Product Releases
and Updates
OutSystems continues to simplify and accelerate app development, introducing the Entity Actions Wrappers Accelerator. Inspired by one of the most popular community ideas, this new feature automates the encapsulation of entity actions into Server Actions, reducing the manual effort required to follow best practices for maintainability, security, and testing.
CRUD wrappers are a widely recommended practice for OutSystems development, but creating them can be time-consuming, even with low-code. With this update, ensuring consistent database operations across applications has become faster and more efficient.
The Entity Actions Wrappers Accelerator is now available in both Service Studio and ODC Studio.
The latest release of AI Agent Builder now empowers users to integrate multiple data sources or files into their AI agents, enhancing the depth and relevance of AI-generated responses. This advancement enables the incorporation of diverse data repositories, such as Azure AI Search and Amazon Kendra, as well as PDF, TXT & VTT file into AI-powered applications. For example, a customer service agent can now retrieve product details from a knowledge base while also referencing troubleshooting guides stored in PDF files, ensuring more holistic support.
This provides:
- Context-rich answers by combining information from multiple sources.
- Improved user satisfaction, as the agent delivers tailored and accurate responses.
- Deeper insights, enabling users to access knowledge aggregated from various domains.
This update solidifies the AI Agent Builder as a flexible, robust tool for developing intelligent, data-driven applications across industries. Its ability to unify diverse data sources ensures organizations can create AI agents that are more customized, efficient, and powerful.
Exciting news! Write operations for SAP OData connector are here! After the General Availability of the SAP OData connector on March 24, OutSystems now updates it with write operations. In ODC Studio, write operations can be performed through entity actions for simple tasks, or through server actions when working across multiple entities. All write operations adhere to SAP business rules to ensure compliance and consistency.
Gaining insights into user behavior is essential for refining your app and delivering an exceptional user experience. We’re excited to announce new user experience data in the Analytics tab on the ODC Portal.
This update enriches performance data with detailed user insights and adoption metrics, empowering developers to diagnose issues faster and gain a deeper understanding of app usage. With these new insights, you can now see exactly how users are impacted by performance issues or errors, which is particularly beneficial for complex, multi-region applications where rapid troubleshooting is crucial.
Now, the Analytics dashboard features near-real-time data on active users, enabling you to track usage patterns, response times, and error rates across global geolocations. Additionally, browser analytics reveal how users access your application, providing valuable insights into usage and adoption preferences.
The Workflow Editor now includes powerful new language elements, enabling even greater customization and control over business processes. Additionally, Human Activities can now be assigned to specific roles for more streamlined task management.
- Wait Node: Pause workflows until specific events, like data synchronization with an external system, are triggered—ensuring processes only continue when conditions are met.
- Conditional Start: Trigger workflows based on predefined events, like initiating a cancellation when specific conditions occur.
- Terminate: Define specific endpoints for workflows, applicable in any flow (main or conditional) to ensure processes conclude as intended.
- Role-based Human Activities: Assign tasks not only to individual users but also to public roles.
OutSystems Developer Cloud (ODC) is now available in both the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Korea (Seoul) regions. This will allow organizations to build and deploy apps in these regions with reduced latency while simultaneously supporting data residency needs. UAE and Seoul complement the existing regions where ODC is available, which includes Israel, North Virginia, Frankfurt, Singapore, Tokyo, Sydney, London, Mumbai, and São Paulo.
Whether you're preparing for the next certification or simply want to explore a new product functionality, you can now access ODC for a fully hands-on training experience.
In the Community, go to the Training section, choose your ODC learning path, and press to start your free access. Your invitation to the ODC world will be waiting in your email inbox. You'll be collaborating and sharing the development space with other developers, so let's keep it friendly, fun, and safe for everyone!
During 10 days, you'll be able to learn all about ODC and its impressive capabilities. From ODC Portal to ODC Studio, you'll have everything you need to build, deploy, and manage your first AI-powered application. ODC has a lot to offer, so if you need more than 10 days, don't worry! You can always join a new shared workspace and keep exploring.