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.)
- Manage a Project in an Agile View
- Manage User Assignments across One or More Projects
- Add Resource Managers on a Project or Template
- Support for Additional Project Statuses When Managing User Assignments across Projects
- Enable or Disable Groups of Email Notifications
- Document Scanning Enhancements
- Updated Email Notification When Set As Project Owner
- Proof Rich Media Files (available on August 24)
- Integration with Adobe Creative Cloud
- Reorder Columns in Any List with Drag-and-Drop
- Custom Status Group Enhancements
- Control Access to Custom Forms
- 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) | ||
Support for Additional Project Statuses When Managing User Assignments across Projects |
Now when you are managing user assignments across one or more projects (using the new Swap tool), all projects with any of the following statuses are available:
Prior to this change, only projects with a status of Current were available.
For more information about managing user assignments across multiple projects, see "Managing User Assignments." |
PrS: July 20
GA: July 27 |
Updated Email Notification When Set As Project Owner |
When you are set as the Project Owner of a project, a notification email is sent to you informing you of the change.
The notification email now includes the following additional information:
The notification email also has been updated with a new look and feel.
The Actual Start Date and Actual Completion Date are no longer included in the email notification.
For more information about email notifications, see "Configuring Email Notifications." |
PrS: July 20
GA: July 27 |
Share an Agile View for a Project |
Now you can share an agile view you create with other users.
For more information about how to share a View, see "Sharing a Filter, View, or Grouping." For a video demonstration of this functionality, see "Share Project Agile View."
At GA, also update: -"Managing a Project in an Agile View" |
PrS: July 20
EA: July 27
GA: August 24 |
Export the New Gantt Chart to PDF |
You can now export the new Gantt chart to PDF. This enables you to print the Gantt chart, email it, and so forth.
Prior to this change, you could export only the legacy Gantt chart to PDF.
For more information, see "Exporting the Gantt Chart to PDF." Also update: -"Configuring How Information Is Displayed on the Gantt Chart" |
PrS: July 20
EA: July 27
GA: TBD |
API Enhancements for Journal Entries |
Journal entries now contain the hour record ID in the subObjID field for all Add, Edit and Delete entries.
This provides better tracking changes in hours for syncing with external systems.
For more information, see "Tracking Hour Records with the API." |
PrS: July 20
GA: July 27 |
Create a New Version of a URL Proof |
Now you can create a new version of a URL proof.
Prior to this change, you had to create a new URL proof.
For more information, see "Generating a New Version of an Existing Proof" in "Creating a New Proof." |
PrS: July 20
EA: July 27
GA: August 24 |
Currently in EA (Prioritized by GA Release Date) | ||
Manage a Project in an Agile View |
You can leverage agile functionality for your project without the administrative needs that typically accompany agile practices, such as managing a team backlog, creating iterations, and so forth.
For more information, see "Managing a Project in an Agile View." Also update: -Using the Agile Burndown Chart -Using the Agile Story Board -Creating and Customizing Views -Creating Tasks in a Project -Working with the Gantt Chart |
PrS: June 22
EA: June 29
GA: July 27 |
Enable or Disable Groups of Email Notifications |
You can now enable or disable groups of related notification types when modifying email notification settings.
Prior to this change, you had to select and deselect notification options one at a time.
For more information, see "Configuring Email Notifications." |
PrS: June 22
EA: June 29
GA: July 27 |
Document Scanning Enhancements |
Now when you upload a document to Workfront, it is scanned for viruses.
If the document you are attempting to upload is corrupted, Workfront cancels the upload process and a message appears, indicating the file is corrupt.
For more information about uploading a file to Workfront, see "Understanding How Workfront Detects Corrupted Files" in "Adding Documents to Workfront." |
PrS: June 22
EA: June 29
GA: July 27 |
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: July 27 |
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: July 27 |
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 |
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
|
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:
|
EA: Jan 23
GA: August 24 |
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:
|
EA: Jan 23
GA: August 24 |
Proof Rich Media Files |
While we are excited to make rich media proofing available to our customers this month, this feature is not yet available. Look for more information on this functionality coming soon.
When this functionality is made available, you will be able to upload and proof rich media files, including ads with video streaming, banners that expand, flash elements, HTML5 animations, and applets.
Rich Media content submitted as a proof must be bundled in a .zip file.
For more information, see "Rich Media and Interactive Web Proofing" in "Creating a New Proof." [! This article is not yet complete.] |
EA: N/A
GA: August 24 |
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." |
Add-On available for download: April
GA: TBD |
July 2016 Product Release Webinar
The July 2016 Release Webinar was presented by the Workfront Release Readiness team on July 27, 2016. This webinar is designed to help you better understand and fully benefit from the new features releasing in July 2016.
The webinar recording is available below.
Demo Videos
- "Assignment Swap Enhancements"
- "Share Project Agile View"
- "Project Agile View"
- "Manage User Assignments"
- "Improved Documents Area"
- "Control Access to Custom Forms"
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
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