What's New at Insightly September 2022

Learn what's new with Insightly by reviewing enhancements that are now available! For questions, the Additional Resources section can be utilized to learn more about getting support from Insightly. Use the links below to navigate to a specific product.

Insightly Platform 
Insightly CRMInsightly Marketing
Insightly ServiceInsightly AppConnect


Important Notice

Office 365 users who have setup an Office 365 email account for sending emails out through Insightly or to utilize Calendar Sync prior to October 1st, 2022 will be required to reconfigure authentication due to Microsoft’s migration from their previous basic authentication process to OAuth.
If you are affected by this update, please read our User Settings documentation to learn how to reconfigure your Microsoft Office 365 Email and Calendar Settings.


Enhancement List

Use these links to navigate to specific enhancements.


Insightly Platform 

Number of Columns Displayed on Reports Increased to 50

WhoUsers
WhatReports
WhereReports > Any Report


Insightly has increased the number of columns displayed on reports to 50. This applies to all reports utilized in any Insightly product.

Here is a link to our help documentation to learn more about working with reports.

Browser Session Expiration Notification

WhoUsers
WhatBrowser Session
WhereAny Insightly Application


Insightly will utilize its notification system to send an alert to users 60 seconds before their session is timing out (sessions timeout after a 2 hour period of inactivity). If a user wants to keep their session active, they will need to click the notification. In the event that the notification is not clicked and the session expires, the user will be redirected to the login page; redirection to the login page will occur even if there are unsaved changes on the page being viewed at the time of the session expiration. 

Lock Dashboard Card Position

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WhatDashboard Cards
WhereDashboards > Any Dashboard


Users can now lock the positions of all dashboard cards on a single dashboard. Once enabled, users will not be allowed to resize any cards or change their position. Additionally, changing the size of the browser will not alter the size or position of the cards. By default, this setting is not enabled; after enablement, users can disable the feature.

Here is a link to our help documentation for working with dashboards.

Insightly CRM

Field Merge Tags in Workflow Automations

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WhatWorkflow Automations
WhereSystem Settings > Workflow Automation 


Administrators can now use field merge tags within email subject lines when building a workflow automation in CRM.

Here is a link to our help documentation for working with workflows.

Insightly Marketing

Convert Prospects into Contacts

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WhatProspects and Contacts
WhereProspects > Prospect Record


Users can now convert prospect records into contact records. This can be accomplished through a prospect record’s Actions dropdown or through the finish action creation process. Prospects that are linked to a contact can not be converted.

Here is a link to our help documentation to learn more about prospects.

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WhatMarketing Lists
WhereContact Record > Actions Menu


The Actions dropdown will now contain the Add to Marketing List option, which will replace the Add to List option.

Here is a link to our help documentation to learn more about lists.

Insightly Service

Added "Last Reply From" Field

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WhatTickets
WhereKnowledge Articles


The Last Reply From field defines who (contact or agent) the last reply to a ticket was received from. The Last Reply From field is now available for selection when filtering list views; it can also be added to page layouts and utilized in reporting.

Here is a link to our help documentation regarding tickets.

System Events Tab Updated to Audit Log Tab

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WhatTickets
WhereTickets > Any Ticket Record


The System Events tab within tickets has been updated to the Audit Log tab. The Audit Log tab displays system events (identified by a gear icon) as well as user events (identified by a user’s avatar).

Here is a link to our help documentation regarding tickets.

AppConnect

Select Multiple Fields in "Updated" Trigger

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WhatAppConnect Triggers
WhereAppConnect


The Updated trigger that appears in the Insightly connector within AppConnect has been updated to allow users to select multiple fields to be observed when a record has been updated.

Here is a link to our help documentation for working with AppConnect triggers.

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WhatCommunity
WhereSystem Settings > Portal Management > Portal Settings


The New entity trigger within the Insightly connector has been updated to include standard record links. This allows the trigger to be activated when linking contact, opportunity, organization, and project records to other records.

Here is a link to our help documentation for working with AppConnect triggers.

Insightly Connector Now Include Previous Properties

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WhatCommunity
WhereSystem Settings > Portal Management > Portal Settings


The Update entity trigger and the New or Updated entity trigger within the Insightly connector can now include properties from the entity before it was changed.

Here is a link to our help documentation for working with AppConnect triggers.

New Actions: "Get multiple entities by object name" and "Create a new entity"

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WhatCommunity
WhereSystem Settings > Portal Management > Portal Settings


AppConnect can now retrieve task comments and note comments within Insightly through the Get multiple entities by object name action. Additionally, AppConnect can add task comments and note comments through the Create a new entity action.

Here is a link to our help documentation for working with AppConnect actions.

Opportunity Products Now Included in "New entity" and "Updated entity" Triggers

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WhatCommunity
WhereSystem Settings > Portal Management > Portal Settings


The New entity trigger and the Updated entity trigger within the Insightly connector have been updated to include opportunity products. This allows a recipe to be triggered when an opportunity product has been created or updated.

Here is a link to our help documentation for working with AppConnect triggers.

"Create entity" Can Now Create Notes

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WhatCommunity
WhereSystem Settings > Portal Management > Portal Settings


The Create entity action within AppConnect can now create notes on any existing contact, organization, lead, opportunity, or project record within Insightly.

Here is a link to our help documentation for working with AppConnect actions.

New Trigger: "new ticket comment"

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WhatCommunity
WhereSystem Settings > Portal Management > Portal Settings


The new ticket comment trigger has been added to the Insightly connector within AppConnect. This can be used to trigger a recipe when a ticket comment is added, updated, or deleted within Insightly Service.

Here is a link to our help documentation for working with AppConnect triggers.

Email Notification Recipients Update

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WhatCommunity
WhereSystem Settings > Portal Management > Portal Settings


Previously, AppConnect task usage notifications were through email to the admin who initially setup AppConnect. Now, Insightly Administrators can select which users will receive email notifications when the account’s task usage limit is approaching.

Here is a link to our help documentation for AppConnect task limits.

Delete Events Now Displays All Standard Fields

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WhatCommunity
WhereSystem Settings > Portal Management > Portal Settings


Historically, delete events in Insightly AppConnect only displays the message ID, record, ID, and name. Insightly has enhanced delete events and they will now display all standard fields for a record.

Here is a link to our Insightly AppConnect documentation to learn more about functionality.

Time Zone in AppConnect Now Synced with Insightly User Settings

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WhatCommunity
WhereSystem Settings > Portal Management > Portal Settings


When a new user is added to AppConnect, their time zone will correspond with the time zone they selected in their User Settings within Insightly CRM. If the user’s time zone is later updated within CRM, their time zone will also be updated in AppConnect.

Here is a link to our help documentation to learn more about AppConnect.

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