As part of the series of product update videos on AgilePoint NX v8.0 release, the next one I would like to share is about the JIRA Integration. The following workflow actions have been added Add Assignee Add Attachment Add Comment Create Issue Create Project Delete Issue Get Issue Details Update Issue Update Issue Status This…
Mobile App Accelerator Gets New Look
Continuing from my previous blog post ‘AgilePoint NX Gets New Look’, today I will showcase the Mobile App Accelerator module. Key points: The entire Mobile App Accelerator UI has been updated to follow the new UI branding to match rest of the product. Support for Windows Mobile OS has been DROPPED, as Microsoft has withdrawn…
Form Based Applications – Oracle Database
In this article, I am going to show, how to create a Form Based App on top of already designed database tables in your backend Oracle database. Data in form-based applications can originate in any SQL database (Oracle, MySQL, MS SQL Server, etc.). Support for Oracle is a very important aspect of Form Based Apps…
End of Support for Internet Explorer
AgilePoint NX is announcing the removal of support for Internet Explorer effective AgilePoint NX v8.0. Microsoft Edge is the path forward to use AgilePoint NX if you prefer, or are required, to use a Microsoft browser. What is changing in terms of browser support? Our current release in the market, AgilePoint NX v7.0 SU2.5, supports…
Turn Spreadsheets Into Data Tables with Data Entity
In today’s world of sophisticated software solutions, sometimes it’s those that are simple, yet powerful, that stand the test of time. Since its inception many years ago, Excel has emerged as one of those tools preferred by business users (whether used as intended, or not!). From pivot tables to visualizations, Excel is used pervasively throughout an organization. With…
Application Dependency Validation and Generating App Migration Checklist
In this article, we will discuss about a feature has been in a great demand by a many application developers for a really long time. AgilePoint NX already provides you a one click packaging of your app and its related artifacts like Process Models, Forms, images, JavaScript, CSS, Access Tokens, App specific configuration. However, an…
Giving Your eForms a Makeover with a New Base Theme
The look and feel and UI is one of the first things an end-user will notice about your application. The first few moments are make or break – will the user get frustrated and give up, or will they instantly fall in love and contribute to viral success? As we improve the UI/UX in AgilePoint…
AgilePoint NX Gets New Look, Enhances Its User Experience
Every once in a while, you get an opportunity to work on something that changes the game. Something that might be hard and risky but meaningful. It is especially gratifying professionally and personally to introduce you to the new AgilePoint NX v8.0 Portal experience. With thousands of customers and millions of users using AgilePoint NX…
How to Disable Multi Factor Authentication on Office 365 Trial
Starting October 21st, 2019, every new Office 365 for business or Microsoft 365 Business subscription will automatically have security defaults turned on. This means that every user will have to set up MFA and install the Microsoft Authenticator app on their mobile device. With Multi Factor Authentication enabled, the way you can create an access…
Support Multi Factor Authentication for Office 365 Access Token
Multi-factor authentication is a process where a user is prompted during the sign-in process for an additional form of identification, such as to enter a code on their cellphone or to provide a fingerprint scan. If you only use a password to authenticate a user, it leaves an insecure vector for attack. If the password…
SAML2 Vs OAuth2/OpenID Connect – What is Preferred?
AgilePoint NX platform is pretty flexible when it comes to choosing identity provider for the platform. It supports the concept of Bring Your Own Identity where customers are free to choose from any of the supported identity providers listed in the documentation. https://documentation.agilepoint.com/10/admin/cloudportalThirdPartyAuthentication.html As you can see, there is a wide variety of industry standard…
AgilePoint Support for Your COVID-19 Response
In the face of uncertainty from a global event such as COVID-19, many organizations are simply overwhelmed as to where to start – is it with keeping track of who is infected? How about the mounting work from home and device requests to stay productive while out of office? It can be dizzying to think…
Enterprise Blockchain Apps with AgilePoint NX
In this article, we are going to look at how AgilePoint can work with Blockchain network for creating Blockchain apps for enterprise. The Blockchain technology has pretty much become a household term by now. Many people wrongly think that the application of Blockchain technology lies only in cryptocurrency. However, as we will see shortly, the…
Google Chrome Browser Release in February 2020 Changes SameSite Cookie Behavior
Overview The Chrome 80 release, scheduled for February 2020, changes the default cross-domain (SameSite) behavior of cookies. This change enhances security and privacy, but requires customers and partners to test custom integrations that rely on cookies. The SameSite attribute on a cookie controls its cross-domain behavior. This Chrome Platform Status explains the intent of the SameSite attribute. “SameSite is a reasonably robust…
HTTP status code 429 (“Too many requests”) – SharePoint Online API
Symptom: While making SharePoint API calls from AgilePoint server to SharePoint Online, you might occasionally notice a HTTP error code 429 due to which your workflow is suspended on the SharePoint activity however it works fine without any changes when the process is resumed. Reason: SharePoint Online uses throttling to maintain optimal performance and reliability…
Govern Microsoft Teams Usage Using AgilePoint NX
In this article, I am going to cover how to use AgilePoint NX to govern and manage your Microsoft Teams instance. User provisioning and governance applications gives a single point of maintenance to manage user access to IT applications. Companies need these governance programs to maintain organized records of user information such as personal information,…
BPM Vs Orchestration Platform – The Big Picture
A question which we come across many times is whether AgilePoint BPM platform and Orchestration platforms (iPaaS) compete with each other, and if yes, does AgilePoint play any role in the iPaaS world? This topic is frequently on the minds of business leaders. Should the integration problem be solved using an integration solution (like MuleSoft,…
AgilePoint NX Workflow Activity Available in UiPath Store
Late last year i.e. around December 2018, AgilePoint announced its suite of workflow actions created for UiPath which could be used to send data from AgilePoint workflow to UiPath. We are taking this partnership even further and today we are pleased to announce the availability of AgilePoint NX workflow activity in UiPath store which can…
Changes to Default behavior of Date and DateTime controls
There has been an important change made in the default behavior of Date and DateTime control which previously prevented it from working properly with externally bound data sources. This does not break any backward compatibility for existing applications which were not data bound even if that behavior was incorrect. Please read this carefully and if…
Configure Active Directory Authentication to Use Bearer Token Instead of Basic Authentication
In this article we will see how you can make your active directory authentication with AgilePoint NX more secure using a Bearer token. Before we dive into this topic, lets understand the terminology around Bearer tokens and JSON Web Token (JWT) token as they are used interchangeably. JWT is an encoding standard for tokens that…