What's new in 26.1

The following new features and enhancements are introduced in the current release.

AI: Aviator Smart Assistant

Off cloud deployments can enable Aviator AI capabilities by configuring Aviator to use external LLM providers.

For details, see Aviator Smart Assistant.

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Common functionality

The following enhancements are available.

Area What's new
My Views module

View your favorite grids and boards side by side in the new My Views module.

For details, see My Views.
Improved favorites management

The Manage Favorites dialog box now displays items in a grid for easier management and filtering. You can pin your top favorites for quick access.

For details, see Favorites.

Filtering enhancements

The following filtering enhancements are available:

  • Reuse filters: Build filters once and reuse them anywhere in the application, or share them as text in any channel.

  • Date presets: Find older, newer, or overdue items, using presets like Today, Yesterday, and fixed Last Day ranges.

  • Undo: You can undo your latest edits in the Advanced filter dialog box.

For details, see Filters.
Copy template link

Copy template links, so users can directly create items based on a template.

For details, see Forms and templates.
Wider sidebars

You can now stretch the sidebars further to bring more content into view. Beyond a certain width, the opposite pane automatically collapses, allowing more room for the main view.

For details, see User interface.

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Insights

The following enhancements are available for dashboards.

Area What's new
Free-text widgets

Add titles, notes, or summaries to explain your data and make dashboards easier to understand.

For details, see Set up a dashboard.
Dashboard widget filters

In dashboard widget configurations, you can define advanced filters using the Release, Sprint, and Milestone fields. For example, catch items that are not assigned to a release, and cross-filter on those fields.

For details, see Configure widget settings.

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Agile & Quality

The following Agile and Quality enhancements are available.

Area What's new
Export test run report

You can export test run reports to PDF or HTML. The functionality is added using a custom sidebar.

For details, see OpenText Marketplace.
BDD scenario Rule field

A new Rule field is added to BDD scenarios and runs. Using the field, you can create widgets monitoring the status of BDD rules.

For details, see Create BDD scenarios.
Format Gherkin script

A new Format script button is added to the Script tab in BDD specifications and Gherkin tests. Use the button to auto-format Gherkin scripts for improved readability and reduce errors.

For details, see Create BDD specifications.
Task board - backlog item phases

In the task board, the backlog item title bars now display the backlog item's phase.

For details, see Work on backlog items.

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Integrations

The following integrations updates are available.

Integration What's new
Pipelines runs

View pipeline runs in a standard grid, with filtering and column selection capabilities.

For details, see View and analyze pipelines.
Azure DevOps parameters

You can now use parameters instead of variables in Azure DevOps jobs and pipelines. This is relevant in release process auto actions and pipelines.

For details, see Run pipelines and Auto actions.
Native GitLab integration

A new GitLab CI service integration works directly with GitLab webhooks for smoother and faster integration.

For details, see GitLab CI integration.
Jira Cloud Plugin

The Test Management for Jira Cloud plugin is now certified as Cloud Fortified.

For details, see Test Management for Jira plugin.

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Administration & Installation

The following Administration and Installation enhancements are available.

Area What's new
Create your own entity types

You can now turn Customers, Products, or any item into a managed entity with its own fields and logic, so your workspace reflects how your organization works.

For details, see Custom entities.
Field hiding

Customize the custom fields available to each user. With user-defined field hiding, administrators can tailor displayed information based on user's role.

For details, see Fields.
Searchable string fields

Administrators can now mark string fields, in addition to long string and memo fields, as searchable, enabling inclusion in global and grid searches.

For details, see Fields.

Business rules formulas

You can now choose to set values using a formula. As you type, autocomplete suggests the right fields and functions to speed things up.

For details, see Business rules.

Read-only run steps

Run steps become read-only when the parent run's Native status is set to read-only, preventing changes to finalized test runs.

For details, see Lock completed manual test runs.

Scripted dashboard widgets

Create custom widgets and add them to dashboards for specialized visualizations and reporting.

For details, see External actions.
Auto-assign API keys to new workspaces

Automatically assign space API keys to all current and future workspaces.

For details, see API access.
OAuth 2.0 support for SDK

The Java SDK now supports the OAuth 2.0 authorization framework for secure integrations.

For details, see Authentication.
Hide what's new popup

Administrators can hide the what's new popup when a new version loads.

For details, refer to the DISABLE_WHATS_NEW_POPUP_ON_UPDATE parameter in Configuration parameters.
Enforce email copy to sender

You can now enforce that emails copies are sent to the sender of emails, and to the author of comments that mention users.

For details, refer to the the SEND_EMAIL_ALWAYS_COPY_SENDER and MENTION_IN_COMMENT_NOTIFICATION_COPY_AUTHOR parameters in Configuration parameters.
User privacy

You can now hide user information in system logs. The user information is replaced by UIDs.

For details, refer to the SHOW_USER_INFO_IN_LOGS parameter in Configuration parameters.

Restore workspace

You can now restore an individual workspace from a space backup.

For details, see Restore a workspace.

OpenSuse 16 support

OpenSuse 16 support is added.

For details, see Install.

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