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G.A. Suite On-Premises Release Notes

Release 10.0.12 @ February 13, 2024

Improvements: 

  • The download of the SharePoint security groups was improved. 
  • The download of the SharePoint lists with a lot of data was improved. 

Fixes: 

  • The 'FieldNotFound' error that occurred when moving the documents within the SharePoint list during the download was fixed. 

Release 10.0.10 @ December 15, 2023

New: 

  • From now on Single tenant in the Account types section is supported for Microsoft login to G.A. Suite On-Premises.

Improvements: 

  • Added a possibility to copy only non-existent resources to the Target PWA.
  • The download of the SharePoint site library documents was improved. 

Release 10.0.9 @ November 10, 2023

Improvements: 

  • Added the possibility to download list items using several threads.
  • It is now possible to select the number of the latest major and minor item versions for backup. 

Fixes: 

  • Fixed the case when an incorrect backup date was displayed in the Data Protection grid.


Release 10.0.8 @ November 8, 2023

Improvements: 

  • The Retries were added in case PWA is not accessible during Connection Validation.


Release 10.0.0 @ July 11, 2023

New: 

  • From now on FluentPro G.A. Suite is available in French. Just use a Language selector in the right  upper corner of the page.

Fixes: 

  • Fixed the case when incorrect backup date was displayed in the Data Protection grid.

Improvements: 

  • Added possibility to download list items using several threads.


Release 9.0.0 @ June 20, 2023

New Features: 

  • From now on Azure Government Storage is supported in G.A. Suite On-Premises.
  • It is possible to forbid a user to log in with the Email option to G.A. Suite on the Account Permissions page.
  • The Retention Policy is more flexible now. The 'Custom' option is available for the users to enter a custom number of days.

Improvements: 

  • Improved throttling retry on task reading.

Fixes:

  • Fixed the case when G.A. Suite could not read tasks from Project Professional in case the corresponding projects contained a task field 'Application'.
  • Fix for the case when not all projects were displayed in the list of the selected projects when editing a schedule.
  • Fix for the case when G.A. Suite could not publish a project when there were some not accepted deliverables.
  • Fix for the case when the projects list was not extendable in the backup summary pop-up. 

Release 8.27.3 @ April 10, 2023

Improvements: 

  • Internet Explorer browser is no longer supported by G.A. Suite. 

Fixes: 

  • The error related to the site backup with metadata fields and versions was fixed.

Release 8.27.1 @ March 17, 2023

New Features: 

  • G.A. Suite On-Premises now works on machines with enforced FIPS-compliant encryption. 

Release 8.27.0 @ March 15, 2023

Improvements: 

  • The download of big workspaces was improved (for downloading backup content in FluentBooks format functionality). 
  • The "Modified", "By Period", "By Resources" filter options were added to the Timesheet selection in the Backup schedule and on-demand backup.

Release 8.25.4 @ January 12, 2023

Improvements: 

  • The upload of multiple master projects at the same time is now supported. 

Release 8.25.3 @ December 28, 2022

Fixes: 

  • Fix for the case when G.A. Suite could not link a project to a site when Multi-factor Authentication was used.

Release 8.25.2 @ October 21, 2022

New Features: 

  • 'Logon Account' and 'Modified' columns were added to the Resources window on granular Restore and Copy.
  • Multi-regionality is now supported by G.A. Suite. You may choose where your data will be processed and stored, in the United States or Canada.

Improvements: 

  • The 'Ignored' option was added to the project/sites selection that allows excluding specific projects/sites from the backup.
  • The process of OLE Object windows was optimized.

Release 8.25.2 @ September 1, 2022

Fixes: 

  • Fix for the case when Audit Report mistakenly indicated that a Custom Field was not used in any project.

Release 8.24.3 @ May 13, 2022

Improvements: 

Fixes:

  • Fix for the case when G.A. Suite failed to upload a large document to a folder with "%" in its name.
  • Fix for the case when G.A. Suite did not retry the upload of resource calendar exceptions in case of throttling. 

Release 8.22.0 @ December 17, 2021

Improvements: 

  • It is now possible to add a custom number for the last modified option when selecting projects for backup (up to 30 days). 
  • Enhancement for operations that include Master projects. 
  • An ability to Generate a Self-Signed Certificate on website configuration was added. 
  • An ability to install Webserver with HTTP protocol was removed (HTTPS is now available only). 
  • A configuration section was added to use the system proxy. 

Fixes:

  • Fix for the case when the values of the "Modified By" field were not migrated (Document Versioning). 

Release 8.21.0 @ November 25, 2021

Improvements: 

  • The 'Preserve resource UID' setting was added to the Copy and Restore operations.
  • It is now possible to copy the web links for deliverables and dependencies.
  • G.A. Suite Free Edition is no longer available.
  • Resource mapping for projects was improved for cases when there are resources with the same UIDs and different display names.
  • It is now possible to link a project to a site from a different site collection while copying projects (the required site collection and the site itself will be found taking into account the information from the EPTs of the projects selected for copying). 
  • Creating a backup schedule users can now select 'By View' option and additionally define the modification date for the projects to be backed-up.
  • A possibility to update a token or password used for PWA authentication via G.A. Suite API was added (an endpoint was added to G.A. Suite API to update/refresh token).
  • G.A. Suite Login page refinements.

Fixes:

  • Fix for the case when a project appeared in G.A. Suite with the old name after it was renamed on the PWA.
  • Fix for the case when an error occurred on the attempt to update credentials on the 'Credentials' page. 
  • Fix for the case when G.A. Suite could not set a status manager for tasks was fixed. 

Release 8.16.0 @ July 7, 2021

Improvements: 

  • Improvements for Projects and SharePoint Sites limits. 
  • Enhancement for Resource Mapping on Projects Upload.
  • An ability to restart failed items in the Copy action was added.  
  • 14 days option was added to the retention policy. 
  • The required resource fields will be unset automatically before uploading resources.

Fixes: 

  • The case when G.A. Suite created duplicate resources in case the resource on the source PWA had a broken user logon account was fixed. 
  • The case when G.A. Suite had a 'ResourceAvailabilityOutsideTheHireAndTerminationDateRange' exception on updating resources was fixed.
  • The case when the Scheduled profile did not start an action was fixed.
  • Fix for the case when G.A. Suite failed to unset leaves-only fields when two fields have identical names but different types. 
  • Fix for the case when errors appeared on reading resources and timesheets.
  • Fix for the case when Project plans were selected incorrectly for Manual Copy.

Release 8.8.2. @ February 26, 2021

New Features: 

  • Migration of SharePoint document version history is now supported.

Fixes: 

  • The case when G.A. Suite created duplicate resources in case the resource on the source PWA had a broken user logon account was fixed. 
  • The case when G.A. Suite had a 'ResourceAvailabilityOutsideTheHireAndTerminationDateRange' exception on updating resources was fixed.
  • The case when the Scheduled profile did not start an action was fixed.
  • Fix for the case when an error occurred on uploading the lookup tables.

Release 8.7.5. @ January 12, 2021

Improvements: 

  • Overall improvements for G.A. Suite performance. 

Fixes: 

  • Fix for the case when a wrong error was displayed if the project view was absent on the target PWA. 

Release 8.7.3 @ Decmber 24, 2020

New Features:

  • 'Generate Token' option was added to the 'Change Account Owner' window. It is now possible to authenticate to G.A. Suite using the generated token while changing the account owner. 

Improvements: 

  • Additional columns (Availability, Status, Modified) were added to the 'Available Resources' window to make the resource selection faster and easier.
  • Publish of the Projects with hammock tasks improved.
  • Scheduled profiles will be disabled after 30 days of failures for users with a Freemium license. 
  • Non-printable characters will be removed from task custom field values.
  • An additional filter was added to the Publish Projects operation that allows selecting only the projects that haven't been published within the specified period of time.
  • "Skip checked out projects" option is now available for Publish Projects operation.
  • An ability to restore from the Backup Summary page was added. 
  • Overall improvements for G.A. Suite performance when restoring PWA Configuration. 

Fixes: 

  • Fix for the Warning: 'User is not site collection admin' that was shown on the credentials validation when the user was a site collection admin.
  • Fix for the List Views copy process.
  • Fix for the case when the status for copying PWA Configuration was incorrect.

Release 8.4.0 @ November 5, 2020

New Features:

  • 'Credentials Manager' permission was added to the 'Global' permissions section. Users with this permission can edit credentials on the Credentials and Credentials Manager pages and add credentials using 'Add new account to the list' option. 

Improvements:

  • Overall G.A. Suite performance improved.
  • Minor improvements for Credentials Manager functionality.
  • Update of the task custom field values while uploading projects to the PWA improved. 
  • An ability to download all Projects from a Backup at one go was added. 
  • An ability to restore a site with a different name was added. 

Fixes: 

  • Fix for the case when G.A. Suite could not upload a master project that included subproject(s) with engagements. 
  • Fix for the case when G.A. Suite could not create a calculated field when a formula contained "&" character.
  • Fix for the case when G.A. Suite failed on creating libraries with versioning enabled. 

Release 8.2.0 @ September 16, 2020

New Features:

  • Credentials Manager was added to G.A. Suite. It allows adding, editing, managing credentials in G.A. Suite. 

Improvements:

  • "Size" column was added to the Operation Details page. It reflects the stored size of each operation.
  • Selection of resources improved:
    'Modified' column was added to the 'Resources' selection window and it is now possible to sort resources by the modified date; If several selection options are used for resources (e.g. advanced and manual selection) the newly selected items are added to the previously selected ones.
  • G.A. Suite performance in operations with Project Plans improved.
  • Re-sizable columns in the 'Account Management/License' page;
  • When selecting specific Resources for Backup/Copy apart from 'XXXX Total Items' figure, that displays the total number of Resources in Project Online Resource Pool; the figure 'YYYY Selected' was implemented. This figure displays the number of Resources selected for Backup/Copy from various filters (Date Modified, filter by Resource Name, etc.) in the selection window;
  • G.A. Suite will check if a Project Site exists in Project Online and will not initiate its backup in case Project Site has been deleted;
  • Filter by operations related to Timesheet data was added to 'Operation Details' page.
  • Possibility to restart G.A. Suite operations that completed with errors selecting only failed data was added.
  • The process of downloading Project Plans using Project Professional was improved (for cases when API is not working as expected).

Fixes: 

  • When uploading resources to Project Online, Resource Availability was set to 100% for all resources due to Microsoft Project Online performance. This case is fixed and the Resource Availability is set correctly now.
  • Correct information about scheduled backups per environment in 'Account Management/License' page;
  • Fix of a restore process of Project Sites specific data (Lists, Libraries and their Items) from Data Protection page - in some cases, Site Contents of a Root Site instead of a Project Site were presented for selection.
  • Fix for the Project Restore issue with an option 'Restore with a new name' enabled.
  • Fix for the case when person-type fields were not set correctly. 
  • Fix for the case when G.A. Suite was unable to create security groups in Project Online.
  • Fix for the case when G.A. Suite could not set a user account on migrating/restoring resources to Project Online.
  • Fix for the case when the same PWA is indicated as a Source and a Target in Restore Summary pop-up window.

Release 8.0.4.52 @ June 5, 2020

Improvements:

  • A possibility to change account owner was added to G.A. Suite on-premises. 
  • Selection of resources improved:
    'Modified' column was added to the 'Resources' selection window and it is now possible to sort resources by the modified date;
    If several selection options are used for resources (e.g. advanced and manual selection) the newly selected items are added to the previously selected ones.

Release 8.0.3.51 @ June 4, 2020

New Features:

Improvements:

  • Status notification as for exceeding entities by license limits improved. The notification email now includes summary information of the operation and a list of all items: completed/failed/skipped (in the same way as on the Operation Details page => Summary information). 
  • An ability to restore a project with a new name 'Project name Copy' was added to G.A. Suite. 
  • 'Subprojects' check box was added to the 'By view' projects selection and 'Selected' option if the projects are loaded for selection by view. It allows to include subprojects to the scheduling profiles as separate projects and then restore them separately. Learn more.
  • Manual Projects selection window for creating and editing Scheduling Profiles in 'Schedules'improved:
    • When using 'View' option to filter Projects list, users can select Projects from one view, then load another view preserving previous selection (previous selection won't be cleared);
    • Review the list of all currently selected Projects using 'number' Selected' link in the bottom left corner of the window;
    • Icons for additional filtering by columns in the Projects list (Project Name, % Complete, Type, EPT, Modified) were added.
  • The process of getting a site modification date improved. 
  • Release Notes link was added to G.A. Suite user interface. 
  • An ability to export a list of unique projects to Excel file was added.
  • Database optimization;
  • Improvements in G.A.Suite OData.
  • Advanced selection was added to G.A. Suite. Advanced selection allows to quickly select a number of specific Projects and SharePoint Sites for backup or copying operations.
  • Migration process of SharePoint content improved. 

Fixes: 

  • Fix for downloading items in case of the throttling error.
  • Fix for updating Status managers by G.A.Suite. 
  • Fix for Data Processed Volume notifications. 
  • Fix for generating Timesheet documentation for huge amount of Timesheets.

Release 6.1.0.42 @ January 16, 2020

Improvements:

  • Overall G.A. Suite performance improved.
  • The look and feel of G.A. Suite pages changed. All the settings and access to the main G.A. Suite functions were preserved.
  • Sign up process and the look and feel of the sign up page changed. 
  • Security groups are now included to PWA configuration documentation file.

Fixes

  • Fix for timesheets documentation when there is a huge number of the timesheets that need to be documented.

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