HighQ Release Notes for 2023-01

January 2023 updates

Overview
HighQ January 2023 updates will be applied to customer instances from January 14th 2023.
Feature release highlights this month
  • HighQ Resources - a new in-app resource centre for system and site administrators
  • A faster, more complete global search service, with the ability to perform bulk actions on files
  • Ability to change the default metadata fields shown in the document viewer
  • Automatic population of numbers in iSheets with Workflow
  • Export and share HighQ solution templates with Contract Express configuration
  • Use Contract Express template tags to automatically send Doc Auto-generated documents for e-signature
Technical details and dates
UAT updates start the weekend of the 7th of January 2023
Customer updates during contractual service windows, starting from the 14th of January 2023
HighQ internal version number 5.7.13
No Publisher updates this month
Updates for users
These updates affect normal users and the user interface:
Contract Express
Search
  • A new global search capability significantly improves the search experience and search result relevance. Search one site only or all sites where you have access from one central location. The new search is up to 90% faster and produces all results compared to the current 500 results limit
  • The initial search filters are set only to search the current site to provide more relevant search results
  • You can now research Practical Law from a search in HighQ - removing the need to navigate across multiple sources.
Tasks
  • You now receive a single email or notification summarising which tasks have been bulk updated as opposed to multiple notifications
  • You can now use more matter maps from Practical Law: Capital Markets in the US, and Property in the UK
User Interface
  • If a profile picture is not set, then the default user avatar now displays user initials and a coloured background tile
  • We have updated the format and design of the in-app messaging panels in HighQ
Updates for site administrators
These updates affect site administrators:
Workflow
iSheets
Site templates
  • Site templates now include Contract Express configuration (including Workflow rules for Contract Express), for both internal and external templates
Contract Express
Resource Centre
  • HighQ now displays the HighQ Resources menu for system and site administrators. This provides in-app access to announcements, and relevant help guides, including written and video content
Files
Updates for system administrators
These updates affect system administrators:
Site templates
  • It is now possible to export and share HighQ Contract Express DocAuto templates in Solution templates for use on another HighQ instance
Resource Centre
  • HighQ now displays the HighQ Resources menu for system and site administrators. This provides in-app access to announcements, and relevant help guides, including written and video content
Search
Performance improvements
Our January 2023 release implements the following performance improvements:
Files
  • eSign documents can now be retrieved 3x faster
  • Retrieving folder access lists is now 15x quicker
  • We have improved the performance for retrieving documents that are available to print by reducing repetitive calls
  • Loading the copying files panel is now done almost instantly
  • The time to retrieve documents for viewer navigation is now over 5x faster
  • You can now add a document in less than a second, 7x quicker than before
  • The duration needed to retrieve folders and documents for user permissions has been reduced by 61%
  • Updating system-level pre-defined relationships is now more than 15x quicker
iSheets
  • Linked iSheets and Legal Tracker matters are now synced in near real-time
  • Sheet column positions are now updated almost instantly
Reports
  • Organisation reports are downloaded more than 7x faster
Wiki
  • Retrieving indexed wikis is now more than 3x quicker than before
Notifications
  • Notifications for users are now retrieved 4x faster
User
  • Searching for users is now 3x faster
  • Removing users from all sites is now 25% quicker
Tasks
  • Task bulk action performance has been improved by 50%
Search
  • With the new global search, search performance is improved