Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Release Type: UAT

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With the introduction of this new feature, we've also made some key changes to how Requests are managed. You'll now see a new 'Archived' status on the Requests manager page (Web app only), and we've added a new permission called 'Archive Requests', which is granted by default to the 'Owner' role and above. To make things convenient, we’ve also updated the edit Request screen to use a status selector rather than the previous Accept/Reject buttons, giving you easy access to archive your Requests with just a few clicks.

Web App Updates

Exports

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colour Green title Professional

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colour Blue title Business

• Added a new Export Template builder to replace the previous Report Template configuration experience

  • Added the ability to export and import Export Templates across Workspaces

  • Added auto-save functionality to Export Templates

  • Added live preview of PDF templates

  • Added the ability to include all info-box controls in a PDF template

  • Added the ability to set legal footers and custom report logos for PDFs on a per-template basis

  • Added the ability to include/exclude media files in CSV and GeoJSON templates

  • Added the ability to specify whether CSV Export Templates should create a separate file for each Form version or combine them all into one

  • Added a ‘Template Format’ column to the Export Template manager screen

  • Removed the ability to edit limited options on the Default PDF template

  • For more information on this major feature, see this article: Export Templates

• Added a new Export Template selection experience to replace the existing one for Requests, Jobs, and Assets

  • Added the ability to filter Export Templates by format

  • Added the ability to customize the order of Export Templates as they appear in the Export Template selector

  • Added the ability to send exports to other people by email, including a message if desired

  • For more information on this major feature, see this article: Exporting Data

• Status
  colour Blue title Business

  Added support for PDF and GeoJSON Export Templates to Jobs

  • Added a Default PDF and Default GeoJSON Export Template to the built-in templates

  • Added the ability to create new PDF and GeoJSON Export Templates for Jobs in the Export Template builder

  • For more information on this major feature, see this article: Exporting Data

• Updated the Default PDF Export Template to show the Form title for bulk-exports, instead of just “Default (PDF)”

• Updated the way that file controls display in PDF exports to include a hyperlink to the file rather than just the filename

• Updated the naming scheme of export files to include relevant details about the export, rather than the previous random name

• Status
  colour Blue title Business

  Updated the Default CSV Export Template for Jobs to include the Job title

• Fixed an issue where a noticeable decline in image quality was observed on the new PDF engine compared to the legacy one

• Fixed an issue where selecting ‘Featured Image’ as the preferred PDF media inclusion option would always include the first image even if you explicitly select a different image as the featured image

• Fixed an issue where media annotation URLs would not be included on CSV and GeoJSON exports

Requests

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colour Green title Professional

Status
colour Blue title Business

• Added the ability to archive Requests that have been Accepted or Rejected

  • Added a new ‘Archived’ status to the Requests manager page (not accessible on mobile)

  • Added a new permission called ‘Archive Requests’, by default this is only given to the ‘Owner’ role and above

  • Updated the Accept/Reject button in the top-right of the edit Request screen to be a status selector like the one on the edit Job screen

  • For more information on this major feature, see this article: Accept, Reject, and Archive Requests

• Added a preview window on the Card Display settings page for Requests

• Fixed an issue where you could not double-click on a status in the sidebar to exclusively select it

• Fixed an issue where the content of the Request manager page could shift upwards off the screen in certain new Workspaces

• Fixed an issue where it was possible to bypass the 10-image limit (excluding image versions) on a Request by using the media import tool

• Status
  colour Blue title Business

  Fixed an issue where Requests with more than 200 linked Assets would not show any Assets at all on the Location tab

Jobs

Status
colour Blue title Business

• Added a preview window on the Card Display settings page for Jobs

• Added support for enabling a featured image preview on Job cards

• Fixed an issue where you could not double-click on a status in the sidebar to exclusively select it in Recurring Schedules

• Fixed an issue where Assignee Type and Client Reference filters were not behaving correctly when included in a Saved Filter

• Fixed an issue where Jobs with more than 200 linked Assets would not show any Assets at all on the Location tab

Assets

Status
colour Blue title Business

• Added a preview window on the Card Display settings page for Assets

• Fixed an issue where Asset geometry for other Assets could be displayed when searching for a specific Asset by reference number in the Asset manager screen

OData

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colour Green title Professional

Status
colour Blue title Business

• Added GeoJSON and WKT geometry formats to all OData endpoints

  • Added GeoJsonGeometry and WktGeometry fields for Request, Job, and Media point locations

  • Added GeoJsonGeometry and WktGeometry fields for Asset, Trip, and Region geometry (point, line or polygon)

  • Added SimplifiedGeoJsonGeometry and SimplifiedWktGeometry fields for Asset, Trip, and Region geometry which is spatially simplified (if required) to remain under 32,000 characters

• Added working URLs for photo and file controls inside of repeaters for all OData endpoints

• Fixed an issue where OData calls could fail if the Form associated with a relevant Request, Job, or Asset could not be found

Users & Authentication

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colour Green title Professional

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colour Blue title Business

• Added the ability to initiate complete account deletion in the Web app, even if the user is in no Workspaces

  • For more information, see this article: Deleting Your Account

• Status
  colour Purple title Enterprise

  Added the authentication method of new users to the administrator new-user notification

• Fixed an issue where the add Users screen would not prevent you from attempting to add an email that already exists in the Workspace until after you sent the invite

Map Layers

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colour Green title Professional

Status
colour Blue title Business

• Added a progress indicator to ‘Processing’ layers in the Map Layer manager screen

• Fixed an issue where the Map Legend would cut off early even if there was more whitespace available

Form Builder

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colour Green title Professional

Status
colour Blue title Business

• Fixed an issue where the mobile preview in the Form builder could fail to display certain updates such as when a section title is changed or a file/photo is added to a control

Workflow Studio

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colour Blue title Business

• Fixed an issue where selecting a very large Form in a Workflow Studio ‘update’ task could freeze the app for a long period of time

API

Status
colour Green title Professional

Status
colour Blue title Business

• Added coordinate reference system (CRS) information to all coordinates in the API

Mobile App Updates

Filters

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colour Green title Professional

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colour Blue title Business

• Added the ability to set a default filter to apply for Requests, Jobs, and Assets

  • Added tabs to the filter screen for ‘One time’ filters and ‘Default’ filters

  • Updated the Requests, Jobs, and Assets screen to apply the Default filters on a fresh session if they are configured

  • Updated the Requests, Jobs, and Assets screen to standardize the lifetime of ‘One time’ filters, which will now only apply until the user clicks ‘Reset’ on the filter screen or they restart the app

  • For more information on this major feature, see this article: Oops, we haven’t gotten to this one yet

• Status
  title Android

  Fixed an issue where Draft and Pending Requests would still be visible on the map view even if they were not selected in the status filter

Form Data

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colour Green title Professional

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colour Blue title Business

• Status
  title Android

  Fixed an issue where editing a photo, file, or trip control inside of a repeater would send you back to the top-level of the form after the edit was finished

• Status
  title iOS

  Fixed an issue where editing an existing annotation on a photo control would not save your changes

• Status
  colour Blue title Business

  Status
  title Android

  Fixed an issue where updating an existing Asset with a signature control may result in an “Error creating Asset” message

Offline Mode

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colour Green title Professional

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colour Blue title Business

• Status
  title Android

  Fixed an issue where the “Your internet connection is not stable” popup may appear even when the app is already in offline mode

• Status
  colour Blue title Business

  Status
  title iOS

  Fixed an issue where embedded images were not displayed for cached Jobs while offline

Map View

Status
colour Blue title Business

• Status
  title Android

  Fixed an issue where Asset geometries would continue to display on the Requests and Jobs screen even after the Assets visualization is disabled

• Status
  title iOS

  Fixed an issue where the ‘Total’ count on the Jobs and Assets map view was incorrect when multiple records were clustered together

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