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Updates to the New Costpoint Release Methodology for Cloud Customers

This section provides the latest updates to the new Costpoint Release Methodology for Cloud customers originally announced with the release of Costpoint 8.2 in June of 2023. The new release methodology allows the Costpoint team to deliver new features faster, while ensuring a higher level of quality and stability.

As a reminder with the launch of Costpoint 8.2 in June of 2023, Deltek has moved to a Quarterly Release methodology. Quarterly Releases (QRs) will include new features, defect fixes, and regulatory updates. Deltek will continue to provide monthly Maintenance Releases (MRs), except for months when a QR is provided, which will include fixes for high severity defects and regulatory updates. Deltek will provide a separate release for the Calendar Year End (CYE) updates.

Costpoint 8.2 is referred to as Deltek’s Innovation Release. Cloud customers will receive new features on a predictable quarterly schedule (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4). Deltek will continue preparing Cloud customers for upcoming new features via our Client Assistance Program (CAP).

Costpoint Cloud customers can preview new features in their Non-Production System prior to enabling the feature in their Production Environment (referred to as Opt In functionality). Enterprise customers have the opportunity to participate in a quarterly Release Validation Program (RVP). The RVP is designed to provide Enterprise customers the ability to thoroughly test the quarterly release against a copy of their production data (including custom extensions and integrations) before the Quarterly Release is applied to their Production Environment.

This information is also available in KB Article 116361.

New Starting with Costpoint 8.2.8: Opt-In Features

As an administrator, use the new Opt-In capability to enable designated new features for your Costpoint users. Opt-In features are optional during a specific timeframe. In a future Costpoint release, the features will be enabled automatically for all users.

This enhancement supports testing by users in your company. When you enable an Opt-In feature in a sandbox database, you give your users the opportunity to experience how that feature will potentially impact their workflow, data, and application use. You control the timing of this testing, which can take place before you enable the feature in a production database and before the feature is automatically enabled for all users in a release.

During the opt-in timeframe, you can also disable most Opt-In features if necessary. Once the opt-in timeframe is complete, the features are automatically enabled in the subsequent Costpoint release. While some Opt-In features may have additional settings or security to enable, most will become standard in the product.

Enable and disable the Opt-In features during the opt-in timeframe in the Manage Opt-In Features (SYMFEATURE) application in Costpoint.

The Opt-In features for Costpoint 8.2.8 are:

  • Add Costpoint AI Flag to SYMSETNG
  • CRM/Contracts Hyperlinks Additions and Updates
  • Use Planning Project budget/EAC information in Projects PSR
  • Populate CP GL budgets from BP Org Budgets
  • Home Dashboard Timesheet Hours
  • Allow query by employee status in Employee Salary Info
  • Pass User ID when sending E-mail

Throughout the Costpoint content, the Opt-In feature topics will be identified with the following label: (Opt-In Available) .

For more information about Costpoint's Opt-In capability, see Knowledge Base article #115359 in the Deltek Customer Care Knowledge Base.

Cobra Integration

With Costpoint 8.2, a change was made so all Cobra applications will be hidden from the Costpoint menus unless the integration has been set up. This change was made to reduce the visibility of unnecessary applications in Costpoint if clients are not licensed or do not have the configuration enabled.

  • If you already use the automated integration with Cobra Web Services, there is no action required. The integration in Product Configuration Utility is already set up, and you can see the connection for Cobra in Manage System Integration Accounts.
  • If you currently download the Cobra information from Costpoint without the automated integration with Cobra Web Services, then you have not set up the integration in Product Configuration and will not see the connection for Cobra in the Manage System Integration Accounts application. You MUST enable/configure this connection in the Costpoint Configuration Utility. Note that it does not have to be valid values. (Please do NOT click the Test button to validate.)

To set up the Product Configuration Utility for Cloud customers, you must complete the following form and submit a Service Request ticket.