November 30, 2020

• Introducing API and Security Permissions! These are designed to let you enhance application security by limiting users' access to resources:
  • API access: This controls access to the Creator application's APIs for all users who are assigned that permission set.
  • PII Data: This controls the availability of those fields—in forms and reports—where you've enabled the Contains personal data property.
  • ePHI Data: This controls the availability of those fields—in forms and reports—where you've enabled the Contains health info property.
• Version 5.26 of the Zoho Creator iOS app brings you the new v2 APIs that'll level up the performance of your forms in terms of usability and interaction. This enhancement is about to improve your overall experience with the application.

Bug Fixes

• There was an issue in using the Signature field in laptops with touch screens. This has been resolved.
• The date and time format for the Export/Print Audit logs is now aligned with the date and time format of the application.

November 24, 2020

• You can now control the availability of the change email address option for your portal users. We've introduced the Allow customers to change their email addresses option in the customer portal settings. Navigate to your application's Customer Portal page, then open Settings.

November 19, 2020

• For the accounts associated with our US data centers, we've upgraded a security framework that's used across our platform.
• Version 5.25.6 of the Zoho Creator iOS app introduces the following:
  • From now the Print option in reports will be available to you only when you are permitted to export data
  • Several minor bug fixes

  

November 17, 2020

• For the accounts associated with our EU data centers, we've upgraded a security framework that's used across our platform.

November 13, 2020

• We've improved the audit trail feature:
  • Audit trail is now available for all accounts using Creator 5!
  • Application activity is now presented in two tabs - Record Logs and Export & Print Logs.
  • The Capture IP Address and Source Information setting has been introduced.
• Improvements for records logs:
  • You can now export records logs as a CSV file. When selected, the filters will be applied while exporting.
  • For better security, record logs logged from today will be encrypted at rest.
  • (Unchanged) Data rentention for these logs is 365 days.
  • IP address of the end user will hereafter be captured only when the Capture IP Address and Source Information setting is enabled.
• Introducing the export & print logs:
  • This tab allows you to view the history of Export and Print actions performed by the end users while accessing your reports.
  • Data retention period for these logs is 90 days. In other words, you'll be able to view the export and print logs for the last 90 days at any time.
  • You can export these logs as a CSV file. When selected, the filters will be applied while exporting.
  • These logs will mention only those fields where the Contains personal data or Contains health info property is enabled.
  • When the Capture IP Address and Source Information setting is enabled, the end user's IP address and source information (like browser name, OS, device type) will be captured.

October 30, 2020

• File preview is here! Now while accessing reports, your end users can preview files present in the image, file upload, audio, and video fields.

October 28, 2020

• So far your application's end users were allowed to print your reports at all times. From now the Print option in reports will be available for the end user only when they are permitted. We've updated the Export permission, for both users and customers, to Export/Print.
• You can now enable encryption at rest (EAR) for phone numbers and IP addresses:
  • The encrypt data field property is now available for the phone field.
  • You'll see the Encrypt IP address checkbox when you enable capturing IP address.

October 19, 2020

• Introducing the Contains Health Info field property!
  • It's a flag that'll let you keep track of the fields in your application that contain health related data.
  • It's available for the following field types: single line, email, number, decimal, percent, currency, date, time, and date-time.
• While accessing reports, your end users can now use just the Is Empty and Is Not Empty operators when the field's encryption related properties are configured as follows:
  • Display values is set as With mask, and
  • Show value on click is Disabled

October 14, 2020

• To ensure that your application logic remains intact, you'll now be allowed to delete connections only when they are not used in any of your applications. While deleting a connection you'll be prompted with the places its used, like the integration fields, integration forms, pages, and workflows.
• We've introduced the optional connection_linkname parameter for all Deluge integration tasks that you can use in your workflows. We recommend that you check your existing Deluge integration tasks and start using connections wherever available. Refer to this page to learn how to configure a Zoho OAuth connection for your Creator account.
• The currency field now supports Cambodian Riel — currency code KHR and currency symbol ៛.
• Version 6.2.5 of the Zoho Creator Portal Android app introduces the following:
  • Support for logging in to portals using your Google and Facebook credentials when federated login is configured
  • Authentication related security improvements
  • We've enhanced the framework that caches list reports
  • Several minor bug fixes and stability updates

  

• Version 3.4 of the Customer Portal - Zoho Creator iOS app introduces the following:
  • Accessing and managing offline components just got a whole lot better!
    • Navigate to Settings > Offline Components.
    • Add the forms and list reports that you want to access offline.
    • Offline components will automatically sync every 24 hours from their last synced time.
    • Manually syncing components is also supported.
    • Lookup fields that have dynamic filters are now available offline.
  • Authentication related security improvements.
  • Support for logging in to portals using your Google and Facebook credentials when federated login is configured.
  • You can now enter formatted text in the rich text fields using their preconfigured styling options.
  • You can now switch to the Satellite and Hybrid views while accessing map reports.
  • Support for the right-to-left (RTL) application layout.
  • All ZML based pages will now be cached each time you access them. This'll improve their usability during your subsequent visits.
  • Improvements with regard to scanning QR codes and barcodes.
  • Optimizations to accessing the detail view in reports.
  • You'll now see the Export PDF option in the detail view when a print template has been configured for the report.
  • Several minor bug fixes and stability updates.

  

September 23, 2020

• Since creating pivot charts and pivot tables in Creator requires a one-time handshake with Zoho Analytics, your users—who are permitted to create reports—will now be prompted that the first pivot report in the application must be created by the admin.

September 18, 2020

• The toFile function is now supported in Creator.

September 17, 2020

Version 5.24 of the Zoho Creator iOS app introduces the following:

• You can now enter formatted text in the rich text fields using their preconfigured styling options
• Accessing and managing offline components just got a whole lot better!
  • Navigate to Settings > Offline Components
  • Add the forms and list reports that you want to access offline
  • Offline components will automatically sync every 24 hours from their last synced time
  • Manually syncing components is also supported
  • Lookup fields that have dynamic filters are now available offline

  

Bug fixes

• The insert record task was failing when an empty collection was passed to a subform. We've now fixed this.

September 16, 2020

• You can now export up to 100,000 user and customer email addresses from your application's Settings.

September 14, 2020

• Introducing the API access permission for users!
  • It determines if the users—associated with a permission set—are allowed to use your Creator application's APIs.
  • It is enabled by default. You'll have to disable it if required.
  • When disabled, the Creator APIs will respond with the status code1130 and message "You do not have permission to access this application's APIs. Please check with the application admin.".

  

September 11, 2020

• v2 API based Creator integration Deluge tasks are now available! The existing v1 API-based Creator integration tasks have been restructured from zoho.creator.{action} to zoho.creator.v1.{action}.
• The ZohoShowtime.talkapi.CREATE and ZohoShowtime.talkapi.UPDATE scopes are now available in the Zoho OAuth connection.

September 10, 2020

• You can now opt to create functions when you add workflows to your applications:

  

August 26, 2020

• Introducing the translate task in Deluge! It translates the input text to the specified language.
• Version 5.23.11 of the Zoho Creator iOS app introduces the following:
  • All ZML based pages will now be cached each time you access them. This'll improve their usability during your subsequent visits.
  • Several minor bug fixes

  

August 24, 2020

• Creator is now integrated with Zoho Directory! ZD enables you to govern your Creator applications better by allowing you to:
  • Define security policies, which consist of password policies, allowed IP addresses, multi-factor authentication (MFA), and web session management
  • Enable single sign-on (SSO) for your Creator applications by delegating user authentication to an identity provider (IdP) that supports SAML
  • Connect with your organization's Active Directory or LDAP server for managing users

August 21, 2020

• Now when your users access the integration field from web browsers, they'll be shown a tooltip when they try to select a display field that does not support searching for data. Learn more

August 18, 2020

• You can now configure published pages to display published components inside them:
  • Now when you publish a page, you'll also get to publish the components inside it
  • After publishing the required components, you'll have to edit your page, select the required form, report, and search elements, and then toggle their Allow public access option to Yes

August 17, 2020

• Version 6.1.9 of the Zoho Creator Android app introduces the following:
  • Accessing and managing offline components just got a whole lot better! Navigate to Settings > Offline Components.
  • Lookup fields that have dynamic filters are now available offline.
  • You can now switch to the Satellite, Hybrid, and Terrain views while accessing map reports.
  • To improve their usability, all reports except pivot charts and pivot tables will now be cached each time you access them.
  • We’ve updated the framework that’s responsible for opening URLs and app components.

  

• Version 6.1.9 of the Zoho Creator Portal Android app introduces the following:
  • Accessing and managing offline components just got a whole lot better! Navigate to Settings > Offline Components.
  • Lookup fields that have dynamic filters are now available offline.
  • You can now switch to the Satellite, Hybrid, and Terrain views while accessing map reports.
  • To improve their usability, all reports except pivot charts and pivot tables will now be cached each time you access them.
  • We’ve updated the framework that’s responsible for opening URLs and app components.

  

August 14, 2020

• We've updated our phone number library.

August 12, 2020

• Introducing the app language identification task!
  • This Deluge task returns the language in which the logged-in user is accessing your application. You can use this information to further localize your apps.
  • For example, you can store the translations for notes and the messages for email and alert tasks in a form, find out the language in which the logged-in user is accessing your application, then show them the required content.
• A Student Admission Management application has been added to Zoho Creator's App Deck. You can install it from the gallery.

  

August 10, 2020

• So far, applications that were configured to Let the user choose their preferred language would be shown in English until the user-selected one of the other languages. We've now enabled you to customize this aspect of localization via the Default Language Choice:

  

August 3, 2020

• Now while accessing a report from a web browser and PWA, the quick filter menu will span a fixed height. So far it used to span across the report's height, making it difficult to see the other available filters.
• You can now hide the Reset and Cancelbuttons in your forms. Perform this customization from the Form Properties pane:

  

July 30, 2020

• The image field, when configured to accept a URL input, will now only accept a URL that starts with http or https

Changes

• For performance reasons, we've now restricted the navigation from one detail view to another (enabled by the Link to view property of lookup and subform fields) to up to six levels.

• You can now deactivate, delete, and activate sender email addresses and domains
• The Zoho Sprints scopes are now available in the Zoho OAuth connection

Bug fixes

• The getJSON function now supports returning values of type list and key-value collection. So far, these types of values were being returned as text.
• We've introduced several fixes for using the name and address fields in pivot tables and pivot charts

July 27, 2020

• We've updated our framework for exporting a record as PDF. With this update:
  • The table and subform headers will now be repeated on all the pages that display the table or subform content
  • CSS-based page breaks are now supported
  • An output PDF's size may increase when the content contains images

July 23, 2020

• Several minor fixes for rendering the reports created by users

July 22, 2020

• Now the time shown in logs, backup and restore, publish, and audit trail will follow the time format (12 hours / 24 hour) and timezone set in the application’s Settings

July 15, 2020

• Introducing Cloud Functions!
  • You can now code application logic using Java and Node.js. Learn more
  • Availability: This feature is now available for the accounts in Zoho's US DC that own a Premium or above subscription from Creator's latest pricing. We'll be phasing it in for the accounts in other DCs.

July 13, 2020

• You can now export the user and customer email addresses from your application's Settings.

July 8, 2020

• We've introduced the following input validations:
  • The name of a group, role, permission set, profile or data sharing rule can now include the following special characters: hyphen (-) underscore (_), asterisk (*), at (@), backslash (\), forward slash (/), exclamation mark (!), colon (:), pipe (|), tilde (~), and ampersand (&)
  • The description of a group, role, permission set, or profile can now include the following special characters: hyphen (-) underscore (_), asterisk (*), at (@), backslash (\), forward slash (/), exclamation mark (!), colon (:), pipe (|), tilde (~), ampersand (&), parentheses (), period (.) and comma (,)

Bug fixes

• Calendar reports embedded in pages—with height as Auto—were not making optimum use of the height available to them in the pages, and were thus displaying multiple scrollbars. We've now fixed this.

July 3, 2020

• Downloading a Zoho Creator application as a rebranded mobile app is now available for accounts belonging to Zoho's CN data center (.com.cn)

June 30, 2020

• The ZohoCliq.Messages.READ scope is now available in the Zoho OAuth connection
• Version 6.1.7 of the Zoho Creator Android app brings to you fixes for the execution of workflows, displaying images in custom layouts of list reports, and rendering IFrames in pages.

  

June 26, 2020

• Now the rank and percentile functions can also operate on collection variables

June 22, 2020

• The subform header will now be frozen when you access from a web browser, except when the main form is embedded in a page.

June 19, 2020

• The following Deluge tasks are now supported in Creator: create projects in Zoho Projects and get portals from Zoho Projects

June 13, 2020

• Version 5.23.4 of the Zoho Creator iOS app introduces the following:
  • You can now switch to the Satellite and Hybrid views while accessing map reports
  • Several minor bug fixes

  

June 12, 2020

• Analyze your Creator application data in Power BI! A Zoho Creator connector (Beta) was recently launched for Power BI Desktop. It can pull the data from all reports in your Creator applications except pivot tables and pivot charts. Learn more
• The currency field now supports Aruban Florin — currency code AWG and currency symbol Afl
• Version 6.1.5 of the Zoho Creator Android app brings you fixes for the right-to-left (RTL) app layout, opening URLs, and exporting records as PDF

  

Bug fixes

• Buttons of type Reset were being displayed while creating workflows for stateless forms. We've now fixed this—only the buttons of type Submit and Button will be displayed.

June 10, 2020

• The ZohoInventory.inventoryadjustments.UPDATE scope is now available in the Zoho OAuth connection

June 9, 2020

• Record comments will now be included when you backup and restore applications

June 8, 2020

• Introducing Zoho Creator's v2 APIs! Learn more

June 2, 2020

• Zoho Expense scopes are now available in the Zoho OAuth connection
• A Laundry Management application has been added to Zoho Creator's App Deck. You can install it from the gallery.

  

June 1, 2020

• You can now start moving your applications to the new form workflows:
  • This is applicable to accounts that do not have the option to switch to the previous version of Creator
  • Create a new app to experience the feel of the new form workflows
  • Navigate to your account's updates page, click Choose apps to update, then update the required apps
  • After June 30, 2020, we will start moving your apps to the new form workflows in phases

May 29, 2020

• New form workflows are now available for new Developer signups

• The Satellite and Street views are now available when you access maps from web browsers:
  • The existing view has been named Basic
  • When your users access the map to adjust location, they'll be allowed to switch to the Street view
  • When your users access your map reports, they'll be allowed to switch to the Satellite and the Street views

May 28, 2020

• Introducing federated login support for customer portal! You can now delegate customer authentication to Google and Facebook.

May 25, 2020

• The following Creator URLs will be unfurled when they are posted as a message in Cliq. Your company logo will be shown if you've uploaded it.

  Zoho Creator URL	Its unfurled appearance in Cliq
  The URL of an application, for example: https://app.zohocreator.com/jason18/zylker-auto	Zylker Auto is the application name
  The URL of the login, signup, or reset password pages of an application's customer portal, only when it's based on a default domain. For example: https://zylker.zohocreatorportal.com
  The URL of a form, report, or page. For example: https://app.zohocreator.com/jason18/zylker-auto/#Form:Orders	Zylker Auto is the application name and All Customers is a report in it
  The publish URL or embed code of a form, report, or page. For example: https://creator.zohopublic.com/jason18/zylker-auto/form-perma/Orders/2900vYrN5xxxxxxxxYNYPrugQMBx
  The Design page of a form, report, or page. For example: https://creator.zoho.com/appbuilder/jason18/zylker-auto/formbuilder/Orders/edit
  The Setup, Home, and Subscription pages of your Creator account. For example: https://creator.zoho.com/userhome/jason18/dashboard/setup

May 21, 2020

• You can now set a background image for the panel columns and the search elements using a Web link—the URL of an image that's publicly accessible on the Web

May 18, 2020

• Version 6.1.4 of the Zoho Creator Portal Android app introduces the following:
  • We've improved the user experience with regard to selecting the preset input choices in the name, phone, address, radio, dropdown, multi select, checkbox, lookup, users, and integration fields
  • You'll now see the Export PDF option in the detail view when a print template has been configured for the report
  • While entering data, a spinner will appear to indicate the execution of workflow actions associated with that field
  • Rendering rich text in the ZML snippets on your pages is now supported
  • Several minor bug fixes

  

• Version 3.3.3 of the Customer Portal - Zoho Creator iOS app introduces the following:
  • Support for rendering rich text in the ZML snippets on your pages
  • Several minor bug fixes

  

May 16, 2020

• Introducing the layout designer for quick view! You can now create custom card-like layouts for displaying the records in the quick view of your list reports.
  • To unify layout configuration for the predefined and custom layouts, the field properties will now appear left-right
  • The Display tab of the designer will display the field properties such as display name, display values
  • The Style tab will allow you to define conditional formatting
  • The card properties can be set using the display icon in the top-right corner of the designer

May 14, 2020

• Introducing shared analytics! This feature provides a conducive method for your users to create reports while accessing your application from a web browser:
  • Users you permit to create new report will see the Reports section when they access your application
  • Users can create the following report types for forms they have access to: list, pivot table, and pivot chart
  • Users can share the reports they create with others. Actions that the other users can perform in these reports will be subject to their permissions in your app.

May 13, 2020

• Version 6.1.4 of the Zoho Creator Android app introduces the following:
  • Support for rendering rich text in the ZML snippets on your pages
  • Several minor bug fixes

  

May 11, 2020

• With regard to customizing the image field's properties:
  • We've included several more aspect ratios
  • We've grouped all the mobile-specific properties under the Mobile Properties section

Bug fixes

• Filtering a report using the Added Usersystem field wasn't working as expected
• When accessed from a PWA, the height of the elements in pages wasn't as expected

May 10, 2020

• Version 5.23 of the Zoho Creator iOS app introduces the following:
  • Support for the right-to-left (RTL) application layout
  • Support for rendering rich text in the ZML snippets on your pages
  • Improvements with regard to scanning QR codes and barcodes
  • Optimizations to accessing the detail view in reports
  • Several minor bug fixes

  

May 5, 2020

• Version 6.1.3 of the Zoho Creator Android app introduces the following:
  • We’ve improved the user experience with regard to selecting the preset input choices in the following fields: name, phone, address, radio, dropdown, multi select, checkbox, lookup, users, and integration
  • You'll now see the Export PDF option in the detail view when a print template has been configured for the report
  • While entering data, a spinner will appear to indicate the execution of workflow actions associated with that field
  • Several minor bug fixes

  

April 28, 2020

• You can now make the <text> ZML tag display rich text by adding the attribute renderAsHtml='true'
• We've improved the portal page designer. You can now:
  • Undo and redo up to ten changes
  • Set the width of the page elements as required
  • Drag and drop elements to the page more smoothly
  • Add a new element—Spacer—to your portal pages
  • More easily customize settings such as Size, Orientation, Padding, and Margin
  • Also, every page element will now behave like a section, and thus the section element has been removed from the Elements tab
  • Auto-save is now supported, and so we've removed the Save button from the builder

April 27, 2020

• Version 6.1.2 of the Zoho Creator Portal Android app introduces the support to render JavaScript widgets in pages.

  

April 25, 2020

• Version 3.3.2 of the Customer Portal - Zoho Creator iOS app introduces:
  • Support for rendering JavaScript widgets in pages
  • Several bug fixes and stability updates

  

April 24, 2020

• Version 5.22.9 of the Zoho Creator iOS app introduces the support to render JavaScript widgets in pages

  

April 23, 2020

• Introducing widgets! A widget in Zoho Creator is a dynamic JavaScript-based application:
  • You can embed widgets in your pages
  • You can make your widgets communicate with your Creator application using our JavaScript SDK
  • Here's a sample widget that lets you explore the methods available with our SDK
• Version 6.1.2 of the Zoho Creator Android app introduces the support to render JavaScript widgets in pages

  

Bug fixes

• Quick filters weren't visible in map reports when they were accessed from a PWA. We've now fixed this.

April 22, 2020

• Zoho Inventory scopes are now available in the Zoho OAuth connection
• Conditional formatting is now supported for the fields displayed in the quick view of the calendar report

April 16, 2020

• Deluge now has a logo! You can view it in Creator's Deluge script editor.

  

• Your applications will now load up to twice as fast in web browsers, as we've made improvements to the way the associated files (CSS, JS, etc.) are loaded and cached.

April 10, 2020

• Zoho Assist scopes are now available in the Zoho OAuth connection
• With regard to importing data to create an application or form, you can now:
  • View table-specific relationships in the Design tab using the View relationships of dropdown
  • Remove all or table-specific relationships in one go
  • Reset all table relationships to their original state
  • Import data from a file in your Zoho WorkDrive
  • Import up to 100 MB of data if your account is in Zoho's US DC

April 8, 2020

• Zoho ShowTime scopes are now available in the Zoho OAuth connection

April 2, 2020

• The Show seconds property of the time and date-time fields now also dictates the visibility of the seconds part in reports.
• We've improved the record template builder. It now allows you to:
  • Undo and redo up to ten changes
  • Set the width of a template element as required
  • Drag and drop elements to the template more smoothly
  • Also, every template element will now behave like a section, and thus the section element has been removed from the Elements tab
• You no longer need to enclose the URL inside the anchor tag while setting the value for a URL field in the following. Passing the anchor tag will continue to work as-is.
  • The insert record task, or
  • The update record task in the On Success block of a workflow that is triggered when a record is created or edited

March 31, 2020

• You can now edit names and addresses in spreadsheet reports:
  • The expand (>>) and collapse (<<) icons will appear in the name and address column headers
  • Upon expanding, all subfields that you've enabled in the form will appear editable

March 27, 2020

• Reply-to addresses in the sendmail task can now also be given comma-separated
• You can now use the following types of value when using the time field as criteria to fetch records:
  • A time value enclosed in single quotes or double quotes
  • A date-time value enclosed in single quotes in the 24-hour or 12-hour format (with AM/PM)
  • The zoho.currenttime system variable
  • A time field present in the same form
  • A time or date-time field present in a related form (related via a subform or lookup field)

March 23, 2020

Improvements

• Inline alert is now listed as a task in the On Validate block's Deluge script editor

March 19, 2020

• New form workflows are now available for new signups. Learn more

March 18, 2020

• Version 3.3.1 of the Customer Portal - Zoho Creator iOS app introduces:
  • We’ve improved the user experience with regard to selecting the preset input choices in the following fields: name, phone, address, radio, dropdown, multi select, checkbox, lookup, users, and integration.
  • List reports will now be cached each time you access them. This’ll improve their usability during your subsequent visits.
  • Minor stability updates and bug fixes.

  

March 17, 2020

• Grammarly is now supported in our Rich Text Editor (RTE)

  

• Other improvements introduced in our RTE, which you use while configuring email notifications and the add notes field, and while accessing the rich text field.
  • A new UI and new fonts: Calibri, Garamond, Narrow, and Wide
  • Fixed spacing, alignment, and numbering issues that would occur upon pasting formatted text in the RTE

  

March 12, 2020

• A Gym Management application has been added to Zoho Creator's App Deck. You can install it from the gallery.

  

March 9, 2020

• The Notify Admin/User on Signup checkbox has been introduced for public and restricted portals. Upon checking this, the admin will be notified when a user signs up to these types of portals.

  

March 6, 2020

• The alert task now also supports displaying the message below a field. Learn more
  alert(<field_link_name>, <message>);
  • This is not a change in the existing syntax but is simply an extension to it
  • This syntax is supported only in the On Validate event of the form
  • The alert task's message can be shown below all field types except subform, formula, auto number, add notes, section, prediction, object detection, OCR, sentiment analysis, and keyword extraction
• Version 5.22 of the Zoho Creator iOS app introduces:
  • We’ve improved the user experience with regard to selecting the preset input choices in the following fields: name, phone, address, radio, dropdown, multi select, checkbox, lookup, users, and integration
  • List reports will now be cached each time you access them. This will improve their usability during your subsequent visits.
  • Minor stability updates and bug fixes

  

• Version 6.1.0 of the Zoho Creator Android app introduces:
  • Fixes for HTML snippets and search elements in pages
  • Minor stability updates

  

February 21, 2020

• The lookup field now supports looking up data from the same form. Such a lookup field cannot be bidirectional.

Changes

• Now the leftpad and rightpad functions can pad a maximum of 100,000 white spaces to the input string

February 15, 2020

• Version 5.21.11 of the Zoho Creator iOS app introduces:
  • You can now search for data across your Zoho apps by launching Zia Search from your list reports
  • Few minor bugs fixes

  

February 14, 2020

• Version 6.0.9 of the Zoho Creator Android app introduces:
  • You can now search for data across your Zoho apps by launching Zia Search from your list reports
  • Few minor bugs fixes

  

February 13, 2020

• You can now transfer the ownership of your app to one of its developers. In other words, you can change your app's admin:
  • Navigate to your app's Settings page. Hover over Admin below the app's name, then click the Change button.
  • Upon changing the app admin, you (the former admin) will become a developer of that app.

  

February 7, 2020

• You can now configure schedules based on the required timezone. So far schedules were being run as per the timezone set in the app's settings. To change the timezone of a schedule:
  1. Edit your app.
  2. Navigate to the Workflows page, then the Schedules page.
  3. Select the required schedule. The workflow builder will appear.
  4. Click the Properties button near the top-right corner of the builder. The Workflow Properties pane will appear.
  5. Select the required Time zone, then close the builder.

February 4, 2020

• The Deluge tasks for integrating with Zoho Sheet are now available in Zoho Creator. Learn more
• Version 6.0.8 of the Zoho Creator Android app introduces:
  • The currency field will now sport the currency’s symbol instead of its three-letter code
  • Fix for the app crash issue that was intermittently happening upon submitting forms with images
  • Few minor bug fixes and stability updates
  

January 31, 2020

• Support for the unixEpoch function — it returns the number of seconds that have elapsed since 00:00:00 UTC on January 1, 1970 (the Unix epoch)

January 29, 2020

• Support for the rank function — it sorts a collection of numerical values and then returns the rank (or position) of the given value in that sorted collection

January 28, 2020

• When accessed from mobile browsers, your Zoho Creator apps will become Progressive Web Apps (PWAs). Learn more
  • Your users will be able to add your apps to their mobile device's home screen
  • Your users will experience an improved responsiveness and support for accessing some of their device's native capabilities

January 27, 2020

• Zoho Creator's app building interface is now also available in Arabic. The interface will be translated when your web browser's language is set to Arabic.

January 21, 2020

• The Deluge tasks for integrating with Zoho Connect are now available in Zoho Creator. Learn more

January 17, 2020

• The ZohoPayroll.payrollrun.Update and ZohoProjects.portals.READ scopes are now available in the Zoho OAuth connection

January 14, 2020

• Errors that occur during the execution of the workflow behind action items will now be logged
• Version 6.0.7 of the Zoho Creator Android app introduces:
  • In list reports, you can now group and sort records using the fields in related forms
  • In kanban reports, you can now sort records using the fields in related forms
  • Few minor fixes have been introduced for calendar reports
  

January 10, 2020

• The criteria_map parameter is now supported for the zoho.inventory.getRecords Deluge task in Zoho Creator.

January 9, 2020

• In line with our anti-spam policy, new signups will not be allowed to share their apps or configure email notifications till they confirm their email address. All relevant screens will display a note when this confirmation is pending.

December 27, 2019

• The currency field now supports Ethiopian Birr — currency code ETB and currency symbol Br
• A Legal Case Management application has been added to Zoho Creator's App Deck. You can install it from the gallery.

  

December 17, 2019

• Connecting your account with QuickBooks will now follow the OAuth 2.0 standard.

December 14, 2019

• Version 5.21.7 of the Zoho Creator iOS app fixes a few edge cases with regard to:
  • Inclusion of images while printing records as PDF
  • Deletion of subform data

  

December 5, 2019

• We've tweaked the lookup field's internal framework. When you access forms that contain lookup fields, you may experience a performance improvement.

Changes

• When the application date format shows just the last two digits of the year (such as dd-MM-yy, yy.MM.dd) the date pickers in that app, both while accessing it and editing it, will allow selecting dates from a range of 100 years—from 79 years in the past to 20 years in the future. For example, today the date picker in such apps will allow selecting dates from 1940-2039. So far the date pickers were not restricted.

November 28, 2019

• Version 5.21.3 of the Zoho Creator iOS app introduces:
  • Improved phone number validation: Form submission will now be prevented when the phone field contains an input that doesn’t conform to the selected country’s phone number conventions.
  • Minor fixes with regard to rendering IFrame in pages

  

November 27, 2019

• Currency field now supports:
  • Uzbekistani Som - currency code UZS and currency symbol so'm
  • Tajikistani Somoni - currency code TJS and currency symbol SM

November 20, 2019

• Version 5.21.1 of the Zoho Creator iOS app introduces:
  • Support for redirecting an offline form to another offline form or report
  • Few minor bug fixes

  

• Version 3.2.1 of the Customer Portal - Zoho Creator iOS app introduces:
  • Support for redirecting an offline form to another offline form or report
  • Few minor bug fixes

  

November 13, 2019

• Version 6.0.2 of the Zoho Creator Portal Android app introduces minor bug fixes and the support for:
  • Entering time
  • Viewing time in the 12 hour format
  • The search element in pages
  • Custom filters and quick filters in map reports
  

November 12, 2019

• We've introduced fields that use Zoho's Artificial Intelligence (AI) to perform prediction, keyword extraction, sentiment analysis, object detection, and OCR (optical character recognition)
• AI Deluge tasks are now supported in Creator
• The relationship diagram feature has evolved in to the schema builder. Learn more
• You can now set contextual messages for your reports. Learn more
• You can now search for functions across all namespaces. Navigate to the Workflows > Functions page, select All Functions under Namespace and then search.

• Fixed few edge cases with regard to record templates that sport tables and subforms

November 8, 2019

• Version 6.0.2 of the Zoho Creator Android app introduces minor bug fixes and the support for:
  • Entering time
  • Viewing time in the 12 hour format
  • The search element in pages
  • Viewing and adding comments in a report's detail view
  • Custom filters and quick filters in map reports
  

October 23, 2019

• Your app can now display time in the 12-hour format. Learn how
• We've introduced the Time field. Learn more
• The following properties have been introduced for the time and date-time fields:
  • Minutes interval - It determines the choices that'll be available in the "minutes" part of the time picker
  • Show seconds - It determines if the "seconds" part is to be displayed in the time picker
• Introducing Record comments: Subject to their permission set, your users will now be able to comment on the records of a form. Learn more
• Introducing Search — the element in pages that enables your users in searching data across your Zoho Creator applications. Search results are displayed by filtering the configured report or page using the search input. Learn more
• We've improved the record template builder. In addition to a new UI:
  • Auto-save is now supported, and so we've removed the Save button from the builder
  • The Elements and Fields tabs have been introduced
  • A new element—Spacer—has been introduced
  • The Size, Orientation, Padding, Margin, Show header, and Show footer settings have been brought out of Properties and placed at the top of the builder

October 17, 2019

• Version 6.0.1 of the Zoho Creator Android app introduces:
  • Support for accessing custom filters in calendar reports
  • Fixes with regard to accessing reports from tablets
  

October 14, 2019

• The date-time field's initial value can now be set with zoho.currentdate as well

October 11, 2019

• The following scopes are now available in the Zoho OAuth connection:
  • Scopes for connecting with Zoho Analytics, such as ZohoReports.data.create, ZohoReports.embed.read, ZohoReports.metadata.all
  • SalesIQ.faqs.ALL, SalesIQ.faqs.CREATE, SalesIQ.faqs.DELETE, SalesIQ.faqs.UPDATE, SalesIQ.faqs.READ

October 8, 2019

• Invoke URL task is now available in the Deluge script editor of accounts using Zoho Creator 5

October 7, 2019

• In Creator 5 accounts, custom functions have been moved from Settings > Custom Functions page to Workflows > Functions page.
• The initial value property is now also available for the phone, multi select, and checkbox fields:
  • Learn how to set initial value for phone field
  • Learn how to set initial value for multi select and checkbox fields
• System variables are now supported for setting initial value:
  • The single line field's initial can be set with all system variables
  • The email field's initial value can be set with zoho.loginuserid and zoho.adminuserid. Learn how
  • The date field's initial value can be set with zoho.currentdate. Learn how
  • The date-time field's initial value can be set with zoho.currenttime. Learn how

October 1, 2019

• iPad related improvements have been introduced. Version 5.20 of the Zoho Creator iOS app introduces:
  • Improved experience of accessing image, file upload, audio, and video fields—their input options are now individually listed below the input area
  • Easier access to actions in reports—searching, grouping, and sorting data, hiding report columns, and applying custom filters are now displayed in the report header
  • Support for accessing forms with fields arranged in a multi-column layout
  

September 22, 2019

• We've opened two new data centers in Australia — blog. Signups from Australia will be connected to these data centers.

September 20, 2019

Version 5.19 of the Zoho Creator iOS app is now available:

• Users of iOS 13.0 and later can now:
  • Use the Dark Mode—great for low-light situations and is easier on your eyes
  • Draw, scribble, or doodle inputs for the image field using iOS 13’s pencil kit. This option will become available when the Camera option is enabled in that image field's properties.
  • Launch multiple windows of your app on their iPads. This will enable them to access multiple app components simultaneously. For example, they can fill out a form in one window while looking at a report or record in an adjacent one—both at the same time.
• Other improvements:
  • Support for displaying aggregates—min, max, total, and average—at the group level in reports
  

September 11, 2019

• Zoho Creator 5 accounts can now conditionally execute date field-based schedules in their apps
  • Learn how to create date field-based schedules
  • Navigate to the Properties pane of the existing schedules and then set their execution condition under Run this process

• Push notifications are now supported in rebranded mobile apps. You'll need to re-code sign your Android and iOS apps and then get your users and customers to update to this new version. For more information, refer to:
  • Code sign user app for Android
  • Code sign user app for iOS
  • Code sign customer app for Android
  • Code sign customer app for iOS

September 6, 2019

• Version 5.18 of the Zoho Creator iOS app introduces support for:
  • Displaying background image and overlay color for panel columns in pages
  • Displaying custom pin styles in map reports
  

September 4, 2019

• Zoho Creator 5 is now available for new Developer signups

September 2, 2019

• You can now create custom pin styles for map reports. Learn how
• Version 5.6.8 of the Zoho Creator Android app introduces support for:
  • Displaying background image and overlay color for panel columns in pages
  • Displaying custom pin styles in map reports
  

August 29, 2019

• You can now set a background image and overlay color for the columns in your panels. Learn how
• Following attributes are now supported for the <pc> ZML tag: bgtype, bgImagePosition, bgImageRepeat, bgHorizontalAlign, bgVerticalAlign, bgImage, overlayColor

August 21, 2019

• Version 5.6.6 of the Zoho Creator Android app introduces:
  • App shortcuts: Go to the Applications screen then long-press on an app to add its shortcut to your device’s home screen.
  • Support for capturing Added Location during offline form submission
  • Fixes with regard to the execution of workflows
  


• Version 5.16.2 of the Zoho Creator iOS app introduces:
  • Support for capturing Added Location during offline form submission
  • Few security updates and bug fixes
  

August 14, 2019

• The Groups page under Account Setup has been revamped. Accounts using Zoho Creator 5, refer to this page; other accounts, refer to this page.

August 12, 2019

• Currency field now supports Mongolia Tugrik - currency code MNT and currency symbol ₮

August 7, 2019

• Version 5.16 of the Zoho Creator iOS app introduces:
  • App Lock feature: Protect your data by securing app access using Face ID, Touch ID or passcode authentication. Go to Settings > App Lock.
  • Support for dynamically inserting rows of data in subforms
  • Support for displaying formula field data as plain text in reports
  • Form UI enhancements for iPad
  • Refactored rendering of IFrame in pages
  

August 2, 2019

• Accounts using Zoho Creator 5 can now make use of Zia-powered smart data import capabilities while creating forms as well. Notably, the new import interface also allows:
  • Establishing relationships, via lookup field, between the to-be created forms and forms that exist in your app
  • Enabling the No duplicate values and Mandatory field properties
• When formula field's data type is string, you'll get to set value for formula field's Display format in reports property. Learn more
  • It'll be set with the value HTML for all existing formula fields
  • It'll be set with the value Plain text for formula fields that you add hereafter
  • It'll be set with the value Plain text whenever the formula field's data type changes to string

August 1, 2019

• Introducing new Deluge tasks to enable you to dynamically insert and clear subform data:
  • Use subform.insert() to insert rows of data in subforms
  • Use subform.clear() to delete subform rows
  • Refer to this page for an overview of these tasks

July 22, 2019

• Collection is now supported as a return type and argument type in custom functions.

July 18, 2019

• You can now set Radio and Drop down fields as lookup's Display fields. Learn more
• We've added scopes of Zoho WorkDrive to the Zoho OAuth connection.

July 16, 2019

• Introducing the collection data type. Accounts using Zoho Creator 5 or New UI can now declare variables of this type. These variables can be manipulated using built-in functions.

July 12, 2019

• Connecting your account with Razorpay will now follow the OAuth 2.0 standard.

July 10, 2019

• The placeholder text in the currency field will now contain the hash character (#) instead of numbers. It's there in place to indicate the display format in which users can enter data.
• Version 3.0 of the Customer Portal - Zoho Creator iOS app is now available:
  • We've updated our app icon to match our new logo
  • In devices using iOS 12 and later, you can now setup Siri Shortcuts from the Settings screen and have Siri launch app components for you
  • State restoration is now supported. When you return to your app after iOS suspended it, you’ll be taken to the last screen you accessed. Alternatively, you can return to your app’s home screen upon restoration by choosing so from Settings.
  • Reports now support displaying location data as geo coordinates in decimal and DNS notations
  • Minor bug-fixes have been introduced

  

July 8, 2019

• Version 5.15.3 of the Zoho Creator iOS app introduces the support for pages to display embedded components with custom heights.

  

July 3, 2019

• You can now set a Display format for the currency fields in your forms. Learn more

June 26, 2019

• OAuth-based Deluge tasks for integrating with Zoho Desk, are now supported. Learn more

June 25, 2019

• In the Recents screen of the Zoho Creator Android app, you can now swipe to left on a component to open it in the corresponding app. Update to version 5.6.2 for this.
  

June 17, 2019

• You can now enable a right-to-left (RTL) layout for your apps when you localize them to Arabic, Azerbaijani, Hebrew, Urdu, Yiddish, and Persian. Learn more

June 15, 2019

• We've added the ZohoWriter.Merge.ALL scope to the Zoho OAuth connection.
• Version 5.15 of the Zoho Creator iOS app is now available:
  • The forms, reports, and pages in your apps will now appear in your iOS device’s Search results. You’ll need to access your apps once for Search to read the components they contain.
  • In the Recents screen, you can now swipe to left on a component to open it in the corresponding app.
  

June 3, 2019

• We've introduced customizations with regard to the columns displayed by kanban reports:
  • You can now hide the Empty column in kanban reports. You can set a custom label for it when you choose to show it.
  • You can now show/hide the Deleted Value Column
  • You can now apply a filter and make your kanban reports display select columns

May 29, 2019

• Version 5.6 of the Zoho Creator Android app is now available.
  

May 28, 2019

• We've enabled tab indexing in Zoho Creator 5. You can now use the Tab key to navigate through:
  • The options in your app's settings page
  • The Form Properties and Field Properties​ panes inside the form builder
  • The Action Types when you add actions in a workflow

May 27, 2019

• We've added the ZohoCRM.coql.READ scope to the Zoho OAuth connection.

May 14, 2019

• Introducing Gauge — the element in pages that enables a visual indication of the progress towards a goal/KPI. Learn more

April 29, 2019

• You can now launch the Zia Search interface using keyboard shortcuts: Ctrl + / in Windows, and Command-/ (⌘ + /) in Mac. These will work while you're accessing your Creator account's home page and while you're editing your apps.

April 24, 2019

• Introducing the Panel Builder—the point-and-click interface for customizing panels. With this, you'll be able to easily add to your page panels that sport multiple elements. Refer to this page to learn about the panel builder. 

April 17, 2019

• We've added the following scopes to the Zoho OAuth connection: ZohoCRM.files.CREATE, ZohoCRM.modules.attachments.all.

April 14, 2019

• Version 5.14 of the Zoho Creator iOS app introduces:
  • Ability to setup Siri Shortcuts from the Settings screen and have Siri launch app components for you
  • Uniformity across web browsers and iOS devices with regard to icon and font sizes in pages
  

April 12, 2019

• We've added the following scopes to the Zoho OAuth connection: ZohoCliq.Reminders.ALL, ZohoCliq.Teams.ALL, ZohoCliq.Buddies.READ.

April 3, 2019

• Version 5.13 of the Zoho Creator iOS app updates the app icon to match our new logo.

   

April 2, 2019

• Email management feature is available in Zoho Creator 5:
  • You'll be able to manage the verified email addresses in your account from the Sender Email tab.
  • You'll be able to authenticate the emails sent from your apps, prevent them from being marked as spam, by authentication your domain using Sender Policy Framework (SPF) and DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM).
• You can now enable Domain Restriction in your app. Accounts using Zoho Creator 5, refer to introduction and configure pages. Other accounts, refer to this page.
• Say hello to our new logo! Read this blog to know the story behind our new brand identity.

  

March 20, 2019

• Your Zoho Creator account's Home page has been revamped:
  • Accounts using Zoho Creator 5 will now be able to filter apps by workspace from their home page
  • The home pages of all other accounts have received a major revamp. Learn more

March 15, 2019

• While accessing ZML based pages from web browsers and mobile devices, elements related to form will now automatically be refreshed when users add, edit, and delete records. Things to note:
  • The elements that will be refreshed are panels, charts, reports (except pivot reports).
  • The create, update, and delete operations must happen from the same window. In other words, the corresponding form or its report must be embedded in that page. Opening the form (from the page) in a pop-up or new window will not auto-refresh the related elements in that page.

March 14, 2019

• randomNumber() is now available for accounts using Zoho Creator 5 (learn more) and accounts using New UI (learn more).

March 1, 2019

• Accounts using Zoho Creator 5 can now collect payments via Stripe. Learn how to connect your account with Stripe

February 28, 2019

• In accounts using Zoho Creator 5, two new themes (the eighth and ninth) have been introduced with regard to accessing apps from web browsers:
  • Both themes list sections on the left, with a section's icon placed above its title
  • The eighth theme sports a separate column to show the components (forms, reports, and pages) within a section and the ninth one shows the components when you hover over the section
  • Based on the color applied to these themes, the sections, app's icon, and app's header will undergo subtle UI changes

Bug fixes

• Exporting and duplicating an app were not happening when the Added Location and Modified Location system fields were used in workflows.

February 19, 2019

• The following apps have been added to Zoho Creator 5's app gallery: Hotel Management, Facilities Management, Business Finance Tracker, Property Maintenance Tracker, Approval Management, Employee Emergency Check-In, Site Inspector, Incident Tracker, Conference Room Booking, and Personal Finance Tracker.

February 14, 2019

• With regard to panel actions, you can now map static values to the arguments of custom functions.

February 13, 2019

• Accounts using Zoho Creator 5 now have a new UI for the Integration field:
  • Searching for data will be easier. Learn more
  • Hereafter you can set at most three display fields. Existing integration fields that have more than three display fields will work as is.

February 11, 2019

• Accounts using Zoho Creator 5 now have the ability to execute custom actions (in reports) after getting a confirmation from the users. Learn more
• Version 5.12 of the Zoho Creator iOS app introduces the following:
  • A major revamp of the app and overall performance tuning
  • Support for executing custom actions after a confirmation
  • Support for displaying custom actions as buttons in the detail view
  • A uniformity in access to field-specific actions while entering data, such as scanning QR code and barcode, picking a name from contacts, picking an address from a map
  • Accessing HTML and ZML pages will feel more native
  • Fixes with regard to the visibility of custom actions in the detail view, and embedded reports

  

February 8, 2019

• Accounts using Zoho Creator 5 can now add a Zoho OAuth connection from their Account Setup.
  • Understand Zoho OAuth connection
  • How to configure Zoho OAuth connection
• For accounts using Zoho Creator 5, we've brought interactivity in the reference-listing popups that appear during the following. ​Learn more 
  • Deleting fields, forms, reports, pages, and apps
  • Disabling the Capture location and Capture IP address form properties
  • Enabling and disabling the Encrypt data field property