New features are continuously being added to iManage Work. See what enhancements and feature changes are available in each update.

• 10.5.0

  • Enhanced properties panel

  • New security panel

  • Enhanced filter panel

• 10.4.8

  • Update folder security and apply changes to its children

  • Prompt for security update when moving a folder or document

  • Selecting multiple documents and subfolders in a folder and aligning security to that of the folder

  • Selecting multiple folders in a workspace or folder and aligning security to that of the parent workspace or folder

  • Applying workspace or folder security to its children

  • Searching for items within a search folder

• 10.4.7

  • Enhanced edit security workflow

  • Opening multiple files in native apps on Windows

  • Persisting in the tree state after a timeout

  • Ability to save database scope selection in searches

  • Improved accessibility

• 10.4.6

  • New search experience, now standard in iManage Work

  • Ability to update and save the search criteria of a search folder

  • Viewing Recent searches in the advanced search form

  • View search tips from the search interface

  • Ability to keep users' choices for the Docs & Emails search type

  • Enhancements to filtering emails in Docs & Emails search results

  • Enhancements to restoring items from Trash

  • Adding commonly used file types to advanced search

  • Selecting lookup search match type for custom metadata fields

  • Ability to open .eml emails from iManage Work

  • Opening emails filed from Gmail, in Gmail using the right-click context menu

  • Improved accessibility

  • iManage Share Agent enhancements

10.5.0

Enhanced properties panel

• Show More/Show Less link: Now removed to ensure that all the available properties are always displayed.

• Updated styling: Editable fields are highlighted and an Edit icon appears on focus/hover.

• Boolean fields: New toggle state (Not set)

• Text fields: Selecting outside a text field (or using the Tab key) now saves the changes. The ESC key reverts the changes.

• Date fields: Now enter a date using the keyboard, in addition to selecting a date from the calendar picker.

New security panel

This update introduces a dedicated security panel in iManage Work that helps you perform all security-related actions quickly and also easily see permissions as you scroll through files.

The security panel can also be launched by selecting the Default security from the Properties panel or Security from the right-click context menu/kebab menu.

Enhanced filter panel

• Enhanced accessibility with keyboard navigation and screen reader are now fully supported.

• Radio buttons and checkboxes added in filter categories to clearly indicate if single or multiple filter selection(s) are supported.

• File type filters now support multiple selection.

• Dates can now be entered in date filters using the keyboard, in addition to selecting from the calendar picker.

• Dynamic filtering ensures that when you select some filters, most other filters adjust based on your selections.

• Numbers to indicate the applied filters in each category.

10.4.8

Update folder security and apply changes to its children

As an iManage Work user, you can now update the security details of a folder and also apply the changes to the folder’s children (subfolders, documents, and so on). For a folder, you can:

• Add or remove a user/group

• Edit user/group access level

• Enable/Disable Inherit security from parent

• Edit the default security

After updating the folder security, you can preview the changes and adjust Exceptions and Settings before applying those changes to the folder’s children.

After saving your changes, you can choose how to apply them to the folder children:

• Apply changes only: Preserves different security while appending new users, changing default security, and so on.

• Overwrite security: Aligns all permissions to the parent folder, removing any customized permissions.

After the new security changes are applied, the status of all Apply security to contents actions can be seen in the Notifications panel accessible through the bell icon.

Figure: Updating folder security and applying changes to its children

Prompt for security update when moving a folder or document

When moving an item (folder or a document) from one parent to the other, iManage Work now prompts you to update the security of the item as per the security of the new parent. The Match security to destination dialog lets you select either Match security to destination or Keep current security for items being moved.

The security of items moved from one container to the other is effective only if:

• You have full access to the items

• The source and the destination folder exist within the same database.

Figure: Updating security when moving a folder or document

Selecting multiple documents and subfolders in a folder and aligning security to that of the folder

You can now select multiple documents and subfolders within a folder and easily update their security to align to that of the folder.

Figure: Aligning security with the parent folder for documents

Selecting multiple folders in a workspace or folder and aligning security to that of the parent workspace or folder

You can now select multiple folders within a workspace or folder and easily update their security to align to that of the parent workspace or folder.

Figure: Aligning security with the parent workspace or folder

Applying workspace or folder security to its children

As an iManage Work user, you can now apply the security details of a workspace or folder to its children (subfolders, documents, and so on). For folders, you can select single or multiple folders and apply security to their children.

Applying workspace or folder security will align all permissions on the contents (wherever you’ve got Full Access and based on the Exceptions & Settings chosen) to match the workspace or folder, removing any customized permissions.

Figure: Applying workspace security to its children

Figure: Applying folder security to its children

Searching for items within a search folder

This release of iManage Work introduces the ability to search within a search folder using the Current Location scope in the search scope drop-down, which lets you perform a more focused search for items (documents or emails) within a saved search folder.

Figure: Searching for items within a search folder

10.4.7

Enhanced edit security workflow

This release of iManage Work introduces two enhancements to the Edit user/group permissions feature, aimed at reducing the effort required in updating the Access Control Level (ACL) for multiple items. 

1. You can now update the security of a single document or all versions of a single document using the Edit user/group permissions feature from the right-click context menu or toolbar menu.

   Figure: Updating security for a single document

   

2. When updating the security of a single or multiple documents in a single action, you can now also update the Default Security from the Edit user/group permissions dialog box. The available options are:

   • Public: All users can view the item and edit the content.

   • View: All users can view the item, but won't be able to edit the content.

   • Private: Only the author can view and edit the content, unless other users are given specific permissions.

Figure: Updating default security from edit user/permissions dialog box

After making the changes, you can preview them along with the Exceptions and Settings before applying those changes.

Figure: Exceptions and settings

After the new settings are applied, status of all Edit user/group permissions actions can be seen in the Notifications panel accessible through the Bell icon.

Figure: Notifications panel

Opening multiple files in native apps on Windows

This release of iManage Work introduces the ability to select and open multiple files in their native applications. With iManage Work Desktop for Windows installed on your computer, you can select upto 50 files at once. For these files, you can perform the Open and Open read-only actions from the multi-select toolbar or, the right-click context menu. These actions are available for files in:

• Document folders

• Search results

• Saved search folders

Figure: Opening multiple files using native apps

When you select more than 20 files, an alert message is displayed to indicate that opening multiple files might slow down your computer’s performance and, you can choose to either proceed or cancel the operation.

The progress panel displays the status of the files being opened.

Figure: Progress panel

Depending on the type of file selected, the behavior varies as explained in the table below.

Table: Behavior of file type for when opening in native apps

Persisting in the tree state after a timeout

The Tree View state in the user interface now persists when you sign in to iManage Work after a timeout.

When working across multiple workspaces or engagements, you don't have to open the nested folder structure every time the session times out. iManage Work allows you to return to the same location on the tree where you were working, before the timeout.

Figure: Maintaining the tree state after a timeout

The following behaviors apply to session timeouts and state persistence:

• If a folder is renamed when your session times out, then:

  • iManage Work keeps the Tree View with the older name.

  • An error message is displayed if you select the folder.

  • The new folder name is displayed when you right-click the folder (or parent folder) and perform a refresh.

• For deleted folders:

  • An error message is displayed when you select a deleted folder.

  • Refreshing the parent folder removes any deleted child folders and also collapses all subfolders below the child folder.

• The following behaviors apply to Tree View:

  • Its state persists only on the same client on which you had timed out.

    • For example, if your session was timed out in the Work Panel for Microsoft Outlook, you can’t continue working from the same place at which you had timed out in the Work Web client.

  • Similarly, the Tree View state persists when you've opened iManage Work in different tabs within the same browser, but it doesn't persist across different browsers.

  • Selecting Clear local cached settings from User Settings drop-down list collapses the Tree View to the default view.

Ability to save database scope selection in searches

This release of iManage Work introduces the ability to explicitly save your database selection for searches and filters in recent lists from the search Scope drop-down list, when you have access to multiple databases.

Figure: Save selection option for databases in the search scope

• The Save selection option appears only when you've selected or deselected a database from the Scope drop-down list.

• The Save selection option disappears after you've saved your selection of preferred databases for the search.

Improved accessibility

We've made accessibility improvements to enhance support for keyboard navigation using the tab and arrow keys and clearer screen reader labeling in the following areas:

• New matter dialog box

• New folder dialog box

• Trash dialog box

10.4.6

New search experience, now standard in iManage Work

The new search experience is now available to everyone as a standard feature. If you aren’t ready to use it yet, you can use the Coming Soon option to revert to the previous experience.

Ability to update and save the search criteria of a search folder

This release of iManage Work introduces a revised workflow, that allows you to update and save the search criteria of a search folder and re-run the same search again.

Figure: Update and save the search criteria of a search folder

When you are in a search folder, the option to view or edit the search criteria is available in the Properties panel, folder’s toolbar or folder’s context menu. Selecting View/Edit search criteria pre-populates the following selection when the search was first run and saved:

• Search criteria

• Search scope

• Search language

After selecting View/Edit search criteria for a search folder, you can:

• Edit the search criteria and simply select Save Changes.
  OR

• Edit the search criteria, run the search again, and then select Save Changes.

Viewing Recent searches in the advanced search form

Now view and run Recent searches from the advanced search form. Remove any of the displayed searches in the list by selecting X or, delete all the searches at once by selecting Clear Recent Searches.

Figure: Viewing Recent searches in the advanced search form

View search tips from the search interface

Search tips are now available for both simple and advanced searches. Select ? next to the advanced toggle to view tips on how to construct Boolean, phrase, or numeric searches.

Figure: Search tips in iManage Work

Ability to keep users' choices for the Docs & Emails search type

When you are in any one of the nodes in the tree in iManage Work, such as Documents, Emails, and Favorites, and then when you switch the search type to Docs & Emails in the search interface, then iManage Work remembers your choice for the selected node.

For example, when you are in the Recent Documents or Checked out Documents tab and then switch the search type from Documents to Docs & Emails in the search interface then, the search type defaults to Docs & Emails when you return to search for documents in the Recent Documents or Checked out Documents tab.

Similarly, when you are in the Recently Filed Emails or Emails Filed By Me tab and then switch the search type from Emails to Docs & Emails in the search interface then, the search type defaults to Docs & Emails when you return to search for emails in Recently Filed Emails or Emails Filed By Me tab.

Figure: Keeping users' choices for Docs & Emails search

Enhancements to filtering emails in Docs & Emails search results

After performing a search using the Docs & Emails search type in iManage, you can now filter emails in the search results using the Email option under the File Type filter. You can also use the Email option under the File Type filter in a document folder to filter just the emails.

Figure: Email filtering after performing a Docs & Email search

Enhancements to restoring items from Trash

When you delete/trash an item (document or email) from iManage Work, you could restore that item to the same parent folder from where it was deleted. If the parent folder was deleted, the operation failed with no option to restore the item. This release of iManage Work allows you to restore an item from Trash to a new location of your choice when the parent folder is no longer available or, if you wish to restore it to a newer location.

Figure: Restoring an item from Trash to a new location

Adding commonly used file types to advanced search

When performing an advanced search for documents or emails, you can add a collection of commonly used file types to the Type lookup for the Documents and Docs & Emails search type.

The file type groups only appear when you select inside the input field, and you can continue typing to find the specific item.

The grouped file types include:

• Document

• Presentation

• Spreadsheet

• Adobe Acrobat

• Emails (only applicable for Docs & Emails search types)

Figure: Adding commonly used file types to the type lookup

You can also use the Shift or Ctrl (Command for Mac) keys to add multiple file types to the Type lookup using your keyboard.

Once added:

• The file types are displayed as individual pills in the Type lookup and can be removed individually.

• The added file type can't be selected again from the list of available lookup types.

Selecting lookup search match type for custom metadata fields

Select the match type for searching values within the custom metadata fields in the advanced search form, using the Starts with or Contains filter, when adding a custom metadata lookup field to a search form for :

• Documentse

• Emails

• Docs & Emails

• Matters

Contains is the default filter. Match type choices are persisted until the custom metadata field is in the search form.

Figure: Selecting lookup search match type

Ability to open .eml emails from iManage Work

This release of iManage Work allows you to open .eml emails in the grid and list views from the Open right-click context menu/kebab menu as well as the preview window in iManage Work and Work Panel for Microsoft Outlook. After opening the .eml email in Outlook, you can continue performing regular actions such as Reply, Reply All, or Forward.

Figure: Opening .eml file from iManage Work

Figure: Opening .eml emails from iManage Work Panel

In the grid view, you can also add the Type column to sort .eml files for quick sorting.

Opening emails filed from Gmail, in Gmail using the right-click content menu

If you use the iManage Work for Gmail extension on Google Chrome to file emails from Gmail to iManage Work, then from now on, you can open such emails in the grid and list views from the Open right-click context menu/kebab menu as well as the preview window.

If your administrator has enabled the Enable open in Gmail setting in iManage Control Center, then, selecting Open from the right-click context menu/kebab menu opens the email in the Gmail web client.

Figure: Opening email filed from Gmail in the Gmail client

If your administrator has disabled the Enable open in Gmail setting in iManage Control Center, then, selecting Open from the right-click context menu/kebab menu opens the email using the iManage Work Desktop for Windows client.

Figure: Opening email filed from Gmail in the Work Panel

Improved accessibility

Enhanced support for keyboard navigation and clearer screen reader labeling in the New matter dialog box using the following keys: 

• Tab and Shift+Tab to move the focus among the form controls such as input field, drop-down lists, and so on.

• Up and Down arrow keys to navigate through the suggestion lists within form controls.

• Enter or Space bar to select the items.

• Esc to close the dialog box.

iManage Share Agent enhancements

• Improved stability and performance of the integration between iManage Share and iManage Work with greater availability of connections from iManage Work Server to iManage Share.

• Disabling the administrator account or changing that password no longer disables access to iManage Share as it is only used at iManage Work Server start-up.

• When an iManage Share blue folder is offline in iManage Work, users receive an error message instead of an icon, when trying to access it.