Explore 24.9 Release Notes

VIDEO | 24.9 Release Overview

General release is available starting 07-OCT-2024.

Updated 13-NOV-2024

  • InEight Plan Project Structures/Project Values - In this release, data in the following APIs will no longer refresh because of the consumption of Project Structures/Project Values data in Plan. For the new data, reference the SelfService_Plan_ComponentCustomGroupElement view. ClosedRead more

    These views are currently populated with stale data and will be deprecated in a future release.

    • SelfService_Plan_ComponentConfiguration

    • SelfService_Plan_ComponentConfigurationValue

    • SelfService_Plan_ProjectComponentPartialView

  • SelfService_Control_PersonalForecast – Due to performance issues, starting in this release the SelfService_Control_PersonalForecast API will not report data and has been replaced with the new Explore_Control_PersonalForecast API. To meet performance expectations, the number of records the API returns has been reduced to include only active records available in the user interface. The SelfService API will be deprecated in a future release.

  • SelfService_Control_PayItem API - In this release, for performance reasons multiple fields have been removed from the SelfService_Control_PayItem API and are instead available in the new SelfService_Control_PayItemExtended API. The affected fields return null values in the SelfService_Control_PayItem API and report the actual values in the SelfService_Control_PayItemExtended API. ClosedRead more

    The following is the list of fields that have been moved:

    • UnapprovedRevenue

    • OriginalPrice

    • OriginalPayQuantity

    • OriginalUnitPrice

    • OriginalBillingMethodId

    • OriginalForecastTakeOffQuantity

    • TotalChangeOrderAmount

    • BilledChangeOrderAmount

    • ForecastTotalCost

    • ForecastTotalMargin

    • ForecastPercentMargin

    • CBTotalCost

    • CBTotalMargin

    • ActualCostToDate

    • OriginalTotalMargin

    • OriginalPercentageMargin

    • ForecastTOPayQtyDelta

    • IsPayItemLocked

    • ParentID

    • IsSuspended

    • PayItemPosition

  • Deprecated fields and breaking changes – Changes to the SelfService_Plan_Component API fields in this release include renamed, new, and deprecated fields, as shown in the table. ClosedRead more

  • Logic update for active records – Corrective updates have been made to the logic that determines active records in the database. If you notice abnormalities in data that you are capturing via an ETL process in the APIs listed, do a full table refresh to truncate and load the data, rather than a delta or incremental update. ClosedRead more

    • Explore_Control_TimePhasedForecast

    • SelfService_Contract_ContractDetailCostItem

    • SelfService_Contract_DetailCostItem

    • SelfService_Control_CECostItemCost

    • SelfService_Control_ChangeOrderCost

    • Selfservice_Control_ChangeOrderDetail

    • SelfService_Control_CommittedCostSummary

    • SelfService_Control_CorporateForecastCostDetail

    • SelfService_Control_CorporateForecastDetail

    • SelfService_Control_CostItemAssignedVendor

    • SelfService_Control_ForecastNotes

    • SelfService_Control_PersonalForecast

    • SelfService_Control_ScheduleDetail

    • SelfService_Control_TimePhasedForecast

    • SelfService_Design_ScopeItemResourceDetail

    • SelfService_Contract_InvoiceLineItem

    This logic update does not impact Power BI reporting unless your report is utilizing the Incremental Refresh feature.

  • API Generator forms – When you create or edit an API, the Form selector now includes an information icon for each form, which shows the organizations and projects associated with the form. ClosedRead more

    For each form in the Form drop-down list, the Form Id is appended to the end of the form name. This is shown in the template editor when you go to the template properties.

  • Dashboard user data refresh – A new option has been added to Dashboard Management in organization > Settings > Explore that lets administrators refresh the user data in the background if new users need access to in-app dashboards. ClosedRead more

    Previously, when a user was granted permissions to Explore, they had to wait for the overnight refresh to be able to view dashboards.

  • Field Execution dashboard – The new Field Execution dashboard features data from InEight Plan and InEight Progress that lets you analyze performance and productivity metrics.

  • Connected Analytics Index dashboard – The new Connected Analytics Index dashboard provides a catalog of all reporting items contained in Report, Explore and Replicate. The dashboard also provides updated schema information for each Explore and SelfService API and Replicate view when your environment upgrades to a new release.

  • InEight Contract APIs – New SelfService APIs and an Explore API have been added for Contract. ClosedRead more

    • SelfService_Contract_IssueNote

    • SelfService_Contract_ChangeOrderNote

    • SelfService_Contract_DocumentNote

    • SelfService_Contract_ContractNote

    • Explore_Contract_InvoiceLineItem

  • InEight Control APIs – New SelfService APIs have been added for Control. ClosedRead more

    • SelfService_Control_PayItemExtended

    • SelfService_Control_RevenueSnapshot

    • SelfService_Control_RevenueSnapshotDetail

  • InEight Design APIs – New SelfService APIs and Explore APIs have been added for Design. ClosedRead more

    • Explore_Design_EngineeringCBSManhourSpread

    • Explore_Design_PlanScheduleActivity

    • SelfService_Design_Observation

    • SelfService_Design_QuantityItemObservation

    • SelfService_Design_ElementObservation

  • InEight Plan APIs – A new SelfService API and Explore APIs have been added for Plan. ClosedRead more

    • SelfService_Plan_ComponentCustomGroupElement

    • Explore_Plan_Component

    • Explore_Plan_ComponentCustomGroupElement

    • Explore_Plan_ComponentSystemManagedProjectValue

  • InEight Platform APIs – New SelfService APIs have been added for Platform. ClosedRead more

    • SelfService_Core_CustomLabels

    • SelfService_Core_ProjectEmployeePayrollIndicator

  • SelfService_Contract_ChangeWorkflow - New fields have been added for StepNumber, Recipient, and Approvers in the API.

  • SelfService_Control_PayItem - A new field has been added for IsTerminal in the API.

  • SelfService_Core_Project – New fields have been added to the SelfService_Core_Project API. ClosedRead more

    • PhaseId

    • PhaseName

    • CompanyLegalName

    • OwnerLegalName

    • TaxId

    • ForecastStartDate

    • ForecastCompletionDate

    • ForecastDuration

    • CertificateOfSubstantialCompletionExpectedDate

    • CertificateOfSubstantialCompletionAwardedDate

    • CertificateOfFinalCompletionExpectedDate

    • CertificateOfFinalCompletionAwardedDate

    • ForecastRevisedCompletionDate

    • ForecastRevisedDuration

    • ForecastExtensionsReductions

    • ContractRevisedCompletionDate

    • ContractRevisedDuration

    • ContractExtensionsReductions

    • CreatedDate

  • SelfService_Plan_PlanNote – The new field WorkPlanId has been added to the API to enable joining to the WorkPackageConstraintManagement API.

  • SelfService_Plan_WorkPackageContraintManagement – The new field WorkPlanConstraintStatus has been added to the API.