2018.1 Beta 3 release activity

This page describes all changes most recently available in the Preview environment with the 2018.1 Beta 3 release. The functionality was made available in the Preview environment on January 7, 2018. It will be made available in the Production environment in early 2018.

For a list of all changes made in 2018.1, see  2018.1 release activity overview.

The 2018.1 Beta 3 release contains enhancements for both Workfront administrators and other users:

For Administrators

For All Users

group administrator Improvements group-administrator-improvements

Reset Password UI Updated for group administrators reset-password-ui-updated-for-group-administrators

As a group administrator, when you reset the password for another user, you are prompted for your own password before you can change theirs. The UI has been updated to reflect this functionality. Prior to this change, the UI showed that the Workfront administrator password was required.

For more information about resetting passwords for other users, see Edit a user’s profile.

For more information about the capabilities of a group administrator, see the “Capabilities of group administrators” section in Create a group.

Access Level Setup Options for group administrators access-level-setup-options-for-group-administrators

As a Workfront administrator, you can now control whether group administrators can log in as other users, or if they can reset the passwords of other users. We have added a new setting in the Access Level to enable or disable this access. Prior to this change, all group administrators could log in as other users and reset other users’ passwords by default. This change affects only the Planner Access Level.

For more information about configuring access level for users, see Grant access to users.

For more information about the capabilities of a group administrator, see the “Capabilities of group administrators” section in Create a group.

Create Timesheet Profiles for Groups create-timesheet-profiles-for-groups

As a group administrator, you can now create Timesheet Profiles for the groups you administer and associate them with groups you administer, or users from these groups. Timesheet Profiles ensure that timesheets are automatically created for the users associated with them.

Prior to this change, only a Workfront administrator could create Timesheet Profiles.

For more information about creating Timesheet Profiles, see Create, edit, and assign timesheet profiles.

For more information about the capabilities of a group administrator, see the “Capabilities of group administrators” section in Create a group.

Recover Deleted Items for Users as a group administrator recover-deleted-items-for-users-as-a-group-administrator

If a project is associated with a Group for which you are the group administrator, you can recover the project, or any of its deleted tasks, issues, or documents from the Recycle Bin. Prior to this change, only a Workfront administrator could recover items from the Recycle Bin.

For more information about recovering deleted items in Workfront, see Restore deleted items.

For more information about the capabilities of a group administrator, see the “Capabilities of group administrators” section in Create a group.

HTML5 proofing viewer Improvements  html5-proofing-viewer-improvements

Compare Mode compare-mode

You can now use compare mode in the HTML5 proofing viewer when viewing Static and Video proofs.

Compare mode in the HTML5 proofing viewer differs from the legacy proofing viewer in the following ways:

For more information, see Compare proofs in the proofing viewer.

Filter the Comment List filter-the-comment-list

You can now filter comments in the comment list. You can filter by user, actions, unread, and more.

Comment List Is Searched after the First Character Is Entered comment-list-is-searched-after-the-first-character-is-entered

Now when searching the comment list, the list is automatically filtered after you type the first character.

Prior to this change, you had to type at least 3 characters in the search field before the comment list was filtered.

For more information, see in .

Proofing Improvements within Workfront proofing-improvements-within-workfront

Link Proofs from Workfront Proof to Workfront link-proofs-from-workfront-proof-to-workfront

You can now link document proofs that already exist in your Workfront Proof account to Workfront.

Prior to this change, you could not access proofs that already existed in Workfront Proof within Workfront.

For more information, see Link documents from external applications in Link documents from external applications.

Can No Longer Remove a Proof from a Document can-no-longer-remove-a-proof-from-a-document

You can no longer remove a proof from a document. Rather, to remove a proof, you must delete the entire document.

This enhancement reduces the risk of users inadvertently deleting all versions of a proofed document.

For information about deleting a document, see Delete a proof in Delete a proof.

Updated Look and Feel When Generating and Opening Proofs updated-look-and-feel-when-generating-and-opening-proofs

There is now an updated animation spinner when a proof is generating.

Home Area Improvements home-area-improvements

The following enhancements were made to the Home area:

View Proof Approvals from the Home Area view-proof-approvals-from-the-home-area

You can now view proof approvals in the Home area, in addition to standard approvals.

Previously, you could view Workfront approvals, but you could not view approvals for a proof.

For more information, see Use the Home area.

Default Fields Are Displayed When Configuring the Layout Template for Items in the Home Area default-fields-are-displayed-when-configuring-the-layout-template-for-items-in-the-home-area

Previously, the default fields were not visible from the layout template.

For more information, see "Creating and Managing Layout Templates.

Agile Improvements agile-improvements

Add Tasks and Issues to the Iteration Directly from the Task or Issue Details Page add-tasks-and-issues-to-the-iteration-directly-from-the-task-or-issue-details-page

You can now add tasks and issues that are currently assigned to an agile team to an iteration directly from the task or issue.

Previously, you could add tasks to an iteration only from the backlog.

For more information, see Create an iteration in Create an iteration.

Include Issues on the Scrum Backlog and Story Board for an Agile Team include-issues-on-the-scrum-backlog-and-story-board-for-an-agile-team

Issues are now included by default on the backlog of your agile team when using the Scrum agile methodology (issues are not displayed on the backlog of an agile team when using the Kanban methodology).

Prior to this change, only tasks could be added to the backlog. If you wanted to add an issue, you first had to convert the issue to a task before it could be added.

For information about using issues on the backlog, see  Manage the agile backlog.

Apply Groupings and Filters to the Backlog for an Agile Team apply-groupings-and-filters-to-the-backlog-for-an-agile-team

The Grouping and Filter options are now available on the agile backlog, allowing you to organize your backlog by groupings, as well as filter for specific tasks and issues.

Prior to this change, you could apply on views to the agile backlog.

For more information, see  Manage the agile backlog in  Manage the agile backlog.

Create a Blank Iteration and Update it Later create-a-blank-iteration-and-update-it-later

You are no longer required to add a task or issue to an iteration in order to create it. You can create a blank iteration, and add tasks and issues at a later time.

For more information, see Create an iteration.

The “Focus” and “Capacity” Fields Are Pre-Populated When Creating an Iteration the-focus-and-capacity-fields-are-pre-populated-when-creating-an-iteration

Now when creating an iteration, the “Focus” and “Capacity” fields are pre-populated with the average values for all past iterations your team has created. If your team has not created any past iterations, these fields appear as 0.

Previously, these fields were always set to 0.

For more information, see Create an iteration.

Gantt Chart Improvements gantt-chart-improvements

Enable Edit Mode in the Gantt Chart enable-edit-mode-in-the-gantt-chart

When you enable edit mode in the Gantt chart, you can make changes to information inside the chart. Prior to this change, you could not edit the information in the Gantt chart. You could only edit task information on the task list.

For more information about editing the Gantt chart, see Update information in the task list Gantt Chart.

Remove Predecessors When Editing the Gantt Chart remove-predecessors-when-editing-the-gantt-chart

Using the Edit mode for the Gantt chart, you can now remove predecessor relationships between tasks in the Gantt chart of a project. Prior to this enhancement, you could remove the predecessor relationship only in the task list, or at the task level.

For more information about editing the Gantt chart, see Update information in the task list Gantt Chart.

Resource Planner Improvements resource-planner-improvements

Budget with Zero Duration in the Resource Planner budget-with-zero-duration-in-the-resource-planner

You can now budget your resources in the Resource Planner for any date, within or outside of the time frame of the project. Prior to this enhancement, you could budget your resources only for the dates within the time frame of the project.

For more information about budgeting resources in the Resource Planner, see the “Budgeting Resources in the Resource Planner” section in Resource Planner overview.

Show Data by Cost in the Resource Planner show-data-by-cost-in-the-resource-planner

You can now display the information in the Resource Planner by Cost, in addition to Hours and FTE values. You can display Costs in the Resource Planner when you are viewing it in the View by Project or View by Role views. You cannot display Costs when you are viewing the Resource Planner in the View by User view.

For more information about viewing the Resource Planner by Hours, FTE, or Cost values, see Resource Planner navigation overview.