Sandbox Release Date: 11/03/2026

E-SMS Version 1.10.650

Key Changes

• Field Mobility & Productivity - Introduced native macOS desktop support, direct camera roll photo attachment, and eliminated tablet freezing during high-volume inspection data entry.

• Workspace Governance & Auditing - Added a 5-year immutable audit trail for work acceptance decisions, team-based work delegation, and pre-merge Power BI quality control reporting.

• Offline Synchronization Reliability - Hardened bi-directional synchronization between field tablets and central servers for components, assets, and photos, backed by plain-language sync diagnostics.

• Planning & Lifecycle Calculations - Added site-level assessment templates, “Must Do” flags to protect critical items in capital planning scenarios, and corrected Remaining Service Life (RSL) curves.

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E-SMS Web Application Updates

Feature Highlights

• Default Assessment Templates - Accelerates assessment creation by pre-populating frequently used inspection templates (such as Direct Rating) based on the selected component class.

• Site-Level Assessments - Expands assessment scope by allowing templates and assessments to be created at the Site level.

• Workspace Power BI Reporting - Enables embedded Power BI quality control reports for pre-merge data validation.

• “Must Do” Work Item Designations - Enables a “must do” checkbox on validated work items that marks high-priority work items as non-deferrable in the planned year.

Workflow & Usability Enhancements

• Clear Selection Feedback - Replaces unresponsive blank drop-down menus with clear “No options available” indicators when selectable lists are empty.

• Uniformat Terminology - Aligns “Uniformat Description” column naming across Assessment and Component Search pages.

• Specialized Infrastructure Attributes - Introduces specialized Component Detail accordions for rail components with a custom responsive layout.

• Transparent Error Messaging - Delivers plain-language explanations when a Work Analysis Policy cannot be deleted due to active dependencies or permission restrictions.

• Ergonomic Assessment Layout - Re-architects Assessment Detail pages to streamline data entry flow and minimize unnecessary scrolling.

Resolved Bugs & System Reliability

Access and Navigation

• Deleted/Restricted Records Notice - Visiting deleted or restricted URLs now gracefully routes to an error message.

• Document Visibility - Prevents cross-organization document visibility.

• Workspace Sustainment Permissions - Enables sustainment organization permissions in workspaces

Workspaces

• Workspace Work Item Sites - Enforces workspace site boundaries so only sites included within the active workspace are selectable during work item creation.

• Workspace Asset Delete - Fixes sync errors with the Field App occurring when an asset is deleted within a workspace.

• Hide Workspaces Queued for Deletion - Automatically hides workspaces queued for deletion from the Workspace Search page and the Recently Visited list on the Home page.

• Workspace Column Customization - Restores table customization column toggles for workspace color-coding indicators.

• User and Approver Columns - Fixes sorting, searching, and filtering on workspace user and approver tables.

• Workspace Configuration Component Type Selector - Resolves issues adding large batches of component types to workspace configurations.

• Remove Hard Delete buttons - Removes non-functional hard-delete controls.

• Deleted Work Item Images - Cleans up detached work item images.

• Workspace Assets - Eliminates duplicate asset listings across overlapping workspaces

• Child Components - Restores ability to create child components when they are valid for the specified component type.

• Asset Visibility - Restricts the “Create Workspace” modal asset selector to the active organizational boundary.

Component Inventory & Assessments

• Missing Assets - Corrects global domain filter logic so all associated assets reliably populate on initial search screen loads.

• Create Component Modal - Updated the “Create Component” modal to make it clear the Component Type field is auto-populated.

• Add Child Component Disabling - Corrects button state logic so the "Add Child Component" button is enabled only when valid child types exist.

• New Group Visibility - Newly created groups now appear immediately under their parent organization.

• Group Management Permissions - Enables group creation capabilities for Site Administrator and Curator roles.

• Custom Component Cost - Restores user entered cost override input fields on the Component Detail page.

• Exact Number Filter - Improved Asset Search page filtering to allow exact number matching on Asset Number columns.

• Sum of Points Result Type - Changed scoring on sum of points assessments from a percentage to a true sum of points (the points earned / the total points possible).

Planning, Work Analysis, and Lifecycle Modeling

• Project Add Funding Failure - Resolves issues launching the "Add Funding" modal within Project Detail pages.

• Not Applicable Option for Defect Assessments - Introduces a “Not Applicable” option to Impaired Inspection, Appliance, and Rail Crossing responses om Defect Assessments

• Curator Work Analysis Policy Permissions - Restores permissions for Curator roles in Work Analysis Policies.

• Create Work Item Screen Freezes - Resolves modal freeze when selecting “Create and Navigate to Work Item”

• Work Analysis Unit Conversion - Ensures Work Analysis converts costs to match component units of measure.

• Funding Source Column - Re-enables column customization toggles for the Funding Source field on work item tables.

• Dam Assessment Scores - Corrects calculation formulas that compute aggregate condition index ratings from single-question templates.

• Create Work Item Button Disabled - Enables the “Create Work Item” button when all required fields are present in the Create Work Item modal.

• Limited Funding Errors - Corrects errors viewing Work Analysis profiles that use limited funding.

• Work Item Permissions - Resolves bugs preventing Work Planners and Curators from creating, modifying or deleting work items.

• RSL Calculations - Corrects Remaining Service Life (RSL) calculation logic to correctly measure time remaining until terminal condition.

User Interface and General Controls

• Save User Preferences - Removes false-positive "unsaved changes" dialog when saving user preferences.

• Multi-Select - Restores multiselect and select all controls throughout application.

• Error Message Formatting - Removes HTML from error messages.

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E-SMS Field Application Updates

Sync Fixes

• Deleted Assets in Asset Filter - Ensures assets deleted in the Web App are purged from Field App filters upon down-syncing.

• Image Sync Failures - Resolves errors preventing component, child component, asset, assessment, and work item images from syncing between the Web and Field App.

• Section Details - Copy as New Error - Fixes constraints causing HTTP 400 Bad Request responses when syncing copied section details.

Application Stability and Crash Prevention

• Section Detail Comment Crash - Resolves a crash triggered when tapping to edit comment text fields on iPads.

• Component Details Scroll Freeze - Fixes intermittent screen freezing during continuous table scrolling.

• DCR Overflow Menu Freeze - Fixes a lockup when tapping the overflow menu on Direct Condition Rating modals.

• Section Detail and Component Table Crash - Fixes app crashing when adding new section detail records from Component Detail pages or when adding component records from Asset Detail pages.

Platform, Device Input, and Build Infrastructure

• Touchpad Scroll - Resolves trackpad scrolling issues on the Component Search page.

• iPad Photo Library Access - Fixes iOS system requests to access to the device photo library.

• Field App Login Screen - Adjusts login screen so EAMS authentication links remain visible in landscape orientation.

• "Enter" Key Fix - Prevents the “Enter” key from prematurely dismissing Direct Condition Rating modals without saving.

• Mac Compatibility Issues - Resolves Qt compatibility issues after upgrades to MacOS Tahoe 26.4.

• Android Build Fails and Web Calls - Fixes Android build failures and errors preventing Android clients from reaching DoW servers.

• Android Keyboard - Resolves keyboard issues on Android devices.

Form Validation, Display, and Inspection Features

• Field App Update - Fixes update check on fresh installs to eliminate false update prompts.

• Theme Switching - Resolves dynamic theme-switching glitches that caused mismatched text and table contrasts.

• Direct Rating Comment Box - Corrects input text bounds so text no longer overlaps with text box borders.

• Form Selector Backgrounds - Restores opaque backgrounds on sorting column headers across selection dialogs.

• Section Detail Copy Refresh - Forces refreshing after performing "Copy as New" on Section Detail records.

• Component Naming Template - Removes unnecessary brackets from component naming logic.

• Domain Filtering - Fixes filtering logic so domain selectors in the side navigation reliably restrict displayed assets and components in search pages.

• Persistent Image Gallery - Correctly hides the image gallery after selecting an image from the list.

• Component Detail Fields - Restores rendering of missing component specification and classification fields on the mobile details page.

• Distress Survey Missing Rating & Distress Options - Restores rating and distress options in Distress Survey forms.