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Configure a custom form to work with multiple object types

Now you can configure a new or existing custom form to work with multiple object types, making the form much more widely useful. Users will be able to attach and fill out the form on objects of all types that you configure it for.

Previously you could configure a custom form to work with only one object type.

This functionality works with all custom forms created previously in your Workfront system. For example, if you already have a custom form that was created for the Task object type, you can now configure it to work with other object types as well, such as Project and Issue.

Available on these dates:

• Preview release: March 10, 2022
  

• Production release: With the 22.2 release

Available in these environments:

• The new Adobe Workfront experience

Blueprints catalog is available to all users, and administrators can allow requests

All Adobe Workfront users can now browse the catalog of available blueprints.

Additionally, the system administrator can enable access for users to request installation of blueprints. Assigning a request queue to store the requests allows users to make requests from the blueprints catalog.

Available on these dates:

• Preview release: March 10, 2022
  

• Production release: With the 22.2 release

Available in these environments:

• The new Adobe Workfront experience

Add an image to a custom form

In a custom form that you create or edit, you can now add an image and include an informational or instructive tooltip that users can read when they hover over it.

This could be helpful, for example, to show branding for a new product, or to provide visual information that people need when they are filling out the form.

Previously, custom forms were completely text based.

Available on these dates:

• Preview release: March 10, 2022
  

• Production release: With the 22.2 release

Available in these environments:

• The new Adobe Workfront experience

Deactivate a group

As your internal organizations change, you might need to stop using certain groups in Workfront and create new ones. To help with this, we have added the ability to deactivate a group without losing its historical data. For regular users who don't need to see them, inactive groups are cleared from group type-ahead fields.

You can still find and configure options, preferences, and object associations for inactive groups that you manage. And deactivating a group doesn't change anything about the objects that the group is attached to.

Previously, it wasn't possible to deactivate a group.

Available on these dates:

• Preview release: March 10, 2022
  

• Production release: With the 22.2 release

Available in these environments:

• The new Adobe Workfront experience

New default access level configurations

To better suit the needs of most administrators who create access levels, we've changed the default configuration for several of the “Fine-tune your settings” options that display when you click the gear icon on an Edit button.

The options, previously enabled by default, are now disabled. If this doesn't suit the needs of your organization, you can enable them when you are setting up a new access level, or any time later.

Available on these dates:

• Preview release: January 27, 2022
  

• Production release: With the 22.2 release

Available in these environments:

• The new Adobe Workfront experience

• Adobe Workfront Classic (Workfront Classic will be discontinued in March 2022, followed shortly by the end-of-life date for Workfront Classic in July 2022.)

Blueprints installation history enhancements

When you install a blueprint, a message now displays the specific objects (such as roles, teams, or groups) that were successfully installed with the blueprint and any objects that failed to install. You can also view the list of installed objects on the Blueprint Details page by clicking View Details next to a specific installation in the installation history table.

Available on these dates:

• Preview release: February 10, 2022
  

• Production release: With the 22.2 release

Available in these environments:

• The new Adobe Workfront experience

A warning now displays when installing a Preview-only blueprint in Production

Certain blueprints are only available to install in the Preview environment for testing purposes.

If you access Preview-only content in your Production environment, Sandbox 1, or Sandbox 2, the install button is not active, and you might see a warning message.

• Preview release: February 10, 2022
  

• Production release: With the 22.2 release

Available in these environments:

• The new Adobe Workfront experience

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Adobe Workfront Boards are now available!

Boards are flexible tools that allow team collaboration by providing access to a shared board containing columns and cards.

Using boards, you can quickly set up a task board with multiple columns, configure columns to show a status or category, add other users to the board and assign them to cards, and more.

Available on these dates:

• Preview release: March 10, 2022
  

• Production release: With the 22.2 release

Available in these environments:

• The new Adobe Workfront experience

Additional improvements to Workfront Boards

The following additional improvements are now available for Workfront Boards:

• Tag cards on Boards

• Move cards

• Copy cards

• Search in Boards

• Set a due date for a card in Boards

• Preview release: March 24, 2022
  

• Production release: With the 22.2 release

Available in these environments:

• The new Adobe Workfront experience

Undo option for Update posts

It is now easier to catch mistakes when posting an update. Finalizing a comment in an object's Update tab now creates a pop-up window for 7 seconds that allows you to cancel the post and return to editing--before the system timestamps it or sends any emails and in-app notifications. If you dismiss the pop-up window, leave the page, or wait 7 seconds for the window to time out, the post will be made normally.

Available on these dates:

• Preview release: March 10, 2022
  

• Production release: With the 22.2 release

Available in these environments:

• The new Adobe Workfront experience

New experience when copying a project

To make your use of Workfront consistent with the new Adobe Workfront experience, we have redesigned the interface for copying projects. This is currently available when copying a project from the project page or when copying a project from a list or report. Prior to this update you could only copy a project from the project page.

Available on these dates:

• Preview release: March 10, 2022
  

• Production release: With the 22.2 release

Available in these environments:

• The new Adobe Workfront experience

Ability to manage projects from lists and reports from a new More menu

We have added a new More menu in project lists and reports to allow you to perform the following actions from these areas:

• For several projects at a time:

• Recalculate Timeline

• Recalculate Finance

• Recalculate Custom Expressions

• For a single project:

• Attach Template

• Export to MS Project

• Subscribe

Available on these dates:

• Preview release: March 10, 2022
  

• Production release: With the 22.2 release

Available in these environments:

• The new Adobe Workfront experience

New experience when converting an issue to a project using a template at the issue level

To make your use of Workfront consistent with the new Workfront experience, we have redesigned the interface for converting an issue to a project when using a template when you convert it from the issue page.

You can now more easily access your list of favorites immediately after selecting to convert the issue.

The redesigned interface matches the experience when creating a project from a template which we have also updated recently.

• Preview release: December 8, 2021
  

• Production release: With the 22.1 release This feature was temporarily removed from the Production environment on March 4, 2022. It was later released in a phased roll-out beginning April 28, 2022. The roll-out was completed on May 5, 2022. This is now available in Preview and Production for all customers.

Available in these environments:

• The new Adobe Workfront experience

Convert issues to projects using a template from lists, reports, and dashboards

To increase the efficiency of your work and make it easier for you to convert issues in a fast-paced environment, we have added the ability to convert an issue to a project using a template from a list, report, or a dashboard.

Prior to this enhancement, this functionality existed only when you converted the issue from the issue page.

• Preview release: December 8, 2021
  

• Production release: With the 22.1 release This feature was temporarily removed from the Production environment on March 4, 2022. It was later released in a phased roll-out beginning April 28, 2022. The roll-out was completed on May 5, 2022. This is now available in Preview and Production for all customers.

Available in these environments:

• The new Adobe Workfront experience

Updated experience when copying and moving issues

To make your use of Workfront consistent with the new Adobe Workfront experience, we have redesigned the interface for copying and moving issues. This is currently available when copying or moving a single issue or when copying or moving issues in bulk from a list or report.

• Preview release: February 18, 2022
  

• Production release: With the 22.2 release

Available in these environments:

• The new Adobe Workfront experience

Keep users on the dashboard, list, or report after converting issue to project

To increase efficiency and eliminate the number of clicks, we have released an improvement when converting issues to projects from a list, report, or a dashboard.

Users remain on the list, report or a dashboard after converting an issue to a project instead of being redirected to the project's page. A success notification with the link to the project displays after the conversion is complete, to allow you to easily navigate to the project, if needed.

• Preview release: February 10, 2022
  

• Production release: February 24, 2022

Available in these environments:

• The new Adobe Workfront experience

Allocation hours will no longer be removed when making changes to assignments

To ensure the accuracy of your data, we have made a change to preserve allocation hours and to keep task Planned Hours unchanged when making changes to assignments on the task.

The following changes have been made to tasks with a Simple Duration Type:

• Individual assignment allocations are preserved when replacing users and roles.

• Individual assignment allocations are preserved on the role when removing the user.

• Planned Hours are preserved when removing all assignees. (Removed from release. Now, Planned Hours will be set to 0 after removing all assignees.)

• Preview release: February 10, 2022
  

• Production release: With the 22.2 release This feature will be released to Production shortly after the 22.2 release

Available in these environments:

• The new Adobe Workfront experience

• Adobe Workfront Classic (Workfront Classic will be discontinued in March 2022, followed shortly by the end-of-life date for Workfront Classic in July 2022.)

Share folders only in the top five levels of a folder hierarchy

To ensure the best performance for users sharing folders, we are currently limiting sharing to the top five levels in a folder hierarchy on an object.

Each folder at the sixth level or below inherits its sharing configurations from the folder directly above it.

• Preview release: February 10, 2022
  

• Production release: With the 22.2 release This feature is temporarily unavailable. This page will be updated when the feature is available in Production.

Available in these environments:

• The new Adobe Workfront experience

• Adobe Workfront Classic (Workfront Classic will be discontinued in March 2022, followed shortly by the end-of-life date for Workfront Classic in July 2022.)

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Improvements to the Workload Balancer navigation

To improve your experience when using the Workload Balancer, we have introduced the following enhancements:

• The Cancel and Save buttons when adjusting allocations are now sticky, even when the task is longer than the timeframe included on the screen or when the Summary panel displays.

• The left panel that displays the names of users and work items is now sticky, to allow you to scroll horizontally for longer timeframes and to still be able to read the names of items listed in the panel.

• You can collapse and expand all items listed in the left panel with one click instead of at the user or project level.

• The left panel is now also resizable.

• There is now a full-screen mode for the Workload Balancer.

Available on these dates:

• Preview release: March 10, 2022
  

• Production release: With the 22.2 release

Available in these environments:

• The new Adobe Workfront experience

Access Advanced Assignments in the Workload Balancer

To make assigning work items easier and more accurate, you can now make advanced assignments when you assign work items manually in the Workload Balancer. Prior to this enhancement, you could access Advanced Assignments when editing items, from the items' headers, or in lists.

Available on these dates:

• Preview release: March 10, 2022
  

• Production release: With the 22.2 release

Available in these environments:

• The new Adobe Workfront experience

New formula for calculating user availability when The Default Schedule preference is selected

To provide more accurate information in resource management tools, we have changed the formula that Workfront uses to calculate user availability when the Workfront administrator selects The Default Schedule in Resource Management Preferences. With the new update, Workfront uses the following formula to calculate user availability:

User Available Hours = (Default Schedule Hours - Exceptions) * FTE - Time off hours

Prior to this update, Workfront used the following formula to calculate user availability when The Default Schedule was selected:

User Available Hours = (Default Schedule Hours - (Schedule Exceptions + Time off hours)) * User FTE value

Available on these dates:

• Preview release: March 10, 2022
  

• Production release: With the 22.2 release

Available in these environments:

• The new Adobe Workfront experience

• Adobe Workfront Classic (Workfront Classic will be discontinued in March 2022, followed shortly by the end-of-life date for Workfront Classic in July 2022.)

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Improvements to filters in the Home Work List

To give more control and focus over your work list, we have implemented several improvements to the filters in the Home area. With the new improvements, you can select filters by object type and further narrow down your results by the state of your work items (for example, Ready to Start, Working On, or Requested). The new Home filters now provide a correct count of tasks, issues, personal work items, and approvals when you apply a combination of object type and work item state filters.

Prior to this experience, the filters in the Home area did not provide an accurate count of the number of work items in the list when you selected one or more filters and they created confusion about the state of the work items.

Available on these dates:

• Preview release: March 10, 2022
  

• Production release: With the 22.2 release

Available in these environments:

• The new Adobe Workfront experience

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Drawings and comments on proof documents in the mobile app

The Adobe Workfront mobile app now allows you to add drawings and comments on proof documents. A new toolbar on the proof contains drawing tools for shapes. You can choose settings such as color and line thickness for each shape. Drawing a shape on the proof connects your comment to that area of the proof document.

You can also reply to comments that others have made on the proof.

• Preview release: N/A
  

• Production release: mid to late-April 2022

Available in these environments:

• iOS mobile app

• Android mobile app

Enhancements to proof functionality in mobile app

In the Adobe Workfront mobile app, you can now:

• Share proofs with internal and external recipients

• View proof comments

• Download proofs

• Preview release: N/A
  

• Production release: Early February 2022 (These enhancements were originally communicated with the 22.1 release.)

Available in these environments:

• iOS mobile app

• Android mobile app

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Adobe Workfront with Anaplan integration now available

To give you better flexibility and insight into the financial aspects of your Workfront projects, Workfront can now integrate with your Anaplan account. By linking Workfront objects to Anaplan objects, you can update information between the two accounts automatically, ensuring that the information in both is up-to-date and identical.

You can also trigger automated processes in Anaplan based on actions in Workfront (or vice versa).

For example, you can create a campaign in Anaplan, then create a Workfront project or program linked to the campaign. Any costs tracked in Workfront can then be uploaded back to Anaplan to review campaign performance.

• Preview release: March 10, 2022
  

• Production release: With the 22.2 release

Available in these environments:

• The new Adobe Workfront experience

Workfront for Experience Manager enhanced connector updates

Workfront for Experience Manager enhanced connector now includes the following updates:

• You can now create linked folders between Adobe Workfront and Adobe Experience Manager Assets as a Cloud Service even if there are multiple project linked folder configurations.

• Added support for event subscription pagination

• Added support for AEM 6.4.x

• Added support for proxy environments

• Several bug fixes based on partner and customer feedback

• Preview release: N/A
  

• Production release: March 28, 2022

Available in these environments:

• The new Adobe Workfront experience

• Adobe Workfront Classic

See details of the Client Secret for custom OAuth2 or JWT integrations

To provide transparency into the use of your custom OAuth2 and JWT integrations, we've made it possible for you to see details of the Client Secrets your integrations use. Now, you can see the dates that the Client Secret was created and last used. You can also add and view your own notes about the Client Secret.

Previously, these details were unavailable.

• Preview release: March 3, 2022
  

• Production release: With the 22.2 release

Available in these environments:

• The new Adobe Workfront experience

Adobe Creative Cloud integrations now use OAuth2

For greater security, and to make a more consistent experience across integrations, we've updated the Adobe Creative Cloud integrations to use OAuth2 authentication, an industry-standard way to authenticate users. Now, when your users log in, they can see the specific actions and areas that the integrations have access to, and allow access. After this, they do not need to log in as frequently.

• Preview release: February 24, 2022
  

• Production release: With the 22.2 release

Available in these environments:

• The new Adobe Workfront experience

See type of authentication in list of custom OAuth2 applications

Now, when you view the list of custom OAuth2 applications in your organization, you can see whether each application uses User authentication or Server authentication.

Previously, you could see this information only by going into the edit options on each application.

• Preview release: February 17, 2022
  

• Production release: With the 22.2 release

Available in these environments:

• The new Adobe Workfront experience

Set expiration for refresh tokens in your custom OAuth2 integrations

To better control access and security for your custom OAuth2 integrations, you can now customize the lifespan of refresh tokens. After a user's refresh token expires, they will need to log in to the integration again.

Available on these dates:

• Preview release: February 10, 2022
  

• Production release: With the 22.2 release

Available in these environments:

• The new Adobe Workfront experience

Use public and private keys in your custom OAuth2 integrations for server-to-server apps

You can now set up server-to-server OAuth2 applications in your custom integrations. By setting up public and private keys, you can allow Workfront to communicate with another application without using login credentials.

Previously, all authentication in your custom OAuth2 applications used the user's login credentials.

Available on these dates:

• Preview release: February 10, 2022
  

• Production release: With the 22.2 release

Available in these environments:

• The new Adobe Workfront experience

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Look-and-feel updates during the 22.2 release timeframe

Minor updates to the look and feel of various areas of the Adobe Workfront application are being made within the 22.2 release timeframe. These enhancements will be made available in the Production environment a minimum of 2 weeks after releasing to Preview.

• Preview release: Throughout the 22.2 release timeframe
  

• Production release: A minimum of 2 weeks after releasing to Preview

Available in these environments:

• The new Adobe Workfront experience

Enhancements to top navigation bar

We have made several enhancements to the Adobe Workfront top navigation bar.

• Favorites and Recents now have separate icons in the top navigation bar. Each still displays the same content (pages you have marked as favorites, and pages you have visited recently), and you can continue to add and remove favorite pages in the same way.

• The look and feel of both pins and the main menu was updated to Adobe design standards, including colors and fonts. The way you add and remove pins and the areas you have access to in your main menu have not changed.

• The icons on the right of the top navigation bar were re-ordered to be more intuitive. The icon order is: help link, notifications, favorites, recents, search, main menu.

• Preview release: March 10, 2022
  

• Production release: With the 22.2 release

Available in these environments:

• The new Adobe Workfront experience

Redesigned timesheet lists

To make your use of Workfront consistent with the new Adobe Workfront experience, we have redesigned the timesheet lists in the Timesheets area. You can expect the same functionality in the timesheet list, only with a cleaner, more streamlined user experience.

Some of the highlights of this redesign are:

• The timesheet list now matches the experience in all other lists in Workfront.

• The filter experience now matches the filters in all other lists. You will have more flexibility to create your own filters with the fields and attributes that make the most sense to you as well as share them with other users.

• Preview release: March 10, 2022
  

• Production release: With the 22.2 release

Available in these environments:

• The new Adobe Workfront experience