We’re excited to share with you some new features and fixes that will increase your work time productivity when using our software. Let’s go over each one together, shall we?

● There’s a new feature now that will prevent the publication of risk assessments if the included SDS has a pending update. This is to prevent assessment publication with an outdated SDS. Here are the steps:

1. Enable SDS Update Required in settings.

2. Settings > Risk Assessment Settings > Publish Option (Super User Permission Required)

3. Note the Assessment with an outdated SDS

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4. In the Review & Publish area, Substance will show the required icon.

● Another new feature enables users to prevent risk assessment publication if the included Action is incomplete. This will avert the user from publishing an assessment with an outstanding Action. Here are the steps:

1. Enable the settings and select the action type that the user needs to complete. (Super User Permission Required)

2. Settings > Risk Assessment Settings > Publish Options

3. Add Action in Wizard Assessment.

4. The Action that needs to be completed would be shown in red text.

5. In the Review & Publish area, the Action will show required if the Assessment has an Action that needs to be completed.

● There’s also a new feature regarding Assessment Search filters that must retain values on page load. With this feature, users no longer need to select or type the filters if they refresh the page. In the Assessment Wizard page, the filter should remain even if the page is refreshed.

● The last new feature is about Hazard/Control entries in the History Overview. Here’s how it works:

1. The icon that was added or removed is displayed with a description in the History Overview.

2. Users can now view which hazards or controls have been added or removed.

● We’ve also released a bug fix for linked documents missing on Published Assessments. Before, whenever a user deletes a linked document from the system the linked document gets deleted permanently. Now, with the fix in place, the system will detect if there are any published assessments linked to that deleted document. If the linked document is associated with a published assessment, it is only “soft deleted” and hidden from the assessment. However, the file will still be viewable to users, instead of showing a 404 error. Take a look:

1. Delete a linked document in the Assessment Wizard

2. Users can now view deleted linked documents for published assessments.

● The last bug fix for this update concerns the missing number of days in the “Due In” filter. Here’s what to do:

1. Select “Due in” in the status filter in the Assessments widget on the dashboard.

2. The Due In filter in the assessments page is now showing correctly, previously the field which shows “30 days” in the screenshot was hidden.

We would appreciate it if you let us know how we could make our system and service better for you. Thanks and stay safe! ☺