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20.2.0 Datacenter Highlights

Bulk Operations - Delete Objects from Search Results​

You can now delete multiple objects straight from search results — including the results of an IQL query — in one background job that moves them to the Recycle Bin, with an optional deletion comment. With the Early Access Data Retention feature turned on, the same bulk operation archives objects.

Read more: Bulk changes

Reporting - Cycle Group Name Properties​

Reports and IQL queries can now show a cycle group by name — both the group assigned to an object and the group the currently running cycle is using. Each cycle type gets a pair of new properties — approvalGroupName and activeApprovalGroupName, for example — with the same pair for review, endorsement, and acknowledgement cycles.

Read more: IQL query properties

API - Upload a New Version of an External File​

The REST API can now upload new content to an existing External File, which previously worked only in the browser. The platform checks the file out, stores the new version, and checks it back in with the normal audit trail, and antivirus scanning applies the same way as an upload from the browser.

Read more: Access the REST API

Diagramming - Association Line Routing Reverted​

20.2.0 rolls back the right-angle default line routing that 20.0 introduced for association lines: the line that connects a data object to a shape is a straight line by default again. If you prefer the right-angle route, switch the routing to Right-angle in the Styles panel — in your diagram, or in a diagram template so new diagrams start with it.

Read more: Create and edit a diagram

UX/UI Improvements​

  • Comment notification emails now open the diagram with the comments panel open and the comment in focus. Read more: Comment on a diagram
How to enable Early Access features

  1. Go to Admin → Server Settings

  2. Navigate to the Early Access tab. AI-related Early Access features (such as Pia Diagram Creation) live on the adjacent AI Settings tab and are toggled the same way.

  3. Toggle the features you would like to enable

Note: Features with a ℹ️ icon are in General Access. These features are fully released; customers are provided a temporary window to disable these features to perform internal training and communications before the feature is permanently enabled.

How to enable Early Access features

Controls - Downloadable Assessment Report​

The new Assessment Report tab in the Controls repository configuration downloads the repository's control assessments as a spreadsheet — filtered by year, by assessor, and by the answers to each assessment question. It's part of the Control Assessment Tab Early Access feature.

Read more: Configure controls

Server Customization - Extension and Theme Override Mechanisms Retired​

Historic Extension and Theme mechanisms have been retired. These involved creating folders under extensions/ or themes/ within the Design Platform's home directory and could replace static content (images etc.) or make changes to a few specific server-rendered files. This also retires the Google Analytics integration that was installed as an extension package. Branding configured on the Appearance page in the Administration area is not affected.

Read more: Post-deployment steps