IMS Release Notes

IMS v5.7.1

Released 7/16/2025

1. IMS will now accept calendar week allocations from YMS instead of broadcast weeks. Additionally, breaks allocated during programming that cross a calendar week will now appear in IMS.

IMS v5.7

Released 3/20/2025

Features:

1. NCC ICDExport now generates xml files serially to prevent intermittent errors when files generate concurrently.
2. Allocation Editor now displays all allocations by default. Previously Allocation Editor defaulted to only showing DISH owned inventory.
3. BXF exports will now include the format code with the program name to prevent errors when duplicate programs names have different formats.
4. Updated rules for handling break discrepancies between YMS and IMS. When YMS has more breaks than IMS, the extra breaks will be excluded from the allocation editor. When IMS has more breaks than YMS, the breaks will be allocated with default allocation type of linear.

Bug fixes:

1. ICD Export Request page will now filter by date correctly. 
2. In IMS UAT Build Inventory the Inventory Allocation Manager will build inventory by the selected ZONE.
3. Inventory System Manager Page can now allows users to edit networks with network call letters that contain special characters. 
4. Breaks greater than 120 seconds will now display correctly in the IMS Allocation Viewer/Editor page. 
5. Updates to Program break schedules will now save correctly.
6. Inventory break length changes will no longer lock allocations and prevent them from being edited.

IMS v5.6.3

Released 7/29/2024

1. IMS will now render Inventory Type and Inventory Owner = VIACOM in Allocation Editor and will not be overwritten during Build Inventory step.  Previously, IMS v5.6.2 caused VIACOM to be overwritten when Build Inventory step was run.

IMS v5.6.2

Release 7/19/2024

1. Build Inventory step will no longer overwrite "locked" Inventory Owner.  Previously, running SOSImporter, which includes "Build Allocation" step would overwrite locked Inventory Owner with default Inventory Owner "DISH".
2. IMS Allocation editor will correctly reflect Inventory Owner IPDISH in 30 second allocation slot/duration based on YMS optimized schedule update.  Previously, IMS was not able to delegate Inventory Owner IPDISH to 30 second duration.

IMS v5.6.1

Released 7/8/2024

1. Changing Inventory Owner will automatically lock the allocation.  Previously, you had to manually select the LOCK function in order to lock the change to Inventory Owner.
2. Remove Inventory Type = CNCT from Inventory Type drop down list.  CNCT is only exported to CROSSROADs via BxF export.  CNCT should not be visible as an option in Allocation Editor.

IMS v5.6

Released 6/12/2024

1. BxF Export process will now recognize IPDISH\AGG allocation in IMS (from YMS Optimized Allocation Schedule-External Processing) and convert Inventory Type to "CNCT" and export to Media Ocean - Crossroads linear scheduling platform.

IMS v5.5

Released 5/29/24

1. New Inventory Owner=IPDISH has been added to support DISH DAI/FOLD initiative.  Inventory Owner = IPDISH is also available to filter on in Allocation Editor UI.

IMS v5.4

Released 1/9/24

1. When using laptop screens, most pop-up windows are not aligned correctly and user needs to drag them to see correctly.

IMS v5.3.3

Released 3/13/23

1. Coordinate, configure, and validate with DISH, AMPERSAND, and Media Ocean cutover to secure communications: HTTPS/TLSv1.2.