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The Signals Research Suite is a complete, integrated data capture, processing & analysis SaaS software for scientific research. Capture, manage, and share experiment data, notes and research findings in a secure and accessible environment built on the foundation of Signals Research Platform.

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25.2 February 2025 (Update to E3 in July 2025)

What's New

This version 25.2 release of Signals brings the ability for admins to define their own solvents list and associated properties. We have added new workflows in Signals Synergy, Signals Inventa and the Inventory. We have added new calculations and properties, and improved views in tables, in addition to some new calculated properties in Samples. We have added a new capability whereby administrators can enable self registration of users. We have continued to work on our ongoing beta capabilities with the updated ChemDraw sketcher and added new beta capabilities around statuses for Signals Synergy. Finally, we have also fixed a number of small bugs.

The following improvements are available for users, administrators and developers on the Signals platform. Certain features may only be available with appropriate licensing and/or with enablement by an administrator.

Inventa
– Access externally published datasets in the Publish Measurements App
Synergy
–    Data Grid view and Chemical search in Designs Smart Folder
–    Assign Designs to internal (Sponsor) user or user group
–    Capture Originating Design on Registered Materials
–    Option to require a Synergy Experiment Template field On Synergy Experiment Draft
–    Expanded Designs Statuses for Design synthesis tracking and Approve Designs for Synthesis privilege (beta)
Chemistry
–    Admin Managed Solvent List
–    Selection of attachment points between monomers to create biopolymer crosslinks
–    Complementary strands generated from text tab now contain hydrogen bonds
–    Chemical Symbols (beta)
–    Generate complementary strand tool (beta)
–    HELM Auto-pair tool (beta)
–    Show 3' and 5' ends of oligonucleotides (beta)
–    Join tool (beta)
Admin Defined Tables & Variation Tables
–    Reuse of Containers in Inventory linked tables
–    Enhanced data column Headers and Variant highlighting in Horizontal view in Variation Tables
–    Variable Measure property in ADTs and Variation Tables
Samples
– Addition of Radioactivity as a calculated property in Samples
– Addition of Molar Activity (Specific Activity) as a chemical property in Samples
Inventory
– Bulk Move on Containers on Containers Search Table
Administration
– Autocreation and licensing of users
Integration & APIs
– Draft Synergy Experiments for Work Orders via API
–    Work Orders creation via API enhanced to allow specifying Designs
–    Sending Work Orders via API
–    Partial Print Experiments via API

We also fixed several small bugs in this release. Details of the enhancements are described below.

The following OnDemand videos for Signals Notebook End Users are now available

CRO User Fundamentals for Signals Synergy

Administrators should be aware that the SDF primary API: DELETE /project-service/projects/{projectUid} has been deprecated in favor of the public DELETE /api/v1/projects/{projectId}

Administrators are recommended to subscribe to the channels within our support news site found at https://support.revvitysignals.com/hc/en-us/categories/360004446171-Support-News which contains more information about releases and other pertinent product information.

This content is anticipated for release on our Production E3 environments, and for Private Cloud customers on our deferred release schedule, in July 2025.

Further Details

Inventa

Previously, the Publish Measurements App only accessed datasets published directly from the app. Now, admins can also allow access to datasets published externally, such as via APIs.

Synergy

The Designs Smart folder can now be viewed as a Data Grid. In addition, the Designs Smart Folder now includes chemical search functionality, previously only available in Advanced Search.

Designs can be assigned to an internal user or user group. Assignment is stored on the Design as Assigned User and Assigned Group. Note that this functionality is only available on newly created Designs.

Material assets have a new property called Originating Design, which allows the user to capture the Design from which a material derived. Originating Design is automatically populated when a user registers a Sample with the W.O. Reference set to a Design or when the user associates a Material ID with a Design. Originating Design can also be manually added during individual material creation or bulk import.

Finally, Synergy Experiment Templates now have three options for required fields: Required On Synergy Experiment Draft (new), Required On Synergy Experiment Creation, or Required On Synergy Experiment Completion. Required On Synergy Experiment Draft requires the Sponsor to enter a value before sending to the CRO, whereas Required on Synergy Experiment Creation requires the CRO to enter a value before creating a Synergy Experiment from the Draft.

Chemistry

Admins are now able to manage the Solvent list under the system settings in the SN Config.

The admin can add individual solvents or upload a csv of solvents by selecting the gear in the top left corner.

To customize the columns available in the Solvent list, the admin can add the column to the Solvent table in the Chemistry settings. The new column will then be available in the Solvent list. Currently only Text type columns can be automatically mapped.

These new columns can then be populated in the solvent list manually or via csv upload. If the column is removed from the Solvent Table in the chemistry settings, it is removed in the Solvent list.

The creation of biopolymer crosslinks between monomers with multiple possible attachment points is now supported. When creating a crosslink, the monomers will now expand, allowing users to select specific attachment points to make the connection.

After making the selection, users can finalize the process by selecting "Connect," and the monomers will be successfully crosslinked. This new capability is available in both the legacy and new ChemDraw editor in beta.

Complementary strands of RNA or DNA that are created from the text tab of the HELM editor are now created with hydrogen bonds automatically mapped between the strands. The hydrogen bonds are placed according to Watson-Crick base pairing. Hydrogen bond pairing information is now supported in ChemDraw when inserting HELM strings or pasting them on the canvas. Additionally, when generating a HELM string for a sequence containing hydrogen bonds, the resulting HELM string will now contain the pairing details. This new capability is available in both the legacy and new ChemDraw editor in beta.

Admin Defined Tables & Variation Tables

We have relaxed the restriction on the multiple use of Containers in Admin Defined Tables and Variation Tables that are enabled with the Inventory Columns. Tables must be configured to use an Internal Data Source and the Inventory Columns enabled. Now the user is not prevented from adding the same container multiple times to the Admin Defined Table or the Components Table in Variation Tables.

Enhanced data column Headers and Variant highlighting in Horizontal view in Variation Tables
A new option to fix the column width and allow wrapping of the table headers is available to administrators when creating or editing Variation Tables:

This allows for a more compact visualization of the horizontal summary view. Now the entire variant is highlighted when users click into a cell to enter data:

Variable Measure property in ADTs and Variation Tables:

Administrators can now create Columns with the Type of Variable Measure and can set the Measures that users can choose from when entering data into Admin Defined Tables (ADTs) or Variation Tables:

Samples

New calculated properties for Samples have been added using the new Radioactivity units. Now available under Sample settings are the Radioactivity and Molar Activity (Specific Activity).

The calculations for these properties are as follows:

Radioactivty = [Molar Activity (aka Specific activity)] * [Moles]

Molar Activity (aka Specific activity) = [Radioactivity] / [Moles]

Inventory

Bulk Move on Containers in Containers Search Table:

After choosing the containers to Move, the location search dialog displays and a location can be searched or entered via barcode or type ahead:

If a gridded location is selected, the coordinates will need to be selected. Once the Move is done a notification will be given at the bottom of the page:

There are no reports or bell notifications given with the bulk Move, but the Location will be updated in the table:

Administration

Admins can now configure the automatic creation and licensing of users for a domain on their tenant in System Settings. This new configuration requires admins to define approved email domains, user roles, and system groups. They must also specify which licenses will be assigned to automatically created users upon successful login. Additionally, there is an option to enable license allocation notifications emails when a certain threshold is reached. It's important to note that automatic user creation can only be configured and enabled for domains that have been configured to authenticate using an external IdP (Identity Provider) using SAML integration. After enabling this feature, users who successfully log in with an approved email domain will be automatically created and licensed based on the configuration settings.

Integrations & APIs

This update brings additional integrations capabilities for our Synergy product.

First the ability to create Draft Synergy Experiments for Work Orders via API. This is an enhancement to the POST /entities API.

The body must contain the collaboration and workOrder as part of the relationships object. Optionally designs can be specified as part of the attributes object field “W.O. Reference”.

Next is an enhancement for creating Work Orders via the API that allows Designs to be specified as part of creation. This is an enhancement of the POST /synergy/workOrders API.

The update allows you to include designs as part of the relationship object. This API will require an Idea also be specified as part of the Work Order creation and the designs will need to be related to that idea.

Lastly you are now able to send Work Orders via the API. This is a new API, PUT /synergy/workOrders/{workOrderId}/status.

You must specify the action as part of the request body. Currently the only acceptable action is “send” this is to change a work order from “Draft” to “To-Do” status.

The asynchronous print flow/endpoints have been updated to allow for only printing specified children when applicable (i.e. Experiments and Samples).

When creating the asynchronous print request via PUT /entities/export/pdf you may now specify the children by eid that you wish to include. If you do not include a request body all children will be included.

Further Details

The following capabilities are in beta and are available for users, administrators and developers on the Signals platform upon request. Please contact your account representative or our support team if you would like access to the following features.

Synergy

Expanded Design Statuses for tracking Design progress in Synergy are now available upon request. Statuses now include Active, Proposed, For Synthesis, Sent for Synthesis, In Synthesis, On Hold, Synthesis Complete, and Closed. Transitioning a Design from Proposed to For Synthesis requires a new privilege, Approve Designs for Synthesis. Design Statuses can be manually updated individually or in bulk, but several actions automatically update Design Status to reduce manual oversight. Sending a Work Order with referenced Designs automatically transitions the referenced Designs to Sent for Synthesis. When a CRO user starts a Work Order with referenced Designs, the Designs are automatically transitioned to In Synthesis. When a material is registered with an Originating Design, the Design is transitioned to Synthesis Complete.

Chemistry

Common symbols used in chemical names and reaction conditions can now be added to a ChemDraw text element in the new ChemDraw editor using the new Chemical Symbols tool. This tool is available in the ‘Text’ section of the new drawing toolbar.

Complementary strands of oligonucleotides can now be generated from a selected oligonucleotide on the ChemDraw canvas. This new tool in the HELM section of the drawing toolbar allows users to generate a complementary strand when an oligonucleotide is selected.

When this new tool is used, a complementary strand will be generated with hydrogen bonds automatically mapped between the strands. The hydrogen bonds are placed according to Watson-Crick base pairing. For sequences containing custom monomers, the complement will be based on the natural monomer equivalents of the selected sequence.

Complementary strands of oligonucleotides can now be selected and automatically paired in the new ChemDraw editor. When paired, hydrogen bonds will be placed between the strands according to Watson-Crick base pairing, with maximum overlap in complementarity between the strands. For sequences containing custom monomers, the hydrogen bonding will be placed according to Watson-Crick base pairings based on the natural monomer analogs. The auto-pair tool is accessible in the HELM section of the new toolbar, and will be active when two oligonucleotide sequences are selected.

A new option has been added to the Biopolymer section of the Properties panel which allows users to display the 3' and 5' ends of an oligonucleotide on the canvas. When an oligonucleotide is selected, users can choose to show or hide the label by selecting or unselecting this option.

A new join tool is now available in the object section of the new ChemDraw toolbar. When used, the join tool allows users to combine structures on the ChemDraw canvas by merging two or more selected atoms into a single atom.

25.1 January 2025 (Update to E3 in July 2025)

What's New

This version 25.1 release of Signals brings s series of enhancements to Work Orders with multiple Synergy Experiments and elsewhere in Signals Synergy. We have added the ability to inherit data into tables, and to reorder rows. We are also calculating new data on Samples. We have enhanced Inventory workflows, searches and labels. Our beta capabilities around publishing ADTs to Signals Inventa, and around Normalized Compound Libraries are now available to all systems. We have added new beta capabilities around viewing lineage information for Materials and an updated chemical sketcher. Finally, we have also fixed a number of small bugs.

Inventa
– New privileges to access Inventa Apps
– Quick access to Hide Attributes in Global Search
Synergy
–    Work Orders can now be fulfilled by a series of multiple Synergy Experiments, such as multiple Synergy Experiments for multi-step synthesis, synthesis of multiple requested Designs, or multiple runs or steps of an assay
–    Chemical Structures from Work Orders can now be added to Chemical Drawings in Synergy Experiments using the Quick Add toolbar
–    Print of Synergy Experiments, including Data Exchange reports and results tables
–    Due Date and Priority are now optional on Work Orders
Chemistry
–    New ChemDraw editor (beta)
–    Improved visualization and clean-up of biopolymers
–    Drawing hydrogen bonds between complementary strand base pairs
–    Complementary strands inserted to canvas in a single line with no line wraps
–    Atom-mapped SMILES now supported in HELM strings for copy/paste
Admin Defined Tables & Variation Tables
–    Publish Admin Defined Tables to Inventa available to all systems
–    Reorder rows
–    Experiment Name inherited into Headers
–    Attribute List values in Experiment inherited into Headers
Samples
– Automatic Calculation of Sample Moles
– Automatic Calculation of Sample Yield
Inventory
–    Enhancement to the Sample with Container creation workflow
–    Update to Task request with Container, Sample and Material reference
–    New Label Size for Containers
–    Expanded text Search on Containers Search Table
–    Update to Container Disposal process
–    Bulk update Expiration Date on Containers
Materials
–    Normalized Compounds Library available to all systems
–    Additional sorting options added to the Batch/Lot page
–    Visualization of lineage-parent relationships and batches (beta)
Administration
–    Entry of non List values into List Properties
–    Addition of Radioactivity and Molar Activity Measures
–    Admins can now access Information Design via the Data Factory section of Signals Configuration
Integration & APIs
– Work order creation in Collaborations
–    Design table can be added to an Idea
–    Designs can be added to Design Tables
–    External Data Sources can now be enabled for CRO users by System Admins
–    Edit calculated values in ADTs and Variation Tables

We also fixed several small bugs in this release. Details of the enhancements are described below.

The following OnDemand videos for Signals Notebook End Users are now available

Troubleshooting Bulk import of Materials

This content is anticipated for release on our Production E3 environments, and for Private Cloud customers on our deferred release schedule, in July 2025.

Further Details

Inventa

Administrators can also grant access, or not, to the Spotfire Inventa Apps to specific User Roles:

Users without these permissions will not see the Apps in Spotfire for Signals. The apps will also be hidden from the Inventa Dashboard as well as the Create Inventa Analysis flows. The screenshots show a user with access only two the SAR Analysis and the Publish Measurements apps, but not Global Search, Integrated Summary App, etc.

The Exclude Attributes option has been elevated in Global Search for easier access. Excluding attributes quickly restricts Global Search to Assay Endpoint Results data and may improve download performance.

Synergy

Works Orders can now be fulfilled by a series of Synergy Experiments, allowing the CRO user to add as many Synergy Experiments as required to complete the work. Multiple Synergy Experiments may be useful when synthesizing a large set of Designs, carrying out multi-step chemical synthesis, or reporting multiple runs of an assay. The Sponsor first creates a Draft Synergy Experiment for a Work Order, allowing the Sponsor to specify the template to be used and set any Hidden from CRO fields. Subsequent Synergy Experiments created by CRO users will inherit hidden properties without being visible to the CRO. CRO users can also relate each Synergy Experiment to specific requested Design(s) being synthesized or material(s) being tested.

Finally, both the Sponsor and CRO can track the progress of the work in the automatically generated Synergy Experiments Table within the Work Order.

From inside a Synergy Experiment, CRO users can now utilize the Browse button in the Chemical Drawing quick add toolbar to easily bring in Design or Chemical Structures from the Work Order.

Sponsors can now Print to PDF Synergy Experiments, including components of the new Synergy Data Exchange; the original CRO report loaded into the Data Exchange as well as the resulting structured tables can be included as embedded attachments.

Finally, Due Date and Priority fields are now optional when creating and sending Work Orders.

Chemistry

There have been significant improvements to how ChemDraw renders biopolymers to provide a clear and concise representation of complex sequences. These improvements include updates to the visualization and routing of crosslinks between sequences, as well as clean structural visualizations for all monomers that may be expanded to structures. This new capability is available in both the legacy and new ChemDraw editor in beta.

Chemists can now manually draw a hydrogen bond between complimentary strands of DNA/RNA that are generated via the HELM editor Text tab. The hydrogen bonding tool can be selected and used to place the appropriate hydrogen bonds between nucleobases according to Watson-Crick base pairing. This new capability is available in both the legacy and new ChemDraw editor in beta.

Complementary strands of any sequence length are now inserted onto the ChemDraw canvas from the HELM Text tab in a single horizontal line without line wrapping. The strands are aligned based on the complementarity of the base pairing. This new capability is available in both the legacy and new ChemDraw editor in beta.

Atom-mapped SMILES are now supported in ChemDraw when inserting HELM strings or pasting them to the canvas. Additionally, when generating a HELM string for a sequence that includes an unknown or in-line monomer, the resulting HELM string will now use atom-mapped SMILES. This replaces the previously used extended SMILES format. This new capability is available in both the legacy and new ChemDraw editor in beta.

Admin Defined Tables & Variation Tables

Publish Admin Defined Tables to Inventa is now available to all systems

Rows in Admin Defined Tables, and the Components view in Variation Tables, can now be reordered. Users can move a selected row up or down, or move to the top or bottom of the table. When reordered in the Components table, all the Variants will be similarly reordered. Any calculated columns where the value depends on the row order, such as using the rowOffset function, will be recalculated.

Headers in Admin Defined Tables and Variation Tables can be set to copy their values from the Name of the Experiment, or other object, that they are in. They can also be set to inherit the value(s) of an Attribute List from that Experiment.

The new Property Type “Inherit Property” can be added to Headers. The configuration Admin chooses if the property inherits a Name or values from an Attribute List, and if a list they define which Attribute List to inherit values from. Finally, the admin can choose between the “Parent” or “Ancestor”. The Parent and Ancestor are the immediate and highest level primary objects. In most cases these are both the Experiment. However, for the example of where the table is added to a Sample in an Experiment, the Parent is the Sample and the Ancestor is the Experiment.

The values are added into the Header at the time the Table is created. Should the value subsequently change, the experiment author is prompted to refresh the copied value.

Samples

Admins can now add the Calculated fields Moles and Yield to Samples. To add these calculated fields the admin can select “Add Property” on the Sample settings and select the new Calculated Property Field type.

Once Calculated Property is selected as the field type, the available calculations will appear in the dropdown under “Calculated Parameter”. Currently the only options are Mole and Yield calculations (equations found below).

Moles (Sample) = Sample Amount (g)/Molecular Weight (g/mol)
Sample Yield (Sample) = Moles (Sample) / Theo Mol (Product)

Each of these calculated parameters can only be used once and duplicates are not allowed. The properties can then be added Sample templates just like any other property.

Inventory

Enhancement to the Sample with Container creation workflow: When creating a new Sample, a check box is available to Add Containers at the same time. If the box is checked the container creation workflow will begin after the Sample information has been entered:

The Amount information from the Sample will be prefilled in the container:

The workflow completes with the barcode printing screen:

Update to Task request with Container, Sample and Material reference: When you have Containers, Material ID, and/or Sample IDs associated with a Sample in the Sample Table, they will appear in the bulk Task creation screen. All options will be checked by default:

When the tasks are created, all the references will appear grouped in 1 row:

If a task needs to be created for each reference individually, click the “Create 1 Task for each item” above the list.

New 34 x 12mm Label Size for Containers:

Expanded text Search on Containers Search Table: The Enter text to search box has been expanded to return results for all text fields, including CAS. Number and Number with unit fields will not return results:

Update to Container Disposal process: When users dispose of a container, they are prompted to update the location of the container to a proper disposal location:

The Home Location will automatically be updated as well, this will free up any space in a gridded location when the disposal is completed.

If the container is restored, a new location and Home Location will need to be selected:

Bulk update Expiration Date on Containers from the Containers Search Table: Select containers to update, then select the Expiration Date option:

Select a new date for all the containers:

Container types that have the Expiration Date field will be updated. Container types that do not have the Expiration Date field will show as an error and will be found in the Inventory Bulk Report Container Updates:

Materials

The Normalized Compounds Library type is now available to all tenants with its associated batch level chemical drawing and out of the box salt stripping on registration.

Additional sorting options added to the Batch/Lot page: User can now sort the Batches/Lots by Name, Modified or Created date:

Administration

Administrators can now define that end users can enter their own values into List properties. If the setting “Allow end user entry” is selected end users can choose from predefined list values or enter their own value. This capability is enabled for Admin Defined Tables, Variation Tables, Worksheet and stoichiometry tables.

We have added Radioactivity and Molar Radioactivity as new Measures, available in properties of type Number with Unit.

Administrators should note that the Information Design of Data Factory has moved locations to Signals Configuration. The Data Factory icon will open the configuration for Entities, Measurement Types, and their corresponding Attributes. SDF Project information will continue to be accessed from the Inventa icon.

Administrators should note the character limit for workflow signing statements has been raised to 500 characters.

Integrations & APIs

This update brings our first set of endpoints for Synergy entity creation. Only sponsors have access to APIs and configuration of external sources.

The initial set of creation API endpoints is focused on creating Work Orders, adding Design Tables to Ideas, and adding rows to Design Tables.

Work Orders are created through the new POST endpoint /synergy/workOrder

Endpoints are available to fetch required details about CROs, collaborations, departments, and work type for Work Order creation in the previous released Synergy API endpoints.

New rows (Designs) can be added to existing Design Tables via the new PATCH /synergy/designTables/{designTableId}/rows endpoint.

This is currently limited to adding new rows to a Design Table.

Design tables can be added to Idea’s via the POST /entities API with an appropriate request body.

External Data Sources are now able to be enabled for CRO users. A new checkbox is available during external data source configuration. This can be used for external data sources, external list sources, and external chemical sources.

PATCH /adt/{eid}/{rowid} can now be used to update calculated values and maintain the value set until they are recalculated via the UI affordance or the API.

Read Only calculated columns are able to be updated via the API and will be unable to be recalculated via the UI but can be via the API.

Further Details

Chemistry

A new ChemDraw editing experience is now available upon request. The new drawing experience provides a redesigned interface with a dynamic toolbar that adapts to the space available. As tools collapse to fit the view, they remain easily accessible through menus on the toolbar.

A new pan tool and adjustable zoom controls are available in the General tools of this editor. Zoom now offers enhanced control options, including 'Zoom to fit', 'Auto fit', and custom percentages that users can manually input.

New rotate tools are available in the Transform section of the new toolbar. When used, these allow 180-degree rotation both horizontally and vertically, preserving molecular stereochemistry. This differs from flip tools, which mirror stereochemistry within a structure when used.

Templates have been redesigned and are now accessible via a tool that opens a resizable panel on the left side of the drawing canvas and provides users with a variety of different structures, graphics and bioart to use for drawing complex structures, reactions and figures.

New collapsible and resizable ‘Properties’, ‘Query’ and ‘Guided Stereo’ panels are available in the new ChemDraw editing experience on the right side of the editing canvas.

Users can view and modify atom, bond, bracket and biopolymer properties in the ‘Properties’ panel. The properties are context based according to the selection made on the canvas and any changes or updates made in the panel are captured in real time.

A biopolymer section in the Properties panel will allow the addition of sense & antisense annotations to an oligonucleotide in the new ChemDraw editor. When an annotation is applied, a label will be added to the oligonucleotide on the canvas. The annotation will also be included in the generated HELM string for that biopolymer.

Additional atom and bond parameters are available for the purpose of setting up a search in the ‘Query’ panel, which is also context based according to the selection made on the canvas.

Materials

A new materials library feature called “Material Lineage Visualization” is available upon request. With it, lineage-parent relationships and batches are displayed in a new “Lineage” tab to allow end-users to explore relationships visually.

Parent objects are displayed to the left of a root node (the current Asset), and child objects and batches are displayed to the right. Options are available to expand more nodes on the graph (Expand Lineage), expand multiple generations of relationships (Expand Levels), select specific nodes for display, collapse or hide nodes, change the root node to a different entity (Mark as Current), and navigate to a specific entity in a new tab (View Entity).