Developer Change Log
Features listed in the developer change log are released to the validation environment only
2025-10-27
Stock
- Consume stock renamed to adjust stock to allow addition and subtraction of stock
- New summary boxes on expired stock screen
- New stock adjustment type field
- New stock expiring soon tab on the expired stock page
- Stock correction adjustment reason add allowing the addition of stock to a batch
- Stock batch status auto updates to 'Testing in progress' when a linked sample is received in the lifecycle.
- Stock batch status audo updates to either 'Approved' or 'Rejected' when approved in the lifecycle dependant upon specification pass or fail.
- New 'Type' filter on the stock usage screen
- Automatic job creation when receiving stock with a status of 'Requires testing'
- 'Stock consumption reason' list renamed to 'Stock adjustment reason'
- Misc styling updates to stock module
2025-10-14
Stock
- Search and filter bar on the stock items screen
- Search and filter bar on the inventory screen
- Search and filter bar on the usage tracking screen
- Show recently received stock on the receive stock page
- Show recent consumption history on the consumption page
- Stock inventory summary metrics on inventory page
Misc
- New fixed internal client created for automated job creation when testing stock
2025-10-02
Stock
- Audit Stock items and Stock batch actions
- Filter and search on the inventory screen
- Summary metrics added to inventory screen for an 'at a glance' view of stock status
- New 'Manual consumption' Screen to enable consumption of stock
- New 'Usage tracking' screen to monitor where stock has been consumed
- Ability to dispose expired stock directly from the expired stock screen
2025-09-17
Stock
New 'Inventory' screen
- View stock items (Item name, Item code, Available quantity and Availability marker)
- View batches of a stock item (Received, Batch number, Available quantity, Expiry date and Status)
- Edit stock batches (Batch number, Status and Expiry date)
Assign stock status to a batch at receive
Minimum stock threshold in now used to calculate the Availability marker on the inventory screen
New 'Expired stock' screen
- See all stock that has passed its expiry date (Stock item name, Stock item code, Batch number, Quantity and expiry date)
2025-09-02
Stock
- Create a stock item
- View a stock item
- Delete a stock item
- Receive a stock item
Sample certificates
- Add a default sample certificate to a product
Misc
- Rename 'Results units' system list to 'Units'
- Add new system list called 'Categories' for use in the stock module
- Rename 'Trend' limits on a product to 'Warning' limits
2025-08-19
LabHQ Portal
- Submit job: Copy data between samples
- Submit job: Generate and attach job submission report on job submission
- Submit job: Send job submitted notification on job submission
- Submit job: capture audit data for job submission
- Custom fields: Use browser locale for custom date fields
2025-08-06
LabHQ Portal
Submit a Job through the LabHQ Portal
- Submit a job with multiple samples
- Populate job and sample details
- Job submitted notification to main app users who have notifications enabled.
- Select a Test suite at submit.
- Populate custom job and sample fields.
Receive Samples
- Selecting a specification at receive samples is now mandatory
2025-07-16
LabHQ Portal
Download Job and Sample certificates directly from the Portal when they are made available
Import Legacy Results
'Import results data' in administration has been renamed to 'Import Legacy Results'
2025-07-01
LabHQ Portal
- Unsubscribe from portal notifications from the my account section of the portal
- Improve the process for revoking external user access to make it clearer.
- Enable custom organisation logo to display on the Portal.
Help Site
Switch to our new designed help site providing a clearer and easier way of accessing all our help and support documents. The Help links from the LabHQ App will now direct to this new help site.
Validation Environment
Enable our new validation environment which will receive all the latest updates first so these can be internally validated prior to updates going onto production. Access to the validation environment can be requested via our support desk.
2025-06-02
LabHQ Portal
All new LabHQ Portal for customers of LabHQ to track and manage their Jobs and samples
This includes:
- Secure log in to the portal managed through the LabHQ client setup screen with self serve user management for password resets.
- External User Configuration: Setup and manage portal access for your clients with ease.
- Job Viewer: Keep clients informed with real-time visibility into job progress and statuses.
- Sample Viewer: Allow users to view detailed sample information associated with their jobs for transparency and tracking.
Feature 580: Viewing jobs via the portal allows portal users to view their submitted jobs and the status.
Feature 159: Viewing samples via the portal allows portal users to view their submitted samples and the status.
Feature 572: Invite users to the portal via client setup.
Feature 449: Allow resending invites to portal users via client setup screen.
Feature 790: Allow revoking user access to the portal via client setup screen.
Feature 425: Submit feedback via the portal.
2025-05-14
Sample reference
Feature 750: The sample label field has been renamed to 'Reference' to ensure that this field is differentiated from the sample labels.
2025-04-09
Test method setup
Feature 773: Enable HTML in custom workbooks on the test method workbook notes field
Defect 648: Fixed an issue where some customers were unable to view sample labels due to internal network policies
This update also includes some backend upgrades to support future feature development.
2025-02-20
Client setup
Defect 427: Fixed telephone validation for new clients. Telephone validation is now properly enforced for new client creation.
Notifications
Defect 519: Fixed customization of email subjects for sample approval emails following sample approval.
2025-01-29
Dashboard
Feature 343: Introduced a new sample viewer mode, accessible via the dashboard. Switch between job and sample modes using the toggle on the dashboard. In sample mode, view a list of all samples, see progress information, search for samples and filter by product.
User Accounts
Fix 391: Fixed filtering of user accounts by status at User Account setup.
2025-01-08
General app maintenance
2024-12-04
Work Management
Feature 18: Introduced permission control of workbook downloads from both Manage Work and Enter Results.
Feature 36: Standard workbook template updated to support multiple jobs in one workbook.
Feature 52: Implemented new work management module (Lifecycle > Manage Work).
Feature 53: Introduced permission control for creation of new workbooks.
Feature 54: View jobs available for assignment to a workbook.
Feature 55: Introduced creation of workbooks for a single job.
Feature 56: Introduced creation of workbooks for multiple jobs.
Feature 57: Create new workbooks for tests added to jobs already assigned to a workbook.
Feature 59: Implemented filtering by client for workbook creation.
Feature 61: Assign unique Workbook IDs to workbooks.
Feature 62: Implemented auditing of workbook creation.
Feature 63: Download a workbook report after the workbook has been created.
Feature 64: View existing workbooks for jobs still in progress.
Feature 65: Re-download a workbook report from the workbook viewer.
Feature 141: Implemented limit for one client per workbook.
Feature 207: Implemented filtering by client for View Workbooks.
OOS Results
Feature 51: View a summary of all out of specification (OOS) results for a single test method related to a product.
2024-10-25
OOS Results
Fix 2608, 2758: Client filter now correctly works with the out-of-spec trend graph.
Test Methods
Fix 2839: Auditing now tracks changes to the 'Mandatory' field on test inputs.
Fix 2756: The 'Mandatory' field fixed to be applied correctly when the 'Display On' test input option is modified.
Fix 2756: Mandatory test inputs are restricted to non-workbook only entries, and at least one non-workbook input is now required.
Work Management
Feature 2554: Added audit tracking for workbook creation.
Feature 2630: Expanded test method workbook notes character limit to 2000.
Feature 2553: Introduced workbook identifiers.
Feature 2553: Initial cleanup of workbook data implemented.