Feature / Change

Explanation

Availability

New This Month (Prioritized by GA Release Date)

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

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

EA: N/A

GA: May 21

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

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

The following improvements were made regarding custom statuses:

• Create unique statuses and apply them to a specific group.
  Prior to this change, statuses could only be created and applied globally.
• The system administrator can now create a status and lock it, which makes the custom statuses global.
• The system administrator can create a custom status and leave it unlocked. This allows a status to be shared with a specific group. The group owner can then customize the status to fit their own group needs.
• Group Owners can now create unique custom statuses for the groups they own.
  Prior to this change, only a system administrator could create and share custom statuses.
• UI improvements when creating custom statuses.
  There have been some updates to the interface when creating a new status or editing existing statuses. This is to make the interface consistent with the look and feel of other areas of Workfront.

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)

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

The following enhancements were made for managing document versions:

• Delete document versions
  
  You can now delete individual versions of a document.
  
  For more information, see "Managing Document Versions."
  
  
• Add document versions directly from the More drop-down menu on the Documents tab.
  
  For more information, see "Adding Documents to Workfront."
  
  
• Download all versions of a document directly from the Documents tab.
  
  Previously, you had to navigate to the Document landing page.
  
  For more information, see "Managing Document Versions."

EA: April 16

GA: May 21

You can now make the following changes directly from the Details tab within the Documents area:

• Change the name of the document via an in-line editor
  
  
• Add a document description
  
  

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

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

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

See Document Updates

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

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

The following advanced proofing options are now available when creating proofs at the time that documents are uploaded to Workfront:

• Generate proofs for public-facing websites
  
  For more information, see "Generating a Proof on a New Document or Website" in "Creating a New Proof." 

• Add an Automated Workflow to a proof
  
  For more information, see "Adding and Managing Automated Workflows for Proofs."

• Share a proof
  
  Prior to this change, you could share a proof only after it had been created.
  
  When you share a proof with a user who does not have proofing enabled in Workfront, and the proof is using an Automated Workflow, a new stage is created within the Automated Workflow. The user who you are sharing with is automatically added to this new stage when they view the proof for the first time.
  
  For more information, see "Sharing a Proof."

• Configure access and subscription settings for a proof 
  
  Settings include: requiring an electronic signature for proofs, requiring users to log in, allowing users to subscribe to the proof, and more.
  
  For more information, see "Setting Up Access and Subscription Settings for a Proof." 

NOTE: These features are available only to customers who meet the following criteria:

• Has stand-alone access to ProofHQ with an Unlimited license

• Not an OEM customer (Must have access to ProofHQ outside of an OEM agreement)

EA: Jan 23

GA: Summer 2016

The following advanced proofing options are now available after proofs are generated within Workfront:

• Share a proof
  
  When you share a proof with a user who does not have proofing enabled in Workfront, and the proof is using an Automated Workflow, a new stage is created within the Automated Workflow. The user who you are sharing with is automatically added to this new stage when they view the proof for the first time.
  
  For more information, see "Sharing a Proof."

• Configure access and subscription settings for a proof 
  
  Settings include: requiring an electronic signature for proofs, requiring users to log in, allowing users to subscribe to the proof, and more.
  
  For more information, see "Setting Up Access and Subscription Settings for a Proof." 
   

• View progress and status of the proof on the Details tab of the document
  
  For more information, see "Viewing the Progress and Status of a Proof." 
   

NOTE: These features are available only to customers who meet the following criteria:

• Has stand-alone access to ProofHQ with an Unlimited license

• Not an OEM customer (Must have access to ProofHQ outside of an OEM agreement)

EA: Jan 23

GA: Summer 2016

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