Version 88 is a more focused release than usual, and deliberately so. We brought this release forward to the 21st of June to coincide with the rollout of Medidata's new Rave EDC release, 2026.2.0. That shortened timeframe, combined with a substantial body of behind-the-scenes work to update our automated testing framework for the EDC changes, means there are fewer headline features this time - but the ones that are here matter. Chief among them is an important change to how project access is managed: the Project Owner concept has been replaced by the more flexible Project Roles.

For more information see the release notes for Version 88.

Rave EDC 2026.2.0 Support

Medidata's Rave EDC 2026.2.0 release brings a range of changes, and much of our work this cycle went into making sure TrialGrid's automated testing framework runs cleanly against it. Automated Tests now fully support Rave EDC 2026.2.0, so your test execution stays in step with the latest EDC release from day one of its rollout - which is exactly why we aligned this release with Medidata's.

Project Roles Replace Project Owner

The single Project Owner has been removed in favor of managing users by Project Role. When creating a project you can now optionally assign a user to a Project Role directly from the Add Project page - the creator can assign the role to themselves or to any other URL user, without needing a separate "Manage Users" permission on the URL. Once created, any user with a Project Role that grants the "Assign Users" permission in that Project can add and remove members from the Project Team page, replacing the old shortcut that let owners manage their team without an explicit URL-level permission.

This is a migration as well as a feature: all existing Project Owner users have been moved to a Project Owner Role within their project, so nothing is lost in the transition. Because this is a significant change for some users, we have a dedicated post that walks through what it means for your projects. You can read it here: Retiring the Project Owner Role.

More Ways to Generate Test Cases

The Test Case generator has gained several new options that make it easier to broaden coverage without hand-writing extra scenarios. You can now repeat all scenarios across a range of folders, repeat them for record positions 1 and 2, add scenarios that specifically test blank values, and add scenarios that verify queries are closed after being opened. Together these let you exercise more of a study's behaviour - repeating data, log records, missing data and query lifecycle - from a single generation run.

Filtering and Custom Property Values

Object lists are easier to work through by assignment. You can now filter a list to show only Unassigned objects, and a new "Assigned to" dropdown lets you narrow the list to one or more specific users or roles - handy for seeing exactly what is on your plate or someone else's. And on a text Custom Property's value management page, you can now delete a value, which clears it on every record that uses it.

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