2022 Laserfiche 11 Updates
Laserfiche has released an overview of upcoming features for self-hosted clients. The updates include the Laserfiche API server, new Forms enhancements, and improved support for automating installations and upgrades.
Summary of important updates:
Laserfiche is actively working on self-hosted upgrades and some of the following features will be released throughout 2023
Forms designer updates will include JavaScript
Shared calendars and Forms holiday support, add files to a form from the repository
Environmental promotion features
DirectShare folder and password updates, soon availability for Avante
Forms Auditing - requires Forms Professional
Admin pages to support Single Sign-on
Enterprise Deployment Guide is forthcoming
SCIM support for Azure AD (already for Okta) - Auto user access provided to the directory server
Laserfiche 11 Forms layout designer/drag/drop forms pieces enhancements
Dynamic Field Rules, no scripting required
Dynamic Rules for Regex for Forms Fields
Add Windows Groups directly to Forms Groups
Delete abandoned draft forms feature
Direct approval buttons in emails with action buttons forthcoming
New deployment toolkit, support for upgrading an existing system, UI wizard for creating configuration files
Dynamic Field Rules and Conditions
Set based on other field values
Required fields
Disabled/enabled fields, pagination, and action buttons
Field value validation
Conditions based on multiple field values
No scripting required
Directly through the UI without external libraries
Validations and requirements managed on the backend
Forms Layout Designer Customization
Easier customization:
JavaScript support
Append choices to lookup results for dropdown
Accept barcode scan for single line and number field
Support using variable for number/currency/date/time/geolocation default value
Specify row labels for table fixed number of rows
Pagination and search for large tables and collections for easier end-user experience
Other Laserfiche Cloud parity or new features such as:
Payment gateway
Image preview for uploaded images
Default signature for submitters
The text above in a field Bulk applies a CSS class to multiple fields
Forms Layout Designer - File Sets
Store content directly in the repository when processes are ongoing
Directly reference existing content
Avoid duplication/missed records classification
Correctly manage retention rules and considerations for content in active processes
Direct Share is Getting More Flexible
Increase share transaction up to 1GB+
Increase share expiration by up to 30 days
Share entire folders as ZIP files
Support coming for Avante
Laserfiche API Server
REST-based repository endpoint
Follows the same requirements as SDK for licensed connections
Available at no cost as a stand-alone download for existing Laserfiche 11 customers
How-to guides
Examples
Libraries
Developer Community
Features in Laserfiche API
Retrieve entry listings
Read metadata
Export documents
Execute searches
Create folder structures
Write metadata
Import documents
Deployment Toolkit
Initial administrators, repositories, and sites are all created
Directory server, Laserfiche server, forms, Laserfiche web client, and audit trail
Forms portal distributed to the correct machine
Deployment Toolkit Application Connections
To email server
To repository
Between forms and workflow
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