✨ Softyflow V8 (2025) 🚀
Overview
After consolidating a robust low-code platform, V7 marks a strategic turning point: it paves the way for Softyflow V8, our "2025-ready" edition.
🎯 Objective: Move from simple process automation to intelligent orchestration at scale, integrated with your business and data ecosystems. The features below illustrate this change of direction and constitute the foundations of a V8 engine that is even more predictive, collaborative, and scalable.
Key Features
🎉 Simplified Access to Actions and Custom Lists from Build Interface
🧩 The screen designer now benefits from a unified side panel grouping actions, connectors, conditions, and custom lists. With instant filtering and drag-and-drop functions, you can build complex interfaces without leaving the mockup view, reducing back-and-forth trips to dialog boxes and cutting configuration time from several minutes to just a few seconds ⏱️.
Benefits:
- Unified workspace for all interface components
- Instant filtering for quick component discovery
- Drag-and-drop functionality for rapid development
- Significant reduction in configuration time
🔁 "Terminate Process" Button in Support Module
An authorized operator can interrupt a workflow at any time, automatically record the complete history, and generate the compliance report 🧾.
Ideal for managing incidents 🚨, queues 📤, and properly archiving files without leaving orphaned tasks.
Key Features:
- Immediate workflow interruption capability
- Automatic complete history recording
- Compliance report generation
- Clean archiving without orphaned tasks
- Incident and queue management support
🔎 Extended Cross-Application Search
🔍 Global search now applies to your entire instance: variables, EDS, collections, business rules. Results are displayed with their context and configuration link, accelerating impact audits and reuse of common components ♻️, while limiting regressions during updates 🔄.
Search Coverage:
- Variables across all applications
- External Data Sources (EDS)
- Collections and data structures
- Business rules and logic
- Configuration contexts and links
Benefits:
- Faster impact analysis
- Improved component reusability
- Reduced regression risks during updates
- Enhanced development efficiency
🟢 Excel Data Export
Each table can be exported natively to XLSX format, preserving types, formats, and column dimensions. Files are immediately usable in Excel: pivot tables, charts, and macros work without prior preparation, facilitating analysis and sharing in a familiar tool.
Export Features:
- Native XLSX format support
- Preservation of data types and formatting
- Maintained column dimensions
- Ready-to-use Excel files
- Full compatibility with pivot tables, charts, and macros
🛡️ Advanced IDE Access Control
We're moving from global authorization to fine-grained management: each role can now target exactly the IDE areas they control 🎯.
Examples:
- Want an administrator to manage users without touching projects? Give them only the "User Management" right 👥
- An architect needs to control External Databases but not system settings? Assign them the appropriate scope 🗂️
Access Control Features:
- Granular permission management
- Role-based IDE area access
- Precise scope assignment
- Enhanced security and governance
- Flexible authorization models
Technical Improvements
Performance Enhancements
- Optimized workflow execution engine
- Improved memory management
- Faster search indexing
- Enhanced UI responsiveness
Security Updates
- Enhanced role-based access control
- Improved audit logging
- Strengthened data encryption
- Advanced compliance reporting
Integration Capabilities
- Extended connector library
- Improved API management
- Enhanced data synchronization
- Better third-party integrations
Detailed Release Notes
🎨 UI/UX Improvements
Builder Interface Enhancements
- SOF-463: Complete redesign of Builder All screen with improved navigation and accessibility
- SOF-462: New Builder Add Menu with enhanced user experience
- SOF-457, SOF-449: Modernized Builder home design with better organization and responsive layout
- SOF-456, SOF-448: Advanced Custom List management directly from UI builder
- SOF-406: Enhanced drag and drop functionality across builder pages
- SOF-480: Improved spacing between widgets and configuration panels for actions, custom lists, and tables
- SOF-482: Persistent widget state management in interface API
Form and Interface Components
- SOF-495: Enhanced visibility for long labels in forms
- SOF-492: Improved text ID handling
- SOF-479, SOF-477, SOF-476: Complete icon refresh and standardization across widgets and actions
- SOF-478: Improved button sizing for better usability
- SOF-475: Enhanced text readability across all screens
- SOF-474: Optimized spacing between titles and menu buttons
- SOF-473: Fixed missing menu icons
User Interface Modernization
- SOF-458, SOF-450: New dropdown interface for viewing all applications in user pages
- SOF-461: Redesigned filters interface in Run Page
- SOF-460: New backoffice popup design
- SOF-459: Modern workflow creation popup interface
- SOF-485: Fixed button overflow issues on sidebar
- SOF-484: Resolved project creation popup issues
- SOF-483: Improved error display design with better UX patterns
Table and Data Display
- SOF-464: Enhanced table structure with consistent sizing (12px, 8px, 24px spacing)
- SOF-481: Improved table column design
- SOF-405: Standardized table design across the entire platform
- SOF-486: Fixed display mode issues
🐛 Bug Fixes and Stability
Process and Workflow Issues
- SOF-489: Fixed Process Input/Output display issues
- SOF-490: Resolved version comparison functionality
- SOF-494: Implemented metadata chain creation alerts
- SOF-491: Fixed deploy button visibility in shared tickets
- SOF-493: Resolved Custom List deployment issues
Search and Filtering
- SOF-472: Fixed remote search functionality in Scheduling Tasks
- SOF-470: Resolved sorting and counting issues in tables with aggregation
- SOF-468: Fixed sorting functionality in instance/task reports
- SOF-467: Corrected filter behavior on run page for error/paused instances
Performance and Optimization
- SOF-452: Optimized count operations in reports for better performance
- SOF-327: Enhanced mail template functionality with automatic host setting
🔧 New Features and Enhancements
Collections and Resource Management
- SOF-454: New cross-platform UI for Collections management
- SOF-453: Enhanced search functionality for Collection components across all resources
- SOF-455: Added View button to instance pages for better navigation
- SOF-347: Cross-project resource attachment capabilities
Navigation and Menu System
- SOF-320: New drag and drop navigation menu system
Security and Authentication
- SOF-451: Implemented CAPTCHA functionality for enhanced security
- SOF-394: Enhanced password reset interface
Email and Communication
- SOF-382: Email template versioning for different environments (test, UAT, prod)
Process Management
- SOF-369: Enhanced process filtering in RUN interface with multi-select capabilities
♿ Accessibility Improvements
IDE Accessibility
- SOF-419: Enhanced Settings-Overview accessibility with improved tooltips
- SOF-413: Comprehensive Builder accessibility improvements
- SOF-409: Settings page accessibility enhancements
- SOF-408: Compare Versions and history accessibility improvements
- SOF-404: Monitoring section accessibility upgrades
- SOF-403: Settings accessibility improvements
- SOF-402: User and Roles management accessibility enhancements
User Interface Accessibility
- SOF-400: Resources, Projects, and Files accessibility improvements
- SOF-399: Responsive user configuration interface
- SOF-398: Enhanced user configuration accessibility
- SOF-397: Improved accessibility for Tasks/Table interface
- SOF-396: Responsive home interface with better mobile accessibility
- SOF-395: Enhanced home and applications interface accessibility
Widget and Component Accessibility
- SOF-401: New Spacer Widget for improved layout control
📊 Reporting and Analytics
- Count optimization in reports for better performance
- Enhanced table sorting and aggregation capabilities
- Improved data export functionality with native Excel support
🔍 Search and Discovery
- Global cross-application search across variables, EDS, collections, and business rules
- Enhanced component discovery with context and configuration links
- Improved impact analysis capabilities
🏗️ Developer Experience
- Unified side panel for actions, connectors, conditions, and custom lists
- Drag-and-drop functionality for rapid development
- Enhanced version comparison and history management
- Improved debugging and monitoring capabilities
Migration Notes
From V7 to V8
- Existing workflows remain fully compatible
- User permissions may need review for new granular controls
- Search indexes will be automatically rebuilt during upgrade
- Custom integrations should be tested with new connector updates
System Requirements
- Minimum server specifications updated for optimal performance
- Database compatibility verified for all supported versions
- Network requirements updated for enhanced security features
Getting Started
For Administrators
- Review new permission structure for IDE access control
- Configure global search settings for optimal performance
- Set up Excel export permissions as needed
- Train operators on new workflow termination features
For Developers
- Explore the new unified Build Interface panel
- Leverage enhanced search capabilities for component reuse
- Utilize new export features for data analysis
- Adapt to granular access controls in development workflows
For End Users
- Familiarize yourself with new Excel export functionality
- Utilize enhanced search for finding business rules and data
- Understand new workflow termination capabilities
- Explore improved interface building tools
Softyflow V8 represents our commitment to providing a more intelligent, scalable, and user-friendly platform for enterprise automation and digital transformation.