gPanel Release Notes
Sign up for gPanel release note email notifications here.
2022
July 26
Status & Created Columns
July 26, 2022, 10:00 am
What’s changing
Administrators can now view the status and created columns on the user management page.
Additional details
Additionally, you’ll notice the new feature is available via
User Management > Status & Created Columns
Who’s impacted
End users
Why it’s important
Administration will be faster and easier with the ability to view the status and created date of users.
Rollout pace
Deployed to all users on Tuesday July 26, 2022.
Availability
Available to all gPanel customers.
July 21
Ability to Filter Archived Users
July 17, 2022, 10:00 am
What’s changing
Administrators can now filter for archived users on the user page.
Additional details
Additionally, you’ll notice the new feature is available via
User Management > Filter User List
Who’s impacted
End users
Why it’s important
Administration will be faster and easier with the ability to filter for archived users.
Rollout pace
Deployed to all users on Tuesday July 17, 2022.
Availability
Available to all gPanel customers.
July 11
Updates
Tools > Decommissioning
Added new action for resetting sign out cookies
Bug Fixes
Calendars > Select Calendar
Fixed an issue where edits on some calendars were not saving
User Management > User Update
Fixed an issue when resetting a user's password would reset their active status
July 6
Updates
User Management > Quick Selection
Added ability to clear sign-in cookies and force sign out
Tools > Bulk Operations
Added a new operation to clear sign-in cookies and force sign out
Tools > Decommissioning
Added a new action to archive a user
Tools > Policies
Added a new policy action to clear sign-in cookies and force sign out Added a new policy in which a source user is selected and all group membership from that user is applied to targets
Bug Fixes
Directory > Contact Sync
Fixed an issue causing a sync to be locked in "processing" after an initial run
Tools > Signature Templates
Fixed an issue where the pop-up window sizing was incorrect on some resolutions
User Management > Add User > Policy Details
Added a back button to close the details window
Calendars > Select Calendar > Edit Event
Fixed an issue where reoccurring calendar events organizer could not be updated
June 29
Bug Fixes
Directory > Contact Sync
Fixed an issue where a sync after running could get stuck in a Processing state
Tools > Signature Templates
Fixed an issue on resizing where some buttons were overflowing the panel
June 22
Bug Fixes
Tools > Signature Templates
Fixed an issue causing the schedule wizard to not re-size correctly on some
User Management > User > Groups
Fixed an issue when switching between users would save state from the previous user
June 7
Updates
Administration > Indexing > Utilities
Added ability to index a single user
Users > User > General Settings > 2-Step Verification
Added ability to turn off two factor authentication
Added ability to force sign out and reset sign in cookies
Administration > Labs > Bi-Directional Contact Sync
Added a new type of contact sync from one user to one or more end users
This sync has the ability to sync destination user changes back to the source user, and then push all changes to all users within the sync
This sync has the ability to turn off certain actions from being synced, such as destination contact creates, source user updates, etc.
Bug Fixes
Directory > Organizational Units
Fixed an issue when changing a users organization would not re-index the user
Navigation
Fixed an issue where users that include the text "user" would not load
May 10
Bug Fixes
User Management > Select User > Profile Information > Custom Attributes
Fixed an issue where some attributes were unable to be saved
Fixed an issue where some attributes were being duplicated visually
Tools > Gmail Deletion
Fixed an issue where some long running jobs were not finishing
Fixed an issue where editing a job was setting fields incorrectly
May 5
Updates
User Management > Add New User
Added the ability to add a new user to groups on user creation
Added the ability to add a user to a shared drive on user creation
Tools > Decommissioning
Added a new policy to delegate emails to a user profile relation
Plans & Billing > Management Payment Methods
Added the ability for gPanel only customers to save credit card information for future transactions
Bug Fixes
Tools > Signature Templates
Fixed an issue where signature templates schedule would clear after running
April 19
Updates
Directory > Contact Sync > Directory Sync
Added the ability to respect the contact sharing setting on users. If contact sharing is disabled on a user, the user will no longer created as a contact of the directory sync
Bug Fixes
Tools > Signatures
Fixed an issue on scheduled signatures when editing not showing the scheduled times.
Tools > Bulk Operations
Fixed an issue where paging was disabled if more than twenty five bulk operations were present
User Portal > My Groups
Fixed an issue where managers were unable to remove group members
April 12
Bug Fixes
Tools > Bulk Operations > User Profile
Fixed an issue where job title was not updating for some users
Tools > Signature Templates
Fixed an issue where dates/times were not showing when editing a scheduled template
April 5
Bug Fixes
User Management
Fixed an issue where filtering on users and paging would lock the client
Tools > Signature Templates
Fixed an issue where some fields were not populating correctly
Tools > Contact Sync > Directory Sync
Fixed an issue where some unscheduled Directory Syncs were still running although not scheduled
Reports > Select Destination Folder
Fixed an issue when selecting a folder within a shared drive would cause a error
March 29
Updates
User Management > User > Gmail Settings >Signatures
Added the ability to set individual user's signatures based on a preconfigured Signature Template
Bug Fixes
Tools > Signature Templates
Fixed an issue where First and Last name were not being applied
User Management > User Filter
Fixed and issue when changing the page size may have caused row duplication
March 22
Updates
Tools > Signature Templates
Added ability to include a user's profile picture
Bug Fixes
Reports > Group
Fixed an issue where some reports were failing
Reports > Reporting on documents that contain a CC number or SSN
Fixed an issue where some reports were failing
Tools > Signature Templates
Fixed an issue where some templates targeting a domain would not apply the template to send as addresses
Directory > Contact Sync
Fixed an issue where non-scheduled syncs were continuing to run on its previous schedule
User Management > Active Filter
Fixed an issue where filtering was producing incorrect results
March 11
Bug Fixes
Search Box > Search User
Fixed an incorrect displayed issue when searching on a user that does not exist
Tools > Bulk Operations > User Profile
Fixed an issue with job title exporting when not set to type Work
Tools > Signature Templates
Fixed an issue where creating options after creating a new template would produce and error
User Management > User > Personal Contacts
Fixed an issue when deleting all contacts within a contact group would produce a "Not Found" error
Directory > Contact Sync
Fixed an issue where some unscheduled Contact Syncs were still running
March 8
Bug Fixes
Directory > Contact Sync
Fixed an issue where some newly scheduled Contact Syncs were not running on schedule
Directory > Organizational Units > Move Members
Fixed an issue where moving a user to a different organization would delete some profile information
User Management > Add User
Fixed an issue where welcome letters were not being sent
March 1
Updates
Reports > Calendar Access
Created a new report to display calendar access for the selected targets
Bug Fixes
Tools > Reports > User Profile Export
Fixed an issue where Work Organization Department was not populating
Tools > Bulk Operations > Shared Contact Import
Fixed an where email address and phone number were not updating on some contacts
February 22
Updates
User Management > Add User
Added in ability to edit subject line in the welcome letter on new user creation
Administration > Settings > Welcome Templates
Added in the ability to set a new default welcome letter template
Administration > Labs
Indexing user push notifications
Instead of polling for user additions gPanel will now use push notifications from Google
February 15
Bug Fixes
User Management > User > Gmail Settings > Send As
Added the ability to treat the added send as account as an alias
Updates
Administration > Settings
Removed old indexing link
Drive > User > Shortcuts
Fixed an issue where shortcuts were unable to be shared
February 8
Bug Fixes
Directory > Contact Sync
Added ability to schedule on a daily, weekly, monthly, etc. for Contact Syncs and Directory Syncs. Prior to this update these were ran nightly at midnight, now they may be added to our scheduling process. Any prior created Syncs will be defaulted to daily at midnight.
February 1
Updates
Drive Explorer > Shared Drives
Shared drives are now available to be managed
Bug Fixes
User Management > User > Profile Information
Fixed an issue where Gender > Address Me As was not saving
Drive > User > Document > Edit Share
Fixed an issue where right clicking a document would not allow for editing of sharing
Indexing > User Indexing
Fixed an issue with new users not being indexed
Directory > Contact Sync
Fixed an issue where the synced contact's organization was not syncing the work organization
Fixed an issue where "Clear Destination Syncs" would fail if a suspended user was contained in the
January 18
Bug Fixes
Administration > Labs > Shared Drives
Removed the "Owner option" in sharing as this is not available, Manager is the highest permission
Fixed an issue when trying to share the Shared Drive to the domain or public
Fixed an issue when renaming a Shared Drive
Tools > Signature Templates
Fixed an issue when using a conditional where Organization Work Title was pulling the wrong information
January 11
Bug Fixes
Administration > Labs > Shared Drives
Added the ability to manage Shared Drives
Once enabled end users will be able to manage Shared Drives via Drive > Drive Explorer > User > Shared Drives
Administration > Indexing
Updated the view for gPanel indexing This new view will allow admins the ability to view all past indexing logs, and give insight to previous indexing processes
2021
December 28
Bug Fixes
User Management > User > Profile Information > Custom Attributes
Fixed an issue with loading attributes of some users
Tools > Bulk Operations > Bulk Upload Profile Pictures
Fixed an issue where the upload could get stuck in a continual loop
December 21
Bug Fixes
Tools > Decommissioning
Fixed an issue where users were not completing if Drive Transfer action was used
Tools > Decommissioning >Suspended Users
Fixed an issue where all users were not loading
December 14
Bug Fixes
Tools > Bulk Operations > User Profile
Fixed an issue where some columns were not being populated
Directory > Contact Sync > Directory Sync
Fixed an issue where synced contacts were not populating job titles from work organizations
December 7
Updates
Plans & Billing > Billing
Chrome Enterprise Annual Plan additional licenses can now be purchased via gPanel
November 30
Updates
Administration > Labs > New Indexing View
This view will show all logs pertaining to the Indexing process
This view will show all cPanel logs that are related to the User Indexing process
Bug Fixes
Directory > Contact Sync >Directory Sync
Fixed an issue where Directory Sync was not syncing to all targets
November 9
Updates
Tools > Signature Templates > Select Template > Run Logs
Added a refresh button for the grid
Added the number of users that were updated to the run log
Added the number of users that errored to the run log
Tools > Decommissioning
Changed the way the process for decommissioning is processing to remove erroneous logging from multiple policies
Added the ability to run a single decommissioning process at a time
Tools > Decommissioning > Create
Added a new trigger to start the decommissioning process. Now decommissioning is able to start the decommissioning process upon moving a user into an organizational unit without suspending the user
Tools > Decommissioning > Policies
Added a new policy that allows admins to suspend users via the decommissioning policies
Bug Fixes
User Management > User > Personal Contacts
Fixed an issue when selecting “All” and deleting not all contacts within the label were being deleted
Directory > Contact Sync
Fixed an issue when creating a contact sync was not automatically adding the new sync to the grid
Directory > Contact Sync > Directory Sync
Fixed an issue where some directory users were being duplicating on syncing
Tools > Policies > New
Fixed and issue where some policies were not saving on creation
Tools > Signature Templates > New
Fixed an issue where some templates were not saving on creation
Tools > Signature Templates > Edit
Fixed an issue if switching to the HTML view of the template and saving would save the HTML instead of the converted HTML string
Tools > Bulk Operations > Bulk Upload Profile Pictures
Fixed an issue when uploaded profile pictures to users within a nested organization
Tools > Decommissioning > Refresh
Fixed having to have to hit the refresh button after a policy was deleted
October 19
Updates
Tools > Signature Templates > Details > Run Logs
Added a view that will display run logs of signature templates
Tools > Signature Templates > Clone
Added ability to clone a signature template
October 13
Updates
Tools > Policies > Add to Delegate
Added the ability to target other sources when using the Add Delegate policy
Tools > Bulk Operations > Remove Room from Calendar Events
Added the ability to remove a resource calendar from calendar events based on a date range
Bug Fixes
Directory > Contact Sync
Fixed an issue causing targets to duplicate when editing a sync
Fixed an issue where Directory Sync was not syncing to all targets
October 5
Updates
Tools > Bulk Operations > Remove User’s Shares
Added a bulk operation to remove all shares from one or many users
Bug Fixes
Directory > Directory Sync
Fixed an issue where the initial sync wasn’t populating for some users
Fixed an issue where the deletion process of removing the contacts and contact group was not being remove for some users
Administration > Settings > Welcome templates
Fixed an issue where longer templates were not being saved
September 21
Bug Fixes
Administration > Settings > Session Timeout
Updated the minimum session timeout to five minutes
Reports > Customer Usage
Fixed an issue where the report was not completing for some domains
Tools > Signature Templates
Fixed an issue where editing the template would remove the scheduling
September 14
Bug Fixes
User Management > Select User > Aliases > Transfer Aliases
Fixed an issue where some aliases were not being transferred
User Management > Add User
Fixed a broken link within the welcome letter template
September 7
Updates
Tools > Bulk Operations > Drive Transfer
Added the ability to begin multiple Drive transfers via a Google spreadsheet
Bug Fixes
Directory > Contact Sync
Fixed a paging issue where not all contact groups were being shown
Tools > Decommissioning
Fixed an issue where users were not being suspended if all operations completed and the “Delete” operation was in the future
Drive > Drive Sweep
Fixed an issue where an error occurred when trying to select a folder within the “Owned by Me” category
August 17
Updates
Devices > Device Management
Devices are now sorted by the Last Sync Time
User Management > Create User
Multiple users are now able to be provided to send new user credentials to
Tools > Policies > Add Delegate
You are now able to provide multiple delegates to be added to the target users
Tools > Signature Templates
User Profile Fields have now been grouped. This will allow end users to select subtypes, then the field of that subtype to supply in the signature template
August 3
Updates
Domain Service Error Notification Banner
Added a button to the notification banner to direct the end user to the page to view and resolve the issue(s)
Administration > Settings > Session Timeout
Added in the ability to set the session timeout for end users. By default this timeout will be set to fifteen minutes
Reports > License Types
Added two columns to the report: "Last Login Time" and "Creation Time"
Bug Fixes
Reports > Reporting on documents that contain a CC number or SSN
Fixed an issue where some reports were not finishing
July 27
Updates
Calendars > Select User > Select Calendar > Select Event
Added ability to change the event organizer
Tools > Signatures > Signature Template
Added the ability to apply more custom fields from user profiles into signature templates
Added the ability to apply gender into signature templates
Tools > Reports
Added a new report “Docs Shared with Domain”. This report will export all documents shared with domain based on the sources selected
Bug Fixes
Directory > Organizational Units > Actions > Reports > User Profile
Fixed an issue where the report was not running
User Management > Add User > New User Policy
Fixed an issue where icon sizing was too large
Tools > Decommissioning
Fixed an issue where a new policy was not immediately added to the policy grid
July 20
Updates
User Management > Add User > Policies
New user policies are now sorted alphabetically
General > Collapsed Navigation
Added a delay when mousing out of a navigation link
User Management > User > Gmail Settings > Vacation Responder
Added two new toggles: Restrict Response to User's Contacts & Restrict Response to Domain
User Management > User > Personal Contacts
Added ability to sort contacts grid
Calendars > User > Suspended User
Removed pop up notification when a user is suspended and moved into the grid
Bug Fixes
Tools > Decommissioning > Policy List
Fixed an issue with paging not working as intended
Directory > Groups > Aliases
Fixed an issue where the aliases table would duplicate when refreshed
Directory > Groups Templates > Business Group Settings
Removed the option for “None can post” if a group is not flagged as archived only
User Management > User > Gmail Settings > Account Delegation
Fixed a broken link to the help documentation
Reports > Docs Shared With Groups
Fixed an issue where the title row was duplicating
July 13
Bug Fixes
Tools > Bulk Operations
Fixed an issue where accessing Bulk Operations would produce a server error
Calendar > User > Calendar
Fixed an issue where users were unable to edit or delete calendar events
Devices > Mobile Management
Fixed a paging issue
Tools > Decommissioning
Fixed an issue where the "Acknowledge logs before deleting a user" option was not saving
June 29
Updates
Removed occurrences of Whitelist / Blacklist and changed to Approved List / Blocked List
Bug Fixes
User Management > User > Personal Contacts
Fixed an issue where special characters would be ordered first in Contact Group’s List
Fixed an issue where some contact's display names were not showing correctly
User Management > User > Calendars
Fixed an issue where some user’s primary calendar name could not be changed
Tools > Bulk Operations > User Export
Fixed an issue where the report would not reset to “Run Now” in the operation
Tools > Bulk Operations > Force Password Reset
Fixed an issue where users were unable to create the operation
Directory > Organizations
Fixed an issue where organizations with spaces in the name and nested within an another organization would not be able to be edited
Reports > Docs Shared Externally
Fixed an issue where some reports were not finishing
Tools > Policies > Add delegate
Fixed an issue where a policy by Organization Unit would not add the delegate
Tools > Signatures > Edit Configuration
Fixed an issue where the configuration box was extending past the end of some screens
June 22
Bug Fixes
Drive > Drive Sweep
Fixed an issue where the some sweeps were not running
Tools > Decommissioning
Fixed an issue where users were not completing if they had gone through the change org policy
Fixed an issue with Remote Wipe Devices where the notification email did not correctly display the total number of devices processed
Tools > Signatures
Fixed an issue with the screen spanning past the browser window when editing a signature template
June 15
Updates
Contacts API upgraded to People API
The following have been updated to the newest People API as the Contacts API has now been deprecated
User Management > Personal Contacts
Directory > Contact Sync
Reports > Export Personal Contacts
Bulk Operations > Personal Contact Deletion
User Portal > My Contacts
Bug Fixes
Tools > Signature Templates
Fixed an issue where the wizard window would expand larger than intended
June 8
Bug Fixes
Directory > Shared Contacts
Fixed an issue with editing shared contacts
Drive > Sharing
Fixed an issue where notifications were not being sent when "Notify people via email" was checked
May 25
Updates
Plans and Billing
Added the product Google Workspace Frontline for purchasing
May 18
Bug Fixes
Tools > Signature > Signature Templates
Fixed an issue where images were unable to be viewed
Tools > Reports
Fixed a Drive Picker issue that was preventing selecting a destination folder for a report
May 11
Bug Fixes
Tools > Decommissioning
Fixed the wording of the Gmail Export completion email
May 4
Updates
Administration > Role Manager > Permissions > Tools
Copy Decommissioning Process: New permission
Enable Decommissioning Process: New permission
Disable Decommissioning Process: New permission
Plans and Billing
Added the ability for customers that have only gPanel to be able to edit their account information
Bug Fixes
Tools > Reports > Docs Shared Publicly
Added a last touched column on the export. This column will update as the process runs to show end users the process is still running
Administration > Role Manager > Permissions > Tools
Edit Decommissioning Process: Fixed an issue in some roles where this permission was not being applied
Run Decommissioning Process: Fixed an issue in some roles where this permission was not being applied
Delete Decommissioning Process: Fixed an issue in some roles where this permission was not being applied
Create Decommissioning Process: Fixed an issue in some roles where this permission was not being applied
Tools > Bulk Operations > User Export
Fixed an issue that always showed the export as running
Tools > Decommissioning
Fixed an issue where a notification email was sent multiple times if a transfer lasted more than a day
Fixed an issue where Gmail Export logs were not updating once complete
April 21
Updates
Tools > Decommissioning > Policies
Decommissioning Policies are now able to be deactivated and activated. When deactivated these policies will not run
Tools > Decommissioning > Actions
Transfer Docs has now been updated to use Google’s Data Transfer API
Transfer Calendars has now been updated to use Google’s Data Transfer API
Tools > Decommissioning > Log View > Actions
Actions are now able to be set to complete to advance the decommissioning process if an action was unable to be completed successfully
Bug Fixes
Reports > Site Ownership
Fixed an issue where the report was not completing
Tools > Policies > Create Filter
Fixed an issue where this policy was not able to be created
Reports > Group Membership
Fixed an issue where the report was not completing
Reports > Docs Shared Publicly
Fixed an issue where the report’s header would duplicate
March 30
Bug Fixes
Data Security
Fixed an issue where users would see a blank screen if their domain did not purchase gPanel’s Beyond package
Reports > User Profile
Fixed an issue where header lines would duplicate
Reports > Docs Shared Externally
Fixed an issue where complete lines would duplicate
March 9
Bug Fixes
General
Fixed an issue where emails were not being sent
Tools > Policies > Edit Policy
Fixed an issue where policies that included the deprecated action “Set Language” could not be updated
Drive > Drive Sweep
Fixed an issue that was preventing Drive Sweep from running consistently
January 5
Updates
Tools > Bulk Operations
Added a bulk operation to archive users based on an imported spreadsheet
User Management > Users > Gmail Settings > Filters
Added ability to add groups as a forward email in filters
Bug Fixes
Drive > Drive Sweep
Fixed an issue with drive sweep not running for some domains
Tools > Signatures
Fixed an issue where emails were not sending on completion of signature templates being applied
2020
December 22
Updates
Plans and Billing > Subscriptions
Added the ability to set up a credit card to auto pay for an invoice for Google Workspace for Education domains
Bug Fixes
Tools > Signature Templates
Fixed an issue where conditionals were not formatting correctly
Drive > Drive Sweep
Fixed an issue where the current folder was not being populated
December 15
Updates
Tools > Signature Templates
Added the ability to add the Default Send As of a user to a template.
Drive > Drive Explorer > Document Transfer
Added a confirmation popup that asks the user if they are sure they want to transfer the entire drive of the user.
Bug Fixes
Administration > Roles
Fixed an issue where Calendar Permissions were not visible.
User Portal > My Profile
Fixed an issue where the Employee Information text boxes were able to be typed into.
Plans and Billing > Subscriptions
Fixed an issue in which leaving the page and returning would duplicate the subscription list.
General
Updated gPanel’s page title.
Tools > Signatures
Fixed an issue in which custom schema fields were not populating in the preview text area.
December 8
Updates
Tools > Decommissioning
A pager was added for domains with over 25 policies so it is easier to navigate the policies.
New cPanel Log Viewer Lab
A new lab (beta feature) has been added that exposes logging from cPanel Admin Reports.
To enable this lab, go to Administration > Labs. Then, enable the cPanel Log Viewer lab. Once enabled, you can find the lab in Reports > cPanel Logs.
Bug Fixes
Plans and Billing > Subscriptions
Fixed an issue where leaving the subscription page and returning would duplicate the subscription list.
December 1
Updates
Drive > Drive Explorer > Share
Updated the error message that shows when trying to share a file to a user that doesn’t exist within the domain.
Bug Fixes
Plans and Billing > Manage Settings > Notifications
Fixed an issue where offline domains were not able to save license notifications.
Plans and Billing > Add License
Fixed an issue where the end date for monthly billing customers end date was showing incorrectly.
Tools > Policies > Notifications
Fixed an issue where notifications were unable to be saved.
November 10
Updates
New Calendar Indexing Lab
A new lab (beta feature) has been added that allows you to index all calendars within the domain. When enabling this lab you gain a typeahead feature within Calendars > Calendars. This typeahead will allow you to access any calendar by just knowing the name.
To enable this lab, go to Administration > Labs. Then, enable the Calendar Indexing lab.
Plans and Billing > Subscriptions
Added the following subscriptions to the Plans and Billing page to allow for purchasing of additional licenses.
Google Workspace Business Starter
Google Workspace Business Standard
Google Workspace Business Plus
Google Workspace Enterprise Essentials
Google Workspace Enterprise Standard
Users > User Management > Select User > Gmail Settings > Forwarding
When a forwarding address is not currently in the “Forwarding Addresses” list, gPanel will automatically add the address
Bug Fixes
Users > User Management > Upload Profile Picture
Fixed an issue where uploading a profile picture caused the header to be misaligned.
Reports > Reports > Email Activity
Fixed an issue where enabling notifications was not sending an email on completion.
November 3
Updates
Plans and Billing > Billing
G Suite Business Archive User licenses are now able to be purchased via gPanel.
Google Workspace Enterprise Plus Archive User licenses are now able to be purchased via gPanel.
Bug Fixes
Reports > Empty Group Report
Fixed an issue where not all secondary domains were being processed in the report.
Drive > Drive Explorer
Fixed an issue where the user list may repeat.
Directory > Groups > Membership > Add Member
Fixed and issue where the end user would need to refresh to view a newly added member.
October 20
Updates
Signature Custom Attributes Lab
The Signature Custom Attributes lab has graduated and is now a permanent feature in gPanel.
Reports > Calendar Permission Settings
A new tab has been added to report errors.
Bug Fixes
Tools > Bulk Operations
Fixed an issue where Job Title was not exporting the correct organization job title.
Reports > Calendar Permission Settings
Fixed an issue where the report was not completing.
Tools > Bulk Operations > User Profile
Fixed an issue where the "Clear" operation was not clearing all fields.
September 29
Updates
Decommissioning Update
We previously announced that a new version of Decommissioning would be live today, September 29, 2020. This has been delayed and at this time we do not have an ETA.
New Signature Custom Attributes Lab
A new lab (beta feature) has been added that allows you to add custom schema fields to signatures and signature templates.
To enable this lab, go to Administration > Labs. Then, enable the Signature Custom Attributes lab. Once enabled, you can find the lab in either User Management > User > Gmail Settings > Signatures or Tools > Signature Templates > Add Signature Template.
Custom Attributes Lab
The Custom Attributes lab has graduated and is now a permanent feature in gPanel.
User Management > User
Last signed in date now always shows in the header of User Management when viewing a user regardless if there is a job title set.
Creation date has been added to the header of User Management when viewing a user.
Calendars > Calendar Transfer Logs
Drive > Ownership Transfer Logs
Acting user has been added to Document Transfer Logs and Calendar Transfer Logs so admins can see which user initiated the transfer. Please note this will not be populated before today’s date.
Tools > Policies > New Policy > Select Actions > Add Send As
Policies will now set the send as to default if this option is chosen regardless if the send as was previously present. Prior to this change, if the send as already existed it would skip setting to default.
Search Bar
Tweaked how type-ahead search results are interpreted. This should improve the accuracy of the results, regardless of typing speed.
Bug Fixes
User Management > Add User
Fixed an issue where the Additional Info section was not showing when creating a user.
User Management > User > Profile Information
Fixed a UI bug that was appearing in User Profiles.
Plans & Billing > Actions > Manage Payment Method > Edit
Removed a third button that was displaying on the edit payment pop up.
September 22
Updates
Calendars > Transfer Calendars
Updated the button in the calendar transfer popup to say “Transfer” instead of “Next.”
Tools > Signature Templates
Font size can now be edited when creating a signature template.
Bug Fixes
User Portal > My Profile
Fixed an issue where user profiles were unable to be saved in user portal.
User Management > User > Profile Information
Fixed an issue where the job title was not updating accurately for each individual user.
User Management > User > Drive
Fixed an error that was occurring when attempting to bulk share files with another user.
Drive > Transfer Ownership
Fixed an issue with incorrect wording in the Drive transfer warning popup.
Plans & Billing > Billing > Current Subscriptions
Fixed an issue where “Estimated monthly bill” was showing for annual users.
September 15
Updates
New Custom Attributes Lab
A new lab (beta feature) has been added that allows you to manage Custom Attributes for a user. You can use schemas to add custom fields to user profiles. You can use these fields to store information such as the projects your users work on, their physical locations, their hire dates, or whatever else fits your business needs.
To enable this lab, go to Administration > Labs. Then, enable the Custom Attributes lab. Once enabled, you can find the lab in a User Profile > Profile Information > Custom Attributes.
Bug Fixes
User Management > User > Profile Information > Job Title
Fixed an issue where job title was not showing on a user’s profile after saving.
User Management > User > Profile Information > Addresses
Fixed an issue that wasn’t allowing addresses to be deleted from a user profile.
User Management > User > Profile Information > Phones
Fixed an issue where user work phone numbers weren’t showing.
Sites > Search
Updated the search bar so that overlapping wouldn’t occur when scrolling and clicking on the field would allow text to be entered.
Policies > Remove Specific Shares
Fixed an issue where the Remove Specific Shares policy was not running completely. This policy can now be run without error.
September 8
Decommissioning Update
On September 29, 2020, a new version of decommissioning will be pushed live. This is the first of many changes coming to the decommissioning section of gPanel. If there is a decommissioning policy you would like to see added, please submit a feature request with your account manager.
What's changing?
Decommissioning policies will have the ability to be enabled and disabled. If you have any existing policies they will be defaulted to active.
The process that is running decommissioning is being upgraded. All actions will be run serially. Previously some actions ran in parallel, that will no longer be the case. This will provide a more consistent order of operations for the decommissioning actions to follow.
In log view, all buttons and actions will be rolled up into an actions menu in the top right.
Decommissioning actions will have the ability to be set as complete. If a decommissioning action fails and an admin wants to take care of that action outside of the policy, the admin can complete it and the policy will move on.
Previously the delete user action would process regardless of logs being acknowledged. In the new version, the delete user action will have the optional step of having the logs acknowledged before deleting the user.
The document transfer action will be using Google’s Data Transfer API for processing. This will transfer all documents owned by the decommissioned user.
The calendar transfer action will be using Google’s Data Transfer API for processing. Previously all calendars were transferred, but in the new version only the primary calendar will be transferred.
September 2
Bug Fixes
User Management > User
Fixed an issue where some user profile headers weren't displaying title and organization.
User Management > User > Profile
Fixed an issue where some user profiles weren’t displaying their Organizational Unit.
Reports > Site Ownership Report
Fixed an issue where the Site Ownership report was failing.
Tools > Bulk Operations
Fixed an issue where Bulk Operations were not updating other addresses on some user profiles.
August 25
Bug Fixes
gPanel Sign In
Fixed an issue where a blank screen would appear upon logging into gPanel.
User Management > Add User
Fixed an issue where new users were unable to be created.
User Management > Profile
Fixed an issue where some user profiles were showing up blank.
User Management > Profile > External IDs
Fixed an issue where external IDs were not saving properly and couldn’t be edited.
User Management > Profile > Organizations
Fixed an issue where the organization title and description would not save once updated.
Directory > Organizational Units > Move Members
Fixed an issue that occurred when trying to move users to different OUs. This action can now be completed without error.
Tools > Bulk Operations
Fixed an issue where Bulk Operations were not updating user profile fields. Bulk Operations are now updating user profile fields correctly.
Plans & Billing > Settings > Payments Contacts
Fixed an issue where the primary contact would not save once updated.
Plans & Billing > Settings > Notifications
Fixed an issue where G Suite license count notifications were able to be created without a contact email address. Notifications now require a contact email address.
August 11
Updates
User Management > User > Profile
Employee information has been added to the Profile section of User Management. Due to a Google API limitation, Building ID, Floor Name, and Floor Section can only be edited through the Google Admin Console.
August 4
Bug Fixes
Admin alert emails
Fixed an issue where the gPanel logo in alert emails was not working.
Tools > Bulk Operations
Fixed an issue where the suspend users bulk operation was not running completely and returning errors. This bulk operation can now be run without issue.
Calendars > Resource Calendars > Sharing
Fixed an issue that occurred when adding a user to a calendar. The calendar did not show up until the user was removed and then added again. Users can now be added to calendars without issue.
Updates
Directory > Groups
Groups now have their own unique, direct link within the User Portal side of gPanel. When you open a group in gPanel, the URL is unique to that group and can be sent to anyone in the user role in your organization to access that specific group.
July 28
Updates
Labs Update
All labs have graduated.
Business Group Settings Deprecated Fields
All Business Group Settings deprecated fields are now removed from gPanel.
In addition, the fields that have been added to replace these have now been added to gPanel under Business Group Settings > Permissions and are listed below.
Who Can Moderate Members
Who Can Moderate Content
Who Can Assist Content
Search
Google’s global user ID is now able to be used to search for users.
User Portal > Directory Search
All user profile fields are now exposed in directory search.
Administration > Role Manager > Permissions
Added directory search permissions so admins can determine which actions are available in directory search.
Drive > Transfer Ownership
Updated Drive Transfer to include the option to send a notification to a specified user or group upon completion.
July 14
Updates
Reports > Add Report > Email Activity
The Email Activity report has a new option for reporting. Instead of selecting a fixed date range, the report can now be run on a set number of days in the past. For example, if you'd like the report to process the last 30 days, you would enter 30 into the "Last X number of days" field.
July 7
Bug Fixes
gPanel Home
Fixed an issue where upon logging into gPanel, a white screen would show and nothing in gPanel could be accessed. This white screen is no longer appearing.
Decommissioning > Create Policy > Users > Transfer Calendars
Fixed an issue where calendars being transferred when using the Transfer Calendars action in a Decommissioning policy were being set to "Hidden." The calendars will now be shown by default.
June 30
Bug Fixes
Reports > Externally Owned Docs > External Email Addresses
Fixed an issue where users were able to enter a non-complete email address when creating an Externally Owned Docs report. Now only valid email addresses are allowed to be configured.
Reports > Externally Owned Docs
Fixed an issue where the External Email Addresses section was showing twice when editing a saved Externally Owned Docs report. This section now only shows once.
Fixed an issue where the Externally Owned Docs report was incorrectly writing to a spreadsheet and duplicating rows. This report now runs correctly to a spreadsheet without duplication issues.
Fixed an issue where re-running or editing an existing Externally Owned Docs report was not working and the External Email Address was not being saved. An existing report can now be ran and edited without issue.
Reports > Docs Shared Externally
Fixed an issue where the Docs Shared Externally report was not completing correctly. This report now runs and completes correctly.
Calendars > Resource Calendars
Fixed an issue where the search icon was not working and the “Show auto-generated name” toggle was overlapping with calendars. The search icon has been removed and the toggle is now usable. When searching for calendars, a typeahead list appears that you can choose from.
Reports > Reporting on Documents That Contain a CC Number or SSN
Fixed an issue where the Reporting on Documents That Contain a CC Number or SSN report was getting stuck and not completing. This report is now running correctly and completing.
Updates
Drive > Transfer Ownership
A warning confirmation has been added to the Drive Transfer feature to notify that this process is about to transfer the entire user’s drive to the destination user.
June 23
Bug Fixes
Calendars > Resource Calendars > Sharing
Fixed an issue where gPanel was freezing up when removing a group from a resource calendar. This action can now be completed without interruption.
Bulk Operations > Bulk Add Users
Fixed an issue where clicking on “Click here to view the spreadsheet” after starting a bulk upload users process would produce an error that said “Sorry, unable to open the file at this time.” Admins can now view the spreadsheet once the bulk upload users process begins.
Reports > Hangouts Meet Metrics Report
Fixed an issue where the Hangouts Meet Metrics report was returning “-1” in the Active Users column. This report is now running correctly and returning accurate data.
Reports > Doc Activity Report
Fixed an issue where Doc Activity Report was not working and returning an error. This report is now running correctly and returning accurate data.
Drive > Drive Explorer
Fixed an issue where some documents were not able to be viewed in Drive Explorer. All documents can now be viewed without issue.
Updates
Labs Update
The following labs will be moving out of labs in 30 days and will become permanent features in gPanel:
Domain Defaults
Gmail User Settings Beta
Resource Calendar Templates
Transfer Calendars
Resource Calendars Beta **NOTE: This will replace the current Resource Calendar view and will be the new design moving forward.
Business Group Settings Deprecated Fields
The following Business Group Settings fields are deprecated and will be removed in the future. You will not be able to modify these fields through gPanel anymore due to Google API deprecation.
whoCanInvite
maxMessageBytes
showInGroupDirectory
allowGoogleCommunication
messageDisplayFont
allowWebPosting
June 18
Bug Fixes
Drive > Ownership Transfer Logs
Fixed an issue where Ownership Transfer Logs were stuck on “In Progress” status even though the process was being completed. The logs have been updated and should now show “Complete” status.
Calendars > Calendar Transfer Logs
Fixed an issue where Calendar Transfer Logs were stuck on “In Progress” status even though the process was being completed. The logs have been updated and should now show “Complete” status.
Calendars
Fixed an issue where user filtering was not working. Admins can now filter the user list by All, Active, or Suspended users.
Updates
Drive > Drive Search
Admins can now filter Drive Search by All, Active, or Suspended users. To learn how to use this feature, .
Plans & Billing
Offline domains can now view user count based on past purchases with Promevo for Current Subscriptions.
Tools > Bulk Operations > Bulk Upload Users
Admins can now bulk upload users in bulk operations. to learn how to bulk upload users.
Drive > Drive Explorer
Previously in Drive Explorer, when a user was searched and selected, you would have to click the search icon to open the selected user’s drive. This functionality has been updated so that instead of clicking the search icon, you can hit the “Enter” button on your keyboard to open the user. This cuts down on the number of clicks needed to open a user’s drive.
Drive > Drive Explorer
Admins can now filter the user list by All, Active, or Suspended users.
June 10
New Calendar Transfer Feature
A new Calendar Transfer feature has been added to the Calendars section of gPanel. This feature allows the bulk transfer of events from one user to another user. This feature will only transfer future, non-private events with at least 1 guest or resource. Learn how to complete a calendar transfer with this help article.
May 13
Drive Transfer Update
Drive Transfer is getting an update next week on Tuesday, May 19. We are switching to the latest and greatest API from Google, which is a Data Transfer API. This means that Drive Transfer in gPanel will be changing slightly.
This feature will be in the same place, it will just look and act different. You will simply choose the original user and then the new user that you'd like to transfer the Drive to.
What's Changing?
Previously you were able to choose between transferring all docs or a particular folder. In the new functionality the entire Drive will be transferred to the destination user.
Previously you were able to choose an action to take on the transferring document’s shares. For example, you could leave the previous owner as an editor or viewer. In the new functionality there will not be an option to choose an action and the previous owner will be left as an editor.
April 3
New UI for Resource Calendars Beta
We are excited to let you know that we are in the process of redesigning gPanel to help you manage your domain faster and easier than ever before. The new design will be simple, modern, and easy to use. We will be continually rolling out the new UI as more features are updated.
The first section that has been updated with the new UI is Resource Calendars Beta. All functionality of this feature is staying exactly the same—the only thing changing is the design. This feature will be staying in beta for 30 days and then will be released to everyone.
Stay tuned for more updates and resources regarding the new UI!
February 4
Bug Fixes
User Management > Select User > Profile
Fixed an issue that would occur when a relation was added to a user profile (ex. Mother or Father) and the field was changing to "Other" after being saved.
User Management > Select User > Gmail Settings > Signatures
Tools > Signature Templates
Fixed an issue where a signature template was applied and phone numbers were not showing within the signature for some users.
User Management > Select User > Gmail Settings > Signatures
Fixed an issue where websites were not able to be applied to a single user's signature.
Drive > Drive Sweep
Fixed an issue where Drive Sweep was not saving.
Reports > Email Forwarding
Fixed an issue where reports did not show active forwarding.
January 14
Bug Fixes
Reports > Site Ownership
Fixed an issue where the Site Ownership report was not populating. The report is now populating.
User Management > Select User > Gmail Settings > Signatures
Tools > Signature Templates
Fixed an error that would occur when a signature template was added to a user profile with a group email as the send as account. This action can now be completed without error.
Updates
User Management > User Profile
Tools > Bulk Upload Users
Updated user profile to include "Notes" and "Websites" fields. These fields can now be used when using the bulk user profile uploader.
January 7
Bug Fixes
Drive > Drive Search
Fixed an issue where the ability to "View" a file was not working.
User Management > Select User > Gmail Settings > Signatures
Tools > Signature Templates
Fixed an issue where Signature Templates were not completing.
Fixed an issue where a Signature Template would be applied correctly, but some signatures were missing information.
Updates
Drive > Drive Sweep
Fixed an issue where Drive Sweep was no longer running. Drive Sweep has been moved to a different infrastructure and is now working for all domains. Time between sweeps has been increased to 2 hours for the interim while we monitor the result of the transition. This time will decrease in the future.
Drive > Drive Search
The options in Drive Sweep should now mimic the functionality of Google Drive.
Reports > Gmail Usage Under 1 MB
Admins can now pull a report that shows users with mailboxes using less than 1 MB of storage.
2019
December 30
Bug Fixes
Reports > Email Forwarding
Fixed an issue where the email forwarding report was not pulling the correct information.
Updates
Exports
All exports in gPanel have been upgraded to the new spreadsheets API. This will make exports faster and will export 100 lines at a time instead of one by one.
Drive > Drive Explorer > Transfer Ownership
There is now a mandatory checkbox in Drive Transfer Ownership when "Remove all shares" is selected. This is so that admins understand and acknowledge that all sharing permissions will be removed.
Reports > Docs Shared Externally
In the Docs Shared Externally report, there are now separate columns for internal and external email addresses. This allows admins to see all shares of documents for externally and internally shared email accounts.
November 19
Bug Fixes
Tools > Decommissioning
Fixed an issue with Gmail Export in the decommissioning process where the action showed as “Waiting for Google to complete export request” but the Gmail Export showed as “Export Complete.”
User Management > Select User > Gmail Settings > Send As
Fixed an issue in Gmail settings where trying to set default Send As would revert.
Tools > Bulk Operations
Fixed an issue where there would be an unknown error after trying to create/add bulk operations.
User Management > Select User > Gmail Settings > Signatures
Tools > Signature Templates
Fixed an issue in Signature Templates with custom attributes not working.
September 28
Updates
Administration > Settings > Welcome Templates
Added the ability to create welcome letter templates. After creation these templates can be used when sending a welcome letter to a new user of the domain.
Plans & Billing > Additional Licenses
Google Workspace Frontline incremental licenses are now available to be purchased via gPanel
Bug Fixes
Reports > Hangouts Meet Metrics Report
Fixed an issue with the report where some lines were duplicated