Helix DAM 2024.4

New Features

• Attach files to your comment to help others to understand it. Attachments are displayed below the comment text. You can view and download attachments on a comment.
• Lock the position of the 3D model view to your comment to show more context for it. Comments on animated 3D assets can also include a specific time stamp on the comment.
• Add and manage webhooks directly from the Helix DAM web interface. Webhooks notify external applications and services about actions that occur in Helix DAM.

Enhancements

• Redesigned asset comments so the Add comment field is always open with all of the comment tools visible and updated the sketch tool icons to improve visibility of the tools.
• Redesigned all the confirmation dialog boxes for actions that cannot be undone. The irreversible action button in the dialog box is now filled in red to make it clear that if you click the button the action cannot be undone.
• Improved FBX rendering detail.
• Added support for Helix Core 2024.1.
• Added support for RHEL 9 and Rocky 9.
• Upgraded Nginx to version 1.26.1.

Helix DAM 2024.3

New Features

• Use controls for working with 3D model animations. Play animations, pause animations, view playback time, go to the previous and next keyframe, view the number of the current keyframe, and control playback looping. Select a specific animation to review and reset to view the default animation in the model. Create a new preview image from a specific keyframe.
• Sketch on 2D image assets to provide feedback and associate sketches with text comments. Use pen, highlighter, and shape tools in sketches. Change sketch color and size.

Enhancements

• Redesigned the Create new project dialog box. If the ‘Automatic depot creation’ company setting is turned on, Project type options are displayed in the Create new project dialog box.
• Improved performance when displaying lists of assets when clicking Browse assets on the home page.
• Helix DAM sessions are now invalidated when closing the browser.
• Hardened default ciphers for Nginx.
• Added support for configurable rate limits.

Helix DAM 2024.2.1

Enhancements

• Improved performance when displaying lists of assets.
• Upgraded Rails to version 7.0.8.1.
• Upgraded Rack to version 2.2.9.

Bug Fixes

• Changed the URL for accessing help from the user interface.
• Toast messages were not displayed when adding or updating metadata and tags from the home page.
• Hidden mainline streams were displayed in Kanban board filters.
• Disk usage calculation did not exclude repositories for classic depots.

Helix DAM 2024.2

Enhancements

• Link Helix DAM projects to existing Helix Core classic depots, also known as local depots.
• View the Kanban board for specific collections/branches/streams.
• Sync the certificate verification configuration from Helix Search in the admin user interface.

Bug Fixes

• Comments were not highlighted when navigating to asset details from a Jira webhook comment.

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.