What's New in 2022.3
- HB Farris
The following enhancements are included in the VERA 2022.3 release:
Please review https://tx3.atlassian.net/l/cp/XREVy9XA prior to upgrading Vera.
Introduced Default Domain
Vera now includes a default domain. Projects will automatically be associated with this domain when a record is routed for approval from a project that is not associated with a domain.
The System Administrator can move a project to another domain by removing the project from the Default domain and then adding the project to another domain.
Improved permissions with New Roles
User Roles have been separated by System Roles and Domain Roles. System Roles are assigned to a User Profile by the System Administrator:
System Administrator manages users, system role membership, domains, assigns projects to domain, domain role membership, policies, approval roles, and settings
System Service Account provides the permissions for the Vera Jira Server App and Vera Jira Cloud App to integrate with Vera
Domain Roles are assigned to users in a domain by the System Administrator or Domain Administrator:
Domain Administrator manages user role membership in their domain and can view records their domain
Domain Viewer can view records in their domain
Approval Roles can complete approval tasks for their role in their domain (example: Technical, Business, Quality, ITQA)
Approval roles are defined in the Approval Policy.
See https://tx3.atlassian.net/l/cp/e6AGurrR for more information on Vera roles and permissions.
Manage Roles by Domain
Vera 2022.3 introduces managing approval roles by domain. Organizations can now fine tune approval roles based on domain instead of at the Vera site level providing granular approval roles instead of global approval roles. User Role membership can be delegated to Domain Administrators. View only permission can be granted using the Domain Viewer role.
Domain Management updates
The Domain Management > Role Management page now displays the Domain-level Approval roles, and the users assigned to each role. Domains now have an optional field to define a Domain Owner. The Domain Owner is a Domain attribute and not a domain or system role. It is provided as a way to designate which user should be contacted in case there are questions about the domain or user membership in the domain.
Domain User Role management
Any System Administrator, or a Domain Administrator assigned to the domain, can manage user role membership for a particular domain. All domains also include the default roles of Domain Administrator and Domain Viewer. These are not approval roles. but can still be assigned to users in the same manner. Domain Viewers are allowed to see domain records, but are not allowed to approve as any role for that domain.
A Domain Administrator cannot remove their Domain Administrator role from their own user profile.
See https://tx3.atlassian.net/l/cp/w0FeHp1h and https://tx3.atlassian.net/l/cp/rVAr1D8j for more information on adding and remove users from domains and roles.
Define a Domain Owner
The System Administrator can set any Vera user as a Domain Owner when they create or edit a domain.
User Management Updates
Role Membership was removed from the user profile now that approval roles are managed by domain and is replaced by the System Roles field and new Domains & Roles page on User profile.
System Role Management
System Administrators can modify System Roles for users in their User Profiles.
Domain and Roles Management
System Administrators can manage domain and domain role membership for a user in their Edit Profile > Domain & Roles page.
Import User changes
System Administrators can now import users and their associated System Roles and Domain membership.
My Profile updates
Users can see their System Roles and their domain role membership in the Domains and Roles section.
Removed Role Management Administration Page
The role management page was removed now that Approval Roles are managed by domain.
Upload Policy files for new installations
New Vera installations do not have policy files by default. The system administrator can now upload initial policy files via the Vera Administration > Policy Management page instead of loading the policy files into the Policies directory on the server.
Logging Improvements
Logging has been enhanced for nearly all modules of the Vera API Server. Now each module can produce its own log files making it much easier to diagnose issues as they come up. A new logging-settings.json file is also now available in order for clients to fine-tune their log settings.
Defect fixes
Various defect fixes to the Web Portal and API Server.