What's new

The following new features and enhancements are introduced in 25.4.

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What-if Analysis enhancements

The following enhancements are added to What-if Analysis. For details, see Configure widgets.

Ranking View widget	You can now configure the forecast duration from one to three years ahead. When you create a template, there is now a section called Configure Forecast Cost Duration. Click Set Number of Forecast Years and select the desired forecast duration (1, 2, or 3 years). The forecast cost for the selected duration displays the total cost defined for the corresponding years in the projects added to the portfolio.
Forecast Cost options	After a scenario is created, you can choose to display Whole of Life Cost (Projected Cost), as well as Current Financial Year, Next Financial Year, and Next Financial Year +1.
Scenario creation	When creating a scenario, you can now add resource pools. After a scenario is created, you can edit the scenario name and modify its associated resource pools. Within the scenario, click Edit and make the necessary changes.

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Demand Management enhancements

The application parameter ALLOW_SAVE_REQUEST_DRAFT defines whether users can save and delete drafts. This is now enhanced by a new setting in Workbench > User Access > Delete Draft. Specify which users are allowed to delete drafts, according to request type. For details, see Manage requests.

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Administration enhancements

The following enhancements are added to the Administration module.

Security enhancement	For enhanced security, you can now use a new server parameter, dashboard.Browser-Cache. By default the parameter is set to true, and dashboard pages are cached. If you set it to false, the browser does not cache dashboard pages. For details, see Server parameters.
Browse server files displayed	You can now edit the application parameter LIMIT_OF_BROWSE_SERVER_FILES, to increase the number of files displayed in the Support task > Browse Server Files log. For details, see Download and upload server files.
Create PFM proposal	When creating a new PFM proposal in the Dashboard, you can now make the Portfolio field mandatory. This is defined in Workbench > Status Dependencies. For details, see Configure request field status dependencies.
Staffing Profile UI	By default, the staffing profile page displays the new UI. To display the legacy view by default, modify the application parameter FORCE_STAFFING_PROFILE_LEGACY_VIEW to true. For details, see Server parameters.

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REST API enhancements

When you update a cost rule using the REST web service, the audit log now contains update details.

For details, see Interactive REST API Help.

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See also:

• What's new in earlier versions