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Release Notes
Release Note: v1.4.05
Release Date: January 31, 2023
New Features
# No. | Feature Description | Module |
Monitoring Dates: Now the users can see all the Monitoring tasks and the respective run dates and, can click on the date to see the pop-up with the monitoring data | Monitoring | |
View Subject: Users can collapse the Subject Listing Container | Case Management | |
Result Screen View: Now the users can Expand/collapse the labels when there are too many labels for a single node. | Query Data Search | |
Result Screen Filter: Filter View By Subjects, Query Node, Data Source, Identities | Query Data Search | |
Attach OWL docs files to Case & Subject: Files within OWL docs can be attached to a Case or a Subject in a Case. | OWL docs & vault | |
Whooster Enhanced Report: Users can now perform Wooster-enhanced reports search from the person search identity nodes from the result screen page. | Query Data Search |
Improvements
# No. | Feature Description | Module |
Relationships - Linking - Matching – Filtering: We have supported the Spyglass search for the Merged Identity node. This improvement will enhance Spyglass search functionality from the Merged Identity node | Query Data Search | |
Data Visualization View Improvements: We have made Data Visualization Node positions optimization, so as not to overlap any nodes. This improvement will enhance the Data Visualization view and remove the clutter. | Query Data Search | |
Case Management: We have made Data Visualization - Node Selection Area - Zoom In and Out. This improvement will enhance the Data Visualization view. | Case Management | |
Release Note: v1.6.0
Release Date: April 5, 2023
New Features
# No. | Feature Description | Module |
Audit Log: The user can see the Case Audit Log from the View Case and Result screen. | Case Management | |
Case Activity: Now, the users can see the case activity and audit logs under the View Case page. | Case Management | |
View all Attached Files: The Users can view and access all the files attached to the case from the View case page. | Case Management | |
Link Analysis View: In the data Visualization view, a maximum of 3 names will be displayed for each identity, and the remaining names will be displayed after clicking on the arrow button. | Result Screen View | |
Search: The user should be able to select only the OWL dataset and search from Keyword, Spyglass(Sub search), and Geospatial screen | Data Query Search | |
Data source by Name: View all records that are uploaded into OWL docs now can be displayed by their common data source in one view. | Owl Docs & Vault | |
Admin can now update the organization users' Status | Administrator | |
Admin can be able to create Retention Policies based on record types and update | Administrator | |
Admins can now create and add new collections from the OWL apps' Main Menu | Administrator |
Improvements
# No. | Feature Description | Module |
01 | Bug: The OWL result screen will add subject details to the Search Criteria nodes. | Result Screen View |
02 | File Upload: The User can upload multiple files from the OWL docs upload file. | OWL docs & vault |
03 | Case Owner: The case owner details will now be visible to the OWL cases. | Case Management |
04 | Link Analysis view: The link analysis view node positions enhancements | Result Screen |
05 | Rerun: Now, from the result screen user can see the rerun and monitoring data and the running dates with an icon. | Result Screen |
06 | OWL Intel Latest Beta Build Issues have been fixed | Bug |
07 | Files uploaded under the identity are not displaying under the merged identity metadata | Bug |
08 | The results from the re-run data matching the existing data are not linking up properly | Bug |
09 | Social Media Search Does not Show Product in Pop-up | Bug |
10 | OWL Data Visualization does not render initially in proportion to the size of the canvas | Bug |
11 | Data visualization Nodes with unrelated edges | Bug |
12 | Monitoring Task - Audit Log | Bug |
13 | User Import Data Error | Bug |
14 | User Import Process - Mapping a Template - Not Saving the full template name. | Bug |
15 | OWL Search Audit Log Improvements | Bug |
Release Note: v1.6.7
Release Date: April 26, 2023
New Features
# No. | Feature Description | Module |
View Case screen: The user can see the monitoring run and click on the date to see a pop-up with the Monitoring returned data. | Case Management | |
The user can see the Collaborator Name and Role next to the Collaborator Name. | Case Management | |
28 CFR Part 23 at Subject: The user can see 28 CFR Part 23 at a Subject and OWLdocs Level. | Case Management | |
Retention Policies to Case: The user can set the Retention policies while creating the case. | Case Management | |
Retention Policies to Subject: The user can set the Retention policies while creating the Subject. | Case Management | |
28 CFR Part 23 to Case: The user can see 28 CFR Part 23 at a Case and OWLdocs Level. | Case Management | |
Case Status: The user can add the case status and status updated date in View case screen. | Case Management | |
Data Access Rights to Case: While creating a case user can set Data Access Rights. | Case Management | |
Data Access Rights to Subject: While creating Subject user can set Data Access Rights. | Case Management | |
28 CFR Part 23 to Subject: The user can see 28 CFR Part 23 at a Subject and OWLdocs Level. | Case Management | |
Knowledge Base Link: The user can see the Knowledge base icon on the screen. | ||
OWL Docs | Add to Case | Add to Subject: The user can attach file to the Subject and Case. | OWL docs & Vault | |
The user can set Retention policies while uploading file in OWLdocs. | OWL docs & Vault | |
OWL Xtract : The user can extract files to different languages. | OWL docs & Vault | |
Foreign Language and Handwritten Documents: The user can upload files in Foreign languages. | OWL docs & Vault | |
Retention Policies: The user can set Retention Policies while uploading Files. | OWL docs & Vault | |
The user can Filter the data source and see the files when there are multiple Files with the same Data source. | OWL docs & Vault | |
28 CFR Part 23: The user can see list of all Cases, Subjects, OWL docs, etc. that have 28 CFR Part 23 activated and the Date Of Required Review. | Administration | |
custom Case Status: created an option for Admin users to create a list of Status and functions that occur in Admin that would appear in Cases- Administrator → Access Rights - Policies - Compliance → Cases and Click on Add on Case Status. | Administration | |
Admin can turn on or off a module: Added the functionality where admin user can turn on or off a module and thus what appears or does not throughout the UI. | Administration | |
28 CFR Part 23: The admin user should be able to enable 28 CFR Part 23- Administrator → Access Rights - Policies - Compliance → 28 CFR Part 23 and enables (set it as true). | Administration | |
Implemented Generic role-based access to all admin APIs. | ||
Add the Template for the Case, Subject, and Form: The admin user should be able to add the Template for the Case, Subject, and Form.- Admin → Forms Template Builder → Template & Message Builder screen and Click on Add Template button. | Administration | |
Retention Policies: The admin user can set Retention Policies.- Administrator → Access Rights - Policies - Compliance → Retention Policies and click on Add on the Retention Policies. | Administration | |
Data Access Rights: The admin user can set Data Access Rights.- Administrator → Access Rights - Policies - Compliance and click on Add on the Data Access rights level. | Administration | |
Juvenile Compliance: The admin user should be able to set Juvenile Compliance. | Administration | |
Implemented all Modules and View. | Administration | |
Compliance: The admin user can set the Compliance- Administrator → Access Rights - Policies - Compliance → Compliance and click on Add on the Compliance section | Administration |
Improvements
# No. | Feature Description | Module |
01 | Set Collaborators and External Collaborators Expiration date: The user can set an Expiration date for Collaborators and External Collaborators to extend the Collaboration. | Case Management |
02 | View/Edit Improvement: When users open the view case if they want to close the case view they can click on the close icon on the View case page. | Case Management |
03 | Action Menu: OWL docs files will be having the options for the user to Click on the action menu for delete, extract, import, edit status, etc. | OWL docs & vault |
Release Date: May 18, 2023
New Features
# No. | Feature Description | Module |
Case Status: If an admin user has set the Case Status, then the user should be able to set the Case Status. | Case Management | |
Case Status filed : The user can see the Case Status field in the View case and Edit case pages. | Case Management | |
28 CFR Part 23 : The user can add 28 CFR Part 23 to the Subject and OWLdocs Level. | Case Management | |
Retention Policies : The user can add Retention Policies to the Subject. | Case Management | |
28 CFR Part 23 : The user can add 28 CFR Part 23 to the Subject | Case Management | |
Case Custom templates: The user can use Custom Templates in the Case. | Case Management | |
Data Access Level to Subject: If an admin user has a Retention Policy set, the user should be able to set the Retention Policy for the Subject. | Case Management | |
Monitoring Dates: Now the users can see all the Monitoring tasks and the respective run dates and can click on the date to see the pop-up with the monitoring data. | Case Management | |
New Implementation of Unstructured Search. | Query Data | |
The user can search only their cases, docs, and vault in the admin if they are part of the organization. | Query Data | |
OWLindentify: The user can see the two popups that is Add faces to the collection, Search faces in collections. | OWLdocs | |
If an admin user has a Retention Policy set, then the user should be able to set the Retention Policies to the file. | ||
Juvenile Compliance: The admin user can create Juvenile Compliance. | Administration | |
Data Access Rights: If an admin user has a Data Access Rights set, then the user can set the Data Access Rights. | Administration | |
Auto Generate Case number: The admin user can set the Auto Generate Case Number: Administrator → Access Rights - Policies - Compliance → Cases and Enables Auto Generate Case # field. | Administration | |
Case Required : The admin user can set the Case Required: Administrator → Access Rights - Policies - Compliance → Cases and Enable Case Required. | Administration | |
Case Type Field: The user can see the Case Type Field in Case. | ||
Custom Templates: The admin user can add the Template for Cases, Subjects, and Forms. | Administration | |
Implementation of Lookup APIs | Administration | |
Retention Policies: The user can view all the Cases having Retention Policies. | Administration | |
Data Access Rights: The admin user can set Data Access Rights. | Administration | |
28 CFR Part 23: The admin user can enable 28 CFR Part 23-Administrator → Access Rights - Policies - Compliance → 28 CFR Part 23 and enables | Administration | |
Notifications: The admin user can enable the Notification. | Administration | |
Modules & views: Implementation of new Modules and Views. | Administration | |
License Status: The admin users can set the License type to active, disabled, and closed. | Administration |
Improvements
# No. | Feature Description | Module |
Display Message: UI modifications have been made to handle the error and display the message. | ||
Add header to Access Policies | Compliance Sections: Added Retention Policies, Data Access Rights, and 28 CFR Part 23 Compliance sections in the Admin module. | Administration | |
Improvements on Main Menu Changes | Result Screen View | |
The user can change and enhance retention policy dates based on actual dates. | Administration | |
The users can see more fields in the Global Attributes Section. | Case Management | |
The user can see under the identity node of Spyglass sub-search products displayed in the geo-spatial view. | Data Query Search | |
The user can see the OWL docs, OWL vault, OWL Cases, and the record count on the footer. | Result Screen View | |
OWLtranslate: The user can translate OWL docs in multiple languages. | OWL Product | |
OWLimport Status: The user after importing the files, can see the Status. | OWL Product | |
OWLvault : The OWL docs or vault record folder name does not change after selecting files under a folder. | Bug | |
Add Additional Field Names to Each Record: The user can see the Case Audit logs in the Link Analysis menu icon. | Result Screen View | |
Add Custom Attributes: Added the option to create new custom attributes under template builder. | Administration |
Release Note: v1.6.9
Release Date: May 31, 2023
New Features
# No. | Feature Description | Module |
Case Status field: If the Organization user has access to enable case status, then the user can also enable the case status. | Case Management | |
OWLtranslate: The user can translate OWLdocs in multiple languages. | OWLdocs | |
Retention Policies: The user can view all the cases with Retention policies. | Administration | |
Case type and status options: We have provided the Case type and Case Status option for both the Organization and department levels. | Administration |
Improvements
# No. | Feature Description | Module |
Add Case - integrate additional fields improvements: Field design and labels are added to improve the layout of the case page. | Case Management | |
User Imported Data: Added additional field names to all records for more understanding. | OWLdocs | |
OWLimport Status: After importing the file user can check the status of the imported data. | OWLdocs | |
Template Builder: The user can add the custom attributes in the template builder. | Administration |
Release Note: v1.6.14
Release Date: June 5, 2023
New Features
# No. | Feature Description | Module |
Add Forms under Case : When admin creates the template for the form, it appears in the Case Management module, then the user can add, edit, or view the form. | Case Management | |
Custom templates: Implemented the Subject template based on the record type. | Case Management | |
OWLindentify: In OWLidentify user can get 2 option-Add faces to the collection, Search faces in collections. | OWLdocs |
Release Date: July 12, 2023
New Features
# No. | Feature Description | Module |
Implement Subject Form data: Added the template based on the record types. | Case Management | |
Add Forms under Case : When the admin creates the template for the form, it appears in the Case Management module, then the user can add, edit, or view the form. | Case Management | |
Display forms on the View Case page: The forms attached to the case or case subject are displayed on the View case page. | Case Management | |
Add 28 CFR Part 23 at a Case: If an Organization enables 28 CFR Part 23, then the user can able to add 28 CFR Part 23 at a Case. | Case Management | |
Case: Added the Case Status, Case Type, and Collaborators in the Case. | Case Management | |
Add Case : When the admin creates the template for the form, it appears in the Case Management module, then the user can add, edit, or view the form. | Case Management | |
OWL data source: While searching the data source, the search should also include form template data also. | Case Management | |
Compliance | Restrictions | Case Management: -Compliance Section will be determined by the Data Source. -Data Access Rights Level appears if that feature is activated in Admin or available under the license plan. -The Case Management section will be shown if it is the Plan. | Case Management | |
Spy Search in Geo Spatial View: When users are searching from the identity node, new spy search identities are shown under the sub-menu. | Result Screen View | |
OWLdocs : The users are ability to move OWLdocs from one case to another case. | OWLdocs | |
Files by data source: In the OWLdocs users can see processed files organized by data sources. | OWLdocs | |
OWLdocs : After uploading files user can edit or update the Keyword, Datasource, Retention Policy, Data Access Rights, and 28 CFR Part 23 fields. | OWLdocs | |
OWLtranslate: When translating files user can click on the scroll button to check all the languages. | OWLdocs | |
Add Retention Policies: When an organization can set Retention Policies, then the user can set the Retention Policies while uploading files. | OWLdocs | |
Data Access Rights : If an Organization has a Data Access Rights set, then the user should be able to set the Data Access Rights to the file. | OWLdocs | |
Implementation of new Product: Telco Carrier Product | Whooster Product | |
Retention Policies: The admin user can set the Retention Policy-Administrator → Access Rights - Policies - Compliance → Retention Policies and click on Add on the Retention Policies. | Administration | |
Supervisors Multiple Teams – Collaboration: The user has the ability to collaborate with all departments/ teams, users, and roles. | Administration | |
Counting of OWLxtract, OWLidentify, OWLtranslate, OWLspeech: When the user wants to perform these actions they need to have sufficient balance in the wallet. | Administration | |
28 CFR Part 23 : In the 28 CFR Part 23 tab there is a list of Cases, Subjects, OWL docs, etc that have 28 CFR Part 23 activated and the Date Of Required Review. | Administration | |
Template Builder : When the user open the template to edit, the template name is shown. | Administration | |
Auto-Generated Case : The admin user can set the Auto-Generated Case Number-Administrator → Access Rights - Policies - Compliance → Cases and Enables Auto-Generate Case | Administration | |
Notifications: The admin user can enable the notification from the admin module. | Administration | |
Modules and views: Implementation of new Modules and Views. | Administration | |
Custom case Status: The admin can set Custom Case Status. | Administration |
Improvements
# No. | Feature Description | Module |
Case- View/Edit page improvement: The user can view the case and add the information, update the information, and delete the information. | Case Management | |
Data query log : Now all the user's searches are displayed under the Data query log. | Case Management | |
Font color: Changed the font color for Cases, Subjects, and Forms to green. | Case Management | |
Add User : Now, based on the subscription, a user login flow was implemented. | Administration | |
Juvenile compliance: Now, based on the requirement user can add Juvenile Compliance, filter, and sort the records according to the requirement. | Administration | |
Retention Policies: Now user can scroll to see all the records, edit the records, archive, and delete the Retention policies. | Administration | |
28 CFR Part 23: Now the user can see all the cases, subjects, and Forms under the 28 CFR Part 23 and also scroll the page to see all records. | Administration | |
Juvenile Compliance: Now, based on age and state, users can create Juvenile Compliance. | Administration | |
Template Builder: Field design and labels are modified to improve the layout of the Template page, and Font size changes. | Administration | |
Telco Country: Improvements on the add user page. | Administration | |
Retention policy : Now, the user after enabling Data access Rights mandatory fields are enabled. | Administration | |
Eye icons in admin pages: The user can click on the eye icon to view the hidden information in the admin module. | Administration | |
Collection Image pop-up : The user can click on View to view the image in the collection image pop-up. | Administration | |
Shedlock/Scheduler Module: Improvements on ShedLock/Scheduler Module. | Monitoring | |
The case owner is getting added as a collaborator if the same department is selected while creating a case. | Bug | |
User having read permission to the collaborated case able to perform search by selecting the same case. | Bug | |
User searches only OWL first without selecting any vendor product, and then search the same criteria by selecting vendor product, node order is getting shuffled. | Bug | |
Search OWLdocs/OWlvault by User Level, Department/Team Level, Role Level, and organization level data as per the value set to the User in the Admin module. | Bug | |
Running Searches Not Working without Retention Policy | Bug | |
Improve OWLimport Status | Bug | |
Delete a file in OWLdocs and then it looks like the All Files appear in the folder you delete the file from. | Bug | |
The id of a deleted department record is also visible in the User Basic detail API. | Bug |
Release Note: v1.6.17
Release Date: August 4, 2023
New Features
# No. | Feature Description | Module |
While creating a case, the user can now select a custom case status and case type based on the department's selection. | Case Management | |
Display forms on the View Case page: Users now should be able to see the forms attached to the case or subject are displayed on the View case page. | Case Management | |
28 CFR Part 23: If an Organization has enabled 28 CFR Part 23, the Users now can add 28 CFR Part 23 compliance while searching | Data Query Search | |
The user can see the data source node for the OWL docs and OWL vaults in the Result screen | Result Screen View | |
Users now should be able to access OWL docs and OWL vaults as per their access rights set by the Admin. | OWL docs & Vault | |
After uploading the document, the user should be able to edit or update the Keyword, Data Source, Retention Policy, Data Access Rights, 28 CFR Part 23 fields | OWL docs & Vault | |
The admin user should be able to set Juvenile Compliance Requirements: Administrator → Access Rights - Policies - Compliance → Juvenile Compliance. Click on Add on the Juvenile Compliance Requirements. | Administration | |
The user and admin user both can add Case status and type. | Case Management | |
28 CFR Part 23: The user can click on the Review Button should open a popup with Case, Subject, OWL docs, and Forms details with Delete and Retain button. | Administrator | |
Admins now can force the user to add 28 CFR Part 23 during any record creation including data query search. The field can be set to mandatory in admin. | Administrator | |
Now the admins can see the Organization Account number in the Organization details. | Administrator | |
The data Access rights field can be set to mandatory for the Organization users from Admin. All the users while creating any record have to select the Data access right including search. | Administrator | |
Admins now can force all the organization users or specific department users to select case number before performing any type of Data query Searches in OWL. | Administrator |
Improvements
# No. | Feature Description | Module |
Form page improvement: The form page is now improved with the edit Forms page functionality - Retention Policy fields - Classification, Legal Hold, Data Access Rights fields, 28 CFR Part 23 fields | Case Management | |
OWL docs container improvements in the View case. | Case Management | |
If the Case type and Case Status are enabled by admin then these fields are mandatory fields. | Case Management | |
In the View Subject Page – OWL docs section - Displayed the data as it is displayed in the OWL docs page and also user can upload files and provide Retention Policy, Data Access Rights, 28 CFR Part 23. | Case Management | |
Added Global and Organization Custom Attributes to the Node. Currently to view the Global and Organization Custom Attributes attached to the Attribute nodes, the user needs to click on the star icon. We have displayed Global and Custom attributes in the table | Case Management | |
The user can see the merge node icon on the identity node to merge the node and display the data together of merged nodes. | Result Screen View | |
The user can see the improvements in MFA, First login flow, and User datasets. | Authentication | |
28 CFR Part 23: Now the user can see all the cases, subjects, and Forms under the 28 CFR Part 23 and also scroll the page to see all records. | Administrator | |
Improvements in creating the collection: The admin will be able to add users while creating a collection itself, Added fields like department Name to the collection which are required. | OWL identify |
Release Note: v1.6.18
Release Date: September 25, 2023
New Features
# No. | Feature Description | Module |
Implementation of OKTA | ||
Implementation of IP-based MFA validation | ||
Data Query Log: The user can see all the search history in the data query log section. | Case Management | |
28 CFR Part 23 Notification: For the 28 CFR Part 23 Case, Subject, OWLdocs, will send a notification to Admin and Case, Subject, OWLdocs created user’s Supervisor as per-field Notification Days Before the Due Date | Case Management | |
Subject custom template:
| Case Management | |
Juvenile Compliance: If an Organization has Juvenile Compliance Requirements set, then If a Subject has data (Custom/global attributes) that matches the Juvenile Compliance Requirements, give a flag to the Subject | Case Management | |
While creating the subject user can upload files and add notes in the subject. | Case Management | |
When Retention Policies are turned on and become mandatory the user must select the classification. | Case Management | |
Report- Download search results (PDF, XLS & CSV): If the search criteria are mapped or attached to the case then the download option is enabled or clickable. | ||
We have set notifications for all OWLapps that are currently live: OWLxtract, OWLtranslate, and OWLidentify. A notification will be sent for every action that a user can perform in these functionalities. | OWLdocs | |
Implementation of Unstructured Search | ||
Data Query Logs: The Admin Should be able to see the Data Query Logs for all the organization's users in the administration module. The supervisor should be able to see only the data query logs of his team/department users in the administration module. | Administration | |
Case Required Function: The Organization should be able to set Case Required. Administrator → Access Rights - Policies - Compliance → Cases and Enable Case Required. | Administration | |
1. Create a primary department field 2. When a user/supervisor is added to a single department, that department will be the primary department 3. When adding a user/supervisor to a department that already exists in another department, request the primary department to select. The admin will set the primary department for that user/supervisor. 4. Admin should be able to change the primary department anytime | Administration | |
Implementation of IP Tracking and Audit Log. | Security Policy | |
Implementation of Admin Reset Users Login - PW - Sec Questions | Security Policy | |
Implementation of IP MFA - Add Multiple IP Addresses | Security Policy | |
Implementation of IP MFA as a secondary along with 3 existing MFAs | Security Policy | |
Implementation of Storage Allocation and Excess Calculation | Administration | |
Added the OWLapp tab on the User Details page next to the Notification | Administration | |
Implementation of Active Directory | Administration | |
Added a Mandatory field to 28 CFR Part 23 | Administration |
Improvements
# No. | Feature Description | Module |
Edit subject label: Now the user can edit the subject label | Case Management | |
Data Retention - Archive and Delete: If a Case, Subject, OWLdocs, Form, or Search has a retention Policy and the retention Police has an Archive Date and Delete date, the Delete date will be calculated from the Archive date. If the Acrive date is not present, the Delete date should be calculated from the Creation date. | Case Management | |
Implementation of SMS & Email Audit log during Collaboration flow | Case Management | |
Collaborator to Case page: In the Add Collaborator to Case page, the most recent Case should displayed on the top of the list. | Case Management | |
When editing a case If the user has not selected and added a Case Template in ADD mode we have displayed the Case Template Library for them to add a Template. | Case Management | |
All templates added to a Case : Case Template, Subject Template, and Form Template is editable when the user clicks edit. | Case Management | |
When the user unchecked record from the Case Manager panel, then that record is hidden from the Timeline View, Tabular View, Card View, Map View, Relationship Matrix View and Data Visualization view | Case Management | |
Improvements on Folder-like UI for multiple nodes at same location. | Case Management | |
Displayed account id under the Organization information. | Administration |
Release Note: v1.6.19
Release Date: November 8, 2023
New Features
# No. | Feature Description | Module |
Implementation of new feature MFA TOTP first-time validation | Security Policy | |
Implementation of the new feature Top Header Module Access by Software Editions | Administration | |
Implementation of OKTA SSO | Security Policy | |
The user runs a search and sets all access Rights - Retention Policy 28 CFR 23. Then, later decides to attach a search to a subject. The user should have an option to default all these to the Subject. If not, they will function at the search, not the Subject. This concept works when attaching a Subject to a Case. Same with OWLdocs Forms, etc. | Administration | |
Print by View: The Print Menu in each view needs to print the view they are in. i.e., Geospatial should print the map with icons, DV the nodes and relationships, etc | Report | |
Enable and disable the Case Name field: Added the functionality to enable and Disable the Case Name field while creating the case: Admin → Access Rights - Policies - Compliance → Cases. | Administration | |
Implementation of the Security policy. | Security Policy | |
The user is able to access files in OWLdocs or OWLvault and search the OWLdocs or OWLvault based on the OWLdocs search access granted to the user in the Admin module. | OWL docs & Vault | |
Information Sharing Module: -Case Management Menu - Added Menu item - Information Sharing - sub-menu Option 1 Add Option 2 Review -Admin will create Forms and deploy in the Information Sharing Module. -Ability to Upload Documents as well. -No requirement for any data access - Retention 28CFR P 23 even if active. -User License - Information Sharing will log in and ONLY have access to Information Sharing - Add. -They will upload and save - the record will go into a list in the IS - View screen and a folder in OWLdocs > Information Sharing. | Case Management | |
MFA skip for x days For first-time user, capture the details along with datetime
For every new login, compare the existing captured details with the details captured during every login. | Security Policy | |
System Case Status - Open - Closed - Archive – Delete: When the user selects Delete and saves the record should be deleted by moving to the Trash Bin in OWLAdmin. When the user selects Archive, records will be archived. | Case Management |
Improvements
# No. | Feature Description | Module |
When editing a case IF the user had not selected and added a Case Template in ADD mode we have displayed the Case Template Library for them to add a Template. | Case Management | |
In Subject when editing IF the user had not selected a Subject Template in ADD mode we have displayed the Subject Template Library for them to add a Template. | Case Management | |
The user is able to see all the Subjects and their details in the View Case screen. Added an additional container called Subject below the Case Detail container The Subject container should display all the Subjects attached to the Case and their details like Subject Name, Subject Category, Subject Types, Created Date, Retention Policies if present, Data Access Rights if present, 28 CFR Part 23 if present, Subject custom template data, and Notes. | Case Management | |
Administrator Enabled Data Access Rights and 28 CFR Part 23 and Activated Mandatory field, then during Add Case, Add Subject, upload files to OWLdocs, and Search all make the Data Access rights and 28 CFR Part 23 field mandatory. | Case Management | |
The users are allowed to Edit the Subject Label. | Case Management | |
The user enters the case number on the Create Case page. If that case already exists, given the message as "The Case Number is already Present". | Case Management | |
In the Result screen view- displayed data source node for OWLdocs and owlvaults (an additional datasource node between the search node and the OWLdocs or OWLvaults node) | Result Screen View | |
If a Search criteria is already present in a Case or subject, and the user runs the existing search in the same Case or subject, given a pop-up saying “The entered search criteria and product combination are already present. Please click here to launch the search or Please re-run the search by clicking here” | Data Query Search | |
Improvements on Profile setting page. | User Profile | |
Data Visualization Subject count and the Footer total subject node count is not matching. | Bug | |
Fixed Template Builder Organizations Custom attribute was not displaying | Bug | |
Fixed the date picker date time format to the user format mm-dd-yyyy | Bug |
Release Note: v1.6.20
Release Date: December 7, 2023
New Features
# No. | Feature Description | Module |
Ability to search Forms by specific fields: The user is allowed to search the Form by Creation Date, Last Updated Date, Template Name, Case Name, Case Number, Subject Name, Retention Policy Classification, Archive Date, Deletion Date, Legal Hold (active) | Case Management | |
Transfer files: After uploading a file to OWLdocs, the user should be able to transfer the file from one folder to another. | OWLdocs | |
OWLdocs Zip File: The user can upload a file and extract it. | OWLdocs | |
Audit Logs in the Admin Module should have the following functions:
| Administration | |
An option in OWLAdmin to allow searching for higher access rights, but not return data, just Case Owner and Department. | Administration | |
Subscriptions: Based on the subscription user has the authority to access the modules. | Administration | |
Subject Status - Pending, Active, Closed, Archive, and Delete: Subject Status functionality is available on the Subject tab. It will display all of the system Subject Status with descriptions, as well as choices to Enable or Disable Subject Status and the Subject Status field's Mandatory. | Case management | |
Case Status - Pending, Active, Closed, Archive, and Delete: Case Status functionality is available on the Case tab. It will display all of the system's Case statuses with descriptions, as well as choices to enable or Disable Case Status and the Case Status field Mandatory. | Case management | |
Licenses - Unique # Assigned to Each: We will generate a unique # for every license we issue. | Administration | |
User subscription usage: While assigning the user a role-license type, we will validate the available license for the organization. While disabling or deleting a user, release the license and update the used and available license values for the organization. | Administration | |
Provided Query data OWL Vault, Docs, Cases search by only their Cases or all within the Dept or Team they are part of all in the organization Or Role in the User Level | OWL vault & Docs | |
TIPS Module: The users are allowed to add tips, that tips should be approved by the admin then the user can attach those tip to the records. | Case Management | |
Information Sharing Module: -Case Management Menu - Added Menu item - Information Sharing - sub-menu Option 1 Add Option 2 Review -Admin will create Forms and deploy in the Information Sharing Module. -Ability to Upload Documents as well. -No requirement for any data access - Retention 28CFR P 23 even if active. -User License - Information Sharing will log in and ONLY have access to Information Sharing - Add. -They will upload and save - the record will go into a list in the IS - View screen and a folder in OWLdocs > Information Sharing. | Case Management |
Improvements
# No. | Feature Description | Module |
Now, the users can attach any case and subject to a form from the Form Dossier page and from the form View-Edit attach record option present in the action menu. | Case Management | |
Auto-search while entering the case
| Case Management | |
Subject Dossier : 1. Go to the View-Edit Subject page and view a Subject. 2. Added a container called Subject Dossier to the View Subject detail page and listed all the searches that pertain to that. | Case Management | |
The result screen view will now have separate data source nodes for Whooster and OWL products. | Result Screen View | |
Display Subject Data and Subject Template Data in Views:
| Result Screen View | |
The menu when viewing a search for subject not attached to a case does not allow SMS Collaboration- Email - Print - PDF Report Xls. | Report | |
If a Search criteria is already present in a Case or subject, and the user runs the existing search in the same Case or subject, given a pop-up saying “The entered search criteria and product combination are already present. Please click here to launch the search or Please re-run the search by clicking here”. | Case Management | |
Template Builder add attribute. Ability to add a multi select of single select list of choices the Admin can add and users can select from in the various templates. | Administration | |
Improvements on template builder section added multiple values. | Administration | |
Fixed the date picker date time format issue. Now date picker date time format will sync with the user format mm-dd-yyyy | Bug |
Release Note: v1.7.0
Release Date: December 1, 2024
New Features
# No. | Feature Description | Module |
Users can now create Information Sharing records from case management. | Case management | |
The user now can print PDFs of any Case using print option in View case. | Case management | |
Now the users can select the OWL system-defined subject status for any subject during the create and update Subject. | Case management | |
The user now can Add the compliances (Retention Policy, Data Access Rights, 28 CFR Part 23, and Status) for the case and subject records individual level or Case/Subject level. | Case management | |
Result screen, Forms attached to the case should be displayed under the case and Forms attached Subject should be displayed under the subject | Result Screen View | |
Now the users can upload zip files to OWL docs and can unzip and extract the zip files. | OWL docs & Vault | |
Admins now can see the Subscription details on the Administrator module with all the license and user usage details. | Administrator | |
Admin can set the number of SKIP MFA days for each user based on the Organization, Department, Role, and User levels. Based on these days the MFA validation during login will be skipped. | Security Policy | |
Allow to enable Case Required field at Team/Dept level | Case management | |
Case Name Required by Dept / Team | Case management | |
Allow to enable Auto Generate Case # at Team/Dep level | Administrator | |
All the compliance page records now show the number of records without compliance details. Admins can view these records and update their respective compliances. | Administrator | |
Users can now create new Tips from case management and update them from View-Edit Tips. | Case management | |
Admin can now set up the Case crud operation approval process using the create intelligent Process Automation. Based on these processes the Cases will be available to the users for use with permissions. | IPA | |
Admins can now track each user's data usage and verify how much data is left for them from the OWL subscription page in Admin. | Administrator | |
Users who have access to Admins can access the Administration modules based on their specific admin license. As per their licenses, they can either READ/WRITE permissions on some of the sections in the module. | Administrator | |
Administrators now can see the organization users all the record details as per the departments and roles from the record management section. | Administrator | |
Customer Auto Generate ID Attribute Field | ||
Now subject will have all the system-level statuses like "OPEN/CLOSED/ARCHIVE/ACTIVE". Based on these statuses the Subjects will be available to the users and the collaborators. | Case management |
Improvements
# No. | Feature Description | Module |
Add subject status field in the View-Edit Subject page. | Case Management | |
Add a container called Subject Dossier to the View Subject detail page and list all the searches that pertain to that | Case Management | |
View – Edid Case page – Allow to filter search by Case Type, Case Status, Case Creation Date (Range as well as fixed date), Last Activity Date, Retention Policy Classification, Archive Date, Delete Date, and Legal Hold Active. | Case Management | |
The menu when viewing a search for subject not attached to a case allow SMS Collaboration- Email - Print - PDF Report Xls etc. | Result Screen View | |
display datasource node for OWLdocs and owlvaults | Result Screen View | |
If a Search criteria is already present in a Case/subject, and user run existing search in a same Case/subject, give a pop-up saying “The entered search criteria and product combination are already present. Please click here to launch the search or Please re-run the search by clicking here” | Data Query Search | |
Add OWLidentity - Add to Collection option while uploading the image to OWLdocs. If the user selects OWLidentity - Add to Collection, display all the collections available to the user. The user will select the collection and upload the image. The image should be uploaded to OWLdocs and also added to the selected collection. | Administration | |
Menu Revision | Administration | |
Display Unique # Assigned to Each user on the user details page | Administration | |
Global Attributes Improvement | Bug | |
While creating a template builder, give an option to add Sub Header to the containers and allow to add fields inside the Sub Header | Administration | |
The date picker date time format should sync the user format mm-dd-yyyy | Case Management |
Release Note: v1.7.6
Release Date: December 13, 2024
New Features
# No. | Feature Description | Module |
Add Record Types: The Administrators can create new record types for Forms, Information Sharing and Tips from the Administration > Case Management > Forms/ Information Sharing / Tips | Administration | |
Define the “Record Type” during record Creation and update: Users can now define the record type for Forms, Information Sharing, and Tips from the Case Management > Add Forms / Information Sharing / Tips record page and update the record type for existing records. | Administration | |
Record Type Filter: The Users can now filter Cases, Subjects, Forms, Information Sharing, Tips and leads from the Case Management > View-Edit page based on their specific record type. | Case Management | |
Transfer Record: Now, the Administrators can transfer a single record ownership from one user to another. | Administration | |
Transfer Record: Now, the Administrators can transfer bulk records ownership from one user to another. Administrator Page > User Management > User > Action > Transfer All Records | Administration | |
Access to OWL app collection based on license: Now, the team admins and supervisors will have access to OWL app collections according to their departments only inside Administrators > OWL apps > Collections | Administration | |
Split Docs & Vault checkboxes into separate options: Now, the users can do OWL product searches by selecting either OWL docs or Vault separately. | Query Data Search | |
Single Record Entry: Now, the users can import a single record in the OWL vault without uploading an Excel or CSV document. | OWL docs & Vault | |
Upload Outlook File in OWL docs: Now, users can upload Outlook files with extensions like “.eml,” “.msg,” and “.pst” in OWL docs. | OWL docs & Vault | |
Single Record Entry Template: Now, the user can create a Single Record Entry template from the Single Record Entry page and can reuse it to create new Single Record Entries. | OWL docs & Vault | |
Wildcard & Range Search: Keyword search now supports Wildcard and Range Search, enabling users to search a keyword against OWL data by selecting specific global attributes. They have multiple options now to do specific range searches like “Date Range”, “Greater Than/ Lower Than” “Prefix/Suffix” & “Contains” searches. | Query Data Search | |
Wildcard & Range Search Select Template from Data source: Keyword search attributes now can be automatically selected by selecting a specific Owl vault data source. Query Data > Keyword Search > Wildcard & Range Search > Select Template from Data Source | Query Data Search | |
Delete OWL docs empty folders: Now, the user can delete the OWL docs folder that is empty from the OWL docs’ page. | OWL docs & Vault | |
Search based on User license type: Now, users with specific license types are allowed to perform OWL searches. The users with licenses “User Full,” “Administrator-user,” “Super admin-user,” “Supervisor-user,” “Administrator Team-User,” and “External Collaborator Full Access” have access to the search module. | Query Data Search |
Improvements
# No. | Feature Description | Module |
01 | View Form page improvements: Field design and labels are modified to improve the layout of the form page. Button placements and small alignment changes. | Case Management |
02 | Add the Collapse feature to the Case Manager Panel: The case manager view in the result screen can be expanded and collapsed for a better view and adjustments for the user. | Query Data Search |
03 | Compliance Dropdown: Keyword Search and Query Data Search screen - Unable to select from the Compliance Dropdowns. These select boxes will respond only when clicked in the top portion of the box. | Query Data Search |
04 | Administrator View Enhancements: Administrator View: design and the performance of each feature have been improved. | Administrator |
05 | New Changes to the search features as per the new Collaboration Configuration Setup:
| Case management |
06 | Owl import records UI improvements: Now the user can resize the columns of the imported record and can unselect any column not to display in the table. The user can click the image URL links inside the imported table and see the image in the pop-up. | OWL docs & Vault |
07 | OWL docs Folder Enhancements: Now, the folders that are selected by the user will be highlighted. Also, the user can delete the empty folders. | OWL docs & Vault |
08 | Search and Launch Case performance improvements: Now, the launch case and search response will load faster than earlier even with a big response. | Query data search |
Release Note: v1.8.3
Release Date: April 16, 2025
New Features
# No. | Feature Description | Module |
Temporary Case:
| Search | |
Fuzzy Configuration:
| Administration | |
User Management:
| Administration | |
Admin Record Collaboration Setup:
| Administration | |
Admin Cross Collaboration Approval:
| Administration | |
Admin Case management: OWL admins can now design various Template Types under the template builder for OWL records and assign them to specific templates based on record types, ensuring the templates are organized by type. | Administration | |
Collaboration - Case Management Records:
| Case Management | |
Case Management Records:
| Case Management | |
Cross Dept/ Team Collaboration:
| Collaboration | |
Whooster Edition:
| Query Data Search |
Improvements
# No. | Feature Description | Module |
User Login:
| Authentication | |
Security: Now, the users will see a Warning message before they access any External URL or Site from OWL. | Query Data Search | |
Result Screen View: Improvement in rendering the data faster under the link analysis view. Node position is much quicker and consistent. Also, the nodes in the social media product searches will have image thumbnails for better viewing and understanding. | Query Data Search | |
Product Search: Now, product image URLS will not expire like before. With a rerun, the images will get refreshed. | Query Data Search | |
28cfr Review page: The 28cfr review page in admin will be showing both deleted and permanently deleted records based on the 28cfr review delete process. The user can filter the deleted records from the filter option. | Administrator |
Next Release Features
# No. | Feature Description | Module |
OWL users now choose a dark theme color from the UI. | User Profile | |
OWL Report:
| ||
Users can now retain the search compliance over the case/subject compliance while doing a data query search. | Query Data Search | |
28cfr Review page: The 28cfr review page in admin will be showing both deleted and permanently deleted records based on the 28cfr review delete process. The user can filter the deleted records from the filter option. | Administration | |
OWL will support a few more languages apart from English and German | User Profile | |
Retention Policy View ALL records pop-up design improvements | Administration | |
Calendar - Task Manager
| Task Manager | |
Security Policy:
| Administration | |
Result Screen view:
| Result Screen | |
Compliance:
| Administration | |
OWL Fuzzy logic settings will allow users to set up relationship mapping based on the custom attributes created under the organization. | Administration | |
OWL import records linked to case and subjects will be displayed under the view case dossier and can be downloaded by user. | Case Management |
Future Release
# No. | Feature Description | Module |
Data Source - User Information View | Case Management | |
OWLspeech - An implementation of Speech to Text | OWL Product | |
Implementation of Mail merge with OWLforms | Case Management | |
Implementation of Compliance at the Role Level | Administration | |
Implementation of Built-in PDF to Word -- Word to PDF Converter | Report | |
Implementation of Compliance at the User Level | Administration | |
Implementation of Integrate Compliance | Administration | |
Implementation of Organization FTP Site | ||
Implementation of Export Process | Report | |
Implementation of Pricing - OWLxtract | ||
ESRI MAP – The user can see a relationship mapping line or edge | ||
Implementation of Cases - Notifications Section. | Case Management | |
Admin users can give approval requests for the External Collaborator. | Administration | |
Implementation of External Collaborators - Agency Users | Administration | |
The users should search for criteria with all the existing cases' search responses | Data Query Search | |
Implementation of Reverse Geo-Coding. | Data Query Search | |
The user collapses cases to just see the case name and no details, The User leaves the home page or logs out and comes back and the cases are all expanded. | Case Management | |
Handling prevalence setting in data visualization view when the user is searching only with case but no subject. | Result Screen View | |
Implementation of User Reports and Drag and Drop Module | Report | |
Implementation of Microsoft Platform Architecture | ||
Designed an admin UI to configure the fuzzy elements. We are currently adding new entries to fuzzy JSON during the new product configuration. Going forward the user or the admin user can decide which data elements/attributes the fuzzy algorithm needs to consider for mapping calculations | Result Screen View | |
When multiple collaborators are working on a case in the Link analysis view they will move, expand, collapse, or hide nodes, add attributes | Collaboration | |
Implementation of GMail Integration | ||
Implementation of Microsoft Outlook and Teams | ||
Implementation of Calendar - Task Manager | ||
Implementation of OWLhuman | OWL product | |
Implementation of OWLdiscover | OWL product | |
Implementation of OWLdetect | OWL product | |
Implementation of OWLstream | OWL product | |
Rendering time for Link analysis or graph component | Result Screen View | |
In the spyglass popup, a check box for each searchable attribute so that the user can select multiple attributes and search | Data Query Search | |
Implementation of Document Error Messages and Audit Log Messages | Data Query Search | |
Implementation of Batch Process | Data Query Search | |
Implementation of Google Translate for Social Media Profile results in other languages | Data Query Search | |
While searching, an automatically working Case should be selected. | Data Query Search | |
Shown Collaborator popup online offline data | Collaboration | |
In the spyglass popup, a check box for each searchable attribute so that the user can select multiple attributes and search | Data Query Search | |
Implementation of CJIS Policy | Administration | |
Implementation of Collaboration - Cases | Collaboration | |
The user should also get an email that a new device was logged into. | ||
The user can view Selected Role Details | Administration | |
Alerts when Collaborator Logs In or Makes Changes | Collaboration | |
Search Cases - OWLdocs and OWLvault - Data Access and User Access | OWL vaults & Docs | |
Implementation of Collaborators Notification | Collaboration | |
Supported Multi-product selection from the Product Menu | Data Query Search | |
Implementation of Multiple Language Support for Owl Intel Application | Administration | |
Displayed linking and relationship in Map view | Result Screen View | |
Implementation of a Sorting Option for the Tabular view | Result Screen View | |
The user can transfer Search or Subject from one case to another case. | Case Management | |
Implementation of Smart Matching Data Query in the Search screen | Result Screen View | |
Implementation of Build support for TrafficLand Camera Overlay | Result Screen View | |
Implementation of a Sorting Option for the Result screen | Result Screen View | |
Implementation of Automatic Form Generator for Bulletins or BOLOs | Result Screen View | |
Implementation of External Collaboration | Collaboration | |
Implementation of Agency Collaboration Module | Collaboration | |
Implementation of testing framework design | ||
Implementation of Video or Audio Report | Case Management | |
Implementation Zoom Integration | Result Screen View | |
Implementation of Communications Module | Case Management | |
Implementation of SSO Access Feature | Security Policy | |
Implementation of Dark Mode | User Profile | |
Built-in Word or other Open Source to generate documents and templates. | Report | |
List of Most Connected Subjects - Attributes | Case Management | |
We need to have an option for the user to manually type in Lat and Long. This data will also come from other systems or batch imports by a user. | Data Query Search | |
Implementation of Video or Audio Report | Case Management | |
Started a New Search at the Case or Subject Level | Case Management | |
Implementation of Case Management, Archive Case. | Case Management | |
Implementation of Create GLBA, DPPA & HIPAA master lookup. | Compliances | |
Implementation of SLA | Compliances | |
Implementation of Third-Party Application Deployment and Access | ||
Implementation of Website Disability Compliance | Compliances | |
Implementation of Communications between Collaborators | Collaboration | |
Implementation of User Controls Web UI | Administration | |
Implementation of User Web UI Settings by Customer Admin | Administration |