Release Notes for Helix Plan Client & Server
Version numbers
Helix Plan releases are named e.g. 2024.1/002, where 2024 is the release year, 1 is the release number and 002 is the build number.
Any version includes all changes of previous releases.
Versions prior to 2024.1 use the older format, for example 11.1055.
Release notes for the Helix Plan and Hansoft products
2024.1/011
Release date: 2024-04-23
New Features
- Access the product backlog from sprint boards with the Ctrl+D/Cmd+D shortcut.
- On a sprint board, you can click on the "Committed" icon on backlog items and bugs to go to the item in the backlog or QA view.
Fixes
- 8936 B: Points or Estimated days values on backlog items committed as scheduled tasks are not visible in project backlog history
- 8937 B: Points or Estimated days values aggregated from broken down items in the planning view are not visible in project backlog history
- 9057 D: Cover image scrolls away when "Keep this column in view" is active on the Item name column
- 9058 D: Closing Find in backlog with "Close Find" or Ctrl+F switches to planning if the selected item is committed
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 2024.1/005 and higher.
2024.1/010
Release date: 2024-04-09
New Features
- Item details shows in vertical mode in the backlog window by default
- Leading or trailing whitespace is removed from a column name when customizing the column
Fixes
- 9023 B: User can view change history for a bug that is hidden to them
- 8942 C: Client crash when editing a timesheet with a very long subproject path
- 8943 D: No way to browse groups in "Add/Remove users to project"
- 8986 D: The Find field may show syntax highlights from the current report
- 9008 D: Watch messages show duplicate entries for automatic timestamps in committed items
- 9056 D: Item details orientation is not restored correctly when loading a project after login
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 2024.1/005 and higher.
2024.1/008
Release date: 2024-03-26
New Features
- Option to auto-refresh reports while you edit them in the report editor.
- You can toggle this "auto-refresh" behavior in the report editor.
- This is governed by the new personal option: "Run find queries and reports automatically while editing them", which replaces "Enable auto find"
- This option is disabled by default.
- Expand or collapse all groups in a report using ctrl+shift+right/left (cmd+right/left on Mac)
- "Select columns" dialog in report editor in Portfolio Find/Dashboards now lists project names for column names that occur in several projects.
- "More" menu in report editor is removed.
- "Convert text query to report" button added in the report editor
- "Advanced mode" in the report editor is removed - always enabled.
- "Continue to use find" option in the report editor is removed - always enabled
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 2024.1/005 and higher.
2024.1/007
Release date: 2024-03-14
Fixes
- 9075 A: Hotfix for memory handling changes in macOS Sonoma 14.4
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 2024.1/005 and higher.
2024.1/006
Release date: 2024-03-12
Fixes
- 64626 B: "New connection" on Linux makes subsequent Hansoft-HelixPlan upgrades fail
- 9068 B: SDK cannot unset report grouping in HPMReport with m_GroupByColumnMain and m_GroupByColumnSub
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 2024.1/005 and higher.
Also released
- Version 2024.1/002 of the Helix Plan Web Service
2024.1/005
Release date: 2024-02-27
New Features
Upgrade notes
- Windows/macOS: When upgrading the server from Hansoft to Helix Plan, we recommend installing in the same location as before.
- Linux: When upgrading the server from Hansoft to Helix Plan, we recommend renaming the server folder during the upgrade. See: Upgrading the Hansoft server - Linux
Fixes
- 8534 B: Hansoft Server Admin.app does not contain the x64 binary so it can only launch on M1 Macs
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 2024.1/005 and higher.
Also released
- Version 2024.1/001 of the Helix Plan Web Service
- Version 2024.101 of the Helix Plan SDK
11.1056
Release date: 2024-02-13
New Features
- Custom permissions for sprint priority and backlog priority columns. Use "Read-Only" or "Normal" permissions for priority columns to decide whether team members can edit priority.
- The obsolete project option "Let team members change sprint priority in To do list" has been removed.
- "Original estimate" does not show for items where the original estimate is unset.
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 11.1046 and higher.
Also released
- Version 11.1026 of the Hansoft Web Service
- Version 11.107 of the Hansoft SDK
11.1055
Release date: 2024-01-23
Fixes
- 9024 A: Server crash when deleting timesheets containing invalid entries
- 8997 B: New link format not stored in project history snapshots
- 9012 B: Client crash when double-clicking an uncommitted bug in Portfolio Find
- 9017 B: Ctrl-B in Portfolio Find creates a broken link
- 9035 B: The m_ColumnsShowing list in HPMReport is not saved correctly from the SDK
- 9039 B: SDK versions 11.101 to 11.105 do not correctly save multiple links
- 8941 D: Invalid entries in timesheets cause the corresponding calendar days to look empty
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 11.1046 and higher.
Also released
- Version 11.1005 of the Jira Server Integration
11.1051
Release date: 2023-12-19
Fixes
- 9005 B: Client crash on Windows when saving Excel data to a file that is currently open
- 8169 B: Watch/unwatch has no effect in Portfolio Find
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 11.1046 and higher.
Also released
- Version 11.1001 of the LDAP Integration
11.1050
Release date: 2023-12-05
New Features
- Item details sections show how many comments, links and attachments an item has
- "Watch" e-mail notifications include start and finish dates.
- A single click no longer sets a value in a date/date and time field.
Fixes
- 8517 D: Short arrows are rendered incorrectly in the image editor
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 11.1046 and higher.
Also released
- Version 11.1004 of the Jira Server Integration
11.1049
Release date: 2023-11-21
Fixes
- 8971 B: Client crash when completing an item by adding time spent from To Do
Upgrade notes
- Single Sign-On (SSO) now uses curl 8.4.0.
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 11.1046 and higher.
11.1048
Release date: 2023-11-07
Fixes
- 8922 B: Refresh issues in backlog, for aggregated "estimated days" or "points" for committed items
- 8980 B: Override permissions do not apply if the column only exists in backlog
- 8999 B: Client crash when committing a bug that shows in the To Do list
- 9001 B: Client crash when deleting a card from a sprint board
- 63383 B: Renaming a backlog column, loses its override permissions
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 11.1046 and higher.
11.1046
Release date: 2023-10-25
New Features
- Using the "Linked to item" feature, Hansoft items can now link to any item or any URL, including from other Hansoft servers.
- Create links from clipboard after copying an item or an address.
- New Linked to item pane in Item Details, including Assigned to and Database ID for linked items when available.
- Directional link types added. Links can now be "Related To", "Duplicates"/"Duplicated by" or "Blocks"/"Blocked by".
- Links have "Notes".
Fixes
- 8983 B: All item details are shown when following a link to a bug hidden by a QA permission rule
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 11.1046 and higher.
Also released
- Version 11.1024 of the Web Service
- Version 11.106 of the Hansoft SDK
11.1043
Release date: 2023-10-03
New Features
- Adds support for Hansoft API 11.1007.
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 11.1013 and higher.
Also released
- Version 11.1007 of the Hansoft API
- Version 11.105 of the Hansoft SDK
11.1041
Release date: 2023-09-19
New Features
- Dashboard debug logging issues a warning for historical charts that take up over 500MB of disk space. The environment variable HANSOFT_CHART_BIHISTORY_WARNING lets you change this threshold or use 0 to disable it.
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 11.1013 and higher.
Also released
- Version 11.1003 of the Jira Server integration.
11.1040
Release date: 2023-09-11
Fixes
- 8959 B: Excel export assigns today's date to previously erased date fields
- 8962 B: Client crash when sorting items in the burndown history window
- 8935 B: Report grouping by release does not work properly when multiple releases occur on the same day
- 8961 C: The "Show" menu is disabled in QA after editing permissions when a report is active
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 11.1013 and higher.
Also released
- Version 11.1023 of the Web Service
11.1039
Release date: 2023-08-22
Fixes
- 8934 B: A disconnected client may attempt to connect to the server very frequently
- 8945 B: Watch notification is not triggered when changing default status on an item
- 8788 C: The fields "bug priority" and "user story" are missing from Watch notification e-mails
- 58524 C: A deleted link may still show in Linked To Item in Item details
- 7748 D: Deleting multiple links at once, may leave some links intact
- 48833 D: Copy/paste of the Linked To Item field to Excel, omits status names
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 11.1013 and higher.
11.1029
Release date: 2023-06-29
New Features
- Support for Helix ALM-Hansoft Integration, which allows you to import and synchronize requirements from Helix ALM into a Hansoft backlog.
Fixes
- 62249 B: Deleting an integration under Admin > Integrations, only does a soft delete
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 11.1013 and higher.
Also released
- Version 11.1001 of the Helix ALM-Hansoft Integration.
- Version 11.104 of the Hansoft SDK.
11.1028
Release date: 2023-06-20
New Features
- Base permissions are now available in the Column Permissions tab. These can be overridden to give certain users or groups wider access to a column. We recommend upgrading the Web Service as well, to be fully compatible with this new feature.
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 11.1013 and higher.
Also released
- Version 11.1020 of the Web Service.
- Version 11.103 of the Hansoft SDK.
11.1022
Release date: 2023-06-06
New Features
- Watch notification emails trigger on changes in custom date and datetime fields
- Include Ghost users under More > Manage Project Groups > Show group members
- Warning message when creating Historical charts with incompatible dimensions
Fixes
- B 8924: Undo is not possible after "Select all" and "Delete" in QA
- C 8573: The user story flag is not set when pasting backlog or sprint items as scheduled tasks
- D 7222: The server hostname dialog in Admin displays a hostname when none is set
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 11.1013 and higher.
11.1021
Release date: 2023-05-23
New Features
- Show up to six custom columns in the To Do list
- Context menu on the headers in the To Do list, to hide/show columns
- Rearrange columns in the To Do list
- ID column shows in the To Do list by default
- Time reported in Timesheets is recorded in your "Time Spent" column, if the task shows in your To Do list.
Fixes
- B 8826: When a user adds a step to a pipeline, all logged in clients attempt to add connections
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 11.1013 and higher.
11.1020
Release date: 2023-05-09
New Features
- Items can be deleted while a report is active.
Fixes
- B 8480: Users are able to edit images in comments on items where they should have no edit rights
- C 8648: Formatting errors in "Date and time" columns in the Excel export
- C 8901: The minutes are not correctly set when importing a datetime field from Excel
- C 8902: Right-click and "Go to in Quality Assurance" in To do does not work if the project is not loaded
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 11.1013 and higher.
11.1017
Release date: 2023-04-25
New Features
- Calendars are now available for all EU member states.
- All existing calendars are updated.
Fixes
- C 8908: Calendar regions are not normalized, leading to duplicates in the region dropdown
- C 8907: "Holidays and observances" lists holidays for the earliest available year
- D 8910: National calendars are missing for some countries
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 11.1013 and higher.
Also released
- Version 11.1009 of the Web Service.
- Version 11.1005 of the Hansoft API.
11.1016
Release date: 2023-04-11
New Features
- Users can export their own timesheet reports from the Timesheet view in the To Do list.
- The "Estimated Days" and "Points" columns aggregate in backlog based on values from broken down tasks in the Planning view.
- When you set "Out of Office" status on a task, there is an option to keep the assignment on the task.
- "Delta" icon shows for delta measures in dashboards, that is: measures that show the difference between a value and the previous value, rather than the value itself.
- Simplified operator names in report editor
Fixes
- B 8875: QA permissions do not work for the Status column in To Do after the project is loaded
- B 6643: QA permissions do not work in the planning view for bugs committed to sprints
- B 8660: Change history may show an incorrect name for a workflow status
- D 7733: Find history, and completion suggestions in Find, do not show while in the Board view.
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 11.1013 and higher.
11.1013
Release date: 2023-03-28
New Features
- Support for SSO (Single-sign on) authentication in the SDK and the Hansoft Web Client
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 11.1013 and higher.
Also released
- Version 11.1008 of the Web Service
- Version 11.102 of the Hansoft SDK.
11.1012
Release date: 2023-03-14
New Features
- Import a comment from Excel by having text in a column called "Comments".
- Include the item name when copying web URLs in the client.
Fixes
- C 8378: Column sorting in priority mode stops working after closing My personal options or toggling Find
- D 8802: Committed items are included twice in release notification e-mails
- D 58559: Cover image is shown but disabled in To do for users who have not yet toggled "Show/Cover image"
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 11.1004 and higher.
11.1009
Release date: 2023-02-28
New Features
- Hansoft no longer attempts to start the client when you log in to your computer.
Fixes
- A 8844: Frequent crashes on macOS Ventura on M1 (arm64) processors
- B 8600: Import can update items outside of delegated subprojects
- B 8659: Reports in QA do not apply their sorting options
- C 6112: "Detailed Description" and "User Story" are redundant in workflow editor
- C 8724: is required when importing XML
- C 8729: "GeneralconditionX=false" queries are changed to true when saved as a report
- D 8662: Underlines for hyperlinks go in the wrong spot
- C 8683: Client crash/freeze when editing "Finish" date from Product Backlog
- C 8836: "Show" options are enabled but do not work when "Find" is active
- D 59517: "Work remaining" misinterprets non-numeric input in Excel Import
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 11.1004 and higher.
Also released
- Version 11.1007 of the Web Service
- Version 11.1004 of the Hansoft API
11.1006
Release date: 2023-02-14
New Features
- Item Details shows the ID column, if enabled.
- Hansoft 6.8 clients and earlier are deprecated.
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 11.1004 and higher.
Also released
- Version 11.1006 of the Web Service
11.1005
Release date: 2023-01-31
New Features
- Status and Work remaining are included in release notification emails when available.
Fixes
- B 8535: Cannot change Hansoft license on a server running on macOS with an M1 processor
- C 8784: Find system does not remove newlines in a pasted query
- D 8783: The "Saved find queries" folder shows up as soon as you create the first report
- D 8793: Names of dimensions and measures are truncated in the list when editing charts
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 11.1004 and higher.
Also released
- Version 11.1002 of the Hansoft API
- Version 11.1005 of the Web Service
11.1004
Release date: 2022-12-14
New Features
- Column permissions: A main manager can define custom columns as being hidden or read-only to certain users, or to let custom columns be always editable by certain users regardless of delegation and other permissions.
- The "Earned Value" column is available in all projects with the setting "Fixed work".
- To-Do will be opened when you log in, if you were viewing dashboards or Portfolio Find when logging out.
Notes about column permissions feature:
- New "Column permissions" tab in "Customize Project" allows a main manager to specify permissions for custom columns from Backlog or Planning.
- Hiding a column in one project will not hide it in another project
- "Hidden" rules apply in Quality Assurance, but the other new column permission rules do not.
- The existing Quality Assurance permission mechanism is unchanged.
- Column permissions never apply to Main Managers.
- Sharing a dashboard may reveal data in hidden columns (as long as the dashboard owner can see that data)
- Function columns can reveal data from hidden columns
- Web service versions 11.0 and older ignore column permissions set on a 11.1 server
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 11.1004 and higher.
Also released
- Version 11.1001 of the Hansoft API
- Version 11.1003 of the Web Service
- Version 11.101 of the Hansoft SDK.
11.0053
Release date: 2022-11-29
Fixes
- A 8810: Performance problems when editing the schedule, due to duplicate connections in pipelines.
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 11.0041 and higher.
Also released
- Version 11.006 of the Hansoft SDK.
11.0052
Release date: 2022-11-01
New features
- "Release notification" e-mails before a release, present a list of unfinished tasks tagged to that release. They have similar design to other Hansoft e-mails and are sent with "normal" priority.
- If you use "Points" or "Estimated days" in Planning, you can click a user in User Allocations under a sprint, to see total estimates for that user in that sprint.
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 11.0041 and higher.
11.0051
Release date: 2022-10-18
New features
- The status of releases/milestones is greyed out in the planning view
Fixes
- A 8772 - Server crash related to portfolio allocations when deleting a backlog item committed as a scheduled task
- B 8699 - Client crash when doing drag/drop of a dashboard chart to the same column
- C 8076 - Workflow cannot be changed from backlog on a backlog item committed as a scheduled task
- C 8763 - Project name is not shown in portfolio allocations right-click menu for scheduled items committed from the backlog
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 11.0041 and higher.
11.0046
Release date: 2022-10-04
New features
- Cloning a project includes all project settings.
- When calculating the aggregated status for a sub-project, all releases are ignored.
Fixes
- B 4071 - Releases always propagate the status "not done" to their owning sub-projects.
- B 8452 - Client crash after editing a droplist
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 11.0041 and higher.
Also released
- Version 11.0028 of the Web Service.
11.0045
Release date: 2022-09-20
New features
- Drag and drop a sprint item to the schedule to convert it to a scheduled task.
- Keep selected item and show the item when exiting Find.
- Set more than 125% task allocation for a user.
- Create a single SDK user from command line when installing a new server on Linux.
Fixes
- B 8746 - Sprint allocation is negative for the first user assigned to a task, if assigned 125%
- C 8744 - HAS error messages get issued on the "Other" log level which disabled by default
- C 8749 - Excel export does not include allocation percentages over 100%
- C 60614 - Hitting Cmd-F in QA hides the Find bar
- D 8748 - Assignment percentages over 100% are not shown in the planning view
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 11.0041 and higher.
Also released
- Version 11.0027 of the Web Service.
- Version 11.005 of the Hansoft SDK.
11.0043
Release date: 2022-08-23
New features
- Right-click a release to easily find items tagged to that release in Quality Assurance
- Zoom in/out in The Multi-line text editor in Item details using ctrl/cmd + scroll-wheel
Fixes
- A 8689 - Rare server crash during nightly BI history sampling
- A 8715 - Rare server crash after deleting a task
- C 8702 - Comment editor on Windows can only zoom out, not in
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 11.0041 and higher.
Also released
- Version 11.0025 of the Web Service.
11.0041
Release date: 2022-06-28
New features
- New SSO login capability
- Requires Helix Authentication Service: https://www.perforce.com/downloads/helix-authentication-service
- Integrate with an identity provider using SAML 2.0 or OpenID Connect.
- Choose whether to enforce SSO or to also allow password login.
- More information on how to configure SSO in Hansoft: https://help.perforce.com/hansoft/current/admin/Content/admin/integrating-identity-providers-for-sso.htm
- Show a summary of the currently selected week in user timesheets.
- Categorize work on specific tasks as "Task work" in timesheets and time reports.
- "Move to top" and "Move to bottom" are now available in the right-click menu and as keyboard shortcuts in priority views.
Fixes
- B 8582: When language is set to Japanese, the dashboard template .xml filter in the open file dialog does not work
- B 43480: Broken help link in the Edit web service base URL dialog
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 11.0041 and higher.
11.0038
Release date: 2022-06-01
New features
- New NodeJS JavaScript SDK wrapper.
- Unset a value in a custom droplist column by importing an empty value in a named column from XML or Excel.
- Web links to items are included in mention notification emails.
Fixes
- B 8636: Popup menus show on the wrong screen (when using two screens) in the Windows client
- B 8637: Client crash when expanding a droplist that is off screen
- B 8658: Time spent value resets to zero on any update if language is Chinese
- C 7590: Cut and pasting a hidden item removes the "Hidden" flag, but the item is still hidden
- C 8522: When sorting manually while running a report with grouping, secondary sorting and beyond is ignored
- C 59937: Custom columns do not get the XML/Excel import origin in change history
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 11.0014 and higher.
Also released
- Version 11.004 of the Hansoft SDK.
11.0033
Release date: 2022-05-17
Fixes
- A 8613: A workflow in a project that is not loaded, may cause a client crash in the To Do list
Upgrade notes
- Shares: Servers that receive all their users from shares, can now host a limited number of special users, such as SDK users.
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 11.0014 and higher.
Also released
- Version 11.0019 of the Web Service.
11.0032
Release date: 2022-05-03
New features
- Option to update existing items when importing from Excel. This requires a "Database ID" column in the Excel file, which matches the database ID of an existing item. This column can be added in either of two ways:
- Enable the Database ID column in Hansoft before exporting to Excel.
- Add the column manually in the excel file.
- Option to cancel when importing items that can be updated.
- New origin labels "Excel import" and "XML import" added to the item history when an item is updated via import.
Fixes
- C 8525: Show settings have no effect for new users until they have logged out for the first time
- C 8592: Excel export sets (not set) values in numeric columns to 0 in the exported file
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 11.0014 and higher.
Also released
- Version 11.003 of the Hansoft SDK.
11.0031
Release date: 2022-04-19
New features
- Export the timeline from Portfolio Find reports to PDF
- Sprint icons show in the To-Do list
Fixes
- C 7611: Limitations from Priority View remain when you go to boards; cannot create items or change workflows
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 11.0014 and higher.
Also released
- Version 11.0017 of the Web Service.
11.0030
Release date: 2022-03-22
New features
- Show and manage soft-deleted users in User Group management view
Fixes
- B 7544: The setting "Use this column for time reporting and show it in the To Do list" has no effect when set in QA or Backlog
- C 8569: Cannot drag mails from Outlook to an item in Hansoft on Windows
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 11.0014 and higher.
Also released
- Version 11.0016 of the Web Service.
11.0028
Release date: 2022-03-08
New features
- Clicking "Not assigned to member in sprint" in sprint allocations, shows an overview of unassigned tasks.
- There is a warning when deleting dashboard pages.
- The "Board Column" and "Board Lane" dimensions in dashboards show the column or lane name before the sprint name.
- The "Server address" field in the New Connection window, automatically cleans up whitespace.
Fixes
- B 8565: Client crash when you click "More" for an assignment in To Do, before the project is loaded
- B 8475: Function column does not recalculate if it depends on another function column whose definition has changed.
- C 8518: Breaking down an unassigned scheduled task assigns the new task to yourself.
- C 8499: "Add user to sprint" has no effect during drag and drop, if the sprint has no members.
- C 8372: In report grouping, there were two different options both named "Status".
- C 8232: No permissions check when you "remove all links" for an item.
- D 7410: Deleting all links to an item, deletes links to items you cannot see.
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 11.0014 and higher.
11.0027
Release date: 2022-02-22
New features
- Watch notification e-mails contain links to both the native client and the web client, if the web service base URL is configured.
- Tasks in pipelines show the sprint priority of the parent task
Fixes
- A 8437: Server crash when a watch e-mail is sent for a deleted project
- B 8523: "Accept assignment to non sprint member" does not work when committing an item from backlog
- B 8551: Client crash when editing a droplist column that is partially off screen
- C 8401: Missing checkbox for "Set not assigned" in dashboard filters for users
- C 8488: Change History window sorts dates alphabetically rather than by date
- C 8524: Client hangs on exit after you add a user to a sprint by committing an item
- C 8528: Columns starting with "pow" do not work in function columns
- C 8543: Recently downloaded images flicker incessantly
- C 59073: Quick filters in boards show soft-deleted users
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 11.0014 and higher.
Also released
- Version 11.0005 of the LDAP Integration.
11.0024
Release date: 2022-02-01
New features
- Quick filter for assignee in the board view.
- Improved handling of a large number of columns, In the report editor's "Group by" and "Sort by" menus.
Fixes
- B 58492: Client performance problems due to duplicated boards configurations
- B 8529: QA permissions do not apply to "Detailed Description" and "Steps to Reproduce" in To do list if the project is not loaded
- C 8205: A "droplist multiple choice" column can only use the first item created for a default value.
- C 8519: QA users are not included in user groups in workflow transitions
- D 8539: The dimension filter menu in dashboards may stick to the mouse pointer
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 11.0014 and higher.
Also released
- Version 11.0012 of the Web Service.
- Version 11.002 of the Hansoft SDK.
11.0020
Release date: 2021-12-21
New features
- Adds support for clients and servers running on Apple M1
- Calendars updated until 2027
Fixes
- B 8527: Client hangs rendering a task for a user with a very low sprint allocation
- B 8500: Client crash when you add user to a sprint by committing an item, if the sprint has a board
- B 8502: The yes/no dialogue when removing users from sprint is not shown for users assigned to committed bugs
- B 58500: A pipeline task in a user's To Do list can block updates to the pipeline
- B 58512: A user can rename assigned pipeline tasks from To Do if the project is not loaded
- B 58515: User can still edit details on items when sprint edit right has been revoked
- C 8521: OS X Main window moves to front when you close some dialogs in backlog
- C 7405: Ghost users do not show sprint allocations in portfolio allocation, unless they have tasks assigned with work remaining
- C 8217: Function columns show no value after you copy/paste an item
- C 8302: The Budgeted work value set when committing an item is not saved
- C 8456: A report without specified sorting, uses the last user defined sorting
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 11.0014 and higher.
Also released
- Version 11.0004 of the LDAP Integration.
11.0014
Release date: 2021-11-30
New features
- Cover images can show in the To do list and in all project views. This is toggled in the "Show" menu.
- Show item color to the left of each item in the To do list and in all project views.
- Color is available as a regular column.
- Dashboard templates
- We offer a number of predefined templates which will help you get started quickly with your dashboards.
- Save any dashboard page as a template xml file, which you can then use or distribute to other users.
- Create a new page using either a template file on disk or one of the predefined templates.
- Individual charts can also be saved as templates and set from a saved chart template.
- Sort alphabetically on the "Sprints/iterations" and "Committed to" dimensions in Dashboards.
- Reduced login times, as projects are loaded on demand instead of loading all projects when logging in.
- On startup, the client will only load the project you are currently viewing.
- If you are in To do or Admin on startup, no projects are loaded which saves a lot of time. Projects are then loaded on demand as you work with them.
- If you go to Dashboards, Portfolio Allocations or Portfolio Find, all projects will be loaded.
- Set sprint priority on sub projects in sprints.
- Visualize sprint backlog items in the timeline.
- Move scheduled tasks into sprints to convert them to sprint items.
- New dialogue when moving a task into a sprint where an assignee is not a member.
- New Yes/No dialogue when removing a user from a sprint where s/he has tasks assigned.
- "No icon" option on workflow steps
- New user icons
- There is a limit of 10 times the license count to the number of qa users, sdk users and ghost users that can be added.
Fixes
- B 7202: "Save password" in the log in screen does not work on Ubuntu
- B 8109: The server no longer runs with GLIBC version 2.4 on Linux
- B 8157: Custom columns cannot be edited from To Do for a QA item that was just created and is not loaded in the client's QA section
- B 8318: Dashboard Powerpoint Export can't handle Korean or Japanese folders
- B 8323: "Disposition rejected" when changing sprint on subitems in the planning view while a report is active
- B 8389: Change history details pane does not match selection if you have a filter or have changed the sort order
- B 50320: Priority view in Planning: the top item in some sprints ignores descending sort order
- C 6935: Japanese date format rendered incorrectly in some places and cannot be edited
- C 8236: Client crash when accessing via Remote Desktop
- C 49981: "Set color" changes the selection in some cases
- C 58393: Cover image applies to the wrong item if another item is selected during upload
- D 6109: Boxes and arrows in workflow and report editors are behaving badly on Windows with scaling
- D 7379: Green link frame is misaligned when you drag and drop a linked card into a newly created column
- D 7508: Cannot expand the sorting options in todo by clicking the arrow
- D 7570: The "Fill in current date when" dialog does not close when moving the main dialog window on OS X
- D 8153: There's an empty entry in the hamburger menu in dashboards
- D 8262: When you assign a ghost user to a task, a broken user group reference gets added to the Watch column
- D 8350: The clickable area of the hyperlink icon does not move when scrolling horizontally in the to do list
- D 8362: Using Ctrl+V to attach an image to an item does not set it as cover image automatically
- D 8451: Selecting default sort in To Do does not reset the ascending sort order
- D 58235: Sorting in right pane of 'Convert to real user' dialogs does not work
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 11.0014 and higher.
- SDK versions older than 10.0 are deprecated. Integrations and SDK applications using these versions will not be able to connect to the Hansoft Server.
Also released
- Version 11.001 of the Hansoft SDK.
10.2073
Release date: 2021-09-21
New features
- Units show for number columns in To-Do.
- "Clone project" can include workflows and pipelines
Fixes
- 8421: Screenshot tool crashes in OS X (Severity B)
- 8349: Typing Find text is very slow with a Japanese input method on Windows (Severity C)
- 8422: Primary and secondary sort do not match report definition (Severity C)
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 10.2069 and higher.
10.2070
Release date: 2021-08-31
Fixes
- 8424 ServerState file possible corruption at unexpected shutdown (Severity A)
- 8366 Deleting a group or user breaks the Newsfeed filter (Severity B)
- 8139 Report editor cannot search for multiple users in "Originally created by" or "Last updated by" field (Severity C)
- 8423 Newsfeed does not refresh when filter options are changed (Severity D)
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 10.2066 and higher.
10.2069
Release date: 2021-07-06
New features
- Group editors do not allow deleting a group that uses the feature "auto-add members to project".
- Group editor issues a warning for the consequences of removing a project from "auto-add members to project".
Fixes
- 8402: SDK Crash when authenticating users using SDK versions from 10.201 to 10.211 (Severity A)
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 10.2069 and higher.
10.2068
Release date: 2021-06-15
New features
- Export to spreadsheet includes the columns "Indentation" and "Type", so that the structure and item types are preserveed when importing the spreadsheet.
- Improved error message when authentication to Jira fails
Fixes
- 8203: Client crash when importing a spreadsheet having columns with expressions (Severity B)
- 8325: After re-authentication in the "Add to Jira" dialog, queries for issue types and epics are run with the old credentials (Severity C)
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 10.2066 and higher.
10.2066
Release date: 2021-06-01
New features
- Brand new integration to Perforce Helix Core through the Web Service.
- Login tokens allow users to login through applications without saving their password anywhere
Fixes
- 8375: "Mentions" in comments do not work for users with an underscore or hyphen in their name (Severity C)
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 10.2066 and higher.
Also released
- Version 10.212 of the Hansoft SDK
- Version 10.2006 of the Web Service
10.2064
Release date: 2021-05-18
New features
- Support for a certificate chain to be sent from the Hansoft server to clients. There is a new folder Security/Intermediate for the intermediate certificates.
- Command line support for updating the license.
10.2063
Release date: 2021-05-04
New features
- New Find and report criterion "General condition - In current sprint" which shows all items in currently ongoing sprints.
- Filters in change history: Right-click a header in the change history window to filter on any of the available values or time intervals.
- Show allocation and capacity in the sprint user allocation list.
- A new icon shows which users are ghost users in the sprint user allocation list.
- Sort releases by date and not alphabetically in reports and when clicking on column headers.
- Sort releases by date when using natural sorting in Dashboard charts.
Fixes
- 8356: SDK: Custom column names and custom column droplist item names do not handle UTF-8 correctly in C# (Severity B)
- 8338: While writing comments the input text cannot be resized (Severity C)
10.2059
Release date: 2021-04-20
New features
- Project groups: Main managers can now create, delete, edit and clone user groups in their project.
- New "Manage Project Groups" dialog available to main managers in the More menu.
- Unified group editing dialogs across the client.
- Groups can no longer be edited in the New/Edit ghost user dialog.
- Administrators can convert project groups to global groups in the "Edit Group" dialog in Admin.
- Show "Auto-add members to project" multi-select when editing global groups.
- Group ID, which identifies a group globally, is visible in the Groups tab in Admin and in the "Manage Project Groups" dialog.
- Log all creation and deletion of user groups when the logging level "Other" is enabled.
- Clear font and background colors when pasting text.
Fixes
- 8324: Pipeline library hides behind the main window after the confirmation dialog about saving pipelines is shown on OS X (Severity D)
- 8332: Context menu for side-by-side selectors stops working if you right-click the background (Severity D)
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 10.2059 and higher.
Also released
- Version 10.210 of the Hansoft SDK.
10.2057
Release date: 2021-03-25
New features
- Set the "Sub project path" depth from the Show menu in Planning and Backlog
- Delete obsolete integration plug-ins, from the Admin tab
Fixes
- 8308: Allocated time in Dashboards includes an extra day when the time spans at least one weekend (Severity B)
- 8204: "No Automatic Backup Enabled" warning occurs even though a backup is enabled (Severity D)
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 10.2011 and higher.
10.2053
Release date: 2021-03-10
New features
- "Committed To" column shows in Planning. You can use this column to move items between sprints, placing them at the top of the target sprint.
- A right-click menu option "Move to sprint ..." allows you to move items between sprints.
Fixes
- 49327: After you move an item between sprints, unsorted reports may list the item under the wrong sprint (Severity B)
- 8283: Moving or committing multiple item selections, may render an incorrect structure (Severity C)
10.2052
Release date: 2021-02-23
New features
- Completion percentage of tasks and subprojects show in exports to Excel and tab separated text, for projects that have enabled the ADMIN option "Use percentage meter ..."
- The server log now shows information about user administration in the "General" log level:
Creation of users
Deletion of users
Renaming of users
Changing the type of a user
- Certificate errors show the name (subject CN) of the certificate that has the error.
Fixes
- 8300: Cannot complete an item using a Time Spent column if that column is a required field (Severity C)
10.2049
Release date: 2021-02-09
New features
- "Ghost user mode" is replaced by:
- Main managers can always add ghost users to sprints and assign tasks to ghost users
- New option in Customize project > More to allow all users to assign tasks to ghost users
- Ghost users can be used in the "Assign tag" column in the backlog.
- Ghost users can be used in reports.
- Agile mode is now by default selected when creating new projects
10.2048
Release date: 2021-01-26
Fixes
- 8252: Broken HTML in Watch e-mail, after one item is deleted and another item is changed (Severity B)
- 7758: The "User groups" dimension in Dashboards gives no values when user groups are first created (Severity B)
- 8275: "Create in Jira ..." menu option shows before enabling the integration (Severity C)
10.2045
Release date: 2021-01-12
New features
- When cloning projects, advanced settings for all columns are now being included.
Fixes
- 4601: Copying a linked item only preserves the link in one direction (Severity C)
10.2044
Release date: 2020-12-15
New features
- When creating a new project, the template "SCRUM" is now always the default
- The Linked to item column now shows a summary instead of a string with all the linked item names. This is also the case when exporting to xlsx or txt.
- A tooltip with a summary is shown when hovering over the Linked to item icon
- The linked items menu (where linked items can be accessed) can now also be opened by clicking the Linked to item icon.
Fixes
- 8185: Time spent value resets to zero on any update if language is Chinese (Severity B)
- 7780: "View e-mail status" does not display existing email messages after being closed and reopened (Severity C)
10.2040
Release date: 2020-12-01
New Features
- Update work remaining automatically when adding Time spent: New option on a Time spent column to automatically update work remaining when time spent hours are added. This option is off by default, and can only be set on one Time spent column in each planning view.
- Shift-click to select multiple cards on sprint boards.
Fixes
- 7697: Drag and drop of cards to the same column on a board, changes their order (Severity C)
- 48714: Repeated assignment to a non-member of a sprint causes the allocation bar to keep growing (Severity C)
10.2038
Release date: 2020-11-17
New Features
- Sprint assignment: The "assign to original reporter/creator" option in a workflow works even if the reporter is not a member of the sprint.
- Sprint allocation: Added a sprint allocation bar for unassigned items and non-members, showing how much work is remaining but not assigned to any sprint member. Note: This change does not affect the sprint allocation measure in dashboards.
Fixes
- 48621: No releases show when filtering a dashboard chart with a report using the Release Overdue criterion (Severity B)
- 5411: Pipeline task is not connected if it is added after pipeline is set on an item (Severity C)
- 8121: Add/edit hyperlinks in multi-line text fields is added at the end of field, or being converted to text (Severity C)
- 6886: Nothing happens when trying to view an old pipeline in a project history snapshot (Severity D)
Compatibility
- Shares: From version 10.2011 and higher.
10.2035
Release date: 2020-11-04
New Features
- Custom sorting in report results: It is now possible to choose sort order by clicking the column headers when a report is active. This will override the sorting defined in the report if there is one.
Fixes
- 8221: Server crash when fetching host name on Linux (Severity A)
Compatibility
- Shares: From versions 10.2011 and higher.
Also released
- LDAP integration: New version released together with this version.
10.2032
Release date: 2020-10-28
Fixes
- 8216 Server crash when processing watch notification for a deleted bug and there is a "Hide bugs" Permission in QA (Severity A)
Compatibility
- Shares: From versions 10.2011 and higher.
10.2031
Release date: 2020-10-20
Fixes
- 8198 Intermittent client crash on login (Severity B)
- 6824 "Was modified recently" filter in Documents/Find files, always comes up empty (Severity D)
- 6825 "Checked out" filter in documents/Find files, always comes up empty (Severity D)
- 6107 Improved layout for User view presets dialog on Windows with High DPI (Severity D)
Compatibility
- Shares: From versions 10.2011 and higher.
10.2030
Release date: 2020-10-06
New Features
- Hide project documents from limited visibility users.
- Warning when replacing remote guest users with home users.
Fixes
- 8194 Client crash when importing from Excel (Severity B)
- 7689 In the board view, no columns can be edited in item details of cards that are hidden by a show option in the planning view (Severity C)
- 8078 An active find in boards is not applied after a full board redraw (Severity C)
- 8167 The list of projects in the left pane of Documents is invisible in Japanese and Chinese (Severity C)
- 39420 When selecting multiple cards in boards, the "drag" trigger is too sensitive on OS X (Severity C)
- 40790 The order of the item icons in boards, is not the same as in the planning view (Severity D)
Compatibility
- Shares: From versions 10.2011 and higher.
10.2029
Release date: 2020-09-22
New Features
- Personal options to watch items automatically. By default, users assigned to an item users are now added as watchers. It is also possible to configure Hansoft to automatically add you as a watcher when you comment on an item or create a new item.
- Undo now also applies to changes in the User story field.
Fixes
- 7207 Client crash when importing an MS Project XML (Severity B)
- 8154 Read-only values are ignored when copying or cutting and pasting an item (Severity B)
- 6909 Activating or de-activating column in Planning/QA/Backlog also affects the other views (Severity C)
- 7489 If you import the same XML twice, "Last updated on" and "Last updated by" are updated even though there are no changes (Severity C)
- 7556 A malformed report query is generated when choosing both a sprint and "No sprint" in the "Committed to" report criterion (Severity C)
- 8159 Change history sort order only toggles once (Severity C)
- 8165 "⌘+Click to follow link" string is garbled in the OS X client (Severity D)
Compatibility
- Shares: From versions 10.2011 and higher.
Also released
- SDK: New version available.
10.2028
Release date: 2020-09-08
New Features
- The option "Include comments, watch, delegation and data in extra columns" is now turned on by default for new users
Fixes
- 7862 A server failing to write to the DB due to file permissions can fill up the crash dumps directory (Severity A)
- 8106 Server crash when converting shared user if remote user doesn't exist (Severity A)
- 8119 Client crash due to mouse pointer being offscreen while the window geometry is initializing (Severity B)
- 8118 The total sprint allocation time bar is missing non-assigned work remaining (Severity C)
- 8122 Task allocation percentages larger than 125% can be entered in the Allocation dialog (Severity C)
- 7622 The box in the report editor does not correctly truncate custom report queries containing multi-byte characters (Severity D)
Compatibility
- Shares: From versions 10.2011 and higher.
10.2027
Release date: 2020-08-25
New Features
- Improved format when exporting to Microsoft Excel removing tags from multiline fields.
Fixes
- 8140 Memory overwrite in Java string conversion, may trigger Java application crash (Severity A)
- 7592 Attachments do not show after you restore a deleted item from project history (Severity C)
- 8117 User allocation shows minus infinity if a user is out-of-office until the end of a sprint (Severity C)
- 7014 "Show individual allocation on" dialog omits ghost users (Severity C)
- 6940 Status selection is sometimes disabled in the list view (Severity C)
- 5776 Empty extra columns when pasting data from Hansoft into Excel (Severity D)
Compatibility
- Shares: From versions 10.2011 and higher
Also released
- SDK: New version available
10.2026
Release date: 2020-08-11
New Features
- Microsoft Excel Import: Powerful import of .xlsx spreadsheets directly into Hansoft. This makes it easier to move data into Hansoft from other applications.
- See group members in projects: When working with user groups there is a "Show group members" button that lists what users are in a group. This removes the need to be Administrator to see who are members of each group.
- Last Updated column for projects: The Admin tab shows when each project was last updated. This makes it easier to determine which projects are ready to be archived to free up server and client resources.
Fixes
- 8133 "CLOSE_WAIT" socket leak on Linux and OS X servers (Severity A)
- 7148 Converting a text query to a report renders Item("X") as Item(Item("X")) (Severity C)
- 7863 Custom template name for "bug" is not shown in report editor (Severity D)
Compatibility
- Shares: From versions 10.2011 and higher
Also released
- SDK: New version available
10.2025
Release date: 2020-07-15
Fixes
- 7798 Client hangs on scheduled task where end time is set to zero by SDK (Severity A)
- 6179 Sprint & Release Burndown and Sprint capacity measures in dashboards ignore filters (Severity B)
- 8082 Login step wrongfully states "Disconnected from server" even when there isn't even a server to connect to (Severity B)
- 8115 The collapsed state of sub panes in item details is not restored when in vertical mode (Severity C)
- 6626 Combinations of numbers and special characters treated as number instead of expected text in find (Severity D)
- 6627 Combinations of numbers and special characters treated as number instead of expected text in "Tag to release" window. (Severity D)
- 7349 The "Out" number in exclude criteria in the report editor includes too many items when filtering on multiple droplist values (Severity D)
- 7813 Pressing ESC in find triggers a search (Severity D)
- 8095 Refresh issue: After you select a group in the Watchers menu, the client shows the group name instead of individual members (Severity D)
- 8099 Missing translation in Groups tab in Admin view (Severity D)
- 8116 Ghost mode panel in item details starts collapsed in vertical mode (Severity D)
- 38866 After turning off Ghost mode, collapsed tabs in item details get the "Collapse" icons (Severity D)
Compatibility
- Shares: From versions 10.2011 and higher.
10.2023
Release date: 2020-06-30
New Features
- On Windows & Linux: Press CTRL+SPACE to expand/collapse the selected sub project.
Fixes
- 7128 When breaking down a scheduled task, it does not inherit the start date and duration of the parent task (Severity C)
- 6905 Korean input does not work on Ubuntu (Severity C)
- 6845 Break down (Ctrl+Shift+N) does not respect inheritance setting 'Do not inherit' on Assigned To field (Severity D)
Compatibility
- Shares: From versions 10.2011 and higher.
10.2021
Release date: 2020-06-02
New Features
- Dashboards: Export to Microsoft Powerpoint. A one-click solution to export all the charts on a dashboard to a slide deck than can be viewed and presented in Powerpoint or other presentation tools.
Fixes
- 45844 The "More" dialog next to assignments in item details in sprint boards, edits the wrong item (Severity C)
- 7870 Debug text is shown when launching the client from a terminal window on Linux (Severity D)
- 7779 Incorrect sort order in the "Work remaining" dialog (Severity D)
Compatibility
- Shares: From versions 10.2011 and higher.
10.2020
Release date: 2020-05-05
Fixes
- 8084 "Working days" settings in calendar settings are not saved (Severity B)
- 8086 Some regional calendars are missing from the built-in calendars (Severity B)
- 8087 Some countries with regional calendars show holidays for all regions (Severity B)
- 8088 Some calendar events are missing English names (Severity C)
Compatibility
- Shares: From versions 10.2011 and higher.
10.2019
Release date: 2020-04-21
New Features
- Find: "Save" button for find queries, to save the query as a report.
- Find: Find syntax help button next to the find window.
- Server Admin: Warning message in the database list, when a database has no backups configured.
- Server Admin: Reminder that enabling e-mail logging for all log levels will generate a lot of e-mails.
- Dashboards: Copy the web URL of a dashboard to easily share the dashboard to Hansoft web service users.
- Planning: Create sub projects from the toolbar and from context menus.
- UI: The "zoom" menu options have been moved to the "Show" menu.
Fixes
- 46054 Client crash after a scaling change on Windows while logged out (Severity B)
- 45287 Client crash when resizing the comments widget with 4K screen resolution (Severity B)
- 7903 The timestamp for a renamed document in file history showed the time of the previous action (Severity B)
- 7149 A report with a PipelineOrWorkflow criterion cannot be converted from text (Severity C)
- 46423 Board Column and Lane does not update properly in the web client (Severity C)
- 7829 When grouping on status in Portfolio Find, some groups may show twice (Severity C)
- 7818 Status is blank after adding a pipeline step in Schedule mode (Severity C)
- 45610 Coding errors for multibyte characters in import from Helix ALM (Severity C)
- 46086 The scrollwheel cannot scroll a board column after you hit a ctrl/cmd shortcut (Severity D)
- 7891 "Undo" doesn't work in item details after certain edits, unless you change focus (Severity D)
Compatibility
- Shares: From versions 10.2011 and higher.
Also released
- SDK: New version available.
10.2017
Release date: 2020-04-07
New Features
- Watch item: It is now possible to watch items in Hansoft to receive email notifications when those items are updated. Email notifications are sent out every 30 minutes. Watch replaces the following functionality:
** The 'CC new comments to' column
** The 'When their items are updated' email option
** The 'When their items are commented on' email option
Fixes
- 7591 Items remain invisible, after being outdented from a collapsed subproject by another client (Severity D)
- 7114 The total sprint allocation does not take assignments into account (Severity D)
Compatibility
- Shares: From versions 10.2011 and higher.
10.2013
Release date: 2020-03-24
New Features
- Boards status mapping: When you change the status of an item in any view, it will automatically move to the first column to the right that matches that status. This does not apply to parent cards.
- Boards: When you move a card between sprints, its lane/column placement will be retained if the same lane/column exists in the new board.
- Boards: When you first create a board from a sprint, the columns will match the built-in statuses. Cards will be placed in the corresponding columns.
Fixes
- 7814 A report renders too few items after you switch from a grouped report (Severity B)
- 7093 Editing a built-in column may create a new column with the same name (Severity B)
Compatibility
- Shares: From versions 10.2011 and higher.
10.2011
Release date: 2020-03-13
Fixes
- 7527 Client crash when entering planning view on MacOS (Severity B)
- 8049 Logging in is slow when there are very many ghost users (Severity B)
- 5370 Comments with images may flicker in the native client (Severity C)
- 39445 Gantt does not react to mouse clicks, and menus are misplaced, after a scaling change on MacOS (Severity C)
- 5547 Japanese half-width characters cause wrong vertical alignment on MacOS (Severity D)
- 41841 Moving a card on a board does not update the Board Column and Board Lane fields in the web item details (Severity D)
- 7443 The input method menu on MacOS shows up in the wrong place on boards (Severity D)
- 39314 Hansoft client icon shows in the system tray on Windows (Severity D)
- 39214 Minimized client windows on MacOS High Sierra may still show as gray windows after you log out (Severity D)
Compatibility
- Shares: From versions 10.2011 and higher.
- Hansoft 10.2011 drops support for all 32-bit operating systems for the native client.
- Hansoft 10.2011 adds support for MacOS Catalina
- The Hansoft native client on Linux now requires libxkbcommon-x11.