FAIR Data Services Version 1.40.0

First Released: 01 March 2023

Summary

This release introduces a new account creation notification that users can subscribe to, and a minor API change that allows users mark data transfer complete when a request is approved.

In addition there were a number of changes in support of the upcoming Faceted Search feature.

API Changes

As a result of FAIR-5875 users can add an additional parameter to API approvals, this detailed below:

POST /requests/:code/approve
{
  "action_reason": "approved",
  "manual_transfer_complete": true
}

POST /requests/:code/systemapprove
{
  "action_reason": "approved",
  "manual_transfer_complete": true
}

Released features

Feature Type Jira key Summary
User Management Notifications Enhancement FAIR-2727

Users with an administrative role can now subscribe to notifications that will alert them when a new user account has been created. This can be done on the ‘Users’ page, which is accessible via the ‘Administer’ menu

Allow Transfers to be Marked as Complete When Approving a Request Enhancement FAIR-5875

Some datasets require an approval workflow that automatically marks the transfer as complete, this change allows users to do so. See below for more details