In December, monday.com is once again bringing exciting new features and improvements that will make your workflows even more efficient. In this blog post, we show you the most important updates for each product – summarised in compact form, including information on which monday.com plans they are available for and which phase they are currently in.
Let’s start right away and take a look at the latest developments of the Work OS platform as well as general product innovations!
Work OS platform
Admin Features
Permission to manage all teams
Status of the update: partially rolled out
Admins can now delegate the ability to manage each team, to different user roles in their account that act as sub-admins.
Source: monday.com
API usage analysis
Status of the update: partially rolled out
Admins can now access a new API usage analytics dashboard with 4 main widgets that provide the following information:
- Current daily usage and limit: How much an account uses the API and what limit is needed, to stay under the daily usage
- Daily usage: How much the API was used each day in the last 2 weeks
- Usage by app: How much the API was used by private and public apps
- Usage by user: How often the API was used by different users (either directly by personal tokens or by apps, calling it on behalf of the user )
The function will be available to all Enterpsieaccounts (other level plans will be announced). to be announced )
This is particularly interesting for administrators, operations/security managers and developers.
Use Case
- Efficient troubleshooting: Developers and IT teams can quickly identify API issues such as reaching daily limits, exceeding rate limits or challenges with version migrations can be quickly identified and resolved.
- Security and compliance at a glance: Security and compliance officers receive full transparency of API activities, can track exactly who is accessing them and thus ensure correct access control and adherence to compliance requirements.
Source: monday.com
Preview and customisation of the dashboard PDF export
Status of the update: fully rolled out
Before you export your dashboard as a PDF, you can now display a preview and customise the formatting – including portrait or landscape format as well as paginated or pageless display within the A4 format. This allows you to prepare reports in a clear and professional format for presentations, emails or other communication channels and pass them on to stakeholders.
Source: monday.com
Scheduled updates and customised update reminders
Status of the update: partially rolled out
Users can now:
- select any time and date to be reminded of a specific update
- Schedule updates in monday.com (both posts and updates) at any time.
Use Case
Scheduling updates is very useful in the following cases:
Communication across different time zones or during holidays.
When an update within a certain time frame is important during a project. For example: “The update for the product designer is scheduled for next Monday, after Product Marketing has finalised the messaging of the ad.”
Source: monday.com
Item ID and user-defined key
Status of the update: partially rolled out
Users can now use a new and customised article numbering system, which combines the columns “Automatic number” and “Item ID”.
Use Case
Simplify your collaboration and organisation:
- As a developer or project manager , you can communicate efficiently with your team , by labelling tasks with a user-friendly object ID.
- In a large company, you have the opportunity to , work with colleagues across the organisation and create tickets for different departments – be it IT, marketing, maintenance or development teams – with a clear assignment to the right team.
- As a salesperson or service provider , you keep track of orders and bookings, by managing them with structured and easy-to-understand ID numbers (e.g. E.G. ORDR-1392, BOOK-20390).
Source: monday.com
Label description
Status of the update: partially rolled out
Board owners and creators can now add metadata and additional context to status labels to make it easier for users to choose the right labels.
- Users – in the creation and configuration of boards, setting up processes and defining standards for different teams.
- Contributors – when using and interacting with status flags in workflows.
Use Case
Clear structures for efficient collaboration:
Developers and workflow creators need tools to define a standardised and understandable language for all workflows. This makes it possible to create boards efficiently, configure processes clearly and define standards for different teams. At the same time, contributors benefit from clear guidance on the meaning of the individual status labels so that they can participate in the processes safely and error-free. This structure ensures smooth collaboration across departments.
Source: monday.com
monday Work Management
Automatic project status
Status of the update: fully rolled out
Project managers now have the option of automating the status of their projects at high level by a predefined percentage of the status of all tasks.
This feature is only available in Product Work Management (Enterprise plan only)
Use Case
Portfolio managers, who manage hundreds of projects and need to maintain an overview of their portfolio and recognise risks at an early stage.
Source: monday.com
monday dev
Agile insights: multi-board widgets in dashboards
Status of the update: partially rolled out
Users can now add multiple agile Insights widgets to their Insights dashboard, each linked to its own board.
With this widget, monday dev users can now:
- Getinsights from multiple boards in one place.
- Seamlessly track the performance of different teams
- Customise dashboards to your own needs
Target group
This feature is available for:
- monday dev users in the Pro Version und höher
- R&D leads
- Scrum Masters
Source: monday.com
monday Workforms
Agile insights: multi-board widgets in dashboards
Status of the update: partially rolled out
Users can now add multiple agile Insights widgets to their Insights dashboard, each linked to its own board.
With this widget, monday dev users can now:
The new functions include:
- Improved taxonomy and recognisability
- Edit mode and view mode
- Real-time reflection of changes
- New release modal and settings page
Use Case
For marketing teams, improved form creation means they can quickly create customised lead capture forms without confusion or delays to ensure campaigns are launched on time.
HR teams can easily create employee feedback or onboarding forms thanks to improved findability and instant updates.create and customise employee feedback or onboarding forms with ease, saving valuable time and ensuring accuracy.
Source: monday.com
monday WorkCanvas
Public Canva is now password protected
Status of the update: fully rolled out
Users who use WorkCanvas Pro and Enterprise , can now set a password for publicly shared canvases outside of the account.
Use Case
- Work efficiently with clients: Share your Canva projects securely without having to add them to your account.
- Enable exclusive workshop access: Conduct password-protected workshops or webinars to which only registered participants have access.
- Share confidential documents selectively: Maintain control when sharing internal plans or strategy documents with external partners.
- Enable flexible access for freelancers: Grant temporary access to contractors or temporary employees without disclosing all accounts.
- Pass on teaching material securely: Distribute course materials or templates to students or trainees in a secure manner.
Customise connections
Status of the update: fully rolled out
Users can now customise their diagram connections with different arrowheads and options.
Use Case
- Create clear flowcharts: Customise the connections between the steps to define the start, end or directed flow.
- Structure your processes: Use different types of arrows to highlight different actions or decision points.
- Visualise your ideas: Clarify connections between concepts or subtopics with clear connecting elements.
Hide participants ‘ cursors during collaboration
Status of the update: fully rolled out
Canvas editors can now hide the cursor markers of other users when they are working together on a canvas.
This function is available to all WorkCanvas users, in particular:
- Moderators/presenters
- Power-User
- Teams with high collaboration requirements
Use Case
- Presentations and meetings: Hiding the cursor during a demo or presentation ensures that the audience’s attention is focussed on the content and not on the cursor movements.
- Large shared sessions: Activate the selective visibility of the cursor, to improve clarity when brainstorming or planning with large teams.
Conclusion
Get the best out of monday.com – with Blinno!
We hope that this blog post has given you a valuable overview of the latest monday.com updates and that you can use them specifically for your workflows.
Do you have any questions or would you like to find out, how you can make the best use of the new functions in your company? Get in touch with us! We help you to integrate monday.com efficiently into your company – practically and customised to your needs.
