============================================================================= Run Date: APR 12, 2021 Designation: WEBG*3*1 Package : WEBG - WEB VISTA REMOTE ACCESS MANA Priority: Mandatory Version : 3 SEQ #1 Status: Released Compliance Date: MAY 13, 2021 ============================================================================= Subject: WEBVRAM VERSION 3.0 Category: - Informational Description: ============ Description: ============ Deployment of Release 3.0 of the application implements the following changes to the product: 1. An upgrade of the ASP.NET CORE platform to Version 5.0.3. 2. Identification of VistA duplicate user profiles at VistA sites which may cause remote profile synchronization failures. Once identified, the existence of these profiles will be communicated to the user. The user will be instructed to contact their WebVRAM Business Unit Administrator who will work with remote Information Technology specialists to repair the profiles that can cause synchronization issues. 3. Replacement of the free-text entry of Service/Section values in the WebVRAM profile, which is based on the user's home VistA profile, to allow only specific values to be added to the WebVRAM profile from a drop-down list. This will prevent manual data errors and reduce the number of values that can be added to user profiles. There is no VistA software associated with this release. Patch Components: ----------------- N/A Files & Fields Associated: File Name (Number) Field Name (Number) New/Modified/Deleted ------------------ ------------------- -------------------- N/A Forms Associated: Form Name File Number New/Modified/Deleted --------- ----------- -------------------- N/A Mail Groups Associated: Mail Group Name New/Modified/Deleted --------------- -------------------- N/A Options Associated: Option Name Type New/Modified/Deleted ----------- ---- -------------------- N/A Protocols Associated: Protocol Name New/Modified/Deleted ------------- -------------------- N/A Security Keys Associated: Security Key Name ----------------- N/A Templates Associated: Template Name Type File Name (Number) New/Modified/Deleted ------------- ---- ------------------ -------------------- N/A Remote Procedures Associated: Remote Procedure Name New/Modified/Deleted --------------------- -------------------- N/A Parameter Definitions Associated: Parameter Name New/Modified/Deleted -------------- -------------------- N/A Additional Information: ----------------------- N/A New Service Requests (NSRs): N/A Patient Safety Issues (PSIs): N/A Defect Tracking System Ticket(s) & Overview: N/A Problem: -------- Duplicate VistA profiles exist for many users of WebVRAM at several VistA sites. These profiles have been created by VistA when a remote-user application like JLV are used to gain remote access to VistA sites and where the application does not pass a SSN to the remote VistA system. When a user accesses a remote site where they have duplicate (2 or more) VistA profiles that are identical or nearly identical, VistA and related applications like CPRS do not always determine correctly which profile to access to allow application features to be exercised based on profile parameters. Also, when a remote-user application like WebVRAM requests a remote VistA system user profile add or update, they synchronization of that profile at the remote site often fails when the VistA Kernel applications are unable to reconcile which profile(s) to update. In the case of an existing profile at the remote site with an invalid or blank Social Security Number, when the request to add a new profile is received from WebVRAM at the remote site, that request contains the user's correct Social Security Number, the VistA Kernel applications create a new user profile since the Social Security Number of the existing profile does not match the Social Security Number in the WebVRAM request. This results in the creation of a duplicate profile at that remote site. Resolution: ----------- WebVRAM application code was modified to identify remote profiles for users accessing remote VistA sites through WebVRAM, and to provide notification to the user and the user's business unit administrator, indicating that the duplicate profiles exist for that user. The business unit administrator is then directed to work with Information Technology Specialists at that remote VistA site to reconcile and/or terminate invalid profiles. Until these duplicate profiles are eliminated at the remote site for that user, that site will not be available for them to connect to through WebVRAM until the user's business unit administrator verifies that the duplicate profile cleanup is completed. Test Sites: ----------- Beckley, WV Clarksburg, WV Cincinnati, OH Minneapolis, MN Software and Documentation Retrieval Instructions: -------------------------------------------------- There is no VistA software associated with this release. Other Software Files: N/A ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Documentation describing the new functionality will be included in this release. Documentation can be found on the VA Software Documentation Library at: https://www.domain.ext/vdl/application.asp?appid=232 Documentation Title File Name --------------------------------------------------------------- WebVRAM User Guide webvram_ug.pdf webvram_ug.docx WebVRAM Admin Module User Guide webvram_admin_module_ug.pdf webvram_admin_module_ug.docx WebVRAM Administrator User Guide webvram_administrator_ug.pdf webvram_administrator_ug.docx WebVRAM DIBRG webvram_3_0_dibrg.pdf webvram_3_0_dibrg.docx Patch Installation: ------------------- N/A Installation Instructions: WebVRAM Version 3.0 was deployed to the WebVRAM Azure Virtual Machines as a central web-code update by the WebVRAM staff on April 10, 2021. No software was installed at the facilities. Post-Installation Instructions: N/A Back-Out/Roll Back Plan: ------------------------ Refer to the WebVRAM Deployment Installation Back-out Rollback Plan (DIBRG) Version 3.0 on the VA Software Documentation Library at: https://www.domain.ext/vdl/application.asp?appid=232 Routine Information: ==================== No routines included. Routine Information: ==================== No routines included. ============================================================================= User Information: Entered By : Date Entered : FEB 01, 2021 Completed By: Date Completed: APR 12, 2021 Released By : Date Released : APR 12, 2021 ============================================================================= Packman Mail Message: ===================== No routines included