What's new

The following new features and enhancements are now available in 26.1 P1.

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Web Client enhancements

The following new features and enhancements are available in Web Client.

What's New	Details
Project reports	Generate, preview, and download project reports. For details, see Use project reports.
Business view Excel reports	Generate BV Excel reports and modify them in Microsoft Excel. For details, see Configure Business View Excel reports.
Requirement coverage in Test Plan module	You can now add requirement coverage to a test. You can also refine coverage by selecting test configurations. For details, see Requirement coverage.
Enable or restrict adding Test Coverage	Site administrators can now control whether users can add new test coverage to a requirement. When the DISABLE_REQUIREMENT_TEST_COVERAGE site parameter is enabled, new test-to-requirement links cannot be added. For details, see Create and manage requirements.
Version comparison	In the Requirements & Test Plan modules, you can now compare two versions of a requirement or test in the entity's History > Versions tab. For details, see Version control.
Libraries and baselines	Use libraries and baselines to organize reusable project content, capture baselines, compare changes over time, and import libraries across projects for reuse. For details, see Use libraries and baselines.
Web graphs – New (Tech preview) and Classic view	A new modern dashboard is now available. Create dashboard pages and graphs directly from the dashboard, add composite graphs, and export graphs as images. For details, see New dashboard view - Tech preview.
Workflow	Workflow now supports: Approval information. For more details, see Supported system actions. Querying linked entities across different modules. For more details, see Supported system actions.
Requirements traceability	In the Requirements module, you can now add requirement traceability. For details, see Trace requirements.

Electronic signature

The e-signature (controlled workflow) feature includes the following new functionality and enhancements.

What's New	Details
Bulk approval submission	You can submit multiple records within an entity for approval in a single flow. For details, see Submit entities for approval.
Role based permissions for approval workflows	You can now control approval workflow permissions by user group. Configure which groups can submit, withdraw, and reassign approval requests for specific entities. You can also grant access to approval audit trails as needed. For details, see Configure approval settings and Approvals page.
Re-authentication policy for approval actions	The new General Settings menu in Approval Settings enables you to configure re-authentication behavior for e-signature actions: no re-authentication, once per active session, or every action. For details, see Configure approval settings.
Testers as default approvers in Test Run Module	In the Test Run module, testers who perform the test steps can serve as the final approvers without requiring an approval policy. For details, see Configure approval settings.
Restriction to bulk update approval fields	Bulk now updates only fields that are not controlled by an e-signature workflow. For details on bulk updates, see Update a field for selected entities.
Migration Identifier in Field Mapping	A new Migration Identifier column was added for specifying the field used to store the revision number of legacy entities. For details, see Configure approval settings.
Email templates - withdrawal notification	An email notification is now triggered when an approval request is withdrawn. For details, see Configure approval settings.

For more details, see Electronic signature.

Desktop Client enhancements

Desktop Client includes the following enhancement.

What's New	Description
Test Runs - Favorites	You can now add favorites in the Test Runs module. For details on favorites, see Favorite views.

See also

• What's new in earlier versions
• Support Matrix