What is new?

 


WorkZone Client 2021.1

Cases

Updated fields available for Case searches

Three new search fields are available for general and type-specific case searches: 

  • Updated by: The WorkZone user who last updated the case meta data fields.
  • Updated date from: The start date used when searching for updates to cases within a specific time period.
  • Updated date to: The end date used when searching for updates to cases within a specific time period.

The new search fields are not displayed on the case search page by default and must be manually added to the page.

These search fields (Updated by, Updated date from and Update date to) have been available for document searches in previous WorkZone versions but have been added to case searches in this version.

Dashboard

Users can display an aggregated value of a field in the dashboard widget by selecting an aggregation function and then selecting a field to apply the function to in the widget. The selected aggregation function reduces the values of the field it is applied to, down a single value.

Only number fields (Integer or Decimal) can be aggregated.

Number (Integer and decimal) fields are not by default present in WorkZone and have to be created using custom fields or custom type fields.

Aggregate functions can be applied to cases, contacts and documents. Aggregate functions cannot be applied to meeting cases, or to widgets and lists that do not contain number fields that can be aggregated, for example WorkZone Process-related widgets.

Fields with the value 0 are included in the aggregation but fields that are empty (do not contain any value) are not included.

The aggregation function can be applied to the following widgets:

  • Donut chart
  • Bar chart
  • Time line
  • Speedometer
  • Counter

The following aggregate functions can be applied in the widgets:

  • Avg: (Average): The average (arithmetic mean) value of the selected field.
  • CountDistinct: (CountDistinct): The number of unique values in the selected field.
  • Max: (Maximum): The highest value of the selected field.
  • Median: (Median): The median value of the selected field.
  • Min: (Minimum): The lowest value of the selected field.
  • Stddev: (Standard Deviation): The statistical standard deviation of the selected field.
  • Sum: (Sum): The sum of the selected field.
  • Variance: (Variance): The statistical variance of the selected field.

WorkZone Search

When creating a free text search, users can toggle between normal and extended searches as a search parameter to the Free text field.

  • Normal searches will exclude any leading asterisk wildcard characters (*) from the search term and is the default setting.
    For example the search term *Case* will be treated as Case*.
  • Extended searches will include any leading asterisk wildcard characters (*) to the search term.
    For example the search term *Case* will be applied directly to the search as *Case*.

If the extended search parameter is selected, the search can produce a large number of results, consume noticeable system resources and take significantly longer to display the search results as all WorkZone elements in the search are traversed for all full and partial occurrences of the search term.

Documents

New Pages field on Document lists

A new Pages field has been added as a selectable field (column) to all document lists. The Pages field displays the number of pages in the PDF rendition of the document. 

If the document does not yet contain a PDF rendition, the value in the Pages field will be empty. This does not mean the document itself is empty or does not contain any pages. It only means there is no current PDF rendition of the document and the field therefore cannot display any value.

The Pages field is not displayed in document lists by default and each individual document list must be edited to include the Pages field.

Process

Templates for advanced submissions

Templates for advanced submissions have been introduced in this version. A template consists of a series of process steps that indicate actions which one or more WorkZone users must complete in order to complete the process the template is applied to. The templates are created and maintained in the Templates for advanced submissions detail tab on the user's User Profile page.

Applying a templates to a advanced submissions adds a larger degree of adaptability in defining and completing the actions required of the submission. Each step can be assigned its own relative deadline.

The template's process steps can be defined as either sequential or parallel steps. Sequential steps must be completed in strict order, one after the other, while parallel process steps can be completed independently of all other process steps, including sequential process steps.

Other WorkZone users' access to a template can be restricted by defining access codes for Read and Write access to the template and its steps.

Only users assigned the STEPSUBMISSION access code may create, edit or delete templates for advanced submissions.