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title: "Softdocs Fall 2024 Platform Release: New Feature Round-Up"
description: Softdocs Fall 2024 release includes key enhancements to e-forms (electronic forms), electronic workflow, and new delegation control for better IT management of document management resources.
image: https://48231846.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/48231846/blog/2024-12-03/Featured%20Image.jpg
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# Softdocs Fall 2024 Platform Release: New Feature Round-Up

We’re thrilled to talk about the new features and enhancements of the Fall 2024 release of the Softdocs platform. As Scott Craig (Softdocs Chief Product and Strategy Officer) said, every aspect of the platform has been upgraded, and every customer, no matter how they’re using it today, will benefit. Let’s jump in.

eForms Extensibility Input Options Kickstart Workflow Secure Publishing Drag and Drop Integration Scalability 

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## eForms Updates

Softdocs eForms is our [no-code form designer](https://www.softdocs.com/eforms-signatures/) that customers use to collect information from students, staff, faculty, citizens, and any other constituency. It’s often used to kick off critical processes, many of them requiring legally binding signatory approvals. Incoming information must be structured, consistent, and accurate.

In our new release, we’ve launched three new features to boost data integrity.

1. **Softdocs eForms now supports bi-directional API-based data sources** for populating field options (for example, in a dropdown) and prepopulating field values (like names), enabling not just more accurate data capture upfront, but continuous data synchronization with platforms such as Ellucian Ethos.
2. **eForms designers can now set validating format “masks” on fields** to guide users to enter appropriate values. Mask examples include social security numbers, phone numbers, and zip codes.
3. **Users can now view and add attachments to a form while signing it.** These attachments are visible throughout the workflow.

Users can now view and add attachments to a form while signing it.

## eForms Starter Templates

Our EdCloud has been renamed to Etrieve Library and redesigned for a much better browsing experience. The library now features 120 templates (and counting) created in the new Form Builder.

![etrieve library with thumbs](https://48231846.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hub/48231846/hubfs/blog/2024-12-03/etrieve%20library%20with%20thumbs.jpg?width=840&height=437&name=etrieve%20library%20with%20thumbs.jpg)

The new Etrieve Library featuring thumbnails of form templates.

## New Delegate Management

We’re proud to introduce delegate management, a new organizational tool that enables localized administrative control over workflow approval groups, document type management, custom properties filtering, and more.

Centralized IT admins can delegate the responsibility of [Etrieve](https://www.softdocs.com/our-platform/) to departments without compromising system-level security. The first new permissions available through delegate management allow independent departmental managers to create and manage their own Groups—such as Workflow Approver Groups—for their departments’ unique workflows.

This delegation of control enables efficient process changes at the local level without submitting IT tickets whenever a group’s membership changes.

## Workflow Enhancements

IT and departmental leaders will love new workflow admin tools that remove common points of friction from approval chains.

1. Workflow Monitor users (who have the appropriate permissions) can now **examine the contents of an in-progress package** directly from the monitor pages, helping them resolve errors and clear out bottlenecks.
2. Workflow Monitor users can now also **move packages forward even if they’re stuck** between review and approval steps, enabling admins to keep their workflows clear of duplicated, errored, or orphaned packages.
3. Workflow admins can now **limit which workflow steps can accept attachments**, removing points of potential misuse.

![inspect workflow packages](https://48231846.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hub/48231846/hubfs/blog/2024-12-03/inspect%20workflow%20packages.jpg?width=840&height=428&name=inspect%20workflow%20packages.jpg)

Workflow Monitor allows admins to now inspect the content of workflow packages.

## Want to See the New Features in Action?

Softdocs customers, please contact your Customer Support Manager for more information. If you’re new to Softdocs, [contact us for a personalized demo](https://www.softdocs.com/request-demo/).

Dec 28 2024

 Posted by:  
 Mariya Harris

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