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-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 enhancements-for-all-users
The following sections describe enhancements that are available for end-users in the Workfront 2017.2 release:
Subscription Enhancements
Resource Planning Enhancements
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
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
Proofing Enhancements within 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
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.
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 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 .