What's New in K2 Cloud Update 9

• Integration
  • Cloud Storage Broker: Added methods to the File and Folder SmartObjects for retrieving items or properties - Get Info by ID, Get Share URL by ID, and Get Share URL.
  • Exchange Broker: Added a From field to the Email SmartObject to enable Microsoft Outlook Send On Behalf of or Send As functionality.
• Workflow
  • Validation: When you select the Before Deadline option on the Task step but you have not defined a deadline on the Deadline tab, a validation indicator shows on both the Email reminder and the Redirect reminder. For more information see Error Console and Indicators.
• SmartForms
  • Forms: Added a new property Background Image, that you can use to, for example, brand a form with a custom background image.
  • Forms: Renamed the Form properties section headers and moved properties into the appropriate sections.
  • Button Control: Added a new property Style to the button control that you can use to apply action styling to buttons, for example Quiet Action or Destructive Action.

• Management Site
  • In the Management Task List you can release a task assigned to a role, and view the role members. For an example of releasing a task assigned to a role, see the Scenario: 1 Recipient, 1 Role (do not resolve group to individuals), 2 Responses, where 1 task is released by Administrator topic.

Preceding Bug fixes are rolled up in each update. K2 Cloud Update 9 includes the following bug fixes:

• All bug fixes in K2 Cloud Update 8 Fix Packs 1 to 6
• When adding a task step to a workflow, the task step does not use the default SmartForms Runtime SSL value
• When you move the steps on the Workflow Design canvas to the far right and deploy the workflow, and then open the Viewflow for a running instance the Viewflow is blank
• When you configure a decision step in a workflow with a custom rule and open the workflow after deployment, the IF statement is no longer is visible
• When you enable the SmartObject OData API in Management, select SmartObjects and click Apply, when refreshing Management the OData API configuration remains disabled.
• After configuring the Call a Rule under Open Task on a Form in a workflow, the rule resets when updating the Form's initializing rule and displays as None
• Using a long computer name in the host server name results in an error when starting a workflow that calls a sub workflow. The error message stats "Send failed with error: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host"
• Enabling the sync service causes a timeout exception in MessageBus and the server stops functioning
• Configuring the Picker Control's data source to use a SharePoint SmartObject where the userselectionscope property's value is greater than 0, results in an error stating "sequence contains no elements"
• When installing a SmartStarter App from the App Catalog, a "[Username] does not have SmartObject publish rights" error occurs

• There are no known issues at this time

• All the Package and Deployment SmartObjects and Service Objects were deprecated in K2 Cloud Update 9. These artefacts are removed and no longer supported. If you upgraded from a previous version, you can still find them in Management > System > Package and Deployment or Management > Integration > Service Instances. Keep in mind, if you currently use any of these SmartObjects or Service Objects in your solutions, they are no longer supported or maintained. For a list of the deprecated artefacts, see the table below:

  SmartObjects
  Name	System Name
  CheckList	CheckList_PackagingDeploymentService
  Complex Type	ComplexType_PackagingDeploymentService
  Deployment Result	DeploymentResult_PackagingDeploymentService
  File Handler	File_Handler
  Progress	Progress
  Property	Property_PackagingDeploymentService
  Session	Session_PackagingDeploymentService
  Validation Result	Validation_Result
  Variable	Variable_PackagingDeploymentService
  Service Object
  Name	System Name
  Checklist	Checklist
  Complex Type	ComplexType
  Deployment Result	DeploymentResult
  File Handler	FileHandler
  Progress	Progress
  Property	Property
  Session	Session
  Validation Result	ValidationResult
  Variable	Variable

• In K2 Cloud Update 9 the Package button no longer shows on the K2 for SharePoint artefacts page. To create a package of your solution, open Package and Deployment. For more information see, Package and Deployment.

• If you are using K2 for SharePoint, re-run the K2 for SharePoint registration wizard after the update.

• Download the enhanced Package and Deployment tool from https://<runtimeurl>/Management/Remote. Once downloaded, log a ticket with Nintex Customer Central to provide your public IP address ranges to K2 Operations. This allows access to your K2 Cloud environment from your network. Please see the Package and Deployment Considerations topic for further considerations about working with the Package and Deployment tool.

The following Fix Packs are available for this release.