

• A file is part of a source file (such as images placed on a Word document)
• A file is a localized version of another file
• A document describes copyright information or contains an e-mail conversation that applies to one or more files

To create such relations between files and make them visible in the Linked panel, a relation can now be set manually.

These relations appear in the Linked panel as 'Linked'.

Various ways of manually linking files exist, but the most simplest way is to select two files, right-clicking one of them and choosing Link from the context menu.

For more information, see Manually linking files using the Pro client of Elvis 6.

Elvis REST API try-out page (BETA)

A REST API page has been added to the Management Console on which new API methods can be tried out.

Please note that this page is in BETA stage and that even though all API methods are functional, they are subject to change. Take care therefore before implementing them in a production environment; they may break when upgrading to a higher version of Elvis.

Elvis InDesign plug-in: disabling the automatic linking of images when opening a layout

Consider the following typical scenario:

• A new layout is created or a layout that is stored in Elvis is checked-out.
• Local images are placed on the layout.
• The local layout is saved to Elvis, or the checked-out layout is checked-in.
• The local images are uploaded to Elvis.

At this stage, the links within the layout still refer to the local images.

When now opening the layout from Elvis, the Elvis InDesign plug-in attempts to update the links to the images that now exist in Elvis.

In some scenarios though, it can be beneficial to completely turn off the automatic updating process.

This can now be controlled in the Elvis section of the InDesign preferences:

• InDesign Preferences > Elvis > Linking files > Automatically relink local images to Elvis when opening a layout

For more information, see Using Elvis 6 with Adobe InDesign – Opening layouts.

Changes

The following changes have been made in this release of Elvis:

• Pro client and Share client: changes to the default setting of the sorting list. When searching for assets in the Pro client or Brand portal, or when viewing assets that are shared, the displayed assets can be sorted by using the Sort list. Which items appear in this list and in which order they appear can be customized.

In previous versions of Elvis, the 'name' field is used as the default. In the list it is shown as the fifth item. When this field is not in the configured list, the first field in the list will become the default.

In Elvis 6.35, the first field will always be used as the default field. Also, the 'name' field has been made the first field.

For more information, see Customizing the list for sorting assets in the Pro Client, Brand portal and Share client in Elvis 6.

• Pro client: configuring the resolution of the image used when zooming in on an image preview. When previewing an image, the default size of the preview is 1600x1600 pixels. When zooming in, this image is replaced by a higher resolution image with a maximum size of 7680x7680 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the image that is used when zooming in can now be changed by configuring the following setting in the cluster-config.properties.txt file:

maxZoomedPreviewSize

See also Setting up the Pro client in Elvis 6.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Elvis:

LVS-13594 Pro client/installing: Hide InDesign plug-in and Elvis Agent installers when install.show.indesign=false or install.show.agent=false.

LVS-14038 API/signed rendition URLs: Create a REST API endpoint to generate an assigned thumbnail, default preview, original and custom renditions.

LVS-14060 Server/Rescue tool: When Duplicate asset IDs for Collections are detected only the most recent will be retained.

LVS-14088 Server/previewing: Not all thumbnails are generated when batch uploading a large number of assets.

LVS-14089 Management Console: No users displayed after enabling UserPrincipalName for Active Directory

LVS-14105 Brand portal/basket: 'Remove from basket' does not remove all assets when multiple assets are selected.

LVS-14115 Server/temporary files: The Elvis tmp location is not cleared of all temporary S3 and unoconv folders during runtime.

LVS-14116 Pro client/previewing: PDF toolbar blocks horizontal scrollbar.

LVS-14134 Server/checking-in: Unable to replace EPS files with AI files, or AI files with EPS files.

LVS-14141 Storage/S3: Changing the file extension to upper or lower case on check-in may cause an out of sync index and S3 storage.

LVS-14143 Pro client: The 'Checked-out by' icon does not show the name of the user.

LVS-14161 Processing/regenerating: Out of sync thumbnail version can cause thumbnail from failing to regenerate.

LVS-14165 Pro client/previewing: Make the maximum resolution of the image used for zooming in on an image preview configurable.

LVSID-573 Elvis InDesign: Not all images are linked when checking-in the layout for the first time.

LVSID-577 Elvis InDesign: Unable to connect to Enterprise Server with InDesign CC 2018 on MacOS 10.11.

LVSID-579 Elvis InDesign: Incorrect warnings about missing links.

LVSID-592 Elvis InDesign: Make it possible to turn off automatic linking of images when layout is opened.

LVSID-593 Elvis InDesign: When opening a layout containing more than 50 images, not all images are linked.

SPA-2023 Pro client: make the default sorting configurable.

Known issues

The following known issue exists in this release of Elvis:

• Localization API does not return default messages used in the client. The localization API does not return default messages from the client. However, it still returns field labels and custom messages. If your customization relies on a message key from the Pro client, add the key and expected value as a custom message.

• LDAPS: connections with mismatching names in the certificate may not work. With the upgrade of the JDK, endpoint identification for LDAP was enabled. As a result, LDAP connections with mismatching names in the certificate that were working before may now no longer be able to connect from Elvis. When this is the case, the following exception is shown:

"No subject alternative DNS name matching XXX when connecting through LDAPS".

When coming across this problem, we advice to look into obtaining a new certificate that includes the complete LDAP server URL in the certificate. This should appear in the Subject or Alternate Name extension of the certificate.

As an alternative (short term) workaround, it is possible to disable the endpoint identification by adding the following entry to the wrapper configuration of your Elvis server:

• For Windows: Add the following extra line to C:\Program Files\Elvis Server\elvis-service\elvis-service.conf (make sure to use a free number).

wrapper.java.additional.23=-Dcom.sun.jndi.ldap.object.disableEndpointIdentification=true

• For MacOS: Add the following line just above the -jar argument in /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.dutchsoftware.elvis.server.launchd.plist.

<string>-Dcom.sun.jndi.ldap.object.disableEndpointIdentification=true</string>

• For Linux: Add the following line to /srv/elvis-server/app/wrapper/conf/wrapper.conf (make sure to use a free number):

wrapper.java.additional.23=-Dcom.sun.jndi.ldap.object.disableEndpointIdentification=true

Installing, upgrading and migrating

• Clean installation: For information about installing Elvis 6 Server on a system on which Elvis 6 Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 6 Server.
• Upgrading an existing installation. For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis 6 Server, see Upgrading Elvis 6.
• Upgrade from Elvis 5: For information about upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6, see Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6.
• Migration from Elvis 4: For information about migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6, see Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6.

Downloads

The download files for this release of Elvis can be found in the Release announcement.

Documentation

The following changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Elvis:

• Compatibility of the Elvis InDesign client with Elvis Server - updated
• Compatibility of the Elvis InDesign client with Adobe InDesign - updated
• Compatibility of the Elvis InDesign client with Smart Connection - updated
• Manually linking files using the Pro client of Elvis 6 - new
• Using Elvis 6 with Adobe InDesign – Opening layouts - updated
• Customizing the list for sorting assets in the Pro Client, Brand portal and Share client in Elvis 6 - updated
• Setting up the Pro client in Elvis 6 - updated

Elvis Server 6.34.1

Elvis Server version: 6.34.1.496

InDesign client version 3.5.3.714

Migration Tool: 1.1.37

Release date: 16 July 2019

New features

Changes

Fixed issues

Known issues

Installation

Downloads

Documentation

New features

The following feature has been added in this release of Elvis:

• Resetting an activated license. In some scenarios, it may not be possible to (re-)activate a license, for example after a trial license has expired or after restoring a backup. When this is the case, the activated license can now be reset.

Important: Only perform this action after consulting WoodWing Support. Resetting the license will remove all license details without first deactivating the license.

To do this, send a POST request to the following URL (while using a SUPER_USER account):

<your Elvis Server URL>/controller/admin/activation/resetActivation

Changes

The following changes have been made in this release of Elvis:

• Pro client - image preview zooming: When zooming in on an image, the default preview image will be replaced by a higher resolution preview image. The default preview image size is 1600x1600 pixels. When zooming in, this image will now be replaced by a higher resolution image with a maximum size of 7680x7680 pixels.

• Pro client - PDF is now used for previewing Excel files. When previewing an Excel file or downloading a preview of an Excel file, the PDF format is now used instead of the HTML format used in previous versions. This results in a better visual representation of the Excel file while maintaining the ability to search and select the text of the document.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Elvis:

LVS-12494 Pro client: Multiple Pinned Collection panels are shown when keyboard short-cut 'J' is pressed twice.

LVS-13186 Pro client: Prevent asset thumbnails from flickering when various actions are performed.

LVS-13571 Server/licensing: Provide an API endpoint to reset all license information without deactivating.

LVS-13690 Management Console/active users: Ensure license usage data is correctly displayed across nodes.

LVS-13771 Pro client/searching: Reduce flickering/delayed search results caused by rotating an image.

LVS-13817 Server/data: Prevent Elvis Server from creating multiple Elasticsearch nodes in the same esdata folder.

LVS-13866 Pro client: Sorting order is reset to 'Relevance' when performing a search.

LVS-13824 Previewing/Excel: Generate and display Excel files as PDF to prevent issues with misaligned background and text placements in HTML.

LVS-13932 Previewing/EPS: EPS transparency not preserved when downloading custom PNG or TIFF renditions on Linux.

LVS-13951 Pro client/metadata: Entering a tag containing a specific Thai character in the Tags field while using an US English keyboard incorrectly creates 2 tags.

LVS-13958 Brand portal/preview: After opening and closing an image preview, the mouse scroll movement acts horizontally instead of vertically.

LVS-13975 Server/folders: Search stops working sometimes after a failed folder remove action.

LVS-13979 Pro client/PDF preview: Selecting text in a PDF preview loads the next or previous page and sometimes freezes the client.

LVS-13990 Pro client: After moving an asset to a different folder, 'Save as new' for edited assets and local file versions are not working as expected.

LVS-13992 Server/startup: Cluster startup index.initialize.max_wait setting not working for all situations.

LVS-13994 Migration/S3: Files with extension '.mp3' or '.mp4' are migrated to S3 by the Migration Tool as files with extension '.mp'.

LVS-13996 Pro client/Pinned Collections: Moving or copying Collections using the Pinned Collection panel is not working correctly.

LVS-14008 Pro client/Collections: Unable to move a Collection to a folder if the user has no 'Edit' permissions.

LVS-14011 Server/metrics: Prevent high CPU usage caused by system metric collection on one of the nodes.

LVS-14020 Pro client: Prevent flickering of assets when the search results panel is resized.

LVS-14021 Pro client/sharing: The Download options in a Shared Link for an asset do not correctly follow the Permissions for that asset.

LVS-14040 Pro client: After uploading files to a Collection, the Collection name is incorrectly positioned in the Collection pane.

LVS-14063 Plug-in/Archiving from Enterprise: Not all metadata is included when archiving a shadow object.

SPA-2012 Pro client/previewing: Switch to the original file size when increasing the zoom level in an image preview.

Known issues

The following known issue exists in this release of Elvis:

• LDAPS: connections with mismatching names in the certificate may not work. With the upgrade of the JDK, endpoint identification for LDAP was enabled. As a result, LDAP connections with mismatching names in the certificate that were working before may now no longer be able to connect from Elvis. When this is the case, the following exception is shown:

"No subject alternative DNS name matching XXX when connecting through LDAPS".

When coming across this problem, we advice to look into obtaining a new certificate that includes the complete LDAP server URL in the certificate. This should appear in the Subject or Alternate Name extension of the certificate.

As an alternative (short term) workaround, it is possible to disable the endpoint identification by adding the following entry to the wrapper configuration of your Elvis server:

• For Windows: Add the following extra line to C:\Program Files\Elvis Server\elvis-service\elvis-service.conf (make sure to use a free number).

wrapper.java.additional.23=-Dcom.sun.jndi.ldap.object.disableEndpointIdentification=true

• For MacOS: Add the following line just above the -jar argument in /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.dutchsoftware.elvis.server.launchd.plist.

<string>-Dcom.sun.jndi.ldap.object.disableEndpointIdentification=true</string>

• For Linux: Add the following line to /srv/elvis-server/app/wrapper/conf/wrapper.conf (make sure to use a free number):

wrapper.java.additional.23=-Dcom.sun.jndi.ldap.object.disableEndpointIdentification=true

Installing, upgrading and migrating

• Clean installation: For information about installing Elvis 6 Server on a system on which Elvis 6 Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 6 Server.
• Upgrading an existing installation. For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis 6 Server, see Upgrading Elvis 6.
• Upgrade from Elvis 5: For information about upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6, see Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6.
• Migration from Elvis 4: For information about migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6, see Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6.

Downloads

The download files for this release of Elvis can be found in the Release announcement.

Documentation

The following changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Elvis:

• Licensing Elvis 6 Server - updated
• Supported file types in Elvis 6 - updated

Elvis Server 6.33.1

Elvis Server version: 6.33.1.480

InDesign client version 3.5.3.714

Migration Tool: 1.1.34

Release date: 18 June 2019

New features

Changes

Fixed issues

Known issues

Installation

Downloads

Documentation

New features

The following features have been added in this release of Elvis:

Pro client: add 'Forgot password' and 'Help' links to Sign In dialog

Users that are for some reason not able to sign in to Elvis need to be guided in what to do next.

For this purpose, the following links can now be added to the Sign In dialog:

• Forgot your password? Can be used for linking to a page where users can reset their password.
• Help. Can be used to link to a knowledge base or knowledge base article for troubleshooting steps.

By default, the links are not shown. Displaying them can be done by adding a URL to the following options on the Cluster properties page of Elvis Server:

• loginForgotPasswordUrl=
• loginHelpUrl=

For more information, see Changing the look and feel of the Pro client in Elvis 6.

Action plug-ins: support for checking-in and checking-out files

Support for checking-in and checking-out files has been added to the elvisContext action plug-in through the following functions:

• checkout(assetIds)
• checkin(assetIds)
• cancelCheckout(assetIds)

This makes it possible to add the functionality of checking-out files, checking-in files, or cancelling the check-out of files to the context menu that is added by Elvis plug-ins.

For more information, see Elvis 6 action plug-ins - elvisContext functions.

Changes

No changes have been made in this release of Elvis.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Elvis:

LVS-11067 Pro client/linked items: The Expand button is disabled when the Linked panel contains many relations.

LVS-13494 Pro client: 'URI is too large' message shown when downloading hundreds of files.

LVS-13584 Pro client: Long Download Preset names do not fit the download menu.

LVS-13701 Server/searching: Small efficiency improvements in the search functionality.

LVS-13784 Pro client/Collections: Files in nested Collections are not shown when "Show files in: Collections" is enabled.

LVS-13839 Server/uploading: When uploading an InDesign template the extension is changed to .indd.

LVS-13843 Server/downloading: Metadata missing when downloading multiple images using a Download Preset.

LVS-13858 Pro client/removing: A folder is not always cleared from view after removing it.

LVS-13864 Pro client/navigation: When closing a Collection from the search results, the folder of which the Collection is part is shown instead of the search results.

LVS-13871 Pro client/flags: Flags are not shown for newly loaded assets when scrolling down after pressing shortcut 'I'

LVS-13902 Pro client/selecting: Incorrect number of selected assets shown when selecting assets using keyboard navigation.

LVS-13910 Pro client/selecting: Assets are deselected when clicking the scrollbar.

LVS-13962 Add an option to show 'Forgot password' and 'Help' links in the Sign In dialog.

LVS-13963 Sharing assets: A Shared Link only displays the first 400 assets.

LVS-13976 Pro client/plug-ins: Add Check-out/Check-in options to Elvis client plug-ins.

LVS-14000 Server/stability: AssetCache entries are not always fully removed, resulting in a possible memory leak.

Known issues

The following known issue exists in this release of Elvis:

• LDAPS: connections with mismatching names in the certificate may not work. With the upgrade of the JDK, endpoint identification for LDAP was enabled. As a result, LDAP connections with mismatching names in the certificate that were working before may now no longer be able to connect from Elvis. When this is the case, the following exception is shown:

"No subject alternative DNS name matching XXX when connecting through LDAPS".

When coming across this problem, we advice to look into obtaining a new certificate that includes the complete LDAP server URL in the certificate. This should appear in the Subject or Alternate Name extension of the certificate.

As an alternative (short term) workaround, it is possible to disable the endpoint identification by adding the following entry to the wrapper configuration of your Elvis server:

• For Windows: Add the following extra line to C:\Program Files\Elvis Server\elvis-service\elvis-service.conf (make sure to use a free number).

wrapper.java.additional.23=-Dcom.sun.jndi.ldap.object.disableEndpointIdentification=true

• For MacOS: Add the following line just above the -jar argument in /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.dutchsoftware.elvis.server.launchd.plist.

<string>-Dcom.sun.jndi.ldap.object.disableEndpointIdentification=true</string>

• For Linux: Add the following line to /srv/elvis-server/app/wrapper/conf/wrapper.conf (make sure to use a free number):

wrapper.java.additional.23=-Dcom.sun.jndi.ldap.object.disableEndpointIdentification=true

Installing, upgrading and migrating

• Clean installation: For information about installing Elvis 6 Server on a system on which Elvis 6 Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 6 Server.
• Upgrading an existing installation. For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis 6 Server, see Upgrading Elvis 6.
• Upgrade from Elvis 5: For information about upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6, see Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6.
• Migration from Elvis 4: For information about migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6, see Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6.

Downloads

The download files for this release of Elvis can be found in the Release announcement.

Documentation

The following changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Elvis:

• Changing the look and feel of the Pro client in Elvis 6 - updated
• Elvis 6 action plug-ins - elvisContext functions - updated

Elvis Server 6.32.1

Elvis Server version: 6.32.1.462

InDesign client version 3.5.3.714

Migration Tool: 1.1.36

Release date: 24 May 2019

New features

Changes

Fixed issues

Known issues

Installation

Downloads

Documentation

New features

The following features have been added in this release of Elvis:

Pro client: Using the Pinned Dossiers panel to add files directly to Content Station

As a replacement for the workflow of dragging files from the Pro client onto a Dossier in Content Station, the files can now be dragged onto a Dossier in the new Pinned Dossiers panel in the Pro client. The whole process of adding files to a Dossier in Content Station can therefore now be completed without leaving the Pro client.

Figure: The Pinned Dossiers panel in the Pro client.

The process involves the following steps:

1. Connecting the panel to Content Station.
2. Pinning Dossiers to the panel, for example by choosing a Dossier from a list of Dossiers that were recently used in Content Station.
3. Dragging files from the search results in Elvis onto a Dossier.

Users can at any point add Dossiers to or remove Dossiers from the panel.

Info: This feature requires the following: Enterprise Server 10.5 or any higher version of Enterprise Server. Setting up a connection to Enterprise Server is done through the Enterprise Server page in the Management Console of Elvis; this page is only available for these versions of Enterprise Server. A Content Station license. The Pinned Dossiers panel should be seen as a replacement of having Content Station itself open together with the Elvis Pro client. It is still necessary to log in to Content Station, therefore a license is still required.

For more information, see Adding files from Elvis 6 to Enterprise 10.

Pro client: Viewing files in masonry grid view

Files can now also be displayed in masonry grid view. This is in addition to the already existing thumbnail view, list view, and filmstrip view modes.

The view mode can be chosen in the bottom right corner of the screen.

Metadata flags for each file can be shown or hidden by pressing I on the keyboard.

Pro client: New keyboard shortcut

The following keyboard shortcut has been added:

Action	Shortcut
Viewing files in masonry grid view: show or hide metadata flags	I

For more information, see Keyboard shortcuts for the Pro client of Elvis 6.

Changes

The following change has been made in this release of Elvis:

• PDF is now used for previewing Word documents. When previewing a Word document or downloading a preview of a Word document, the PDF format is now used instead of the HTML format used in previous versions. This results in a better visual representation of the Word document while maintaining the ability to search and select the text of the document.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Elvis:

LVS-13521 Pro client: Keyboard shortcuts should not work in the Upload screen.

LVS-13542 Pro client: Text not displayed correctly when switching between various languages.

LVS-13552 Migrating: Prevent the Migration tool from stalling when copying to S3 is not successful.

LVS-13558 Pro client: Inconsistent sorting order when switching between Brand portal and Pro client.

LVS-13609 Pro client: The Upload process times out after 15 minutes.

LVS-13734 Previewing: Replace HTML previews for Word documents by PDF previews.

LVS-13677 Pro client: Incorrect name shown in the notification when removing a newly created Collection.

LVS-13757 Pro client: Unable to move a nested Collection to the parent folder.

LVS-13767 Brand portal: Filter button color does not change when opening the Filter using its keyboard shortcut.

LVS-13770 Pro client: Assets and sort options are incorrectly placed on small Web browser windows.

LVS-13785 Sharing/e-mailing: Incorrect upload count is displayed in the notification e-mail.

LVS-13787 Pro client: Incorrect rename is applied to the sub-Collection when copying a nested Collection structure.

LVS-13797 API: API proxy plug-ins should be configured to no longer require a role, thereby making public access possible.

LVS-13823 Pro client: Date picker is not working with German month names.

LVS-13825 Pro client/uploading: Unable to check-in or replace a large image.

LVS-13826 Pro client: Flag icon tooltip shows "object Object]" for the date value.

LVS-13844 Pro client: The empty state text of the Linked panel is not shown correctly.

LVS-13780 Pro client: Make it possible to view files in masonry grid view.

LVS-13814 Pro client: Make it possible to add files to an Enterprise Dossier directly in the Pro client.

Known issues

The following known issue exists in this release of Elvis:

• LDAPS: connections with mismatching names in the certificate may not work. With the upgrade of the JDK, endpoint identification for LDAP was enabled. As a result, LDAP connections with mismatching names in the certificate that were working before may now no longer be able to connect from Elvis. When this is the case, the following exception is shown:

"No subject alternative DNS name matching XXX when connecting through LDAPS".

When coming across this problem, we advice to look into obtaining a new certificate that includes the complete LDAP server URL in the certificate. This should appear in the Subject or Alternate Name extension of the certificate.

As an alternative (short term) workaround, it is possible to disable the endpoint identification by adding the following entry to the wrapper configuration of your Elvis server:

• For Windows: Add the following extra line to C:\Program Files\Elvis Server\elvis-service\elvis-service.conf (make sure to use a free number).

wrapper.java.additional.23=-Dcom.sun.jndi.ldap.object.disableEndpointIdentification=true

• For MacOS: Add the following line just above the -jar argument in /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.dutchsoftware.elvis.server.launchd.plist.

<string>-Dcom.sun.jndi.ldap.object.disableEndpointIdentification=true</string>

• For Linux: Add the following line to /srv/elvis-server/app/wrapper/conf/wrapper.conf (make sure to use a free number):

wrapper.java.additional.23=-Dcom.sun.jndi.ldap.object.disableEndpointIdentification=true

Installing, upgrading and migrating

• Clean installation: For information about installing Elvis 6 Server on a system on which Elvis 6 Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 6 Server.
• Upgrading an existing installation. For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis 6 Server, see Upgrading Elvis 6.
• Upgrade from Elvis 5: For information about upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6, see Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6.
• Migration from Elvis 4: For information about migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6, see Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6.

Downloads

The download files for this release of Elvis can be found in the Release announcement.

Documentation

The following changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Elvis:

• Using the Pro Client of Elvis 6 - updated
• Keyboard shortcuts for the Pro client of Elvis 6 - updated
• Adding files from Elvis 6 to Enterprise 10 - updated
• Integrating Elvis 6 in Enterprise Server 10 - updated
• Supported file types in Elvis 6 - updated

Elvis Server 6.31.1

Elvis Server version: 6.31.438

InDesign client version 3.5.3.714

Migration Tool: 1.1.34

Release date: 30 April 2019

New features

Changes

Fixed issues

Known issues

Installation

Downloads

Documentation

New features

No new features have been added in this release of Elvis.

Changes

No changes have been made in this release of Elvis.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Elvis:

LVS-13207 Pro client: Keep the state of 'Show files in: Subfolders/Collections' check boxes when browsing to a root folder.

LVS-13243 Pro client: Search term is ignored when switching between search presets.

LVS-13311 Processing: The contentChecksum and firstExtractedChecksum fields are not calculated on import.

LVS-13409 Server/authentication: Reduce the size of the authentication token by about 25%.

LVS-13486 Server/browsing: Increase the server-side performance for browsing folders.

LVS-13549 Management console: a Download preset can be created with only a space in the name.

LVS-13583 Processing/MP4: when uploading a .mp4 file, the extension is sometimes changed to .qt.

LVS-13655 Brand portal: The Download preset option is disabled for a Collection.

LVS-13676 Pro client/Collection in Collection: when deleting a child Collection containing more than 300 assets, all child Collections are moved to the parent Collection.

LVS-13693 Processing: Regenerating thumbnails in the Pro client not working properly when locale is set to pl_PL.

LVS-13709 Pro client: Keyboard shortcuts still active when editing tags.

LVS-13725 Pro client: approvalComment metadata flag tooltip shows "undefined" when not populated with a value.

LVS-13729 Management console: User is able to create multiple Download presets and Search presets with the same name.

LVS-13754 Pro client: Search terms containing only numbers are ignored when entered in the Search box without specifying a field.

Known issues

The following known issue exists in this release of Elvis:

• LDAPS: connections with mismatching names in the certificate may not work. With the upgrade of the JDK, endpoint identification for LDAP was enabled. As a result, LDAP connections with mismatching names in the certificate that were working before may now no longer be able to connect from Elvis. When this is the case, the following exception is shown:

"No subject alternative DNS name matching XXX when connecting through LDAPS".

When coming across this problem, we advice to look into obtaining a new certificate that includes the complete LDAP server URL in the certificate. This should appear in the Subject or Alternate Name extension of the certificate.

As an alternative (short term) workaround, it is possible to disable the endpoint identification by adding the following entry to the wrapper configuration of your Elvis server:

• For Windows: Add the following extra line to C:\Program Files\Elvis Server\elvis-service\elvis-service.conf (make sure to use a free number).

wrapper.java.additional.23=-Dcom.sun.jndi.ldap.object.disableEndpointIdentification=true

• For MacOS: Add the following line just above the -jar argument in /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.dutchsoftware.elvis.server.launchd.plist.

<string>-Dcom.sun.jndi.ldap.object.disableEndpointIdentification=true</string>

• For Linux: Add the following line to /srv/elvis-server/app/wrapper/conf/wrapper.conf (make sure to use a free number):

wrapper.java.additional.23=-Dcom.sun.jndi.ldap.object.disableEndpointIdentification=true

Installing, upgrading and migrating

• Clean installation: For information about installing Elvis 6 Server on a system on which Elvis 6 Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 6 Server.
• Upgrading an existing installation. For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis 6 Server, see Upgrading Elvis 6.
• Upgrade from Elvis 5: For information about upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6, see Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6.
• Migration from Elvis 4: For information about migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6, see Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6.

Downloads

The download files for this release of Elvis can be found in the Release announcement.

Documentation

No changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Elvis.

Elvis Server 6.30.1

Elvis Server version: 6.30.1.415

InDesign client version 3.5.3.714

Migration Tool: 1.1.34

Release date: 10 April 2019

New features

Changes

Fixed issues

Known issues

Installation

Downloads

Documentation

New features

The following features have been added in this release of Elvis:

Pro client: Support for adding a Collection to another Collection

Support for adding a Collection to another Collection has now been added to the Pro client.

This makes it possible to organize content more structurally, similar to a folder structure.

Using Collections in Collections is typically used in an environment in which the original files are archived as read-only files. Files are then added to a Collection structure similar to organizing folders, after which the files are copied over as editable files to the production environment.

There is no limitation to the number of Collections that can be added to another Collection.

For more information, see:

• Organizing content in Elvis 6 by using Collections
• Working with Collections in the Pro client of Elvis 6

Pro client: Improved message when no search results can be shown

When a user searches for files, it can happen that no search results are available. The message that is shown to the users in this scenario has been updated and now includes the reasons why nothing can be shown:

• No files exist that match the search criteria
• The search term contains a spelling mistake or does not have the correct syntax
• The files exist but you do not have sufficient rights to see them

Note that for the second reason (an incorrect syntax) a link is provided to an article on the Help Center with information about how to set up a correct syntax. This link can be customized to point to a different article, or the link can be hidden altogether. This is done by setting the following option in the cluster-config.properties.txt file on one of the Elvis nodes:

elvisQuerySyntaxDocumentationUrl=

For more information, see Changing the look and feel of the Pro client in Elvis 6.

Pro client: New keyboard shortcut

The following keyboard shortcut has been added:

Action	Shortcut
Deselect all selected files	Shift + Alt + A

For more information, see Keyboard shortcuts for the Pro client of Elvis 6.

InDesign client: Relinking files based on their file name only

When a layout is opened that contains files that are stored in Elvis, a link is automatically established between the files in Elvis and their placed instances on the layout.

The file in Elvis to link to is determined in the following ways and order:

1. Based on the Elvis ID in the InDesign link or file.
2. Based on the 'Contained' relation in Elvis (based on the XMP instance ID).
3. Based on the 'Referenced by' relation in Elvis (based on the XMP instance ID).
4. Based on the file name. This can be a file in the same folder, the Links folder, or anywhere else.

To force Elvis to only establish the link based on the file name only, the following Preference has been added to InDesign:

InDesign Preferences > Elvis > Linking Files > Relink Files Based on Their File Name Only

This option is especially useful when replacing an image with a different version of that same image. Take for example the following scenario:

1. A layout is opened that contains a JPG image that is stored in Elvis. The image has Elvis ID '123' which is stored in the XMP data of the image as well as in the link in the layout.
2. The image is opened for editing and saved locally as a Photoshop file (or any other file type that supports XMP, including JPG). This new image still has Elvis ID '123' stored in its XMP data.
3. The JPG image on the layout is replaced by the Photoshop file.
4. The Photoshop file is uploaded to Elvis as a new asset (and is assigned a new Elvis ID, for example '456').
5. The next time the layout is opened, the Elvis plug-in will search for the file using the Elvis ID in the link of the layout which in this case this ID is '123'. It will therefore find the file in Elvis (see the list earlier in this article describing the order in which the file is located), and this file will be the previous version of the image and not the new version with ID '456'.
6. By enabling the option 'Relink Files Based on Their File Name Only', the linking process ignores the Elvis ID (steps 1 – 3 in the list earlier in this article) and uses the file name instead.

Note: When after step 2 the Photoshop file is first uploaded to Elvis and subsequently placed from Elvis onto the layout, a link is created that does have the correct ID. The scenario described above applies specifically to a situation where the edited file is stored to and placed from the local system.

For more information, see Using Elvis 6 with Adobe InDesign – Opening layouts.

Changes

The following change has been made in this release of Elvis:

• Oracle: Elvis Server now uses OpenJDK instead of Oracle Java SE 8. Because of the licensing changes that Oracle is implementing for Oracle Java SE 8, we have changed to OpenJDK for Elvis Server.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Elvis:

LVS-13080 Pro client/metadata: Add spinner to metadata fields to indicate that the metadata is being saved.

LVS-13328 Sharing/uploading: Enable the Finish button only when all required metadata is entered.

LVS-13401 Pro client/navigation: Folder browser does not show the full tree when pressing the Back button on the Checked-out Files page.

LVS-13406 Pro client/searching: Searching using terms with a special character results in an exception.

LVS-13437 Pro client/downloading: Prevent web browser cache from downloading the previous version of the asset.

LVS-13440 Pro client/uploading: "Select all" keyboard shortcut does not work.

LVS-13447 Pro client/checking-in: Disable the Check-in button when a check-in is already triggered for an asset.

LVS-13484 plugin/folder import: Folder import file settleTime is not respected when the hot folder is on an NFS share.

LVS-13502 Pro client/moving: The Move button is disabled when a folder is moved to a structure with a similar path.

LVS-13513 Brand portal/plug-in: The 'Plugins' menu is not visible when navigating to the Brand portal.

LVS-13516 Pro client/downloading: The 'Download preset' option is disabled for a Collection or for any image in the Linked Items panel.

LVS-13529 Pro client/keyboard shortcuts: Pressing the 'Menu' key will result in a random asset to be selected.

LVS-13538 Server: Switch to OpenJDK 8.

LVS-13554 Pro client/navigation: The incorrect tooltip is shown for toggling the Folder Browser.

LVS-13383 Previewing/PDF: Add 'PDF preview' for Microsoft Office documents to fullscreen preview.

LVS-13417 Pro client/Collections: Add an indicator when dragging Collections to show where a Collection can and cannot be dropped.

SPA-1877 Add support for adding Collections to Collections.

Known issues

The following known issue exists in this release of Elvis:

• LDAPS: connections with mismatching names in the certificate may not work. With the upgrade of the JDK, endpoint identification for LDAP was enabled. As a result, LDAP connections with mismatching names in the certificate that were working before may now no longer be able to connect from Elvis. When this is the case, the following exception is shown:

"No subject alternative DNS name matching XXX when connecting through LDAPS".

When coming across this problem, we advice to look into obtaining a new certificate that includes the complete LDAP server URL in the certificate. This should appear in the Subject or Alternate Name extension of the certificate.

As an alternative (short term) workaround, it is possible to disable the endpoint identification by adding the following entry to the wrapper configuration of your Elvis server:

• For Windows: Add the following extra line to C:\Program Files\Elvis Server\elvis-service\elvis-service.conf (make sure to use a free number).

wrapper.java.additional.23=-Dcom.sun.jndi.ldap.object.disableEndpointIdentification=true

• For MacOS: Add the following line just above the -jar argument in /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.dutchsoftware.elvis.server.launchd.plist.

<string>-Dcom.sun.jndi.ldap.object.disableEndpointIdentification=true</string>

• For Linux: Add the following line to /srv/elvis-server/app/wrapper/conf/wrapper.conf (make sure to use a free number):

wrapper.java.additional.23=-Dcom.sun.jndi.ldap.object.disableEndpointIdentification=true

Installing, upgrading and migrating

• Clean installation: For information about installing Elvis 6 Server on a system on which Elvis 6 Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 6 Server.
• Upgrading an existing installation. For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis 6 Server, see Upgrading Elvis 6.
• Upgrade from Elvis 5: For information about upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6, see Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6.
• Migration from Elvis 4: For information about migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6, see Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6.

Downloads

The download files for this release of Elvis can be found in the Release announcement.

Documentation

The following changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Elvis:

• Organizing content in Elvis 6 by using Collections - updated
• Working with Collections in the Pro client of Elvis 6 - updated
• Changing the look and feel of the Pro client in Elvis 6 - updated
• Using Elvis 6 with Adobe InDesign – Opening layouts - updated
• Keyboard shortcuts for the Pro client of Elvis 6 - updated

Elvis Server 6.29.1

Elvis Server version: 6.29.1.394

InDesign client version 3.5.1.700

Migration Tool: 1.1.35

Release date: 19 March 2019

New features

Changes

Fixed issues

Known issues

Installation

Downloads

Documentation

New features

The following feature has been added in this release of Elvis:

• Pro client: New keyboard shortcuts.The following keyboard shortcuts have been added:

For more information, see Keyboard shortcuts for the Pro client of Elvis 6.

Changes

No changes have been made in this release of Elvis.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Elvis:

LVS-9965 Pro client: All date fields should work the same.

LVS-12488 Admin/support tools: Add dashes to the file name of the downloaded ZIP file containing log files.

LVS-11803 Server/configuration: Changes to logging.properties.txt file should be applied without requiring a restart.

LVS-13143 Management Console: Unable to select or copy text when using Chrome.

LVS-13178 processing/TIFF: Preview not generated when TIFF file contains IFD0 position metadata.

LVS-13247 Pro client: Un-edited asset is incorrectly shown as edited after reconnecting Elvis Agent.

LVS-13299 Pro client: When selecting less than 1000 assets, message appears stating that selection cannot be made because more than 1000 assets are present.

LVS-13355 Pro client: When selecting all assets and then deselecting one asset, less assets are selected than expected.

LVS-13374 Pro client: 'Select all' action only selects the first 400 assets.

LVS-13394 Pro client: When checking-out an asset in the Linked panel, the panel shows the linked assets of the checked-out asset instead of the originally selected asset.

LVS-13404 Pro client: Query entered in the Search box disappears when refreshing the page.

LVS-13407 Pro client: Incorrect handling of a hash and semicolon character for the asset name in Metadata panel.

LVS-13419 Migration: Automatically retry uploads to S3 up to three times.

LVS-13436 Pro client: Buttons in 'Move' and 'Copy' dialogs are enabled while no target folder is selected.

LVS-13438 Pro client: Folder not shown in 'Move' dialog when it is positioned below more than 5 Collections.

LVS-13440 Pro client/uploading: 'Select all' keyboard shortcut does not work on the Upload page.

LVS-13442 Pro client: Options in 'More actions' menu are sometimes hidden from view.

LVS-13443 Elvis Agent/InDesign plug-in: Changes to the layout are discarded by the InDesign plug-in when Elvis Agent reconnects.

LVS-13451 Server/storage: Support the reset of input streams when large S3 uploads are interrupted.

LVS-13452 Pro client/flags: flagIcon cannot be used when the dataType setting of the metadata field is set to 'number'.

LVS-13453 Installer/MacOS: Error when opening the installer: "There may be a problem with this disk image."

LVS-13456 Processing/video: After uploading a .m4a file the extension changes to .mp4.

LVS-13464 Pro client: Unexpected behavior when moving assets to the User folder.

LVS-13472 Pro client: Incorrect state of Folder browser toggle icon when the 'Copy' or 'Move' dialog is opened.

Known issues

No known issues exist in this release of Elvis.

Installing, upgrading and migrating

• Clean installation: For information about installing Elvis 6 Server on a system on which Elvis 6 Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 6 Server.
• Upgrading an existing installation. For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis 6 Server, see Upgrading Elvis 6.
• Upgrade from Elvis 5: For information about upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6, see Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6.
• Migration from Elvis 4: For information about migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6, see Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6.

Downloads

The download files for this release of Elvis can be found in the Release announcement.

Documentation

The following changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Elvis:

• Keyboard shortcuts for the Pro client of Elvis 6 - updated

Elvis Server 6.28.1

Elvis Server version: 6.28.1.381

InDesign client version 3.5.1.700

Migration Tool: 1.1.34

Release date: 26 February 2019

New features

Changes

Fixed issues

Known issues

Installation

Downloads

Documentation

New features

No new features have been added in this release of Elvis.

Changes

No changes have been made in this release of Elvis.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Elvis:

LVS-12577 Pro client/sharing: Add column 'User' in Manage Shared Links.

LVS-12724 Server/MacOS: When a serverPath is set, opening the admin page from the Elvis Server panel opens the incorrect URL.

LVS-12927 Previewing/PowerPoint: Previewing a PowerPoint document sometimes results in horizontal scrollbar.

LVS-13107 Pro client/check-out: When selecting a file on the Checked-out Files page, the options in the toolbar respond slowly.

LVS-13161 Elvis Agent/Windows: Improve handling of locked Office files.

LVS-13233 Pro client/previewing: Animated GIFs with a transparent background do not play correctly.

LVS-13246 Previewing/PDF: PDF Preview displays a single-page PDF across the width of a multi-page PDF.

LVS-13264 Pro client/action plug-in: Plug-in does not work when no asset is selected.

LVS-13277 Pro client/Collections: ancestorPaths query is shown instead of Collection name when images are uploaded to a new Collection.

LVS-13286 Share client/downloading: 'Download failed' error appears when downloading more than 200 assets.

LVS-13289 Previewing/Linux: Images with small dimensions sometimes fail to generate a preview.

LVS-13290 Server/webhook: Webhook queue fills up when one of the Webhook URLs has no response.

LVS-13314 Previewing/EPS: EPS images show smaller on a MacOS server compared to Linux and Windows.

LVS-13350 Folder/deleting: The spinning arrow icon in front of a folder is not removed when the process of deleting the folder is cancelled.

LVS-13354 Elvis Agent/stability: Handle HTMLresponse codes to prevent accidental check-in of a broken asset.

LVS-13368 Pro client/grid: Last row of the grid may have different dimensions for asset thumbnails compared to other rows.

LVS-13388 Pro client/navigation: When clicking the Checked-out Files option the selection in the Folder browser is cleared.

LVS-13393 Pro client/InDesign: Abort check-out is allowed for InDesign layouts.

LVS-13396 Rescue tool: Recover assetPath from stats if possible.

LVS-13412 Elvis Agent/stability: 'Not logged in' warning incorrectly shown in Pro client.

Known issues

No known issues exist in this release of Elvis.

Installing, upgrading and migrating

• Clean installation: For information about installing Elvis 6 Server on a system on which Elvis 6 Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 6 Server.
• Upgrading an existing installation. For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis 6 Server, see Upgrading Elvis 6.
• Upgrade from Elvis 5: For information about upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6, see Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6.
• Migration from Elvis 4: For information about migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6, see Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6.

Downloads

The download files for this release of Elvis can be found in the Release announcement.

Documentation

No changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Elvis.

Elvis Server 6.27.1

Elvis Server version: 6.27.1.364

InDesign client version 3.5.1.700

Migration Tool: 1.1.34

Release date: 5 February 2019

New features

Changes

Fixed issues

Known issues

Installation

Downloads

Documentation

New features

No new features have been added in this release of Elvis.

Changes

No changes have been made in this release of Elvis.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Elvis:

LVS-12736 Pro client: "Checked out by" field is not visible for users that have permissions to view or edit the field.

LVS-12918 Server: Upgrade Ghostscript to version 9.26.

LVS-12943 Pro client: Scrolling using keyboard in thumbnail view is not smooth.

LVS-13138 Elvis agent: When changing assets in batch, not all assets are shown updated on the Checked-out files page.

LVS-13214 Server: Elvis Permissions should not be applied to users accessing assets through Enterprise.

LVS-13217 Server: Scheduled plug-ins connect to HTTP while redirect from HTTP to HTTPS is enabled, causing the plug-in to fail.

LVS-13228 Pro client: Messages missing for parentContainerFolderPaths and parentContainerAncestorPaths metadata fields.

LVS-13263 APIs: Response header contain full exception from processing tools, making it difficult to parse the response.

LVS-13279 Pro client: Opening plug-ins through the context menu of assets in the Linked items panel provides incorrect context for the plug-in.

LVS-13283 Pro client: Able to create a Shared Link through a keyboard shortcut from the Checked-out Files page.

LVS-13330 Management Console: Removed Taxonomy Capability from Management Console as it is has no functional implementation client side.

Known issues

No known issues exist in this release of Elvis.

Installing, upgrading and migrating

• Clean installation: For information about installing Elvis 6 Server on a system on which Elvis 6 Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 6 Server.
• Upgrading an existing installation. For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis 6 Server, see Upgrading Elvis 6.
• Upgrade from Elvis 5: For information about upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6, see Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6.
• Migration from Elvis 4: For information about migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6, see Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6.

Downloads

The download files for this release of Elvis can be found in the Release announcement.

Documentation

No changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Elvis.

Elvis Server 6.26.1

Elvis Server version: 6.26.1.354

InDesign client version 3.5.1.700

Migration Tool: 1.1.34

Release date: 17 January 2019

New features

Changes

Fixed issues

Known issues

Installation

Downloads

Documentation

New features

The following features have been added in this release of Elvis:

Improved process for deleting folders

Elvis 6.26 contains a new and more robust process for deleting folders.

In previous versions of Elvis, the following took place when a folder was deleted:

• Elvis Server traversed through the folder structure and deleted individual assets and sub folders.
• For each asset, a check was made to see if a user had permission to delete it. If so, the index entries as well as the original file and renditions from the storage would be removed.
• For end users, the feedback was not always clear as they would still see the folder when deletion was in progress.

The new process makes deleting folders more robust and faster. When a folder is deleted, the following now takes place:

• Elvis Server first checks if the user has permission to delete all assets in the folder. If not, then the process fails immediately.
• Elvis Server flags the folder as deleted. This is done instantly.
• All users that have the folder in view will immediately see that it is being deleted by the grayed-out folder icon that is shown in combination with a progress spinner.
• While the folder is being deleted, any actions on that folder or its content cannot be performed. This makes sure that users for example upload assets to such a folder or manually start a deletion process for such a folder.
• The assets and sub folders are deleted in bulk. This reduces processing time, especially for Elasticsearch index operations.
• Because permissions were already checked on folder level, no security check is done on asset level. This also speeds up the process.
• When all assets and sub folders are deleted, the folder itself is also deleted and removed from view for the users.
• If the delete process is interrupted — for example because of an Elvis Server node restart — another node will automatically pick up and finish the process.

Note: The Development team is currently working on similar improvements for moving folders. This will be made available in an upcoming release of Elvis.

Previews for animated GIFs

Previews of animated GIFs now keep their original animation. Thumbnails will also animate, but only when users hover their mouse over the thumbnail.

Note: This feature requires the user to have permission to use the original asset; when this is not the case a static preview is shown instead.

Processing audio files separately from video files

A configuration option has been added for configuring the processing of audio files separately from video files.

This makes it possible to generate audio files for playback in preview mode in a higher quality than what is necessary for video previews.

The option is named 'ffmpeg.audioPreviewArgs' and can be configured in the Management Console:

#
# Audio arguments passed to ffmpeg by Elvis:
#
# -c:a aac = audio codec
# -ar = audio sample rate [22050|44100|...]
# -b:a = constant audio bitrate [32k|64k|...]
# -q:a = variable audio bitrate [0.1 .. 2]
#
# NOTE: use only constant (recommended) or variable bitrate but not both
#       use defaultAudioPreview to set duration limit

ffmpeg.audioPreviewArgs=-c:a aac -ar 44100 -b:a 128k

New keyboard shortcuts for the Pro client

The following keyboard shortcuts have been added:

General

Action	Shortcut
Back / close page	Shift + W
Go to Home page in default state	Shift + H
Open Home page in default state in new tab	Alt + Shift + H
Log out	Shift + Alt + Q

Searching

Action	Shortcut
Set focus to Search box	/
Refresh search results	Shift+R

Working with files

Action	Shortcut
Open Checked-out files page	Alt + E
Rating - set	1 – 5
Rating - remove	0
Rating - reject	9
Open Shared Links page	Alt + S
Upload	U
Upload request	Shift + U

For more information, see Keyboard shortcuts for the Pro client of Elvis 6.

APIs: asset_create_from_filestore_rescue event added to the Webhook API

The Webhook API now also includes a 'asset_create_from_filestore_rescue' event. It is fired when an index entry is created as part of the Rescue tool.

Changes

No changes have been made in this release of Elvis.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Elvis:

LVS-9518 Processing: Fall back to PixelsPerUnit for PNG files with resolution missing from extracted metadata.

LVS-12637 Plug-in/ww_enterprise_import: Prevent repeating execution from stopping in the middle of an archive.

LVS-12645 Brand portal: Tag order different from that in the Pro client.

LVS-12701 Plug-in/sample: Increase default number of items on the 'Print Contact Sheet' plug-in.

LVS-12840 Elvis Agent: Changes made to files while user did not have his Web browser or Agent active are not reflected in the UI.

LVS-12895 Processing/MS Office: No previews for Office files on Centos 7.

LVS-12910 Management Console: Active Users page displays different number of users connected per node.

LVS-12947 Server/operation: Provide direct feedback to users for folders in process of being removed while data is cleaned up in the background.

LVS-12976 Processing: Missing GLIBC_2.14 and GLIBC_2.17 on CentOS/RHEL 6.

LVS-13102 Pro client: Values in check box filter overlap each other when wrapped to a new line.

LVS-13008 Processing: Use values from View Box metadata for SVG assets to improve generated previews.

LVS-13132 Preview/audio: Add separate Audio preview quality configuration instead of reusing video configuration.

LVS-13135 Plug-in/ww_enterprise_import: Archiving with only 'LayoutPdf' enabled results in a failed Archive response while data is in Elvis.

LVS-13144 User preferences: Request for user preferences may be blocked on server causing the client to become unresponsive.

LVS-13154 Migration: Handle unexpectedly long folder paths to prevent failure from migrating from Elvis 4.x.

LVS-13173 Processing/BMP: Prefer BMP over DIB for image/bmp MIME type.

LVS-13177 Pro client: The Clear button of the search bar is shown when previewing a file.

LVS-13209 Admin/Rescue tool: Rescue tool does not repair originals that are stored on a different storage engine.

SPA-1853 Pro client: Add support for previewing animated GIFs.

Known issues

The following known issue exists in this release of Elvis:

• Because of the structural changes in the removal process of folders, Auto Organized folders are no longer cleaned when removing assets or folders from these folders.

Installing, upgrading and migrating

• Clean installation: For information about installing Elvis 6 Server on a system on which Elvis 6 Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 6 Server.
• Upgrading an existing installation. For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis 6 Server, see Upgrading Elvis 6.
• Upgrade from Elvis 5: For information about upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6, see Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6.
• Migration from Elvis 4: For information about migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6, see Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6.

Downloads

The download files for this release of Elvis can be found in the Release announcement.

Documentation

The following documentation accompanies this release of Elvis:

• Elvis 6 API - Previews - updated
• Keyboard shortcuts for the Pro client of Elvis 6 - updated
• Overview of a Webhook and its payloads and events in Elvis 6 - updated

Elvis Server 6.25.1

Elvis Server version: 6.25.1.330

InDesign client version 3.5.1.700

Migration Tool: 1.1.33

Release date: 13 December 2018

New features

Changes

Fixed issues

Known issues

Installation

Downloads

Documentation

New features

The following features have been added in this release of Elvis:

• Elvis InDesign client: File caching. When working in InDesign with files that are stored in Elvis, these files are sometimes downloaded to the system and stored in a cache folder. In earlier versions of the Elvis InDesign client, these cached files were removed when the layout was closed. However, this meant that when the layout was re-opened that these files needed to be downloaded again. It would therefore be beneficial to keep these files on the system, also because they can then act as a backup when something goes wrong with the original file.

It is now possible to manage cached files by enabling the File Cache option in the new InDesign > Elvis preferences.

This also controls the maximum file size of the cache folder and how long the files may stay in the cache folder.

When File Cache is enabled, the following takes place:

• When closing a layout, any cached files that are related to that layout are kept in the cache folder.

• The cache folder is cleared as much as possible, based on specific rules (listed in order):

1. All files are cleared that have been stored longer in the cache folder than the defined time period.
2. When the size of the folder then still exceeds the maximum size, enough files are removed to bring it below this size (the oldest files are removed first).

The following files are not removed:

• Files that have not been downloaded by the Elvis InDesign plug-in
• Files that are checked-out
• Files that have been modified after they were cached
• Layouts that are currently opened in InDesign and files that are placed on these layouts

Info: This feature is available for InDesign for Adobe CC 2017, CC 2018, and CC 2019.

For more information, see Using Elvis 6 with Adobe InDesign – Managing cached files.

• Pro client: Auto finish file upload for a Share Request. When users add files to a Share Request, an 'Auto finish' option can now be enabled to automatically complete the process. This is useful in situations where it takes a long time to upload files, for example because of large file sizes and/or a high number of files that are uploaded.

• Pro client: Searching in Collections. It is now possible to include the content of Collections in the search results. This is done by enabling the option 'Show files in Collections' in the Folder browser. This option is especially useful when folders only contain Collections; this way, the content of these Collections can be made visible such as when browsing the folder structure.

Changes

The following change has been made in this release of Elvis:

• Updating indexes: The 'Delete orphaned index entries' option has been moved from the Asset Processing tool to the File Rescue tool.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Elvis:

LVS-12840 Pro client/Elvis Agent: When changes are made to a checked-out file while Elvis Pro and Elvis Agent are closed, these changes are not detected by Elvis Pro and Elvis Agent when they are opened again.

LVS-12891 Pro client: Introduce webpack/typescript.

LVS-12921 Collections: ZIP file has incorrect file name when downloading a Collection containing multiple files.

LVS-12971 Pro client: Blank page shown when moving a file in fullscreen view and navigating to the previous file.

LVS-12985 Pro client: Sorting order changes when returning to Home screen by clicking the Elvis logo.

LVS-12993 Server: Add more detailed logging to the Filestore Rescue Tool.

LVS-12999 Pro client: after checking-in a file in Content Station and renaming it at the same time, the old name is still shown in Elvis.

LVS-13005 Pro client: Error page is shown when navigating to the Pro client from the Basket in the Brand Portal.

LVS-13023 Shared Links: Add option to automatically finish the upload process.

LVS-13028 Pro client: Banner and error page are shown when searching using an invalid character.

LVS-13031 APIs: REST API - search does not return relation information for a Collection.

LVS-13033 Server/permissions: Permissions cache is not invalidated cluster-wide on check-in, causing renames to fail.

LVS-13036 Server: Increase Hazelcast no-heartbeat timeout to have a more resilient cluster.

LVS-13038 Server: Incorrect message is shown when adding Enterprise Server URL in Management Console and cross-origin policy is not configured in Enterprise.

LVS-13039 APIs: Unable to retrieve folder path when user is not a Super User.

LVS-13058 Some EPS files get .dcs extension after downloading using Chrome.

LVS-13076 APIs: RequestSecret returned by search API fails when serverPath is set with Elvis 6.23.

LVS-13086 Pro client: Unable to move folder when target folder name is same as source folder name.

LVS-13089 Pro client: Unable to add asset in Collection using "Add to pinned Collection".

Known issues

No known issues exist for this release of Elvis.

Installing, upgrading and migrating

• Clean installation: For information about installing Elvis 6 Server on a system on which Elvis 6 Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 6 Server.
• Upgrading an existing installation. For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis 6 Server, see Upgrading Elvis 6.
• Upgrade from Elvis 5: For information about upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6, see Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6.
• Migration from Elvis 4: For information about migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6, see Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6.

Downloads

The download files for this release of Elvis can be found in the Release announcement.

Documentation

The following documentation accompanies this release of Elvis:

• Using Elvis 6 with Adobe InDesign – Managing cached files - new
• Using Elvis 6 with Adobe InDesign - updated
• Using Elvis 6 with Adobe InDesign – Opening layouts - updated
• Using Elvis 6 with Adobe InDesign – Placing files on a layout - updated
• Compatibility of the Elvis InDesign client with Adobe InDesign - updated
• Requesting a user to upload files using the Pro client of Elvis 6 - updated
• Searching for files using the Pro client of Elvis 6 - updated
• Rescuing lost index entries for assets in the File Store folder of Elvis 6 Server - updated

Elvis Server 6.24.1

Elvis Server version: 6.24.1.310

InDesign client version 3.5.0.676

Migration Tool: 1.1.33

Release date: 22 November 2018

New features

Changes

Fixed issues

Known issues

Installation

Downloads

Documentation

New features

The following feature has been added in this release of Elvis:

• Pro client: When entering a search term in the Search box, the list below it now shows two sections:

• The top section shows a reference to the entered search term. It can be clicked to search on that term (similar to pressing Enter).

• The bottom section shows a list of found folders which names contain the currently entered search term. A folder can be clicked to show its content in the search results.

Changes

No changes have been made in this release of Elvis.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Elvis:

LVS-12797 Pro client: When exiting the extended view of the Linked panel, random search results are shown.

LVS-12837 Pro client: Using arrow keys in Thumbnail view results in strange scrolling effects.

LVS-12839 Pro client: inconsistent scrolling behavior when using the Page Down or Page Up key.

LVS-12868 Stats index not properly created and updated across cluster on start of new month.

LVS-12873 Pro client: Rename folder box remains in edit mode until renaming is done.

LVS-12882 Pro client: When deleting an asset in Filmstrip view, the selection does not move to the next asset.

LVS-12899 Pro client: Select All does not select all assets and shows incorrect number of selected assets.

LVS-12907 Pro client: Moving file named '1.png' into another folder containing file named '1.PNG' silently fails.

LVS-12909 Pro client: Unrelated metadata field groups show up in Metadata panel for different asset types.

LVS-12914 Server side progress tracking may result in calculation errors when bulk processes are initialized.

LVS-12928 After editing an image and saving it in.bmp format, the image is changed to .dib format in Elvis.

LVS-12941 Pro client: Incorrect asset counter and selected label shown in Filmstrip view.

LVS-12951 Pro client: Shared Links page not shown correctly after replacing an asset.

LVS-12960 Brand portal: Collection is not opened when double-clicking it.

LVS-12973 Update Exiftool to version 11.11.

LVS-12978 Selecting an asset refreshes the page.

LVS-12981 Pro client: When selecting a folder while deleting another folder, the confirmation message shows the name of the selected folder instead of the deleted folder.

LVS-12984 Stop Exiftool processes on the system still running after node was restarted unexpectedly.

LVS-12997 Support Tool times out and does not clean up logs in temp file store.

LVS-13019 Pro client: Result grid does not scroll to top when switching between folders.

LVS-13020 Pro client: When navigating assets in preview mode and reaching the last asset, the next batch of assets is not loaded.

Known issues

The following known issue exists in this release of Elvis:

• Brand Portal on Safari v10 is not working. All assets are loaded into view, causing the client to become unresponsive.

Installing, upgrading and migrating

• Clean installation: For information about installing Elvis 6 Server on a system on which Elvis 6 Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 6 Server.
• Upgrading an existing installation. For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis 6 Server, see Upgrading Elvis 6.
• Upgrade from Elvis 5: For information about upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6, see Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6.
• Migration from Elvis 4: For information about migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6, see Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6.

Downloads

The download files for this release of Elvis can be found in the Release announcement.

Documentation

The following documentation accompanies this release of Elvis:

• Searching for files using the Pro client of Elvis 6 - updated

Elvis Server 6.23.1

Elvis Server version: 6.23.1.292

InDesign client version 3.5.0.676

Migration Tool: 1.1.33

Release date: 30 October 2018

New features

Changes

Fixed issues

Known issues

Installation

Downloads

Documentation

New features

The following features have been added in this release of Elvis:

• Elvis InDesign client: support has been added for Adobe InDesign CC 2019.

• Pro client: Saving a related version of a checked-out file as a new file in Elvis. When a file is checked-out, other versions of that file are sometimes created, for example by duplicating the file in the folder in which it is saved or by using the application with which the file can be edited to save the file with a different name or as a different file type.

Example: A file named flower.jpg is duplicated as flower-copy.jpg or saved as flower.png.

During this process, the original file itself is not edited. The duplicate file is seen as a related file to the original file.

It is now possible to directly save this related file to Elvis as a new file.

For more information, see Opening files for editing (file check-out and check-in) using the Pro client of Elvis 6.

Changes

The following changes have been made in this release of Elvis:

• Management Console: The Active Users page now also shows the client type that a user is using to connect to Elvis Server.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Elvis:

LVS-11833 Pro client/checking-in: Add option to check-in a variation of an asset.

LVS-12769 Management Console: client types are not shown on the Active Users page.

LVS-12801 Pro client/previewing: When closing the preview for an asset, a black screen is briefly shown before the results appear.

LVS-12803 Pro client/Shared Link/uploading: when selecting an asset in the Upload screen, the asset is not highlighted.

LVS-12827 Upgrade Jetty to version 9.4.12.

LVS-12833 Pro client/previewing: Arrow keys only work after clicking the preview image.

LVS-12838 Pro client/metadata: After changing the list of metadata fields in thumbnail view results, all assets disappear from view.

LVS-12839 Pro client: inconsistent scrolling behavior when using the Page Down or Page Up key.

LVS-12854 Pro client: 'Application cannot be opened because it is not responding' error when checking-out more than 4 images.

LVS-12857 Pro client: 'Cannot read property' error when moving an asset.

LVS-12859 Migration: Take region parameter into account for S3 storage during migration from Elvis 4 to Elvis 6.

LVS-12862 Shared Link: No more than 50 assets can be viewed in a Shared Link containing more than 50 assets.

LVS-12869 Management Console: Rescue Tool interrupted due to unexpected Null Pointer exceptions

LVS-12872 Pro client/browse: 'Show files in subfolders' state is not kept after refresh or login.

LVS-12873 Pro Client: Rename folder box remains in edit mode until renaming is done.

LVS-12875 Pro client: Assets end up in the parent directory when trying to move or copy an asset into a new folder.

LVS-12885 Pro client: Checked-out files that are also placed on a checked-out layout are deleted from Elvis Checkouts folder when closing the layout in InDesign.

LVS-12908 Pro client: Menus cannot be closed by clicking the same icon to open them.

LVS-12913 Processing: unable to generate previews and thumbnails for Illustrator and InDesign files on Windows Server.

LVS-12917 Pro client: Prevent check out and check in of InDesign files through the pro-client as this is handled by the InDesign client.

For the Elvis InDesign client:

LVSID-507 Add support for InDesign CC 2019.

LVSID-513 Updating missing links does not update all links.

LVSID-526 InDesign CC 2015 crashes when using 'Edit original'.

Known issues

No known issues exist in this release of Elvis.

Installing, upgrading and migrating

• Clean installation: For information about installing Elvis 6 Server on a system on which Elvis 6 Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 6 Server.
• Upgrading an existing installation. For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis 6 Server, see Upgrading Elvis 6.
• Upgrade from Elvis 5: For information about upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6, see Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6.
• Migration from Elvis 4: For information about migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6, see Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6.

Downloads

The download files for this release of Elvis can be found in the Release announcement.

Documentation

The following documentation accompanies this release of Elvis:

• Compatibility of the Elvis InDesign client with Elvis Server - updated
• Compatibility of the Elvis InDesign client with Adobe InDesign - updated
• Compatibility of the Elvis InDesign client with Smart Connection - updated
• Viewing active users in Elvis 6 - new
• Opening files for editing (file check-out and check-in) using the Pro client of Elvis 6 - updated

Elvis Server 6.22.1

Elvis Server version: 6.22.1.279

InDesign client version 3.4.2.659

Migration Tool: 1.1.32

Release date: 12 October 2018

Note: The installer that was shipped with the version of Elvis 6.22 on October 12 was replaced by a new installer on October 17 as part of a fix for issue LVS-1291 'Windows Server is unable to generate previews and thumbnails for Illustrator and InDesign files'. If you have downloaded the installer before October 17, please download the current version.

New features

Changes

Fixed issues

Known issues

Installation

Downloads

Documentation

New features

No features have been added in this release of Elvis.

Changes

The following change has been made in this release of Elvis:

• Ghostscript. The version of Ghostscript that is used in Elvis Server has been upgraded to version 9.25 to apply fixes for vulnerability VU#332928. This vulnerability allowed attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the system. For more information see the WoodWing announcement as well as the article on cert.org.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Elvis:

LVS-12619 Pro client/Elvis Agent: Elvis Agent fails to connect to Pro client with error 'This session has expired due to multiple concurrent logins'.

LVS-12711 Brand portal/Basket: Basket icon incorrectly placed after page is refreshed.

LVS-12726 Server/processing: Ghostscript vulnerability VU#332928 which may allow attacker to execute arbitrary commands on a vulnerable system.

LVS-12729 server/installer: Elvis-shared-data has incorrect owner when using silent mode.

LVS-12748 Pro client/uploading: Uploads is added to previously selected folder.

LVS-12814 Pro client/versioning: Thumbnails missing for previous versions of asset containing spaces in file name.

LVS-12828 Pro client/viewing: Incorrect text alignment in List view.

LVS-12853 Pro client/renaming: Renaming folder splits destination into multiple folders and creates duplicate assets.

LVS-12913 Processing: Windows Server is unable to generate previews and thumbnails for Illustrator and InDesign files.

Known issues

No known issues exist in this release of Elvis.

Installing, upgrading and migrating

• Clean installation: For information about installing Elvis 6 Server on a system on which Elvis 6 Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 6 Server.
• Upgrading an existing installation. For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis 6 Server, see Upgrading Elvis 6.
• Upgrade from Elvis 5: For information about upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6, see Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6.
• Migration from Elvis 4: For information about migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6, see Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6.

Downloads

The download files for this release of Elvis can be found in the Release announcement.

Documentation

No changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Elvis.

Elvis Server 6.21.1

Elvis Server version: 6.21.1.256

InDesign client version 3.4.2.659

Migration Tool: 1.1.32

Release date: 19 September 2018

New features

Changes

Fixed issues

Known issues

Installation

Downloads

Documentation

New features

The following feature has been introduced in this release of Elvis:

• Pro client: Automatically finishing file uploads. When uploading files to Elvis using the Pro client, the last step of the process is to click Finish to return to the main screen. An 'Auto finish' option is now added that can be enabled to perform this step automatically. This is especially useful when the process of uploading files takes a long time, for example when uploading a large number of files and / or uploading files of a large size.

Changes

The following change has been made in this release of Elvis:

• Pro client: scrolling behavior. The scrolling mechanism for the Thumbnail view, List view, and Filmstrip view has been improved by only rendering those assets that are visible on screen. This speeds up the process of scrolling through assets.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Elvis:

LVS-12211 Pro client/previewing: Error while using shortcut key 'F' in Full Preview mode.

LVS-12462 Pro client/uploading: Unable to rename an asset on the Upload page while the Rename permission is assigned.

LVS-12598 Server/Collections: Collection assetFileModified field is not updated after modifying the assets in the Collections.

LVS-12671 Pro client/checking-in: The Save option is disabled when the folder dialog opens for Save as New.

LVS-12699 Server/logging: Downloading logs over S3 for multiple nodes leads to missing log files with duplicated names.

LVS-12714 Brand portal/Basket: The Share and Remove options are still available after clearing all assets from the Basket.

LVS-12733 Processing/previewing: Default preview background color overwrites transparency for PNG and TIFF previews.

LVS-12738 Server/single-sign-on: Node with single-sign-on (SSO) enabled does not start.

LVS-12742 Pro client/thumbnail: Highlighted text is not shown correctly after search and delete.

LVS-12752 Pro client/uploading: Incorrect upload counter is shown.

LVS-12753 Pro client/checking-out: Check-out panel displays assets checked-out by other users.

Known issues

No known issues exist in this release of Elvis.

Installing, upgrading and migrating

• Clean installation: For information about installing Elvis 6 Server on a system on which Elvis 6 Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 6 Server.
• Upgrading an existing installation. For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis 6 Server, see Upgrading Elvis 6.
• Upgrade from Elvis 5: For information about upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6, see Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6.
• Migration from Elvis 4: For information about migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6, see Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6.

Downloads

The download files for this release of Elvis can be found in the Release announcement.

Documentation

The following documentation accompanies this release of Elvis:

• Uploading files to Elvis 6 using the Pro client

Elvis Server 6.20.2 Quick Patch

Elvis Server version: 6.20.2.232

Release date: 6 September 2018

Fixed issues

The following issue has been fixed in this release of Elvis:

LVS-12738 Node with SSO enabled does not start.

Elvis Server 6.20.1

Elvis Server version: 6.20.1.230

InDesign client version 3.4.2.659

Migration Tool: 1.1.32

Release date: 28 August 2018

New features

Changes

Fixed issues

Known issues

Installation

Downloads

Documentation

New features

No new features have been introduced in this release of Elvis.

Changes

The following changes has been made in this release of Elvis:

• Enterprise Server integration: Enterprise Servers page in Management Console. Changes have been made to the working of the Enterprise Servers page, used for creating a trusted connection with Enterprise Server 10.5 and higher. When a client ID and password have been generated using the Enterprise Servers page of Elvis 6.19, a new client ID and password need to be generated using the Enterprise Servers page of Elvis 6.20 or higher. The configuration file also need to be updated with this new ID and password. See Integrating Elvis 6 in Enterprise Server 10.5 or higher.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Elvis:

LVS-11148 Pro client/metadata: Asset flags shown as 'flagIconWhenNotEmpty' instead of specific predefined value flag icon.

LVS-12472 Pro client/metadata: Remove several metadata fields from selection list for which the user has no view permissions.

LVS-12557 Server/plug-in: Job runner at times have the in-memory scheduled plug-in configuration removed, resulting in exceptions.

LVS-12607 Server/stats: Enable ROLE_STATS required by the stats plug-in sample.

LVS-12609 Plug-in/ww_enterprise_import: Prevent version conflict when running Enterprise import plug-in.

LVS-12613 Management Console: Unable to specify user type in internal-user.properties.txt file.

LVS-12641 Preview/EPS: Incorrect color conversion for CMYK EPS file previews.

LVS-12654 Brand portal/Basket: After removing an asset from the Basket page, icons below the thumbnail for the next asset stop working.

LVS-12687 Management console/Enterprise: Details are hidden when adding a new Enterprise server.

LVS-12689 Server/Webhooks: Disable Webhook while index update is running.

LVS-12690 Share client/uploading: Unable to upload assets in shared Collection.

LVS-12691 Processing/SVG: Background color for SVG file not respecting defaultBackground setting.

LVS-12692 Migration: When migration progress is interrupted during import, the last batch of files is not logged.

LVS-12696 Migration: Do not migrate Desktop Client profiles to Elvis 6.

LVS-12705 Pro client/plug-in: Sandbox / cross-origin violations block plug-in from working.

LVS-12707 Migration: Multi-volumes are not handled correctly when migrating from Windows to another Windows environment.

LVS-12720 Pro client/Elvis Agent: Pro client sends unnecessary metadata over stomp port to Elvis Agent.

LVS-12725 After upgrading Elvis server, existing Enterprise Server cannot access Elvis anymore with old ELVIS_CLIENT_SECRET key.

Known issues

No known issues exist in this release of Elvis.

Installing, upgrading and migrating

• Clean installation: For information about installing Elvis 6 Server on a system on which Elvis 6 Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 6 Server.
• Upgrading an existing installation. For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis 6 Server, see Upgrading Elvis 6.
• Upgrade from Elvis 5: For information about upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6, see Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6.
• Migration from Elvis 4: For information about migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6, see Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6.

Downloads

The download files for this release of Elvis can be found in the Release announcement.

Documentation

No changes to the documentation have been made this release of Elvis.

Elvis Server 6.19.1

Elvis Server version: 6.19.1.217

InDesign client version 3.4.2.659

Migration Tool: 1.1.30

Release date: 8 August 2018

New features

Changes

Fixed issues

Known issues

Installation

Downloads

Documentation

New features

The following feature has been introduced in this release of Elvis:

• Enterprise Server integration: Enterprise Servers page in Management Console. In preparation for upcoming improvements in the integration of Enterprise Server in Elvis, a new page named 'Enterprise Servers' has been added to the Management Console. This page will become functional when Enterprise Server 10.5.0 is released.

Changes

No changes have been made in this release of Elvis.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Elvis:

LVS-10553 Processing/Downloading As: images are upscaled to higher resolutions than original.

LVS-11420 Management Console: admin user session is shown more than once on Active Users page.

LVS-12492 Processing/InDesign: layout previews are sometimes not generated.

LVS-12510 Error when copying an asset using Copy To without selecting a folder.

LVS-12531 Error when moving asset.

LVS-12538 Unexpected results when entering a search term in the Search box but not performing a search.

LVS-12543 Unable to edit a custom asset info file on Linux server for a user with read/write permissions.

LVS-12554 Request Upload window: a Shared Link is created each time the Share button is clicked.

LVS-12560 No thumbnail is generated for Collections and audio files.

LVS-12587 Sharing assets: not able to set a folder for the Upload option.

LVS-12597 Enterprise import plug-in stops working after some time.

LVS-12602 Enable oAuthAuthorizationServerEnabled by default.

LVS-12639 Metadata in thumbnail is not updated when sorting assets in thumbnail view.

LVS-12646 Upload/download progress icon is incorrect.

LVS-12656 Collections: Display issues when number of assets in Collection is equal to or greater than position of Collection in folder.

LVS-12668 Checked-out files page: file is not removed from the page after replacing it with another file.

Known issues

No known issues exist in this release of Elvis.

Installing, upgrading and migrating

• Clean installation: For information about installing Elvis 6 Server on a system on which Elvis 6 Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 6 Server.
• Upgrading an existing installation. For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis 6 Server, see Upgrading Elvis 6.
• Upgrade from Elvis 5: For information about upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6, see Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6.
• Migration from Elvis 4: For information about migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6, see Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6.

Downloads

The download files for this release of Elvis can be found in the Release announcement.

Documentation

The following documentation accompanies this release of Elvis:

• Managing Elvis 6 Server - updated

Elvis Server 6.18.2

Elvis Server version: 6.18.2.204

InDesign client version 3.4.1.644

Migration Tool: 1.1.31

Release date: 19 July 2018

New features

Changes

Fixed issues

Known issues

Installation

Downloads

Documentation

New features

The following features have been introduced in this release of Elvis:

Indexing: Improved process for creating and restoring a backup of the index

The process for creating or restoring a backup of the index involved a manual process in which commands needed to be entered in the terminal.

To make this process more user friendly, a new page has been added to the Management Console from which these processes can be easily run: the 'Index backup and restore' page.

Creating a backup is now done by clicking the 'Create backup' button in the top right corner of the page.

Restoring one or more specific indices is now done by following the steps that are outlined on the page.

Transparent images: Setting the background color

The default background color for thumbnails and previews of transparent images is white. If the subject of the image is also (mostly) white, this can make it hard to distinguish the subject from the background.

To improve this, a custom background color (such as light gray) can be set for all transparent images. This can be done in the following ways:

• By setting the following option in Elvis Server:

• File: cluster-config.properties.txt
• Option name: defaultBackground
• Value: An RGB hex triplet
• Default value: #ffffff
• Requires Elvis Server restart: yes

Example: defaultBackground=#ececec

• In the Preview API, by setting the 'background' property.

Example: maxWidth_800_maxHeight_600_background_F0F0F0.jpg

Changes

The following changes have been made for this release of Elvis.

• Controlling user access to Pro client features: renamed option for disabling the creation of User zone folder. The User zone Capability grants users access to a private user folder to which they have full access.

Creating a default private folder can be disabled by setting the following option in the cluster-config.properties.txt file:

• allAirClientUsersHaveUserZone

From Elvis 6.17, this option has been renamed to:

• allProClientUsersHaveUserZone

For more information, see Controlling user access to clients and client features in Elvis 6.

• Capabilities: The ROLE_AIR_CLIENT Capability has been made obsolete. This Capability was used to allow users access to the Desktop client. Because the Desktop client was fully replaced by the Pro client in Elvis 6, the ROLE_AIR_CLIENT Capability has now been made obsolete. It has been replaced by the ROLE_WEB_CLIENT Capability.

Note: If your plug-in configuration makes use of the the ROLE_AIR_CLIENT Capability (such as the Web access plug-in), replace it with the ROLE_WEB_CLIENT Capability.

• Webhook API: The asset_create Webhook event is now fired when the user confirms the upload by clicking the Finish button instead of after the creation of an asset.

Web access plug-in.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Elvis:

LVS-11841 Management console/backing up-restoring: Add ability to create and restore index backups.

LVS-11964 Pro client/user zone: User Zone feature does not properly disable user's access to a user folder.

LVS-12218 Configuration/previewing: Allow configuration of default preview background and custom preview background color.

LVS-12236 Pro client/metadata: Show complete description in view only mode of Metadata panel to allow copying text.

LVS-12294 Pro client/searching: Folder browser visible after copying with Search Preset active.

LVS-12338 Pro client/Collections: Several Collection actions visible when user does not have Collections Capability assigned.

LVS-12358 Pro client/scrolling: Improve performance of scrolling through assets.

LVS-12359 Pro client/previewing: Increase performance of previewing assets.

LVS-12421 Pro client/previewing: Adobe Illustrator files show incorrect dimensions in preview mode and filmstrip mode.

LVS-12451 Pro client/searching: Increase the size of the search input box to make use of all available space.

LVS-12455 Pro client/checking-in: Replacing a checked-out file sometimes results in loss of metadata.

LVS-12474 Webhooks/asset created: Send "Asset created" Webhook event when user clicks Finish button instead of at start of upload.

LVS-12486 Pro client/Shared Links management: Filter on description as well as subject.

LVS-12501 Pro client/plug-ins: The 'Open in new tab' view does not show the plug-ins in the context menu.

LVS-12502 plug-in/ww_enterprise_import: Multiple Editions are linked to a PDF page that is used in a single Edition.

LVS-12517 Upgrading/Enterprise relations: Enterprise relations cannot be rebuild because of empty Editions.

LVS-12520 Pro client/metadata: Dropdown list for predefinedValues overlaps input field.

Known issues

No known issues exist in this release of Elvis.

Installing, upgrading and migrating

• Clean installation: For information about installing Elvis 6 Server on a system on which Elvis 6 Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 6 Server.
• Upgrading an existing installation. For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis 6 Server, see Upgrading Elvis 6.
• Upgrade from Elvis 5: For information about upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6, see Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6.
• Migration from Elvis 4: For information about migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6, see Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6.

Downloads

The download files for this release of Elvis can be found in the Release announcement.

Documentation

The following documentation accompanies this release of Elvis:

• Managing Elvis 6 Server - updated
• Creating or deleting a backup of the index in Elvis 6 - updated
• Restoring an index in Elvis 6 - updated
• Elvis 6 API - Previews - updated
• Overview of a Webhook and its payloads and events in Elvis 6 - updated
• Controlling user access to clients and client features in Elvis 6 - updated
• Setting up the Brand portal in Elvis 6 - updated
• Setting up the Pro client in Elvis 6 - updated

Elvis Server 6.17.3 Quick Patch

Elvis Server version: 6.17.3.186

Release date: 3 July 2018

Fixed issues

The following issue has been fixed in this release of Elvis:

LVS-12521 Unable to upload assets to Share Link or Upload Request.

Elvis Server 6.17.1

Elvis Server version: 6.17.1.180

InDesign client version 3.4.1.644

Migration Tool: 1.1.31

Release date: 26 June 2018

New features

Changes

Fixed issues

Known issues

Installation

Downloads

Documentation

New features

The following features have been introduced in this release of Elvis:

Elvis Agent: support for Amazon CloudFront

Elvis Agent (used for opening files for editing using the Pro client), can now also be used when Amazon CloudFront is used in front of Elvis Server. Making this work requires the following:

• Elvis Server needs to be configured
• The version of Elvis Agent that is shipped with Elvis 6.17 or higher needs to be installed.

For installation and configuration details, see Installing Elvis Agent.

Elvis Agent: checking the version number

When using Elvis Agent for opening files for editing using the Pro client, the version of Elvis Agent that is installed can now be checked by choosing 'About Elvis Agent' in the menu.

Changes

The following changes have been made for this release of Elvis.

• Pro client: improved performance of scrolling through assets. The performance of scrolling through a large set of assets has been improved;. It is now possible to continue scrolling while assets are being loaded.

• Pro client: configuring the default date when shared assets expire. When assets are shared, they can be accessed for a limited period of time. The default time period is one month which can be manually changed when the link with which the assets are shared is created or edited. To change this default time period, add the following option to the cluster-config.properties.txt file of Elvis Server and change the value to the desired number of months:

authKeyDefaultExpireMonths=1

• Pro client: editing metadata of a checked-out asset. Using the Pro client, it is now possible to edit the metadata of an asset that is checked-out by another user. When the checked-out asset is checked-in again, any changes to the metadata of the asset that were made by other users while the asset was checked-out are kept; any changes to the metadata of the asset that were made by the user who checked-out the asset are lost.

• Elvis Agent: upgrade required. When using Elvis Agent for opening files for editing using the Pro client, the version of Elvis Agent that was installed in Elvis 6.16 or earlier needs to be replaced with the version of Elvis Agent that is shipped with Elvis 6.17 or later. This is because of various changes that have been implemented in Elvis Server, including in the area of security.

• APIs now consistently return only visible metadata fields. The Elvis APIs now consistently return only visible metadata fields. This was already the case for most APIs, but some did not correctly follow this behavior. This has now been corrected.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Elvis:

LVS-12431 Pro client/upload: Placeholder is created while upload is in progress.

LVS-12345 Elvis agent/communication: Send only requestSecret as part of query parameters from Elvis Agent to the server.

LVS-12357 Server/API: Provide correct cache headers in API responses for Web browsers.

LVS-12363 Configuration/Shared Link: Make default expiry date configurable.

LVS-12364 Processing/PDF: Sometimes incorrect dimensions are applied to PDF renditions.

LVS-12338 Pro client/Collections: Several Collection actions are visible while the user does not have the Collections Capability assigned.

LVS-12380 Server/removing: Increase performance of asset and folder removal.

LVS-12384 Pro client/Permissions: Copy and Move buttons are enabled on restricted folders.

LVS-12385 Processing/EPS: Custom download of EPS files generates renditions with incorrect dimensions.

LVS-12386 Server/login: When the serverPath configuration option is set, logging-in fails when the session is already authenticated.

LVS-12394 Enterprise/export: Exporting an asset to Enterprise sometimes fails at the first attempt.

LVS-12409 Migration Tool/exporting: Export from Elvis 4 fails to gather all folder locations from volume-config.xml.

LVS-12436 Processing/XML: Parts of text missing from WCML preview.

LVS-12446 Server/API: Ensure all APIs return only visible fields in metadata.

LVS-12412 Pro client/metadata: Allow edit of metadata while asset is checked-out.

LVS-12499 Pro client/scrolling: Improve performance of scrolling assets by rendering tiles before thumbnail and data is loaded form the server.

Known issues

No known issues exist in this release of Elvis.

Installing, upgrading and migrating

• Clean installation: For information about installing Elvis 6 Server on a system on which Elvis 6 Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 6 Server.
• Upgrading an existing installation. For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis 6 Server, see Upgrading Elvis 6.
• Upgrade from Elvis 5: For information about upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6, see Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6.
• Migration from Elvis 4: For information about migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6, see Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6.

Downloads

The download files for this release of Elvis can be found in the Release announcement.

Documentation

The following documentation accompanies this release of Elvis:

• Installing Elvis Agent - updated
• Upgrading Elvis 6 - updated
• Opening files for editing (file check-out and check-in) using the Pro client of Elvis 6 - configuration - updated
• Speeding up the connection to Elvis Server from remote locations by using Amazon CloudFront - updated
• Setting up the Pro client in Elvis 6 - updated
• Working with metadata in Elvis 6 - updated
• Working with metadata in the Pro client of Elvis 6 - updated

Elvis Server 6.16.2

Elvis Server version: 6.16.2.167

InDesign client version 3.4.1.644

Migration Tool: 1.1.30

Release date: 5 June 2018

New features

Changes

Fixed issues

Known issues

Installation

Downloads

Documentation

New features

No new features have been introduced in this release of Elvis.

Changes

The following changes have been made for this release of Elvis.

• S3 storage: Updated configuration. The S3 storage engine configuration has been changed: the setting named storage.engine.s3.endpoint has been replaced by a simpler setting named storage.engine.s3.region.

Note: If you have one or more S3 storage engines configured, Elvis Server will not start until you replace the endpoint property with the region property.

For more information, see:

• Running Elvis 6 in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud
• Multi-tiered storage in Elvis 6 Server

• Admin pages are now all available in the Management Console. Over the past few months, various Admin pages (used for configuring specific aspects of Elvis Server) have been moved to the Management Console and, where needed, the content and useability of these pages has been improved. With the release of Elvis 6.16, the last remaining Admin pages have now also been moved:

• Config properties. This page is available under 'Server configuration' and is split in two separate pages: the 'Files' page shows all currently configured settings of all configuration files, while the 'Cluster properties' page allows you to view and configure properties of the cluster-config.properties.txt file. See Changing the Elvis 6 Server configuration for a running cluster.

• Support tools. This page can be found under 'Tools'. See Gathering Elvis 6 Server information for troubleshooting.

• HTTPS tools. This page can be found under 'Tools'. See Setting up HTTPS in Elvis 6 Server.

• Enterprise update. This page can be found under 'Tools'. See Updating all Enterprise objects which are linked to Elvis 6.

When accessing the Admin pages, you are automatically redirected to the Management Console.

For more information, see:

• Managing Elvis 6 Server
• Using the Management Console of Elvis 6

• Renaming assets or folders by changing upper case or lower case. It is now possible to change the case of asset and folder names without having to rename them through an intermediate step.

For example, the process used to be as follows:

production → production-temp → Production

Now this can be done in one step:

production → Production

• Management Console: Changes to the metadata field permission setup. In previous versions of the metadata field setup in the Management Console it was possible to assign fields to users that were either marked as technical or editable. This has now changed. As a result, check boxes or whole entries may appear missing from the page that were previously visible.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Elvis:

LVS-8599 Storage/configuration: Update the configuration settings for the S3 storage engine.

LVS-11667 Permissions/Collections: Unable to add asset to Collection if user has no edit metadata permissions.

LVS-11914 Metadata/rename: Repeated renaming attempts cause auto-rename number to increase incorrectly.

LVS-12254 Server/rename: Changing case of an asset or folder without changing its name.

LVS-12256 Processing/AI: Distorted previews created from Adobe Illustrator files.

LVS-12261 Plug-in/ww_enterprise_import: Multiple Editions of layout pages are not properly archived.

LVS-12288 Management Console/Permissions: Technical fields are visible, non-editable fields are allowed to be set to editable.

LVS-12310 Pro client/upload: Pro user cannot change image file name while uploading.

LVS-12320 Management Console/licensing: License page serial and contact details are applied from previous license activation.

LVS-12327 Previewing/processing: Incorrect preview generation for PSD images containing transparency.

LVS-12329 Plug-in/upload portal: Upload portal Dam Tube is not working when serverPath is configured.

LVS-12331 Pro client/upload: Unknown error when uploading a file to a zone for which the user does have create rights for.

LVS-12355 Server/licensing: Unable to log in as super user when all seats are taken.

Known issues

No known issues exist in this release of Elvis.

Installing, upgrading and migrating

• Clean installation: For information about installing Elvis 6 Server on a system on which Elvis 6 Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 6 Server.
• Upgrading an existing installation. For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis 6 Server, see Upgrading Elvis 6.
• Upgrade from Elvis 5: For information about upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6, see Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6.
• Migration from Elvis 4: For information about migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6, see Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6.

Downloads

The download files for this release of Elvis can be found in the Release announcement.

Documentation

The following documentation accompanies this release of Elvis:

• Managing Elvis 6 Server - updated
• Using the Management Console of Elvis 6 - updated
• All articles containing references to one or more Admin pages - updated
• Multi-tiered storage in Elvis 6 Server - updated
• Running Elvis 6 in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud - updated

Elvis Server 6.15.1

Elvis Server version: 6.15.1.155

InDesign client version 3.4.1.644

Migration Tool: 1.1.30

Release date: 17 May 2018

New features

Changes

Fixed issues

Known issues

Installation

Downloads

Documentation

New features

No new features have been introduced in this release of Elvis.

Changes

No changes have been made for this release of Elvis.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Elvis:

LVS-11343 Plug-in: Elvis API samples > Upload portal Dam tube is not working.

LVS-12186 Pro client/download: Downloading a set of files containing a 4GB or larger asset will download as a TAR.GZ file instead of a ZIP file on MacOS.

LVS-12195 Pro client/searching: Unexpected results shown when searching in a folder that contains a dash in the name.

LVS-12212 Pro client/sharing: Share Links are not correctly sorted.

LVS-12239 Storage/multi-volume: Errors appear in the log when moving an asset from a shared storage location to S3.

LVS-12252 Pro client: The number of dragged items is not displayed correctly.

LVS-12260 Processing/PSD: Some PSD files get corrupted after embedding the Elvis ID.

LVS-12269 Admin/HTTPS: Importing a certificate fails when parsing an obfuscated password in the command line keytool.

LVS-12308 Processing/metadata: Some images extract incorrect dimensions from the metadata.

Known issues

No known issues exist in this release of Elvis.

Installing, upgrading and migrating

• Clean installation: For information about installing Elvis 6 Server on a system on which Elvis 6 Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 6 Server.
• Upgrading an existing installation. For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis 6 Server, see Upgrading Elvis 6.
• Upgrade from Elvis 5: For information about upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6, see Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6.
• Migration from Elvis 4: For information about migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6, see Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6.

Downloads

The download files for this release of Elvis can be found in the Release announcement.

Documentation

No changes to the documentation have been made for this release of Elvis.

Elvis Server 6.14.2

Elvis Server version: 6.14.2.144

InDesign client version 3.4.1.644

Migration Tool: 1.1.30

Release date: 9 May 2018

An exposure of sensitive information vulnerability was brought to our attention. The vulnerability, when exploited, will allow read access to files that should not be accessible.

If your server is accessible from the internet we urge you to upgrade to the latest available version as soon as possible. If this is not possible for your customers, please contact WoodWing Support.

Fixed issues

The following issue has been fixed in this release of Elvis:

LVS-12304 Patch/security: Patch for vulnerability exploit that provides read access to files that should not be accessible.

Downloads

The download files for this release of Elvis can be found in the Release announcement.

Elvis Server 6.14.1

Elvis Server version: 6.14.1.136

InDesign client version 3.4.1.644

Migration Tool: 1.1.30

Release date: 24 April 2018

New features

Changes

Fixed issues

Known issues

Installation

Downloads

Documentation

New features

The following feature has been introduced in this release of Elvis:

• Pro client: more keyboard shortcuts added. To ease the use of the Pro client, many keyboard shortcuts have been added.

For a full overview, see Keyboard shortcuts for the Pro client. Keyboard shortcuts are also shown in the context menu of a file in the Pro client.

Changes

The following changes have been made in this release of Elvis:

• Implemented solution for possible data loss when removing assets. When Elvis Server is set up with shared or local storage engines, it is possible that removing one asset will result in the removal of original files of another asset.

Each time an asset is removed, a very small chance exists of this bug occurring. This depends on the number of assets and the number of storage engines used: number of assets / 1,000,000,000 / number of storage engines.

Large data sets on a single storage engine are more likely to be affected than large data sets on multiple storage engines.

The result of this action would be an index entry where the download of an original file fails, but thumbnail and previews are still available.

This issue has been fixed in Elvis 6.14. For more information or concerns, please contact support.

• Admin pages. The styling and location of the navigation for the Admin pages has changed.

Note: Most admin tools can be found in the Management Console or are planned to be moved there over the next few releases.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Elvis:

LVS-12095 Pro client/plug-in: Fix Getty Images and iStockPhoto plug-in samples to work by opening a new tab.

LVS-12117 Management console: Improve performance and reliability of Permission setups when switching between groups.

LVS-12148 Brand portal/navigation: Multiple selection is not applied as OR within a taxonomy.

LVS-12157 Processing/extracting metadata: Elvis takes IFD2 metadata when IFD0 exists and is correct, causing small image previews.

LVS-12166 Pro client: Add keyboard shortcuts for various actions.

LVS-12173 Plug-ins: Plug-ins stop executing due to server-side locks when allowParallelExecution is set to false.

LVS-12175 Server/import: Extension/type mismatch creates unusable asset in Elvis.

LVS-12188 Processing: Elvis adds JPG extension to FreeHand FH11 files.

LVS-12190 API/download: Download original controller throws StringIndexOutOfBoundsException if asset ID or assetPath is not specified.

LVS-12228 Server/stability: Data loss possible when files from 2 assets end up in the same folder on storage level and either asset is removed.

LVSID-497 Elvis InDesign installer changes permissions of InDesign application folder.

Known issues

No known issues exist in this release of Elvis.

Installing, upgrading and migrating

• Clean installation: For information about installing Elvis 6 Server on a system on which Elvis 6 Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 6 Server.
• Upgrading an existing installation. For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis 6 Server, see Upgrading Elvis 6.
• Upgrade from Elvis 5: For information about upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6, see Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6.
• Migration from Elvis 4: For information about migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6, see Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6.

Downloads

The download files for this release of Elvis can be found in the Release announcement.

Documentation

The following documentation accompanies this release of Elvis:

• Keyboard shortcuts for the Pro client of Elvis 6 - updated

Elvis Server 6.13.1

Elvis Server version: 6.13.1.123

InDesign client version 3.4.0.639

Migration Tool: 1.1.30

Release date: 3 April 2018

New features

Changes

Fixed issues

Known issues

Installation

Downloads

Documentation

New features

The following features have been introduced in this release of Elvis:

Viewing the history of a file

Knowing which changes were made to a file, when they were made and by whom they were made is an important aspect of managing files in Elvis.

Any changes to the metadata that are made for a file as well as the actions that are performed on a file can now be viewed in the Full History tab of the History panel (this panel was named Versions panel in previous verions).

Changes and actions are ordered by the time period in which they were made (today, yesterday, 2 weeks ago, and so on).

Shown is the name of the action or the metadata field that is changed together with the value that it is changed to.

Example: When a file is renamed today from 'File 1.jpg' to 'File 2.jpg', the Full History tab shows: Today     Renamed   File 2.jpg

When a file is checked-in, the number of the created file version is shown and the item can be clicked to view all metadata changes that have occurred.

Figure: Clicking Checked-in for a file (lefts) shows the metadata values that have changed (right).

The Search box and/or Filter at the top of the panel can be used to narrow down the number of items that are shown in the Full History tab.

For more information, see Working with file versions and file history in the Pro client.

Setting up permissions for users or groups by copying permissions from an existing user or group

Part of setting up a user or user group is setting the permissions for controlling access to clients and client features, folders and assets, metadata fields, Download Presets and Search Presets.

To make this process more efficient, a set of Permissions can now be copied from an existing user or user group.

This is done by selecting a user or user group in the Management Console, clicking the new Copy button, choosing the user or group to which the permissions need to be copied, defining which type of Permissions should be copied, and then to run the process.

Figure: The new Copy button that has been added.

Figure: The Copy To window for choosing the user or group from which to copy the Permissions, and for defining which Permissions should be copied.

For more information, see: 

• Controlling user access to clients and client features in Elvis 6
• Controlling user access to folders and assets in Elvis 6
• Controlling user access to metadata fields in Elvis 6
• Managing Download Presets in Elvis 6
• Managing Search Presets in Elvis 6

Changes

The following changes have been made in this release of Elvis:

• LDAP user names and user groups. The following changes have been made relating to users and user groups that are managed in LDAP:

• Searching: Searching for users now works on both the display name and the log-in name, thereby increasing the chances of finding the user or group that is searched for.

• Management Console: The Management Console now uses the LDAP display name of a user or user group.

Note: One exception exists: when setting up a Rule for controlling user access to folders and assets, the names for users and groups that appear in the New Rule or Edit Rule window are the technical names. Filtering on these names needs to be done by using these technical names.

• Pro client: The 'Version' panel has been renamed to 'History' panel. For more information about using this panel, see Working with file versions and file history in the Pro client of Elvis 6.

• Elvis Agent: change in configuration. In order for the Elvis Agent to be able to communicate with Elvis Server, a setting needs to be configured in Elvis Server. From Elvis 6.13, this is now done by using the webSocketEnabled setting instead of the stompPort setting used in earlier versions. For more information, see Opening files for editing (file check-out and check-in) using the Pro client of Elvis 6 - configuration.

webSocketEnabled=true

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Elvis:

LVS-11882 Management Console/Permissions: Make it possible to copy Permission settings between users and groups.

LVS-11963 Preview/custom: PPI setting is ignored when also embedding the color profile.

LVS-12016 Processing/embed: Elvis ID is not embedded into Adobe Illustrator files.

LVS-12030 Client/upload: 'Finish' button is available before system has completed its tasks, causing assets to be hidden after upload.

LVS-12038 Pro client: Version panel only shows up to 5 versions instead of the actual number of versions in the system.

LVS-12046 Pro client/download: Add warning when file of more than 4GB is downloaded using Pro client or Share client on Mac.

LVS-12050 i18n/pt: 'October' not correctly translated for Portuguese.

LVS-12064 Migraton/permissions: Mixed permissions in dump folder after index dump has been created.

LVS-12074 Elvis Agent: icon is not very visible in Windows taskbar.

LVS-12075 Management Console/Permissions: Improved search of LDAP user names in the users and groups section.

LVS-12120 Processing/EPS: Thumbnails and previews of EPS files created with incorrect resolution.

LVS-12122 Pro client/filter: Filtering by selecting a tag is not working correctly.

LVS-12149 Elvis Agent/connect: Remove error message that appears when Elvis Agent is unable to connect.

Known issues

No known issues exist in this release of Elvis.

Installing, upgrading and migrating

• Clean installation: For information about installing Elvis 6 Server on a system on which Elvis 6 Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 6 Server.
• Upgrading an existing installation. For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis 6 Server, see Upgrading Elvis 6.
• Upgrade from Elvis 5: For information about upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6, see Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6.
• Migration from Elvis 4: For information about migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6, see Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6.

Downloads

The download files for this release of Elvis can be found in the Release announcement.

Documentation

The following documentation accompanies this release of Elvis:

• Working with file versions and file history in the Pro client of Elvis 6 - new
• Controlling user access to clients and client features in Elvis 6 - updated
• Controlling user access to folders and assets in Elvis 6 - updated
• Controlling user access to metadata fields in Elvis 6 - updated
• Managing Download Presets in Elvis 6 - updated
• Managing Search Presets in Elvis 6 - updated

Elvis Server 6.12.1

Elvis Server version: 6.12.1.107

InDesign client version 3.4.0.639

Migration Tool: 1.1.29

Release date: 13 March 2018

New features

Changes

Fixed issues

Known issues

Installation

Downloads

Documentation

New features

The following features have been introduced in this release of Elvis:

Elvis Pro client: Making regularly used searches available to users through Search Presets

Working on assets in Elvis starts by searching for these assets. Some assets are searched for on a regular basis, such as those in a particular location, with a particular status, and so on. The search criteria for finding these assets can be made available by the system administrator in the form of a Search Preset. These appear in a list in front of the Search box. This way, users can quickly access the assets by choosing the preset instead of having to enter or be aware of the search criteria themselves.

Figure: Choosing a Search Preset in the Pro client.

Search Presets are assigned to user groups and are created and managed on the Permissions > Groups page of the Management console.

For more information, see:

• Managing Search Presets in Elvis 6
• Searching for files using the Pro client of Elvis 6

Elvis Pro client: detachable preview

To make the process of previewing and comparing files easier, the preview can now be run in a separate window. This is done by clicking the New Window icon in the preview screen.

The preview in this window remains static until the preview for one or more other assets is opened. This makes it possible to work on assets in Elvis in one window while previewing one or more assets in another window.

For more information, see Previewing and comparing files in the Pro Client of Elvis 6.

InDesign client: Support for Adobe CC 2018

The Elvis InDesign client now also supports Adobe CC 2018.

Changes

The following changes have been made in this release of Elvis:

• Server Status page has moved to Management console. The Server Status page has moved from the Admin pages in Elvis Server to the Management Console. For more information, see Monitoring the state of Elvis 6 Server.

• Field info page. The Field info page (which describes the technical information for the default metadata fields that are used in Elvis) has moved from the Admin pages in Elvis Server to the Management Console. The order of the field groups has also been changed to match the order in which they appear in other places of the Management Console and in the Pro Client.

• Shared Links: pagination added. Shared links are now displayed in pages of maximum 100 links.

• LDAP: Disable automatic user type assignment. By default all users that are able to authenticate to LDAP get the lowest possible user type assigned when the type is unspecified for users and their groups. To prevent users without a specific user type assignment from logging in, add the following property to the cluster-config.properties.txt file:

security.login.userTypeRequired=true

When this option is not defined, the user will be assigned the lowest possible user type as licensed.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Elvis:

LVS-11881 Pro client/metadata flags: Flags are in reverse order compared to Desktop client.

LVS-11911 Pro client/Share Link: Add paging and improved search on the Shared links page.

LVS-11943 Brand portal/navigate: Selecting multiple values from the Categories panel returns empty search results.

LVS-11957 Server/license: Users with no access granted take up a client seat after logging in.

LVS-11969 API/create: Asset creation failed due to multiple parameter definitions for the same field.

LVS-11975 plug-in/ww_enterprise_import: Import failed when placing the same image multiple times across Editions.

LVS-11997 Migration/dump: Migration skips over entries or fails when maximum dump file limit is exceeded.

LVS-11998 Metadata/extract: Asset fails to upload if it contains empty embedded metadata fields.

LVS-12031 Metadata/extract: Embedded date containing time zone difference is not extracted.

LVS-12055 Elvis Agent/connect: Use user name instead of full user name for LDAP users to prevent mismatching names in communication.

LVS-12072 Admin: Remove tools and pages from old Admin page that are now available through the Management console.

LVSID-466 Image is downloaded each time it is placed.

LVSID-468 Links are not resolved or updated when a layout is checked-out and updated.

LVSID-469 Elvis InDesign users are logged out while exporting PDF from large layouts.

LVSID-482 No links to EPS shown on archived, reprinted and re-archived layout.

Known issues

No known issues exist in this release of Elvis.

Installing, upgrading and migrating

• Clean installation: For information about installing Elvis 6 Server on a system on which Elvis 6 Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 6 Server.
• Upgrading an existing installation. For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis 6 Server, see Upgrading Elvis 6.
• Upgrade from Elvis 5: For information about upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6, see Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6.
• Migration from Elvis 4: For information a -bout migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6, see Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6.

Downloads

The download files for this release of Elvis can be found in the Release announcement.

Documentation

• Monitoring the state of Elvis 6 Server - new
• Installing Elvis 6 Server - updated
• Managing Elvis 6 Server - updated
• Metadata field information for Elvis 6 - updated
• Managing Search Presets in Elvis 6 - new
• Searching for files using the Pro client of Elvis 6 - updated
• Previewing and comparing files in the Pro Client of Elvis 6 - updated
• Compatibility of the Elvis InDesign client with Elvis Server - updated
• Compatibility of the Elvis InDesign client with Adobe InDesign - updated

Elvis Server 6.11.1

Elvis Server version: 6.11.1.105

InDesign client version 3.3.1.614

Migration Tool: 1.1.29

Release date: 22 February 2018

New features

Changes

Fixed issues

Installation

Downloads

Documentation

New features

The following features have been introduced in this release of Elvis:

• Pro client: Opening files for editing - improvements. Various improvements have been made to the process of opening files for editing in their native application and saving the changes back to Elvis (a process also known as file check-out and check-in):

• A new application is introduced named Elvis Agent: a small application that runs in the background on the same system on which the Pro client is used. With Elvis Agent, a file can be automatically opened in its native application and checked-in again to Elvis in a single action.

Note: In order for Elvis Agent to be fully functional, Elvis Server needs to be configured. For more details, see Opening files for editing (file check-out and check-in) using the Pro client of Elvis 6 - configuration.

• The Checked-out files page now makes a distinction between the following types of files:

• Unedited files. When a file has been checked-out, it will initially appear as an 'unedited file'. This indicates that no changes have been made to this original file.

• Edited files. When the file is edited and saved using the original file type and file name, it appears as an 'edited file'. Example: A file named flower.jpg is edited and saved as flower.jpg.

• Related files. When a file is edited and saved using a different file type or file name, it is seen as a version that is related to the file that was originally checked out. Example: A file named flower.jpg is edited and saved as flower.png. These files appear in the 'Related files' panel on the right side of the page.

Figure: The Checked-out Files page now shows files as 'edited', 'unedited', or 'related'.

• An edited file can now also be saved to Elvis as a new file.

• For more information, see:
• Installing Elvis Agent
• Opening files for editing (file check-out and check-in) using the Pro client of Elvis 6 - configuration
• Opening files for editing (file check-out and check-in) using the Pro client of Elvis 6

Changes

The following changes have been made in this release of Elvis:

• Admin pages: The 'Manual upgrades page' has been renamed from 'Upgrade cluster/nodes' and moved from the Admin pages of Elvis Server to the Management console.

For more information, see Managing Elvis 6 Server.

• Searchable custom stats metadata. The Elvis stats index can be used to store custom stats records through the logUsage API. These stats records can also contain custom metadata. In Elvis versions prior to Elvis 6.11, this metadata is just stored, but not searchable. Searching and especially aggregating (reporting) on this data can be very useful when you want to perform reporting on data stored in the stats index. With Elvis 6.11, the indexing behavior has changed to ensure that the data is properly indexed and therefore searchable.

For more information, see Searchable custom stats metadata.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Elvis:

SPA-1054 Easy editing of files.

SPA-1477 Port Manual Upgrade page to Management Console.

LVS-8873 Metadata/PDF: Add configuration option to prevent calculating dimensions for PDF.

LVS-11854 Download/ZIP: Prevent issue on Mac when opening large ZIP files.

LVS-11877 Migration/export: Allow Migration tool to continue asset dump on unexpected exceptions.

LVS-11886 Pro client/operation: Copy and Move fails when the asset path contains a comma.

LVS-11906 Server/license: Not able to log in with an admin user when all licenses are in use.

LVS-11995 Admin/permissions: Do not automatically add a space after selecting field in the query builder.

LVS-11958 i18n/translation: Add new translations for added features.

LVS-11962 API/stats: Make custom fields in stats index searchable.

Installing, upgrading and migrating

• Clean installation: For information about installing Elvis 6 Server on a system on which Elvis 6 Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 6 Server.
• Upgrading an existing installation. For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis 6 Server, see Upgrading Elvis 6.
• Upgrade from Elvis 5: For information about upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6, see Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6.
• Migration from Elvis 4: For information about migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6, see Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6.

Downloads

The download files for this release of Elvis can be found in the Release announcement.

Documentation

The following changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Elvis:

• Installing Elvis Agent - new
• Opening files for editing (file check-out and check-in) using the Pro client of Elvis 6 - configuration - new
• Opening files for editing (file check-out and check-in) using the Pro client of Elvis 6 - updated
• Managing Elvis 6 Server - updated
• Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6 - updated
• Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6 - updated
• Rebuilding Enterprise relations in Elvis 6 that were incorrectly set during migration - updated
• Searchable custom stats metadata in Elvis 6 - new
• Elvis 6 REST API - log usage stats - updated
• The metadata structure of Elvis 6 - updated

Elvis Server 6.10.1

Elvis Server version: 6.10.1.90

InDesign client version 3.3.1.614

Migration Tool: 1.1.28

Release date: 30 January 2018

New features

Changes

Fixed issues

Known issues

Installation

Downloads

Documentation

New features

No new features have been introduced in this release of Elvis.

Changes

The following changes have been made in this release of Elvis:

• The Support tool is now able to download log files for plug-ins. When downloading log files from the server using the Support Tool page, the plug-in logs are now also included to make troubleshooting easier.

• Validation of configuration files. When changing XML files or other configuration files through the admin page, additional validation checks are now made before committing the change. This should prevent incorrect configuration from entering the server during runtime.

• Relation handling configuration. The config property autoCreateRelatedRelationsFromDerived has been split into separate configuration properties to allow more freedom in what relations are created depending on extracted metadata fields:

• autoCreateRelatedRelationsFromDerived.instanceId
• autoCreateRelatedRelationsFromDerived.documentId
• autoCreateRelatedRelationsFromDerived.originalDocumentId

By default, all these metadata fields are taken into account when creating relations between assets. The original configuration property autoCreateRelatedRelationsFromDerived will still be respected to turn all thses fields off simultaneously.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Elvis:

LVS-11244 Pro client/select: Scroll to selected assets if they are off screen when opening the metadata or filter panels.

LVS-11270 Brand portal/filter: Not all relevant values are displayed in the tags filter.

LVS-11433 Admin/support tools: Download of log files now include logs from plug-ins.

LVS-11466 Pro client/version: Show dates in the Version panel in the selected locale and include year in the value.

LVS-11486 Pro client/user interface: Width of list in panel does not change when size of localized messages increases.

LVS-11547 Server/config: Add configuration for automatically created derived relations to differentiate between instanceId, documentId and originalDocumentId.

LVS-11780 Plug-in/ww_enterprise_import: Remove 'Archived' from configuration of the plug-in, as it has no purpose.

LVS-11805 sSrver/metadata: Checksum fields are not set when a placeholder asset is updated with actual data.

LVS-11816 Pro client/search: Filtering on file name does not work when the name contains a space.

LVS-11820 Plug-in/ww-enterprise: Handle extension differences like TIF/TIFF and JPG/JPEG while archiving a layout by following Enterprise.

LVS-11827 iPad/share: Non-functionial Copy button is shown when sharing asset or requesting upload.

LVS-11829 Pro client/iPad: Change positioning, size and visibility of several UI elements that were rendered out of view.

LVS-11830 Pro client/localization: Translated messages were not applied to the custom download pop-up.

LVS-11840 Server/stats: Prevent situation where creating new stats index results in repeating warnings during change of month.

LVS-11848 Admin/config: Validate input of asset-info and internal-user-properties before saving it server-side.

LVS-11864 Share Link/upload: Upload of asset with existing name already exists results in unexpected check for role_version.

LVS-11875 Server/HTTPS: Enable redirectHttpToHttps show HTTP ERROR: 500.

LVS-11885 Pro client/plug-ins: plug-in context function updateCallback is called twice.

Installing, upgrading and migrating

• Clean installation: For information about installing Elvis 6 Server on a system on which Elvis 6 Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 6 Server.
• Upgrading an existing installation. For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis 6 Server, see Upgrading Elvis 6.
• Upgrade from Elvis 5: For information about upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6, see Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6.
• Migration from Elvis 4: For information about migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6, see Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6.

Downloads

The download files for this release of Elvis can be found in the Release announcement.

Documentation

No changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Elvis.

Elvis Server 6.9.1

Elvis Server version: 6.9.1.83

InDesign client version 3.3.1.614

Migration Tool: 1.1.28

Release date: 11 January 2018

New features

Changes

Fixed issues

Known issues

Installation

Downloads

Documentation

New features

The following feature has been introduced in this release of Elvis:

• Pro client: rotating and flipping images. Images can now be rotated and flipped directly from within the Pro client without having to open them in an external editor.

To do this, right-click an image to access the context menu, choose Image followed by one of the following commands:

• Rotate right
• Rotate left
• Rotate 180⁰

• Flip horizontal
• Flip vertical

Figure: Rotating an image in the Pro client.

Note: For users to make use of this feature, 'Image manipulation' feature needs to be assigned to their Capability setup.

Changes

The following changes have been made in this release of Elvis:

• Elvis Server start-up time improvements. The time that it takes for Elvis Server to start up has been reduced by:
• Changing various default configuration settings
• Changing the way cache asset and relation information is handled
• Removing unused libraries

Note: In case your instance of Elvis Server does not start because of custom configuration settings or because a plug-in makes use of one of the removed libraries, either use the default configuration or contact WoodWing support.

• The License page has been moved from the Admin pages section of Elvis Server to the Management Console.

For more information about the Management Console, see Using the Management Console of Elvis 6.

• Pro client: new icon for Collections. The icon for the Collections panel has been changed to make it look less like the Version icon.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Elvis:

LVS-6379 Server/move: Moving Collection assets without extension could lead to duplicate asset IDs in the index.

LVS-9170 Server/operations: Bulk metadata update stops when error is raised.

LVS-11349 Pro client/share: Sharing from Folder browser not possible.

LVS-11560 Enterprise/integration: Asset with Enterprise unsupported characters cannot be dragged to Content Station.

LVS-11603 Share/Download: Download a single file directly instead of packaging it in a .ZIP first.

LVS-11699 Processing/Linux: Incorrect preview is generated for PSD CMYK with Alpha channel.

LVS-11740 Pro client/checkout: Remove scroll bar on checked out assets on Checkout page.

LVS-11751 Plugin/metadata_import: Unable to update file name.

LVS-11788 Processing/EPS: Quality of EPS previews are below expectations in some cases.

LVS-11811 Plug-in/context: Elvis context does not update after logging in again.

LVS-11814 Processing/watermark: Watermarked thumbnails for CMYK images are not created by GraphicsMagic.

LVS-11821 Pro client/messages: Day shift in French date translations.

LVS-11822 Pro client/messages: French translation for log-in is incorrect.

LVS-11772 Admin/license: Add License page to Management console.

LVS-11810 Server/start: Improve boot time.

LVS-11836 Pro client/use -interface: Update icon for Collections.

LVS-11837 Pro client/user interface: Add 'busy' state to Sign In button.

LVS-11834 Pro client/image orientation: Add image rotate and flip to Pro Client.

Installing, upgrading and migrating

• Clean installation: For information about installing Elvis 6 Server on a system on which Elvis 6 Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 6 Server.
• Upgrading an existing installation. For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis 6 Server, see Upgrading Elvis 6.
• Upgrade from Elvis 5: For information about upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6, see Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6.
• Migration from Elvis 4: For information about migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6, see Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6.

Downloads

The download files for this release of Elvis can be found in the Release announcement.

Documentation

The following documentation accompanies this release of Elvis:

• Editing images using the Pro client of Elvis 6 - new
• Using the Pro Client of Elvis 6 - updated
• Licensing Elvis 6 Server - updated
• Using the Management Console of Elvis 6 - updated
• Managing Elvis 6 Server - updated
• Installing Elvis 6 Server - updated
• Controlling user access to clients and client features in Elvis 6 - updated

Elvis Server 6.8.1

Elvis Server version: 6.8.1.76

InDesign client version: 3.3.1.614

Migration Tool: 1.1.28

Release date: 12 December 2017

New features

Changes

Fixed issues

Known issues

Installation

Downloads

Documentation

New features

The following features have been introduced in Elvis 6.8.1:

Pro client and Brand portal: changing the font size

Users of the Pro client and the Brand portal can now slightly increase or decrease the font size of the text that is used in the application by using the options that have been added to the Avatar menu.

Figure: The options in the Avatar menu for changing the font size of the text in the Pro client.

Tool for rebuilding Enterprise relations that were incorrectly set during migration

When Elvis 6 is based on a migration from Elvis 4 that was performed by using the Migration Tool version 1.1.27 or older (part of Elvis 6.7 or older), relations between Enterprise files and Elvis assets were not correctly set and are therefore incorrectly displayed in the Pro client.

To rebuild these relations, a new tool named the 'Enterprise relations upgrade' can be used. It is run from the Admin pages of Elvis Server.

For more information, see Rebuilding Enterprise relations in Elvis 6 that were incorrectly set during migration.

Cleaning up assets with the same ID

In rare cases it can be possible to have multiple assets with the same asset ID in the system.

Because an asset ID should be unique for each asset, this issue needs to be resolved. This can now be done by moving duplicate assets to a dedicated folder and assigning a unique ID to each asset, or by removing the duplicate assets from the system.

Note: The action of moving assets to a different folder and assigning unique IDs is not supported when the assets are stored on a S3 storage engine on Amazon AWS.

For more information, see Cleaning up assets with the same ID in Elvis 6.

Changes

The following change has been made in Elvis 6.8.1:

• Sorting assets in the Pro client: When browsing assets without entering a search term, all assets now typically have the same relevance score. As a result, sorting on 'relevance' is no longer possible; instead, a more logical field such as 'file name' should be used for sorting the assets.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in Elvis 6.8.1:

LVS-3851 Generate previews of XLSM files.

LVS-11207 Share/dialog: Text in Share Link description field is not limited and therefore not visible.

LVS-11346 Plug-in/stats: RAW Stats plug-in not showing older statistics.

LVS-11375 Pro client/linked items: Close linked items search when browsing folders.

LVS-11517 Server/license: Maximum API licenses reached while only one API user active.

LVS-11546 Enterprise/integration: Fix possible Null Pointer Exception when updating Enterprise relations without placement.

LVS-11574 Client/pro: Load more assets initially when viewing search results on larger screens.

LVS-11627 Pro client/scroll: Increase performance of rendering assets on screen.

LVS-11654 Admin/tool: Add cleanup tool for assets with duplicate assetIds.

LVS-11662 Enterprise/integration: Drag-and-drop from Pro client to Content Station depends on InDesign Client capability granted.

LVS-11669 Metadata/copy: When copying, prevent several technical fields from being copied to assets.

LVS-11679 Admin/upgrade: Add Enterprise Relations upgrade to admin page.

LVS-11688 Preview/XMP: Previews are not generated for file types containing much XMP metadata.

LVS-11725 Pro client/search: Change default sort on search results without query or filter.

Known issues

The following known issue exists for Elvis 6.8.1:

• Share links with a custom serverPath are not working correctly.

Installing, upgrading and migrating

• Clean installation: For information about installing Elvis 6 Server on a system on which Elvis 6 Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 6 Server.
• Upgrading an existing installation. For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis 6 Server, see Upgrading Elvis 6.
• Upgrade from Elvis 5: For information about upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6, see Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6.
• Migration from Elvis 4: For information about migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6, see Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6.

Downloads

The download files for Elvis 6.8.1 can be found in the Release announcement.

Documentation

The following documentation accompanies the release of Elvis 6.8.1:

• Rebuilding Enterprise relations in Elvis 6 that were incorrectly set during migration - new
• Cleaning up assets with the same ID in Elvis 6 - new
• Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6 - updated
• Using the Pro Client of Elvis 6 - updated
• Using the Brand portal of Elvis 6 - updated

Elvis Server 6.7.1

Elvis Server version: 6.7.1.75

InDesign client version 3.3.0.611

Migration Tool: 1.1.28

Release date: 21 November 2017

New features

Changes

Fixed issues

Known issues

Installation

Downloads

Documentation

New features

The following feature has been introduced in Elvis 6.7.1:

• API plug-ins. API plug-ins make it possible to route API requests through Elvis Server instead of directly to an API of an external service, thereby making it possible to use the security and authentication features of Elvis Server.

For more information, see Routing API requests through Elvis 6 using API plug-ins.

Changes

The following change has been made in Elvis 6.7.1:

• Metadata: allow customizations of compass or analyzer settings of existing fields. It is now possible to change compass and analyzer settings of default metadata fields. This makes it possible to customize more existing fields, thereby reducing the need for creating custom fields.

Note: Changing these compass settings requires to restart and re-analyze the index.

For more information, see Changing the default metadata field options in Elvis 6 Server.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in Elvis 6.7.1:

LVS-11364 Management Console/Asset Processing-tool: Browser freezes when thread count is emptied.

LVS-11448 Server/performance: Increase speed of removing assets from the system.

LVS-11496 Config/metadata: Allow customizations of compass/analyzer settings of existing fields.

LVS-11554 Processing/previews: defaultImagePreview with custom value results in error in log: 'Could not retrieve preview'.

LVS-11638 Brand protal/basket: Error banner and console error while navigating to Basket.

LVS-11653 Migration/export: Elvis Migration shows it is finished before it is actually done.

LVS-11672 Migration/metadata: sceRelations object is parsed incorrectly when migrating Elvis 4.6 to Elvis 5 or 6.

LVS-10712 Plug-in/API: Introduce API plug-ins to add custom API services.

LVS-11640 Pro client/linked items: Linked items panel freezes when many relations exist.

LVS-11647 Configuration/analyzer: Add customization option in custom-assetinfo to alter compass settings.

LVS-11691 Share/metadata: Copying a shared asset caused the copy to be shared too.

Known issues

No known issues exist for Elvis 6.7.1.

Installing, upgrading and migrating

• Clean installation: For information about installing Elvis 6 Server on a system on which Elvis 6 Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 6 Server.
• Upgrading an existing installation. For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis 6 Server, see Upgrading Elvis 6.
• Upgrade from Elvis 5: For information about upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6, see Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6.
• Migration from Elvis 4: For information about migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6, see Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6.

Downloads

The download files for Elvis 6.7.1 can be found in the Release announcement.

Documentation

The following documentation accompanies the release of Elvis 6.7.1:

• Routing API requests through Elvis 6 using API plug-ins - new
• Extending the Elvis 6 functionality with plug-ins - updated
• Using the Management Console of Elvis 6 - updated
• Installing and managing plug-ins in Elvis 6 - updated
• Changing the default metadata field options in Elvis 6 Server - updated

Elvis Server 6.6.1

Elvis Server version: 6.6.1.73

InDesign client version 3.3.0.611

Migration Tool: 1.1.27

Release date: 1 November 2017

New features

Changes

Fixed issues

Known issues

Installation

Downloads

Documentation

New features

The following features have been introduced in Elvis 6.6.1:

Pro client: regenerating the thumbnail and preview of an asset

When needed, the thumbnail and preview of an asset can now be manually regenerated by right-clicking the asset in the Pro client and from the context menu choosing Regenerate thumbnail.

Notes: Note: This feature used to be present in the Desktop client of Elvis 4 and Elvis 5 and has now been made available in Elvis 6. This command is only available in the context menu if the user has been given permission to use it.

Elvis Server: New capability for controlling the feature 'Regenerating thumbnail'

A new Capability is added named 'Regenerate thumbnail'. It allows a user to manually regenerate the thumbnail and preview of an asset. A user can do this by right-clicking the asset in the Pro client and from the context menu choosing Regenerate thumbnail in the Pro client.

Note: This feature used to be present in the Desktop client of Elvis 4 and Elvis 5 and has now been made available in Elvis 6.

For more information about assigning Capabilities, see Controlling user access to clients and client features in Elvis 6.

Pro client, Brand portal and Share client: customizing the Sort list

When searching for assets in the Pro client or Brand portal, or when viewing assets that are shared, the displayed assets can be sorted by using the Sort list.

Figure: The Sort list in the Pro client.

The list can be customized to show specific items by changing one of the following options in Elvis Server:

• File: cluster-config.properties.txt
• Option: 
• For the Pro client and Brand portal: proClientSortFields
• For the Share client: authKeySortFields

For information about how to configure these settings, see Customizing the list for sorting assets in the Pro Client, Brand portal and Share client in Elvis 6.

Elvis InDesign client: re-linking placed images with (other) images in Elvis

When working on a layout on which images are placed that are stored in Elvis, a scenario may exist where the link between the images on the layout and those in Elvis need to be restored or recreated.

Examples: The user opens the layout without being logged in to Elvis. At some later stage the user logs in to Elvis. However, this does not re-establish the link between the images on the layout and those in Elvis. A layout is stored in Elvis on which images are placed that are also stored in Elvis. The layout and images are all stored in a folder. When copying the folder and its content, the links in the copied layout refer to the images in the original folder. The user wants to relink these images to those in the copied folder. A layout contains images that are stored locally. The same images with the same name also exist in Elvis. The user wants to relink the images to those in Elvis.

Images can now be re-linked individually or all at the same time by making use of the following options:

• Relink All Assets to Elvis
• Relink Asset to Elvis

These options can be found in the Elvis menu, context menu of a selected image and in the Links panel. For more information, see Using Elvis 6 with Adobe InDesign – Relinking placed files with (other) files in Elvis.

Pro client and Brand portal: keyboard shortcut for selecting all assets

Using Ctrl+A on Windows or Cmd+A on Mac OS X, a user can now select a maximum of 1000 assets in the Pro client or Brand portal.

The shortcut can be used on the Search results pages of the Pro client and the Brand portal and when working with assets in Collections in the Pro client.

For other pages where multiple assets are shown the shortcut has been left out because the page either already contains buttons for working with all assets (the Basket page in the Brand portal) or adding it has no functional benefit (such as the Shared Links page, the Checked-out files page and the page for uploading files).

InDesign scripting: Method added for relinking placed images with (other) images in Elvis

A new scripting method has been added named 'elvisRelinkAll' with which placed images can be relinked with (other) images in Elvis.

For more information about scripting, see Using Elvis 6 with Adobe InDesign – Scripting events.

For information about relinking assets, see Using Elvis 6 with Adobe InDesign – Relinking placed files with (other) files in Elvis.

Changes

The following change has been made in Elvis 6.6.1:

• Elvis InDesign client: The Elvis InDesign clients for Adobe InDesign versions CS6 and CC have reached their end-of-life. Support for these versions has therefore been dropped. For a full overview of the currently supported versions, see Compatibility of the Elvis InDesign client with Adobe InDesign.

• Elvis InDesign client: improvement in the process of updating out-of-date images. In previous versions of the Elvis InDesign client, Elvis images for which a newer version existed than the one placed on the layout were automatically updated when the layout was opened or when the user chose Elvis > Update All. However, the user had no control over the process and last-minute changes to images were difficult to spot when working on the layout.

From Elvis InDesign client version 3.3, a message is now shown informing the user that updates are available. The user is now also given the option to not update the images:

"This document contains links to sources that have been modified. You can update the modified links now, or update them later using the Links panel."

When clicking 'Don't update links', the linked images will not be updated. However, the updated images will be downloaded in the background from Elvis to the local system. This makes them readily available should the user choose to later update the links manually by using the options in the Links panel.

For more information, see Using Elvis 6 with Adobe InDesign – Updating Elvis or Enterprise files placed on a layout.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in Elvis 6.6.1:

LVSID-435 Make it possible for InDesign users to see which linked assets have been updated.

LVSID-444 Elvis InDesign plug-in does not link all images on shadow layouts.

LVSID-458 Elvis InDesign plug-in log-in times out.

LVSID-459 Show error message when placing an Elvis image with a very long file name on layout fails.

LVS-9051 Pro client/flags: Configure up to 18 metadata flags to be shown for an asset.

LVS-11504 Server/event: Add user that removed the asset to Event API assetRemove metadata as 'deletedBy'.

LVS-11566 Security/config: ContentSecurityPolicy frame-ancestors header contains domain names with apostrophes.

LVS-11569 Pro client/select: Select up to 1000 assets in search results by using keyboard shortcut.

LVS-11580 License/activation: Improve connect and time-out of Activation page to the Activation Server.

LVS-11585 Pro client/copy: Copying Collection from browser to existing location overwrites existing.

LVS-11591 Share/access: Share Links are not working when server is configured with custom serverPath.

LVS-11596 Server/event: Reduce events sent by the server on Collection relation updates.

LVS-11599 Processing/Linux: Incorrect profile applied when processing sRGB profile to custom rendition with embedded profile

LVS-11601 Pro client/thumbnail: Missing 'regenerate thumbnails' option when right-clicking asset.

LVS-11603 Download/ZIP: Unpacking multiple large asset downloads fails.

LVS-11606 Pro client/thumbnail: Add configuration properties to customize retry behavior when loading thumbnails.

LVS-11610 Share/upload: Moving or deleting folder breaks upload request authkey.

LVS-11616 Pro client/sort: Allow customization of sort options.

Known issues

No known issues exist for Elvis 6.6.1.

Installing, upgrading and migrating

• Clean installation: For information about installing Elvis 6 Server on a system on which Elvis 6 Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 6 Server.
• Upgrading an existing installation. For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis 6 Server, see Upgrading Elvis 6.
• Upgrade from Elvis 5: For information about upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6, see Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6.
• Migration from Elvis 4: For information about migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6, see Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6.

Downloads

The download files for Elvis 6.6.1 can be found in the Release announcement.

Documentation

The following documentation accompanies the release of Elvis 6.6.1:

• Regenerating the thumbnail and preview of an asset in the Pro client of Elvis 6 - new
• Customizing the list for sorting assets in the Pro Client, Brand portal and Share client in Elvis 6 - new
• Using Elvis 6 with Adobe InDesign – Relinking placed files with (other) files in Elvis - new
• Controlling user access to clients and client features in Elvis 6 - updated
• Sharing files with others using the Pro Client of Elvis 6 - updated
• Setting up the Brand portal in Elvis 6 - updated
• Setting up the Pro client in Elvis 6 - updated
• Compatibility of the Elvis InDesign client with Elvis Server - updated
• Using Elvis 6 with Adobe InDesign – Updating Elvis or Enterprise files placed on a layout - updated
• Using Elvis 6 with Adobe InDesign – Scripting events - updated
• Compatibility of the Elvis InDesign client with Adobe InDesign - updated

Elvis Server 6.5.1

Elvis Server version: 6.5.1.67

InDesign client version 3.2.1.556

Migration Tool: 1.1.27

Release date: 11 October 2017

New features

Changes

Fixed issues

Known issues

Installation

Downloads

Documentation

New features

No new features have been introduced in Elvis 6.5.1.

Changes

No changes have been made in Elvis 6.5.1.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in Elvis 6.5.1:

LVS-11022 Pro client/import: Duplicated naming handled differently for creating and renaming files.

LVS-11471 Pro client/metadata: Certain characters cannot be added to tags.

LVS-11472 Import/CloudFront: Unable to upload large movie files.

LVS-11473 Migration Tool/import: Copy/move operation fails for files containing umlauts in name.

LVS-11475 Management Console/plug ins: Table style broken in plug-in pages.

LVS-11506 Improve large metadata extract.

LVS-11511 Processing/XMP: Incorrect processing of empty XMP history entries.

LVS-11516 Security/Web: Conflicting X-Frame-Options header.

LVS-11537 Migration Tool/versions: Migration tool not able to successfully migrate old versions with a different file extension.

Known issues

The following known issue exist for Elvis 6.5.1:

• Share links that contain a custom serverPath are not working correctly.

Installing, upgrading and migrating

• Clean installation: For information about installing Elvis 6 Server on a system on which Elvis 6 Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 6 Server.
• Upgrading an existing installation. For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis 6 Server, see Upgrading Elvis 6.
• Upgrade from Elvis 5: For information about upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6, see Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6.
• Migration from Elvis 4: For information about migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6, see Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6.

Downloads

The download files for Elvis 6.5.1 can be found in the Release announcement.

Documentation

No documentation updates have been made for the release of Elvis 6.5.1.

Elvis Server 6.4.3 Quick Patch

Elvis Server version: 6.4.3.66

Release date: 29 September 2017

Fixed issue

The following issue has been fixed in Elvis 6.4.3:

LVS-11556 Cluster/upgrade: Multi-node cluster fails to start up when upgrade takes longer than 1 minute.

Note: If you have upgraded to Elvis 6.4.1 successfully then using the Quick Patch is not necessary.

Elvis Server 6.4.1

Elvis Server version: 6.4.1.64

InDesign client version 3.2.1.556

Migration Tool: 1.1.26

Release date: 19 September 2017

New features

Changes

Fixed issues

Known issues

Installation

Downloads

Documentation

New features

No new features have been introduced in Elvis 6.4.1.

Changes

The following change has been made in Elvis 6.4.1:

• Video preview shows original video where possible: When previewing a video, the original video is now shown (in its original quality and duration), instead of a preview (in lower quality and limited in duration). This applies to videos in MP4 or MOV format and to videos with h264 encoding.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in Elvis 6.4.1:

LVS-10475 Allow playing original video instead of preview if format allows it.

LVS-11304 Pro client: Dragging and dropping images from Elvis to InDesign is not possible for Pro and Standard users.

LVS-11360 Panel plug-ins: Error when using Metadata Stamper Panel plug-in: "Unable to load messages, cause: 403 Forbidden".

LVS-11427 Pro client/drag: ServerURL in dragFormat is set to two dots.

LVS-11457 Security/plug-ins: Plug-ins are not working in Firefox and Safari.

LVS-11474 Management Console/Webhook: Previously selected Webhook is not cleared by the Filter.

LVS-11482 Pro client/thumbnail: Empty thumbnails are cached by the Web browser and not updated when the image is available.

Known issues

No known issues exist for Elvis 6.4.1.

Installing, upgrading and migrating

• Clean installation: For information about installing Elvis 6 Server on a system on which Elvis 6 Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 6 Server.
• Upgrading an existing installation. For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis 6 Server, see Upgrading Elvis 6.
• Upgrade from Elvis 5: For information about upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6, see Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6.
• Migration from Elvis 4: For information about migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6, see Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6.

Downloads

The download files for Elvis 6.4.1 can be found in the Release announcement.

Documentation

No documentation updates have been made for the release of Elvis 6.4.1.

Elvis Server 6.3.3 Quick Patch

Elvis Server version: 6.3.3.62

Release date: 18 September 2017

Fixed issue

The following issue has been fixed in Elvis 6.3.3:

LVS-11457 Security/plug-ins: Plug-ins are not working in Firefox and Safari.

Elvis Server 6.3.1

Elvis Server version: 6.3.1.61

InDesign client version 3.2.1.556

Migration Tool: 1.1.26

Release date: 31 August 2017

New features

Changes

Fixed issues

Known issues

Installation

Downloads

Documentation

New features

The following new feature has been introduced in Elvis 6.3.1:

• Security: using Secure Session cookies. Elvis Server can be now be configured to issue HTTPS-only session cookies by adding the 'Secure' directive to these cookies.

Cookies with the 'Secure' directive are only sent by Web browsers when they connect to the server over HTTPS. This prevents the session cookie from being exposed over an unencrypted channel when for example a user's Web browser is (un)intentionally directed to HTTP instead of HTTPS.

Using Secure Session cookies is controlled through the following option of the cluster-config.properties.txt file and is enabled by default when HTTP is disabled:

session.cookie.secure=auto

For more information, see Elvis 6 security updates overview.

Changes

No changes have been made in Elvis 6.3.1.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in Elvis 6.3.1:

LVS-11229 Folder/download: Downloading a folder containing a large number of assets is only partly downloaded.

LVS-11241 Stats/download: Multiple asset downloads are not recorded in Elvis Stats.

LVS-11328 Management Console/permissions: It is possible to store an incorrect rule.

LVS-11357 Upload/client: Files with an excluded file type can still be uploaded.

LVS-11369 Preview/processing: Incorrect preview generation for PSD images with multiple transparency layers.

LVS-11377 Pro client/profile: User name not shown in Avatar menu of Pro Client and Brand Portal.

LVS-11378 Preview/processing: Import of certain JPG images consumes all system memory.

LVS-11384 Pro client/metadata: Metadata tooltip does not disappear when mouse pointer is no longer hovering over it.

LVS-11385 Management Console/permissions: Incorrect tooltip for Watermark permission.

LVS-11397 Taxonomies: Taxonomy Filters are not working correctly in the Pro client and Brand portal.

LVS-11398 Server/index: Stats index is not created for new month.

LVS-11401 Metadata/embed: Metadata embedding fails on fields with new lines.

LVS-11407 Pro client/Shared Links: Subject and description disappear when changing zoom settings.

LVS-11408 Metadata/extract: fNumber metadata not extracted for some assets.

LVS-11409 Pro client/version: When replacing current file with a file of different type and using Download Original, file of incorrect type is downloaded.

LVS-11437 Pro client/Safari: When editing folder name, text is shown as white text on white background.

Known issues

No known issues exist for Elvis 6.3.1.

Installing, upgrading and migrating

• Clean installation: For information about installing Elvis 6 Server on a system on which Elvis 6 Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 6 Server.
• Upgrading an existing installation. For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis 6 Server, see Upgrading Elvis 6.
• Upgrade from Elvis 5: For information about upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6, see Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6.
• Migration from Elvis 4: For information about migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6, see Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6.

Downloads

The download files for Elvis 6.3.1 can be found in the Release announcement.

Documentation

The following documentation accompanies the release of Elvis 6.3.1:

• Elvis 6 security updates overview - updated

Elvis Server 6.2.1

Elvis Server version: 6.2.1.x

InDesign client version 3.2.1.556

Migration Tool: 1.1.26

Release date: 8 August 2017

New features

Changes

Fixed issues

Known issues

Installation

Downloads

Documentation

New features

No new features have been introduced in Elvis 6.2.1.

Changes

No changes have been made in Elvis 6.2.1.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in Elvis 6.2.1:

LVS-11227 Admin/status: 'In processing' counter includes already finished tasks.

LVS-11229 Folder/download: Downloading a folder containing a large number of assets is only partly downloaded.

LVS-11241 Stats/download: Multiple asset downloads are not recorded.

LVS-11272 Processing/PDF: Default resolution PPI is ignored for PDF previews.

LVS-11297 Admin/Rescue tool: the Rescue tool fails for version assets without an index entry.

LVS-11304 Pro client/drag: Pro and Standard users are not able to drag and drop Elvis images to InDesign.

LVS-11318 Admin/Asset Processing tool: Asset Processing tool options are ignored.

LVS-11338 Installer/Windows: Kill known processes that can block tool files upgrade.

LVS-11340 Admin/users and groups: Random user is shown selected when opening the page.

LVS-11359 Plug-in/authentication: Sample plug-ins log in using an unsupported GET method.

LVS-11360 Plug-in/panel: Metadata Stamp plug-in shows an “Unable to load messages, cause: 403 Forbidden” message

Known issues

No known issues exist for Elvis 6.2.1.

Installing, upgrading and migrating

• Clean installation: For information about installing Elvis 6 Server on a system on which Elvis 6 Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 6 Server.
• Upgrading an existing installation. For information about upgrading an existing installation of Elvis 6 Server, see Upgrading Elvis 6.
• Upgrade from Elvis 5: For information about upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6, see Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6.
• Migration from Elvis 4: For information about migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6, see Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6.

Downloads

The download files for Elvis 6.2.1 can be found in the Release announcement.

Documentation

The following documentation accompanies the release of Elvis 6.2:

• Upgrading Elvis 6 - new

Elvis Server 6.1.1

Elvis Server version: 6.1.1.50

InDesign client version 3.2.1.556

Migration Tool: 1.1.26

Release date: 19 July 2017

New features

Changes

Fixed issues

Installation

Downloads

Documentation

New features

The following new features have been introduced in Elvis 6.1.1:

Improved security

In an effort to improve the security of Elvis Server, we have asked Pine Digital Security to perform an independent security test for us. During this test, the application is manually tested by an ethical hacker, supported by tools.

One of the recommendations that resulted from the test was to make changes to the REST API. All data changing APIs now only accept POST requests and require a Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) token.

More information about the changes can be found in Pine’s Third-Party Memo and WoodWing's clarification. These are available on request.

Single sign-on

End users connect to Elvis by using the Pro client, the Brand portal, the Admin pages, the Management Console, or the InDesign client. This involves logging in to Elvis Server to get access to the stored assets.

When single sign-on is implemented through the use of Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS), logging in to a client is done automatically for a user (with the exception of the InDesign client, for which single sign-on is not supported).

The process is as follows:

1. A user logs in on a machine that is connected to the same domain as the ADFS that is configured in Elvis.
2. Using Internet Explorer, the user accesses Elvis.
3. Elvis Server redirects the user to ADFS.
4. ADFS recognizes the user's Windows domain log-in.
5. ADFS automatically redirects the user back to Elvis.
6. The user is logged in to Elvis without ever seeing a log-in screen.

For more information, see Implementing single sign-on in Elvis 6 using AD FS.

Pro client: adding functionality through Panel plug-ins

Custom functionality can be added to the Pro client in the form of a panel. Such a panel is added by adding a plug-in to Elvis Server.

The functionality of the panel can be used in 2 ways:

1. To display specific information about selected assets, such as that from a PIM system, or analytics data about various ways in which assets are used
2. To perform a specific action such as applying copyright metadata information

Figure: In this example, a panel is added showing product information for a selected asset, derived from an external PIM system.

Figure: In this example, a panel is added containing options to quickly apply specific copyright metadata to selected assets.

For more information, see Adding custom functionality to the Pro client of Elvis 6 by using Panel plug-ins.

Changes

Compared to Elvis 5, the following changes have been made in Elvis 6.1.1:

• Licensing. Assigning a license to users or user groups now also determines which clients they have access to; it is not possible anymore to specify this separately. Example: users with a Standard license will automatically have access to the Pro client, Brand portal, and InDesign client. For more information, see Controlling user access to clients and client features in Elvis 6.

• Desktop AIR client removed. The Desktop client that was based on Adobe AIR technology has been made obsolete. Its features are now available in the Pro client (for end users to work with the available assets) and the Management Console (for system administrators for setting up and managing Elvis Server).

• Elvis Admin pages. The following functionality that was part of the Elvis Server Admin pages has been moved to the Management Console:
• Updating the index
• Viewing active users

• Elvis Admin pages. Changing any of the configuration files through the use of the Elvis Server Admin pages can now only be done by clicking its link on the Change Config page and making the changes directly on the page. Updating a property by running a URL is not possible anymore.

• Security options. The following changes related to security have been made:
• The configuration option 'accessControlAllowOrigin' has been replaced by 'security.accessControlAllowOrigin'
• The configuration option 'security.xFrameOptionHeaders' has been replaced by 'security.antiClickjackHeaders'
• The configuration option 'security.enableSecureHtmlPreviews' has been renamed to 'security.sandboxPreviews'

• API Authchred.Authcred authentication does not support anymore the ability to modify data; only retrieving data (GET/OPTION/HEAD requests) such as downloading assets is supported. Integrations that want to modify data should use another form of authentication.

• API REST login. The following parameters of the REST API - Login are not supported anymore: 
• failUrl
• JSESSIONID
• locale
• nextUrl
• SessionId
• timezoneOffset

• Changes to REST APIs. Because of improved security measures in the REST API of Elvis 6, all data changing APIs only accept POST requests, not GET requests. Also, the POST request needs to include a cross-site request forgery (csrf) token. For more information, see Elvis 6 REST API - Performing a POST request with a csrf token.

Known issues

The following issues are known for Elvis 6.1.1:

• Automatically exporting assets from Elvis to Enterprise. The process of automatically exporting assets from Elvis to Enterprise is currently not possible. The tool that was available in the Desktop client of Elvis 5 is not yet available in Elvis 6.

Note: Assets can of course still be moved from Elvis to Enterprise manually through drag and drop.

Installing, upgrading and migrating

• Clean installation: For information about installing Elvis 6 Server on a system on which Elvis Server is not yet installed, see Installing Elvis 6 Server.
• Upgrade from Elvis 5: For information about upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6, see Upgrading Elvis 5 to Elvis 6.
• Migration from Elvis 4: For information about migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6, see Migrating Elvis 4 to Elvis 6.

Downloads

The download files for Elvis 6.1.1 can be found in the Release announcement.

Documentation

Information about how to install, configure and use Elvis 6 can be found in the Elvis 6 section on the Help Center.

Information about compatibility with Elvis 6 with other software can be found in the WoodWing Compatibility Matrix.