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 DAP-1701 - Introduce Formula Builder for Field-Level Arithmetic Calculations

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  • Configure a formula for controls: Numeric, Date, Time and Textbox. 
  • Here are the list of supported formulas By-Control: 

    1. Numeric:

      1. Difference of two time fields - Output format: Numeric (In Minutes)
      2. Difference of two date fields - Output format: Numeric (In Days)
      3. Support evaluating expression with (+,-,*, /) and braces"()". Ex: ((F1+F2) /F3)* 100

    2. Time:

      1. Time field + Number of Minutes (integer) - Output format: Time

      2. Time field - Number of Minutes (integer) - Output format: Time

    3. Date:
      1. Date field + Number of Days (integer) -Output format: Date
      2. Date field - Number of Days (integer) - Output format: Date
      3. Date field +- Numeric Field (Format: Integer) - Output format: Date
    4. Textbox:
      1. Day of the week (Monday, Tuesday...) - Textbox Control
      2. Day of the month (Day1, Day2, Day3...) - Textbox Control
      3. Day of the Year (Day1, Day2, Day3...) - Textbox Control
      4. Week of the Year (Week1, Week2, Week3...) - Textbox Control
      5. Month (January, February...) - Textbox Control
      6. Year (2018, 2019...) - Textbox Control
  • Formula can be set for controls in the repeater section. 
  • User would be able to set formula for Maximum and Minimum values. 
  • User will be able to set action conditions based on formula values. 
  • If any control used in the formula is removed from a formula, it will deleted from the app, the formula is show in strike-out mode. 
  • If the formula is modified, existing data will not be disturbed. Value will be calculated based on new formula for records created thereafter. 

Impacts to Existing Formson existing forms: None

Available in Mobile: Yes


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 DAP-3897 - Introduce Signature Capture Ability in Web

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  • Add his signature in the field using stylus or mouse pad from web. 
  • Only one signature can be captured per control. 

Impacts for Existing on existing forms:  No impact. 

Available in Mobile: Yes

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DAP-3829 Display Guide Note Icon in Web

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  • Display "i" icon on the details screen for the fields which have guide notes configured. 
  • On clicking the icon, a pop-up would open and content renders either from URL or the static text. 

Impacts for Existing on existing forms: No impact

Available in Mobile: Yes


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DAP-4015 - New "UsersbyGroup" System DataSource (Corporate + Site + Current Location)

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  • Ability to see pull all the users from corporate groups along with selected location groups. 

  • In Data source filters, user would be able to see a group name where user can pick the applicable group which is applicable to the form. 

Impacts for Existing on existing forms: No impact. 

Available in Mobile: Yes


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DAP-3886 - Changes to App Widget with Options "Modify," "List" and "New"

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  • On hover, user would be able to see all options for each app - "Modify," "List" and "New" based on his form permissions. 
  • On, click he would be able to navigate to respective screens. 

Impacts: None

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 MP-6372 - Support App Builder in Android Native Mobile Pro App 

Existing System: We currently support a web-view for android. 

Purpose: Improve the usability

Enhanced System: User would be able to:

  • Access all apps in native version of android. 
  • Users would now be able to access key features like Signature, QR Scan and offline support. 
  • However, there would be few UI gaps (when compared to iOS app) which are listed below:
    1. Record Count for each app in mobile "Home" screen
    2. Enable save options to select either Card or List view on "Home" screen
    3. Landing Page for Apps in Mobile
    4. Summary Page for each record.
    5. Two-column display support mobile list view. 
    6. Toggle button style changes in the form details
    7. A pronounced section separator in the form details
    8. Show progression bar in form details
    9. Show "Guide Note" for a field in form details
    10. Color coding for Segmented control in form details
    11. Showing icons for fields in form details
    12. Strikeout support for Inactive lookups in the list screen and show as disabled in the form details

Impacts on existing forms:  No impact. 

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DAP-3811 - Enable

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Data Persistence Feature

Existing System: We currently don't have this feature.

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  • Changes to data saving structure so that it is compatible with cognos. Segregation of instances of data
  • Earlier, we have a single instance to store data of all apps. 
  • Now, with this change, there would be a separate data collection by app, which will ensure that data saving and retrieval is faster. 

Impacts for Existing on existing forms: We have ensured the data is not impacted even though there are structural changes. 

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DAP-3804 - Performance Improvement - Home Page, Details, List Screens, PDF and Excel Exports 

Existing System: We are facing issues with performance on few forms.  

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  • See a phenomenal improvement in performance in List screen. 
  • Also, there are changes to ensure that Home Page, details are loaded faster. 
  • Even Exports - PDF and Excel would be downloaded without having to wait. 

Impacts on existing forms: No impact


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DAP-3691 - In Apps List screen, the column header should freeze when scrolling down through the record list

Existing System: Currently, the header bar is not visible when we scroll to the bottom of the list screen.

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Purpose: Improve usability

Enhanced System: Users would be able to see the top header and pagination without having to scroll. 

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Impacts for Existing forms: No impact.

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DAP-3788 - Enhance the System ID format to include location name

Existing System: Currently, we are having support to configure only navigator location.  

Purpose: Ability to filter the data source valuesprovide flexibility in configuration. 

Enhanced System: User would be able to:

  • Add filters to a control by selecting the values from the data source fields
  • Apply filters on both system and custom data sources

Impacts for Existing forms: 

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  • See options "Location Name" and "Location Code". 
  • User would be able to change the current ID format to include location code. 
  • This change will apply to future records without impact to existing records.  

Impacts on existing forms: No impact

Available in Mobile: Yes

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DAP-3755 - Configure a system default mobile summary with top five fields

Existing System: Currently, if user doesn't configure fields in the summary builder, we are defaulting to the "Location" field which shows up on the mobile screen.  

Purpose: Improve mobile user experience. 

Enhanced System: User would be able to:

  • See the top five fields configured for the form in the mobile summary. 
  • If admin user went ahead and made changes to the summary builder and saved it, the system default would be overwritten and this configuration would persist. 

Impacts on existing forms: This change will apply to all existing forms where users haven't configured any fields for the summary screen display.  

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DAP-3827 - Correct the auto search engine flaw to exclude the value IDs

Existing System: Currently, in cases when user is typing two letters in auto-search, the results include those values which do not contain the searched letters.  

Purpose: To correct the flaw. 

Enhanced System: User would be able to:

  • See only values which matches with the searched letters. 
  • Corrected the flaw by removing the matching of values with their internal ID's.  

Impacts on existing forms: No impact

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DAP-3693 - Ability to populate the default status as "Open" for an action item created in App Builder

Existing System: Currently, the action item status is showing as blank for the action items created in app builder. However, the correct status is appearing when the status is changed from calendar.  

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Purpose: To correct the flaw. 

Enhanced System: User would be able to:

  • See default status as "Open" as soon as action is created in the app builder screen. 
  • Even in Excel export, user would see the default status as "Open" and it wouldn't be blank for any of the action items. 

Impacts on existing forms: Existing records which are currently in open status and showing blank in app builder would be updated to "Open".

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DAP-3711/ DAP-3896/ DAP-3821 - Action Item Changes - Enable Action Item ID, Asset and Department fields for app builder module

Existing System: Currently, we don't have these fields enabled for an app builder action items

Purpose: To provide the ability to add more details to an action item

Enhanced System: Changes include:

  • Action Item ID to uniquely identify an action item. Sample format is: US-WESTLAKE-2020-APP-10001 
  • Enable department field which would be non-mandatory 
  • Enable Asset field which would be non-mandatory 

Impacts: Mobile, Reports and BI

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