What's New in Census 6.0

• New distributed configuration (Census Enterprise only)
  Census Enterprise supports a new and improved "two-tier" configuration that is simpler, easier to set up, and easier to maintain.

  • All Census components are installed on the Web server (you no longer need to separate the Census Server and the Census Web Server components).
  • Most databases are located on the SQL Server computer (the database server).

  In this configuration, the database server is a 100% SQL Server (no Jet/Access). This improves performance by eliminating the need for the Web server to have file access to the database server.

• Extended SQL Server support
  All databases used by Web views can now be migrated to SQL Server. In previous versions of Census, only the issues database and the users database were migrated to SQL Server. Now you can migrate the project definitions database (<project>02.def), the Web views database (censusweb.mdb), and the licenses databases (licenses.mdb) to SQL Server.
• New distributed configuration where the database server is a 100% SQL Server (no Jet/Access)
  This improves performance by eliminating the need for the Web server to have file access to the database server.
• Support for Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine (MSDE)
  If you decide to migrate all databases to SQL Server, you can use the free version of SQL Server 2000 that can be downloaded from the SQL Server web site. Note that power customizations will require a license for SQL Server or a third-party tool that can edit SQL Server database tables.
• Web-based database administration
  Migrate and relocate databases through the Web. Web Admin now includes a Relocation tab that allows you to migrate Access databases to SQL Server, and move (relocate) SQL Server databases between different SQL Servers.
• Relocate attachments
  Files attached to issues can now be stored on a separate file server instead of on the Web server.
• Crystal Reports Now Included
  You do not need to purchase any Crystal Reports licenses to use Census in its default configuration. Census includes the Crystal Reports v9.0 Runtime Software, which Census installs on your Web server. See our FAQ for more information on Crystal Reports.
• Field-level Security
  Individual fields can be made read-only for selected user groups. For example, you could make a field read-only for all users except members of the QA group.
• Default Values
  Web view users can set the default values for new issues, and the Census administrator can set default values for all users.
• Windows 2003 (.NET server) Support
• Sun Java 1.4 Support
• Relocation Wizard
  The Relocation Wizard makes it easy for users to move Census installations to different computers.
• User Interface Consistency
  The new, improved Web View Editor user interface now looks and feels like the Census Admin user interface.

• Autocomplete for Drop-Down Lists
  Users can select from drop-down choice lists by typing the first few letters of a choice, instead of having to drop down the list and click the desired choice. This is sometimes called progressive searching, because you can progressively narrow down your search by typing more letters.

  For example, in the Query list, you can type "All O" to go directly to the "All Open Issues" query.

• Other New Features
• When you create a new project, you can copy Web views from the base project.
• Web view users can create a new issue by duplicating an existing issue.
• Define a custom description for each Web view. This description is displayed in the list of available views.
• <New Issue> macro for building workflow rules that apply only to new issues
• Build workflow conditions that use the <User> macro.
  You can now build workflow rules that apply only when the current user is the owner of an issue. For example, you may want to allow only the owner of an issue to set certain values in a field.
• Support for Netscape 6.2.x on Macintosh.
• Read-only and disabled fields can be displayed as plain text or as disabled input controls.
• Web views can include scroll buttons for the tabs.
• Fields can have URL buttons that open documents in new browser windows.
• Field attributes can use %fieldvalue% to insert the current contents of a field into an attribute value.
• New security permissions for controlling access to the Web View Editor, the When Editor for notifications, and the Tools > Web menu in Census Admin.
• New options that control whether to use HTML or Crystal Reports to display reports. The Standard Report Engine option specifies how to display listing reports, and the Custom Report Engine option specifies how to display custom reports.