Overview
The changes described in this section were made Generally Available (GA), or were released to the Early Access (EA) or Preview Sandbox (PrS) environments. (Changes might also include functionality that is currently available in the PrS or EA environments and is scheduled to release to GA sometime in the future.)
- Updated Buttons throughout the Workfront Interface
- Tasks Remain on the Team Requests Tab When a User Not on the Team Volunteers to Work on Them
- Receive In-App Notifications When Users Request Access to a Template
- Document Version Enhancements
- Quickly Update Document Name and Description
- Hide System Updates from the Document Update Stream
- New Workfront Mobile App
- Control Access to Custom Forms
- Timeline Recalculations Are Saved Independently from Project Actions
- Integration with Adobe Creative Cloud
- Reorder Columns in Any List with Drag-and-Drop
- Improved Documents Area: Advanced Proofing Options during Proof Creation
- Improved Documents Area: Advanced Proofing Options on Existing Proofs
Maintenance Updates
For a comprehensive list of recent maintenance updates made to the Workfront system, see "Maintenance Updates."
Feature / Change |
Explanation |
Availability |
New This Month (Prioritized by GA Release Date) |
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Updated Buttons throughout the Workfront Interface |
The buttons throughout the Workfront interface are being updated to a more modern look and feel.
For more information, see "Updates to the Workfront Appearance." |
PrS: May 14
EA: N/A
GA: May 21 |
Tasks Remain on the Team Requests Tab When a User Not on the Team Volunteers to Work on Them |
Tasks that are assigned to both a team and to a user not on the team now remain on the Team Requests tab when the user not on the team volunteers to work on the task. Tasks remain on the Team Requests tab until a user on the team volunteers to work on it.
Prior to this change, requests made to the team were not shown on the Team Requests tab when a user not on the team volunteered to work on the task.
For more information, see "Work and Team Requests." |
PrS: May 14
EA: N/A
GA: May 21 |
Receive In-App Notifications When Users Request Access to a Template |
When users need additional access to a template, they can click a Request More Access link.
Now after a user requests additional access, the template owner receives an in-app notification.
For more information about in-app notifications, see "Using In-App Notifications." |
PrS: May 14
GA: May 21 |
Manage User Assignments across One or More Projects |
You can now manage user assignments across one or more projects for which you are the Resource Manager. You can assign a user to all tasks currently assigned to a job role, swap user assignments between users, or unassign a user from all tasks.
For more information, see "Managing User Assignments."
For a video demonstration of this functionality, see "Manage User Assignments." |
PrS: May 14
EA: May 21
GA: TBD |
Add Resource Managers on a Project or Template |
The new Resource Manager role allows you to designate certain users who can perform resource scheduling actions on the project (currently, this includes the ability to manage user assignments across projects, as described in see "Managing User Assignments").
You can add Resource Managers on a specific project or to a project template.
Resource Managers is a new reportable field. For more information, see "Understanding Columns."
For more information about how to designate Resource Managers on a project, see "Designating Resource Managers for a Project or Template."
For a video demonstration of this functionality, see "Manage User Assignments." |
PrS: May 14
EA: May 21
GA: TBD |
Custom Status Group Enhancements |
The following improvements were made regarding custom statuses:
For more information, see "Creating and Customizing Statuses." Update the following articles at GA: -Project Statuses -Task Statuses |
NOTE This functionality is available only within the Preview Sandbox environment
PrS: May 14
EA: N/A
GA: TBD |
Currently in EA (Prioritized by GA Release Date) |
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New Workfront Mobile App |
The new Workfront mobile app is now available. The app has been redesigned from the ground up and has an improved look and feel. For more information about how to download and install the new Workfront mobile app, as well as information about included features, see "Workfront Mobile App." |
Now Available in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store |
Document Version Enhancements |
The following enhancements were made for managing document versions:
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EA: April 16
GA: May 21 |
Quickly Update Document Name and Description |
You can now make the following changes directly from the Details tab within the Documents area:
Prior to these changes, you performed these actions from the Document Actions drop-down menu on the Document Details page.
For more information, see "Updating a Document Name and Description" in "Viewing Document Details." |
EA: April 16
GA: May 21 |
Hide System Updates from the Document Update Stream |
You can now filter out system updates from the document update stream to show only comments and updates made by users.
For more information, see "Adding Updates and Comments to a Document." |
EA: April 16
GA: May 21 |
Control Access to Custom Forms |
You can now control who has access to a custom form by granting access to individual users, teams, roles, groups, or companies.
Prior to this change, you could grant access only to groups.
For more information, see "Creating Custom Forms." |
PrS: Jan 23
EA: N/A
GA: TBD
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Timeline Recalculations Are Saved Independently from Project Actions |
Now when you perform an action on a task or project that triggers a timeline recalculation, all available dates are immediately displayed, allowing you to continue working. Dates that require longer recalculations display briefly as a question mark (between 1 and 5 seconds), indicating that the recalculation is not yet finished, and the dates are subject to change.
For more information about recalculating timelines, see "Recalculating Timelines for Projects." |
GA: May 21 |
Reorder Columns in Any List with Drag-and-Drop |
You can change the order of columns in any list by dragging a column from one location and dropping it in another.
This is especially useful when viewing the Gantt chart and the list view simultaneously and the column that you want to view is not displayed on the left side of the page.
For more information, see "Modifying Column Width and Order." |
EA: Feb 20
GA: TBD |
Improved Documents Area: Advanced Proofing Options during Proof Creation |
The following advanced proofing options are now available when creating proofs at the time that documents are uploaded to Workfront:
NOTE: These features are available only to customers who meet the following criteria:
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EA: Jan 23
GA: Summer 2016 |
Improved Documents Area: Advanced Proofing Options on Existing Proofs |
The following advanced proofing options are now available after proofs are generated within Workfront:
NOTE: These features are available only to customers who meet the following criteria:
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EA: Jan 23
GA: Summer 2016 |
Integration with Adobe Creative Cloud |
The Workfront Extension for Adobe Creative Cloud is designed to allow you to save and export assets you create in the Creative Cloud to Workfront, thereby speeding up the approval and review process.
For more information, see "Workfront Extension for Adobe Creative Cloud." |
EA: Add-On will be available for download by the end of April
GA: TBD |
Demo Videos
You can now manage user assignments across one or more projects for which you are designated as the Resource Manager.
The new Documents area in Workfront was released to Early Access on January 23, 2016.
Control Access to Custom Forms
May 2016 Product Release Webinar
The May 2016 Release Webinar was presented by the Workfront Documentation team on May 18. This webinar is designed to help you better understand and fully benefit from the new features releasing in May 2016.
The webinar slides are available to download here. The webinar recording is available here:
The Preview Sandbox (PrS) is available to all system administrators and any other users as defined by the system administrator. (For more information about the Preview Sandbox, see "Preview Sandbox Testing Environment.") This is the first opportunity that users in your organization have to review a feature before it is made available to Early Access environments and then made generally available.
The Early Access (EA) environment is available to all system administrators and any other users as defined by the system administrator. (For information about how to configure Early Access settings, see "Configuring System Preferences.") Most features made available in Early Access were previously available in the Preview Sandbox.
* Indicates a lengthened EA release cycle in order to provide you with more time to become familiar with the feature.
General Availability (GA) is when features are available to all Workfront users. Neither system administrators nor users can opt out of features in General Availability. Most features made generally available were previously available in the Preview Sandbox and Early Access environments.
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