New and Improved Features
New Features
- DAP-1701 - Introduce Formula Builder for Field-Level Arithmetic Calculations
- DAP-3897 - Introduce Signature Capture Ability in Web
- DAP-3829 - Display Guide Note Icon in Web
- DAP-4015 - New "UsersbyGroup" System DataSource (Corporate + Current Location)
- DAP-3886 - Changes to App Widget with Options "Modify," "List" and "New"
Technical Changes
- DAP-3811 - Enable New Persistence Feature
- DAP-3804 - Performance Improvement - Home Page, Details, List Screens, PDF and Excel Exports
Enhancements
- DAP-3691 In Apps List screen, the column header should freeze when scrolling down through the record list
- DAP-3788 Enhance the System ID format to include location name
- DAP-3711/ DAP-3896/ DAP-3821 - Action Item Changes - Enable Action Item ID, Asset and Department fields for app builder module
- DAP-3755 Configure a system default summary with top five fields
- DAP-3928 Changes to the department data source in app builder to show only departments type with "BU"
- DAP-3693 Ability to populate the default status as "Open" for an action item created in App Builder
- DAP-3827 Correct the auto search engine flaw to exclude the value IDs
DAP-1701 - Introduce Formula Builder for Field-Level Arithmetic Calculations
Existing System: There is no UI to configure formulas.
Purpose: To provide flexibility to user to configure arithmetic based formulas.
Enhanced System: User would be able to:
- Configure a formula for controls: Numeric, Date, Time and Textbox.
- Here are the list of supported formulas By-Control:
Numeric:
- Difference of two time fields - Output format: Numeric (In Minutes)
- Difference of two date fields - Output format: Numeric (In Days)
- Support evaluating expression with (+,-,*, /) and braces"()". Ex: ((F1+F2) /F3)* 100
Time:
Time field + Number of Minutes (integer) - Output format: Time
Time field - Number of Minutes (integer) - Output format: Time
- Date:
- Date field + Number of Days (integer) -Output format: Date
- Date field - Number of Days (integer) - Output format: Date
- Date field +- Numeric Field (Format: Integer) - Output format: Date
- Textbox:
- Day of the week (Monday, Tuesday...) - Textbox Control
- Day of the month (Day1, Day2, Day3...) - Textbox Control
- Day of the Year (Day1, Day2, Day3...) - Textbox Control
- Week of the Year (Week1, Week2, Week3...) - Textbox Control
- Month (January, February...) - Textbox Control
- Year (2018, 2019...) - Textbox Control
- Formula can be set for controls in the repeater section.
- User will be able to set action conditions based on formula values.
- If any control is removed from a formula, it will show in
strike-outmode. - 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 Forms: None
DAP-3897 - Introduce Signature Capture Ability in Web
Existing System: We currently support this feature only on Mobile
Purpose: Ability to capture user signature
Enhanced System: User would be able to:
- Add his signature in the field using stylus or mouse pad from web.
- Only one signature can be captured per control.
Impacts for Existing forms: No impact.
DAP-3829 Display Guide Note Icon in Web
Existing System: We currently support this feature only on Mobile
Purpose: Ability to show guide notes in web which would help user entering the data.
Enhanced System: Changes Include:
- 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 forms: No impact
DAP-4015 - New "UsersbyGroup" System DataSource (Corporate + Site + Current Location)
Existing System: We currently don't have this data source.
Purpose: Ability to filter the users based on groups
Enhanced System: Changes include:
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 forms: No impact.
DAP-3886 - Changes to App Widget with Options "Modify," "List" and "New"
Existing System: User currently navigates only to "List" screen from the widget
Purpose: Improve the usability of the widget.
Enhanced System: Changes include:
- 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
DAP-3811 - Enable New Persistence Feature
Existing System: We currently don't have this feature.
Purpose: To provide the ability to see app builder data in Cognos.
Enhanced System: Changes Include:
- Changes to data saving structure so that it is compatible with cognos.
- Segregation of instances of data, which will ensure that data saving and retrieval is faster.
Impacts for Existing forms: We have ensured the data is not impacted even though there are structural changes.
DAP-3804 - Performance Improvement - Home Page, Details, List Screens, PDF and Excel Exports
Existing System: We are facing issues with performance on few forms.
Purpose: Ability to access the system faster.
Enhanced System: User would be able to:
- 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 for Existing forms: No impact
Data Source Filters
Existing System: We currently don't have this feature
Purpose: Ability to filter the data source values
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:
- No impact for existing forms as the filters would be blank