1. EMu New Features 2013
Bernard Marshall
KE Software

2. Overview EMu 4.1 (14 December 2012) EMu 4.2 (October 2013)
What’s next?

3. EMu 4.1

4. Password Management 4.1 Change password from within EMu
Can be disabled via Registry entry

5. Password Management 4.1 Password management provides: Password ageing
Force password change
Valid password checks
Lock after failed retries
Account locking

6. Lookup List Improvements 4.1
Self-maintaining Lookup Lists
No need for Lookup List rebuilds
Lookup List module is now “first class” module
Support for Multimedia added
Lookup Lists always up to date

7. Security Update Support 4.1
Allow record level security to be changed when record saved
Allow security to be set based on contents of a field
Configured via EMu Registry
Applicable at a User, Group and System level
Example:
Set a record to be editable by Group Admin only when Record Status is set to Retired

8. Field Level Security 4.1 Column Access Modifier Registry entry
Change permissions of fields on a record-by-record basis
Control permissions of fields based on values of other fields
Example:
Make Current Location read-only when Record Status is set to Deaccessioned

9. Mandatory Security 4.1 Mandatory Modifier Registry entry
Change mandatory setting on fields on a record-by-record basis
Control mandatory setting of fields based on values of other fields
Example:
Make Main Title mandatory when Record Type is set to Object

10. Archive View 4.1 Tree view of archive structure Navigate via tree view
Use drag and drop to move nodes
View also displays “parts” relationships

12. Many Other Additions… 4.1 Export post processing
Run pre-configured script after export completed
Import Tool adjusted to avoid duplicate attachments
Exclude empty fields from attachment search
Multimedia enhancements
Support for read-only image formats (DNG)
Scan to PDF

13. Many Other Additions… 4.1 New operational privileges
daMerge – Merge operation
daDittoAll – Ditto All operation
Unique indexing configurable via EMu Registry

14. EMu 4.2

15. Edit In A Single Language 4.2
Available for multi-lingual EMu clients
Display languages in any order
Display a single language or all languages
“Ghosting” of values for empty fields
Enter text in a single language or all languages
Lookup Lists auto-fill all languages
Text fields may be set as multi-lingual or uni-lingual in EMu Registry

16. Edit In A Single Language 4.2

17. Edit In A Single Language 4.2

18. IMu 2.0 4.2 Extends existing IMu structure Widget based framework
Embed EMu aware elements in web pages
Pages created by other systems (e.g. CMS)
Widgets are device aware
Same widget used for desktop and mobile devices
Widget layout based on device

19. IMu 2.0 4.2 IMu API extended to support insertions and updates
User authentication required
Development of data capture widgets
Compatible with EMu 4.1 and later

20. Calendar Support For Dates 4.2

21. Other Additions… 4.2 Auto-fill for all Lookup List values
Faster copying of records from List View
Clear Group Box command
Support for multi-page scanning

22. What’s Next?

23. Discussion Papers GUID/UUID Identify records uniquely
UUID version 4 (random)
User generated GUID (e.g. LSID)
Bibliography module
Simplified model as alternative

24. Maintenance Improvements
Reduce time for overnight batch indexing
Reduce time for full system reindex
Look at ways to make system available 24/7

25. Full Unicode Support Server-side support Collation Character folding
Client-side
Replace remaining non-unicode controls

26. Record Versioning
Create new version of a record based on existing record
Previous version is retired
Attachments may link to older versions of record
History of versions may be viewed

27. Field Selection Improvements
Field selection uses a separate dialogue box
Select fields by:
Prompt
Column name
Tab name
New mode to allow field selection from modules:
Click on field to select it
Follow attachments to linked modules
Shortcuts to create New… resources (e.g. Report, List Setting)

30. Double click to add

31. Global Replace Improvements
Global Replace will work like other resources (e.g. Reports)
Global Replace entries saved in Registry
Field selection improvements
Move data between fields
Run in “unattended” mode for large updates

33. Modify Image Metadata Update metadata in master image EXIF, IPTC, XMP
Global Replace
Update Copyright field on a set of records
Propagate metadata to image resolutions
Can be managed independently of master

34. Drag/Drop Media Via Drop Zone
Drop zone on desktop for adding Media
Allow right-click in Windows
Media ingestion by IMu
Many files or just one
Drag/Drop Multiple Documents
Multiple media files dropped into EMu for ingestion
Multiple thumbnails dragged around EMu

35. Straw Poll UUID/GUID Support Bibliography Simplification
Maintenance Improvements
Full Unicode Support
Record Versioning
Field Selection Improvements
Global Replace Improvements
Modify Image Metadata
Drag/Drop Ingestion Of Multimedia