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Hello everyone,
Were you able to watch the 20.2 Product Announcement Webinar? Is there a particular feature that you're excited to try out? Did you want more information about anything? Write your comments or questions about the release and I'll respond along with members of our product management team.
If you missed the 20.2 webinar don't worry, you can catch it here. Thank you very much and I look forward to speaking with you.
V/R,
Jon Katora
Product Marketing team at Appian
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All I'll say is that you guys really nailed one of my current personal feature requests (though I don't think I ever submitted it here) - comparing arbitrary past versions of an object. I love the built-in compare functionality and this was the one remaining major weakness in it (though I think there are still a few nooks and crannies within the deeper reaches of a process model config that version compare doesn't yet reach... but that's less of a big deal to me usually).
Also I think the obfuscating of "pink screen" SAIL form errors as seen by basic users will be very useful.
Really I have no questions other than hoping my personal feature request backlog items will eventually be worked in (like, the ability to set a confirmation pop-up in Dynamic Links, or fixing the DSE to Excel smart service such that it can use a base template).
Mike, we appreciate the feedback and comments. Yeah, I'm personally excited about the compare versions too. Thanks again.
1. Improved Error Message Handling for Users2. Integrated Unit Testing w/ App Deployment3. Color Palettes
Awesome - thanks for letting us know what you are excited about!
Great to know you're liking "Compare Versions"!
No problem...We are really excited to see improvements to charts and DevOps! Also, the auto-suggest smart service feature is pretty slick!
I'm always excited when I see the process modeler get some love. That remains one of the more time-consuming parts of creating virtually all apps. So there's lots of opportunity still to shave off more time to keep up the 2x faster every 2 years.
The best thing has to be the removal of the verbose error messages. That's actually a huge step forward in security. I love how developers still have access to the verbose messages. They are actually quite helpful for us triagers.
I like the little extra fine grained control of UI with the column spacing. AND YOU FINALLY SUPPORT MULTIPLE FONTS! I like having progress bars in the grid. I think the goal is to eventually have virtually every component there is accessible to grid fields.
Yeah, I really liked chart styling too when I first saw the demo. I know that we can create custom color schemes for charts, but this was dead easy and ready in seconds. For reference, I'm partial to 'rain forest'.
David, I always love to see process modeler improvements too. Is there any other improvements that you'd like to see in the process modeler?
Jonathan Katora said:Is there any other improvements that you'd like to see in the process modeler?
The most egregious current / remaining legacy issue - "one-line" expression boxes, which while editable to add multi-line expressions, strip all linebreaks when saving, destroying complicated formatting. The "format expression" button recently added is nice but it's merely a band-aid on this issue, as it adds issues of its own (like hyperinflation of basic 1-line code into multiple lines).