K2 blackpearl release notes

Rest Broker - A dynamic endpoint broker with Swagger support for integrating with RESTful web services.

Package by Reference - Items can either be included directly or referenced when packaging. The referenced items must exist on the target, and the deploying user must resolve any missing references. Associations are preserved between direct or referenced items. Increased performance on comparisons.

K2 Management Site - The existing Management Console feature in K2 Workspace has been replaced with a new separate site which separates out the administrative tasks related to system admins. The existing Management Console in Workspace will still be available in K2 4.7 but you should use the new site in future. K2 Management Site: The new site provides management and administration functionality. The site retains a similar structure and feature list to the existing Management Console with a few additional features such as Workflow Scheduling. For the K2 Management Site to run you must have the K2 smartforms runtime site installed.

The new Management Site includes:

• License Management

• User Management

• String tables

• Environment Library

• Tree view site navigation.

Out of office Notification - The Out of Office (OOF) Notification allows all forwarded users to receive an email notification regarding delegated tasks when a specific user is out of office.

DocuSign Service Broker - The DocuSign service broker View object has been enhanced for embedded signing.

Workflow - Activity and Event System Names: The display name and system name of activities and events have been decoupled to improve the packaging and deploying of solutions. The change is reflected throughout the product where the system name would be seen. For example, reports, SmartForms rules, client event wizards and added columns in certain tables in the database. After upgrading any existing custom registered service instances and SmartObjects will require a service instance refresh and the SmartObjects updated for the new Activity Display Name property to be added.

The following items were addressed in the .6 version of the installer:

1. Updates tolicense keys with expiration dates beyond 12/31/2022.

Note: 
After installing K2 blackpearl 4.7 install the latest cumulative update and fix packs.

The following items were addressed in the .5 version of the installer:

1. Enhancements to the installer were made to allow extra characters for license keys with expiration dates beyond 12/31/2022.

Note: 
After installing K2 blackpearl 4.7 install the latest cumulative update and fix packs.

The K2 blackpearl 4.6.11 release builds on top of the K2 blackpearl 4.6.10 release and contains bug fixes as listed in KB001735 – K2 blackpearl 4.6.11 Release Notes

The following features have bee released with K2 blackpearl 4.6.11:

• License Report - A new report is available in the Licensing node in the Management Console in K2 Workspace which allows you to report on the status and usage of your K2 licenses. You can choose to show or hide user names.

• Create Reference - In K2 Studio or K2 for Visual Studio generate dynamic item references against a SmartObject and then use the reference across different line of business applications. The Create Reference wizard automatically binds the SmartObject data to the workflow making the design process easier and quicker and eliminates the need to manually configure certain rules on a Form and the need to define each Data Field.

• For Each - In K2 Studio or K2 for Visual Studio workflow, create dynamic references and index fields to loop through items from an item collection. The item collection source list can be one of the following:

  • - Item Reference created in the workflow

  • - Item collection dragged and dropped from the Context Browser

  • - Semicolon (;) delimited text

• Escalations - Allows Item Reference values to be used for Redirect Escalations.

The K2 blackpearl 4.6.10 release builds on top of the K2 blackpearl 4.6.9 release and contains bug fixes as listed in KB001700 – K2 blackpearl 4.6.10 Release Notes