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v0.8.13 Release Notes
Release Date: September 6, 2024
🚀 New Features and Template Enhancements
- Member Field as Recipient: You can now select member fields as recipients for sending emails and creating missions.
- Import Feature: Supports importing Excel and bikefile files.
- AI Application Creation: Build applications tailored to scenarios through AI conversations.
- Template Publishing: Package resource nodes into templates and publish them to the template center.
- AI Dialog Markdown Support: Messages now support Markdown format.
- Dashboard Widget Navigation: Supports navigation to the corresponding database.
- Enhanced Variable Selector: Supports retrieving output data from "Run Script" action.
- New Action "Loop": Currently only supports use with "Find Records" action.
- New Field Types: Supports "Email," "Percentage," and "Currency" fields.
- Template Updates and Additions:
- Scrum Standup Template: Supplemented with documentation and guidance mission.
- WeCom Scheduled Notifications Template: Certified and launched.
- Send Emails in Bulk Template: Documentation updated.
- AI Project Issues and Tickets Template: Improved report readability and added issue type field.
- 7-Day Automated Email Marketing Template: Added example emails.
- Weekly Meeting and DingTalk Reminder Templates: Added FAQ.
✨ UI/UX Improvements
- Automation Action Configuration: Automatically selects available Integration instances.
- JSON Input Box: Improved user experience with additional help text.
- Resource Editor: Newly added fields are marked as required by default.
- View Filter Control: Adapted for different screen resolutions.
- Homepage Announcements: Adjusted text width to prevent overlap with illustrations.
- Empty Folder Prompt: Friendly prompt displayed for empty folders.
- Variable Editor: Compatible with special characters.
- Permission Popup: Updated illustrations for enhanced aesthetics.
- Excel Import/Export: Optimized text and icons.
- Confirmation Box: Optimized style.
- Send Email Action: Improved style and layout in the automation interface.
- Help Documentation Links: Support opening in a new tab.
🔧 Fixes
- Resource Editing: Fixed issue preventing form resources from being edited.
- Automation Configuration: Disabled "Run Test" button for "coming soon" actions/triggers.
- Resource Node Creation: Fixed issue where the editor wouldn't disappear.
- Third-Party Account Unlinking: Prevented ghost account creation.
- AI Dialog Message Glitch: Fixed issue with multiple messages causing playback errors.
- Page Crash Issue: Resolved crash when configuring the "Create Record" action.
- Multi-Select Field: Fixed incorrect default text display.
- Database Pagination: Fixed pagination malfunction.
- Permission Issues: Resolved unauthorized access to create/delete menu options after disabling global resource management permission for space members.
- Date Format Display: Corrected date display not following settings.
- Unexpected Single-Select Result: Fixed issue with unexpected results after creating records.
- Mirror Link Access: Fixed link access issues without source database access permission.
- Resource Node Deletion: Resolved unresponsive deletion operations.
- Field Deletion Tooltip: Fixed issue with content exceeding prompt window.
- Resource Node Creation: Fixed inability to create resources.
- Expand Menu Issue: Resolved menu not collapsing automatically.
- Record Deletion: Fixed inability to delete existing records.
- Initial Field Issue: Fixed malfunction of initial multi-select fields in a new database.
- Template Configuration Viewing: Fixed filter conditions visibility.
- Member Avatar Display: Fixed display issue in mission detail modal.
- Selector Focus Issue: Fixed search box losing focus.
- Markdown Hyperlink Issue: Fixed text loss in variable editor.
- Permission Information Display: Fixed display issues on the "Share and Permissions" modal.
- Resource Node Icon Issue: Fixed inability to change icons.
- Illegal Option Creation: Fixed creation of illegal options in single and multi-select fields.
- Mirror Node Issues: Fixed record creation and sharing display problems.
- Automation Node Creation Permissions: Fixed visibility of "Create" button for unauthorized members.
🎁 Miscellaneous
- Translation Update: Improved translations for product and template.
- Initial Mission Title Optimization: Enhanced readability.
- Edit Automation Page: Added hover tips for buttons.
- User Wizard: Fixed dialog flashing and repeat issues.
- Telegram Action Issue: Fixed narrow message input box.
🚧 Refactoring
- Multi-Select Control Initialization: Now includes initial values.
- AI Message Support: Added SSE message support.
- Automation API: Supports creating nested actions.

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