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What's new in Hansoft 9.1006

Dec 15, 2015
  • Compatibility:
  • The Hansoft 9.1006 server is compatible with shares from 9.1 servers, but not earlier versions.
  • New Features:
  • Show aggregated points and estimated days on releases.
  • Right-click option on releases: “Find items tagged to this release in backlog”.
  • Right-click option on releases: “Set color”. Default color for releases is blue.
  • Right-click option on sprints: “Go to in board view”.
  • Comment icons are now shown on all items with comments. Items with unread comments still have an “unread” icon.
  • Fixed Issues:
  • Client crash in the news feed when the user has been removed from a project and a change comes from that project
  • Once a user view preset is shared, it cannot be completely unshared
  • Nothing happens when clicking "Go to in Quality assurance" on committed bugs in the planning view
  • Only the first two column sortings are shown, even if additional columns are used as sorting columns
  • The droplist configuration dialogs do not have enough spacing on Windows 10 with high DPI
  • Text size on boards is too small on Windows with high DPI

New in Hansoft 9.1005 (Dec 1, 2015)

  • Compatibility:
  • The Hansoft 9.1005 server is not compatible with shares from earlier versions.
  • New Features:
  • When undeleting users is removed
  • Auto-show hidden items when following a link to the item
  • “Find tasks linked to this release” right-click option on releases available on items in the Planning view
  • “Show rank” option in Planning and Backlog to make the rank visible on items
  • Configurable tooltips on custom columns:
  • Configurable default values and inheritance on columns
  • New and improved User view presets:
  • The “Manage user view presets” dialog is accessible for all users.
  • Presets are now local to each user and not global in the project.
  • Presets can be shared with other users.
  • Presets can be organized in a folder structure similar to reports.
  • Presets are available in the “Show” menu for easy access.
  • Presets can be exported to xml and imported.
  • Presets existing before the upgrade will be owned by “Administrator” and shared to all main managers in each project. If a project has no main manager, the preset can be recovered manually by temporarily adding “Administrator” to the project.
  • “Affecting users” is no longer in the preset settings. The affected users are instead chosen from a dialog when applying the preset.
  • Fixed Issues:
  • Changing two or more columns at once can hide custom column data if the connection is lost before the operations are finished
  • Client crash in My Reports when creating folders and/or reports
  • Client crash when updating report view in QA
  • SDK: TaskEnumReferences does not return proxy references
  • The "General - Archived" find criteria does not return parent items
  • Not possible to find on Assign tag in the backlog if the item has a pipeline applied in the schedule
  • A running Hansoft client prevents Windows from shutting down
  • Releases are included when using the "Tagged to release" criteria in Find
  • "User name" is available in the report criteria menu but cannot be used for anything
  • Hansoft client steals focus when reconnecting if the backlog is open
  • Changing a column and then logging in with another user from the same computer makes the column move to the far right
  • Impossible to deselect a selected report in a folder after switching views
  • Sub project path shown in the schedule does not include sprints and sub projects outside of the sprint
  • The "Detailed access and restriction rules" dialog in QA is untranslated
  • The "Hansoft Help Manual" links lead to the 8.0 manual
  • The User view preset name text box does not size with the dialog window on OSX

New in Hansoft 9.0012 (Sep 18, 2015)

  • Compatibility:
  • The Hansoft 9.0012 server is compatible with shares from Hansoft 9 servers, but not earlier versions
  • New Features:
  • Administrator dialog in the client to visualize the Dashboards queue in order to simplify troubleshooting
  • Fixed Issues:
  • When creating an item in an invalid position in certain circumstances the server goes down with a disposition error
  • The dashboard chart queue stops updating if a chart is refreshed without any changes

New in Hansoft 9.0003 (Aug 18, 2015)

  • Fixed Issues:
  • # 5630: When referencing the same pipeline multiple times within another pipeline, schedule connections are incorrectly created: Severity B
  • # 5631: The database can become unresponsive while doing big pipeline updates: Severity B
  • # 4845: The total number of items summary is wrong after selecting a report: Severity C
  • # 5546: Epics are shown in priority mode if a "Flagged as epic" search is still active: Severity C
  • # 5615: The right-click menu shows the wrong second shortcut for linking to an item: Severity C
  • # 5623: "Create dashboard chart" menu option is not available if the item is not selected before right-clicking: Severity C
  • # 5625: The sprint burndown menu button does not work: Severity C
  • # 31254: Double clicking on a report does not open it for editing: Severity C
  • # 5565: My reports is shown in Portfolio allocations: Severity D
  • # 31286: The Committed to sprint column is empty in Portfolio find: Severity D

New in Hansoft 9.0001 (Aug 5, 2015)

  • New Features:
  • New visual style
  • Dark theme available from ‘My personal options’ and ‘Appearance’
  • Reduced server start-up time and client login time

New in Hansoft 8.4013 (Jul 23, 2015)

  • Upgrade notes (Upgrading from 8.3 and earlier):
  • The Jira integration needs to be updated for the item sync to work. If you are running the Jira integration and want to upgrade to 8.4, please contact [email protected] for detailed upgrade instructions.
  • When upgrading, the new status completion for bugs is set to “Completed” only if Work remaining is “0”. For all other bugs, the status completion will be set to “Not done”. If there are other status mappings, they need to be done manually.
  • Group by “Workflow status” in reports no longer exists in QA, since there can be multiple workflows
  • Compatibility:
  • The Hansoft 8.4013 server is compatible with shares from 8.4009 servers, but not earlier versions
  • Fixed Issues:
  • SDK: Dashboard structures expose an internal time format
  • SDK: Not possible to enumerate reports without a resource id

New in Hansoft 8.4011 (Jul 17, 2015)

  • Fixed Issues:
  • # 5605: Dashboard data is lost when a custom column used in chart is renamed
  • # 5613: QA users cannot use the workflow criteria in reports

New in Hansoft 8.4010 (Jul 13, 2015)

  • Fixed Issues:
  • # 5603: Indexing is restarted completely when change history entries are coming in the wrong order, causing performance issues.

New in Hansoft 8.4009 (Jun 24, 2015)

  • Fixed Issues:
  • Auth integration crashes when receiving TaskChange commands
  • Client crash for user on login
  • Client can lose connection during database sync
  • When workflow step is changed in JIRA, the status in Hansoft is not set correctly
  • Detailed description field for bugs does not show up in the To do list

New in Hansoft 8.4008 (Jun 18, 2015)

  • Fixed Issues:
  • SDK: Native session is deleted prematurely in Java SDK
  • Crash on right-click in the To do list
  • Cannot set date in some date input fields when language is Japanese
  • Not possible to choose ascending/descending in the report editor if there is only a first sorting
  • SDK : Calling dispose() on Java SDK session does not set session object to null
  • Results of Portfolio Find reports are changed by an active "Tagged to release" search in the backlog
  • "Link to items" dialog text does not fit in the window on OS X when language is Japanese

New in Hansoft 8.4003 (May 21, 2015)

  • Fixed Issues:
  • Certain report criteria could point to wrong Workflow ID after database conversion.

New in Hansoft 8.4002 (May 16, 2015)

  • Fixed Issues:
  • Crash when trying to access a dashboard page when the user who created it is deleted
  • Dashboards are not showing all historic data after changing a report used to filter
  • Cannot set date for project timesheet lock when language is Japanese
  • Untranslated buttons in the client
  • Only the month is translated in Japanese and Chinese in dashboards
  • Typo in the "Configure email" dialog
  • "Date" string in Forecasting settings in Dashboards is untranslated
  • Errors in Japanese translation of Linked to and Reported by

New in Hansoft 8.3030 (Apr 20, 2015)

  • New Features:
  • Clone dashboard charts across pages
  • “Workflow status set by user” is now available in reports
  • Duplicate user view presets
  • Documents find by file size
  • Fixed Issues:
  • Sub project path shows nothing in Dashboards
  • Not possible to enter decimal numbers in the custom forecasting velocity field
  • Errors in Japanese translations

New in Hansoft 8.3029 (Apr 8, 2015)

  • New Features:
  • Possible to organize reports using folders
  • Specify the order of columns in a report
  • Flag epics and prioritize them in the backlog
  • Fixed Issues:
  • An unstable OS timer can result in users being unable to login to the server
  • Client crash when trying to use ID of a deleted dashboard page
  • Client crash when logging in with an invalid dashboard page
  • Client crash when exporting an empty dashboard chart to a spreadsheet
  • Editing a custom column removes it from the active columns in user view presets
  • Last modified column in Documents is sorted alphabetically instead of by date
  • Editing an image has no effect if the file name contains diacritic characters
  • The columns Last commented on and Last updated on are not included in the XML export
  • Default workflow/pipeline option does not show up in the context menu when a Sprint is delegated
  • The option "When an item is created, edit it instantly" does not work when creating an item using the shortcut
  • Groups can appear more than once in portfolio reports
  • If a report is renamed while another user deletes the report the next report in the dialog will be renamed instead
  • Portfolio find reports are not automatically shared to the user when created
  • Spelling errors in the Paste text as items message
  • Links to hansoft.com in the client have the wrong url
  • Completed sprints in the future are still shown when "Show Completed items" is unchecked
  • "All project members" and individual users can both be selected in the User view presets and Share report dialogs

New in Hansoft 8.3006 (Mar 3, 2015)

  • New Features:
  • “Workflow status set on date” is now available in reports
  • SDK samples for charts (see release notes in the SDK download)
  • Fixed Issues:
  • #5443: Client crash on login after deleting a dashboard

New in Hansoft 8.3003 (Feb 24, 2015)

  • NEW FEATURES:
  • Improved readability of dashboard charts by being able to set text size
  • Ideal burndown line in dashboard charts
  • Search boxes added to all user lists
  • Alphabetical sorting of people in “Delegate to”/”Visible to” dialogs and lists
  • Client side memory usage optimizations
  • Trends sampling is disabled on the server to improve performance for large databases
  • SDK user option to not sync all projects:
  • This is set as an option in the “Edit user” dialog in the admin section.
  • Default for new SDK users is to only sync the projects that the user is member of.
  • Already existing SDK users will keep syncing all projects unless the setting is changed manually.
  • SDK users are added to projects in the same way as regular users. They can however not be used for assignments in the project.
  • Older versions of the Jira integration still need to sync all projects to work.
  • FIXED ISSUES:
  • Priority view does not prioritize correctly when moving items using View selected only
  • Client crash when using the "Go to item in board view" shortcut
  • Client crash on login after deleting a dashboard
  • Client crash after login
  • Crash when creating a line chart with two custom date dimensions
  • Printer is causing a Hansoft client crash
  • "Paste text as items" from Excel does not paste line breaked text as separate items on OS X
  • Sprint capacity per user is not shown in dashboards if there are no items assigned in the sprint
  • If sprints are empty by default, "All project members" is still added when opening the Allocated to sprint dialog
  • "Create dashboard chart" occurs twice in the Reports dialog
  • The default shortcut for pasting from Excel is "Paste screenshot as attachment"

New in Hansoft 8.2013 (Jan 20, 2015)

  • Fixed Issues:
  • Database conversion fails if a project history snapshot has a space at the end of the name
  • Hitting Esc button in the remove attachment dialog deletes the document
  • SDK: AuthenticationResolveCredentialsBlock hangs indefinitely when resolving auth integration users
  • Documents can be attached to the wrong item when changing selection during upload
  • Pipeline, Kanban or Workflow in the report editor generates the wrong queries when selecting nothing
  • Existing documents are needed for the LDAP dll to be downloaded for the first time
  • Find is not able to find items containing "_"
  • "Delegate to.." shortcut is available in priority mode
  • The user group name in the chat window header is not updated when the group is renamed

New in Hansoft 8.2009 (Dec 18, 2014)

  • NEW FEATURES:
  • Support for OS X Yosemite
  • Server admin option to run dashboard calculations in a separate thread. This will increase memory usage, but will reduce the risk of users not being able to log in when the server is busy.
  • FIXED ISSUES:
  • #5402 Custom column changes are sent to all users causing logouts
  • #4963 Client crash on idle computer
  • #5331 Crash when converting multiline column to text column
  • #5336 Printer is causing a Hansoft client crash
  • #5403 Unable to back up to a network drive on the Windows server
  • #29440 Client crash after removing columns
  • #4932 Item view sorting of Pipeline, Kanban or Workflow does not work in Dashboards
  • #4965 Duration in Time Reporting is not increased when changing the finish date
  • #5361 Estimated ideal days shown as hours still counts as days in find
  • #5392 Changing the name of a database makes all new hyperlinks point to that database until restart
  • #5337 XY chart does not inform the user that a dimension is needed
  • #5372 "Insert" in pipeline help texts refers to GUI elements that no longer exist
  • #5377 Help menu shows obsolete links to the web forum
  • #5384 Incorrect summary values in item view when using a custom number column

New in Hansoft 8.1009 (Nov 13, 2014)

  • Fixed Issues:
  • # 5360 - an unstable OS timer can result in users being unable to login to the server

New in Hansoft 8.1005 (Sep 26, 2014)

  • Fixed Issues:
  • # 4980: Client hang when sharing a dashboard chart having many users in the database

New in Hansoft 8.1004 (Sep 16, 2014)

  • New Features:
  • Redesigned main application navigation pane
  • SDK support for Dashboards
  • Support for wildcard hostname matching in certificates
  • Fixed Issues:
  • Server crash when forecasting in a chart
  • Moving files in documents doesn't restore correctly with incremental backups
  • Removing a release tag removes all selections of release tags in reports that filter on that tag
  • QA users need to be explicitly added to a transition in bug workflow for "must be filled" to be applied to them
  • Items can end up in the wrong place in the hierarchy when importing XML
  • Imported items can end up outside of delegation
  • Client crash on log in
  • Floating selection menus are not rendering correctly
  • Only the first "Number of items" measure generate any results
  • Not able to restore database backups if old backups have been deleted
  • Hansoft client has too high idle CPU usage when not minimized on OSX
  • Crash when pressing OK button on dashboard page rename dialog after the page has been deleted by a different user
  • Right-clicking an item in the timeline, then clicking another item creates a connection between the items
  • "&" not supported in User Group names
  • After changing sorting/grouping in the Report editor and closing the editor the changes are lost
  • Estimated ideal days affects the duration of schedule tasks the first time it is entered
  • Sub project text is included in item name when searching even when the sub project column is active
  • Right-click menu item "Insert sprint backlog item" only inserts an item in the first sprint
  • A custom date column is not filled in with current date when copy/pasting
  • The built-in columns Category and Work remaining are not available as mandatory data fields in the Workflow editor
  • When copy/pasting an item, the value for "Originally created by" will be inherited from the original item
  • The selection of reports in dialog is based of full list even though a search is active
  • Not possible to scroll with the mouse wheel in charts and item view
  • Export XML progress dialog not rendering anything on Linux
  • The option "Suppress zero values" in Dashboards does not work when historical data is included
  • Bitmaps are not high resolution in HiDPI mode on OSX
  • Click through in main or report window when a menu is open
  • When closing the report editor while having the backlog open, focus is set to the main window
  • No progress indicator when exporting
  • Items in a multi drop list are not selected when using double click
  • "&" is stripped from project names in the user context menu
  • “Go to in schedule” from backlog does not set focus on the schedule window
  • There is no info on what share connection fails in the logs.
  • Comments for attachments do not show in mouse over tooltip
  • "Linked to item" tooltip is hard to read when item is linked to a different project
  • Inverted color/brightness still affects dashboard page tabs when it is turned off
  • Sorting by release tag does not make any difference between "No release" and empty fields
  • Scrollbar cuts text when OSX scrollbar setting is set to "when scrolling"
  • (No release) is not shown in To Do list
  • “Create new report” is not at the top of the reports list
  • Inverted color/brightness has a lot of white text on light backgrounds
  • When trying to connect the first report node to the final one the error message is missing the name of the first node

New in Hansoft 8.0026 (Aug 8, 2014)

  • Fixed Issues:
  • # 4938: Rare server crash when moving milestones

New in Hansoft 8.0025 (Aug 7, 2014)

  • Fixed Issues:
  • #28361: Crash when logging out (Dashboards control panel related)
  • #4935: Rare crash when pausing service when a database is offline

New in Hansoft 8.0024 (Aug 6, 2014)

  • Fixed Issues
  • # 4923: SDK version 7.0 and earlier crashed when connecting to Hansoft 8 server when running in debug mode

New in Hansoft 8.0022 (Jul 25, 2014)

  • New Features:
  • New “Dashboards” tab in the Administration section, where administrators can list and delete charts
  • Fixed Issues:
  • Client crash at startup on OS X
  • Untranslated strings in the Hansoft 8 GUI
  • Confusing text on sprint and release burndown measures dropdown menu

New in Hansoft 8.0019 (Jul 7, 2014)

  • NEW FEATURES:
  • Access the Hansoft data you need:
  • Access relevant Hansoft data, even historical data, slice it the way you need and visualize it in a way that makes it easily accessible and actionable to you, your team and other co-workers.
  • Create, manage and share charts on your dashboards:
  • Build dashboards and display your data as metrics using a number of different chart types. Collaborate and share your dashboards with other users, to make it a true agile experience.
  • Achieve magic with the Chart Wizard:
  • Generate your first chart in a (magic) moment using the Chart Wizard. The wizard acts as a simplified version of the dashboard editor that is accessible while planning your project.
  • Customize for structure and a personal touch:
  • Customize your dashboards by adding pages, altering the chart layout and adjusting the color theme to achieve greater structure and personalization.
  • Save your dashboard in different formats:
  • Save your charts locally in your preferred format, for example PNG, PDF or xlsx spread sheets.
  • Use reports as chart filters to find specific data:
  • Reports are gaining new purpose in Hansoft 8 as they can act as dashboard filters.

New in Hansoft 7.5054 (Jun 19, 2014)

  • Upgrade to OpenSSL v1.0.1h.

New in Hansoft 7.1123 (Nov 1, 2013)

  • Fixed Issues:
  • Item colors are not preserved when upgrading Hansoft 6.7 to 7.1
  • Issues with performance when running Hansoft on OS X Mavericks

New in Hansoft 7.1080 (Jul 8, 2013)

  • The new look:
  • Redesigned interface makes Hansoft look awesome and easier to navigate.
  • Text can be formated, panels arranged and sections resized.
  • New scrum and kanban boards with photo realistic cards.
  • Ability to see Detailed Description and Steps to reproduce simultaneously.
  • Chit-chat things done:
  • Full Chat system for instant communication with your team members – individuals or groups. Chat logs are saved and fetched from the server.
  • Ability to paste, edit and view images in the comments stream directly.
  • In the loop with live feed:
  • Personal newsfeed where you can follow your team members – updates, comments and more in one information stream.
  • Avatar images enhance profiles and simplify fast and easy communication.
  • Simplified To do list for the team member.
  • Scheduling tasks assigned to a user can be editable by the user without delegation (this is a project option and can be turned off).
  • On the screen in the room:
  • Ability to scale the whole view for easy collaboration around the conference room screen.
  • Adjusted text on board view cards, making it easier to read from a distance.
  • Full support for columns with swim lanes in the board view.
  • Full support for high DPI displays.
  • Performance like a video game:
  • Hansoft optimized to be less resource demanding.
  • Enhanced integration with Windows 7.
  • Higher frame rate in very large projects as well as small projects.
  • Up to 50% faster login times on large programs and databases.
  • Up to 50 % less CPU use when Hansoft is idle.
  • We never stop thinking about improved usability:
  • New navigation panel for better overview and management of multiple projects.
  • Ability to stack cards in the board view, removing clutter and improving organization.
  • New time reports in “user”, “projects” (administration) or “project view”, making it easier to export data to spreadsheets.
  • Ability to copy burndown charts to clipboard.
  • “Editable by me” is on as default to make it easier for users to see tasks in contexts.
  • New Status column merging scheduling tasks, workflows and bug status. This makes it easier to follow the status of all tasks.
  • Points can be used on scheduling tasks, making it easier to combine scheduling and agile.
  • Ability to see BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG and other image formats in the image preview.
  • New time reporting section with a month overview and a day-by-day “row” for faster reporting.
  • Improved “Find” functionality with auto completion.
  • Item status and priority visible on sprint allocation window.
  • The SDK now supports Java.