vtenext Business 19.10 Release Note
Automatic Updates via Interface
This feature simplifies keeping the system up-to-date, ensuring that new functionalities are released more frequently, with milestones for technical constraints (e.g., PHP version requirements).
BPMN Engine Enhancements
- Deadline Management: Dynamic time periods can be set for timers, e.g., 3 months before a contract expiration date.
- Notification Sending: The centralized notification system can be triggered by processes, for single notifications or looping over a table field.
- Transfer Relations: Allows transferring (1:N) or copying (N:N) related entities from one record to another.
- Loop Through Related Entity Tables: Enables looping through a table field in a record related to the current process record.
- Date Functions:
- International date formatting
- Current date (formatted)
- Date difference calculations
- PDFMaker: Enables selecting entities and records for PDF generation and supports multilingual templates within processes.
- Attachments via Dynamic Forms: Upload files directly from dynamic forms/popups and link them to the parent record of the process.
- Extended Attribute Reading for Web Service Client: Handles multiple JSON results from web service calls and accesses all first-level attributes of the returned object.
- Improved Process GUI Editor: Enhancements for usability and compatibility.
- Filterable and Sortable Process List: Easier navigation through process listings.
- Interactive Right-Side Indicator: Displays pending user tasks (web/mobile). Clicking the icon opens a complete list of pending processes.
Human-Readable Process Activity History
Provides a narrative list of process execution steps, as an alternative to the classic BPMN view.
Customer Portal SDK Extensions
- Wizard for EditView Creation
- Support for Custom Modules
- Automated Calendar Slot Booking
Desktop Notifications
When new messages or conversations arrive, a system notification appears. Clicking it opens a detail tab for quick viewing.
Dark Mode
Introduces dark mode for both web and mobile versions, aligning with modern OS aesthetics while removing legacy and unoptimized code.
Mobile App Updates
- Dark Mode Support
- Highlight pending processes in the top menu.
- Zoom functionality for messages ("a-A") and improved accessibility view.
- Minor improvements and bug fixes.
VTEsync for Information Platform
Native synchronization with Salesforce® via OAuth2, supporting bidirectional communication for:
- Companies
- Installations
- Campaigns
- Leads
- Opportunities
- Products
- Trouble Tickets
Performance Optimizations
- Native support for MySQL master-slave architecture for reports, list counts, global searches, relationship counts, and data exports.
- Reduced cache footprint from single to global APC/memcache.
System Requirements
- HTTP2 support.
- PHP FastCGI support.
- Minimum PHP version: 7.0.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Native integration with Klondike:
- Cloud as a Service with pre-trained models.
- On-Premise for specific contractual/project needs.
Miscellaneous
Over 100 new features and improvements were implemented as part of 10 months of continuous bug fixing. The detailed changelog is available for review.