Second Quarter 2024 release overview
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This page provides information about functionality that is included in the Second Quarter 2024 release. These enhancements were made available in the Production environment for all customers with the 24.4 release on April 10 and 11, 2024.
In lieu of a release webinar, we invite you to register for Adobe Summit to watch the following Workfront sessions:
The Future of Adobe Workfront on March 26, 2024, to get a sneak peek of the future of strategic planning and workflow. Learn how the Workfront team plans to address business capabilities across the entire marketing lifecycle—all with an AI-first approach to automate work, simplify user experiences, and boost productivity.
Unveiling Marketing Calendars and Tools for End-to-End Campaign Planning on March 28, 2024, to learn about new product capabilities designed to enable you organization to manage and visualize end-to-end operational lifecycles.
You can also view a PDF file with highlights of the 24.4 release.
Off-cycle features (those releasing to Production prior to the Second Quarter 2024 release date) are highlighted in yellow.
- 24.2 (February 15, 2024)
- 24.3 (March 14, 2024)
- 24.4 (April 11, 2024)
- 24.4 (April 11, 2024)
Adobe Workfront enhancements
Administrator enhancements
Display logic and skip logic are now available in the form designer preview mode
In production
The beta custom form designer now allows you to test your display logic and skip logic in preview mode. Previously, all fields were displayed in the preview even when logic was applied.
Available on these dates:
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Preview release: March 28, 2024
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Production for customers: With the 24.4 release (April 11, 2024)
Companies and users now support advanced custom form fields
In production
Advanced custom form features such as External Lookup fields and Workfront native fields are now available when you attach a custom form to a company or a user.
Available on these dates:
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Preview release: March 14, 2024
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Production for customers: With the 24.4 release (April 11, 2024)
JumpSeat integration now available for new package types
In production
The existing JumpSeat integration is now available to accounts using one of the new package types (i.e., Select, Prime, or Ultimate). You must still have an active JumpSeat subscription to enable the integration.
Available on these dates:
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Preview release: February 26, 2024
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Production for fast release: With the 24.3 release (March 14, 2024)
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Production for quarterly release: With the 24.4 release (April 11, 2024)
Workfront native fields are available in the form designer beta
In production
Fields native to Workfront are now available for you to add to your custom forms. This new field type allows you to organize and present data to your users in a logical way, without having to re-create existing data in custom fields.
Available on these dates:
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Preview release: February 29, 2024
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Production for fast release: With the 24.3 release (March 14, 2024)
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Production for quarterly release: With the 24.4 release (April 11, 2024)
Attribute mapping now available for organizations that have migrated to Adobe IMS
In production
Workfront system administrators can now set up user attribute mapping for organization that have migrated to Adobe IMS. This allows user information to pass into Workfront from the organization's SSO (Single Sign-on) provider, so that the user's data does not have to be entered into both Workfront and the SSO provider.
Available on these dates:
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Preview release: February 22, 2024
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Production release for all customers: February 22, 2024
Skip logic and display logic are now available in the form designer beta
In production
You can now edit existing display and skip logic and add new logic to custom forms in the form designer beta. An easy-to-use logic builder helps you define which fields to display or skip based on selections in the form.
Available on these dates:
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Preview release: February 8, 2024
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Production for fast release: With the 24.2 release (February 15, 2024)
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Production for quarterly release: With the 24.4 release (April 11, 2024)
Document management enhancements
Add a deadline to a document reviews and approvals
In production
You can now specify a deadline for users or teams assigned to review or approve a document. Reviewers and approvers receive email notifications 72 hours and then 24 hours before the specified deadline. The deadline is also reflected in the Approvals widget in the new Home area.
Available on these dates:
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Preview release: March 28, 2024
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Production for customers: With the 24.4 release (April 11, 2024)
Create and use Approval Templates
In production
You can now create Approval Templates in the Setup area to streamline the review and approval process. Approval Templates allow you make the review and approval process more repeatable by
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Adding reviewers and approvers
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Setting a timeframe
Available on these dates:
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Preview release: March 28, 2024
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Production for customers: With the 24.4 release (April 11, 2024)
View information about all your approvals in once place
In production
To help you manage and analyze your approval requests at a glance, we've added the following key performance indicators to the All Approvals widget:
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Approvals by decision
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Average approval time
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Pending approvals
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Overdue approvals
Available on these dates:
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Preview release: March 28, 2024
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Production for customers: With the 24.4 release (April 11, 2024)
Home enhancements
Column options added to Administrator controls for new Home using layout templates
In production
Administrators can now customize which columns are available for users in specific new Home widgets using layout templates. Options include hiding or displaying default columns and adding existing fields as new columns.
Available on these dates:
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Preview release: January 2, 2024
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Production for fast release: With the 24.2 release (February 15, 2024)
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Production for quarterly release: With the 24.4 release (April 11, 2024)
Integration enhancements
Enhancements to automated folder creation workflow in the Adobe Experience Manager integration
In production
To ensure that your Adobe Experience Manager folders more accurately reflect your needs, we've made some updates to the Adobe Experience Manager linked folders workflow.
Available on these dates:
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Preview release: March 11, 2024
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Production for all customers: March 14, 2024
Project enhancements
More relevant assignments added to the New Task workflow
In production for Fast Release
We have added the same functionality for more relevant smart assignments to the Assignments field in the New Task box when adding a task to a project and in a project task list.
Available on these dates:
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Preview release: February 13, 2024
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Production for fast release: With the 24.5 release (May 16, 2024)
This feature will be removed from Preview on December 19, 2024 and from fast release Production with 25.1 (January 2025).
More relevant smart assignments
In production for Fast Release
We have changed the algorithm that Workfront uses to calculate and suggest smart assignments for tasks. The new algorithm applies in the following areas in Workfront where you assign a task: task lists, the Assignments area in the task header, Home, and the Summary panel.
Available on these dates:
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Preview release: December 21, 2023
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Production for fast release: With the 24.5 release (May 16, 2024)
This feature will be removed from Preview on December 19, 2024 and from fast release Production with 25.1 (January 2025).
Resource management enhancements
Indicator for manually adjusted allocations in the Workload Balancer
In production
To provide more clarity about manual adjustments or contouring in the Workload Balancer, manually adjusted hourly allocations now show a pencil icon.
Available on these dates:
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Preview release: October 12, 2024
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Production for fast release: With the 24.2 release (February 15, 2024)
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Production for quarterly release: With the 24.4 release (April 11, 2024)
Update stream and notification enhancements
New commenting experiences added to iterations
In production
To give you a consistent experience throughout the application, we have added the new commenting experience to iterations.
Available on these dates:
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Preview release: April 11, 2024
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Production for all customers: With the 24.4 release (April 11, 2024)
Access to the legacy commenting area has been removed
In production
We have removed the "New commenting" toggle in the Updates area for projects, tasks, issues, and documents. The new commenting is now the default and only option for these objects. With this change, you are no longer able to revert back to the legacy commenting experience. Additionally, we have removed the "Show percent complete on update status" setting on a user's profile.
Available on these dates:
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Preview release: April 1, 2024
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Production for all customers: With the 24.4 release (April 11, 2024)
New commenting stream now available in quick actions for new Home widgets
In production
We have now added the new commenting functionality to the "Add new update" quick action button in the My Work, My Projects, My Tasks, and My Issues widgets in new Home.
Available on these dates:
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Preview release: March 1, 2024
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Production for fast release: With the 24.3 release (March 14, 2024)
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Production for quarterly release: With the 24.4 release (April 11, 2024)
Additional commenter information available in the new commenting experience
In production
We have made the following enhancements in the new commenting experience:
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You can click a commenter's name to see their name, role, and email address in an information box. This information can help you identify the correct user, if you have more than one user with the same name. When you click the commenter's name in the information box, their user profile opens.
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Your user name is highlighted in comments that you are tagged on, when you are mentioned in the comment text.
Available on these dates:
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Preview release: February 29, 2024
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Production for fast release: With the 24.3 release (March 14, 2024)
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Production for quarterly release: With the 24.4 release (April 11, 2024)
System Activity tab on the new commenting experience supports read-only comments
In production
Comments made on the system activity records in the legacy commenting experience are now populated on the System Activity tab in the new commenting experience as read-only. You cannot reply to system activity records in the new commenting experience.
Available on these dates:
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Preview release: February 22, 2024
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Production for fast release: With the 24.3 release (March 14, 2024)
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Production for quarterly release: With the 24.4 release (April 11, 2024)
New update stream tab to capture both comments and system activity entries
In production
To give you a chronologically cohesive view of both comments and system activity logs, we are introducing a third tab to the Updates area of all objects. The "All" tab captures both user comments and system activity comments in one cohesive stream.
Available on these dates:
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Preview release: February 22, 2024
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Production for fast release: With the 24.3 release (March 14, 2024)
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Production for quarterly release: With the 24.4 release (April 11, 2024)
New commenting stream now available in the Summary panel
In production
We have now added the new commenting functionality to the Summary panel for task and issue lists.
Available on these dates:
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Preview release: February 22, 2024
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Production for fast release: With the 24.3 release (March 14, 2024)
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Production for quarterly release: With the 24.4 release (April 11, 2024)
Other enhancements
Look-and-feel updates during the Second Quarter 2024 timeframe
In production
Minor updates to the look and feel of various areas of the Adobe Workfront application are being made within the Second Quarter 2024 timeframe. Review the individual release notes for specific release dates.
Available on these dates:
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Preview release: Throughout the Second Quarter 2024 release timeframe
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Production release: Review the release notes for specific dates
Announcements
Workfront Fusion enhancements
New features in Workfront Fusion are available in Production at a cadence outside of the Second Quarter 2024 release schedule. For more information about the latest features, see Adobe Workfront Fusion release activity.
Workfront Scenario Planner enhancements
There are no Scenario Planner updates at this point in the release. This area will be updated when updates are available.
Workfront Proof enhancements
There are no Workfront Proof updates at this point in the release. This area will be updated when updates are available.
Workfront Goals enhancements
There are no Workfront Goals updates at this point in the release. This area will be updated when updates are available.
API version 18
For API version 18, we’ve modified some resources and endpoints. Some of the changes support new functionality, and others make it easier for you to use the information available through the API.
For information on what’s new and updated, see What’s new in API version 18.
For information on API versions, see API versioning and support schedule.
Workfront Maintenance Updates
For information about the maintenance updates made during the Second Quarter 2024 release, see Workfront Maintenance Updates.
Training updates
Explore the latest updates made to learning programs, learning paths, videos, and guides for each Adobe Workfront product release. For more information, see the “What’s New” section of the Workfront Tutorials page.