ASCENDER Administration Release Notes

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ASCENDER

Release Date: 8/25/21 ASCENDER Update: 5.0.0223

Security Administration > Homepage

❏ Corrected the left-side navigation menu to remain collapsed until expanded by the user.

❏ Corrected the program to properly display the County/District Number in the lower-left corner of the page.

Prior Release Notes for ASCENDER Administration 5.0

Update 5.0.0222

ASCENDER

Release Date: 08/16/2021 ASCENDER Update: 5.0.0222

❏ Changed the report preview PDF and CSV icons to improve readability.

District Administration > Utilities > Assign Travel Accounts

❏ Corrected the issue that prevented a record from being be saved when building an account code mask for campus 000. This also prevented employees assigned to campus 000 from being inserted into a user profile.

Update 5.0.0219

ASCENDER

Release Date: 7/16/2021 ASCENDER Update: 5.0.0219

District Administration > Homepage

❏ Corrected the left-side navigation menu to remain collapsed until expanded by the user.

District Administration > Workflow > Alternate Approvers

❏ Corrected the issue that caused an internal error to occur when saving an alternate approver.

Update 5.0.0218

ASCENDER

Release Date: 7/02/2021 ASCENDER Update: 5.0.0218

District Administration > Workflow > Alternate Approvers

❏ Modified the program to display a vertical scroll bar when necessary.

Update 5.0.0207

ASCENDER

Release Date: 5/12/2021 ASCENDER Update: 5.0.0207

District Administration > Options > Email Preferences

❏ Increased the maximum allowed characters in the From Address and SMTP Server URL fields. The new field maximum for each field is 200 characters.

Update 5.0.0200

Release Date: 3/4/21 ASCENDER Update: 5.0.0200

District Administration > Options > Login

❏ Added this page to maintain the following ASCENDER user login preferences: Invalid Password Attempts, Lockout (in minutes), and Password Expiration (in days).

These user login preferences apply to all ASCENDER Enterprise applications and the following portals: EmployeePortal, ParentPortal, StudentPortal, and TeacherPortal.

Note: This functionality was removed from ASCENDER DBA Assistant.

District Administration > Tables > District Logos

❏ Added this page to upload LEA logos to be used in EmployeePortal, ParentPortal, StudentPortal, and TeacherPortal. In addition, users can upload a separate logo to be used only in CareerPortal.

Note: The functionality to upload a district logo in ParentPortal and TeacherPortal was removed in the 5.0.0000 Release. If the logo needs to be updated, place it directly on the server at TCC\TxEIS\Pictures\CCCDDD\dist_picture\dist_picture (with the applicable filename extension).

Once your LEA has transitioned to ASCENDER, you can upload the logo in District Administration.