Heron – Plutora Production Release Notes January 2016

Functional Enhancements

Release Manager

Release Schedule – Group by Enterprise Release Toggle

• Users can now group project releases under their associated parent enterprise release in the Release Schedule by clicking a toggle switch.
• Associations between projects are now easier to see.

Filter Multiple Release Statuses

• Users can now filter by more than one release status in the grid column filter in Release Manager.
• For example, users can now view only In-Progress and Draft releases and hide all the other releases.
• Users can select any number of statuses from the Status drop-down menu in the Release Manager by left clicking and holding down the Shift key.

Multiple End States

• Completed used to be the only Release Status end state but now other end states can be added, for instance, Dropped.
• This means releases that have passed their end date but are Dropped or some other end state will no longer be highlighted in red in the Release Manager.

Custom Release and Change Tab Labels

• Release and Change tab labels in the Edit Release pop up and other places can now be customized to fit with your organization’s terminology.
• Tab labels can be updated in the Tab Names Customization in Settings > Customization.

Release Calendar Enhancement

• Releases that have a System Deployment Date spanning several days will now be included on each of those days in the Release Calendar.
• Previously, only the system deployment end date was displayed.

 

Environment Manager

Duplicate Environment Items

• When users duplicate a Release, the Environments belonging to that release will also duplicate.
• If a phase dates change when duplicating a Release, the Environments will use that date range.

Custom Titles

• Users can now set custom titles for TEBRs and My Environment Bookings.
• For example, a user could change the title My Environment Booking to Release Bookings to fit with their organization’s terminology.

Import Technical Specifications and Configuration

• Users can now import technical specifications and configurations from another environment.
• Users have the option to replace or append all existing environment technical specifications.

TEBR Approvers or Rejecters

• The Approver or Rejecter is now clearly visible on the TEBR.
• Users know who approved or rejected each booking request.

TEBR Comment Section Tab

• Comments now appear in a Comments tab in the add and edit TEBR pop up screens.
• The TEBR comments section is now much easier to access and use.

Multiple Users can Update a TECR

• Previously two more users updating the same TECR could save over and lose each other’s changes.
• Now multiple users can update the same TECR and everyone’s changes will be saved.

 

Deployment Manager

Planned Duration Column in Deployment Plan Library

• Previously, users had to open each deployment plan to see the plan’s planned duration.
• Now users can see the duration of every deployment plan at a glance, in the new Duration column in the Deployment Plan Library.

Prevent Completed Deployment Plan Deletion

• Completed deployment plans hold valuable information and users should not be able to delete them.
• Now users can be restricted from deleting completing deployment plans.
• Your completed deployment plans are now safer with the new Delete Deployment Plan in Completed State permission.

Permission to Progress or Regress a Deployment Plan

• The permission to progress or regress a deployment plan is important and should be restricted only to those who need that permission.
• Now users can now be restricted from progressing or regressing a deployment plan with the new Progress/Regress Deployment Plan permission.

Deployment Plan Task Multiple Systems

• Sometimes deployment plan tasks and activities require multiple systems.
• Users can now assign multiple systems to a single deployment plan activity.

Delete Multiple Tasks in Deployment Plan

• Previously, users could only delete one task at a time in a deployment plan.
• Now users can save time by selecting multiple tasks by their checkboxes and selecting Action > Bulk Delete.

 

Post Implementation Review

Bulk Update

• Users can easily update multiple PIR items at once with the new bulk update feature.
  
  The PIR Item bulk update feature has been removed. 
• Previously, it was necessary to open and update each item separately.
• Bulk update your PIR times by selecting the checkboxes of multiple PIR items in the PIR Manager page and clicking Action > Bulk Update.

 

Common

All Links are Clickable Hyperlinks

• Every piece of text identifiable as a hyperlink is now clickable.

ServiceNow Links

• Update for ServiceNow keys containing links.

YYYY/MM/DD Date Option

• Administrators now have the option of using the new ISO standard date format:
  • YYYY/MM/DD.

Re-Assign Assignee Enhancements

• Administrators can now bulk reassign the activities of one user to another after a certain activity or criteria end date.
• This feature is useful for reassigning a user’s activities when that user leaves the company.

ETL Processing Logic

• New data will no longer be overwritten by old data when processing files.

 

APIs

Activities, Phases, Criteria and Gates

• Users can now GET, PUT, POST and DELETE activities, phases, criteria and gates.