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X-Author for Excel Winter 2018 Patch 1 Release Notes

About Release Notes

Apttus Release Notes contain the following information about X-Author for Excel Winter 2018 Patch 1 Release.

Note:

For more information on new features, enhancements, and document improvements refer to

  • What's new in X-Author for Excel Winter 2018 Designer and Runtime Guide
  • Packages: Lists packages that are required to upgrade to this release of the product
  • System Requirements and Supported Platforms: Lists requirements and recommendations for installing this release
  • New Features: Provides high-level descriptions of new features introduced in this release, with links to more detailed information
  • Enhancements: Provides high-level descriptions of enhancements to existing features
  • Resolved Issues: Lists customer-reported issues that are resolved in this release or known issues resolved from previous releases
  • Known Issues: Lists known issues that are applicable in this release
Note:

This documentation may contain descriptions of software features that are optional and for which you may not have purchased a license. As a result, your specific software solution and/or implementation may differ from those described in this document. Please contact your CSM or AE for information on your specific features and licensing.

Packages

The following packages and dependent packages are required to upgrade to this release to utilize all the new features of this release. These are the minimum required versions; later versions are also supported. Separate prerequisites for each feature can be found in the respective guides. The packages marked as (New) are new packages in this release.

Product

Version

Product Edition

Salesforce Managed Packages

Apttus X-Author For Excel

4.40.1

Power Admin

Enterprise

Essentials

Presto

Apttus X-Author Designer for Excel

1.9

Power Admin

Enterprise

Essentials

Presto

Apttus X-Author for Excel Document Generation

1.0

Presto

Apttus X-Author for Excel (Power Admin)

1.0

Power Admin

Microsoft Dynamics Managed Solution

XAuthorForExcelSolution_0_1

1.0

Microsoft Office Add-in (Supports Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics, and Apttus Omni)

Note:

If you have a Microsoft Dynamics only version and want to upgrade, you must first uninstall the add-in.

Apttus X-Author for Excel: Runtime Only (English) (New)

6.2.0426

Power Admin

Enterprise

Essentials

Presto

Apttus X-Author for Excel: Designer + Runtime Add-in (English) (New)

6.2.0426

Power Admin

Enterprise

Essentials

Presto

System Requirements and Supported Platforms

The following table lists the minimum requirements for installing and using X-Author for Excel.

Requirement

Version

Microsoft Office Version

Operating System

Windows 10

Windows 8.1

Windows 8

Windows 7

Office 2010, 2013, 2016

Office 2010, 2013, 2016

Office 2010, 2013, 2016

Office 2010, 2013

New Features

The following features are new to X-Author for Excel in this release.

New Centralized Admin

X-Author for Excel Designer has been enhanced with the following features grouped under a Centralized Admin. This new centralized admin enables you to configure and administer various settings related to the Designer.



Get Started

For details, see Using Centralized Admin.

Enhancements

This release does not have any enhancements for X-Author for Excel.

Resolved Issues

The following table lists the issues resolved in this release.

Case Number

Apttus Internal ID

Issue Description

CAS-11249-Q2Q5Z4

AB-3344

Data Validation Formula limit issue was occurring after upgrading Office 365 to version 1809. This issue is now resolved.

CAS-07974-Q9J5V5

AB-3335

Sorting of horizontal Display Maps was not working as designed. This issue is now resolved.

CAS-02615-X6D9S2

AB-3222

In protected sheets inserting a new record by adding rows and clicking on Save, saved the record successfully but unprotected all the sheets. This issue is now resolved.

Known Issues

The following table provides the cumulative list of known issues up to this release.

Apttus Internal ID

Issue Description

Salesforce

AB-3006

Save map with static by dynamic or dynamic by static matrix components cannot be saved.

AB-3090

Selecting the Disable Rich Text editing checkbox renders the value of the Rich text in the cell. Clearing the Disable Rich Text editing checkbox and clicking the Rich Text field displays Loading of Rich text task pane but does not get loaded.

Microsoft Dynamics

AB-2999

'OR' condition in filters is not working in Microsoft Dynamics.

Workaround: Define filter logic within brackets. Example: (1 OR 2), ((1 AND 2) OR 3), ((1 OR 2) AND 3)

Apttus Omni

AB-3054

Highlighting unsaved records is not cleared, after rendering records in Apttus Omni.

AB-3068

Show Query Filters in Display action is not working for Apttus Omni.

All Environments

AB-3162

Mapped record ID for lookahead (Online) does not allow selection of blank value.

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