23.1 App Builder Release Notes

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New and Improved Features

New Features

• DAP-6890 - Ability to define any form control as unique for data validation

• DAP-7965 - A framework to integrate an API so that complex business rules can be configured

Enhancements

• DAP-5813 - Enhance Set Actions - Ability to set an empty value to control

• DAP-6402 - Configuration to set the number of decimal values to be displayed for a numeric control

• DAP-7611 - Ability to set a specific time in the formula builder

• DAP-6891 - Ability to configure dependency between a single and a multi-selection control

Usability

• DAP-131 - Introduce a copy feature in actions

Common

• DAP-7851 - Activity Log - Track every activity performed by the user in app builder.

DAP-6890 - Ability to define any form control as unique for data validation

Existing System: Currently, we don’t have any data validation rule for supporting uniqueness. We have this feature only from the data import screen.

Purpose: To improve usability and data validation capabilities.

Enhanced System: With this upgrade, the user would be able to: 

• Define a field or a set of fields as unique. (Max of 5 fields per form).

• This property is available for all fields except for multi-select controls.

• As the system needs to evaluate the uniqueness check on every record save, this app will not be available in offline mode.

• Additional filter configurations can be applied in form properties section - (for example, to define the date range or the status of transaction records for the unique criteria evaluation)

Impacts on existing forms: No

Supported on Mobile: Yes.

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 DAP-7965 - A framework to integrate an API so that complex business rules can be configured

Existing System: Currently, we can’t have any custom API integration in app. 

Purpose: To be able to meet the diversified business needs of each app. 

Enhanced System: 

• An API with custom logic can be integrated into an app.

• The system would be able to pull data from an API and set a value to a control based on the API response.

• The configuration of this feature for an app can be done only from the backend.

• Currently, this feature is supported only on the web. In the future, we can support this on mobile online mode.

Impacts on existing forms: No impact. 

Supported on Mobile: No.

Example: Ability to check the status of all action items created for a MOC request and only if all are closed only then the status can be changed.

 DAP-5813 - Enhance Set Actions - Ability to set an empty value to control

Existing System: Currently, we don't have a configuration to set a control's value to blank. 

Purpose: To be able to reset a few control for enhanced use of the system. 

Enhanced System:

• User would be able to assign an empty value to a control based on a condition and existing data will be overwritten with empty.

• Configuration can be done by using the actions screen → set action. 

• This is most relevant in a workflow-based app where the use case is to reset all the approvals when the workflow is changed from 'Approved' to ‘On-Hold’ or ‘Pending’.

Impacts on existing forms: None. 

Supported on Mobile: Yes. 

The example below shows how to configure a blank value to a textbox, dropdown, and signature control.

DAP-6402 - Configuration to set the number of decimal values to be displayed for a numeric control

Existing System: Currently, system is printing all the decimal digits in all the reports, notifications.

Purpose: To be able to round off digits for numeric controls 

Enhanced System:

• User would be able to get this additional configuration only when the numeric control is defined as "Decimal".

• When a user is entering data, post save the system would round off the number to a preset number of digits. 

• The same is the case when a formula is getting evaluated, the system would be able to round off the resultant value. 

• Reports and Notifications will be printing the value as per the round-off configuration.

Impacts on existing forms: None, the round-off digits configuration would be blank.

Supported on Mobile: Yes. 

The example below shows how to set Round off Digits as 2 to the “Initial Exposure Score” control.

DAP-7611 - Ability to set a specific time in the formula builder

Existing System: Currently, we are unable to set a time (Eg: 10:30 Pm) to time control in the formula builder.

Purpose: To enhance the formula builder for time controls. 

Enhanced System: The user would be able to:

• Configure a default value where he can assign a static time to a time control.

• This configuration is even available in set actions as well.

Impacts on existing forms: No impact.

Supported on Mobile: Yes.

The example below shows how to set time = 5:30 Pm to the “Time of Request” control.

DAP-6891 - Ability to configure dependency between a single and a multi-selection control

Existing System: Currently, we can’t configure a dependency for any multiple selection control.

Purpose: To establish dependency between Single-Selection control (as a parent) and Multple-Selection Control(as a child). 

Enhanced System: In the enhanced system, the user would be able to   

• Configure a dependency between an employee dropdown (Multi-Select) and a supervisor dropdown (Single-Select).

• Based on the supervisor selected, only those employees who report to him would appear in the dropdown and the user can select multiple employees.

• All Multiple selection controls have this option to establish dependency. 

Impacts on existing forms: None.  

Supported on Mobile: Yes. 

DAP-131 - Introduce a copy feature in actions

Existing System: Currently, we don’t have a feature to copy an action. 

Purpose: To improve usability.  

Enhanced System: 

• The user would be able to select a particular action and copy it.

• The system would create a duplicate of the selected action and later user would be able to modify it as per the needs and re-save.

• The sequence of the newly created action would be right after the original action.

Impacts on existing forms: None.  

Supported on Mobile: NA.