Helix DAM 2024.1

Enhancements

• Improved the layout and usability of the asset view. Added a version list next to the asset name. Added the Share and Manage reviewers actions to the main view. Added a Links tab for working with asset links and an Asset details tab that displays asset information and metadata. Improved the usability of the Comments tab.
• Regenerate preview images for assets.
• Copy assets to folders.
• Added support for Helix Core 2023.2.
• Upgraded Redis to 7.2.4.

Bug Fixes

• Important security fixes.
• Non-administrator users could manage tags on assets from the home page.
• Browsing did not work for assets in Helix Core depots with custom storage location.

Helix DAM 2023.5

Enhancements

• Integrate with Jira using webhooks. Add links to Jira issues in assets on the Info tab. View information about a related Jira issue when viewing assets. Asset changes are automatically added as comments to the linked Jira issue.
• Upload folders that contain assets to add them to Helix DAM.
• View tutorials on the home page.
• Improved caching of asset thumbnails and previews.
• Upgraded Nginx to 1.24.0.
• Upgraded Apache to 2.4.58.
• Upgraded Redis to 7.2.3.

Bug Fixes

• Creating Helix Core repositories failed after renaming a project.
• Clicking the Helix DAM version in the left panel in a project displayed the Helix TeamHub release notes instead of the Helix DAM notes.

Helix DAM 2023.4

This Helix DAM release does not support Elasticsearch 7. You must update your systems to Elasticsearch 8 before upgrading.

Upgrade Instructions

Searching in Helix DAM is not available during the Elasticsearch upgrade.

Before upgrading:

• Review the Elasticsearch upgrade instructions.
• Elasticsearch 8 uses authentication by default. If you do not want to use authentication, disable it (xpack.security.enabled)in the Elasticsearch configuration. To learn more, see the Elasticsearch help.

To perform the upgrade:

1. Follow steps 1 - 4 in the To upgrade a cluster’ section of the Upgrade Elasticsearch help.
2. Depending on the type of the Helix Plugin Filter installation, remove the current one using one of the following methods:

• elasticsearch-plugin script

  elasticsearch-plugin remove p4search-filter-7.17.7 

• Your preferred package manager

  apt remove helix-plugin-filter

3. Upgrade Elasticsearch to version 8.10.2. See step 5 in the Upgrade Elasticsearch help.
4. Depending on the type of the Helix Plugin Filter installation, install the version 2023.4 or later to be compatible with the upgraded Elasticsearch version using one of the following methods:

• elasticsearch-plugin script

elasticsearch-plugin install file:///path/to/p4search-filter-8.10.2.zip

• Your preferred package manager

apt install helix-plugin-filter

5. To complete the Elasticsearch upgrade, continue with step 7 in the Upgrade Elasticsearch help.
6. Upgrade and reconfigure Helix DAM instances.
7. Perform an incremental reindex for Helix Search using the command line or web interface.

Enhancements

• Upload preview images for assets.
• Add related links to assets.
• Hide the Kanban board in project settings.
• An icon is now displayed for assets without a preview image.
• Added support for Elasticsearch 8.
• Upgraded to OpenSSL 1.1.1w.

Enhancements 

• Link existing Helix Core streams to Helix DAM projects.
• Limit running webhooks using reference patterns for stream repositories. 
• Improved error handling when searching assets. 
• Improved error handling when viewing Helix Search status in the admin user interface. 
• Upgrade Redis to 7.0.12.
• Upgrade Rails to 7.0.7.2.
• Upgrade OpenSSL 1.1.1v.

Bug Fixes 

• Important security fixes. 
• The file upload preview dialog box did not show scroll bars for long lists of assets. 

• Rendering .fbx files could fail.

Upgrade Instructions

Make sure you are using Helix DAM 2022.2 or later before upgrading to 2023.1.

The following upgrade instructions are only needed when MongoDB is configured to use authentication.

1. Before upgrading the Helix DAM package, execute the following on Combo or DB nodes (replace adminuser/adminpass with MongoDB admin credentials):

/opt/hth/embedded/bin/mongo --username adminuser --password adminpass --port 4002 --eval 'db.adminCommand( { setFeatureCompatibilityVersion: "4.4" } )'

2. Verify the featureCompatibilityVersion is reported as version 4.4:

/opt/hth/embedded/bin/mongo --username adminuser --password adminpass --port 4002 --eval "db.adminCommand( { getParameter: 1, featureCompatibilityVersion: 1 } )"

3. Create the version file and then continue with upgrading Helix DAM.

echo 4.4 > /var/opt/hth/db/mongodb-fcv

Enhancements 

• Configurable asset workflows for projects.
• Support removing AI tags. 
• Remove trailing and leading spaces on folder creation. 
• Review creator is no longer assigned as a reviewer from default reviewers. 
• Introduce in-app help. 
• Styling improvements. 
• Upgrade MongoDB to 5.0.15.
• Upgrade Redis 7.0.9.
• Upgrade OpenSSL 1.1.1t.
• Upgrade Rails to 7.0.4.2.
• Upgrade Ruby 2.7.7.

Bug Fixes

• Important security fixes.
• Improved handling of deleted files. 
• Improved typeahead rendering. 
• Fixed viewing video/audio files with Safari browser.
• Fixed updating account login count with SSO login. 
• Fixed rendering of notifications.
• Fixed rendering custom attributes after disabling a template on project level. 
• Fixed rendering author of an asset. 
• Fixed displaying asset reviewers after reassigning.
• Fixed downloading renamed files. 
• Fixed scrolling suggestions in advanced search. 

New Features

• Use custom metadata fields to capture additional information about assets. Define fields and values at a company level. Show and hide fields in a project. Set field values on assets. Metadata values are used when searching for assets.
• Assign a list of default reviewers to review all assets in a project when a review starts. Assign default reviewers for a collection, which takes   precedence over the default project reviewers. Assign reviewers directly to a specific asset.
• Tag other project team members in comments using @ mentions, which notifies the tagged user.
• View notifications when users use an @ mention for you in asset comments or you are added to an asset review.
• Click the help icon to view context-sensitive help for the displayed page.

Enhancements

• Create folders to organize assets in a collection.
• Rename assets.
• Copy assets to other collections.
• Move assets from a collection to a folder in the collection and vice versa.
• Select multiple assets to perform actions on them.
• Delete assets from Helix DAM.
• Improved avatars.
• Better error handling when users do not have permission to access items.
• Improved display of long project and asset names.
• Allow offloading for SSL at a load balancer level for combo installations.
• Improved deployment workflow.
• Use guided installations to install Helix DAM in Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure.
• Automatically configure Helix Search settings in the Helix DAM admin interface.
• Support for Helix Core Server 2022.2.

Bug Fixes

• Improved handling of special characters in asset filenames.
• Fixed duplicate assets in the Open column, hid deleted assets, and provided better handling of renamed files in the Kanban board.
• The latest asset version is now displayed when using filters.
• Binary files uploaded from the Helix DAM interface are no longer marked as text.
• Improved handling for tags ending in numbers.
• Improved handling when searching by asset filename.
• Improved handling for specific versions of FBX assets.