- Performance has been improved for a faster user experience in large campaigns.
- A new campaigns “Search” so that external users can find pages and documents/tasks easily (magnifying glass icon on the top-right corner).
- The text editor (used in campaign pages, comments,…) has been improved and it now includes merge tags (tags that automatically change on rendering depending on the context, for example, substance name), mentions to other users (which will be notified in the notification section or by email), improvements on the source code editor, a format painter option and an easier way to add external iframes.
- Exporting tables has also been improved – the export buttons have moved to the table header and the internal procedure to get Excel files has been standardised.
- A new document importer that uses an Excel spreadsheet to import documents and their attributes.
- A new “Send email” button has been added to screens with entities (companies) to make easier to send communications to those interested in a specific constituent or issue.
- More technical changes include upgrading the internal Java libraries.
12 August 2024
Active Steward v13.0
A new version of Active Steward has been released, some of the main changes are listed below.
18 April 2024
Active Steward v12.2
A new version of Active Steward has been released, some of the main changes are listed below.
- New fields for uses surveys, including the ability to specify uses, add ‘Imported’ and ‘Exported’ tonnage and download the responses.
- The Substances and Constituents of Interest Sections for entities have been combined to make the user experience easier (overall for new users).
- Create invoices by spreadsheet in Budgets.
- Credit notes can be imported.
- Improvements for the IUCLID extractor.
- A new Contact Information tab for campaigns.
04 March 2024
Active Steward v12.1
A new version of Active Steward has been released, some of the main changes are listed below.
- New functionality for Budgets. Users can manage the invoicing of projects not associated with studies – in the same way we already do in the study management feature (i.e. associate budgets with invoices, entities and creation of invoices in Quick Books).
- Substance/entity links are streamlined. Now, instead of there being two ways to link companies and constituents there is only one way, under “Substances” on entities (or vice versa).
- In Campaigns there have been several improvements: • Buttons can be added to Campaign pages • The ability to select which invoices to show in the invoice pages (just to or from, and to or from a specific company if requested). • Improved appearance when page when customers need to select an option from the menu • Breadcrumb experience has been improved
15 January 2024
Active Steward v12.0
A new version of Active Steward has been released, some of the main changes are listed below.
- There are two new integrations: Quickbooks, for invoicing processes, and Mindee, which allows the autopopulation of document attributes using AI based on document contents.
- Campaigns – improvements that allow the creation of sections at partition level.
- Notifications to external users in case of overdue invoices.
30 October 2023
Active Steward v11.1
A new version of Active Steward has been released, some of the main changes are listed below.
- New integrations with ECHA and IUCLID; live IUCLID files can be added to the document database and data can now be extracted from IUCLID.
- An importer for study cost splits and the ability to send invoices in bulk.
- Campaigns can have public pages and tasks.
- There is a new Contract Overview page.
24 July 2023
Active Steward v11.0
A new version of Active Steward has been released, some of the main changes are listed below.
- A new design for campaigns, improving the ease of use and mobile responsiveness.
- Additional improvements for campaigns, such as notifications for campaigns users, and the ability to flag tabs with updated information.
- India REACH and Turkey REACH (KKDIK) have been added to Active Steward for products and constituents.
- Improved integration with invoicing systems.
- Updated tonnage and use surveys, and tonnage calculations now consider changing tonnage bands and cease of manufacture.
01 March 2023
Active Steward v10.3
A new version of Active Steward has been released, some of the main changes are listed below.
- Documents can now have versions.
- IUCLID reviews have been updated to use document versioning.
- Comments can now be made in the IUCLID viewer for ‘IUCLID Output’ documents.
- Folders with lots of subfolders now have improved performance.
- There is a new ‘Submissions to ECHA’ section in poison centres.
- Campaign tasks can now be shared by campaign role.
21 October 2022
Active Steward v10.2
A new version of Active Steward has been released, some of the main changes are listed below.
- Product versions can now be edited.
- The 'Share in Campaign' checkbox for documents has been removed. Instead, users can create a campaign task when adding a document, and there is a new automated document-sharing tab in campaigns.
- There is a new option to add tab links into campaign emails.
- Campaigns can be duplicated across partitions.
- Documents have a new ‘communications’ tab, where emails relating to that document can be viewed, and file counts have been added to folders.
- The start/end date changes for studies are now tracked.
18 August 2022
Active Steward v10.1
A new version of Active Steward has been released, some of the main changes are listed below.
22 June 2022
Active Steward v10
A new version of Active Steward has been released, some of the main changes are listed below.
15 December 2021
Active Steward v9.4
A new version of Active Steward has been released, some of the main changes are listed below.
12 November 2021
Active Steward v9.3
A new version of Active Steward has been released, some of the main changes are listed below.
14 September 2021
Active Steward v9.2
A new version of Active Steward has been released, some of the main changes are listed below.
11 June 2021
Active Steward v9.0
A new version of Active Steward has been released, some of the main changes are listed below.
16 April 2021
Active Steward v8.2
A new version of Active Steward has been released, some of the main changes are listed below.
17 March 2021
Active Steward v8.1
A new version of Active Steward has been released, some of the main changes are listed below.
22 January 2021
Active Steward v8.0
A new version of Active Steward has been released, some of the main changes are listed below.
28 October 2020
Active Steward v7.4!
A new version of Active Steward has been released, some of the main changes are listed below.
02 September 2020
ISO27001 Certification
We are pleased to announce that Penman Consulting and Active Steward have been awarded ISO27001 for our ISMS (information security management system). Specific praise must be given to Marsh Penman for leading this task, supported by Matthew Lowy, Borja Serrano López and Michelle Manton.
05 August 2020
PetroTox in KNIME
Our team of developers spend most of their time working on Active Steward. But did you know, they also work on other development projects too?
Over the last few years, Borja Serrano (Active Steward Development Manager) has been working with industry body Concawe to upgrade their PetroRisk and PetroTox models. The models perform hazard assessment for petrochemicals based on substance composition. I spoke a little to Borja about the experience and challenges of updating an important industry model.
