Release Notes
You can use the links below to access release notes for various FieldFX packages and modules.
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FieldFX Releases
This table details the various FieldFX Modules or Managed Packages with a description of each and when it was last upgraded:
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With the Admin Portal, system administrators can access user-friendly screens to manage various aspects of the FieldFX system. You can access functions such as user access, workflows, price book rules, and FX Logs viewers and Sync Events Viewers. These updates contain changes to the various tools you can find in the Admin Portal. |
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The FieldFX Base Package contains the core FieldFX components. You must install the FieldFX Base Package to use FieldFX and any combination of its modules. |
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FieldFX Lightning Components are available through the FieldFX Lightning Managed Package, You can use the FXL Components in FieldFX Back Office when using Lightning Experience.
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FieldFX Mobile is a HTML5 app accessible through a web browser or the FieldFX Windows Client. FieldFX Mobile Pro is a mobile device app for accessing FieldFX Mobile mobile devices. These updates are for FieldFX Mobile. |
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The FieldFX Mobile app is a standalone app and works on Android, iOS, and Windows. It is designed to work on tablets and laptops on these platforms. Make sure the tablet meets out software and hardware requirements. |
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The FX Timecards module is a time management solution that makes it easier to track payable time for field employees. You can track time off requests and collect Time cards in to a payable timesheet. Field users can enter cards using the FX Timecards app, available for iOS and Android devices. |
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The Packet Viewer is a tool in the Audit Log that displays the contents of sync packets. |
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Use the Report Viewer to run FX Reports and attach them to records. |
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The FX DataGuide module was previously used in FieldFX. It has since been deprecated and now FieldFX uses the same DataGuide package that ServiceMax has developed and uses in their software. |
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The FX Schedule & Dispatch is an integrated resource management solution that allows you to manage your field operations more efficiently. |
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Deprecated Items (No longer supported)
For more information, see FieldFX Deprecated List.
Push Upgrade
We generally release new version of the FieldFX Base Managed Package and FieldFX Lightning Managed Package once per month.
Four times each year, we push upgrade the Lightning Managed Package and the FieldFX Base Managed Package release to Sandbox orgs.
Two months after pushing the FieldFX Base Managed Package and Lightning Managed Package to Sandbox orgs, a push upgrade is performed to Production orgs.
For specific release date by Salesforce Instance see the Push Upgrades.
| The version pushed to Production orgs is the package pushed to Sandbox orgs or a later version. The version addresses any defects identified during the Sandbox testing period. |
Push Upgrades occur at the same time as push upgrades for the FieldFX Base Managed Package. To upgrade to an available release between push upgrades, contact Support.
FieldFX Impacts from Salesforce Releases
Summer '23
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With this update, Salesforce no longer a requires a user running a flow to have explicit access to Apex classes for the same flow. |
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With this update, you can shield your org and network from malicious attacks with content sniffing protection. This change helps prevent the browser from loading scripts disguised as other file types when your users access external content and websites from Salesforce. |
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This update enforces the generation of a different cross-site request forgery (CSRF) token for each Lightning app, which ensures that a token is used only in its intended context. The update also improves the handling for invalid and expired tokens. This update was first available in Spring ’23 and is enforced in Summer ’23. |
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To improve security, this update prevents flow interviews from resolving the $Api.Session_ID variable at run time. Previously, when a flow screen included the $Api.Session_ID variable, the browser session ID of the user that ran the flow appeared on the screen. A user was able to employ the session ID to bypass security controls. |
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The Visualforce Remoting API uses JavaScript to directly call methods in Apex controllers from Visualforce pages. To prevent unauthorized serialization and deserialization across packaging namespaces, this update validates the JsonAccess annotation of your Apex classes. |
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To conduct business wherever you are, adopt the International Components for Unicode (ICU) locale formats. Locales control the formats for dates, times, currencies, addresses, names, and numeric values. ICU sets the international standard for these formats. |
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When this update is enabled, regardless of API version, REST response headers defined in Apex via the RestResponse.addHeader(name, value) method have the header names validated based on RFC 7230. |
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Winter '22
My Domain Activation Required |
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Summer '22
End of life for legacy API versions
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As of the Summer ’22 release, legacy versions 21.0 through 30.0 of the Salesforce Platform API are no longer supported by Salesforce. Calls continue to work, but Salesforce no longer provides any assistance if problems arise. For more information, see Salesforce Help: Salesforce Platform API Versions 21.0 through 30.0 Retirement Beginning with the Summer '22 release, the API calls to those versions will no longer work. |
We have reviewed the FieldFX products and found no impacts from this change. |
Review any custom code and make sure all services that rely on the Salesforce endpoints use an API version greater than 21.0. Complete the assessment and any required updates prior to the upgrade to Summer '22 in May 2022. |
Spring '22
International Components for Unicode (ICU) Locale Formats
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Beginning with the Winter '20 release, Salesforce added a new international locale standard to supplement and eventually replace the previously used Java Development Kit locales. With the Spring '22 Salesforce release, all orgs will be required to use the International Components for Unicode (ICU) locales.
For more information, see How are locale settings affected? |
We have tested the impact of enabling the ICU locales to the FieldFX suite of products. Our testing did not uncover any conflicts with FieldFX packages. |
Salesforce has a document that summarizes the steps to take to switch from using the JDK locales to enabling ICU locales instead. Familiarize yourself with the steps that are required and be ready to complete testing on custom code and other apps you may have installed. |
How are locale settings affected?
Locale settings effect the formats used for elements such as dates, times, numbers, and currencies.
Salesforce has a help document that shows the differences between the current Oracle JDK locales and the new ICU locales.
For US English, the differences include:
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Datetime formats add a comma between the year and the time
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Negative currencies switch from using parentheses to a negative sign at the beginning of the amount
| Refer to the document linked above for the differences in formats for other locales, which may have additional impacts beyond dates and currencies. |
Summer '21
| The Summer '21 Release begins rolling to Sandboxes on April 4, 2021. See Salesforce’s Trust Status page to determine when your org(s) update to Summer '21. |
Apex Property Restrictions
Restriction of Apex Controller Methods for Aura Components in Managed Packages |
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Access Modifiers on Apex Properties in Lightning Component Markup |
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Security Announcement - March 31, 2021
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During a routine security review, Salesforce identified a vulnerability in a Salesforce AppExchange package called Lightning Sharing.
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The package could allow users access to the org’s sharing permissions.
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As a result of the vulnerability, Salesforce has removed the package from the AppExchange.
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The package is no longer required, as a similar functionality was added for all orgs in the Spring '21 Salesforce release.