# INVISION Release Notes
# January 2024 Release v2.22.0
New Features:
- **Field Visit Planning:** Revamped Field Visit Planning with a new look including a calendar, map, and new assignee roles, ensuring efficient planning for the season.
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- '**Untreated' Area Management:** Introducing a toggle feature in Trial Admin Management for customized designation of unzoned areas, tailoring the platform to any trial-specific strategies.
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*Enabling this option means the system will not label unzoned areas in the field as 'untreated' or 'standard practice' by default. This gives you more control to define these areas manually.*
- **Polygon SHP File Upload:** This feature allows ingestion of multi-polygon treatment files, empowering users to create and tag treatment zones in few clicks.
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# February 2024 Release v2.24.0
New Features:
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**GIS Workstation - Buffer & Smoothness Features:** Introduced a new preview mode for treatment zones when processing application or planting files with adjustable buffer and smoothness settings for tailored configurations before saving.
**Project Progress:** Redesigned interface and added field data metrics for transparent tracking of tasks from incomplete to in-progress to completed.
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# March 2024 Release v2.25.0
**New Features:**
- **Superset in INVISION:** Customized Dashboards created in Superset can now be published & visualized in Insights without any code changes/deployment using Dashboard Management (admin tool available for super admins only). We're currently developing a prototype aggregate field visit and lab dashboard in Superset which will be published in Insights - INVISION Demo client, aimed at facilitating prospective client demonstrations.
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- **International Metrics**: INVISION now supports additional metrics (Metric Tonnes, Imperial Tons, Pounds) by acres/hectares for yield measurement both for geospatial and manual harvest uploads. This can all be configured by crop in Protocol Management.
- **Standalone Standardize Machine Data:** Launched a standalone data converter tool in GIS Workstation that transforms raw files into SHP format (industry standard) without field or protocol restrictions, ideal for checking the raw file contents before protocol-field uploads.
**Enhancements:**
- **Soil Area Summary in View Fields:** Now featuring yield and moisture summaries by soil area directly in View Fields, without needing to load grower reports (PDFs).
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- Growth Stages data added for Spring Wheat and Canola.
# April 2024 Release v2.26.0
**New Features:**
- **Automated Exports**: Super-admins can now create and download custom data exports for each protocol via the Operations Suite in Project Management, also includes a quick access to export history to save time and resources.
- **Bulk Enrollment**: Operations Suite enables the simultaneous enrollment of multiple growers. Users can simply drop a CSV or Excel file, match the columns from the file, and bulk import the growers directly to a protocol.
- **Onboarding Email:** You now have the option to send an onboarding email with login instructions to newly created users in Project Management or Enrollment.
**Enhancements**:
- **Remote Sensing (Planet Subscription)**: Automated backfilling of satellite images to maintain data continuity. The system now routinely scans the delivery bucket to identify and log any unrecorded images in the subscription table.
- **Treatment Zone Tool with Product Colors**: User interface enhancement in the treatment zone tool to improve clarity and usability by color-coding zones based on the applied product.
**Bug Fixes:**
- Climate Field View Integration Fix: Resolved an error in the machine data worker during file uploads using ClimateFV integration.
- Client Logo Saving Issue: Fixed an intermittent issue with saving client logos.
- Resolved an issue where the Trial Field Worker role was overriding admin privileges.
**Aggregate Tissue Sample Dashboard** is now available in Insights under INVISION Demo client for potential client demos.
# May 2024 Release v3.0
We are excited to announce the successful launch of INVISION v3.0! This update includes several new features, enhancements, and bug fixes that improve the overall functionality and user experience of the platform.
#### New Features
**Enhanced SSURGO Soil Classification**
- Upgraded to USDA’s 12 soil texture classes, providing detailed insights into soil texture and moisture retention.
- The Soil Aggregate Comparison feature in Insights (Aggregate Analysis) now automatically incorporates this new classification.
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**Satellite Field Monitoring Enhancements**
- **New Layers:**
- **RGB Imagery:** High-resolution, true-color satellite images for visual inspections and monitoring changes over time.
- **Crop Biomass:** Insights into plant health by depicting biomass distribution within a field, aiding in assessing crop vigor and predicting yield potentials.
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- **Access for SAAS Clients:** Client-admins with imagery-admin permission can now access the imagery ordering screen, allowing them to subscribe to satellite imagery directly.
**Bulk Assign Permission(s) in Project Management**
- Users can now assign roles or permissions to multiple trials simultaneously.
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**INVISION Mobile Autosave Functionality**
- Introduced autosave functionality in the INVISION mobile app, ensuring field visit data is preserved during interruptions.
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- New UI indicator and pop-up options to continue or cancel the visit.
#### Enhancements
- **Field Visit Planning & Trial Progress Performance** Optimized backend paging for faster load times.
Added filters for steps and completion status.
Introduced opt-in email notifications for assigned field visits.
- **View Individual Field Visits** Added a toggle feature in the "View Fields" section to selectively view individual field visits.
- **Field Visit Update** System modified to maintain the original visit date and 'Completed By' user information, even after edits to field visit records.
- **Imagery View Fields** Enhanced ability to filter and manage users' favorite images.
- **Permission for Trial Drop-outs** Trial operatives now have the ability to manage drop-outs.
#### Bug Fixes
**GIS Workstation:** Corrected an issue where the measure tool informational pop-up was displaying behind other elements on the editor screen.
**Imagery View:** Fixed a bug in the image conversion function that previously generated new PNG versions, reducing unnecessary storage usage by reusing existing files. Resolved a skewing issue in imagery post-analysis ensuring accurate bands classification.
**Protocol Field Data:** Updated the system to prevent the automatic creation of a "Grower Standard Practice" section in trials with the "Disable Untreated" option enabled.
**INVISION Mobile:** Fixed a bug that prevented Android users from accessing the camera to take pictures directly through the app.
# June/July 2024 Release v3.1.0
We are excited to announce the successful launch of INVISION v3.1.0! This update includes several new features, enhancements, and bug fixes that improve the overall functionality and user experience of the platform.
#### New Features
**Field Access Management**
- Introducing Sets and Tags, which allow for hierarchical organization of user roles and field assignments, improving access control and permissions management.
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- Example: A client can create a Set named "Company XYZ" containing Tags such as "Retailer A" and "Retailer B." Users assigned to "Retailer A" will have access only to fields within that tag, streamlining access and improving data security.
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**Document Studio**
- Introducing our new PDF Signature Workflow in INVISION! Admins can set up documents and annotate for signatures, text, and dates.
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- Users can sign PDFs, manage multiple signers, and download completed documents.
- Email notifications for signatures can be sent directly from the 'View Fields' step.
- Easily manage contract signing for multiple stakeholders in a field trial project, ensuring all necessary signatures are collected and documents are efficiently distributed.
#### Enhancements
**Image Type Support**
- INVISION now supports .heic and .heif image uploads in Protocol Field Data and Field Notes.
**Boundary File Uploads**
- Boundary file uploads now validate and reject non-contiguous boundaries and accept additional formats like .kmz and .geojson.
**Field Visit Planning Updates**
- Field Visit Planning in Project Management now allows the removal of visit assignees.
- Added section labels to the field data questions and answers in the protocol export JSON output.
- Improved Field Visits pin relocation accuracy with section labels visibility and an 'Uncheck All' button.
**Trial Area/Treatment Zone Tool UI Enhancements**
- Added the option to turn off boundary layers when editing zones.
- Implemented a consistent legend pane across all map editing screens.
#### Bug Fixes
**Project Management**
- Fixed the "Complete" and "Incomplete" filters in the Trials Overview Project Progress chart to display accurate data.
- Resolved legend overlapping the Treatment Zone dropdowns.
- Fixed the issue where updating a user without a phone number failed. Phone number is now optional.
- Fixed formatting issues in Harvest reports and ensured charts are omitted if no data is available.
**GIS Workstation**
- Corrected an issue where the measure tool informational pop-up was displaying behind other elements on the editor screen.
**INVISION Mobile**
- Added an option for users to conduct or edit field visits off-site, bypassing location checks and warnings for easier data entry.
- Users can now submit a help desk ticket with all relevant information and access the knowledge base for support in the Profile section of the app.
- Now displaying the Trial Area on all maps view, with solid lines for Trial Areas and dotted lines for original field boundaries.
- Resolved issues with offline mode: the update banner no longer appears incorrectly, and the map now displays correctly for the "set location" feature during offline visits with the planner.
- Fixed an issue where the Hard Refresh button was unresponsive in the previous app version (0.3.5) on both Apple and Android devices.
# August 2024 Release v3.2.0
**We’re excited to announce the successful launch of INVISION v3.2.0!** This update brings significant new features, enhancements, and important bug fixes to improve platform functionality and user experience.
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### **New Features**
#### **Imagery Analysis Enhancements**
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- **Time Series Analysis**: This new tool provides a comprehensive view of crop evolution over time using NDRE satellite imagery, enabling users to track crop health patterns and assess treatment impacts.
- **Product Comparison Analysis**: This feature allows users to compare treatment effectiveness by visualizing percentage differences in crop health between treated and untreated areas.
- **Enhanced Image Ranking Algorithm**: Incorporates cloud cover removal, trial area trimming, and pixel grouping to improve accuracy in treatment effectiveness analysis and data viability checks.
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#### **INVISION MOBILE Enhancements**
- **Multi-Language Support**: The mobile PWA now supports Spanish and Portuguese, allowing users to select their preferred language in the Profile section.
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- **Overview Map Feature**: A new home screen map displaying nearby fields with active visits. Users can view their location, nearby field visit locations, and navigate to visit details seamlessly.
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### **Enhancements**
- **Protocol Exports – Now with CSV Support**: Users can now export protocol-level data in CSV format, including detailed grower, field, and characterization data for each protocol step.
- **Field Notes Upgrade**: Field Notes now support categorization by type (e.g., planting, application, harvest), with an enhanced UI for better accessibility in View Fields and GIS Workstation.
- **Optimized Satellite Imagery Order Screen**: Improved API endpoints for field acres and field details to enhance loading speed and responsiveness, especially for large trials.
- **GIS Workstation Updates:**
- Added a **pin tool** for QAQC in data processing, accessible via a new drop pin icon.
- Introduced a **“Processed By” column** to display the user responsible for each file.
- Added a filterable **“Protocol” column** in the GIS Workstation Tasks Table.
- Introduced a **“Step Type” filter** in the GIS Workstation Trial Data page.
- **Field Visit Planning Enhancements:**
- Users can now filter field visits by **“Protocol”** to streamline visit planning.
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### **Bug Fixes**
- Resolved an issue where refreshing the app or using the back button would switch clients and reset the selected state.
- Fixed a permissions issue that allowed Trial-Operatives to sign documents for unauthorized fields.
- **GIS Workstation Fixes:**
- Addressed an issue where JD/Climate integration uploads were stuck in “pending” mode and not appearing in GIS Workstation.
- Fixed a bug causing the field filter to repopulate automatically, leading to errors when selecting a different grower.
# September 2024 Release v3.3.0
**We’re excited to announce the launch of INVISION v3.3.0!** This release introduces key backend improvements, infrastructure enhancements, and new features to enhance system performance and user experience.
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### **Backend Improvements**
- **Refined Data Upload Process** (Upload → Convert → Merge → Post Process → GIS Workstation)
- Optimized the merge process to perform operations directly in the database, increasing performance by **10x** and significantly reducing bottlenecks when handling large shapefile datasets.
- Streamlined post-upload steps by eliminating redundant checks and ensuring efficient processing of essential post-processing columns.
- **Apotiles v2.0 – Enhanced Tiling Service**
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- Implemented **Apotiles v2.0** with improved server response handling to mitigate timeouts when rendering a large number of features (machinedata) in a single tile.
- Integrated **Redis caching**, reducing cache misses by **80%**, ensuring smoother performance and minimal interruptions during high data load operations.
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### **New Enhancements**
- **New Imagery Data Export Feature**
- **Protocol-Level Export**: Users can now download a CSV/Excel file containing aggregated **NDRE** data across all fields, including grower details, field information, protocol name, imagery observation date, and statistical analysis (NDRE mean, data point count).
- **Field-Level Export**: Enables users to download NDRE data for individual fields directly from **View Fields**, with the same detailed column structure as protocol-level exports.
- **Protocol Exports for Client Admins**: Bulk export functionality has been moved from **Super Admin** to **Client Admin**, allowing clients to pull their own data exports during the season.
- **Field Enrollment - Boundary Intersection Checks**
- Super-admins can now view overlapping or intersecting fields during **boundary enrollment**, displaying details such as **client, trial, protocol, field name, and owner** to prevent duplicate enrollments.
- **Field Notes in Results PDF**
- Added functionality to include **Field Notes and media attachments** in **PDF reports** generated from View Fields, enhancing documentation for users tracking observations outside of Field Visits.
- **GIS Workstation Updates**
- Introduced a **status chip** to indicate the state of the data, preventing unintentional reversion to an unprocessed state.
- **Winter Wheat GDD Stages**
- Added **Growing Degree Day (GDD) stages** for **Winter Wheat** to INVISION, supporting enhanced crop growth analysis.
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### **Bug Fixes**
- Ensured the **‘client-admin’** role takes precedence over **‘trial-grower’**, preventing client-admins from seeing the grower enrollment pop-up.
- Fixed an issue where **dropout growers** could not be **re-enrolled into protocols**.
# October 2024 Release v3.4.0
**We’re excited to announce the launch of INVISION v3.4.0!** This release introduces Elevation Maps and enhances usability and efficiency across multiple features.
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### **New Features & Improvements**
- **Elevation Maps in View Fields**
- INVISION now automatically generates **elevation layers** based on planting and as-applied data files, providing enhanced field-level insights.
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- **Enrollment Upgrades**
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- **Township, Section & Range Enrollment**: Users can now enroll fields using **Township, Section, and Range** in the U.S., with support for Canada coming soon.
- **Create Field Workflow**: The enrollment process is now more intuitive with a new **card-based design** (upload file vs use map), simplifying the workflow.
- **GIS Workstation Enhancements**
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- **Yield Maps Preview**: Users can preview both **Productivity and Treated Yield Maps** directly in the GIS Workstation while processing a harvest file.
- **Standardized Machine Data Sandbox (Staging Only)**: A sandbox environment for data conversion is now available in staging, allowing machine data standardization testing for future integrations.
- **New Trial-Processor Role**: Introduced a new **“trial-processor”** role, granting access to GIS Workstation while limiting field access to relevant user roles. **Trial-Operatives** can now access the GIS Workstation with this role.
- **Covercress Growing Degree Days (GDD)**
- Covercress GDD calculations are now available in INVISION.
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### **Bug Fixes**
- **Favorited Imagery in PDF Results**: The first four favorited imagery items (sorted by ascending date) are now included in PDF results.
- **GDD Discrepancy Fix**: Resolved inconsistencies between **Season at a Glance (Weather)** and **Imagery Timeline** charts.
- **Soil Summary Chart Hover Issue**: Fixed an issue where identical yield numbers appeared on hover in the Soil Summary Chart within View Fields.
# November 2024 Release v3.5.0
**We’re excited to announce the launch of INVISION v3.5.0!** This release introduces the **Field Edge Exclusion Tool** along with several improvements to usability and performance.
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### **New Features**
- **Field Edge Exclusion Tool**
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- Designed to remove **head rows** and **end rows** from harvest data, preventing poor-yielding edges from skewing aggregate statistics.
- Previously automated, but now users can **manually adjust buffer distances** in GIS Workstation using a **slider tool** for precise modifications.
- **Treatment Comparison Chart**
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- A new chart in the **Insights panel** displaying **actual yield values** (e.g., bu/ac, lbs/ac, tn/hectare).
- Similar to **Yield Comparison (%)**, this new chart helps users quickly visualize and compare treatment outcomes.
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### **Enhancements**
- **INVISION Mobile App Improvements**
- Restructured backend API calls for **faster field & visit loading**, improving navigation efficiency.
- Fixed an issue where field visits were incorrectly marked as **complete when no questions were answered**, adding safeguards to prevent errors.
- **Soil Service Optimization**
- Refactored soil-service for **faster retrieval of soil data layers (SSURGO, CANSIS)**.
- Optimized Common Land Units retrieval, improving **aggregate soil insights** and reducing database redundancy.
- **Protocol Export Enhancements**
- **Updated export emails** with detailed metadata, improving **export identification** and clarity for users.
- Implemented **backend quantile classification** of yield data, shifting calculations from frontend to backend for faster **Productivity Map** loads in **View Fields & GIS Workstation**.
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### **Bug Fixes**
- Fixed an issue where **Field Notes images** appeared rotated correctly on desktop but were misaligned in PDF reports.
- Resolved a bug where **harvest dates** entered in the **General section** were not appearing in **harvest PDF reports**.
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### **Closing the Year Strong!**
It’s been a fantastic year for INVISION, and none of this would be possible without your support, feedback, and dedication. Thank you for making it all happen!
Wishing you a joyful holiday season!
# January 2025 Release v3.6.0
**We’re excited to announce the launch of INVISION v3.6.0!** This release introduces new enhancements and key bug fixes to improve usability and system performance.
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### **New Features**
- **Product Ordering (Work Orders) – Enhanced Trial Operations**
- Users can now place and manage product orders directly within INVISION, streamlining workflows for trial operations.
- Admin users have enhanced controls to export and manage orders efficiently.
- This feature acts as a **scheduled-to-task system**, ensuring structured product distribution and inventory tracking for trial sites.
- **Automated Data Synchronization for Trial Studies – Performance Website Integration**
- Approved field studies from View Fields now sync nightly, ensuring accurate and up-to-date trial information without manual intervention.
- This is a **major advancement for companies working within or outside of INVISION**, providing seamless publishing of trial results.
- Enhances the visibility of trial performance, allowing real-time data integration into external-facing performance websites.
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### **Enhancements**
- **Automated Protocol Export Additions**
- Aggregate **Soil & Yield summary statistics** are now included in protocol exports.
- Fixed the **.csv extension bug** and corrected coordinate errors in Field Visits Export.
- **Field Notes Enhancements**
- Users can now **title Field Notes** in View Fields & GIS Workstation, allowing for better organization and retrieval.
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### **Bug Fixes**
- Resolved multiple **Climate and John Deere integration** issues to ensure raw data and post-data conversions are processed correctly.
- Fixed a **Mapbox zoom issue**, ensuring fields now center properly in View Fields.
- Addressed a **GIS Workstation auto-exclusion** issue where settings were not saving correctly.
- Fixed an issue where **Field Data by Treatment Zone** was not appearing in Harvest Reports.
- Resolved a bug where **uploaded attachments** were not appearing under Field Data by Zone in View Fields.
- Imported characteristics in **Protocol Field Data (Project Management)** can now be modified before data is uploaded.
# February 2025 Release v3.7.0
**We’re excited to announce the launch of INVISION v3.7.0!** This release introduces new features, enhancements, and key bug fixes to improve user experience and system performance.
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### **New Features**
- **Share Your Field – Simplified Collaboration
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- Users can now **generate a sharable field link** directly from **View Fields** with one click, eliminating the need to manually input client, trial, protocol, grower, and field details.
- **Access remains fully controlled**, ensuring only authorized users can view shared fields.
- **Field Access Management (FAM) Enhancements**
- Improved UI for **Field Access Management (FAM)** to make access control across **territories, agencies, and teams** more intuitive.
- Users can now **build and manage access hierarchies**, ensuring the right users automatically gain access to relevant fields upon enrollment.
- **Dynamic Permissions**: User permissions update automatically as new users are assigned or new fields are enrolled.
- **Device Insights for Faster Troubleshooting
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- INVISION now captures **device and network details** for both **desktop and mobile logins**, including **browser, OS, device type, and connection performance**.
- This allows admins and support teams to quickly troubleshoot issues without requiring technical details from users.
- **Assigned Visits in INVISION Mobile**
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- Assigned visits now have a dedicated **Assigned Visits tab** in INVISION Mobile, ensuring assigned users can quickly find their scheduled visits.
- Assigned visits can also be added to the **Planner Tool** for **offline access**.
### **Enhancements**
- **Bulk Import for Field Access Management**
- Admins can now **import and assign trial operative users** to territories/agencies (sets) by uploading a **CSV or Excel file** and mapping columns to system fields.
- **Helpdesk Ticketing Enhancements**
- Helpdesk tickets now **automatically include** key contextual details such as **client, trial, protocol, grower, field details, and device information**, improving troubleshooting efficiency.
- **Field Visit Planning Enhancements**
- **Protocol selection** is now included in filters for **growth state, visit type, grower, assignee, and crop**.
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### **Bug Fixes**
- Fixed the **Winter Wheat GDD** bug in Field Visit Planning.
- Improved **error messages** for boundary file uploads during enrollment, making it easier to understand and resolve format issues.
- Resolved an issue in **Trial Data (All) – GIS Workstation** where **fields enrolled in multiple protocols** displayed incorrect data across protocols.
- The **Enrolled Fields list** in **Trials Overview Enrollment & View Fields** is now **sorted alphabetically**.
# March & April 2025 Release v3.8.0
**INVISION v3.8.0** introduces significant new features, platform enhancements, and stability fixes across Field Operations, Trial Management, GIS Workstation, Enrollment workflows, and Exports.
#### New Features
##### 1. **Fields Administration – Full Control**
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Users with the appropriate permissions can now directly manage field data from Trials Overview & Project Management.
- **Client Admins** can:
- Rename fields within their account.
- Reassign field ownership within their scope.
- **Super Admins** can:
- Rename fields.
- Reassign ownership.
- Edit field boundaries.
- Delete fields (with safeguards to prevent deletion when associated data is present).
**Value:** Reduces helpdesk reliance, empowers client-admins with self-service tools, and ensures better data governance while protecting trial integrity.
##### 2. **Season Start Dates in Protocols**
Protocols now allow admins to configure custom season start dates.
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- Options:
- **Default** → Actual planting date.
- **Custom** → Manually defined season start date.
- Impacts:
- Growing Degree Days (GDD) accumulation.
- Field Weather timelines (Season at a Glance).
- Imagery timelines.
- Visit schedules.
##### 🌱 Why Season Start Dates Matter
Most crops are managed by their **planting date**. That date drives everything downstream:
- **GDD (Growing Degree Days)** accumulation → determines crop growth stage and development rate.
- **Imagery timelines** → when NDVI/biomass images are available and meaningful.
- **Weather summaries** (Season at a Glance) → tied to the crop’s growth window.
- **Visit scheduling** → when agronomists go to the field for stand counts, tissue samples, etc.
If you only use the planting date, this works fine for spring-planted crops like corn or soybeans. But some crops don’t fit that model.
##### 🌾 Examples of Region & Crop-Specific Needs
1. **Winter Wheat / Dormancy Crops**
- Planted in the fall (Sept–Oct), but growth *pauses* over winter.
- If you use planting date as the start, the system would “accumulate” GDD through the winter, even when the crop is dormant.
- With **custom start dates**, an admin can set the season to begin when the crop “breaks dormancy” in spring (e.g., March 1).
- This aligns weather, GDD, imagery, and visits with *actual biological growth*.
2. **Double-Crop Systems**
- Some crops are grown in off-season windows (between harvest and next planting).
- A farmer might plant soybean harvest in October, but the relevant growth season is late fall and early spring.
- A **custom season start** ensures trial analysis reflects the right timeframe, not just the raw planting date.
##### 3. **Automated Trial Summary Exports**
A new **Automated Exports page** provides a one-click export of Trial-Level Summary data.
- **Field Export:** Core field, grower, location, and protocol details.
- **Yield Export:** All Field Export details plus yield insights (yield, product/treatment, sample size, standard deviation, etc.).
**Benefit:** Standardized, repeatable data exports for client reporting and trial analysis.
##### Enhancements:
##### **Enrollment & Grower Management**
- **Trial-Level Grower Document Signing**
- Collect signed documents at the trial level (consent forms, agreements, trial-specific contracts).
- Configurable as required or optional.
- Controlled under **Trials Management → Project Management** settings.
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- **Enrollment User Tracking**
- INVISION now records the **specific user** who enrolled each grower and field into a protocol, ensuring auditability and accountability.
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- **Trial Tags Requirement**
- When **Field Access Management** is enabled, **Trial Tags are now mandatory** during enrollment to enforce categorization and consistency.
##### **GIS Workstation**
- Added ability to **archive Zone Files** and reprocess original planting/application data into new zones.
- Improved shapefile handling:
- Full support for **multi-polygon shapefiles**.
- Accurate zone selection logic.
- Functional buffer controls for precision in product assignments.
##### **Enrollment – Field Boundary Upload**
- Optimized Township/Section/Range (TSR) boundary upload.
- Significantly reduced load times when using TSR input.
##### **PDF & Exports**
- **Harvest PDFs** updated to include **photos and external links** directly in the generated document.
- Boundary files are now automatically included in **Protocol-Level Automated Exports**.
#### Bug Fixes
- **Mobile – Field Visits**: Fixed issue where photos were duplicated when captured during field visits.
- **Field Visit Planning**: Dropout fields now correctly excluded from planning views.
- **Machine Data Setup**: Resolved initialization errors for John Deere assets during setup.
- **Exports**: Boundary files are now properly included in Protocol-level automated exports.
- **GIS Workstation**:
- Operation Dates “eyeball” toggle fixed to properly hide/unhide map layers.
- Pin Tool bug resolved: pins now remain visible during selection and no longer trigger errors.
# May & June 2025 Release v3.10
INVISION v3.10 delivers focused improvements to **enrollment workflows, file processing reliability, GIS workstation performance, mobile app functionality, and integrations**. This release reflects ongoing client feedback and our commitment to scalability, stability, and ease of use in both desktop and mobile environments.
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##### New Features
##### 1. **Fields & Protocol Enrollment Improvements**
The **enrollment interface** for fields and protocols has been redesigned to make it faster and easier to manage trial participation.
- **Search & Status Columns** → Quickly find enrolled fields or protocols and track their enrollment status.
- **User Attribution** → The system now records and displays **who enrolled each field**, improving auditability and accountability.
- **Grower-Centric View** → A new view shows **all protocols a grower is currently enrolled in**, allowing admins to directly enroll or drop growers without navigating across multiple screens.
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**Value:** Provides project managers and admins with clear visibility into grower participation, reduces errors in enrollment management, and improves compliance tracking.
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##### 2. **INVISION Mobile – Enhanced Field Notes & Imagery Layers**
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##### The mobile app has gained parity with desktop functionality and new mapping flexibility.
- **Favorited Satellite Imagery** → Users can now **toggle favorite imagery layers on/off** in the field, enabling faster decision-making without overwhelming the map.
- **Field Notes Enhancements** → Mobile notes now support:
- **Titles** for better organization.
- **Protocol Step Links** for contextual notes tied directly to specific trial steps.
**Value:** Empowers operatives and field staff with better mobile tools, ensuring consistency between desktop and mobile workflows.
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##### Enhancements
##### **File Uploads & GIS Performance**
##### a. Case Management Integration
- **Automated Support Ticketing:** When a file upload fails, INVISION now **automatically generates a support case** with detailed error logs.
- **Impact:** Faster root-cause analysis, reduced back-and-forth between users and support teams, and improved system reliability monitoring.
##### b. GIS Workstation Scalability
- Optimized processing for **large planting and application files** (500K+ features, such as split-planter data).
- **Fix:** Previously, such large files could cause failures in product assignment or zone creation.
- **Result:** Reliable ingestion and processing of high-volume machine data.
##### c. File Upload Routing
- All files are now routed through **optimized Google Cloud Storage (GCS) links**.
- **Benefits:**
- Improved reliability of uploads.
- Reduced server strain during peak times.
- Better handling of concurrent uploads.
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##### **Automated Protocol Exports**
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The export system for protocols has been enhanced to improve transparency and broaden access.
- **Audit Trail:** Exports now log **who ran each export**, with timestamp and status (completed/failed).
- **Expanded Permissions:** Trial Admins can now run exports (previously limited to client-admins and super-admins).
- **Impact:** More control for operational teams and clearer accountability for data generation.
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##### Bug Fixes
##### **INVISION Mobile**
- Fixed **syncing issues** that caused delays in uploading field data.
- Resolved **photo duplication** during field visits.
- Dropout fields are now **excluded from planning screens** as expected.
- **Note pins** now display with the correct color and clarity on maps.
##### **Climate FieldView Integration**
- Fixed an error where valid operations were not appearing during file upload, ensuring seamless transfer of Climate FV machine data into INVISION.
##### **Boundary File Uploads & GIS**
- Improved **error handling for .kmz boundary files**, reducing failed uploads.
- Fixed **layer toggling bugs** in GIS Workstation, ensuring operation dates (planting & application) toggle correctly without rendering issues.
##### **Automated Exports**
- Boundary files are now correctly included in **protocol-level exports**.
- Fixed an issue where failed records were **blocking rollup summaries**, ensuring exports complete even if some records fail.
##### **UI Stability**
- Resolved **random crashes** caused by local storage inconsistencies.
- Fixed **field/role switching bugs** that caused intermittent access errors when moving between clients or roles.
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#### Summary
INVISION v3.10.4 strengthens the platform’s **core workflows (enrollment, GIS, exports, and mobile)** while improving **file reliability and system stability**. These updates are a direct result of user and client feedback, making the platform more resilient, transparent, and efficient for both day-to-day operations and long-term scalability.
All updates are now live in INVISION. For assistance enabling or testing any new features, please contact the team.
# July & August 2025 Release v3.11.0
INVISION v3.11.0 is our **biggest summer release**, delivering powerful new features, deeper data insights, and major enhancements across **enrollment, GIS, Insights, and mobile workflows**. This update continues our mission to streamline field operations, improve data reliability, and provide richer context for decision-making.
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##### 🚀 New Features
##### 1. **Satellite Imagery – Soil Water Content (SWC)**
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- INVISION now supports **Planet’s 20m resolution Soil Water Content index**, giving users visibility into **soil moisture levels across their fields**.
- **How to enable:** Super-admins can activate SWC via **Imagery Admin → Order New Index**.
- **Use Case:** Soil moisture variability is critical for yield prediction, irrigation planning, and understanding water stress. SWC offers actionable insights beyond vegetation indices.
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##### 2. **Crop Rotation History Panel**
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- U.S. fields in **View Fields** now display **17 years of crop history (2008–2024)** from the **NASS Cropland Data Layer (CDL)**.
- **New fields:** Any newly enrolled U.S. field will have crop history populated within ~1 hour.
- **Use Case:** Provides immediate visibility into rotation patterns, residue carryover, and historical planting decisions — critical for agronomic analysis and sustainability programs.
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##### 3. **Canadian Township/Section/Range (TSR) in Field Enrollment**
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- INVISION now supports the **Dominion Land Survey (DLS)** system for Canadian provinces (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba).
- Users can create and enroll fields using **Province → Township → Section → Quarter-Sections**.
- **Use Case:** Brings Canadian field enrollment workflows in line with existing U.S. TSR functionality, reducing setup friction for Canadian clients.
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##### Enhancements
##### **Project Management & Trial Setup**
- **Automated Exports:** Improved audit history (user, timestamp, status) and better error handling for machine data exports.
- **Document Studio:** Email notifications now attach signed documents; signature workflow updated with clearer exit navigation.
- **Trial Operative Assignment:** Assign multiple growers to a single operative in one action.
- **Trial Setup:** Custom product setup now separates **feature products** vs **competitor products** during trial creation.
- **Field Admin:**
- Direct boundary edits now supported.
- Added pre-defined CLU (Common Land Unit) overlays.
- Sync reminders prompt admins to reset trial areas when boundaries are modified.
- **Terminology Update:** All references to “SWAT Maps” renamed to **EC Maps** for consistency across platform.
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##### **GIS Workstation**
- **“Take Me To” Link:** Instantly jump to visualization of uploaded machine data. Example: [Try it here](https://trials.prod.intent.ag/takemetoeditor/7d18f5f6-ca3c-43bd-96d3-81839a8d3ad3)
- **Assign Products Flow:** Optimized with smaller payloads and normalized request formats, improving reliability.
- **Pin Tool:** Pins now remain visible during selection and no longer trigger errors.
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##### **Insights & Dashboards**
- **Yield Caching:** Optimized by skipping finalized/archived trials, reducing compute load and improving performance.
- **Charts:** Now display **“Last Updated” timestamps** for greater transparency.
- **Custom Dashboards:**
- Improved stability and reduced memory crashes.
- Enhanced dataset management.
- More flexible filters and chart controls.
- Richer geospatial visualization options.
- **Soil Data Migration:** All soil datasets (SSURGO, PLSS, land-units) migrated from the retired **soils-service** into **Insights Service**.
- **Benefits:** Reduced infrastructure overhead, faster SSURGO/CanSIS access, and unified soil dataset management.
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##### **Enrollment & Field Management**
- Added grower/protocol metadata fields (enrolled by, field count).
- Introduced Quick **“Add Fields”** actions for faster enrollment.
- Boundary uploads now support **.gjson** files (alongside .geojson and .json).
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##### **View Fields (Trials Overview)**
- **Field Notes:** Completed notes can now have their **location edited** post-submission.
- **Productivity Map:** Yield metrics now include **color ranges** for easier interpretation.
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##### Bug Fixes
- **GIS Workstation:** Fixed operation dates toggle and resolved pin display errors.
- **Trials Overview:** Resolved access issues preventing operatives from viewing Project Progress.
- **Weather:** Corrected duplicate precipitation values appearing in some U.S. fields in **Season at a Glance**.
- **Imagery Analysis:** Fixed recalculation delays for large fields and updated exports to correctly filter excluded imagery stats.
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##### Summary
INVISION v3.11.0 represents a **major milestone** in expanding agronomic insights and improving platform reliability. With **Soil Water Content imagery, 17 years of crop history, Canadian TSR enrollment, dashboards, and full soil dataset migration**, INVISION is now more powerful than ever for data-driven field management.
All updates are now live. For questions, feedback, or feature enablement, please reach out to the team.
# September 2025 Release v3.12.0
**INVISION v3.12.0** is our most comprehensive Insights release to date, transforming how users analyze, configure, and share results across trials and field programs.
Historically, **Insights** has been built around yield data which is valuable, but limiting for those collecting broader on-farm information. Many of our partners track farmer practices, field information, soil properties, planting details, and seasonal observations. That data that’s always existed in INVISION but wasn’t easy to analyze together.
With this release, Insights now brings all of it **yield data, field visit data, and field and management information** into one cohesive, visual experience.
##### **Highlights**
**1. INSIGHTS | Aggregate Reports Redesign**
The redesigned **Insights** experience gives users a single place to explore and understand everything collected throughout the growing season whether that’s from **field visits**, **surveys**, or **trial setup**.
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This release focuses on making field-level data more usable and meaningful not by introducing new metrics, but by unlocking the value of the data that’s already being collected through consistent setup and field activity.
All the information that appears in Insights comes from what’s configured and collected in INVISION projects. Each project defines its own **Field Visit Questions**, **Field Information, Survey Questions, Commercial Program questions, etc.** and those now drive what can be visualized and aggregated inside Insights.
For example:
- **Field Visits** → observations such as stand counts, biomass weights, trial ratings, or photos.
- **Field Information** → irrigation, soil type, tillage system, soil CEC, or management practices.
- **Planting & Operation Details** → hybrid or variety, planting date, prior crop, and other setup attributes.
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When these are properly configured and collected, Insights automatically aggregates and displays them letting teams explore relationships, trends, and differences across fields, products, or management practices.
##### **Unified Data View: Exports with Yield and Characteristics**
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Yield and characteristics data now live in the same workspace. This design gives operations and agronomy teams the flexibility to answer both performance and practice questions all within a single view.
##### **Practical Use Cases**
- Compare trial outcomes between **irrigated and dryland** fields.
- Track how **different hybrids or prior crops** influence yield or stand establishment.
- Aggregate **field visit observations** to evaluate consistency across territories.
- Review **planting and harvest timing** patterns across growers or regions.
*Example: Loamy Fields in Midwest with their Product Performance*
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Everything that used to require a custom dashboard or export can now be analyzed interactively inside Insights.
##### **2. INSIGHTS | Views – Save, Share, and Reuse**
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The new **Views** framework introduces configurability and collaboration inside Insights. Users can now build their own analysis experience, save it, and return to it anytime without reselecting filters or reconfiguring charts.
Views remember exactly how data was filtered, what characteristics were selected, and how charts were displayed. This allows each user to personalize their workflow while maintaining consistency across teams.
Teams can now:
- **Save custom setups** as Named Views to revisit later.
- **Share Views** across the organization to ensure consistent reporting and analysis.
This makes Insights more than a visualization tool it becomes a configurable workspace that adapts to how different users explore data.
For a detailed walkthrough on how to load characteristics, filter data types, and create or share Views, see the [Insights How-To Guide](https://docs.prod.intent.ag/books/invision-learning-guide/page/learning-insights "Insights How-To Guide") This guide covers every step from selecting characteristics to saving and managing public or private Views.
### [Learning Insights](https://docs.prod.intent.ag/books/invision-learning-guide/page/learning-insights "Learning Insights")
**Outside Insights, v3.12.0 also delivers several platform-wide enhancements:**
GIS Workstation and Machine Data:
- **MyJohnDeere Shapefile Optimization:** Improved handling and down-sampling for large harvest shapefiles to prevent timeouts.
- **Trial Area with Productivity Map:** Added the Trial Area productivity view inside the View Fields workspace for easier harvest processing.
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- **Download Zone from GIS Workstation:** Added an option to download treatment zones shapefiles from the GIS Workstation screen.
- **Geometry Validation (Satellite Imagery Ordering):** Fixed polygon geometry issues that previously blocked Planet imagery requests.
Operational Enhancements:
- **Client Admin Edit User Details:** Client Admins can now edit user first name, last name, and mobile number directly in the Admin panel.
- **Treatment Zone Edit Stability:** Fixed a bug causing treatment details to drop when editing products within a zone.
- **Field Notes Layer (Mobile):** Field Notes can now be displayed as a selectable map layer inside the mobile app.
- **SSURGO Layer (Mobile):** Fixed an issue preventing the SSURGO soil layer from displaying in mobile maps.
- **Mobile Reliability (Mobile):** Improved data sync, map rendering, and offline performance during field visits.
# October 2025 Release v3.13.0
**INVISION v3.13** builds on the major Insights rebuild from the previous release and focuses on rapid execution of customer feedback. This release expands **crop history coverage across North America**, improves **harvest data cleaning workflows**, and introduces targeted enhancements across Insights, GIS Workstation, and INVISION Mobile.
The goal of v3.13 is clarity and confidence, giving teams better historical context, more control during data processing, and more flexible ways to explore trial results.
##### **Highlights**
##### **1. Unified Crop History Across the U.S. and Canada**
Crop rotation history is now available for **all North American fields**.
- **United States:** 17 years of annual crop history (2008–2024) sourced from the USDA NASS Cropland Data Layer (CDL)
- **Canada:** 16 years of crop history (2009–2024) sourced from the AAFC Annual Crop Inventory
Users can enable the **Crop History layer** in *View Fields* to visually explore historical rotations at the field level. The same crop history data is also included in **PDF Reports**, providing long-term context alongside trial results.
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##### **2. USDA Drought Monitor Layer**
INVISION now includes the **USDA Drought Monitor** as a selectable map layer in both **Trials Overview** and **Insights**.
This layer provides a clear visual reference for regional drought conditions, helping teams interpret trial performance within the broader environmental context of the season.
Common use cases include:
- Understanding yield variability during drought-affected periods
- Adding environmental context to Insights analysis
- Supporting internal and external trial discussions
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##### **3. GIS WORKSTATION | Harvest Data Cleaning Controls**
A new data-cleaning enhancement in the GIS Workstation allows teams to **review, restore, and re-exclude feature points** during post-processing. Data teams can now confirm whether valid harvest points were excluded during automated cleaning and selectively re-display them for analysis when appropriate. This adds flexibility while maintaining data integrity.
This is especially valuable for post-harvest data validation, fine-tuning cleaning logic for edge cases and supporting agronomic review workflows.
##### **Enhancements**
##### **INSIGHTS**
**Grower Multi-Select Filter**
Users can now filter Insights by **one or more growers** at a time, making it easier to segment results across territories or accounts.
**Tag-Based Trial Filtering**
For trials using Field Access Management, Insights now supports **tag-based filtering**, enabling faster segmentation by agency, program, or internal classification.
Both grower and tag filters can be **saved within Views**, supporting consistent analysis and reuse across teams.
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##### **GIS WORKSTATION**
**Field Notes Layer**
Field Notes can now be added and visualized directly within the GIS Workstation, bringing observational context into spatial analysis workflows.
**Improved Productivity Map Contrast**
Enhanced contrast improves readability across large and variable fields when reviewing productivity maps in *View Fields*.
**Geometry Validation for Shapefile Uploads**
Added validation ensures uploaded shapefiles match expected geometry types, preventing invalid or mismatched data from entering downstream processing.
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##### **INVISION MOBILE**
**Basemap Toggle**
Mobile users can now switch between basemap styles in maps, improving visibility across different field conditions and lighting environments.
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##### **Bug Fixes**
- Refined Insights chart comparison logic to ensure stricter and more accurate treatment and scenario matching
- Resolved an issue where certain shapefile uploads remained stuck in a pending state
- Aligned Productivity Map contrast between View Fields and GIS Workstation for consistent visualization
- Improved Canadian Legal Land entry by reordering inputs to match the standard **Section–Township–Range–Meridian** format
If you have questions or would like more details on any of these enhancements, please reach out to your INTENT team.
# November & December 2025 Release v3.14.0
INVISION v3.14.0 closes out 2025 with a release focused on **sharing Insights, adding seasonal context, and improving control over trial data**.
This update builds on the Insights work delivered earlier in the year and reflects feedback we’ve heard consistently: teams want easier ways to share analysis, clearer environmental context when reviewing results, and more confidence in how data is cleaned and carried forward.
#### **What’s New**
##### **Insights | Private View Sharing**
Insights Views can now be shared internally.
Saved Views can be shared using a secure link or by inviting teammates via email. When opened, the View loads exactly as it was saved, including filters, selected characteristics, and chart configuration. Access remains fully permission-based and respects existing client, trial, and Insights access.
This allows teams to reference the same analysis without recreating it or exporting data outside of INVISION.
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##### **Insights | Historical Precipitation Average**
The **Weather & Growth Stages** chart now includes a historical average precipitation overlay.
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This provides immediate context when reviewing seasonal performance, making it easier to understand whether outcomes occurred under unusually wet, dry, or typical conditions.
##### **GIS Workstation | Exclude Harvest Data by Soil Type**
Harvest points can now be excluded by soil unit directly in the GIS Workstation.
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Using SSURGO (U.S.) or CanSIS (Canada) soil data, users can exclude yield points tied to specific soil types without drawing custom exclusion polygons. Exclusions remain consistent with downstream maps and Insights and do not modify raw harvest data.
##### **Project Management | Dropout Notes**
Users can now record notes when a field is dropped from a trial.
If the same field is enrolled again in the future, INVISION surfaces those notes as a warning, helping preserve context from previous seasons.
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#### **Improvements**
##### **Insights**
**Visibility for Missing Field Data**
Fields that have not answered a selected characteristic are now visible and exportable in Insights, making data gaps explicit during analysis.
**Export Charts as PNG**
Individual Insights charts can now be exported as high-resolution PNG images for use in presentations and reports.
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##### **GIS Workstation**
**Improved Interaction Consistency**
Selection, inspection, and attribute table behavior have been refined for more predictable interactions across tools and layers.
**Descriptive File Naming**
Files downloaded from the GIS Workstation now use standardized, descriptive names based on operation type, grower, and field.
**Exclude Features Workflow Update**
The *Exclude Features* action now routes users into the Exclusion Polygon workflow, ensuring exclusions are geometry-based, persistent, and aligned with Insights.
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##### **Project Management & Dashboards**
**Bulk Removal of User Permissions**
Client Admins can now remove all permissions for a user in a single action.
**Dashboards Across Protocols**
Superset dashboards can now be linked to multiple protocols within the same trial.
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##### **Bug Fixes**
- Fixed export download links opened from email
- Updated Field Data and Approval Notes validation to allow additional special characters
- Stabilized Insights yield cache updates during delayed or failed background tasks
- Resolved duplicate grower entries in Trial Progress filtering
- Fixed intermittent issues downloading Field Visit photos.
All of these updates are now live on [INVISION](https://trials.prod.intent.ag/ "https://trials.prod.intent.ag/"). Please reach out if you have any questions!
# December & Mid January 2026 Release v3.15.0
INVISION v3.15 introduces a major expansion in how trial results can be shared and reused, alongside improvements that help teams move faster at the start of a new trial year and operate more reliably during active seasons.
This release focuses on two core themes:
- **External sharing of validated Insights**, without requiring recipients to log into INVISION.
- **Operational efficiency for new trial setup**, integrations, and downstream publishing workflows.
#### What’s New
##### Insights | Published Views for External Sharing
Insights Views can now be published as **read-only, publicly accessible links**, allowing validated trial results to be shared with non-INVISION audiences without requiring a login.
When a View is published:
- The View renders exactly as configured at publish time (filters, characteristics, charts, and maps).
- The published View is **read-only** and cannot be modified by viewers.
- All calculations continue to run through INVISION’s existing Insights services, ensuring data consistency.
**Privacy Modes**
When publishing an Insights View, users can choose how identifying information is handled:
- **Standard Mode**
Grower and field names are shown exactly as entered in INVISION.
- **Privacy Protected Mode**
Grower and field names are anonymized, while all analytical results remain unchanged.
This allows teams to tailor external sharing based on the intended audience, whether that’s internal stakeholders, partners, or broader commercial use.
**Access Control**
- Published links automatically expire after **14 days**.
- Links can be disabled at any time.
- Expired or disabled links immediately stop resolving.
This ensures teams retain control over how long results are accessible outside the platform.
Feel free to check out the [How to Publish and Share an Insights View in INVISION](https://docs.prod.intent.ag/books/invision-learning-guide/page/how-to-publish-and-share-an-insights-view-in-invision)
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##### Project Management | Import Protocol Steps for Faster Trial Setup
As teams ramp up new trials for the year, INVISION now allows users to **import existing protocol steps** within the same client.
Imported steps include:
- Associated sections
- All configured characteristics
- Default settings and structure
This enables teams to start from a proven prior-year setup instead of rebuilding protocols from scratch. After import, users are prompted to review and update step dates to ensure alignment with the current trial year.
This significantly reduces setup time for recurring trials while preserving data integrity.
Feel free to check out the [How to Import Protocol Steps for Faster Trial Setup in INVISION](https://docs.prod.intent.ag/books/invision-learning-guide/page/how-to-import-protocol-steps-for-faster-trial-setup-in-invision "How to Import Protocol Steps for Faster Trial Setup in INVISION")
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##### Insights | Field Notes Panel
Insights now includes a dedicated **Field Notes panel**, allowing teams to review qualitative field observations directly alongside analytical results.
Field Notes can be viewed:
- **By Field**, grouped and collapsible
- **As a Timeline**, showing all notes in chronological order
An optional map view displays note locations and attachments, making it easier to connect in-season observations with trial outcomes without leaving Insights.
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#### Enhancements
##### Authentication & Integration Reliability
**Persistent John Deere & Climate FieldView Connections**
INVISION now supports more persistent integration flows for John Deere and Climate FieldView. Growers and operators can link their accounts once and maintain that connection across the season, reducing repeated reconnecting and improving reliability for ongoing machine data ingestion.
**Persistent INVISION Login**
INVISION now maintains user sessions more reliably, reducing unnecessary logouts caused by browser refreshes or idle periods during normal use.
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##### Project Management & Data Setup
**Bulk Paste for Select and Multi-Select Characteristics**
Users can now paste lists of values to create Select and Multi-Select options in bulk, speeding up protocol and field data setup for characteristics with long option lists.
**Clear Operation Dates in Trial Progress**
Planting, application, and harvest dates can now be cleared if entered incorrectly, making it easier to correct setup mistakes without backend intervention.
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##### Automated Publishing & Exports
**Standardized Backend Export Pipeline**
INVISION now uses a standardized backend export pipeline to produce consistent, validated outputs for automated publishing workflows. Exports are only generated when fully valid, preventing partial or malformed data from being consumed downstream.
**Expanded Data Included in Automated Exports**
Automated exports now include both published and unpublished trials, along with additional metadata indicating published status and Insights inclusion to support downstream reporting and integrations.
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#### Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where certain boundary files could cause enrollment failures during ingestion.
- Improved how field center points are calculated for irregular field shapes.
- Improved Insights comparison charts to ensure all fields can be surfaced when needed and to reduce label overlap.
- Resolved an issue preventing converted files from being downloaded in the GIS Workstation.
- Fixed a Trial Progress issue where date pickers could appear off-screen.
- Removed redundant data refreshes at the end of the boundary creation flow to improve responsiveness.
# February 2026 Release v3.16.0
INVISION v3.16 introduces client-facing Performance Websites powered directly by validated trial data, alongside major GIS visualization improvements and foundational updates to data processing reliability.
This release focuses on three core themes:
- Public presentation of validated trial results through structured, privacy-safe performance sites.
- Deeper spatial visibility and validation tools within GIS Workstation.
- Improved data processing transparency and system reliability across uploads, integrations, and user management.
#### What’s New
#### Performance Website | Public Trial Result Publishing
INVISION now supports client-facing Performance Websites, enabling organizations to publicly showcase validated trial results in a branded, structured format.
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Trials executed within INVISION can now be presented as multi-year, map-based performance experiences where external audiences explore results by crop, product, geography, and agronomic characteristics. All data is privacy-safe, ensuring no grower or field-identifying information is exposed.
These sites are powered directly from validated INVISION trial data, allowing clients to support marketing, commercialization, and product transparency initiatives using structured, repeatable publishing workflows.
#### GIS Workstation | Multi-Layer Viewing & Independent Symbology
GIS Workstation now supports simultaneous viewing of multiple field data layers, including planting, application, harvest, and boundary files.
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Users can independently activate and style each layer without affecting others. This enables teams to:
- Confirm hybrid consistency across zones
- Validate uniform application rates
- Identify unintended treatment overlap
- Ensure yield differences reflect treatment effects before defining trial zones
This significantly improves spatial validation and trial placement accuracy.
#### INVISION Mobile | Prior-Year Visits as Map Layers
Within the mobile app, users can now display prior-year visit locations for the same field as map layers while recording visits in the current trial year.
This supports consistent sampling at identical field locations and improves year-over-year evaluation without requiring users to switch between trials.
#### Enhancements
##### GIS Workstation | Standardized Data Ingestion & Job Visibility
All uploads, integrations, and GIS-driven data creation now follow a unified job-based processing model.
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Users can now see:
- What is currently processing
- Where data will appear once completed
- Clear failure reasons when issues occur
This eliminates ambiguity around upload status and reduces duplicate retries caused by uncertainty.
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##### GIS Workstation | Yield & Moisture Preview
When viewing productivity layers, GIS Workstation now provides an in-editor preview of yield and moisture distributions.
[](https://docs.prod.intent.ag/uploads/images/gallery/2026-03/aVjimage.png)
Users can immediately assess data range, variability, and potential outliers without leaving the workspace, enabling faster harvest data validation.
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**System Notifications | Automated Pending File Alerts**
Automated email notifications are now triggered when uploaded files remain in a pending state beyond a defined time threshold, ensuring stalled conversions are surfaced without requiring manual monitoring.
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**System Notifications | Standardized Email Workflows**
Onboarding, password reset, and export notification emails have been standardized with clearer intent, updated branding, and improved failure messaging for automated exports.
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#### Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where newly enrolled growers did not immediately appear in protocol tables without a manual refresh.
- Corrected inconsistencies where exported data did not fully reflect selected UI filters.
- Resolved an issue where user activity was not properly recorded during persistent sessions.
- Resolved inconsistencies affecting certain trial-grower and trial-admin role scenarios.
- Improved error handling in the Admin Users section to replace generic save failures with clear, actionable messages for common conflicts such as duplicate phone numbers and invalid formats.