Version 8.1 Upgrades and Enhancements

Version 8.1.4 of the platform contains minor feature enhancements, as well as bug fixes.

See also:

• Version 8.1 Platform Release Notes
• Release Notes for all versions

1 Upcoming 8.1.6 Enhancements

The next production release of the platform will contain these enhancements:

Email Notifications for Relay

In your Relay profile settings, you'll be able to select different kinds of Relay feeds, and tell Relay to send you an email when a new post arrives.

New Search and Filter Capabilities in List Views

A new List View will be available everywhere that multiple records are displayed--for Settings, Documents, and Designer metadata, as well as for Object data. It will provide an alphabetic index, search capabilities, and a drop-down for more advanced record filtering, in the form of a double down-arrow. No matter what kind of record-list you're looking at, you'll be able to find the thing(s) you're looking for more easily.

Dyamically updated formula fields in Grid Sections

Currently, a formula-field in a record form is updated as record-data changes but, if the form contains a Grid Section, a formula-field in the grid does not update when grid data changes. But now, all formula fields in the field will be dynamically updated, both in a Grid Sections and in the record.

Sort By and Sort Order for Grids

In a Grid Section or Related Information section of an Object record, it will be possible to sort the contents of the grid by clicking on a column heading, the same way you can in a List View of records.

Powerful, flexible, and customizable print capabilities

Print one record or many, or choose a View and print all of the records it contains. Choose a Form layout or a custom Print Template to use for formatting. Print in Portrait or Landscape mode. You can even set up custom print actions with pre-set defaults and fixed choices that are hidden from the user.

2 For Users and Designers

2.1 Platform Enhancements

Parent object fields available in formula fields

Parent object fields are now available when creating Formula Fields in a child object.

Example:

Order (parent object) and OrderItems (child object)

When you create a formula field in OrderItems, all fields in the Order object are available:

• On the formula field page > click Choose field
• The parent object is displayed as Orders >
• Click that entry to get a list of fields in the Orders object

Print All

In the list view for any Object, selecting [More actions] > Print brings up a popup window that lets you specify print options. Those options let you specify individual records to print (any selections you made in the original view show as the initial set of records). In addition, you can now select a view to print the entire collection records in that view. (You can also specify the form or template to use for printing, and the page orientation.)

Longer grid sections

A grid section in a form can now be created with up to 100 rows.

(Previously, the limit was 10.)

Learn more: See "Number of Rows" in Add or Edit a Grid Section

New buttons when editing fields

[Save] and [Close] buttons are now available in the fields tab, when editing a field.

Required, Display Only Fields

Fields can now be specified as both Required and Display Only.

(Previously, specifying a field as Required rendered a Display Only setting irrelevant.)

Learn more: Forms#Fields

Ranges for numeric fields

The default minimum and maximum for numeric fields are now 0 and 999999999 (999,999,999). Respectively. Those values can be modified as needed. Negative values can be specified (e.g. -6). Values can be specified up to and including the maximum positive and negative integer values.

Learn more: Field Display Types

2.2 Mobile Access Enhancements

Native mobile app for Android and iPhone

There is now a native mobile application for Android and the iPhone that will allow you access and interact with the platform from your mobile device.

3 For Administrators

Custom Stylesheets

If the service provider has enabled the capability, a company can specify a custom CSS stylesheet to control how the platform appears to the company's users.

4 REST API Changes

4.1 Global Changes

Null Checkbox Fields Return Zero

When the database value for a checkbox field is null, the REST API now returns 0. (Previously, it returned an empty field.)

4.2 New REST Resource

REST API:document Resource

This resource downloads a document via REST.