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= ICI Release Notes - Release 8.1 =
  
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== Release 8.1 New Features ==
  
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These release notes provide an overview of the enhancements to ICI, the ICI experience for integrations, and so on.
  
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= ICI Release Notes - Release 8.0 =
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•      Refer to the [[#_Technical_Requirements_8.1|'''Technical Requirements''']] for the release in this document.
  
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== [[Introducing ICI ACE UX]] ==
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•      Refer to the [https://ici-us-wiki01.icertis.com/ICIHelp8.1/index.php?title=ICI_Help '''Wiki'''] documentation (also found in your ICI help section) for details on all ICI features and functionalities.
  
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The 8.0 Release introduces significant enhancements to the Icertis Contract Intelligence (ICI) platform. Key enhancements include new AI and Analytics capabilities, User Experience updates, and Localization features.
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The 8.1 Release introduces the following enhancements to the Icertis Contract Intelligence (ICI) platform:
  
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== Icertis Contract Intelligence&nbsp; ==
  
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The enhancements of this release include:
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=== Agreement & Platform&nbsp; ===
  
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*<span style="color:#800080;">'''Enhancements to the ICI Application'''</span>
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'''A new collaboration experience with Microsoft Teams'''
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**'''''User Experience'''''
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***Providing a rich preview for agreements, associated documents and attributes documents on various UI pages by implementing the WOPI for Office Apps technology.&nbsp;
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***Extending the online editing in ICI to cover editing Associated Documents along with the agreements in shared online sessions to provide a complete collaboration encompassing the components of agreements.
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***Provision to create and edit associated documents when working on an agreement within the Icertis Experience for Word.&nbsp;
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***Extending the localization support to the Associated Document’s attributes tagged in an agreement as a file, table or saved search and Bilingual Template in Association. &nbsp; &nbsp;   
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ICI now leverages the powerful capabilities of Microsoft Teams to help internal teams collaborate on contract creation workflow and expediting the contracting lifecycle. The Teams integrations will help customers to use a single communication system and discussions can be held in context of the agreement.
  
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*<span style="color:#800080;">'''Enhancements to ICI API 2.0'''</span>
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**Adding new API endpoints to receive audit logs, to specify templates during agreement creation and to support bulk association contract types.&nbsp;
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**Announcing deprecated APIs and their provisioned alternatives. &nbsp; 
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*Contract owner can initiate a collaboration on MS teams from agreement details page and also invite agreement team members to participate in the discussion.
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*The latest version of the agreement document is also made available on the teams channel while initiating the collaboration. Participants can review, redline the agreement document in MS teams and publish the edited document back to ICI as a new version.
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*The documents associated with main agreement in ICI can also referenced in MS teams channel
  
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*<span style="color:#800080;">'''Enhancements to Artificial Intelligence Applications'''</span>
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Feature ID: 1188391
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**Capability to include the associated documents and amendments along with parent agreements to process together in the AI Studio and provide the insightful data.
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**Improving the Discover AI’s clause delimitation logic to discover the clause boundaries accurately based on the clause titles and identify up to one level of sub clauses in a .docx, text .pdf or scanned .pdf or mixed .docx document.
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**Adopting the Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology embedded into ICI to read the wet signatures and rubber stamp prints present in the document using Discover AI.
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**Improving the Discover AI’s accuracy for recall and precision for identifying attributes in documents for the list of out-of-the-box attributes. 
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'''Negotiate and Update Agreements with the new Outlook Add-in'''
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The new Outlook Add-in connects users’ emails with Icertis Contract Intelligence and provides improved collaboration capabilities and ensures information sent on emails is tracked for audit and governance on ICI. In addition, the new add-in provides a better interaction design, in line with the modern ACE user experience released in version 8.0.
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The Add-in for Microsoft Outlook Desktop is supported on Windows and Mac OS. Once installed, an '''Icertis Experience for Outlook''' pane is accessible from Outlook. The pane provides access to ICI agreement data, along with success and error messaging for interactions. It can be pinned on the interface for easy access.
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With the Outlook Add-in improvements, users can now do the following:
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*Add attached documents in emails as associations or a new agreement version in ICI.
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*Preview Agreement and Association documents from the Outlook Add-in.
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*Drag-and-drop single or multiple emails as associations.
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*Replace existing associated document with a new email or email attachment.
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*Access agreements and associated documents from the Outlook plugin and email them attachments to reviewers or approvers any stakeholders.
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*New incoming messages for email threads marked as associated documents are automatically added as new associated documents.&nbsp;
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Feature IDs: 1137119, 1137121
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'''Quick & Easy Agreement Creation'''
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Agreement Contract Types now come with a Quick Creation option. For all agreements using this option, users can fill all the necessary information on a single page and publish the contract or send it for approval immediately.
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Feature ID: 1183356
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'''More Quick Action Options'''
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The Quick Actions widget “What would you like to do” has been enhanced to provide multiple actions/links with one quick action line item. For example, “Create MSA” quick action now provides multiple links catering to “Own” and “Third Party” paper selections, as displayed in the image below.
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<div class="image-green-border">[[File:RN 8.1 1.png|520px|RN 8.1 1.png]]</div>
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Feature ID: 1183310
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'''External Emails Split to Ensure Compliance&nbsp;'''
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Contracts sent for review or approval by email to other parties, legal consultants and users not within ICI are now split in two parts. A URL and passcode can be shared with the users and the review can be done completely online. No need of downloading and attaching documents and tracking versions offline. The process is quick, secure and easy to audit.<br/> Two emails are sent, One email is sent containing the agreement URL and the other with the passcode to access the URL. This method could be used for requesting reviews, reviews and approval.<br/> <br/> Users can also resend the notification to external users whose reviews are pending, with the help of the “Resend Passcode Notification” button.<br/> <br/> To enable this feature, the implementation team needs to configure it explicitly.&nbsp;<br/> <br/> Feature ID: 1216716&nbsp;
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'''Deviation management for text and tables outside content control'''
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If changes are made to the plain text in agreements or tables in associations of an agreement document (text which is not a clause or attribute), a deviation can now be triggered to help Legal teams exercise greater content control. The changes are highlighted and the deviations will flow through an approval process.<br/> <br/> Feature ID: 1183384&nbsp;
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'''Support for Microsoft Powerpoint documents'''
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ICI now supports Microsoft Powerpoint file formats (files with .ppt and .pptx extension) as third-party paper agreement file formats. In addition to PDF and DOCX file formats, users can now create and negotiate contracts using PPT and PPTX files.
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Feature ID: 1183367
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'''Online Editing Of Own Paper'''
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In this release, ICI is enhancing its existing online editing feature &nbsp;by supporting online editing of own paper documents. using Microsoft WOPI.We have improved the experience for editing agreements with Microsoft Online applications In this release.
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The following improvements can be observed:
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*Documents with editable content control can be edited and and values are is synced seamlessly.
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*The track changes option will now track all the changes made by the users in reviewing mode, creating a redlined version of the document.
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*The empty content control will be displayed as blank instead of “obj”.
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*The content controls within tables can now be edited with associations tagged as tables and saved searches.Content controls within tables will now be editable.&nbsp;
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Feature ID: 1287270&nbsp;
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'''Support for Inheritance of Bulk Associations&nbsp;'''
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In addition to attributes and associations, now bulk associations contract types (BACT) and their extension attributes can now be inherited from parent to child agreements.&nbsp;
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The agreements with BACT associations will get inherited asynchronously along with all extension attributes of all the associations. The bulk associations will also work as they do in parent agreements.
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Feature ID: 1278205&nbsp;
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'''Enhancement to Download all Agreement & Associated Documents in one click''' &nbsp;
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With this release, we have expanded on the Download all capability which allowed users can to download the agreement and itsall associated documents in one click saving much time and effort.&nbsp;
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This functionality was earlier available when the signature type for the agreement was set to manual, it is now available for electronic and hybrid signature types as well.
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Additionally, the “Download All” button will now be visible to users based on the role action mapping in superseded state as well.&nbsp;
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Feature ID: 980342&nbsp;
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'''Platform changes to enhance UX for Business Applications'''
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To improve findability and relevance of information pertaining to a particular business application, some configuration changes are now available in the platform. These changes significantly improve the search and usability experience when working with Agreements, Associations or any Business Application.
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The following configurations are now supported:
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*Business Applications have dedicated index pages, where users can search for the information pertaining to the specific business application.
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*Agreements and Associations index pages do not show information from Business Applications.
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*On the Advanced Search page, users have a choice to search for information from Agreements or specific business applications.
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*Left navigation of a business application entity page can be configured to show the relevant links.
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*Results for global search are categorized by the business application name if they are not Agreements or Associations.
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*When creating a Contract Type, seeded attributes only relevant to the Business Application Type and Category can be seededwill be selected.
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Feature ID: 1183274&nbsp;
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=== Self-Service ===
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'''Introduction of a Technical Admin user to access the System Configuration on Self Service Portal'''
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With the risk of inaccuracies in technical configurations, given their critical importance, such configurations have been, till now, hosted outside the confines of ICI, where ICI admin users, who have azure subscriptions to an instance, authored the process.
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Therefore, the capability of admin users within ICI were being limited and the scope of technical configurations had to be expanded.
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Now, a solution has been devised with this feature, as enunciated in the following:
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*Technical Administrators can now be configured/added for performing required technical configurations in the System Configuration Portal, using the new “Technical Roles” field while adding, provisioning or editing a user.
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'''Note:''' The user has to be Internal in order to be authorized with “Technical Roles”, and selecting an external user will automatically discount the Technical Roles feature.
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*The portal has been upgraded for Technical Admin users, with enhancements to the Landing page, header, menu options, along with a static welcome message.
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*Appropriate messaging and communication will be provided for any negative scenarios, wherein the Technical Admin User faces any challenge accessing or configuring.
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*When a new ICI admin user logs in, they should be able to setup other internal users as technical admin users of the System Configuration portal.&nbsp;
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'''Note:''' Only the ICI Admin user should be able to setup other internal provisioned users as the Technical Admin user.
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*The ICI Admin can either create a new Security group, as required, or use an existing security group.&nbsp;
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*The authorization of technical admin users will depend on Security Groups Privilege to the “Self Service” privilege entity, and on roles assigned to specific users.
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*The “Self Service” privilege can be configured in the backend and it will be visible to users under the Security Group Privilege tab.
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*The “Manage” access option can be selected to grant access to the System Configuration Portal for technical admin users.
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'''Note:''' The user who gets Technical Admin privileges can be any internal provisioned user on that instance (even a non admin user).
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Feature ID: 1210894
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'''Building the Config Key Update utility as part of the System Configuration on Self Service Portal'''
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Today, in ICI – There are close to 800 configuration keys in the system. These keys are managed via the ICM Tools which is hosted outside of ICI. With this initiative, we have started the migration these Keys incrementally to be part of the System Configuration – Self Service Portal.&nbsp;
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The scope for this release is to migrate 10 keys into the utility. The access to this utility is driven by the Technical Admin role as explained in the previous section.&nbsp;
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Once the user successfully enters the ‘System Configuration – Self Service’ portal with the correct security groups and technical admin role, they will be able to see the ‘Config Key Updates’ entry point at the top of the screen
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<div class="image-green-border">[[File:RN 8.1 2.png|720px|RN 8.1 2.png]]</div>
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On clicking the Config Key Updates menu, the user will be able to see the utility where the defined 10 keys will be loaded on the screen, along with their existing values.
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<div class="image-green-border">[[File:RN 8.1 3.png|720px|RN 8.1 3.png]]</div>
 
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The user will be able to view each key loaded into a card. The card will contain the name of the key along with it’s value.&nbsp;
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**The Obligation Management Power BI dataset “Obligations & Fulfillments” is now available for OM Reports without having the need for “Advance Analytics” installed.
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**Merging a range of Power BI reports within the ICI core reporting, enabling users to leverage Microsoft Power BI capabilities for customized report creation.&nbsp;  
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The user will be able to see a dedication section to the right of the page for viewing help information
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The user will be able to click on the ‘3-dot’ option on each card to edit the value of the key
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<div class="image-green-border">[[File:RN 8.1 4.png|720px|RN 8.1 4.png]]</div>
 
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On clicking the Edit option, the key information will be loaded in the right drawer panel. Here the user can edit the key value and Save using the button at the bottom of the drawer
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**'''''Icertis Experience for Workday'''''
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***Introducing integration of human capital management in the ICI Workday integration.  
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<div class="image-green-border">[[File:RN 8.1 5.png|720px|RN 8.1 5.png]]</div>
 
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The user can edit one or more keys using the ‘3-dot’ option on each card. Once the user has finished editing all the keys, they need to click on the ‘PUSH CHANGES TO ICI’ button at the top of the grid. This will internally update the keys with the edited values in ICI for the changes to take effect
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***Introducing the Obligation Management navigation tile as an entry point for managing all Obligations and Fulfillments. 
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*<span style="color:#800080;">'''Additions to Icertis Software Development Kit for Partner Enablement'''</span>
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=== Administration & Configuration&nbsp; ===
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**With this release, the following SDK documents have been updated: ICI Technical Configuration Hooks and Self-Serve Tools. 
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These release notes provide an overview of the enhancements to ICI, the mobile app, the ICI experience for integrations, and so on.
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'''Quick Configuration with ICI Import Solution'''
  
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*Refer to the [[#_Technical_Requirements_7.16|'''Technical Requirements''']]&nbsp;for the release in this document.&nbsp;
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The ICI Import Solution is an automated solution for configuring ICI entities. It simplifies the initial configuration process and reduces the time and complexities involved in the process.
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*Refer to the Wiki documentation for details of all ICI features and functionalities.&nbsp;
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*Import configurations from a source ICI instance to a target ICI Instance with no pre-existing configuration data.
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The document preview has now been enhanced to provide the rich preview experience using the WOPI for office technology. This rich preview is available for agreements, associated documents and attributes files appearing on various UI pages.<br/> With the WOPI for office, users can now preview MS Excel and presentation files types. Whereas, the existing supported file formats such as images, .pdf, .doc and .docx will continue to use the current technical solution to generate previews.<br/> Using the WOPI for office, the files can be previewed entirely without limiting the number of pages in a preview. Configurators can enable the WOPI for office to preview documents independent of the online editing functionality settings through the technical configuration.
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*Register and publish preconfigured import solutions.
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ICI extends its localization to attributes of association entities tagged in templates and agreements to display values in a local language.&nbsp;<br/> This localization support has been provided for association entities assembled as a file, table or saved search in a single as well as bilingual template. The localization covers data types such as Masterdata lookup (String Attribute), Choice/Multi-choice, Date and DateTime, Percentage, Number, Boolean and Currency, as well as attribute groups and extension attributes on ICI UI.<br/> On a different note, users can now tag these data types for associations using Icertis Experience for Word.<br/> When the localization is not defined, the attribute values will be displayed in a language depending on specific business criteria (need to confirm with Bala if this needs to be mentioned in RN). To apply the localization in ICI, Administrators should maintain the translation values against respective resource keys using the Translation Editor tool.
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Contract types can now be edited by only one user at a time. This functionality helps prevent data inconsistencies or concurrency errors.
  
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An agreement contract usually contains number of associated documents. While working on an agreement, it is now possible to create and edit these associated documents within the Icertis Experience for Word itself, similar to the editing of agreements. This provides the unified experience while working with agreement and its components while improving the productivity and efficiency.&nbsp;
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*A Lock/Unlock button on the contract type page.&nbsp;
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*Auto system lock when users start edit a contract type without locking it.&nbsp;
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*System locks get released when contract types are saved.
  
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*When creating or editing associated documents of an agreement in the Icertis Experience of Word, users can:  
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Send an association for approval. A version of associated document is created in the ICI on saving or publishing the associated document from Icertis Experience of Word. The authorization workflow will start for the workflow enabled associated document. The actions taken on the associated document from the Icertis Experience of Word will be captured and can be viewed under the History tab on the ICI UI.
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*Users can schedule upload in batches within guardrails to improve system resource allocation.&nbsp;
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*Specific range of records from the UI can now be uploaded.
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*On demand batch scheduling based on the user provided schedule.&nbsp;
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<div class="image-green-border">The online editing in ICI now covers the editing of Associated Documents along with the agreements in shared online sessions for a complete collaboration with various stakeholders encompassing the components of agreements. The online editing for associated document is available for the MS Excel, PowerPoint and MS Word files (XLSX, PPTX and DOCX file extensions).</div> <div class="image-green-border">&nbsp;</div> <div class="note-box">'''Note''': Users cannot upload an associated document when the online editing session is in progress.</div>
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'''Unique clause and template code for every environment'''
  
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Users can now customize their clause and template codes for different instances. If unique codes are used, it reduces errors when migrating data from one instance to another. It also simplifies searching of clauses and templates.
  
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Previously in API 2.0, support was provided for signed JSON Web Tokens (JWTs). However, not every identity provider (IDP) integration can provide signed JWT’s and they rely on different mechanisms, such as Introspection endpoint, for token validation. This led to issues while providing OAuth as a mechanism to authenticate with ICI API’s.
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*OpenID Connect (OIDC) has been implemented as per the IdP Introspection endpoint for validation of tokens. The non-JWT Access token (RFC 6749) will be validated with the Introspection endpoint provided by the IDP. The introspection endpoint is solely responsible for deciding whether API requests will succeed.
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A new endpoint has been provided for template rule evaluation which returns a list of applicable templates after template rule evaluation.<br/> Users will now be able to upload the template while creating/updating agreement using API. &nbsp;The new create/update APIs also support auto-selecting applicable template when only one template is returned after rule evaluation.<br/> &nbsp;
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'''ServiceBus upgraded to Azure.Messaging.ServiceBus'''
  
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The support for Bulk Association Contract Type (BACT) from API 2.0 was earlier not possible. Client integrations using API 2.0 were not able to create, update, edit, delete BACT entities, hence they were compelled to use API 1.0 API and do a hybrid (1.0 & 2.0) to cover integration use cases.<br/> With this release, to ensure seamless experience for our customers, CRUD support has been enabled for the Create, Update, Delete, and Get endpoints. Thus, customers no longer need to use API 1.0.<br/> &nbsp;
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“Azure.Messaging.ServiceBus” is now replacing “Microsoft.ServiceBus”. &nbsp;<br/> <br/> This is a Microsoft recommended upgrade and provides the following improvements:
  
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With the newly introduced API endpoints, the endpoints given below have been deprecated and alternate APIs have been provisioned. These endpoints will not be available in the 5th release from the release in which they have been marked as deprecated.&nbsp;<br/> Any integrations utilizing the deprecated APIs must adopt alternate APIs. More details on the alternate APIs are available in the Swagger documentation.&nbsp;
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== AI Applications Enhancement&nbsp;Details ==
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Microsoft has announced* deprecation of the Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) Authentication Library (ADAL) and Azure AD Graph API libraries and recommends using Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL) and Microsoft Graph API.
  
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We have updated Microsoft Graph, Identity and Key Vault packages to include stability and security fixes from Microsoft. The migration from ADAL and Azure AD Graph API to MSAL and Microsoft Graph API will ensure continuing support for the following areas:
  
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The Discover AI’s clause delineation logic has been improved further to discover the clause boundaries more accurately in a docx, text pdf, scanned pdf and mixed docx document.&nbsp;<br/> The clauses in these documents will be delineated based on the clause titles to identify up to one level of sub clause(s) in conjunction with the existing visual indentation based clause delineation logic. For example, while identifying the clause category, the entire text under title Introduction is identified as a clause. The DiscoverAI will follow the clause delineation method that will be more suitable to the specific document file format to give more accurate clause identification. The title-based delineation is only supported when working in English language.<br/> This will help to accurately identify clauses in the document and also reduce the number of incorrectly identified clauses.&nbsp;<br/> This service is available automatically for users with DiscoverAI license and no further configuration is required.
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Feature ID: 1276938
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<div class="image-green-border">The Discover AI in ICI presents all the new opportunities where you can selectively discover attributes, clauses, obligations and tables and keep optimizing the discovery through continuous learning from user responses.<br/> With this release, ICI launches the capability to create your own AI Models and define the discoverable entities in them.&nbsp;<br/> With the introduction of an explicit training mode, it is possible for users to train the AI model by themselves.</div>
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<span style="color:#800080;">'''973366 – Enhancing the out-of-the-box model in DiscoverAI'''</span>
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The Discover AI has been improved to discover out-of-the-box attributes, clauses and obligations with high accuracy.&nbsp;<br/> The recall and precision with which the attributes are identified in documents are now upto 95% accurate. The list of the 15 out-of-the-box attributes whose discovery has been improved using the rule engine is mentioned below.&nbsp;
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=== API Enhancements ===
  
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*ICMPartyName
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In this release we focused on providing API 2.0 versions of most of our APIs with a goal to improve the performance and overall usability.
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*ICMPartyAddress
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*ICMEffectiveDate
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*ICMExpiryDate
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*ICMContractValue
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*ICMContractDuration
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*ICMRenewal
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*ICMPaymentTerms
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*ICMJurisdiction
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*ICMGoverningLaw
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*ICMTerminationPeriod
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*ICMCity
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*ICMState
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*ICMCountry
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*ICMZipCode<br/> &nbsp;
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<span style="color:#800080;">'''973385 – Provision of the ability to read the wet signature and the rubber stamp print in documents'''</span>
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Following APIs are upgraded to API 2.0 versions in this release:
  
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Discover AI now adopts the Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology embedded into ICI to read the wet signatures and rubber stamp prints present in the document.<br/> The enhancements offered per document type are listed below.
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*Scanned PDF
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[[File:RN 8.1 8.PNG|720px|RN 8.1 8.PNG]]
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**Addition of a flag to decide the use of Read API, OCR Service or Tile OCR.  
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**Ability to convert PDF to text similar to the existing pipeline with READ API.  
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**Ability to identify handwritten text/wet signatures in documents.  
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**Splitting documents if it exceeds the threshold pages numbers and size.  
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**Supporting multi column Documents. 
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*Text PDF
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**Addition of a flag for text conversion using Document Convertor or Read API. 
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*Table Discovery
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**Discovering tables using Azure form recognizer by default.<br/> &nbsp; 
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<span style="color:#800080;">'''575477 – Analyzing associated documents in AI Studio'''</span>
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[[File:RN 8.1 9.PNG|720px|RN 8.1 9.PNG]]
  
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AI studio extends its capability of analyzing documents in bulk to provide the insightful data, to the associated documents and amendments. User can now include amendments and associations along with parent agreements to process together and discover attributes, tables, obligations and clauses.<br/> ICI provides the options to:
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[[File:RN 8.1 10.PNG|720px|RN 8.1 10.PNG]]
  
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*List all document entities associated with an agreement at the agreement level.  
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[[File:RN 8.1 11.PNG|720px|RN 8.1 11.PNG]]<br/> [[File:RN 8.1 12.PNG|720px|RN 8.1 12.PNG]]
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*Manually trigger discovery on one or more selected entities
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*View the discovered attributes, clauses, obligations and clauses in the form of interactive power BI dashboard with the actionable interface
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*Save the discovered attributes values in respective agreement, association or amendment
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*Create associations from the tables discovered in other associations or amendments.  
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*Create obligation instances from the obligations discovered in associations or amendments.  
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[[File:RN 8.1 13.PNG|720px|RN 8.1 13.PNG]]<br/> <br/> [[File:RN 8.1 14.PNG|720px|RN 8.1 14.PNG]]
  
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== Reports Enhancement Details ==
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[[File:RN 8.1 15.PNG|720px|RN 8.1 15.PNG]]
  
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<span style="color:#800080;">'''865062 – Introducing Obligation Management Summary Report'''</span>
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[[File:RN 8.1 16.PNG|720px|RN 8.1 16.PNG]]
  
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The Obligation Management Dashboard and Obligation Management Health reports provide specific reporting techniques for business executives to track and monitor obligations and fulfillments.&nbsp;<br/> With this release, the Obligation Management Summary is being introduced in addition to the OM reporting offerings in ICI, to support business performance monitoring by analyzing performance of obligations and tying them to business metrics.&nbsp;<br/> The out-of-the-box OM report will be available in the Reports section under “Default Reports > Obligation Management” section. It can be accessed from the Dashboard option under the OM App navigation tile as well.
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<div class="image-green-border">[[File:7.17 RN 1.png|720px|7.17 RN 1.png]]</div>
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Similar to other reports, this OM Report can be configured via Security Groups for users to have View, Manage and None accesses.
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<span style="color:#800080;">'''971908/975186/1002911/1002912/1002913/1002914/1002916/1002917/1002918 – Adding core reports to Platform Analytics'''</span>
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[[File:RN 8.1 18.PNG|720px|RN 8.1 18.PNG]]
  
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Previously 6 core SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) based reports were made available as part of Platform Analytics in Power BI report form: Agreements Pending Approval Report, Agreements Pending Execution Report, Expired Agreements Report, Expiring Agreements Report, Signature Type Report and User Login Report.<br/> With this release, the following reports are also being added to Platform Analytics:
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[[File:RN 8.1 19.PNG|720px|RN 8.1 19.PNG]]
  
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*Agreement Deviation Report
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[[File:RN 8.1 20.PNG|720px|RN 8.1 20.PNG]]
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*Approved Requests Waiting for Contract Creation Report
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*Clause Profiling Report
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*Clauses Pending Approval Report
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*Template Clause Report
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*Templates Pending Approval Report
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*CLM Activity Report
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Any new Power BI reports created by editing existing reports will be listed under My Reports for the user and under Custom Reports section when shared with other users in the org. A new Security Group Privilege has been provided for Power BI Reporting – the users of the security group which has manage access to this privilege can edit these default Power BI reports.
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[[File:RN 8.1 21.PNG|720px|RN 8.1 21.PNG]]
  
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== Integration Enhancement Details ==
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[[File:RN 8.1 22.PNG|720px|RN 8.1 22.PNG]]
  
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<span style="color:#800080;">'''1008388 – Workday masterdata sync for HCM'''</span>
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[[File:RN 8.1 23.PNG|720px|RN 8.1 23.PNG]]
  
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This release introduces masterdata sync for Employment Agreements. Now the ICI Workday integration supports:
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[[File:RN 8.1 24.PNG|720px|RN 8.1 24.PNG]]
  
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*The ability to interface Organizations from Workday to ICI
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[[File:RN 8.1 25.PNG|720px|RN 8.1 25.PNG]]
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*The ability to interface Job Profiles from Workday to ICI&nbsp;
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*The ability to interface Workers from Workday to ICI &nbsp;&nbsp;<br/> &nbsp;
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<span style="color:#800080;">'''804682 – Displaying validations when uploading documents in Salesforce'''</span>
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[[File:RN 8.1 26.PNG|720px|RN 8.1 26.PNG]]
  
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While previously users could upload documents to the Icertis Experience for Salesforce, there was no validation in place for the type of documents to be uploaded. With this release, the following validations have been put in place to avoid any file from being uploaded and avoiding any potential risk for customer business:
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[[File:RN 8.1 27.PNG|720px|RN 8.1 27.PNG]]
  
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*Invalid File Type
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[[File:RN 8.1 28.PNG|720px|RN 8.1 28.PNG]]
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*Older Version Validation
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*Add/Remove/Modify Content control and upload
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*Association as file/table Added/Modified/Deleted and differences
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*Missing mandatory/parent clause, clause modified/removed/added
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*Incorrect format for the tagged attributes
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*Invalid document
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*Exact same
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*Virus Scan
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*Invalid lookup values
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== Business Apps Enhancement Details ==
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'''API Deprecations'''
  
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=== ICI Sourcing Application ===
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Any integrations utilizing the deprecated APIs must adopt alternate APIs. Previously, API endpoints have been periodically deprecated and alternate APIs have been provisioned.
  
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The 7.17 Release introduces significant enhancements to the Icertis Contract Intelligence (ICI) Sourcing Business Application (SRC7.17.0.X).
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However, no existing API endpoints have been deprecated in the 8.1 Release. To check previously deprecated endpoints, refer to 7.16 Release Notes. More details on the alternate APIs are available in the Swagger documentation.
  
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<span style="color:#800080;">'''213222 – Advanced Optimization for RFx'''</span>
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=== Mobile App Update&nbsp; ===
  
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Sourcing events often include many line items, participating suppliers, and multiple rounds of negotiations. The number of bids received for an RFx often gets humongous making it difficult for the buyers to analyze them. Buyers often must analyze the bids externally thereby not providing any visibility on the analysis and the outcome in ICI Sourcing.<br/> With this release, buyers can now create multiple scenarios for an RFx. Buyers can run optimization on an RFx based on the created and defined scenarios and view the award recommendations.<br/> Now,
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'''Improved Security on Mobile Devices with SafetyNet Attestation API'''
  
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*ICI prevents buyers from cancelling RFx that are in “Draft” state.  
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With this release, ICI is implementing SafetyNet Attestation API for Android mobile application to restrict users from accessing the application through rooted/vulnerable device, to avoid breaching of the IT and cyber security policy.
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*ICI displays a confirmation message when buyers cancel RFx that are in “Approved” state.&nbsp;
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&nbsp;
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'''Note: '''The SafetyNet Attestation API is supported Android version 8.0 onwards.
  
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&nbsp;
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Feature ID: 1095223
  
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=== ICI Obligation Management Application&nbsp; ===
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== AI Applications&nbsp; ==
  
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The 7.17 Release introduces enhancements to the Icertis Contract Intelligence (ICI) Obligation Management Application (OM7.17.0.X).
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Usually, the implementation team spends a lot of time analyzing and training the AI model for the discovery of the new attributes. With this release, ICI is extending the number of pre-trained attributes so that the AI apps implementation project can be expedited. ICI previously had added 23 out-of-the-box attributes and introducing 15 additional attributes in this release, making it a total of 38 new attributes as a part pre-trained model. Customers can now start using attributes from pre-trained model with no or very little retraining.
  
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<span style="color:#800080;">'''521025 – Introducing the Obligation Management Navigation Tile'''</span>
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The additional attributes are:
  
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With this release, a dedicated Obligation Management navigation tile is being introduced as a single starting point to triage and monitor all obligations and fulfillments, and track obligation compliance, with the help of the following options:&nbsp;
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*Acceptance Completion Period
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<div class="image-green-border">[[File:7.17 RN 2.png|720px|7.17 RN 2.png]]</div>
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*Breach Cure Period
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*'''Dashboard''': This is the obligation dashboard displaying a comprehensive report view of obligations and fulfillments across various analytics.
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*Confidentiality Survival Period
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*'''All Obligations''': This opens up the list view of Obligations per the predefined saved search displaying all the existing obligations in the app. It displays all the obligations associated with respective agreements that the user’s role has access to view and/or manage. Users will be able to filter and search for desired obligations in this Obligation index page.
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*Force Majeure Period
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*'''All Fulfillments''': This opens up the list view of Fulfillments per the predefined saved search displaying all the existing fulfillments in the app. It displays all the fulfillments associated with respective obligations that the user’s role has access to view and/or manage. Users will be able to filter and search for desired fulfillments in this Fulfillments index page.
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*Interest Percentage on Payment Delay
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*'''My Fulfillments''': This is the user-specific fulfillments that they are directly involved in or assigned with as part of their tasks, being a member of the team/s with specific roles. The Fulfillment Owner or Fulfillment Approver, who is part of the team for a fulfillment record, will see their respective list of fulfillments, per their role, through this tile option.
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*Liquidated Damages Cap
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*Policy changes notice period
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*Records Retention Period
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*Renewal notice period
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*Signatory Name
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*Signatory Title
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*Signature Date
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*Termination for cause notice period
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*Termination for convenience notice period
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*Warranty Claim Period
  
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=== ICI Risk Management Application ===
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Feature ID: 1187824
  
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ICI Risk Management application is certified to work with the 7.17 release (RM7.17.0.X).
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=== Enhancing the scope of DiscoverAI app& Negotiate AI differentiation ===
  
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&nbsp;
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Discover AI helps users to identify attributes and clauses in browser and save them in the system.
  
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=== ICI Proposal Management Application&nbsp; ===
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With this release, scope of DiscoverAI has been enhanced to include the discovery of attributes and clauses within Microsoft word also using Icertis Experience for Word plugin.&nbsp;
  
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ICI Risk Management application is certified to work with the 7.17 release (RM7.16.0.X).
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*The following actions/functionalities will be available under the Discover AI license in Icertis experience for Word:&nbsp;
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*Discovery of attributes and clauses.&nbsp;
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*Confirm, Confirm with Deviation, Ignore, Compare and Replace the clauses based on discovered clauses data.&nbsp;
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*Select the Matched Clause from the library.&nbsp;
  
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Feature ID: 1284012
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== Reports Enhancements ==
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=== Data for agreements awaiting signature in reports ===
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Out-of-the-box ICI reports will now display details for the business status “Waiting for Signature”, in addition to existing statuses. This update to the reporting logic resolves an existing gap in the reports data.
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This enhancement applies to the following reports:
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[[File:RN 8.1 29.PNG|520px|RN 8.1 29.PNG]]
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Feature ID: 1071182
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=== Custom reporting views using JSON&nbsp; ===
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Developers can now create new custom reports views using Stored Procedures (SP) and JSON files. This feature gives flexibility to organizations to easily develop new reports relevant to their business requirements.
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An Import SP is now available that takes JSON files as input. The JSON file used for input is where developers can define the new view. New reporting views are automatically created on running the Import SP.
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An Export SP is also provided, which can be used to download&nbsp;a JSON file which contains the structure of an existing view in the database, to use as a template to create a new views.
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Feature ID: 1208472
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=== Dataset and seeded dashboard for Proposal Management application ===
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A dedicated Power BI Dataset is now available for the Proposal Management application for out-of-the-box and custom reporting.&nbsp;&nbsp;
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PM App Power BI report will have clickable links to ICI entity details page for Proposal Management Entities such as, Sell Side RFx, RFx Qualification, and Bid Proposal.
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Feature ID: 1232650
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=== Attribute Information Report Enhancements ===
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The following filters and columns are added to the Attribute Information report giving more options to analyse the Attributes used in the system.
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*Filters: Contract Type, and Group by Property Columns: Is Mandatory and Tracking Attribute
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Feature ID: 1158976
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=== Edit SSRS Reports without customization ===
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Icertis and partner developers can now edit the SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) reports eliminating the need to create additional customized reports even for small changes. Users can now make the following edits to SSRS reports:
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*Add or remove columns in an existing report.
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*Modify column’s position, name, or default values.
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*Modify sorting order of the results.
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*Apply query level filters.
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*Apply security group access as standard reports.
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*Create copy of existing report and modify it.
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*Use a new framework, which has a JSON-based interface.
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*Create new or modify custom reports.
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Feature ID: 744814
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=== Report-based edit access for Power BI reports ===
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Manage access for Power BI reports can now be provided at a report level to ensure that edit access is only given to the necessary users within the organization.<br/> This feature works does not impact “Advanced Analytics” access.<br/> <br/> Feature ID: 1070905
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=== Maintainance and storage optimization with a Common Data Model for Clause-based reports ===
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PlatformClause - a common data model for clause related information can now be used to create clause-based reports such as Clause Profiling Report, Clause Pending Approval Report and more. This helps optimize storage capacity and reduces the development and maintenance effort siginificantly.&nbsp;<br/> <br/> Feature ID: 1083685
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=== SSRS Reports now available with Power BI ===
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Power BI reports are faster, more scalable, richer in features, customization-friendly, sport a modern UI and overall a better experience. To leverage its advantages, the following SSRS reports are now made available in Power BI:
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*Clause Summary Report
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*Tagged Attribute Report
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*Agreement Clause Content Report – A widget that displays the clauses with the most deviations is also added in this release.&nbsp;
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Feature IDs: 1214787, 1214720, 1223598<br/> &nbsp;
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== Salesforce Integration&nbsp; ==
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=== &nbsp;Activity Object and Trigger Simplification in Salesforce Adapter ===
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The following enhancements are made to the SFDC Manage package Adapter:
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*Triggers for Accounts and Opportunity objects have been removed from the Managed package to avoid unnecessary update-related issues. Users can get more flexibility and control over them when they use the auto contract creation feature. Note: This is applicable to both fresh installs as well as updates on existing packages.
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*Previously, 6 custom fields were needed on the Salesforce activity object to sync ICI tasks with Salesforce, and now, the dependency on these fields have been reduced with only 2 custom fields required for the sync.
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*For customers who didn’t need the ICI task sync feature and were unable to remove the custom fields with the limit of 100 fields on the Activity object, now, these fields have been removed from our managed package to provide more flexibility.
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'''Note:''' Guideline documentation and support by ICI implementation/upgrade team will be duly provided, for creation of desired fields during new installs as well as release upgrades, or deletion of fields during upgrade scenarios.
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Feature ID: 1066353
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=== User Experience for Salesforce Revamped ===
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Using ICI within Salesforce is now a more seamless experience as we have made significant improvements to preserve the native Salesforce UI interactions, which users are familiar with, without compromising the ICI functionality.
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These are the enhancements that have been introduced:
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*&nbsp;Native Salesforce components are now used along with the ICI iframe.
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*Sub-tabs moved from ICI to Salesforce native tabs, for example: Agreements, Requests and Agreement Reports.
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*Agreement and Request Details pages are now displayed in native Salesforce UI.
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*On the Details page certain actions (example - Reset Expiry) and sub-tabs (example – Associations) are now native Salesforce components.
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'''Note:''' The implementation team will provide a list of native and i-frame components.
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Feature ID: 1186642
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== eSign Integration&nbsp; ==
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=== Integration Support for DocuSign using JWT authentication ===
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The ICI and DocuSign integration was previously based on authenticating the APIs with “IntegratorKey” and “API Password”.
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The product has now been upgraded to support an enhanced authentication using JSON Web Token (JWT), along with the existing basic authentication support. This enhancement has also enabled JWT support for “Multisign” as well as “Single Esign” configurations.
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Feature ID: 1000798
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=== DocuSign API upgraded from 2.0 to 2.1 ===
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DocuSign released an update announcement that OAuth 2.0 would be required to support DocuSign API applications. In keeping with this announcement we have upgraded DocuSign REST APIs from 2.0 to 2.1. With this upgrade, a new JSON parser has been introduced to support DocuSign Connect, a notification mechanism to receive updates when any event is triggered in the eSignature workflow.
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Feature ID: 1060689
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=== Adapting webhook feature of Adobe Sign ===
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Adobe Sign adapter couldn’t communicate precise callback information to ICI Platform, thus causing intermittent errors in ICM workflow after the Agreements were electronically signed. Adobe Sign responded with the same information for every signature, hence it wasn’t possible to distinguish between callbacks from different signature. However, with the introduction of Adobe webhook, this problem can be resolved.
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Adobe webhooks can be created on the workflow for each agreement, requesting the type of information in the callback, which further benefits as follows:
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*Identifying the signatory requesting a callback
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*Identifying for which event or action the callback is requested
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*Concisely updating the status in ICM
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'''Note:'''&nbsp; Upgrade Adobe Sign API from 5.0 to 6.0 to use the webhook feature.
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Also, Adobe rebranded Echo sign to Adobe Sign, hence non overridden localization strings for validation messages have been modified accordingly.
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Feature ID: 1091947
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=== Electronic Signature support using ICI BioPharma setting for 21 CFR Part 11 & Annex 11 compliant groups ===
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ICI Platform now supports the Life Science industry documents that need to comply with 21 CFR Part 11 (for US FDA) or Annex 11 (for EU) regulatory compliance.
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This feature allows integration with DocuSign Part 11 module and Adobe Sign Bio-Pharma setting to get electronically signed approvals for such agreements.
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Feature ID: 1220095
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=== Changes in IP whitelisting process for eSign adapters ===
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ICI Platform supports integration with third party eSign adapters, which communicate using callback information. To receive the callback data from the eSign servers, certain IPs to intended methods are whitelisted. This action is done through the web.config file. However, any change in the IPs requires modifying the web.config file, which resets the IIS, resulting in performance issues.
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To address this issue, “Core.IPSecurity” key has been introduced, which stores information related to the IPs as a JSON, and thus eliminates the need to modify the web.config file.
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'''Note''': Blocking or allowing IP addresses based on DNS is not supported as a part of this feature.
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Feature ID: 1193062
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=== Update eSign document with correct status ===
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In certain scenarios, the electronic signature status in ICI and eSign provider are inconsistent. An enhancement has been added wherein the respective statuses are verified and the agreement status is updated or corrected accordingly.
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Feature ID: 1193061
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== Sourcing&nbsp; ==
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The 8.1 Release introduces enhancements to the Icertis Contract Intelligence (ICI) Sourcing Application (SRC8.1.0.404).
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=== Support for new RFx type-RFP ===
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Icertis Sourcing application now supports Requests for Proposals (RFPs). Organizations can leverage the advantages of a secure and seamless application to organize and maintain their procurement processes digitally using the RFP feature.
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RfPs are integrated requests containing information on both questions and bids. Buyers can now design, create, and publish RFPs in the Sourcing application and invite suppliers to respond to them. Once Buyers receive the responses, they can evaluate them and make their procurement decisions.
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Key RFP features:
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*Integrated mechanism to get responses to questions and bids from suppliers.
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*Reusable templates for Questions, Questionnaires, and Bidding templates.
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*Questionnaires and questions can be arranged and reordered as required.&nbsp;
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*Attachments, and responses to questions can be downloaded in a package.
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*A consolidated excel spreadsheet is available to analyse bids and responses.
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*Suppliers can provide responses to questions using Excel as well as Sourcing UI.
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Feature ID: 404602
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=== Improved Sourcing workflow with Sourcing Request ===
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Users within an organization can now create Sourcing Requests for procuring items or services. These requests can be designed to go through an approval flow before they are turned over to procurement teams. The approval cycle can be easily tracked and audited for compliance.
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Sourcing Request features:
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*Configure a Sourcing Request based on the necessary privileges.
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*Request forms can be designed to capture necessary details and attachments.
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*Requests can be sent to designated approvers for approval.
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*An RFx can be created after the request is approved.
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*Requests can be modified until they are approved or a RFX is created based on it.
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*Cancel or recall the Sourcing Request.
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*Put the Sourcing Request on Hold till approved state provided RFx is not created using this Sourcing Request.
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Feature ID: 611297
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=== Ordering and additional data types for Questions in Questionnaire ===
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We have made the following enhancements to Icertis Sourcing to improve the user experience when working with Questions and Questionnaires:
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The order of Questions and questionnaires in RFx can be set and modified as per the preference of users.
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The following data types are now supported for questions in RFx:
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*Boolean
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*String
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*Choice
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*Multi Choice
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*Currency
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*DateTime
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*Number
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*Percentage
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*Text Area
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*Rich Text Area&nbsp;&nbsp;
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*Email
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*File Selection
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'''Note''':
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*On exporting rich text data type information to Excel or HTML, some formatting features may be lost.
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*Uploading a file attachment as response for file type question response using Excel is not supported. Supplier must log on to ICI to upload files.
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Feature ID: 896873
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== Obligation Management&nbsp; ==
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The 8.1 Release introduces enhancements to the Icertis Contract Intelligence (ICI) Obligation Management Application (OM8.1.0.404).
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=== An interface to quickly add obligations discovered by AI ===
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Obligations that are identified in contracts using the Discover AI feature can now be easily reviewed on the user interface. User can review the obligations and decide to add one or more to the Obligation Management application for tracking approvals and fulfillment.
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The interface to review and create obligations in bulk saves users much time and manual effort.
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The following image shows an example of creating Obligations in bulk:
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<div class="image-green-border">[[File:RN 8.1 30.png|720px|RN 8.1 30.png]]</div>
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Notifications for successfully processed or failed obligations can also be configured.
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Feature ID: 1090383
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=== Auto-approval of Obligations to improve efficiency ===
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Many obligations are extracted from executed contracts and they don’t usually need to go through an approval process in the Obligation Management application. To reduce time and effort spent approving a large number of obligations and not block the obligation fulfillment lifecycle on account of pending approvals, an automatic approval process for obligations can now be configured.
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Once the auto-approval process is defined based on obligation taxonomy, this is how the feature works:
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*If approval is turned off, and no approvers are added to obligations, the obligations are automatically approved.
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*If approvers are added to obligations, manually or automatically through a rule, then even if approvals are turned off, the obligations will need to be approved.
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Feature ID: 519344
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=== Organize and manage obligations by creating groups&nbsp; ===
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An obligations could have one or more sub obligations or tasks, which would need to be completed by different individuals in an organization. Also, some obligations may be related to each other and grouping them could help organize and track the fulfillment. To facilitate such scenarios, obligation groups can now be created in the Obligation Management application.
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Users can now categorize different obligations under logical groups and create parent-child relationships between obligations.
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Child obligations automatically inherit any changes made to the parent Obligation. For example, if the status of parent Obligation is changed to Approved, all the related child Obligations also get approved.
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Feature ID: 649768
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=== Duplicate obligations no longer inherited&nbsp; ===
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When an Agreement (parent), with an associated Obligation, is inherited by another Agreement (peer), a duplicate Obligation is created. An enhancement in this release eliminates this limitation.
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Feature ID: 1040723
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=== UI Improvements for Obligation Management ===
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The following improvements are made in the product to improve the search and usability experience when using Obligation Management:
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*Dedicated index pages for Obligations and Fulfillments,
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*Relevant page titles, breadcrumbs and history page information.
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Feature ID: 1236413
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== Risk Management ==
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The 8.1 Release introduces enhancements to the Icertis Contract Intelligence (ICI) Sourcing Application (RM8.1.0.404).
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=== UI Improvements for Risk Management&nbsp; ===
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The following Improvements are made in the product to improve the search and usability experience when using Risk Management:&nbsp;
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*Dedicated index pages for Risk Management and Risk Assessment.&nbsp;
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*Relevant page titles, breadcrumbs and history page information.&nbsp;
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*Saved searches display Risk Assessment as category. &nbsp;
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*The “Create” action button has now been added on the “Risk Assessment” index page.&nbsp; &nbsp;
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Other enhancements include:
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*The “Delete” action has now been moved under the three dots icon on the Risk Assessment “Details” page. On deleting the risk assessment, users will be redirected to the Risk Assessment “Index” page.
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Feature ID: 1067718
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== Proposal Management&nbsp; ==
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ICI Proposal Management application is certified to work with the 8.1 release (PM8.1.0.404).&nbsp;
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=== Track and analyse performance with a Power BI Dashboard ===
 +
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A seeded dashboard that helps supplier organizations track their proposals by status, time, and outcome is now available within the Proposal Management application.The following features and reports are now available with the Proposal Management application:
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*A new Power BI data model with Power BI dataset specific to Proposal Management.
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*Proposal Management KPIs report
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*Capture Management report
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'''Note''': Users with access to Sell Side RFx or Bid Proposal can view the Dashboard.
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=== Enhancements to Seeded Contract Types ===
  
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<span style="color:#800080;">'''Upgrading Icertis Software Development Kit for Partner Enablement'''</span>
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With this release, the PM App is being enhanced with newly seeded attributes to its seeded contract types.
  
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Icertis develops strategic partnerships to drive shared business growth, deliver quality implementations, and maximize customer satisfaction. The Software Development Kit (SDK) was introduced to provide the resources and tools needed while implementing ICI.
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In this enhancement:
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*New attributes have been seeded with the Bid Proposal entity:
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*Total Bid Value For Proposal
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*Total Value Won Or Lost
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*Customer Address
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These new attributes contribute in the essential computations of the Win Ratio and the Value Capture Ratio.
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Feature ID: 1186830
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=== Revamped User Experience across the PM App ===
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The visual look and feel of the Proposal Management App has been considerably enhanced with the ICI-wide implementation of the new UI (User Interface) and UX (User Experience).
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The following summarizes the revamped user experience across the App:
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*The new “Proposals” tile menu now features only the viewing tile options for the seeded PM App entities, in addition to a new “Dashboard” tile menu option.
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*The create navigation flow has been moved from the “Proposals” tile and a dedicated “Create” button has now been added to each seeded entity index page.
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*The seeded entities now have their dedicated index pages, as opposed to the saved search driven listing in previous releases.
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*The Details pages of all the seeded entities (Sell Side RFx, Bid Proposal etc.) now have dedicated page titles starting with the entity name, instead of the contract type category. For example, the previous “Agreement / Sell Side RFx 123” has been replaced by “Sell Side RFx / Sell Side RFx 123”.
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*The newly added entity name (such as “Sell Side RFx”) on the Details page header is now a clickable link, clicking which opens the entity index page.
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*In the audit history of any entity, both Grid View and List View, the header now features the entity category name instead of the contract type, just like the change in entity Details page.  
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*The display of action buttons on entity Details pages can now be configured to customize their sequence of display, and based on the available window space the remaining action buttons will be available under the three dots icon on the entity “Details” page.
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Feature ID: 1235186
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== Supplier Relationship Management Application&nbsp; ==
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ICI Proposal Management application is certified to work with the 8.1 release (SRM8.1.0.404).
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=== Supplier Evaluation ===
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The Supplier Evaluation module introduced in the Supplier Relationship Management suite helps organizations manage supplier performance and evaluate and mitigate risks associated with working with suppliers.
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'''How Supplier Evaluation fits within Supplier Relationship Management'''
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The Supplier Evaluation module introduced in the Supplier Relationship Management suite helps organizations manage supplier performance and evaluate and mitigate risks associated with working with suppliers.
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'''How Supplier Evaluation fits within Supplier Relationship Management'''
  
 
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== Technical Requirements for Release 7.17 ==
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Supplier Evaluation module is part of the Supplier Relationship Management application, which is built on Icertis Contract Intelligence.
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Once suppliers are onboarded, users can evaluate suppliers on the products or services they offer. The KPI criteria, schedule, and the evaluators can be set up within the module and on completing the assessment the supplier can be classified as high performing, low performing or standard supplier.
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A routine supplier evaluation can help organizations set expectations from their preferred suppliers and manage low performing suppliers.&nbsp;&nbsp;
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'''Supplier Evaluation Features'''
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Setting up Supplier Evaluation
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*'''KPIs''' – Users can create one or more KPIs (evaluation criteria) and evaluate suppliers based on the set parameters. For example, you can create KPIs for auditing, performance reviews, training requirements, and more.
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*'''Supplier Data''' – The supplier evaluation creation process is simplified as much of the supplier information is auto-populated based on the supplier’s record.
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*'''Evaluation Schedule''' – Users can set up a period for which the supplier will be evaluated.
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*'''Product/Service for Evaluation''' – The evaluation can be performed in context of the product or service provided or the agreements.
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*'''Reviewing suppliers based on the Criteria''' – The evaluation criteria can be put through an internal review process, and inputs can be sought to finalize the evaluation criteria.
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*'''Supplier Outreach''' – Suppliers can provide information and supporting documents needed to perform the evaluation by responding to review requests by buyers.
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*'''Responses & Scoring''' – Based on the responses provided by business team or evaluators on the supplier evaluation, scores are automatically computed.
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*'''Evaluation Approvals & Control''' – Once the evaluation process is over, then buyer team defines supplier performance classification and suggests the next course of action (in case of low performing supplier). This can also be sent for management approval. The approver team can either approve or reject and send it for rework..
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*'''Notifications''' – Notifications can also be configured for periodic evaluation. System notifications are sent to buyers when they are requested to evaluate a supplier.
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Feature ID: 463049
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=== Managing Supplier Hierarchy ===
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'''Manage Related Supplier Organizations'''
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The Supplier Relationship Management application now provides a mechanism to connect supplier organizations with their Parent, Holding or Subsidiary organizations. This is to ensure that you have a complete overview of the business you do with one supplier and its related entities. According to business needs, you may want to work with a local supplier or the parent global organization.
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You can designate a supplier organization as one of the following types:
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*'''Supplier''': Supplier organizations that may or may not have related Parent or Holding companies.
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*'''Parent company''': Parent company of one or more Supplier organizations, controls operations of the Supplier Organization
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*'''Holding company''': Holding company of one or more subsidiary Supplier organizations, does not have a direct say over the operations of subsidiaries.
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Changes made to the supplier hierarchy for supplier registration, qualification or profile are synchronized with the vendor database and supplier master.
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'''Unique Supplier Record Management'''
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In Icertis Supplier Relationship management, the uniqueness of a supplier record is validated based on a combination of attributes . In this release, one or more of the unique identifiers attributes can be made editable. This is to account for entities that may change the Legal Entity Name in the course of doing business, considering legal entity name is one of the unique identifier attributes.
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If the attributes are changed for an organization, the system validates and checks for duplicate records before allowing users to make the change.
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'''Validating the Duplicate Registrations'''
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Buyers may receive more than one registration from the same supplier submitted through the web page.
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This release introduces the capability to match the supplier registration records based on the unique identifier attributes. This helps identifying the duplicate registrations. Buyers can perform limited actions on the duplicate registrations and the supplier qualification is not generated.
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'''Note''': Customers upgrading to 8.1 from previous versions of ICI Supplier Relationship Management is supported.
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Feature ID: 1271423
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== Technical Requirements&nbsp; ==
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The Icertis Contract Intelligence (ICI) application can be accessed from any device with an Internet connection and a supported browser. All features may not be available in all environments.
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The software and hardware requirements for the client system as well as the mobile application are listed in the table below:
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'''Important Changes in IE11 Support:'''
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From March 2021, Microsoft has stopped its technical support to Internet Explorer (IE) and has advised its customers to move to Microsoft Edge.
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ICI will no longer support IE11. ICI will not be certified over IE11.
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If customers use IE 11 then the below message will be displayed:
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“You are using a browser that is not recommended to be used since it no longer supported by its OEM. The ICI support for this browser is limited for 7.16 version and will be discontinued from version 7.17 onwards. You should switch to Microsoft Edge as recommended by the OEM or any other supported browser prescribed by your organizational policy. You may contact your administrator for further information.”
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== Accessibility Conformance&nbsp; ==
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We ran accessibility conformance tests on the Icertis Contract Intelligence platform and Business Apps for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 for Level A and Level AA standards. We did not evaluate for Level AAA standards.
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While most of the product functionality has at least one method that meets the criterion without any known defects, some functionality of the product may not meet the conformance criteria. The full report is published in the following documents and can be made available on request:
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*ICI Platform Accessibility Conformance Report
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*ICI AI/ML Accessibility Conformance Report
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*ICI Reporting Accessibility Conformance Report
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*ICI Obligation Management Accessibility Conformance Report
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*ICI Sourcing Accessibility Conformance Report
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*ICI Proposal Management Accessibility Conformance Report
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*ICI SRM Accessibility Conformance Report
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*ICI Risk Management Accessibility Conformance Report
  
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'''Related Topics:'''&nbsp;[[Agreement_Management|Agreement Management]]&nbsp;| [[Association_Management|Association Management]] | [[Compliance_Management|Compliance Management]] | [[Template_Management|Template Management]] | [[Clause_Management|Clause Management]] | [[Configuration|Configuration]] | [[Reports|Reports]]&nbsp;| [[Advanced_Analytics|Advanced Analytics]] | [[User_Administration|User Administration]] | [[ICI_Tools|ICI Tools ]]|&nbsp; [[Icertis_Business_Apps|Icertis Business Apps]] | [[AIML|AIML ]]| [[ICI_Add-ins|ICI Add-ins]] | [[ICI_Mobile_App|ICI Mobile App]] | [[Biz_Apps_Release_Notes|ICI Business Apps Release Notes]]&nbsp;|&nbsp;[[Release_Notes_Versions|Release Notes Versions]]
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Contents

ICI Release Notes - Release 8.1

Release 8.1 New Features

These release notes provide an overview of the enhancements to ICI, the ICI experience for integrations, and so on.

•      Refer to the Technical Requirements for the release in this document.

•      Refer to the Wiki documentation (also found in your ICI help section) for details on all ICI features and functionalities.

The 8.1 Release introduces the following enhancements to the Icertis Contract Intelligence (ICI) platform:

Icertis Contract Intelligence 

Agreement & Platform 

A new collaboration experience with Microsoft Teams

ICI now leverages the powerful capabilities of Microsoft Teams to help internal teams collaborate on contract creation workflow and expediting the contracting lifecycle. The Teams integrations will help customers to use a single communication system and discussions can be held in context of the agreement.

The feature includes:

  • Contract owner can initiate a collaboration on MS teams from agreement details page and also invite agreement team members to participate in the discussion.
  • The latest version of the agreement document is also made available on the teams channel while initiating the collaboration. Participants can review, redline the agreement document in MS teams and publish the edited document back to ICI as a new version.
  • The documents associated with main agreement in ICI can also referenced in MS teams channel

Feature ID: 1188391

Negotiate and Update Agreements with the new Outlook Add-in

The new Outlook Add-in connects users’ emails with Icertis Contract Intelligence and provides improved collaboration capabilities and ensures information sent on emails is tracked for audit and governance on ICI. In addition, the new add-in provides a better interaction design, in line with the modern ACE user experience released in version 8.0.

The Add-in for Microsoft Outlook Desktop is supported on Windows and Mac OS. Once installed, an Icertis Experience for Outlook pane is accessible from Outlook. The pane provides access to ICI agreement data, along with success and error messaging for interactions. It can be pinned on the interface for easy access.

With the Outlook Add-in improvements, users can now do the following:

  • Add attached documents in emails as associations or a new agreement version in ICI.
  • Preview Agreement and Association documents from the Outlook Add-in.
  • Drag-and-drop single or multiple emails as associations.
  • Replace existing associated document with a new email or email attachment.
  • Access agreements and associated documents from the Outlook plugin and email them attachments to reviewers or approvers any stakeholders.
  • New incoming messages for email threads marked as associated documents are automatically added as new associated documents. 

Feature IDs: 1137119, 1137121

Quick & Easy Agreement Creation

Agreement Contract Types now come with a Quick Creation option. For all agreements using this option, users can fill all the necessary information on a single page and publish the contract or send it for approval immediately.

Feature ID: 1183356

More Quick Action Options

The Quick Actions widget “What would you like to do” has been enhanced to provide multiple actions/links with one quick action line item. For example, “Create MSA” quick action now provides multiple links catering to “Own” and “Third Party” paper selections, as displayed in the image below.

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Feature ID: 1183310

External Emails Split to Ensure Compliance 

Contracts sent for review or approval by email to other parties, legal consultants and users not within ICI are now split in two parts. A URL and passcode can be shared with the users and the review can be done completely online. No need of downloading and attaching documents and tracking versions offline. The process is quick, secure and easy to audit.
Two emails are sent, One email is sent containing the agreement URL and the other with the passcode to access the URL. This method could be used for requesting reviews, reviews and approval.

Users can also resend the notification to external users whose reviews are pending, with the help of the “Resend Passcode Notification” button.

To enable this feature, the implementation team needs to configure it explicitly. 

Feature ID: 1216716 

Deviation management for text and tables outside content control

If changes are made to the plain text in agreements or tables in associations of an agreement document (text which is not a clause or attribute), a deviation can now be triggered to help Legal teams exercise greater content control. The changes are highlighted and the deviations will flow through an approval process.

Feature ID: 1183384 

Support for Microsoft Powerpoint documents

ICI now supports Microsoft Powerpoint file formats (files with .ppt and .pptx extension) as third-party paper agreement file formats. In addition to PDF and DOCX file formats, users can now create and negotiate contracts using PPT and PPTX files.

Feature ID: 1183367

Online Editing Of Own Paper

In this release, ICI is enhancing its existing online editing feature  by supporting online editing of own paper documents. using Microsoft WOPI.We have improved the experience for editing agreements with Microsoft Online applications In this release.

The following improvements can be observed:

  • Documents with editable content control can be edited and and values are is synced seamlessly.
  • The track changes option will now track all the changes made by the users in reviewing mode, creating a redlined version of the document.
  • The empty content control will be displayed as blank instead of “obj”.
  • The content controls within tables can now be edited with associations tagged as tables and saved searches.Content controls within tables will now be editable. 

Feature ID: 1287270 

Support for Inheritance of Bulk Associations 

In addition to attributes and associations, now bulk associations contract types (BACT) and their extension attributes can now be inherited from parent to child agreements. 

The agreements with BACT associations will get inherited asynchronously along with all extension attributes of all the associations. The bulk associations will also work as they do in parent agreements.

Feature ID: 1278205 

Enhancement to Download all Agreement & Associated Documents in one click  

With this release, we have expanded on the Download all capability which allowed users can to download the agreement and itsall associated documents in one click saving much time and effort. 

This functionality was earlier available when the signature type for the agreement was set to manual, it is now available for electronic and hybrid signature types as well.

Additionally, the “Download All” button will now be visible to users based on the role action mapping in superseded state as well. 

Feature ID: 980342 

Platform changes to enhance UX for Business Applications

To improve findability and relevance of information pertaining to a particular business application, some configuration changes are now available in the platform. These changes significantly improve the search and usability experience when working with Agreements, Associations or any Business Application.

The following configurations are now supported:

  • Business Applications have dedicated index pages, where users can search for the information pertaining to the specific business application.
  • Agreements and Associations index pages do not show information from Business Applications.
  • On the Advanced Search page, users have a choice to search for information from Agreements or specific business applications.
  • Left navigation of a business application entity page can be configured to show the relevant links.
  • Results for global search are categorized by the business application name if they are not Agreements or Associations.
  • When creating a Contract Type, seeded attributes only relevant to the Business Application Type and Category can be seededwill be selected.

Feature ID: 1183274 

Self-Service

Introduction of a Technical Admin user to access the System Configuration on Self Service Portal

With the risk of inaccuracies in technical configurations, given their critical importance, such configurations have been, till now, hosted outside the confines of ICI, where ICI admin users, who have azure subscriptions to an instance, authored the process.

Therefore, the capability of admin users within ICI were being limited and the scope of technical configurations had to be expanded.

Now, a solution has been devised with this feature, as enunciated in the following:

  • Technical Administrators can now be configured/added for performing required technical configurations in the System Configuration Portal, using the new “Technical Roles” field while adding, provisioning or editing a user.

Note: The user has to be Internal in order to be authorized with “Technical Roles”, and selecting an external user will automatically discount the Technical Roles feature.

  • The portal has been upgraded for Technical Admin users, with enhancements to the Landing page, header, menu options, along with a static welcome message.
  • Appropriate messaging and communication will be provided for any negative scenarios, wherein the Technical Admin User faces any challenge accessing or configuring.
  • When a new ICI admin user logs in, they should be able to setup other internal users as technical admin users of the System Configuration portal. 

Note: Only the ICI Admin user should be able to setup other internal provisioned users as the Technical Admin user.

  • The ICI Admin can either create a new Security group, as required, or use an existing security group. 
  • The authorization of technical admin users will depend on Security Groups Privilege to the “Self Service” privilege entity, and on roles assigned to specific users.
  • The “Self Service” privilege can be configured in the backend and it will be visible to users under the Security Group Privilege tab.
  • The “Manage” access option can be selected to grant access to the System Configuration Portal for technical admin users.

Note: The user who gets Technical Admin privileges can be any internal provisioned user on that instance (even a non admin user).

Feature ID: 1210894

Building the Config Key Update utility as part of the System Configuration on Self Service Portal

Today, in ICI – There are close to 800 configuration keys in the system. These keys are managed via the ICM Tools which is hosted outside of ICI. With this initiative, we have started the migration these Keys incrementally to be part of the System Configuration – Self Service Portal. 

The scope for this release is to migrate 10 keys into the utility. The access to this utility is driven by the Technical Admin role as explained in the previous section. 

Once the user successfully enters the ‘System Configuration – Self Service’ portal with the correct security groups and technical admin role, they will be able to see the ‘Config Key Updates’ entry point at the top of the screen

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On clicking the Config Key Updates menu, the user will be able to see the utility where the defined 10 keys will be loaded on the screen, along with their existing values.

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The user will be able to view each key loaded into a card. The card will contain the name of the key along with it’s value. 

The user will be able to see a dedication section to the right of the page for viewing help information

The user will be able to click on the ‘3-dot’ option on each card to edit the value of the key

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On clicking the Edit option, the key information will be loaded in the right drawer panel. Here the user can edit the key value and Save using the button at the bottom of the drawer

 

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The user can edit one or more keys using the ‘3-dot’ option on each card. Once the user has finished editing all the keys, they need to click on the ‘PUSH CHANGES TO ICI’ button at the top of the grid. This will internally update the keys with the edited values in ICI for the changes to take effect

 

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Feature ID: 1180864

Administration & Configuration 

Quick Configuration with ICI Import Solution

The ICI Import Solution is an automated solution for configuring ICI entities. It simplifies the initial configuration process and reduces the time and complexities involved in the process.

Using the Import Solution tool, ICI users can now:

  • Import configurations from a source ICI instance to a target ICI Instance with no pre-existing configuration data.
  • Import configurations between different versions of ICI.

Note: Support will be provided for up to 2 releases preceding the target ICI version.

  • Register and publish preconfigured import solutions.
  • Import the following information:
  • Contract Types
  • Templates
  • Clauses
  • Rules
  • Notifications
  • Masterdata Instances
  • Seeded Masterdata entity instances
  • Users & User Groups
  • Security Groups

Feature ID: 1262996 

Contract Types can now be locked for editing 

Contract types can now be edited by only one user at a time. This functionality helps prevent data inconsistencies or concurrency errors.

Product enhancements include:

  • A Lock/Unlock button on the contract type page. 
  • Auto system lock when users start edit a contract type without locking it. 
  • Messaging providing information on who is editing the contract type. 
  • System locks get released when contract types are saved.

Feature ID: 1212463 

Enhancements to Legacy Upload Tool

The following features will be added to the Legacy Upload utility with this release, improving speed and accuracy and reducing file size.

  • Records bypass workflow states directly to the desired state. 
  • Users can schedule upload in batches within guardrails to improve system resource allocation. 
  • Specific range of records from the UI can now be uploaded.
  • Infra and Elastic Search health check can be run before executing the scheduled batches.
  • On demand batch scheduling based on the user provided schedule. 
  • Supporting legacy entity created with large files 100MB+.

Feature ID: 1069763

Unique clause and template code for every environment

Users can now customize their clause and template codes for different instances. If unique codes are used, it reduces errors when migrating data from one instance to another. It also simplifies searching of clauses and templates.

Feature ID: 938126

Template and Clause creation options in Microsoft Word

The Create Template and Create Clause options in the Icertis Experience for Word are only displayed to users with access to these features. Earlier an error message was displayed to users without access and resulted in an unsatisfactory experience.

Feature ID: 1187041

Show or Hide confirmation messages in Microsoft Word 

Administrators can now choose to show or hide certain confirmation messages, as per the organization's preference, on the Icertis Experience for Word.

Feature ID: 1187044

Technology Updates

ServiceBus upgraded to Azure.Messaging.ServiceBus

“Azure.Messaging.ServiceBus” is now replacing “Microsoft.ServiceBus”.  

This is a Microsoft recommended upgrade and provides the following improvements:

  • Up-to-date, streamlined Azure.
  • More accurate messaging without any anomaly or junk data in the message characters.


Feature ID: 940871

Authentication Library and Graph API update

Microsoft has announced* deprecation of the Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) Authentication Library (ADAL) and Azure AD Graph API libraries and recommends using Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL) and Microsoft Graph API.

We have updated Microsoft Graph, Identity and Key Vault packages to include stability and security fixes from Microsoft. The migration from ADAL and Azure AD Graph API to MSAL and Microsoft Graph API will ensure continuing support for the following areas:

  • User Provisioning 
  • Bulk Action 
  • Integration - SFDC, GIF (Generic Integration Framework), MSCRM  
  • Reporting 
  • Key Vault 

Refer to the following link for Microsoft’s circular: Update your applications to use Microsoft Authentication Library and Microsoft Graph API - Microsoft Tech Community.

Feature ID: 1276938

API Enhancements

In this release we focused on providing API 2.0 versions of most of our APIs with a goal to improve the performance and overall usability.

Following APIs are upgraded to API 2.0 versions in this release:

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API Deprecations

Any integrations utilizing the deprecated APIs must adopt alternate APIs. Previously, API endpoints have been periodically deprecated and alternate APIs have been provisioned.

However, no existing API endpoints have been deprecated in the 8.1 Release. To check previously deprecated endpoints, refer to 7.16 Release Notes. More details on the alternate APIs are available in the Swagger documentation.

Mobile App Update 

Improved Security on Mobile Devices with SafetyNet Attestation API

With this release, ICI is implementing SafetyNet Attestation API for Android mobile application to restrict users from accessing the application through rooted/vulnerable device, to avoid breaching of the IT and cyber security policy.

Note: The SafetyNet Attestation API is supported Android version 8.0 onwards.

Feature ID: 1095223

AI Applications 

Usually, the implementation team spends a lot of time analyzing and training the AI model for the discovery of the new attributes. With this release, ICI is extending the number of pre-trained attributes so that the AI apps implementation project can be expedited. ICI previously had added 23 out-of-the-box attributes and introducing 15 additional attributes in this release, making it a total of 38 new attributes as a part pre-trained model. Customers can now start using attributes from pre-trained model with no or very little retraining.

The additional attributes are:

  • Acceptance Completion Period
  • Breach Cure Period
  • Confidentiality Survival Period
  • Force Majeure Period
  • Interest Percentage on Payment Delay
  • Liquidated Damages Cap
  • Policy changes notice period
  • Records Retention Period
  • Renewal notice period
  • Signatory Name
  • Signatory Title
  • Signature Date
  • Termination for cause notice period
  • Termination for convenience notice period
  • Warranty Claim Period

Feature ID: 1187824

Enhancing the scope of DiscoverAI app& Negotiate AI differentiation

Discover AI helps users to identify attributes and clauses in browser and save them in the system.

With this release, scope of DiscoverAI has been enhanced to include the discovery of attributes and clauses within Microsoft word also using Icertis Experience for Word plugin. 

  • The following actions/functionalities will be available under the Discover AI license in Icertis experience for Word: 
  • Discovery of attributes and clauses. 
  • Confirm, Confirm with Deviation, Ignore, Compare and Replace the clauses based on discovered clauses data. 
  • Select the Matched Clause from the library. 

Feature ID: 1284012

Reports Enhancements

Data for agreements awaiting signature in reports

Out-of-the-box ICI reports will now display details for the business status “Waiting for Signature”, in addition to existing statuses. This update to the reporting logic resolves an existing gap in the reports data.

This enhancement applies to the following reports:

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Feature ID: 1071182

Custom reporting views using JSON 

Developers can now create new custom reports views using Stored Procedures (SP) and JSON files. This feature gives flexibility to organizations to easily develop new reports relevant to their business requirements.

An Import SP is now available that takes JSON files as input. The JSON file used for input is where developers can define the new view. New reporting views are automatically created on running the Import SP.

An Export SP is also provided, which can be used to download a JSON file which contains the structure of an existing view in the database, to use as a template to create a new views.

Feature ID: 1208472

Dataset and seeded dashboard for Proposal Management application

A dedicated Power BI Dataset is now available for the Proposal Management application for out-of-the-box and custom reporting.  

PM App Power BI report will have clickable links to ICI entity details page for Proposal Management Entities such as, Sell Side RFx, RFx Qualification, and Bid Proposal.

Feature ID: 1232650

Attribute Information Report Enhancements

The following filters and columns are added to the Attribute Information report giving more options to analyse the Attributes used in the system.

  • Filters: Contract Type, and Group by Property Columns: Is Mandatory and Tracking Attribute

Feature ID: 1158976

Edit SSRS Reports without customization

Icertis and partner developers can now edit the SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) reports eliminating the need to create additional customized reports even for small changes. Users can now make the following edits to SSRS reports:

  • Add or remove columns in an existing report.
  • Modify column’s position, name, or default values.
  • Modify sorting order of the results.
  • Apply query level filters.
  • Apply security group access as standard reports.
  • Create copy of existing report and modify it.
  • Use a new framework, which has a JSON-based interface.
  • Create new or modify custom reports.

Feature ID: 744814

Report-based edit access for Power BI reports

Manage access for Power BI reports can now be provided at a report level to ensure that edit access is only given to the necessary users within the organization.
This feature works does not impact “Advanced Analytics” access.

Feature ID: 1070905

Maintainance and storage optimization with a Common Data Model for Clause-based reports

PlatformClause - a common data model for clause related information can now be used to create clause-based reports such as Clause Profiling Report, Clause Pending Approval Report and more. This helps optimize storage capacity and reduces the development and maintenance effort siginificantly. 

Feature ID: 1083685

SSRS Reports now available with Power BI

Power BI reports are faster, more scalable, richer in features, customization-friendly, sport a modern UI and overall a better experience. To leverage its advantages, the following SSRS reports are now made available in Power BI:

  • Clause Summary Report
  • Tagged Attribute Report
  • Agreement Clause Content Report – A widget that displays the clauses with the most deviations is also added in this release. 

Feature IDs: 1214787, 1214720, 1223598
 

Salesforce Integration 

 Activity Object and Trigger Simplification in Salesforce Adapter

The following enhancements are made to the SFDC Manage package Adapter:

  • Triggers for Accounts and Opportunity objects have been removed from the Managed package to avoid unnecessary update-related issues. Users can get more flexibility and control over them when they use the auto contract creation feature. Note: This is applicable to both fresh installs as well as updates on existing packages.
  • Previously, 6 custom fields were needed on the Salesforce activity object to sync ICI tasks with Salesforce, and now, the dependency on these fields have been reduced with only 2 custom fields required for the sync.
  • For customers who didn’t need the ICI task sync feature and were unable to remove the custom fields with the limit of 100 fields on the Activity object, now, these fields have been removed from our managed package to provide more flexibility.

Note: Guideline documentation and support by ICI implementation/upgrade team will be duly provided, for creation of desired fields during new installs as well as release upgrades, or deletion of fields during upgrade scenarios.

Feature ID: 1066353

User Experience for Salesforce Revamped

Using ICI within Salesforce is now a more seamless experience as we have made significant improvements to preserve the native Salesforce UI interactions, which users are familiar with, without compromising the ICI functionality.

These are the enhancements that have been introduced:

  •  Native Salesforce components are now used along with the ICI iframe.
  • Sub-tabs moved from ICI to Salesforce native tabs, for example: Agreements, Requests and Agreement Reports.
  • Agreement and Request Details pages are now displayed in native Salesforce UI.
  • On the Details page certain actions (example - Reset Expiry) and sub-tabs (example – Associations) are now native Salesforce components.

Note: The implementation team will provide a list of native and i-frame components.

Feature ID: 1186642

eSign Integration 

Integration Support for DocuSign using JWT authentication

The ICI and DocuSign integration was previously based on authenticating the APIs with “IntegratorKey” and “API Password”.

The product has now been upgraded to support an enhanced authentication using JSON Web Token (JWT), along with the existing basic authentication support. This enhancement has also enabled JWT support for “Multisign” as well as “Single Esign” configurations.

Feature ID: 1000798

DocuSign API upgraded from 2.0 to 2.1

DocuSign released an update announcement that OAuth 2.0 would be required to support DocuSign API applications. In keeping with this announcement we have upgraded DocuSign REST APIs from 2.0 to 2.1. With this upgrade, a new JSON parser has been introduced to support DocuSign Connect, a notification mechanism to receive updates when any event is triggered in the eSignature workflow.

Feature ID: 1060689

Adapting webhook feature of Adobe Sign

Adobe Sign adapter couldn’t communicate precise callback information to ICI Platform, thus causing intermittent errors in ICM workflow after the Agreements were electronically signed. Adobe Sign responded with the same information for every signature, hence it wasn’t possible to distinguish between callbacks from different signature. However, with the introduction of Adobe webhook, this problem can be resolved.

Adobe webhooks can be created on the workflow for each agreement, requesting the type of information in the callback, which further benefits as follows:

  • Identifying the signatory requesting a callback
  • Identifying for which event or action the callback is requested
  • Concisely updating the status in ICM

Note:  Upgrade Adobe Sign API from 5.0 to 6.0 to use the webhook feature.

Also, Adobe rebranded Echo sign to Adobe Sign, hence non overridden localization strings for validation messages have been modified accordingly.

Feature ID: 1091947

Electronic Signature support using ICI BioPharma setting for 21 CFR Part 11 & Annex 11 compliant groups

ICI Platform now supports the Life Science industry documents that need to comply with 21 CFR Part 11 (for US FDA) or Annex 11 (for EU) regulatory compliance.

This feature allows integration with DocuSign Part 11 module and Adobe Sign Bio-Pharma setting to get electronically signed approvals for such agreements.

Feature ID: 1220095

Changes in IP whitelisting process for eSign adapters

ICI Platform supports integration with third party eSign adapters, which communicate using callback information. To receive the callback data from the eSign servers, certain IPs to intended methods are whitelisted. This action is done through the web.config file. However, any change in the IPs requires modifying the web.config file, which resets the IIS, resulting in performance issues.

To address this issue, “Core.IPSecurity” key has been introduced, which stores information related to the IPs as a JSON, and thus eliminates the need to modify the web.config file.

Note: Blocking or allowing IP addresses based on DNS is not supported as a part of this feature.

Feature ID: 1193062

Update eSign document with correct status

In certain scenarios, the electronic signature status in ICI and eSign provider are inconsistent. An enhancement has been added wherein the respective statuses are verified and the agreement status is updated or corrected accordingly.

Feature ID: 1193061

Sourcing 

The 8.1 Release introduces enhancements to the Icertis Contract Intelligence (ICI) Sourcing Application (SRC8.1.0.404).

Support for new RFx type-RFP

Icertis Sourcing application now supports Requests for Proposals (RFPs). Organizations can leverage the advantages of a secure and seamless application to organize and maintain their procurement processes digitally using the RFP feature.

RfPs are integrated requests containing information on both questions and bids. Buyers can now design, create, and publish RFPs in the Sourcing application and invite suppliers to respond to them. Once Buyers receive the responses, they can evaluate them and make their procurement decisions.

Key RFP features:

  • Integrated mechanism to get responses to questions and bids from suppliers.
  • Reusable templates for Questions, Questionnaires, and Bidding templates.
  • Questionnaires and questions can be arranged and reordered as required. 
  • Attachments, and responses to questions can be downloaded in a package.
  • A consolidated excel spreadsheet is available to analyse bids and responses.
  • Suppliers can provide responses to questions using Excel as well as Sourcing UI.

Feature ID: 404602

Improved Sourcing workflow with Sourcing Request

Users within an organization can now create Sourcing Requests for procuring items or services. These requests can be designed to go through an approval flow before they are turned over to procurement teams. The approval cycle can be easily tracked and audited for compliance.

Sourcing Request features:

  • Configure a Sourcing Request based on the necessary privileges.
  • Request forms can be designed to capture necessary details and attachments.
  • Requests can be sent to designated approvers for approval.
  • An RFx can be created after the request is approved.
  • Requests can be modified until they are approved or a RFX is created based on it.
  • Cancel or recall the Sourcing Request.
  • Put the Sourcing Request on Hold till approved state provided RFx is not created using this Sourcing Request.

Feature ID: 611297

Ordering and additional data types for Questions in Questionnaire

We have made the following enhancements to Icertis Sourcing to improve the user experience when working with Questions and Questionnaires:

The order of Questions and questionnaires in RFx can be set and modified as per the preference of users.

The following data types are now supported for questions in RFx:

  • Boolean
  • String
  • Choice
  • Multi Choice
  • Currency
  • DateTime
  • Number
  • Percentage
  • Text Area
  • Rich Text Area  
  • Email
  • File Selection

Note:

  • On exporting rich text data type information to Excel or HTML, some formatting features may be lost.
  • Uploading a file attachment as response for file type question response using Excel is not supported. Supplier must log on to ICI to upload files.

Feature ID: 896873

Obligation Management 

The 8.1 Release introduces enhancements to the Icertis Contract Intelligence (ICI) Obligation Management Application (OM8.1.0.404).

An interface to quickly add obligations discovered by AI

Obligations that are identified in contracts using the Discover AI feature can now be easily reviewed on the user interface. User can review the obligations and decide to add one or more to the Obligation Management application for tracking approvals and fulfillment.

The interface to review and create obligations in bulk saves users much time and manual effort.

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Notifications for successfully processed or failed obligations can also be configured.

Feature ID: 1090383

Auto-approval of Obligations to improve efficiency

Many obligations are extracted from executed contracts and they don’t usually need to go through an approval process in the Obligation Management application. To reduce time and effort spent approving a large number of obligations and not block the obligation fulfillment lifecycle on account of pending approvals, an automatic approval process for obligations can now be configured.

Once the auto-approval process is defined based on obligation taxonomy, this is how the feature works:

  • If approval is turned off, and no approvers are added to obligations, the obligations are automatically approved.
  • If approvers are added to obligations, manually or automatically through a rule, then even if approvals are turned off, the obligations will need to be approved.

Feature ID: 519344

Organize and manage obligations by creating groups 

An obligations could have one or more sub obligations or tasks, which would need to be completed by different individuals in an organization. Also, some obligations may be related to each other and grouping them could help organize and track the fulfillment. To facilitate such scenarios, obligation groups can now be created in the Obligation Management application.

Users can now categorize different obligations under logical groups and create parent-child relationships between obligations.

Child obligations automatically inherit any changes made to the parent Obligation. For example, if the status of parent Obligation is changed to Approved, all the related child Obligations also get approved.

Feature ID: 649768

Duplicate obligations no longer inherited 

When an Agreement (parent), with an associated Obligation, is inherited by another Agreement (peer), a duplicate Obligation is created. An enhancement in this release eliminates this limitation.

Feature ID: 1040723

UI Improvements for Obligation Management

The following improvements are made in the product to improve the search and usability experience when using Obligation Management:

  • Dedicated index pages for Obligations and Fulfillments,
  • Relevant page titles, breadcrumbs and history page information.

Feature ID: 1236413

Risk Management

The 8.1 Release introduces enhancements to the Icertis Contract Intelligence (ICI) Sourcing Application (RM8.1.0.404).

UI Improvements for Risk Management 

The following Improvements are made in the product to improve the search and usability experience when using Risk Management: 

  • Dedicated index pages for Risk Management and Risk Assessment. 
  • Relevant page titles, breadcrumbs and history page information. 
  • Saved searches display Risk Assessment as category.  
  • The “Create” action button has now been added on the “Risk Assessment” index page.   
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Other enhancements include:

  • The “Delete” action has now been moved under the three dots icon on the Risk Assessment “Details” page. On deleting the risk assessment, users will be redirected to the Risk Assessment “Index” page.

Feature ID: 1067718

Proposal Management 

ICI Proposal Management application is certified to work with the 8.1 release (PM8.1.0.404). 

Track and analyse performance with a Power BI Dashboard

A seeded dashboard that helps supplier organizations track their proposals by status, time, and outcome is now available within the Proposal Management application.The following features and reports are now available with the Proposal Management application:

  • A new Power BI data model with Power BI dataset specific to Proposal Management.
  • Proposal Management KPIs report
  • Capture Management report

Note: Users with access to Sell Side RFx or Bid Proposal can view the Dashboard.

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Enhancements to Seeded Contract Types

With this release, the PM App is being enhanced with newly seeded attributes to its seeded contract types.

In this enhancement:

  • New attributes have been seeded with the Bid Proposal entity:
  • Total Bid Value For Proposal
  • Total Value Won Or Lost
  • Customer Address
  • Customer Geography

These new attributes contribute in the essential computations of the Win Ratio and the Value Capture Ratio.

Feature ID: 1186830

Revamped User Experience across the PM App

The visual look and feel of the Proposal Management App has been considerably enhanced with the ICI-wide implementation of the new UI (User Interface) and UX (User Experience).

The following summarizes the revamped user experience across the App:

  • The new “Proposals” tile menu now features only the viewing tile options for the seeded PM App entities, in addition to a new “Dashboard” tile menu option.
  • The create navigation flow has been moved from the “Proposals” tile and a dedicated “Create” button has now been added to each seeded entity index page.
  • The seeded entities now have their dedicated index pages, as opposed to the saved search driven listing in previous releases.
  • The Details pages of all the seeded entities (Sell Side RFx, Bid Proposal etc.) now have dedicated page titles starting with the entity name, instead of the contract type category. For example, the previous “Agreement / Sell Side RFx 123” has been replaced by “Sell Side RFx / Sell Side RFx 123”.
  • The newly added entity name (such as “Sell Side RFx”) on the Details page header is now a clickable link, clicking which opens the entity index page.
  • In the audit history of any entity, both Grid View and List View, the header now features the entity category name instead of the contract type, just like the change in entity Details page.
  • The display of action buttons on entity Details pages can now be configured to customize their sequence of display, and based on the available window space the remaining action buttons will be available under the three dots icon on the entity “Details” page.

Feature ID: 1235186

Supplier Relationship Management Application 

ICI Proposal Management application is certified to work with the 8.1 release (SRM8.1.0.404).

Supplier Evaluation

The Supplier Evaluation module introduced in the Supplier Relationship Management suite helps organizations manage supplier performance and evaluate and mitigate risks associated with working with suppliers.

How Supplier Evaluation fits within Supplier Relationship Management

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The Supplier Evaluation module introduced in the Supplier Relationship Management suite helps organizations manage supplier performance and evaluate and mitigate risks associated with working with suppliers.

How Supplier Evaluation fits within Supplier Relationship Management

 

Supplier Evaluation module is part of the Supplier Relationship Management application, which is built on Icertis Contract Intelligence.

Once suppliers are onboarded, users can evaluate suppliers on the products or services they offer. The KPI criteria, schedule, and the evaluators can be set up within the module and on completing the assessment the supplier can be classified as high performing, low performing or standard supplier.

A routine supplier evaluation can help organizations set expectations from their preferred suppliers and manage low performing suppliers.  

Supplier Evaluation Features

Setting up Supplier Evaluation

  • KPIs – Users can create one or more KPIs (evaluation criteria) and evaluate suppliers based on the set parameters. For example, you can create KPIs for auditing, performance reviews, training requirements, and more.
  • Supplier Data – The supplier evaluation creation process is simplified as much of the supplier information is auto-populated based on the supplier’s record.
  • Evaluation Schedule – Users can set up a period for which the supplier will be evaluated.
  • Product/Service for Evaluation – The evaluation can be performed in context of the product or service provided or the agreements.
  • Reviewing suppliers based on the Criteria – The evaluation criteria can be put through an internal review process, and inputs can be sought to finalize the evaluation criteria.
  • Supplier Outreach – Suppliers can provide information and supporting documents needed to perform the evaluation by responding to review requests by buyers.
  • Responses & Scoring – Based on the responses provided by business team or evaluators on the supplier evaluation, scores are automatically computed.
  • Evaluation Approvals & Control – Once the evaluation process is over, then buyer team defines supplier performance classification and suggests the next course of action (in case of low performing supplier). This can also be sent for management approval. The approver team can either approve or reject and send it for rework..
  • Notifications – Notifications can also be configured for periodic evaluation. System notifications are sent to buyers when they are requested to evaluate a supplier.

Feature ID: 463049

Managing Supplier Hierarchy

Manage Related Supplier Organizations

The Supplier Relationship Management application now provides a mechanism to connect supplier organizations with their Parent, Holding or Subsidiary organizations. This is to ensure that you have a complete overview of the business you do with one supplier and its related entities. According to business needs, you may want to work with a local supplier or the parent global organization.

You can designate a supplier organization as one of the following types:

  • Supplier: Supplier organizations that may or may not have related Parent or Holding companies.
  • Parent company: Parent company of one or more Supplier organizations, controls operations of the Supplier Organization
  • Holding company: Holding company of one or more subsidiary Supplier organizations, does not have a direct say over the operations of subsidiaries.

Changes made to the supplier hierarchy for supplier registration, qualification or profile are synchronized with the vendor database and supplier master.

Unique Supplier Record Management

In Icertis Supplier Relationship management, the uniqueness of a supplier record is validated based on a combination of attributes . In this release, one or more of the unique identifiers attributes can be made editable. This is to account for entities that may change the Legal Entity Name in the course of doing business, considering legal entity name is one of the unique identifier attributes.

If the attributes are changed for an organization, the system validates and checks for duplicate records before allowing users to make the change.

Validating the Duplicate Registrations

Buyers may receive more than one registration from the same supplier submitted through the web page.

This release introduces the capability to match the supplier registration records based on the unique identifier attributes. This helps identifying the duplicate registrations. Buyers can perform limited actions on the duplicate registrations and the supplier qualification is not generated.

Note: Customers upgrading to 8.1 from previous versions of ICI Supplier Relationship Management is supported.

Feature ID: 1271423

Technical Requirements 

The Icertis Contract Intelligence (ICI) application can be accessed from any device with an Internet connection and a supported browser. All features may not be available in all environments.

The software and hardware requirements for the client system as well as the mobile application are listed in the table below:

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Important Changes in IE11 Support:

From March 2021, Microsoft has stopped its technical support to Internet Explorer (IE) and has advised its customers to move to Microsoft Edge.

ICI will no longer support IE11. ICI will not be certified over IE11.

If customers use IE 11 then the below message will be displayed:

“You are using a browser that is not recommended to be used since it no longer supported by its OEM. The ICI support for this browser is limited for 7.16 version and will be discontinued from version 7.17 onwards. You should switch to Microsoft Edge as recommended by the OEM or any other supported browser prescribed by your organizational policy. You may contact your administrator for further information.”

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Accessibility Conformance 

We ran accessibility conformance tests on the Icertis Contract Intelligence platform and Business Apps for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 for Level A and Level AA standards. We did not evaluate for Level AAA standards.

While most of the product functionality has at least one method that meets the criterion without any known defects, some functionality of the product may not meet the conformance criteria. The full report is published in the following documents and can be made available on request:

  • ICI Platform Accessibility Conformance Report
  • ICI AI/ML Accessibility Conformance Report
  • ICI Reporting Accessibility Conformance Report
  • ICI Obligation Management Accessibility Conformance Report
  • ICI Sourcing Accessibility Conformance Report
  • ICI Proposal Management Accessibility Conformance Report
  • ICI SRM Accessibility Conformance Report
  • ICI Risk Management Accessibility Conformance Report

Known Issues

This section includes some issues that we are aware of and plan to resolve at the earliest:

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