SOTI Snap

2024.0

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August 26, 2023

Important Notes About This Release

SOTI Snap 2024.0.0 agent is now available in the Google Play Store and Apple App Store.

Devices must upgrade to the latest SOTI Snap agent version to avoid losing any data created in previous versions and continue using SOTI Snap apps.

Release Highlights

Approval Management from Web

Approval Management from Web enables users to engage with workflow records, even without a physical mobile device. By logging into the web-based IDE, users can access and review workflow specifics, track progress, and take action from any internet-connected device with browsing capability. With this feature, you have more convenient and flexible access to your workflow process, regardless of location or device.

User List Widget

The User List widget provides the ability to dynamically select an approver during workflow submission from a list of allowed approvers configured by an administrator. Hardcoded approvers in a workflow are now no longer necessary and you can adapt your approval process to the availability of your approvers. Consequently, app developers won’t need multiple applications for different approvers, reducing extra work in the approval process.

SOTI XSight Topics

SOTI Snap has been integrated with SOTI XSight to provide XSight users with real-time data from SOTI Snap on their Live View Map. This feature allows users to easily map their input widget values to an XSight topic and seamlessly pass it to XSight. XSight topics streamline your data retrieval, making it faster and more accurate with data directly from the source.

Time Zone Preferences

SOTI Snap provides users the ability to choose their preferred time zone within SOTI Snap's web console preferences. If the time zone hasn't been set, we'll check the local device's time zone and set it as the default automatically. This new feature helps mitigate potential misunderstandings and errors that could be caused by time discrepancies between app developers' local workstations and the SOTI Snap web console.

Generate Form from PDF or Image

SOTI Snap can now automatically generate a form from a PDF or image. Users can now easily create forms in a matter of minutes. Simply upload a PDF or an image (JPEG/JPG/PNG) containing the form you want to digitize, and the necessary input fields and options will be populated automatically. With this new feature, you can eliminate the need for a lengthy manual creation of a form and get working with digital forms today.

Navigator Window

The new Navigator window lets you move between widgets and pages quickly. Its simple interface shows which widgets have customizations for rules, events, actions, and scripts and lets you edit them just by clicking on the name, saving you time. The Navigator window even lets you search for a widget by its type or name. The window can move the IDE and stretch, so it's never in the way when you don't need it, but it can expand to provide more information when you do. We've even included a Show/Hide toggle to ensure it's only there when you need it. It truly brings the app editing experience to a whole new level.

Grid View

Let your creative mind roam free and design native-feeling apps with SOTI Snap’s new Grid view. Transform the way you think of form-based apps by sectioning off a page to allow its windows to load a different page based on context. You can create a navigation bar at the top of the page that will load a different section of a form below or place a picture and use hotspots that will present different questions based on which hotspot you clicked. For instance, you could make a forklift inspection app that displays an image of a forklift and shows different checklists or questions based on the hotspot clicked, but the forklift picture is always present. With our new Grid view, don’t settle for boring forms that look exactly like your outdated pen-and-paper process. Instead, create native-feeling apps with dynamic elements that your employees can easily understand and even enjoy using.

Business Card Reader

Ever wish your lead retrieval app could scan potential customers’ business cards and save their info easily? Our Business Card Reader widget will do just that! Simply drag the widget onto your canvas and deploy, then use your phone’s camera to take a picture, and our widget will parse the info and save it into your report.

QR Code Generator

Our QR Code Generator widget creates a QR code from a combination of input fields from your app. It’s a great way to transfer captured data to another system that can scan a QR Code to input data. It’s also a great way for two devices running the same SOTI Snap app to transfer information without needing a data connection. In a situation where one person begins to fill out a form but can’t finish it or needs someone else's input, a second person can scan the first’s QR code and everything captured will appear on the second person's device, all without a data connection.

Global Background Image

You can now pick a background image to use throughout your app, helping you establish your branding or enhance the look and feel of your apps. Upload your own custom images or use some of the great-looking ones we've included by default to get you started!

Device Scaling

Bring a what-you-see-is-what-you-get editing experience to your SOTI Snap app development. If you know the device that you’re deploying to, you can now enable device scaling on the canvas to see exactly how it’ll look on a real device, making sure you know exactly how your custom app will look when it goes live.

PDF Mapper Eraser

Including a picture as part of a submitted PDF is a great way to reduce the need to enter long comments or notes to describe a mitigative action or problem. But what if you didn’t want to re-design the PDF template from scratch? The new PDF Mapper Eraser can be used to highlight the areas of the PDF you're not using and then place the pictures that provide all the necessary details in the blank area. The eraser can even color-match the PDF’s background or field, keeping everything nice and consistent.

General Improvements

The following improvements have been made with this release:

  • Administrators can now enable PIN resets for an agent device
  • SOTI Snap allows users to duplicate existing Data Connection rules and retain field mappings from the original rule
  • You can now toggle features at the tenant level, so that you pick and choose features for individual tenants
  • SOTI Snap IDE shows a performance warning message when an administrator tries to enter more than 100 input widgets in a form
  • Removed validation on the tenant name from rename tenant API which will enable snap to create tenant name containing only alphabets.
  • We’ve added a Refresh button to Apps so you can see and access apps as soon as they’re created
  • Unique name for widgets, pages, forms, hamburger menu, webpage and image hotspot in an app

Learn more about using these new features with What's New in SOTI Snap Online Help.

Resolved Issues

MADP-47910 Workflow apps could not be created for some tenants
MADP-48670 Rest rules were not working on the agent
MADP-49103 In some cases, data did not reach its destination for data export
MADP-49118 Clicking Finish when creating a data connection did not take users to the next step
MADP-49801 Pull to refresh on agent was not working
MADP-49828 User approval activity was not working in workflow
MADP-49936 Unable to logout from workflow app
MADP-49946 New IDs could not be enrolled after deleting am old enrollment ID
MADP-51084 After sending enable reset pin, the agent stuck became stuck in a setup pin loop
MADP-51145 The properties of workflow activities in old workflow apps could not be updated
MADP-51252 Preferred time zone was not set on user login in any tenant
MADP-51327 Session timeouts caused the agent to infinitely load and not display the IDP screen
MADP-51613 If a file extension was in all caps, the API returned an ‘unsupported format’ error
MADP-51614 The 'What's new' pop-up did not open
MADP-51685 Barcode widgets were not working on the agent on newly published/republished apps