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It's long been impossible for users to move an asset from one space to another. But we saw how some situations or human decisions can lead to assets to get created in one space, but then need to be moved to another. Organizational changes can also be a reason, why some some spaces need to be cleared out, or merged with other spaces.
We've introduced an enhancement that enables users with manage permissions to
move assets to a different space
Visual 1:
The ability to
move
an asset is available both through the asset cards, as through the action menu on the asset page. The item 'Move asset' opens a dialog, that enables you to choose a different space for the asset to be moved to.
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Visual 2:
While an asset always sits in one space - its individual versions
can be
assigned to projects. In the case of an asset getting moved to a new space, those asset versions' relations to those projects stay in tact. This is a deliberate choice, not to interfere with historical context: it's those projects, that the asset was meaningful to (as the reason to be created, typically). That said, the asset itself will no longer show in relation to the original space after the move.
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Users are now enabled to delete draft assets.
For a while already, it has been possible to
cancel
draft assets - an option that remains available. Canceled assets still hold some value and history important to the userse of a workspace. That's why canceled assets remain in the version menu and visibly keep all their associated information, iterations, attachments and history.
In addition, we also wanted to offer a way to
delete
a draft asset version - for instance to support the situations where a draft was made in error - or merely to demonstrate the workings of Cohero (by means of training). In these situations, the draft itself does not contain any lasting value - and becomes
clutter
in the eyes of the users. That's why users (with manage permissions to that asset) can now also choose to
delete
draft assets.
While a deleted draft disappears from view and is no longer accessible to users in their workspace - it's important to emphasize that by Cohero's design, nothing can ever truly be
deleted
: all deleted items can easily be restored by the Cohero product team by issuing a support request.
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We've made efforts to give users more freedom to control the relation between assets and projects. An asset's relation to a project is
optional
. Assets can be created in the context of a project, but they can also be created or managed outside that project's context - just inside the space they sit in. By the same token, an asset can be associated to a project in a later stage, or moved to a different project.
Cohero's now offering the ability to its users,
add
assets to projects, to
remove
assets from projects, and to
change
assets from one project to another. In addition, we've added better ways for users to
see
to which project an asset is related - directly on the asset page, and on the asset card itself.
Visual 1
Asset card's action menu now offers 'Add to project' (if no project is associated yet), 'Change Project' (if the asset
is
associated to a project) and 'View in project' (to take the user straight to the project page containing that asset. The same options are offered in the action menu of the asset page itself:
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Visual 2
An easy dialog offers the options to pick a project, or to unselect the current project - it comes with an easy search function, which is helpful when that space has many projects.
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Visual 3
The asset info's
metadata
section has expanded to now also reflect the associated project
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We've updated your Home page with a brand-new Daily Digest feature - a personalized overview of everything that needs your attention. Presented as a to-do list, it nicely breaks out the to-dos due today (or overdue), from the ones that can wait a little longer. And each time you complete a task, it immediately moves to the 'Completed today' list, giving you that extra satisfaction of getting work done.
Today, the Daily Digest brings together your tasks and approval requests in one place. Over time, it will expand to include even more important updates, making Home the best place to stay on top of your work.
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Approvals form a vital element in Cohero's core set of capabilities. Smooth approvals are vital to our client's operational success. Up until now, however, we felt that we weren't delivering on the promise to have an effecitve and actionable 'birds eye view' on all approval requests. The list on the homepage posed too many functional limitations
We decided to introduce a strong capability to view all approval requests. And better yet, to introduce it in such a way, that the approver actually feels more informed
going in
, by understanding when the approval was initiated, and by understanding the general state of the approval workflow for this particular asset. To this end, we designed a dedicated
Approvals
page in the workspace navigation.
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What challenge does it address?
People overseeing the quality or compliance domain have a need to understand the open workload, and to see the work that's comgin in the near term. The approvers themselves would benefit from understanding the general progress of the approval worfklow too (and to see the path traveled up to that point)
How can this help you?
Users can now see and analyze all the approvals that are outstanding, and can see the approval requests due in the near future. They can also see the approvals that have taken place, and see all the responses. A dedicated 'Approval workflow' column also provides a general status at a glance of the approval process. With this information in their pocket, approvers can start their work with more confidence.
For some time now, our users have told us how they'd like to deep dive into all open tasks in a workspace. Team managers, department heads have felt the need to understand the nature of the work, the allocation of work (who handles what?), and the amount of work that's due any day - let alone: overdue.
We decided to act on this need, by doubling down on the capability to view all tasks in depth. That's why Cohero introduces a dedicated
Tasks
page in the workspace navigation.
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What challenge does it address?
People overseeing one or multiple teams, now have the ability to create views on workloads that those teams face. They can analyze the type of work that dominates their team's day - and to see which tasks are overdue. It offers an opportunity to spot botltenecks, and take action accordingly.
How can this help you?
The Tasks page enables users to create personalized views on tasks from across the workspace. Views that matter to you, your team, or your department. It can help to manage work, but can also help to perform quality controls and spot checks across the organization.
Besides the key new features, Cycle 2 has also brought along its fair share of smaller enhancements:
  1. The main navigation bar
    - The navigation bar is collapsible and expandable - to offer more space on your monitor. It now remembers when you closed it -to ensure it appears the same way when you return later.
  2. Access to multiple workspaces
    - When members with access to multiple workspaces don't use Cohero for a period of time (or try to access it via a different computer), they will be presented with a log-in journey that asks them which workspace they want to enter.
  3. Security patches
    - We take security extremely seriously at Cohero, which is why we regularly do security tests. Following a recent penetration test, applied a small number of patches.
  4. AI Writer
    - We're using a more up-to-date LLM to support the AI writer, embedded in Cohero's text editors throughout the app - forming the foundation for many more AI features to come.
As of today, we're enabling Cohero users to create their own custom views. This is enabled both on
workspace level
(spanning across all spaces), as well as on
space level
(within the confines of 1 space). With this fundamental new introduction, we are taking away the hardcoded 'preset' views that our Asset Library had until now - replacing it with a dynamic and customizable alternative that fits your organization (and you, as an individual user).
What challenges does this address?
Over the past months, our users have told us frequently how they find it challenging to gain an overview of all the ongoing work. Or even to gain an overview of all assets or projects by a number of criteria - with custom info visible to them, or within the confines of just one Space. The 'List' layout we offered up to now, simply didn't offer the granularity, or any level of customization of what you see.
On top of that, users expressed the desire to
keep
that overview permanently available to them, so they don't need to 're-set' those filters/sorts every time they use Cohero.
On a higher level (spanning an entire Workspace) - we also see how different companies want different standard overviews for their users. That's why this new feature also allows
workspace admins
to create or customize views on workspace level, so that everybody has them straight away. Still allowing regular members to create their own private views too.
How can this does this help you?
Views are now available to all members, including Guest users. All members can create their own. And with sufficient permissions in your Space, you're even enabled to save changes to public views for all other users in your Space.
You can create views of
Projects
and
Assets
- each will give an immediate and live (!) overview of what's going on, by criteria that matter to you or your peers. Furthermore, views can be updated when circumstances change. You can create as many views as you like.
You can also choose what data you want to see in your view, by selecting
columns
. You can decide to add columns, hide columns, re-arrange the columns, change their width, or pin them to a fixed position. Both general info as custom info fields are offered in the shape of columns, along with other information (status, asset manager, project manager, due dates, etc).
Seeing more views than you care for? No problem, you can always decide to hide views that are not important to you.
Cohero now shows a visual clue on an asset, when something has happened after your last visit.
Challenge we're addressing
When you're overseeing multiple assets - It can be challenging to stay 'in the know' on everything that's going on. Now that every asset is equipped with a visible
Activity Log
(which tracks when you last visited an asset, and all the actions that took place after) Cohero can offer a concrete solution to show that.
How can this help you
Cohero presents a little blue dot on assets, where new activity took place since your last visit to that asset. It's a visual clue, to take a look at what has happened. When users open that asset, the Activity Log will be open automatically, earmarking every activity that happened after your last visit. This way, you see exactly what you missed. When you leave the asset, the indicator will disappear.
There's a 48hrs time limit to the 'New Activity' indicator. Activity that took place longer than that, is no longer earmarked as 'new / unseen'.
The introduction of Views and the Inbox also introduce some changes to the Main workspace navigation.
1. Workspace-level navigation
  • 'Home'
    is preserved. However, a more helpful overview of your
    to dos
    is already on its way to replace the current lists of tasks and approvals. Stay tuned!
  • Asset Library is renamed to
    'Assets'
    . This continues to offer an overview of all assets in a workspace.
  • 'Shared with me'
    is preserved (for now) but will be discarded in a later stage.
  • 'Projects'
    is added, to offer an overview of all projects in a workspace.
2. Space-level navigation
  • The
    'Space page'
    is discarded (for now), but will be replaced with a Dashboard-like page in a future update. Permissions to a Space (in the shape of the Share menu) are now managed directly via the Action menu for that Space.
Spaces now act as collapsed containers, that expand to show the items within:
  • 'Assets'
    offers an overview of all assets in that Space
  • 'Projects'
    offers an overview of all projects in that Space
The whole navigation remains fully minimizable (to take up minimal horizontal space) as you were used to.
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