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Improvement
today

New: Reorder Table and Repeater Rows with Drag and Drop

We're excited to introduce a new way to manage data in Table and Repeater gadgets. Users can now reorder rows using drag-and-drop functionality or keyboard controls for improved accessibility.

Why This Matters

There are many situations where the order of information matters. Whether you're arranging researchers for a System-to-System (S2S) submission, organizing attachments, or updating the sequence of steps in an experimental design, changing the order of entries should be quick and intuitive.

With this enhancement, you can easily adjust the order of rows without deleting and re-creating entries.

Some examples include:

  • Reordering investigators or key personnel in a proposal submission
  • Changing the display order of attachments
  • Inserting a new step into the middle of an experimental design
  • Updating the sequence of activities, tasks, or workflow steps
  • Organizing repeated data entries in the order you need

What's Changed

All tables and repeaters now include a drag handle at the beginning of each row or repeated section.

Example in a Table:

Drag handle for Table or Repeater

Example in a Repeater:

Users can:

  • Drag and drop rows or repeater entries to a new position
  • Use keyboard controls to reorder items for an accessible experience
  • See the order update dynamically as items are moved

This functionality is available anywhere tables and repeaters are used throughout the platform.

Tracking Changes

When Document History is enabled, changes to the order of table or repeater entries are recorded in the document's history. Reordered items will also appear as changes when comparing document versions, providing visibility into how the document has evolved over time.

Announcement
yesterday

Versions and Document Edit History Are Now Available to All Customers

We're excited to announce that Document Versions and Document Edit History are now available to all Kuali customers.

Previously, these features were only available to customers using the next generation of Kuali Ready, Kuali Research, or Kuali Academic Ops. Now, customers can enable these capabilities in any Kuali product or app, including Kuali Build. Access is no longer limited to Enterprise customers or institutions using the next generation of Kuali products.

Why This Matters

Many documents need to go through multiple review and approval cycles throughout their lifecycle. With Document Versions, users can create a new version of a completed document, make updates, and route it through the approval process again without starting from scratch.

This helps teams maintain an accurate record of changes while ensuring updates receive the appropriate review and approval.

Versions vs. Editing Existing Documents

It's important to understand the difference between editing an existing document and creating a new version.

Users with the Edit documents in this app permission can make updates to any document, regardless of its status. While this can be useful for correcting information, those edits overwrite the existing document and do not create an audit trail of what changed.

For documents that require accountability, compliance tracking, or a historical record of updates, we recommend limiting edit permissions and using Document Versions instead.

When a new version is created:

  • A separate version of the document is generated
  • Changes can be reviewed and compared against previous versions
  • The updated document can be routed through the approval process again
  • Previous versions are preserved, providing a clear history of document evolution

In addition, Document Edit History provides visibility into changes made within a document by showing who made updates and when those changes occurred. This helps support collaboration, transparency, and auditing needs.

Getting Started

To use Document Versions, administrators must enable the Allow resubmission of documents to workflow option in the Workflow Settings of a form. Once enabled, users can create a new version of a completed document, make updates, and route it through the approval process again.

To use Document Edit History, administrators can enable the History option in the form's Form Settings. When enabled, users can view a record of changes made to a document, including who made updates and when those changes occurred.

After these settings are enabled, the corresponding functionality will be available to users on supported documents.

We’re pleased to make these capabilities available across the Kuali platform and look forward to helping more customers benefit from improved transparency and document management.

New Feature
yesterday

New: Batch Actions from Document Lists

You can now take action on multiple documents at once directly from a Document List.

Managing documents one at a time can be time-consuming, especially when you need to clean up records or create copies of several documents. With Batch Actions, you can select multiple documents and complete common tasks in a single step.

What's New?

Document Lists now include selection checkboxes for each document, along with a checkbox in the list header for bulk selection.

Document List - Bulk Actions - Select Documents via checkboxes

After selecting one or more documents, you'll see available actions based on your permissions:

  • Duplicate selected documents
  • Delete selected documents

Select Documents Faster

Use the checkbox in the document list header to select all documents on the current page.

Document List - batch selecting all documents

If your filter returns documents across multiple pages, you'll also have the option to select all documents that match the current filter. The selection count updates automatically so you always know how many documents will be included in the action.

Note: Bulk actions can be performed on up to 500 documents at a time. If you need to process more than 500 documents, complete the action in multiple batches.

Duplicate Multiple Documents

When you choose Duplicate, you'll see a confirmation message showing how many documents will be copied.

Duplicating confirmation message

Because duplicating large numbers of documents can take time, the process runs in the background. You'll receive a notification when duplication begins and another when it's complete.

Duplication message confirmation

Once finished, you can access the new documents from My Documents > Drafts.

Delete Multiple Documents

When you choose Delete, you'll be asked to confirm the action before any documents are removed.

Delete confirmation message

Deleting a document will:

  • Delete all versions of the selected document
  • End any active workflows associated with the document
  • Create an auditable entry in System History

Availability

Batch Actions are available now in Document Lists for users with the appropriate document permissions. Available actions depend on your ability to create and/or delete documents within the dataset.

New Feature
3 weeks ago

New: Limit Availability and Access-Based PDF Exports

You can now control when fields are visible to users without removing the underlying data, along with new options for controlling how restricted data appears in generated PDFs.

The new Limit availability (sensitive data) gadget setting gives admins more flexibility to manage sensitive fields, workflow-only content, and role-based access in forms. Combined with the new Generate PDF As option for workflow Notification Steps, admins can also control whose access level determines what data appears in attached document PDFs.

Why This Matters

Previously, fields hidden through conditional visibility could also remove stored data when conditions changed. With Limit Availability, field data stays saved in the background while remaining inaccessible until the right conditions are met.  This also applies when exporting the document as a PDF, ensuring restricted data remains hidden from unauthorized users.

We’ve also added new PDF access controls for workflow notifications, allowing admins to control whose permissions determine what data appears in automatically generated PDFs.

This helps you:

  • Protect sensitive information
  • Create admin-only or workflow-only sections
  • Show fields only at specific workflow stages
  • Preserve submission data even when fields are hidden
  • Prevent restricted field data from appearing in exported PDFs
  • Control what data appears in workflow notification PDF attachments based on user access levels

What Changed

The existing conditional visibility setting has been renamed to make its purpose clearer:

  • Old label: Limit visibility based on other gadgets
  • New label: Change visibility based on other fields

This setting still controls field visibility based on form responses.

Change visibility based on other fields config

The new Limit availability setting is separate and focuses on controlling access (based on certain criteria) while preserving data.

Limit availability config options

We’ve also added a new Generate PDF As option for workflow Notification Steps when the Attach PDF of the completed document setting is enabled. This option allows admins to control whose access level is used when generating attached PDFs.

Notification Workflow Step attach PDF configuration

  • Select a user in the Generate PDF As setting to generate the PDF using that user’s permissions
  • If no user is selected, the PDF will use the access level of the first notification recipient. If the notification is sent to a role or group with multiple recipients, the first user in the recipient list will determine the access level used to generate the PDF.

This helps ensure attached PDFs only include information the intended audience is allowed to access.

How to Configure Limit Availability

To enable the setting in an app/product:

  1. Open the Form tab
  2. Select a field
  3. Turn on Limit availability (sensitive data) configuration option
  4. Select Add Condition
  5. Configure one or more conditions

Available conditions

You can make fields available based on the following criteria:

Available criteria in Limited availability

  • User’s role in app — Control field availability based on app permissions.
    Example: Only app administrators can view or edit a section.
  • User’s role — Control field availability based on group membership or assigned roles.
    Example: Only users in the Registrar’s Office Admin role can access certain fields.
  • Submission’s version number — This option appears only when Document Versions is enabled in the form. Use this condition to control field availability based on the document’s version number.
  • Submission’s workflow status — Control field availability based on the current workflow status of the submission.
    Example: Make fields available only while a submission is in Draft or In Progress.
  • Submission’s workflow step — Control field availability based on whether the document is currently editable by the end user. Choose is Form Submission when the document is in the initial draft stage or has been returned to the user for corrections in the Form Fill step. Choose is not Form Submission when the document is in any other workflow state where end-user editing is locked.

Important Behavior Details

  • Data in unavailable fields is still saved.
  • Users must still have permission to access the document through Form Permissions or Conditional Permissions. If they can access the document, fields configured with Limit Availability will remain unavailable until the configured conditions are met.
  • Restricted field data will not appear in exported PDFs for users who do not meet the configured conditions when exporting directly from the document.
  • If you’ve configured PDFs to be automatically attached in a workflow Notification Step, you can choose to generate the PDF using a specific user’s level of access so restricted field data won't be included. If no user is selected, the PDF will use the access level of the first notification recipient.
  • Fields may still appear in the document list, but only administrators can access restricted data there.
  • The workflow step condition intentionally uses simplified options to avoid confusion caused by parallel routing workflows.

When should I use Limit Availability vs. Change Visibility?

Use Limit Availability when you want to:

  • Restrict access to sensitive information
  • Preserve hidden data
  • Control access by workflow or permissions
  • Exclude restricted data from exported PDFs

Use Change visibility based on other fields when you want to:

  • Dynamically show or hide fields based on form answers
  • Create conditional form experiences tied to field responses
Announcement
a month ago

Streamlined UI Updates Are Now Live

Our new user interface updates are now live - see the original announcement for a detailed overview of what’s changed.  These improvements are designed to streamline your experience and give you more flexibility when working in forms and products.

Summary of Improvements

  • Full header access within apps and products
    Navigate more easily without losing key controls.
  • Collapsible left navigation
    Hide or expand the menu to focus on your work.
  • Improved mobile experience
    Move between Dashboard, Documents, Form, Workflow, and Publish with a simplified mobile layout.
  • Cleaner document design
    A more user-friendly, polished experience for completing forms.

If you encounter any issues or have any additional feedback feel free to reach out anytime at support@kuali.co.

New Feature
a month ago

New: Secondary Workflows

You can now create and run Secondary Workflows to support processes that happen outside your main submission workflow.

This gives you more flexibility to trigger notifications, integrations, or review steps exactly when you need them - without impacting your primary workflow.

Why This Matters

Not every process fits neatly into your main workflow. Secondary workflows let you handle additional steps—like side reviews or system integrations—before, after, or alongside your primary workflow.

What You Can Do

  • Run workflows independently of submission
    Trigger workflows manually from a document or automatically on save—without changing the document’s main workflow status.
  • Support parallel processes
    Run multiple workflows at the same time to manage different business processes in parallel.
  • Keep workflows flexible and reusable
    Create, publish, and version secondary workflows independently from your main workflow.
  • Track workflow activity clearly
    View secondary workflow activity in the Workflow Status / Document History, with indicators for in-progress or error states.
  • Test your workflow against real documents before publishing
    In addition to using the Workflow Simulator to complete a form and preview the workflow path, you can also select an existing document to simulate how the workflow will run in practice.

How it Works

  • Admins can create and manage secondary workflows from the Workflow tab in a form.
  • Once published, workflows can be:
    • Triggered manually from a document.
    • Triggered automatically on save based on defined conditions.
  • Each workflow runs independently and maintains its own history and status tracking.
  • End users will receive and act on workflow steps just like they do today—no additional steps required.

Important to Know

  • Secondary workflows do not change the main workflow status of a document.
  • Multiple workflows can run at once, but the same workflow won’t run in parallel on the same document.
  • To fully understand activity on a document, you may need to review both the main workflow status and any active secondary workflows via Workflow History.
  • A new Active Secondary Workflows column in the Document List helps you quickly identify which documents have workflows in progress.

Getting Started

To create a Secondary Workflow:

  1. Go to the Workflow tab in your form (which defaults to the Primary workflow view), then click the dropdown in the top left to open the Manage Workflows page.
    Workflow tab
  2. Within Manage Workflows, you can create, manage, enable, or disable your secondary workflows. Using the three-dot menu for each workflow, you can also Publish, Rename, or Duplicate the workflow.
    Manage Workflows
  3. Click on +New Workflow (or edit and existing from the 3 dot menu) - name the workflow and select what will trigger this workflow (either manually or if the document is saved with certain criteria):
    New Workflow options in Secondary Workflows
  4. If you selected the A change to a document trigger option, the first step in your workflow will be a Trigger Step, where you can define which field changes or document criteria will trigger the workflow to run. These workflows are triggered when a user saves the document.  You can switch the workflow trigger type between Manual and A change to a document at any time. Continue to build your workflow with the desired steps (more info in the Creating a Workflow article).
    Trigger step in Secondary Workflow
    Note: The 'Limit this workflow to a single execution across all versions of a document' configuration option allows you to limit the trigger to the first time someone saves and that attribute trigger exists; and it won't send again on every subsequent save.
  5. When ready you can validate the secondary workflow using the Workflow Simulator by selecting an existing document to test against or by completing a new document.
  6. Once validated, Publish the draft secondary workflow to make it live for automatic on-save actions or available for app and product administrators to manually trigger from a document.
    Publish draft secondary workflow
  7. Trigger a manual secondary workflow from a document using the menu options available when accessing the document from the Document List.
    Trigger manual workflow

We’re excited to see how you use Secondary Workflows to streamline your processes. As always, we’d love your feedback!

Coming Soon

You’ll soon be able to trigger secondary workflows automatically based on a specific dates or intervals within a document. You will see the greyed-out option of A specific date or interval—these will allow workflows to run automatically on scheduled timing.

Forthcoming option of A specific date or interval

Keep an eye out for an upcoming announcement when this option become available.

Improvement
a month ago

Default View Settings Have Moved to Views

Default View Settings are now managed directly in Views, making it easier to control what users see by default.

Previously, admins configured default views in Data Settings. Now, that functionality lives in the Views list, where you can set any view as the default without switching between different areas of the product. This update also introduces the ability for users to edit their existing views.

What’s New

  • Default View Settings moved to Views (Admins):
    You’ll now find the Default View at the top of the views list.  Initially it will always default to show the Number, Submitted At, and Submitter fields in the Default View but it can always be updated to the desired Columns, Filters, and Sort logic.
    Default View in Views
  • Configure document views before publishing

    The Document List now displays the search and view options before any documents are created.  Previously, options like Search, Sort, Columns, Filters, and Views only appeared after the first document was added. Now, you’ll see these controls as soon as you create the app, so you can configure your Default View and other views before publishing your form.

  • Set any View as the default (Admins):
    Select a view, open the menu, and choose Update with current settings to update the default view for all users with that configuration. Or simply make the necessary changes in the Default View and choose the Update with current settings to bring in the updates.
    Update Default View with current settings
  • Edit saved Views (All users):
    You can now update your existing views by selecting the menu and choosing Update with current settings - this will apply any updates to the filter, column, order, etc. to that view.
    Update any View with current settings
  • In-product guidance (All users):
    When visiting Data Settings, you’ll see a message pointing you to the new location.
    Data Setting message about new location
    A pop-up will appear in Views to highlight these changes and help you get started.
    Views pop-up alerting about changes
Improvement
a month ago

Interactive Design Lab Improvements Release

We’re excited to share a new set of improvements inspired by our first-ever Interactive Design Lab at Kuali Days 2026.

This session brought together teams across Academic Ops, Build, Ready, and Research creating a new kind of collaboration. Administrators worked directly with product and engineering to share thoughtful ideas for improving the user experience—and the impact was immediate.

Our engineers jumped in during the session, working through feedback in real time and delivering meaningful enhancements based on your ideas.

Now, we’re excited to put those improvements in your hands.

What's New

View Effective Permissions for Any User

You can now view a complete breakdown of a user’s access in the new Effective Permissions tab within the Person record, making it easier to understand roles and permissions across the system. For more details, see the full announcement.

Effective Permissions tab in People

Persistent Space Sorting

Your selected sort order for apps within a Space now persists across browser sessions and is saved to your user profile—rather than being limited to a single browser session.

Wait for Calculation Inputs

A new setting ensures calculations only run after all required inputs are entered, helping ensure more accurate and complete data.

When you Enable calculations in a Number or Currency field, you’ll see a new option: Require all inputs before calculating. When selected, the calculation won’t run until all required fields are completed.

New config in Number and Currency gadgets

Improved Bridge Testing Visibility

When testing a Bridge integration, logs now show the input and output at each step. This makes it easier to troubleshoot and validate your integrations.

Bridge testing logs with inputs and outputs

Custom Titles for Workflow Branch Routes

You can now add custom route labels to individual workflow branches in the workflow builder, making it easier to understand each branch at a glance—without needing to interpret the underlying logic every time you revisit a configuration.

We’ve also added Collapse All Branches to the left step menu, so you can quickly condense your workflow for a cleaner view. When you’re ready, use Expand All Branches to open everything back up.

Route label in Branch step and the Collapse/Expand all options

Sticky Table of Contents in Forms

The Form Navigation on the left side of the document now stays visible as users scroll, so they can quickly move between sections without losing their place.

This table of contents appears when you enable Turn top-level sections into pages in Form Settings.

Form Navigation

Export People List to CSV

You can now export the People list to CSV. Filter or sort the list as needed, then download exactly what you need. Choose between 'Current View' or 'All Data' for your export.

Export People list

Updated Gadget Terminology

We’ve renamed the Multiple Choice gadget to Radio Buttons to better match common terminology.

Multiple Choice now Radio Buttons gadget

More Flexible Date Field Controls

You can now set Date field restrictions based on the Current date, giving you more dynamic control over selectable dates.  This is addition to the existing options of Specific date and Created date.

Date Field Current Date

Improved Time Selection

The Time field selector now includes a dropdown with AM/PM selection, making it faster and more intuitive to enter times:

Time gadget selector

Thank You!

Your feedback made this possible. The ideas shared during the Interactive Design Lab directly shaped these improvements, and we’re excited to keep building together.

Stay tuned for more opportunities to collaborate—and more updates shaped by your input.

Announcement
a month ago

Coming Soon: Streamlined UI updates - Arriving May 18, 2026

Our new user interface updates launch on May 18, 2026. See the original announcement for a detailed overview of what’s changing and how to preview and prepare for the update.

These improvements are designed to streamline your experience and give you more flexibility when working in forms and products.

Summary of Improvements

  • Full header access within apps and products
    Navigate more easily without losing key controls.
  • Collapsible left navigation
    Hide or expand the menu to focus on your work.
  • Improved mobile experience
    Move between Dashboard, Documents, Form, Workflow, and Publish with a simplified mobile layout.
  • Cleaner document design
    A more user-friendly, polished experience for completing forms.

If you haven’t previewed the new UI yet, administrators can still enable it in the Form tab to see what’s coming and prepare accordingly.

We’re excited for you to start using the updated experience, and we’d love your continued feedback—reach out anytime at support@kuali.co.

Improvement
a month ago

New: Smarter Search Results in Document Lists

We’ve improved how search works in document lists to help you find the right records faster. These updates reduce noise and surface the most relevant results—especially when you know what you’re looking for.

What’s New

More precise multi-term searches
Search now uses AND logic when you enter multiple terms. Results must match all terms, not just one.

  • Before: Searching “Computer Engineering” returned records with Computer or Engineering
  • Now: Results include only records with Computer and Engineering

This means fewer, more relevant results.

Stronger prioritization for title matches
Results now give more weight to matches in the Title field. If a record’s title matches your search, it will appear higher in the list.  This is driven from the Form Title Field in Form Settings.

Why This Matters

  • Spend less time scanning through irrelevant results
  • Find exact matches faster—especially when searching by title
  • Get cleaner, more focused result sets

What to Expect

  • You may see fewer results for the same searches—but they’ll be more relevant
  • If a search returns no results, try simplifying or adjusting your terms
  • Results will be better ranked, with title matches appearing first

You’ll also see an in-product alert in the document list to highlight this update.  Also, more information can be found in the Understanding Search Functionality in Kuali article.