Release 197 (31.10.2024)

Release 197 brings a major expansion of the Assessments module — including a redesigned Recipients & Notifications table, a new End Results screen, Risk Model integration, and a Time Machine feature for Compliance Settings — alongside workflow enhancements and a range of usability improvements across the platform.

New Release

Version: 197
Release Date: 31.10.2024 19:00 CET


Overview

Release 197 introduces significant new capabilities in the Assessments area: a fully redesigned Recipients & Notifications table, a new End Results screen with support for variable displays, text outputs, and result tables, and the ability to link a Risk Model directly to an assessment template. In addition, a Time Machine feature is now available in Compliance Settings, allowing you to view records as they appeared at a specific point in time. Workflow automation has been extended with new trigger types and email event support.

Contents

  • What's new
  • Improvements
  • Fixes

What's new

Assessment End Results Screen [NG-2402, NG-2413]

Assessment templates now include a dedicated End Results screen. After a respondent completes an assessment, the system can display one or more of the following result elements:

  • Variable Display – shows the value of a selected variable from the questionnaire
  • Text Output – displays a configurable block of text
  • Result Table – presents a structured table of outcomes
  • Risk Matrix – visualises likelihood and damage scores from risk model questions

Risk Model Integration in Assessment Templates [NG-2403, NG-2404, NG-2405]

You can now select a Risk Model directly within an assessment template. This unlocks:

  • Risk Model Questions – dedicated question elements that feed into likelihood and damage calculations
  • Risk Model Calculations – computed score elements that aggregate risk model question answers
  • A Risk Matrix view on the response end-results screen

Redesigned Recipients & Notifications Table [NG-2365, NG-2366, NG-2448]

The Recipients tab on both standard Assessments and Assessment Permalinks has been completely redesigned:

  • Inline editing of recipient details directly within the table
  • Quick multi-action bar to update multiple recipients at once
  • Clearer separation between notification recipients and approvers
  • Email validation when adding new recipients
  • A Notification Status tab (formerly "Answer") now shows the response status for each permalink submission
  • Default values for the number of responders and expiration date are pre-filled
  • Column widths are stabilised to prevent layout shifting
  • The copy-link button icon has been updated for clarity

Time Machine for Compliance Settings [NG-2604, NG-2605]

A new Time Machine feature is available under Compliance Settings. It allows you to travel back to a selected date and view the state of records (including ROPA entries) as they were at that point in time. A prominent banner indicates when Time Machine mode is active.

Company Widget [NG-2584]

A configurable Widget can now be embedded in assessment questionnaires and other areas. Administrators can create and manage widgets via a new Widget section in Compliance Settings.

Workflow Enhancements [NG-2585, NG-2586, NG-2587, NG-2588, NG-2590, NG-2591, NG-2655]

New workflow trigger events have been added, including:

  • Triggering a workflow when sensitive data is added to a record
  • Triggering on a ROPA risk change
  • Triggering on ROPA status changes
  • A manual process trigger
  • An on-delete event type
  • Workflows can now send email notifications as an action
  • Base workflow templates can be initialised automatically for new companies

Improvements

  • Assessments – Intermediary Results: "Results" has been renamed to Intermediary Results throughout the builder and response screens for clarity.
  • Assessments – Variable Dropdown: A variable dropdown is now available within the assessment table element in the builder, allowing question values to be referenced directly in table cells.
  • Assessments – Question Numbering: Risk model calculation elements are no longer counted or displayed as regular questions in titles and the questionnaire form.
  • Assessments – Audiences: The bug preventing audiences from being added correctly has been resolved; deleting an audience from the recipients list is now also supported.
  • ROPA – Purpose of Processing: Purpose of processing has been added to the data mapping view.
  • ROPA – DPIA terminology (German): The German interface now consistently uses DSFA instead of DPIA, and "Audiences" is rendered as Gruppen.
  • Assessment Permalink – Breadcrumbs: A configurable prefix text is now shown in the breadcrumb navigation for permalink pages.
  • Workflow Card: The trigger label in the workflow card is now translated, and long titles are truncated to prevent overflow.
  • Comments: Author names in the Comments component are now correctly capitalised.
  • Table cell editing: Selected options are shown inline in dropdown menus; the menu closes when you click outside it.
  • Notifications table: Each selected recipient item is now shown on its own line for better readability.

Fixes

  • [NG-2561] Risk model calculation elements were incorrectly counted as regular questions in the assessment builder — this has been corrected.
  • [NG-2558] Visual feedback improvements to address display inconsistencies in the assessment builder.
  • Fixed the fourth column not appearing in the assessment results table.
  • Fixed automatic translation incorrectly translating intermediary result labels.
  • Fixed automatic translation for single/multiple choice questions.
  • Fixed list items reverting to a previous state when navigating back within a question.
  • Fixed an issue where deleted end-result questions were not removed from saved results, and updated questions were not reflected correctly.
  • Fixed recipient type values being incorrectly populated.
  • Fixed column width instability (shaking behaviour) in the Assessment Permalink detail view.
  • Fixed icon button alignment in the templates-used helper and in the Recipients quick-action component.
  • Fixed the task identifier shown in header comments.

Known issues

No known issues.

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