Features Included in the Late June 2020 Release
Version Number |
2.8.0 |
Regional Release Schedule
Type | Schedule* |
User Acceptance Testing | June 23, 2020 |
Asia-Pacific Release | July 2, 2020 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm AEST |
Europe Release | July 6, 2020 1:00 am – 4:00 am BST |
Americas Release | July 5, 2020 9:00 pm – 12:00 am PDT |
*Subject to change.
Functionality Enhancements
“As an Environment Manager, I want to find Environments that are not the correct version, so I can update them.”
Environment Drift Dashboard
- Now, the Environment Drift Report allows users to track version numbers across the Environments of selected Environment Groups.
“As an Environment Manager, I want to select a User Group as an Environment Booking Approver, so that any user in the group can approve or reject those Environment Bookings.”
User Groups can Approve Environment Bookings
- Now, User Groups can be selected as Environment Booking Approvers for:
- Enterprise, Project, and Independent Releases.
- TEBRs (with or without a Release).
- Environment Schedule.
- My Environment Bookings grid, and anywhere else you can see the View/Edit Environment Bookings pop up.
- Any user in the group can approve or reject bookings.
- Only one user in the group needs to approve or reject the bookings.
“As a Release Manager, I want to approve or reject multiple Environment Bookings at once, so that I save time.”
Bulk Approve Environment Bookings
- Previously, Environment Bookings in Releases and TEBRs had to be approved one by one.
- Now, users can save time by bulk approving Environment Bookings in Enterprise, Project, and Independent Releases, and TEBRs (with or without a Release).
- Select the checkboxes of Environments individually, or click the Select All checkbox to select all the Environments in all active Phases.
“As a Release Manager, I want to use the API to delete Form Instances, so that they are automatically deleted via an integration layer.”
Initiative Management API Enhancements
- Now, the users of Plutora’s API can:
- Delete Initiative Management Form Instances using the following call:
- DELETE /formInstance/Delete/{id}
- Receive automatically paginated Release, System, Environment, User, and Team entity data using the following call:
- GET /formInstance/{formInstanceId}/ComboBoxElementFilter/{elementId}
- Maximum of 100 records per page.
- GET /formInstance/{formInstanceId}/ComboBoxElementFilter/{elementId}
- Delete Initiative Management Form Instances using the following call:
“As a Release Manager, I want to use the API to manage my Impacted and Regression Systems for Releases, so that they are automatically updated via an integration layer.”
Release System Dependencies
- Now, the users of Plutora’s API can:
- View the Downstream Dependency Systems of Releases using the following call:
- GET /releases/{id}/systems
- If isGhost is True, the System is a Downstream Dependency.
- GET /releases/{id}/systems
- Link and unlink Systems to Releases in bulk using the following calls:
- POST /releases/systems
- DELETE /releases/systems
- View the Downstream Dependency Systems of Releases using the following call:
“As a Release Manager, I want to add an Impacted System to a Project or Independent Release and automatically see all the associated Downstream Systems as Regression Systems, so that I am informed of regression risks.“
Release Systems Enhancements
- Now, when adding or editing a Project or Independent Release:
- Dragging and dropping a System which has Downstream Dependencies into the Impacted System or Regression System panels will automatically add those dependencies to the Regression Systems panel as grayed-out and not clickable records marked (downstream dependency).
- Deleted Systems will appear as grayed-out and not clickable records marked (deleted). Deleted System dependencies will not be shown.
- Logic has been added to prevent the creation of circular dependencies.
- System linking and unlinking is tracked in Audit History.
“As an Environment Manager, I want to use the API to manage Systems Dependencies, so that they are automatically updated via an integration layer.”
Systems Dependencies
- Now, the users of Plutora’s API can manage Systems Dependencies using the following calls:
- GET systems/{id}/systemDependencies
- POST systems/{id}/systemDependencies/upstream
- POST systems/{id}/systemDependencies/downstream
- DELETE systems/{id}/systemDependencies/{deleteSystemId}
- Logic has been added to prevent the creation of circular dependencies.
“As a user of Swagger, I want drop-down menus to have their items listed alphabetically, so I can find the item I am looking for more quickly.”
Swagger Enhancements
- Now, Swagger’s menus are in alphabetical order and the entity name IMFormInstance is used consistently.
Resolved Support Issues
Plutora
- 16865: [API] The Release Activities of Project and Independent Releases are no longer given a Release Framework.
- 16970: [Release Schedule and Environment Schedule] Copied filters now load when a logged-out user pastes the filter URL into a browser and logs in.
- 17136, 17725: [Release Activities] Enterprise Release Activities created from a template with the Release Framework Child, now have the correct status: N/A.
- 17173, 17016, 17152: [API, Changes, and Jira Customization] Changes created via the Jira integration and the external API are now recorded in the StatusTrack tables.
- 17275: [Release Manager] Audit History now shows Release Activity Actual Completed Date in the user's time instead of UTC.
- 17297: [API] Aliases of deleted Systems can now be used in calls to POST /systems.
- 17377: [Release Manager and Comments Customization] rn characters no longer appear in emails.
- 17497: [Release Manager] Stakeholders can now be updated to a different user or User Group, and the first Accountable Stakeholder added to a Release now becomes that Release's Owner.
- 17550, 17750, 17759: [Deployment Plan and Systems Manager] Session timeout prompts now appear instead of a 500 error.
- 17568: [Initiative Management and Email Template Wizard] For Initiative Management Form entities and trigger Status Updated, the entity field [[Update_via_Secure_URL]] now works as expected.
- 17613: [Release Calendar] Clicking + more now displays records with the correct time zone adjustment.
- 17746: [Initiative Management and Email Template Wizard] Initiative Management Form entities and trigger New Comment now sends emails to Recipients.
- 17792, 17858: [Common] Query Builder public queries now work as expected.
- 17834: [Deployment Plan] Column width in Timeline view now remains the same after a user opens and closes an Activity.