You can now drill down into trend-based widgets to see the items behind the total numbers. You can also compare data between different dates to gain insights into scope changes.

For details, see Drill down and compare data.

Dashboard data is now cached, to prevent redundant reloading when you switch between dashboard tabs. You can customize the cache duration using the DASHBOARD_WIDGETS_CACHE_DURATION_IN_SECONDS parameter.

For details, see Configuration parameters.

In bar chart widgets, you can now sort the graph bars by their values, in ascending or descending order.

For details, see Configure widget settings.

In widgets that use the Same stack by or Group by fields, segments and columns that represent the same field values are now given the same color across the different widgets in a dashboard. This makes analysis easier when examining different KPIs for the same items.

For details, see Widget functionality.

New widgets in the Cross Release Trends & Analytics dashboard template include DORA (DevOps Research and Assessment) metrics.

For details, see DORA widgets.

Admins can now control the number of widgets that can be included in a Document report. This prevents users from adding an excessive number of widgets that can significantly increase the report generation time.

For details, see Document reports.

For widgets with a number display, you can now show whether the value increased or decreased compared to a previous period.

For details, see Single number (KPI) widget.

The advanced filters now have new filtering capabilities, including multiple layers of nested filters, and a new dialog box interface.

In addition, the quick filters and advanced filters are now independent and no longer synchronized. Filters and favorites created in earlier versions are kept intact and yield the same results as before.

For details, see Filters.

You can now add a REST Poll auto action to a release process. You can use this auto action, for example, to check the status of an asynchronous REST Call operation that takes an extended amount of time to complete.

For details, see Auto actions.

The Milestone entity now supports custom forms and user-defined fields. This lets you associate more information with a specific milestone, and enhances the options available when you search or filter by milestone.

For details, see Custom forms and Custom fields.

Dependency criteria

You can now add a Dependency Criterion to a quality gate. Choose the processes or process items that should be completed before proceeding with the process. You can also define a business rule that automatically completes a gate when dependencies are completed.

For details, see Define a dependency criterion.

You can now create a process for your release directly from the Release page. You can create a new release process or choose a process from an existing template.

For details, see Releases.

When importing items from Excel, you can now download a report listing the items that could not be imported, allowing you to focus on the problematic items.

For details, see Importing from Excel.

A new version of the Shift data migration solution tool is now available. For details, see OpenText Marketplace.