Entry Automation Changelog

Version 5.7.0 (2024-11-19)

Fixed a fatal error with Delete Entries Tasks while using Fillable PDFs or Legal Signing.
Fixed a fatal error with Export Entries Tasks when no File Upload fields are selected for exporting.
Fixed an issue where digest Notifications could contain additional linebreaks.
Fixed an issue where the Daylight Saving Time (DST) could affect the task schedule.
Fixed an issue where the task scheduling is broken in non-English languages when using Day(s) of the Week option to run tasks.

Version 5.6.0 (2024-08-01)

Fixed an issue where entries could not be exported to PDF due to pcre.backtrack_limit.
Fixed an issue where the admin field label would not be used when generating an export file on form submission.
Fixed an issue where the export entries email would attempt to send when the export file did not exist.

Version 5.5.0 (2024-04-17)

Fixed an issue where file extension is not automatically appended when using a form title containing a period.
Fixed an issue where the {all_fields} merge tag wasn't formatted correctly in notifications.

Version 5.4.0 (2024-03-06)

Added support for GravityRevisions.
Added support for targeting entries by GravityView approval status.
Added support for using Gravity Forms Conditional Shortcode in Export Entries email message.
Fixed an issue where custom field labels would not be used when exporting a Nested Forms field.

Version 5.3 (2023-07-11)

Added compatibility with WordPress 6.2.
Added “fg_entryautomation_export_email_to” filter.
Updated API URL to CosmicGiant.com.
Update bundled version of Moment.js.
Fixed an issue where an entry would insert unneeded page breaks in a PDF export.
Fixed an issue where the Chained Selects data does not export when selecting the full field.
Fixed an issue where the latest field label would not be used when a custom column label was not set.

Version 5.2 (2022-12-08)

Added additional debug logging when running a task.
Added compatibility with WordPress 6.1.
Added support for Legal Signing.
Updated Send Notifications task to exclude Legal Signing notifications as options.
Fixed an issue that could cause Tasks to become unscheduled in certain scenarios.
Fixed an issue where PHP fatal error was thrown in WP CLI.
Fixed an issue where including uploaded files with exported entries could exhaust available memory in some environments.
Fixed a PHP notice when attempting to run a background update before a license key has been entered.
Fixed compatibility with PHP < 7.2.
Fixed Entry Date not displaying in site's local timezone when exporting entries to PDF.

Version 5.1 (2022-07-27)

Added additional logging when scheduling and unscheduling Tasks.
Fixed an issue where AM/PM inputs appeared when scheduling a Task while WordPress time format is set to 24 hours.
Fixed an issue where custom date ranges would not respect the timezone set in WordPress.
Fixed an issue where Date merge tags in export file names would not respect the timezone set in WordPress.
Fixed an issue where Gravity Forms Date merge tags were not processed correctly.
Fixed fatal error when exporting to PDF when a field selected in the Task no longer exists on the form.
Fixed fatal error when strtotime returns false on entry date range settings.

Version 5.0 (2021-12-07)

Added additional logging statements to the export email process.
Added support for sending Notifications in a Task.
Added support for targeting draft submissions in a Task.
Updated the maximum attachment file size limit for export files to 10 MB.
Updated version of a required dependency to fix conflicts with PHP <8.0.
Fixed an issue where first run time would have GMT offset applied when saving Task.
Fixed an issue where only the first 50 entries detected would be deleted when processing Task.
Fixed an issue preventing exports including uploaded files from exporting to third party services.
Fixed dates converting to UTC timezone in some scenarios.
Fixed display only fields being available as Fields to Delete choices in Delete Entries tasks.
Fixed Tasks not being scheduled using UTC time.

Version 4.0 (2021-08-24)

Added support for creating new Export Entries Tasks from the Gravity Forms Export Entries screen.
Added support for deleting PDFs generated by Fillable PDFs when deleting select fields from an entry.
Added support for including uploaded files with exported entries.
Added Task specific merge tags: {date_range_start}, {date_range_end}, {entries_processed}, {task_id}

Version 3.3 (2021-07-14)

Added “fg_entryautomation_pdf_mpdf_config” filter to modify configuration of mPDF class.
Added support for auto-loading custom PDF template files from the active theme folder.
Added scheduled Entry Automation Tasks to the Gravity Forms System Report.
Fixed PHP fatal errors thrown when activating the Add-On in some scenarios.

Version 3.2 (2021-05-24)

Fixed conditional logic not applying to scheduled tasks created with Entry Automation 3.0 and Gravity Forms 2.5.
Fixed the entry meta and properties missing from the task conditional logic.

Version 3.1 (2021-05-19)

Added security enhancements.
Added support for setting auto-updates state on Plugins page.

Version 3.0 (2021-04-26)

Added compatibility with Gravity Forms 2.5.
Added option for selecting all entries since the task last ran.
Added option to delete export file after task has ran.
Added targeting of entries based on the current entry status.
Added targeting of entries based on the last updated date.
Added targeting of entries based on value of a Date field.
Added support for entry notes in CSV files.
Added support for exporting to Excel (XLSX).
Added support for full field values for multiple input fields in CSV files.
Added support for Gravity Flow with new Workflow Step.
Added support for Gravity Perks Nested Forms fields in CSV files.
Added support for merge tags in export file name, export email to address, export email subject when using an on form submission task.
Added support for running tasks on specific days of the month.
Added support for running tasks on specific days of the week.
Added support for WordPress 5.3.
Added task ID when using Run Task Now function.
Updated the export files location.
Fixed an issue when using conditional logic with Product fields using the Drop Down or Radio Buttons input types.
Fixed an issue where exported files cannot be downloaded for sites on Apache.
Fixed an issue where Quiz, Polls and Survey fields were not displaying the choice label in export files.
Fixed an issue where scheduled tasks were run multiple times when running past the scheduled time.
Fixed occasional loss of time when scheduling next run time.
Fixed tasks running when form is trashed.
Fixed task settings not loading correctly when using WordPress 5.6.
Fixed the CSV export issue with optional List fields.
Fixed Date Range preview being incorrectly calculated in some scenarios.

Version 2.0 (2019-10-22)

Added BOM character to beginning of CSV export file.
Added “fg_entryautomation_export_include_bom” filter to prevent BOM character from being included.
Added “fg_entryautomation_next_run_time” filter.
Added “fg_entryautomation_pdf_template_entry”, “fg_entryautomation_pdf_template_footer” and “fg_entryautomation_pdf_template_header” filters for using custom PDF template files.
Added merge tag support to export email from, to, subject and message settings.
Added support for adding entries to existing export files.
Added support for deleting specific fields from entry.
Added support for running tasks on form submission or manually.
Updated Date Range preview to not run when no date is set.
Updated included Mpdf library to 8.0.
Updated Start Running Task task setting to not be visible when task has already run.
Updated the position of the Export Email Message validation error message to be more easily visible.
Fixed a PHP 7.3 warning when exporting to PDF.
Fixed Date not exporting to selected format.
Fixed error message not appearing when no export fields are selected. Fixed fatal error when upgrading from Entry Automation <1.3.
Fixed input label being included during export when using a custom field label.
Fixed next run time not calculating correctly when using monthly units.
Fixed PHP warning when duplicating task.
Fixed tasks running when form is trashed.

Version 1.4 (2018-11-28)

Add custom ordering to Export Entries tasks.
Add starred and unread statuses to conditional logic filters.
Add support for Gravity Perks Nested Forms fields.
Add support for Repeater fields.
Add “fg_entryautomation_disable_task_skipping” filter.
Add “fg_entryautomation_export_email_headers” filter.
Add “fg_entryautomation_export_fields_include_inputs” filter.
Add “fg_entryautomation_export_lines” filter.
Add support for Polls, Quiz and Survey Add-Ons.
Fix HTML content type not being set when export email message contains HTML tags.
Fix issue with fields not appearing in PDFs.
Fix issue with task running when saving task settings.
Fix Run Task Now not using updates to export email message.
Fix run time preview displaying incorrect time.
Fix task running when form could not be found.
Update extension framework to support new extensions.
Update formatting of first run date on task settings page.

Version 1.3 (2018-01-29)

Add available extensions to plugin settings page.
Add extension framework.
Add option to export entry notes to JSON or PDF files.
Fix first task settings section with error not being visible on load.
Update automation queue to run as individual scheduled events for each task.
Update export fields setting to insert new fields after previous form field.
Update “Next Run Time” and “Start Run Time” task settings to allow for more precise control over time.
Add ability to change next run time for task.
Add database cleanup when deleting an action.
Add option to move entries to trash instead of immediately deleting them.
Add “fg_entryautomation_export_folder” filter to modify root Entry Automation export folder location.
Add “fg_entryautomation_{$action}_settings_fields” filter to modify settings fields for an action.
Fix fatal error during export task when mbstring is not installed.
Fix fatal error on task settings page after a form field was deleted.
Fix List field values appearing as string in JSON export.
Fix multiple row List field values appearing as “Array” in CSV export.
Update license API requests to support upcoming ForGravity bundle.

Version 1.2 (2017-09-17)

Add “fg_entryautomation_export_sorting” filter.
Add framework for custom actions.
Add JSON as export entries file type.
Add PDF as export entries file type.
Update conditional logic to support entry meta and entry properties (including Partial Entries).
Update date range preview to be relative to next run time (or first task run time for new tasks).
Update export fields to allow for custom field labels.
Update export fields to be sortable.
Add “fg_entryautomation_export_field_value” filter.
Add support for custom date string in export file name.
Add support for duplicating Entry Automation tasks.
Fix email subject not using feed settings option.
Fix incorrect slug in automatic updater.
Fix “Last Exported File” link not working due to htaccess permissions.
Fix several PHP notices.
Update automation to select active entries by default.
Update conditional logic instructions based on selected action.
Update export file to use admin field labels.
Update export header names to be wrapped in quotes.
Update search criteria to use custom strtotime method.

Version 1.1 (2017-06-26)

Add error validation for task date range.
Add export email settings (from address, from name, message, subject).
Add “fg_entryautomation_recurrence” filter to control how often Entry Automation cron action runs.
Add “fg_entryautomation_{verb}_task” action for custom tasks.
Add “Last Exported File” to feed list.
Add minimum PHP version check.
Add plugin capabilities.
Add support for definitive dates for task date range (YYYY-MM-DD or YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS).
Add task ID modifier to “fg_entryautomation_search_criteria”.
Add timezone correction for first run time.
Add setting to allow overwriting of existing export file.
Add validation to “Select Fields” Export settings field to ensure at least one field is selected.
Fix DateTimeZone not initializing when GMT offset is set to a positive integer.
Fix error when calculating first run time.
Fix issue where task would request entry pages that did not exist.
Fix issue with tasks set to run weekly/monthly running too often.
Improved interface for setting initial task run time.
Improved interface for setting task date range.
Improved task configuration interface.
Removed default feed processing filter.
Update “fg_entryautomation_export_file_name” filter to run after detecting duplicate file name to allow for more flexible modifying.
Update task configuration interface to display last active tab on save.
Update time conversion method to default to strtotime function when DateTime cannot be initialized.

Version 1.0 (2017-03-06)

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