November 2021 (Release 23) Release Notes - Agiloft

November 2021 Release Notes

Number of Items:

72

Category :

Enhancement

Number of Items:

48

ID	Summary	Resolution
2624	Agiloft for Microsoft Teams	Agiloft for Microsoft Teams offers a fully connected experience between Teams and Agiloft. You can use the new Agiloft app directly in Teams to approve contracts, share documents for review, and distribute other notifications or reminders. Users receive these communications from an Agiloft bot in Teams. The Teams app saves time as well as provides more visibility to notifications that are relevant to multiple groups. Each notification is configured on the Agiloft side, by creating a Notification action (formerly an Email/SMS action) in the KB. You can create as many Notification actions as you want, and attach them to rules so that the messages they trigger are sent automatically when users need to take action on things. You can also control where the bot is active, as it needs to be installed individually in each Teams channel you want to send notifications to. For detailed setup instructions, see Setting Up the Agiloft app for Microsoft Teams.
2597	View and edit records right from table view	Easily work on lots of records in sequence with the new split view option, which displays the active record in a pane right beside the table view. This new feature makes it simple to review details for lots of records, and even make multiple changes to records without needing to jump between the record and the table view. When you select a view that is configured as a split view, the record list shows on the left side of the window, and the preview pane occupies the right side. Click a record's row to open it in the preview pane. You can also click Edit on the record preview to make the fields editable. This option offers more flexibility for advanced workflows. Split view shows more information without leaving the table view, and it supports more complex editing than Quick Edit does in the table view, since the whole record form is accessible. This is especially helpful when you need to reference information from other records in the table view, such as other contracts that fit the same search parameters. Split view uses a more compact version of the Quick Search pane, which has all the essential features of the regular search, but is optimized to take up less space and maximize the user's workspace. Automatic Changes All users are automatically granted a second personal view that is configured as a split view, named Personal Split View. This is a copy of the user's current personal view, with the Split View option enabled. The existing personal view is renamed to Personal Grid View but otherwise remains the same, so users can easily use either view. Configuration Options Review your users' workflows and identify cases where the existing view should be modified to use the split view option. When creating or editing a view: Go to the General tab. Select Grid View or Split View. Click Finish. Split View Tips Share these tips with all users so they can make the most out of their new Personal Split View. Click the arrow between the table view and the preview pane to expand the preview pane. This shows the record form in the full window. Click the arrow again to shrink the preview pane back to the right side of the screen and show the table view again. When editing in the preview pane, you still need to click Save to commit any changes.
2676	Simplified settings for the new UI	The "Use New GUI" setting found in Setup > Look and Feel > Power User Interface has been deprecated. Going forward, to enable the new UI, you need only set the Navigation Menu Location to Top from Setup > Look and Feel > Navigation Menu Setup.
2596	Pin saved searches for easy access	Improve your core daily workflows by pinning your preferred saved search for a given table. When you pin a saved search, that search is run automatically when you visit that table for the first time in a session. To pin a saved search, run the search in the table and then click the pin icon next to the saved search name. The pinned search has (Pinned) appended to its name in the drop-down, and the pinned saved search is also shown at the top of the saved searches list when you expand a table from the navigation menu. For more information about saved searches, see Using Saved Searches to Work Efficiently.
2591	Easily attach related items to emails	This idea came from you! When using Send Email to contact someone about a specific contract, you might also want to include some of the related attachments from the Contract record. This is now possible with a new feature that identifies linked relationships that might be of interest to users when they send correspondence. In this example you might configure a link to the Attachments table, but you can select any linked relationship to make it available. To add a linked relationship to the Send Email editor: Go to Setup > Email and SMS and click Configure Outbound Email. Select the appropriate table, and then go to the To Options tab. Under "Select Related Tables/Linked Sets to allow related record attachments," select a related table or linked field in the drop-down list and click Add Table. In the list below the Add Table and Remove Table buttons, use the drop-down list to select the field that stores the file the user will attach. Click Next to go to the final tab and click Finish to complete the setup. Once a linked relationship has been configured, you can use it when sending emails: In the table, select a record, click the Email icon on the action bar, and click Send Email. Set the From and To options as desired, compose the subject and body of the email, and then click the Attachments icon. Below the Local File section, a new Related Records section appears according to your configuration, with any files that are available based on your settings. For more information about configuring outbound email, see Outbound Email Settings.
2594	Refresh saved search results in new UI	The new UI now supports refreshing the results of a saved search. To refresh, click the name of the search to open the saved search drop-down, and select the search again. If the search includes any run-time filters, the run-time prompt appears again.
2662	Easily accessible "Clear All Filters" option	Prior to this release, to clear any filters applied to a table of records, you either had to open the Saved Search menu and click Show All, or open Quick Search and click Clear All Filters. Now, Clear All Filters is displayed next to the status line and is no longer hidden behind a menu, making it much easier and quicker for the user to reset the table view.
2665	Removed Link action from action bar options	This release removes the Link option from the action bar items. The Link options have usually appeared in the Actions drop-down menu on default action bars, and allowed users to link records as related. However, most systems link records in a more sophisticated way using linked fields and related tables, and the Link option has significant limitations and low usage. As such, the Link option has been removed in favor of these alternative solutions.
2584	Improved and uncluttered linked field look-up modal	When you click the look-up icon to select a record, the improved look-up modal makes it much easier to find the record you want to select. Improvements include removing duplicated buttons, maximizing the number of visible records, and compressing the search options and instructions to prevent wasted space. The new look-up displays four times the number of records that were visible in the previous one.
2668	Easily upgrade the Agiloft app for Word	In order to use the new features for the Agiloft app for Word, you must upgrade the app when you upgrade your KB from Release 22 to Release 23. This process involves the following: Confirm that your server code has been updated to Release 23. Use the Upgrade button to add any necessary structures to your KB. Remove the previous version of the Agiloft app. Reinstall the app. Test functionality. For full details, follow the steps in Upgrading the Agiloft Contract Assistant for Word.
2630	Streamlined contract workflows in the Agiloft Contract Assistant for Word	The Agiloft Contract Assistant for Word features a fully redesigned UI that guides users organically to the features they want to use. When you open the app with a document, it detects whether the file is already associated with a record in Agiloft, and from there, it offers you several paths you might want to follow. Create new contract. This helps you create a new Contract record, tag key terms and clauses, and upload all the information to your Agiloft system. This path supports both AI and non-AI workflows. Create new template. This new feature helps you build document templates, formerly called print templates, using building blocks from the document, your system libraries, or both. This feature is covered in greater detail in its own release note. Build clause library. This makes it easy to import clauses to your system for use in the future. Clause libraries are useful in both of the other paths in the ACA, since you can use them to edit or analyze contracts, assess differences between contracts and standard clauses, and build standard document templates that use standardized language. Create New Contracts In creating a new contract, you can now add essential information about the contract directly in the app. When you add the title, type, description, and more, these details are automatically included in the new Contract record created in Agiloft. The document template designer offers similar fields for new templates, which are covered in detail in a separate release note. After you save the information, it appears on an Overview tab that also shows the current total number of key terms and clauses tagged in the document. You can even use Edit to make changes to these fields if you need to. From here, you can use AI to generate tags automatically, or you can start manually selecting key terms and clauses and tagging them with the app. You can switch to the Tags tab to see only the tagged content. The pane also offers an Insert Clause button that makes it easy to insert content in the document from your clause library. Build a Clause Library The improved clause library tool is an updated version of the previous Populate Clause Library option. The new tool is more organized and user-friendly. After your clauses have been tagged, either manually or using AI, they are listed on this pane. More Information Many of the new options on the UI are made possible with updates in the Word add-in configuration wizard. For additional information on configuring the fields of the add-in window, visit Configuring the Agiloft Contract Assistant for Word. For additional information on using the new design, visit Using the Agiloft Contract Assistant for Word.
2631	Improved clause comparisons in Agiloft Contract Assistant for Word	Use the Agiloft Contract Assistant for Microsoft Word to easily compare contract clauses against similar clauses from active contracts, and even view extracted clauses and similar Clause Library entries side-by-side. When you click Compare from a clause, you are directed to a list of similar clauses from the Clause Library and active contracts, with the closest match shown at the top. If you see a better version that you want to use to replace the text in the contract, you can click "Use library clause" or "Use contract clause" to substitute it, depending on whether the clause is sourced from the Clause Library or another active contract. If you aren't sure you want to change the contract text, or you can't tell at a glance what makes them different, you can compare the clauses using a side-by-side comparison view. Simply click the expand icon on the top right-hand side of the similar clause you want to compare. This opens a new window where you can view either a side-by-side view of the two clauses, or a comparison that provides markup for the differences. With side-by-side view, you can choose whether to highlight differences, similarities, or nothing at all. You can then choose to keep the original clause or replace it using the buttons at the bottom of the pane.