Updates

Each month, we share with you the latest additions and updates to our Unqork Platform Documentation. Stay up-to-date and review the latest information to keep your skills sharp. You can find each of these articles and guides in our Documentation Hub which is linked in the Knowledge Base menu and included in federated search here on the Community Hub, or by clicking the Help menu within the Unqork platform (video overview).New Documentation Release Notes: New Release Notes landing page(also accessible via Knowledge Base menu on Community Hub) Latest and previous release notes Release notes calendar Release notes process overview  6.72 Platform Release Notes   New Articles Record Collections Viewer  - New feature documentation! Introduction to Unqork Applications Learn the difference between module and workflow type applications Introduction to Display & Layout Updated DocumentationWith updates to the user interface for many components, we have updated procedures, images, and interactivity in the documentation for:  Updates related to the new Record Collections Viewer Job Tracker Bulk Import   UI refreshes* Regex In Unqork Style Administration Worfklow Redirect Basic Information Questionnaire Snippet *As we update the user interface for many components and features on the platform, we also update procedures and images in the corresponding documentation. Documentation RequestsWe value your feedback. Reply below with your comments, or consider submitting your documentation ideas and requests here on Community Hub.Learn how:  

We’re excited to share some updates to our Unqork certification exams. Unqork will be launching a new exam process for all certification levels that will better test your knowledge on the Unqork platform and provide a more seamless experience for you as a test taker. Here are a few highlights of the changes:The new exam will consist of 60 multiple choice questions with a 105 minute time limit.  You will need a 70% passing score to earn your certification.  We will be lowering the cost per individual exam attempt to $200.  The transition will come with a new proctoring experience including features like a live representative to help resolve any issues you may have with the proctoring service and a smoother grading process.There will be no impact to current certification holders. You will continue to complete your certification maintenance on Unqork Academy and can continue to view your certification on Credly. While we transition to this new exam, we have discontinued the current certification exam process. We expect to launch our new associate exam in mid February and professional in mid March. Unqork Enablement Team

We are excited to announce the publication of a new Forrester Consulting study validating Codeless! According to this study, 60% of companies say reducing reliance on code is a strategic priority. Even more remarkably, 7 in 10 said moving to a completely codeless is important, even critical, to digital transformation.Given the challenges they face writing and managing code, the move to codeless makes sense, especially now. With codeless, enterprises can build, run, and manage next-generation software without ever having to write a single line of code.To learn more about this study and the impact of codeless please download the report here.

Each month, this post is all about celebrating the many contributions of our community members. Our success depends upon you. Thank you for contributing your questions, ideas, replies, answers, upvotes, and so many more contributions. With the calendar switching to 2023, this month’s edition also features some bonus year-end totals.  Congratulations to our newest Subject Matter Experts! 🎉 As you contribute, you also progress towards earning SME status: the top recognition on our community.In December, @Shweta R. Patil & @Deepa Boominathan earned 200+ points for three months, having already passed 20 solved answers.  Please join me in congratulating and thanking them for all they contribute to our community!On the Path to SME Status @Sai_Venkateswaran_B - 21 solved answers; 2 months of 200 points @Sireesha Bandaru - 16 solved answers; 3 months of 200 points @MahantaSasmita - 13 solved answers; 4 months of 200 points @Nishant Agrawal - 11 solved answers; 2 months of 200 points @PriyankaS - 10 solved answers; 3 months of 200 points @Becky - 6 solved answers; 3 months of 200 pointsShow your gratitude and help them reach SME status by upvoting their helpful replies and marking answers when they solve your question. A great year for SMEs 💫Across 2022, we have added 23 new subject matter experts. Only one our new SMEs is an Unqork employee, which shows the incredible contributions by Creators from Unqork customers and partners! Top contributors on our Community Leaderboard 🏆 These top earners are recognized with new community leaderboard badges. Once again, a special shout out to @Laxminarsaiah Ragi who was our top points earner and answer provider for all of 2022. December points leaders @Sai_Venkateswaran_B 1321 - earns gold badge for the first time! @Laxminarsaiah Ragi 1107 - earns silver badge for the fourth time! @Anjali Deore 567 - earns bronze badge for the second time! @Deepa Boominathan 465 @vamsi krishna 411 @Ashlin felix.R 369 @Becky 350 @Srikanth Dommati 310 @Prajakta Survase 277 @Nishant Agrawal 271December answers leaders ✅How do you get to the top of the leaderboard and SME status? Answering questions! @Sai_Venkateswaran_B 15 - earns most answers badge for the first time!@Laxminarsaiah Ragi 15 - earns most answers badge for the sixth time! (We don’t even have a badge ready for that yet! 😮) @Anjali Deore 7 @Ashlin felix.R 5@Prajakta Survase 5@Nishant Agrawal 5 2022 year-end points leaders  @Laxminarsaiah Ragi 6977 @Srikanth Dommati 4912 @vamsi krishna 4453 @Christopher Guzmán 4432 @Madhurika Belsare 4297 @Pushparaj 3731 @Anjali Deore 3484 @Kavin 3361 @Prem Sai Akash 3141 @Ashlin felix.R 27582022 year-end answers leaders ✅@Laxminarsaiah Ragi 95 @Srikanth Dommati 53 @Kavin 52 @Prem Sai Akash 43 @Ashlin felix.R 40You can see our All Time Leaderboard here at any time. Curious about the monthly leaderboard badges? Or looking to track your monthly progress? Check out these two links: Climb the Leaderboard 🎯Want to see your name listed on this post next month? There are many ways to contribute. Check out these posts:Feedback welcome  With that, what do you think? Share your feedback in the replies or please contact me directly with a message on the Community Hub or at community@unqork.com. Or better yet? Submit an idea for our Community here on the Community Hub!  

Happy holidays to all who celebrate this time of year! And congratulations on a great year as 2022 comes to a close. Thanks to all who have contributed to our Unqork Community. This time of year brings extended out-of-office time for myself, my colleagues, and likely many Creators in our community. Please note that you may see delayed and reduced activity during this time, including: Replies and answers Deleting flagged posts Responding to messages and emailsIn particular, the Unqork office will be closed on December 23-26 and December 30 to January 2. However, you can still expect timely support from Unqork during this time. One of the great things about our Community Hub is that it’s always on. You are welcome to still ask your questions and share your ideas, but please manage your expectations accordingly.  2022 in ReviewI hope to share some additional Community-specific metrics early in the new year, but here are two retrospectives you can review.  And the Unqork Rewind is full stats about the millions of lines of code avoided and hours saved. Here’s a fun example from our Twitter account: Image from the Tweet above 

As we transition into 2023, and after one year live with our Community Hub, we are seeking your feedback and input in our first annual Unqork Community Survey. These results will help us benchmark our progress and inform our strategic direction for 2023 and beyond.The survey will take approximately 3-5 minutes to complete. The questions are limited to your experience with the Community Hub and related programs. You’ll be asked to answer questions relating to: Overall satisfaction Community vision and mission Strategic outcomes Community Hub featuresMost questions are rating scales between 1 and 5. There are a few optional open-ended questions as well.Earn 50 points or answer anonymouslyYour feedback is valuable and will help us improve in 2023 and beyond. As a thank you, you can earn 50 points for completing this survey. You also have the option to complete the survey anoymously if you prefer.Take the Survey Please complete the survey by January 31, 2023.  

One of the best Community Hub features just got better: API Documentation and videos from our Unqork Create conferences are now indexed in our federated search. Previously, these had been the only Knowledge Base resources not yet included in search. This improvement strengthens Community Hub as your one-stop-shop for Creator resources, making it possible to see all resources available on a given topic.  More Information on Federated SearchWe’ve updated the initial announcement blog with the full details of how this feature works.And this update builds on the improvements announced last month:  As always, share your feedback with a reply below, an email to community@unqork.com, or --better yet!-- an idea here on the Community Hub.  

Now, when you complete the Unqork Agile Framework training course in Unqork Academy, you will earn a corresponding skill badge on your Community Hub profile. This is in addition to the Credly skill badge awarded through Academy for you to share on your Linkedin profile. This course is recommended learning for all Creators, so we want to recognize those Creators who have completed this training on Unqork best practices. UAF Skill BadgeAbout UAFThe Unqork Agile Framework (UAF) is Unqork's delivery methodology for building applications in Unqork. UAF is based on Agile principles, project management best practices, and Unqork’s best practices and lessons learned on how to successfully deliver a no-code application. It provides a standard approach for how teams deliver applications. UAF offers a delivery approach with corresponding templates, artifacts, and tools throughout every stage of project delivery. These templates, artifacts, and tools come from across Unqork. They include insights and resources from subject matter experts as well as high-impact teams and individuals.Learn more and earn the badgeComplete the UAF course, including downloadable templates and tools. Introductory Webinar, presented by @Eva Han, Director of Unqork Digital, with insights on how UAF was developed and the tools included within the framework. The training course is self-service reading and it may be helpful to first watch Eva’s presentation.    Creators who have already completed the course have been retroactively awarded this badge. If you are not seeing it on your profile, please email community@unqork.com with a proof of completion.  

Here’s your monthly roundup of the top posts and latest news from November. These posts are helpful for you to quickly learn from the knowledge shared last month and stay up-to-date with our Community.As always, thank you to those who contributed with the initial posts, helpful replies, answers or upvotes. Unqork News 🔔 Community News 📢 Community Improvements Latest Hackathon What to Watch 🎥 Unqork Create Recordings Short Clips of Tips and Tricks Full Events Top Posts ⭐ Featured Insights 📌 Top 10 Questions (Most Viewed / Most Upvoted) 🔥 Unqork News 🔔November was host to our annual Unqork Create conference, which featured some exciting news and announcements. Additionally, Unqork and Securrency Launch Private Markets Asset Tokenization Solution Powered by Codeless Architecture.More news, insights, and videos from Unqork Create are available here.  Community News 📢It was a big month for improvements to our Community Hub and other Creator resources. We also launched our third community hackathon. Community ImprovementsWe also had a soft launch of a new feature we announced in December: And improvements to our Documentation Hub:  Latest HackathonYou can still sign up through the end of this week.  What to Watch 🎥We’re increasingly delivering events and views to supplement the documentation, training, q&a and conversations available to you. Below are the recordings published in the past month: Unqork Create RecordingsVideos from sessions and write-ups about the news and announcements are available here. Short Clips of Tips and TricksYou might not have the time to attend our live events or watch the full recording. That’s why we pull out some of the most relevant clips to share with you in our Best Practices & Strategy and Use Case Showcase forums.  Full EventsIn addition to Unqork Create, the event highlight of the month was our deep dive conversation with @PriyankaS, winner of our recent hackathon. Next week, our runner-up @Shivkumar Hemke will be joining us for a deep dive of his config as well.  Top Posts ⭐ Featured Insights 📌 Top 10 Questions (Most Viewed / Most Upvoted) 🔥When you ask and answer questions, you help us build a strong knowledge base for Creators to leverage for fast insights and solutions. Thanks to those who asked our top questions: @Raj Palireddy, @vaseem, @Prakash108, @Prasith Sampath, @Becky, @Jeevan, @Taito Niibori, @potla jyoshna​​@Sai_Venkateswaran_B  And thanks to those who provided answers: @Laxminarsaiah Ragi, @Sai_Venkateswaran_B, @Shyam_Surpatne, @Prasith Sampath, @Kavin, @Becky, @PriyankaS, @Ojaswi Borate These are the questions that received the most views and upvotes. Check them out for insights that may help you sharpen your skills.  

Are you interested in climbing our Community Leaderboard to earn Leaderboard Badges? Or are you pursuing Subject Matter Expert status? I have good news!The most requested feature since the launch of our Community Hub has been the ability to check your month-to-date and previous month points. We now have an Unqork app for that! Checking Your PointsUsing this new feature is simple and self-service. The flexible date inputs allow you to check month-to-date, previous months, or any custom time frame. Log-in to the Community Click the Points Lookup under Community Quicklinks Also available via the sidebar of the Community home page (below the leaderboard widget) Community Quick Links available when you are logged-in to the Unqork Community  Fill out the form Email associated with your profile Start Date End Date  Solving Challenges with UnqorkWe use a community platform vendor to power the core of our Community Hub experience. However, we leverage our own Unqork platform to add new functionality and build features like our (recently improved) federated search.Using basic configuration skills I learned from the Novice Configurator learning path, I was able to build a simple workflow app on Unqork to address this community need, extending beyond our vendor’s functionality and improving your experience. Overview of Points and Recognition 

Each month, we share with you the latest additions and updates to our Unqork Platform Documentation. Stay up-to-date and review the latest information to keep your skills sharp. You can find each of these articles and guides in our Documentation Hub which is linked in the Knowledge Base menu and included in federated search here on the Community Hub, or by clicking the Help menu within the Unqork platform (video overview).Over the past month, our biggest update has been improvements to your user experience. We’ve updated the navigation and other elements on our Documentation Hub. And we’ve improved federated search here on Community Hub. New DocumentationRelease Notes: Discover what's new and changing on the Unqork Platform with the 6.70 Platform Release Notes. New features include: Configuration Analysis tool Multi-Region Availability Workspaces RBAC Updated designs for the Button, Number, and Text Area components.   New Articles: Modifying Workflow Nodes Dynamic Refresh for the Panel Component Single and Multi-Region Availability Updated DocumentationWith updates to the user interface for many components, we have updated procedures, images, and interactivity in the documentation for: Button Component Data Workflow Component Initializer Component Number Component Panel Component Text Area Component Text Field Component Error Node Handoff Node Screen/Task Node Sub-Process NodeDocumentation RequestsWe value your feedback. Reply below with your comments, or consider submitting your documentation ideas and requests here on Community Hub.Learn how:  

Each month, this post is all about celebrating the many contributions of our community members. Our success depends upon you. Thank you for contributing your questions, ideas, replies, answers, upvotes, and so many more contributions.  Congratulations to our newest Subject Matter Expert! 🎉 As you contribute, you also progress towards earning SME status: the top recognition on our community.In November, @thejasreeb surpassed the 20 answers threshold in addition to earning 200+ points for three months. Please join me in congratulating and thanking them for all they contribute to our community!On the Path to SME Status @Shweta R. Patil - 23 solved answers; 2 months of 200 points @Deepa Boominathan - 22 solved answers; 2 months of 200 points @Sudhir Kalmegh - 15 solved answers; 1 month of 200 points @MahantaSasmita - 12 solved answers; 3 months of 200 points @Sireesha Bandaru - 12 solved answers; 3 months of 200 points @PriyankaS - 9 solved answers; 3 months of 200 points @Chip Davis - 5 solved answers; 3 months of 200 pointsShow your gratitude and help them reach SME status by upvoting their helpful replies and marking answers when they solve your question.  Top contributors on our Community Leaderboard 🏆 These top earners are recognized with new community leaderboard badges. A special shout out to @Laxminarsaiah Ragi who topped both categories for the third consecutive month and set two new records! 🎖November points leaders @Laxminarsaiah Ragi 1594 - earns gold badge for the third time! @Deepa Boominathan 655 - earns silver badge for the first time! @MahantaSasmita 626 - earns bronze badge for the first time! @thejasreeb 597 @PriyankaS 476 @Anjali Deore 447 @Ashlin felix.R 338 @Prem Sai Akash 331 @Christopher Guzmán 323 @Sireesha Bandaru 317November answers leaders ✅How do you get to the top of the leaderboard and SME status? Answering questions! @Laxminarsaiah Ragi 25 - earns most answers badge for the fifth time! @Deepa Boominathan 12 @thejasreeb 7 @Ashlin felix.R 5@Sireesha Bandaru 5New Record Holder: @Laxminarsaiah Ragi With 25 answers and 1594 points, Laxmi passed our previous record holder @Srikanth Dommati’s records of 20 answers and 1535 points set in June of 2022. Laxmi now is the sole holder of two single-issue gold badges on his community profile. Srikanth joins other previous record holders with badges to show he previously held these records.Learn more here:  New Points Lookup App! 👀One of our most frequently asked questions is “how I check how many points I’ve earned this month (or previous months)?I’m happy to report that I was able to build a simple Unqork App to add this functionality. When you’re logged-in, you’ll see this option on the Community Hub home page in the sidebar rail below the leaderboard widget. Look for this on the home pageYou can use this to track your progress towards SME status or to try to go after @Laxminarsaiah Ragi’s points record.  Climb the Leaderboard 🎯Want to see your name listed on this post next month? There are many ways to contribute. Check out these posts:And our latest way to earn points, introduced in September: Feedback welcome  With that, what do you think? Share your feedback in the replies or please contact me directly with a message on the Community Hub or at community@unqork.com. Or better yet? Submit an idea for our Community here on the Community Hub!  

At Unqork Create 2022, Unqork CEO Gary Hoberman unveiled Codeless as a Service. Read the announcement and watch Gary’s keynote to learn more! Highlights What is Codeless as a Service? From the press release:Codeless as a Service allows enterprise customers to seamlessly build, run and manage next generation software – with a single open data definition. Unqork customers can achieve a secure, multi-cloud codeless architecture for applications that provide usability, extensibility, upgradability, portability, reliability and more. As a result, customers are able to create future-proof software applications that unlock substantial productivity gains with a faster proof of value than traditional coding. Additionally, Unqork announced two major investments in the evolution of its codeless platform, Unqork OS and Codeless Data Experiences. Read more. “A category that has never existed before”From the keynote:“Codeless as a Service picks up where the serverless movement left off in the journey of abstraction, empowering enterprises to build, run, and manage next-generation software—all with a single, open data definition” [...]In his keynote, Hoberman argued that CaaS is fundamentally different from low-code/no-code tools, which still require significant manual coding—and/or generate lots of new code themselves. "Unqork does not generate code. It is an interpreter of code,” said Hoberman. “That’s why Codeless as a Service is not just another tool in a tool shed. It is a category that has not existed before.” 

Our federated search capability is one of the many ways Community Hub serves as your one-stop-shop for Creator resources. Today, I’m excited to announce improvements to one of my favorite features! Filter by SourcePreviously, search results for some content was grouped together into a single source: Additional Resources. You would see documentation articles, Academy training, and Marketplace listings all listed together. Now, each resource is categorized as a unique source broken out and filterable in the results. This applies to both the initial search experience on the home page and the full search functionality at community.unqork.com/search. Example of results by source when searching on HomeExample of filterable search when on full search results page More Information on Federated SearchWe’ve updated the initial announcement blog with the full details of how this feature works.As always, share your feedback with a reply below, an email to community@unqork.com, or --better yet!-- an idea here on the Community Hub. Happy searching!

Last week, at Unqork Create, Unqork announced the 2022 winners of the Unqork Create Awards.The excerpt below lists the winners, including our first ever Company awards for championing engagement here on the Community Hub. Marsh and Chenoa received the inaugural Company Community Hub Champion Award for their overall engagement within the community.Congratulations to so many Creators in our community who contributed to these applications and accomplishments! The Unqork Create Awards highlight creators and industry thought leaders driving the Unqork codeless platform. Winners for each category were selected for their work spearheading the codeless revolution and pushing the boundaries of codeless innovation. 2022 winners include: Fastest App to Market Award: JPMorgan Chase’s Mortgage Modification application ROI Award: BlackRock’s NAV Solution and Infosys’ First Notice of Loss application Most Innovative App Award: Marsh’s US Placement and Policy Management Services application with EY Application for Good Award: Vanguard’s Capacity and Demand application, KPMG’s ESG Application Operations & EUC Automation Award: Fannie Mae’s EUC COE Transforming Private Markets Award: Goldman Sachs’ Deal Manufacturing Platform Private Markets Digitization Award: Chenoa’s Private Valuation Oversight application Codeless Expert of the Year Award: Sudershan Sharma, State Street and Venkat Rayalla, KPMG Company Community Hub Champion Award: Marsh and Chenoa Academy Company Genius Award: Broadridge and EY  Learn more and access the full announcement here. 

In an effort to continue producing highly-detailed documentation for Unqork Creators, the Documentation Hub has undergone some changes. These changes were made to improve user experience and allow for easier navigation of the documentation. In addition to the changes to the site, ongoing updates to the look and feel of our documents are taking place. With the new component UI changes, you’ll find the documentation more intuitive and more representative of what you see when configuring modules.What ChangedDocumentation Hub Improved Search: While we continue to improve our search engine, an industry-standard documentation site should not be dependent on it. You’ll find a completely restructured side navigation for the different buckets of our site. This includes alphabetized organization, and lower-level documentation moved to top-level sections. These changes make it easier to locate documentation based on topic, and minimize clicking. Documentation Hub articles remain accessible within our Community Hub search:  New Landing Pages: We’ve also created new landing pages for all top-level sections of the side-nav. These landing pages provide brief descriptions of the lower-level documentation in that section and include direct links. For example, check out the Table Operators section of the Data Workflow: Operator Library in our User Manual. New How-to Organization: All How-to guides are now housed in the How-to Guides section, with new landing pages explaining each guide of that section. For example, check out the Module Editor: Component Library section of our How-to Guides. Improved Navigation: With the new UI changes to components, use the side-nav to navigate the article itself better. This change reduces scrolling and allows everyone to use the Doc Hub as it was intended: as a true reference site to find the exact information you are looking for. For example, check out the new and improved Panel and Text Field component articles. Component Articles With the new look and feel of components, we made documentation changes to match the UI. Tables now look identical to the tables you would see in the actual component settings. Updated images that display the new component settings. In our step-by-step procedures, you’ll see new text colors that match the component. For example, Property ID and Label Text colors. As you proceed through the step-wise procedures, hover over the settings we ask you to configure to display descriptions. This change keeps you on task and minimizes the need to scroll back to the settings portion of the doc. For example, hover over the Property ID in step 2 of the Text Field component article. Instead of bold text for steps like “Click Save & Close” and “Save your module”, you’ll now see this text as the actual button you would click in the component. While these changes appear as images, they are still compatible with any customers that need to use a translation tool, like Google Translate.  Documentation RequestsWe value your feedback. Reply below with your comments, or consider submitting your documentation ideas and requests here on Community Hub.Learn how:  

We’re excited to announce that Novice Configurator badges earned through Unqork Academy are now reflected on Community Hub profiles! Obtaining your Novice badge is no small feat and now you’ll be able to show off your hard work.Previously, we had showcased only Associate Configurator certifications and above. Now, these badges recognize the accomplishments of Creators in our community and help provide context as you ask and answer questions. Earning the Novice BadgeBeing awarded a Novice badge is the first step in your Unqork learning journey and allows you to confidently navigate the platform and build your first basic application.For those looking to obtain the Novice badge and show off your new skills, you can prepare through two distinct paths depending on your learning style.Complete the self-service creator workshop learning path; or Sign up for a 2-part live instructor-led workshop series. Each session is 2 hours and is hosted weekly.Showcasing Your BadgeWe reflect this accomplishment in two ways on community profiles. These happen automatically when you earn this badge through Unqork Academy. Novice Configurator Badge Novice Configurator Rank (displays near your user name)Note: If you have achieved a higher certification and/or SME status, you will that reflected as your rank.For those who have previously attained their novice badges, congratulations! The badge should already be showing on your community profile. If you have earned this badge and it is not displaying, please reach out to community@unqork.com with proof your badge (Credly email, link to Linkedin profile with the badge).Additional Badges  

Here’s your monthly roundup of the top posts and latest news from October. These posts are helpful for you to quickly learn from the knowledge shared last month and stay up-to-date with our Community.As always, thank you to those who contributed with the initial posts, helpful replies, answers or upvotes. In this update: Community News 📢 Deep Dive into the Hackathon Apps Our Next Hackathon Has Launched! New Academy Course What to Watch 🎥 Demos Short Clips Full Events Top Posts ⭐ Featured Insights 📌 Top 10 Questions (Most Viewed / Most Upvoted) 🔥 Community News 📢Our second Hackathon was the primary highlight of the month. Congratulations again to@PriyankaS for winning and to all our finalists. Deep Dive into the Hackathon AppsPriyanka joined@Nick Gamble yesterday on Twitch: You can also see both the demo and the configuration for each of our finalists as well as other participants in our Use Case Showcase forum.  Our Next Hackathon Has Launched! New Academy Course What to Watch 🎥We’re increasingly delivering events and views to supplement the documentation, training, q&a and conversations available to you. Below are the recordings published in the past month: DemosIn addition to the Hackathon demos shared above,  Short Clips Full Events Top Posts ⭐ Featured Insights 📌Thanks and kudos to@Srikanth Dommati for writing up this post: As a reminder, you earn bonus points when you write posts like these. From our questions of the week:Lastly, a message of thanks for not just the Community team, but all who make our Community what it is:   Top 10 Questions (Most Viewed / Most Upvoted) 🔥Thanks to those who asked the questions: @Heena,@Joel__D ,@sangeeta,@Kriti,@Saswata Purohit,@Brady K, @Sandhya Vidhate,@prvn11,@SP20.And thanks to those that provided answers  @Yoganand Vemuri,@Shivkumar Hemke,@MahantaSasmita,@only amar,@Ojaswi Borate,@Sandhya Vidhate,@Ashlin felix.R.   

Today, we are excited to launch our third Unqork Community Hackathon!The TL;DRThis asynchronous competition will take place throughout the months of November and December with a final deadline of January 16 (updated deadline after extensions).  The focus is workflow applications, specifically newer features that enable parallel execution!  Everything else you need to know is available on this event page: F.A.Q.In addition to the details on the event page, below are some anticipated questions you might have. We’ll update this blog with other frequently asked questions as they occur.  Who can participate? Any Creator in our community: customer, partner, Unqork staff, and even those still considering and exploring Unqork. The only requirement is that you have Creator access to an environment. (If you’re able to log in to the Community Hub, you have the right access.)Note: While Unqork staff are welcome to participate, we’ll be limiting the competition to non-staff Creators. You can still earn 100 points for participating and showcase your expertise and creativity if you approve us to share your app with the community.  What’s different from the last Hackathon? Mostly just the topic of our challenge. Last time, we focused on our enhanced grid system; this time, we’re focusing on new workflow functionality that enables multi-player tasks and flows (parallel execution).Additionally, we’re asking all participants to build within the same Community Hackathon workspace within the Training environment.  Why build in the training environment and Community Hackathon workspace? We need to be able to access your application. Applications in other environments are not accessible by our judges and other Creators. Building in the same workspace makes finding and reviewing the applications easier for everyone.  How do I sign up? We’re asking you to sign up via the event page. When you sign up, you’ll receive the link for submitting your application. This helps us know who is planning to submit an application for the Hackathon. It’s helpful in case we need to send you any updates, like if we decide to extend the deadline or if there’s any other guidance we have to give.  Is there a time limit? How much time will it take to participate? We believe you can and should participate in this Hackathon even if you only spend a few hours on your app. While there is no time limit, there’s also no time minimum. If you only have an hour or two to spare, we recommend the steps in the next question. So then, why the long timeline? As an asynchronous competition, we’re allowing plenty of time for you to build your application whenever you have some free time to explore. Whether that means working for a few hours in one sitting or for a few minutes here and there across a few weeks.  Can we participate as a group? No. While I love the idea (it’s Community!), most participants will be building on their own. For fairness in judging, it makes sense to keep all applications to those built by individuals. If we get enough interest and participation, we will explore adding a group category for our next Hackathon.  How do I get started? The primary focus of these Hackathons is to give you a fun reason to explore new functionality and fine tune your skills as a Creator. Getting started means first familiarizing yourself with these new grid components. Sign up via the event page. Review the documentation and other learning resources.  Come up with your application use case. It can be simple; it cam be complex. It can be fun, it can solve a business problem. Whatever use case you can think of to meet the criteria outlined on the event page. Outline your general config. Develop a plan; map out how you might build this application. This will save you time and help you manage the time you spend building. It also might help you earn bonus points, by considering what Marketplace accelerators you can leverage to enhance your application with pre-built functionality.  Start building! Log-in to the training environment and build your application within the Community Hackathon workspace.Who will see my application?Initially, just our judges. But we hope that you’ll opt-in to sharing your application in posts like this on the Community Hub. This will help other Creators learn from your work by examining your configuration and asking questions, or maybe even sharing advice. If you’re chosen as a finalist, many more will see your application on our live showcase event. And the audience gets to choose the winner! It should be noted, others in the training environment will be able to see your application, both as you build and after it’s complete. So if you want to keep it a secret, get creative with how you name it. 😎 Can I submit more than one application? Absolutely! Any submissions received by the deadline will be considered. In fact, I’ll give you 100 points for each application you submit. I don’t think I’ll win, why should I participate? This is a fun way to explore functionality you might not yet have a use case for in your day job. Maybe you’re early on in the build of your application, maybe you specialize with data workflow, but don’t get to configure the UI, maybe you’re part of a large team and don’t get to design or make the big decisions on your apps.With this Hackathon, you get to own every part of building a (small) application, as well as having the freedom to get creative or have fun with your use case!  Okay, but what are the prizes?Each participant will receive 100 points, as well as the Hackathon Participant badge on their Community profile. Finalists each more points, more badges, and more prizes. More details on the event page.  Do you have any examples I can review? Absolutely! If you haven’t yet, consider watching the recordings of our first  and second Hackathon Showcase events. You’ll see our four finalists demo their applications. Additionally, you can watch our winners, @Pushparaj and @PriyankaS explain their winning configuration in more detail on these recordings: Pushparaj & Priyanka.Finally, you can find all four of our finalists’ applications, plus a few others, in our Use Case Showcase forum. These posts include their description, as well as links to review both the configuration and the Express preview of the application.  What if I have other questions? Reply below, send me a message, or email to community@unqork.com

Each month, this post is all about celebrating the many contributions of our community members. Our success depends upon you. Thank you for contributing your questions, ideas, replies, answers, upvotes, and so many more contributions.  Congratulations to our newest Subject Matter Expert! 🎉 As you contribute, you also progress towards earning SME status: the top recognition on our community.In September, @Ojaswi Borate surpassed the 20 answers threshold in addition to earning 200+ points for three months. Please join me in congratulating and thanking them for all they contribute to our community!On the Path to SME Status @Shweta R. Patil - 20 solved answers; 2 months of 200 points @Deepa Boominathan - 11 solved answers; 1 month of 200 points @MahantaSasmita - 10 solved answers; 2 months of 200 points @Sireesha Bandaru - 8 solved answers; 2 months of 200 points @PriyankaS - 6 solved answers; 2 months of 200 points @Chip Davis - 3 solved answers; 2 months of 200 pointsGetting Started ☝These Creators passed the 200 point threshold for the first time. @Deepak Chandrasekaran  @SP20  @Vignesh Umapathy Show your gratitude and help them reach SME status by upvoting their helpful replies and marking answers when they solve your question.  Top contributors on our Community Leaderboard 🏆 These top earners are recognized with new community leaderboard badges. A special shout out to @Laxminarsaiah Ragi who topped both categories for the second consecutive month! 🎖October points leaders @Laxminarsaiah Ragi 1220 - earns gold badge for the second time! @thejasreeb 997 - earns silver badge for the first time! @Deepa Boominathan 698  - earns bronze badge for the first time! @MahantaSasmita 680 @vamsi krishna 597 @Becky 558 @Anjali Deore 496 @Sireesha Bandaru 470 @Ojaswi Borate 425 @PriyankaS 406October answers leaders ✅How do you get to the top of the leaderboard and SME status? Answering questions! @Laxminarsaiah Ragi 15 - earns most answers badge for the fourth time! @thejasreeb 11 @Deepa Boominathan 8 @Shweta R. Patil 7 @MahantaSasmita 6@Ojaswi Borate 6Climb the Leaderboard 🎯Want to see your name listed on this post next month? There are many ways to contribute. Check out these posts:And our latest way to earn points, introduced in September: Feedback welcome  With that, what do you think? Share your feedback in the replies or please contact me directly with a message on the Community Hub or at community@unqork.com. Or better yet? Submit an idea for our Community here on the Community Hub! 

Each month, we share with you the latest additions and updates to our Unqork Platform Documentation. Stay up-to-date and review the latest information to keep your skills sharp. You can find each of these articles and guides in our Documentation Hub which is linked in the Knowledge Base menu and included in federated search here on the Community Hub, or by clicking the Help menu within the Unqork platform (video overview). New DocumentationRelease Notes: Discover what's new and changing on the Unqork Platform with the 6.69 Platform Staging Release Notes.Updated DocumentationYou can now control workspace access to Services with WSRBAC (Workspaces Role-Based Access Control)!  The Services Administration article now includes steps on how to specify which workspaces can access a Service.  Learn what Services features each user role can access in our Creator Role Administration article. The Signal Start Node and Timer Node articles have received new information and updated designs that include the sticky panel look.

Yesterday, three finalists from our second Unqork Community Hackathon demoed their applications and the live audience voted to determine the winner.The ChallengeThis Hackathon was focused around building applications that showcase Unqork’s enhanced grid system from our Spring 2022 Release. More details on the challenge here.  And the winner is...@PriyankaS Suman was voted the winner! Priyanka is an Application Development Specialist at Accenture. Her winning application, Expenso, showed how you can build an expense reimbursement application with no code on Unqork.   @Shivkumar Hemke was voted our first runner up. Shivkumar is a Software Engineer at Marsh McLennan. His application, Happy Hours Resort, showcased complex reservation management from both guest and hotel administration use cases.    Our other two finalists were @Shweta R. Patil, Software Developer at Marsh McLennan Global Services, and @Kavin P, Software Engineer at EY.Please join me in congratulating all four of our finalists! Watch the RecordingThe recording is available here on the Community Hub and on Unqork YouTube channel. Get a Closer LookNext week, we’ll be sharing more details on each of our finalists in our Use Case Showcase forum. Submissions from a few other Creators have already been shared there. You can review both the preview and configuration for each app, as long as video explainers and other information. Check them out!  Stay Tuned for MoreWe’ll also be releasing Power User Spotlight blogs on each of our four finalists. As well as additional articles and videos about this hackathon. And we hope to launch our next Hackathon in early November. Stay tuned to the Community Hub for more announcements and events! 

This month, we are excited to announce the latest release of Unqork with new features that aim to increase Creator productivity and deliver more efficient data processing.More information is available is the 6.68 Platform Release Notes, including:Proposed Production Release Date: November 01, 2022 (as of this publishing)   Module Editor and Components Introducing Address Search - The new default component for capturing and displaying addresses in Unqork! Enhancements to Address v1 and File components. Fixes for Address v2, Button, Dynamic Grid, File Upload, Freeform Grid, Initializer, Number, and Panel components, as well as Module Outline.   Workspaces Workspaces RBAC (Role-Based Access Control) - Available the week of October 18th in Staging and UAT environments Enhancements to Services Permissions Fixes for Workspaces RBAC Workspaces RBAC has experienced a slight delay as we are doing additional testing to ensure this feature can provide the most impact. You can now expect Workspaces RBAC to be released in your environment as part of our staging release scheduled for Nov 9th, unless you are contacted by your CSM about a later release date. Application, Administration, and API Enhancements for Environment Administration and Module Settings Fixes for Creator Role Administration   Workflow Enhancements for Workflow Version History   Marketplace Fixed an issue where the Marketplace link failed to load for users of certain roles. Read the Release Notes For more information on past and upcoming Unqork platform releases See our full Release Notes documentation, including Calendar and Release Notes Process and Software Development Life Cycle Processes.  For enhancement and feature requestsYou can submit an idea and upvote other ideas here on the Community Hub.Or reach out to your primary Unqork point of contact. 

Each month, we share with you the latest additions and updates to our Unqork Platform Documentation. Stay up-to-date and review the latest information to keep your skills sharp. You can find each of these articles and guides in our Documentation Hub which is linked in the Knowledge Base menu and included in federated search here on the Community Hub, or by clicking the Help menu within the Unqork platform (video overview). New Documentation6.68 Platform Release Notes Address Search has taken the place of the Address v2 component. Check out the new features, including geolocation, short-form addresses, and more!  Updated Documentation The Environment Administration article now includes two new settings for improving the security of your workspaces. You can also discover all the best practices for keeping your environment safe. The Start Node and End Node articles received new designs, which include the sticky panel look.   Other Highlights With  WSRBAC (Workspaces RBAC) available in early access, you can learn more about this new feature with the Workspaces Role-Based Access Control and WSRBAC Shared Elements articles.Additionally, two exciting updates from Unqork Academy:  Documentation RequestsWe value your feedback. Reply below with your comments, or consider submitting your documentation ideas and requests here on Community Hub.Learn how:  

We are happy to share that a new self-service course from Unqork Academy is now available: Application Styling Guide.In this course, learn how to modify your application's theme and styles using Unqork’s internal Design Services. The lessons include a mix of both written and video content. Course OverviewIntroduction Styles Development Setup Setting Up Your Local Development Environment Styles Testing Using remoteRootCustomer for Development and Testing Styles Upload and Configuration Uploading CSS to Your Application Uploading a Theme to an Environment Applying Custom Styles and Configuration to an Application Resources Package Contents Explained Notes and Considerations for Designing Applications