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MUSC v3.14.0 Release Date: 12/19/2025 OS Release Date: 1/16/2026

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New Features

(SPARCCatalog) Administrative services

Previously, services used for provider internal tracking had to be actively visible in the SPARCRequest shopping cart to add the service to requests. With the current release, an optional feature will allow service providers to indicate ‘administrative’ non-clinical, no-cost services within SPARCCatalog, and add the services to existing requests via the SPARCDashboard Admin Edit or to new requests via the SPARCRequest cart. The service is not shoppable by the front-end users.

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Updates to existing programming

(SPARCDashboard) Search Filters Updates

SPARCDashboard search filter title ‘Pro#’ has been changed to ‘IRB #’ for wider applicability. Study details and column names have been updated in applicable report (e.g., Protocols report). In addition, ‘NCT#’ is now a search options, uniquely or within the All search.

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(SPARCRequest Step 2 & SPARCDashboard MUSC) Change UDAK# title to AWD# in Financial Account section

At MUSC, the Financial Foundation Data Model (FDM) replaces the previous UDAK system for capturing awards (AWD) across all projects. The UDAK reference has been updated to ‘AWD’ within the 'Financial Account' field when editing protocols.

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(SPARCRequest Step 2, SPARCDashboard, SPARCAdmin, Edit Profile MUSC) Update Regional Health Network (RHN) Orgs on user profiles

The Regional networks Affiliation options available on user profiles have been updated for current sites and their respective titles.

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(SPARCRequest - MUSC) Update Radiation Oncology Department Name

MUSC Department of Radiation Oncology name available on user profiles has been updated to Radiation Medicine to reflect the departments name change.

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(SPARCReport) Add authorized users in Protocols Report results

Currrently, the Primary PI, Study Coordinators and Billing Managers are included in Protocol Report results. With this release, the additional Authorized Personnel roles are included as options to choose in report results.

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(SPARCReport) Add External Organizations & Additional Funding Sources Fields to Protocols Report

For institutions using study data External Organizations & Additional Funding Sources, these options are now available to include in Protocol Report outputs.

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(SPARCEmails - MUSC) Remove Grant Information

Information regarding citing CTSA grants has been removed from SPARCRequest email footers as citation guidance is being updated.

(SPARC-Dev) Switch Continuous Integration System to Github

To accommodate Travis sunsetting, the development continuous integration (CI) system that enables automated testing for pull requests now uses GitHub.

(SPARC-Dev) Fix Rails 7.0.x depreciation warnings

The following Rails 7.0.x depreciation warnings have been addressed: axlsx_rails has been renamed to caxlsx_rails and DateTime#to_s(:db) updated to DateTime#to_fs(:db).

Bug fixes

(SPARCRequest Step 3 and SPARCDashboard) Service Requests Not In Sequential Order on Calendar

Previously, when new services were added to requests, the service request IDs were displayed of request number sequential order on SPARCRequest Calendars and Dashboard reports (Consolidated Request, Budget Template, Coverage/Cost Analysis). This has been corrected in the current release, so that service requests now appear in sequential order.

(SPARC Code) Protocol Merge Script

The back-end script for merging complex SPARC protocols has been updated to fix merge issues. Additional script enhancements will be in future releases.

(SPARC Code) Delayed Jobs Monitor Not Running Appropriately

The delayed jobs monitor was entering into a continuous cycle of re-running, without completing the tasks. This issue has been resolved in this release.

Rake Tasks & Settings Changes

Note: these tasks do not apply to environments that do not use profile professional organizations.

• The following in sequential order: 'rake change_rhn_to_regionals' and ‘rake update_identity_institutions’

• rake data:update_department_name

List of Programming Changes with Links to GitHub

v3.14.0 Release

See programming changes in hyperlink above.

Github v3.14.0