MatchPoint Workspaces and Provisioning Version 1.1.0

December 19, 2019

Markus Doggweiler

We have released the second official version of MatchPoint for Office 365 Workspaces and Provisioning. MatchPoint Workspaces and Provisioning provides site provisioning functionality powered by the PnP Provisioning framework. Also, it lets you apply and manage metadata on the sites which leverages targeted content aggregation and a great governance experience for your SharePoint sites, O365 groups and teams.
Here you can find more information.

New in this version:

  • Add permission management for workspace templates
  • Additional field options:
    • Readonly
    • Mandatory
    • Default values
  • Add AutoIncrement UrlGenerationMode to automatically generate the next workspace name based on a configured pattern
  • Several performance improvements
  • Improved error handling
  • Several improvements in the UI

Update information:

Cleanup

Please note that all your data (configs, sites, etc.) will still be there. Also these changes/steps are completely unrelated

Version 5.4.0

December 19, 2019

Markus Doggweiler

Features

  • Improved Team Integration
    • Add Teams Data Provider (config type key: dataProvider_teams)
    • Add filters for all and joined teams
  • Add support for Condense events (new data provider CondenseNewsDataProviderConfig)
  • Add a basic version of client API
  • Breadcrumb can be disabled in the features section in the global settings
  • Ensure functionality to use Graph (contacts endpoint) in the global search

Improvements

  • Non-leaf items in breadcrumb referring to a node in the mega menu are not clickable anymore
  • Delete key in mega menu (edit mode) doesn't delete the whole node, if text is selected
  • URL box in filters widget can be hidden using the configuration member hideUrlField
  • Info icon in "Manage Pages" view looks nicer
  • Contacts retrieved from Outlook can now be displayed in an overview (view all)
  • Improved/unified behavior of callouts and filters
  • Add new Graph permission requests (in case you plan to use these, you will need to re-install the "MatchPoint O365 Core" app):
    • Contacts.Read
    • User.Read.All (for Teams Data Provider)

Bugfixes

  • "View all"-target URL for contacts from Outlook
  • Title in mobile view on non-hub pages
  • Filters widget connected to multiple widgets sometimes produces wrong condition
  • Breadcrumb breaks page when current page is referenced in the mega menu

This is a silent release.

For more information on the new features please consult our documentation.

Version 5.3.0

November 1, 2019

Markus Doggweiler

Features

  • Provide an inline "View all"-functionality that displays all items within MatchPoint hub, without redirecting to the source system.
  • Add support for infinite scroll.
  • Additional user infos are loaded and can be used in expressions for certain data providers (ConfiguredLazyExpressionString).
  • Height of a grid row is decreased from 500px to 100px. This enables more flexibility in designing the page.
  • Condense news can be added to the global search.
  • Introduce new action menu that for example also contains actions from the MatchPoint Workspace functionality. The feedback button has also been moved to this menu.
  • Integrate filter widget in to hero widget. This enables admins to pre-define a range of filters that can be personalized by the user.
  • Show license information in the global settings panel as well as display a toast, when the license expires in less than 30 days.

Improvements

  • Hub logo URL (logoUrl) can now be an expression.
  • Improve handling of null/undefined values in Item Templates.
  • Data providers can convert filters provided by Filters Widget to fit their own needs.
  • Icon in hero section can be hidden.
  • When rendering a SharePoint person we fallback to account name if there is no display name.
  • Add Calendars.Read.Shared permissions to be able to read shared Outlook calendars.
  • Improve Planner tasks integration.
  • Event item templates don't render HTML from the description, but plain text instead.
  • SharePoint edit mode on hub.aspx has been improved.
  • Background color of area around search box in content items widget is configurable.

Bugfixes

  • Fix layout on very large screens.
  • Filters Widget can properly handle string values.
  • Fix a tooltip in schedule widget.
  • Fix loading spinner.
  • Fix Date Properties with no values.
  • Fix issues where videos weren't played anymore.

This is a silent release.

For more information on the new features please consult our documentation.

MatchPoint Workspaces and Provisioning Version 1.0.0

October 29, 2019

Matthias Weibel

We have released the first official version of MatchPoint for Office 365 Workspaces and Provisioning. MatchPoint Workspaces and Provisioning provides site provisioning functionality powered by the PnP Provisioning framework. Also, it let's you apply and manage metadata on the sites which leverages targeted content aggregation and a great governance experience for your SharePoint sites, O365 groups and teams.
Here you can find more information.

Version 5.2.0

August 6, 2019

Markus Doggweiler

Features

  • Add a filter widget
  • Keyboard support
    • Add possibility to navigate the mega menu using the keyboard
    • Add possibility to navigate the global search using the keyboard
  • Add a compact view to the global search
  • Add a time zone widget
  • Add possibility to deploy Core-app tenant-wide
  • Add possibility to search for mega menu items

Improvements

  • Improve loading performance of hub page
  • Rename "Workspaces" to "Sites"
  • Add possibility to use SharePoint search instead of the MatchPoint global search
  • Improve mega menu HTML structure - use semantic HTML
  • Improve global search HTML structure - use semantic HTML
  • Auto rotation is disabled while the cursor is hovering over the image in hero- and slider-widgets
  • Property item mappers can now return a promisable-value that can be used to lazy-load additional data
  • "View all"-buttons for SharePoint Search Data Provider redirects to modern search page
  • Hero widget
    • Better integration of new Condense features (e.g. alert and confirm icons)
    • Show a "create subscription"-UI in case of missing Condense subscription
    • Add a "View all"-button
  • Allow configuration of Condense subscription ID to prevent loading news from the wrong subscription
  • Add support for Italian

Bugfixes

  • Mega menu root nodes can be reorded using drag and drop
  • Version picker in config editor shows dates in local time instead of UTC
  • Several other minor bugfixes

This is a silent release.

For more information on the new features please consult our documentation.

Version 5.1.3

April 8, 2019

Markus Doggweiler

Bugfixes

  • Ensure default configs in global widget catalog

This is a silent release.

Version 5.1.2

April 8, 2019

Markus Doggweiler

Bugfixes

  • Fix bug in global widget catalog

This is a silent release.

Version 5.1.1

April 4, 2019

Mirko Riesterer

Bugfixes

  • Fix Sites I Follow

This is a silent release.

Version 5.1.0

April 2, 2019

Markus Doggweiler

Bugfixes

  • Content Items Widget doesn't break if one tab throws an error
  • Styling fixes in refiners/filters
  • Several bug fixes in mobile app
  • Physical pages referenced in the mega menu are marked as active
  • Our side panel sometimes broke the layout of standard SharePoint modern pages
  • Schedule widget didn't work correctly if only one data provider is configured
  • Internet Explorer: Hero widgets shows grid gap

Improvements

  • User widgets: Enables admins to configure zones where users can place widgets they need
  • Teams widget: List, search and open teams
  • Schedule Widget: Default view and default source can be configured
  • Data Providers cache items in local storage
  • Breadcrumb on modern SharePoint pages
  • In case of a network error, user can try to refetch the data
  • Add a configurable feedback button
  • Provide channel filter for all condense views

This is a silent release.

Version 5.0.0

February 27, 2019

Matthias Weibel

This is a major version, which contains a fix for a critical issue that prevents loading the Hub page.

Bugfixes

  • In some situations the loading of the Hub page gets stuck.

This is a manual release - all tenants need to be manually updated. Please follow the instructions in our documentation.

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