2017.2 release activity overview

This page provides information about the functionality included in the 2017.2 release, which is now available in the Production environment for everyone. 

The 2017.2 release contains enhancements both for Workfront administrators and other users.

• Enhancements for Administrators
• Enhancements for All Users
• Release Webinars

Enhancements for Administrators

The following sections describe enhancements that are available for Workfront administrators in the Workfront 2017.2 release:

• Restoring Items in Bulk from the Recycle Bin
• Restore Documents
• Support SHA-256 certificates for SAML 2.0
• Determine the Availability of the HTML5 Video proofing viewer (ProofHQ and Workfront)
• User Information Is Synchronized from Workfront to ProofHQ (ProofHQ and Workfront)
• Type-Ahead for Mapping Attributes
• API 7 Availability
• API Enhancement: Event Subscriptions
• API Enhancement: Access User Allocations
• New Preview Banner with Release Information

Enhancements for All Users

The following sections describe enhancements that are available for end-users in the Workfront 2017.2 release:

Subscription Enhancements

• View Subscribed Users
• Subscribe to Tasks and Issues
• Subscribe to Projects
• Unsubscribe from Items from Email

Resource Planning Enhancements

• Resource Planner
• New Resource Budgeted Hour Field
• New Field for Resource Pools for Users and Projects
• Resource Pools Templates

Resource Scheduling Enhancements

• New Scheduling Area in a Project (Team Builder)
• View More Items on the Resource Scheduling Timeline in a Single View
• Configure the Project Name to Display on Tasks and Issues on the Scheduling Timeline
• Configure Whether Parent Tasks Are Displayed on the Scheduling Timeline
• More Easily Expand or Collapse All Tasks and Issues on the Scheduling Timeline
• Role and User Information Remains at the Top of the Scheduling Timeline When Scrolling
• Resource Scheduling: Show Fewer Items by Default
• Resource Scheduling: Display Drop Indicator and Over-Allocation When Dragging Tasks and Issues
• Resource Scheduling: User Allocations Are No Longer Rounded to the Nearest Half Hour

Project Enhancements

• Export the Utilization Report in TSV and PDF Formats
• Show User Job Role in ‘Assigned To’ Area on the Details Page for Tasks and Issues
• Multiple Billing Rates

Proofing Enhancements

Proofing Enhancements within Workfront

• View Proof Approvals in the My Work Area (Workfront)
• View User Names when Addressing Proofing Approval Requests from the My Work Area (Workfront)
• Proof Decision Displays in the My Work Area (Workfront)
• New ‘Proof Creator’ Object in Document Version Report (Workfront)
• Compare Proofs
• View Versions of Proofed Documents within Workfront
• New Requester Object in Proof Approval Report

Proofing Enhancements within both ProofHQ and Workfront

• Improved proofing viewer for Video Proofs (ProofHQ and Workfront)
• View Rich Media Proofs in Alternate Resolutions (ProofHQ and Workfront)
• View Rich Media Proofs in Preset Resolutions (ProofHQ and Workfront)
• View URL to Sub-Pages in Comments on Rich Media Proofs (ProofHQ and Workfront) 

Proofing Enhancements within ProofHQ

• Create Custom Views Based on Existing Standard Views (ProofHQ)
• Filter the Reporting Area (ProofHQ)
• Display Minimum and Maximum Values in Reports (ProofHQ)

Other Enhancements

• 2017.2 Beta Final
• 2017.2 Beta Final
• Updated Look and Feel in the Dashboard List
• Include the Gantt Chart Legend When Exporting to PDF
• Configure How Milestones Are Displayed on the Gantt Chart
• In-App Notification for Proof Approval
• Mobile Improvements
• Slash Added to Filter Statements for Field Values that Contain Commas

Functionality Being Removed

Removed from Production

• Removing the Endorsements Functionality in Workfront

Removed from Early Access

Early Access is being deprecated both in the Preview and Production environments.

As a result of this change, the following feature was removed from Early Access in the Preview environment in the 2017.2 Beta 1 release. 

• Reorder Columns in Any List with Drag-and-Drop (Functionality Is Being Removed)

This feature will be removed from Early Access in the Production environment with the 2017.2 release and will no longer be available to any users.

Release Webinars

To view webinar recordings for the 2017.2 release, see 2017.2 release webinars. 

Product Roadmap Webinar

The Q2 2017 Product Roadmap Webinar was presented by the Workfront Product Team on May 17, 2017. This webinar provides a sneak peak of upcoming product changes that will impact your organization.

The webinar recording is available .

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