What's new and changed in OpenPages

The 9.002.0 release of OpenPages includes the following features and updates:

Create multiple report views

Administrators can now create multiple report views for object types, giving users more options for viewing and sharing information.

Create objects based on questionnaire responses

On a questionnaire template, a questionnaire author can now create response actions to create or copy an object and set field values on the object automatically. For example, in a risk assessment questionnaire, you might want to create issues based on the answers to the questions.

Configure a model to suggest relationships to create or copy

You can now configure a model to suggest relationships between objects for the user. A relationship can be new or copied from an existing relationship. For example, you can configure the model to make the following suggestions:

• When a user is creating a risk, the model can suggest a set of controls to copy from the library.
• When a user is creating an issue, the model can suggest a set of predefined action items from the library and a set of controls.

Associate objects in a workflow action

In a workflow, you can add a new Associate objects operation on an action. This operation creates a relationship between the current object and other objects based on conditions that you specify. For example, in the Questionnaire Assessment Workflow, you can automatically associate a questionnaire template with the current questionnaire assessment object.

Export and import questionnaire templates

You can now export and import questionnaire templates by using the Environment Migration tool. The items you can import and export include:

• Question Templates
• Questionnaire Templates
• Questionnaire Section Templates
• Questionnaire Subsection Templates

You can still use FastMap to import and export questionnaire assessment objects and the standard fields for questionnaire assessment instances. However, the FastMap export and import do not include the response actions and questionnaire dependency data.

Support for Db2® version 11.5.9

OpenPages 9.002.0 supports Db2 version 11.5.9.

For more information about these new features and other updates in OpenPages Version 9.002.0, see New features in Version 9.002.0 in the OpenPages documentation.

The 9.001.0 release of the OpenPages service includes features and updates from OpenPages Version 9.0.0.1.

Some of the highlights include:

Add a custom welcome message to the Home page

Administrators can now customize the welcome message on the OpenPages Home page to give users a more personalized experience.

Create Report views for object types

You can now create Report views to display specific information that users need. Report views are displayed as a tab in the Task view of an object, along with the Activity, and Admin tabs. Report views are read-only and can be printed to PDF for simplified governance and regulatory compliance (GRC) activity sharing.

Print or export views

You can now print Task, Admin, and Report views to PDF. The PDF file includes rich text, workflow status, tags, links to objects, and all tabular grid information. The PDF also captures the date and time of the export for auditability.

You can also export Grid and Activity views to Microsoft Excel. You can then use Microsoft Excel to analyze and share the data.

Automatically update fields based on responses to questionnaires

You can now define response actions in questionnaire assessments.

A response action sets the value of fields on objects based on the answers that a respondent provides in a questionnaire assessment. For example, you can use response actions to assign vendors to a tier, classify assets as high, medium, or low, and enrich inventory information based on the answers that users provide in questionnaires.

For more information about these new features and other updates in OpenPages Version 9.001.0, see New features in version 9.0.0.1 in the OpenPages documentation.