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# What's new in 26.2

The following new features and enhancements are introduced in 26.2.

In this topic:

## PPM Aviator (Beta)

PPM Aviator provides AI-driven assistance within Project and Portfolio Management Center, enabling users to interact with PPM through conversational AI. Aviator is now available in Beta status in release 26.2.

Key capabilities include:

- Conversational AI assistant accessible through a chatbox interface.
- Project creation using natural language prompts.
- Work plan task management and AI-driven task recommendations based on project scope and context.
- Staffing profile and position creation through guided AI interactions.
- Resource recommendations for staffing positions based on role requirements and availability.
- Risk prediction and creation with AI-generated risk assessments based on project characteristics.

Aviator integrates with leading Large Language Model (LLM) providers such as Google Vertex AI and OpenAI using the Model Context Protocol (MCP).

For details, see PPM Aviator.

## Resource Management enhancements

The following enhancements are added to Resource Management.

Daily breakdown for partially assigned positions | Staffing profiles now provide a daily breakdown of demand versus allocations for positions with Partially Assigned status. Users can click the information icon to view unmet demand by day, grouped by month and week, and edit demand values for specific periods directly from this view. For details, see Work with Resource Allocation Management page.
Enhanced project date change handling | When project dates are changed, PPM now provides improved options for managing resource allocations through enhanced popup dialogs. Users can choose to: Clear allocations only Clear allocations and send resource requests Keep existing allocations unchanged (when both start and end dates change) This gives project managers better control over resource assignments when project timelines shift. For details, see Synchronize staffing profile dates with project dates.

## Team Management enhancements

When selecting team managers from the dropdown, the system now displays both the user's full name and username. This enhancement helps distinguish between users who have identical first and last names.

For details, see Set up a team.

## What-if Analysis enhancements

A new Role Capacity Indicator widget is available for what-if templates. It shows role-level supply and demand in scenarios, helping you quickly identify capacity gaps.

For details, see Configure role capacity indicator.

## Integration enhancements

The following enhancements are added to integrations.

Date field mapping for Jira integration | A new date field mapping capability is available for PPM request and Jira issue integration (supported for Jira Cloud and Jira Server). You can now map date-type fields such as due dates, target completion dates, and start dates. Changes to mapped date fields automatically sync between PPM and Jira. For details, see Supported PPM-JIRA field type mappings.
Issue type change handling for synced tasks | A new work plan integration option controls how synced tasks are handled when a Jira issue type changes. You can keep history by marking the previous task as Completed and appending a new task. The option is called When issue type changes, keep previous task and append new task. For details, see Integrate PPM tasks with Jira projects.

## Portfolio Management enhancements

KPI impact capture is restricted when the related strategic theme or business goal is not active. You can also review historical impact values from business goal details.

For details, see Forecast project contributions to KPIs.

## Time Management enhancements

The following enhancements are added to Time Management.

Timesheet approval notifications | You can now configure timesheet approval notifications to remind approvers about pending approvals and to notify submitters when timesheets are approved. For details, see Timesheet approval notifications.

## Administration enhancements

The following enhancements are added to the Administration module.

Global calendar precedence order (Beta) | A new menu item, Global Calendar Precedence Order, is available under Administration > Project Management. This allows administrators to define the order of precedence for regional calendars used in staffing demand calculations. Precedence can be configured at administration, project type, and project levels, with project-level settings taking highest priority. For details, see Configure global calendar precedence order.
Cost Roll-Up Service performance | Performance of the background Cost Roll-Up Service has been improved, resulting in faster execution and reduced turnaround time.
Financial summary rollup batch size | A new server parameter, FS_ROLLUP_BATCH_SIZE, has been introduced with a default value of 100. This parameter controls how many financial IDs under a single parent ID are processed together in batches, improving performance when dealing with large numbers of financial summary items. For details, see Server parameters.
SSH2 client migration: JSch to Apache SSH client | The SSH2 JSch client has been replaced with the Apache SSH client to enhance security, performance, and long-term maintainability. JSch client is no longer supported. When upgrading from version 25.4 or earlier to 26.2 or later, environments using SSH must be updated. For details, see SSH2 Client Migration when upgrading to 26.2 or later (Oracle) or SSH2 Client Migration when upgrading to 26.2 or later (SQL).

## See also

- What's new in earlier versions

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