Platform Connector Releases in January 2025
Platform Connector Updates: Enhancements and Bug Fixes
IDP by Workato
Enhancement
- Introduced a new action to classify documents into predefined categories such as ‘resume’ and ‘invoice,’ using structured JSON schema responses for accurate classification results.
Bug fix
- Improved schema generation to ensure descriptions are applied correctly within structured outputs.
Hive
Enhancement
- Added OPA support to the Hive connector, enabling seamless integration with on-prem Hive instances for expanded connectivity options.
Shopify
Enhancement
- Migrated Products and Variants to GraphQL APIs to meet Shopify’s February 2025 compliance requirements.
- Introduced new triggers for created and updated Product and Variant objects.
- Added Create, Get, Update, and Delete actions, along with new Search objects using GraphQL query action, ensuring full feature parity.
OneDrive
Enhancement
- Introduced support for tenant-specific account types for Auth Code grant authentication type.
- Introduced support for Client Credentials authentication type to allow application-level access where actions are not tied to a specific user but instead to the application as a whole.
- Revamped OAuth connection settings to provide better user experience by ensuring usability consistency across all Microsoft connectors.
Gmail
Bug fix
- Introduced custom OAuth profile support in the Gmail connector, enabling customers with their own OAuth apps to seamlessly authenticate and continue operations during OAuth app reverification.
NetSuite
Enhancement
- Added the ability to set ‘bodyFieldsOnly’ in trigger and search actions, allowing for more precise data retrieval and control over response size. This ensures sublist results are excluded when unnecessary.
- Introduced new batch triggers for saved searches, including standard and custom object names, enabling efficient batch processing of records in triggers including “New standard records in a saved search”, “New/updated standard records in a saved search”, “New custom records in a saved search”, and “New/updated custom records in a saved search”.
Bug fix
- Enabled support for Inventory Number custom fields in update actions. These fields are now accessible in Create, Update, Upsert, and Search actions, ensuring comprehensive data management.
Dynamics 365
Bug fix
- Resolved authentication issues when connecting to Dynamics CRM via OPA by improving routing support for on-premises credentials. This enhancement ensures seamless integration using client credentials.
Quickbase
Bug fix
- Added support for false filters in Quickbase search actions, ensuring that queries using checkboxes set to false are processed and included in payloads for improved search accuracy.
Google Drive
Bug fix
- Enhanced the New CSV File trigger to detect and propagate column names and data, improving reliability for processing large CSV files and subsequent integrations like PostgreSQL.
- Refined the handling of 308 Resume Incomplete HTTP responses using Service Account authentication, ensuring smoother uploads for large XLSX files.
Charts by Workato
Bug fix
- Enhanced the Pie Chart functionality to handle cases where column widths exceed set limits. The chart now displays error messages when these limits are surpassed.
- Improved the Column Chart feature by addressing file path handling, ensuring all necessary files are correctly located and the chart function operates as expected.
Salesforce
Bug fix
- Optimized CSV parsing in Salesforce bulk actions to ensure smooth operation of bulk operations.
Oracle Fusion Cloud
Bug fix
- Refined authentication processes in Oracle Fusion Cloud by updating the encoding method used for the ‘Authorization’ header. This adjustment ensures connection to test environments using the same credentials.
Email by Workato
Bug fix
- Improved error handling in the Email Connector to ensure that network-related issues are clearly reported. This enhancement provides more precise error messages, facilitating easier troubleshooting.
Excel
Enhancement
- Updated the Search Workbook action in the Excel connector to fully support Korean characters, allowing for accurate searches and multilingual compatibility.
Bug fix
- Adjusted data parsing in the ‘Get Cells’ and ‘Get Rows’ actions to interpret date fields. Dates previously displayed in numeric formats are now presented accurately, improving data readability and consistency.
HubSpot
Enhancement
- Updated the help text for the “New Contact in Contact List” trigger to provide clearer instructions. The trigger now explicitly states that it checks specific HubSpot contact lists every 5 minutes for newly created contacts and retrieves all contacts during the initial run, regardless of when they were added.
AWS SNS
Bug fix
- Improved the AWS SNS connector to handle webhook notifications more effectively by ensuring proper handling of header types. This update resolves issues related to undefined methods when incorrect header formats were supplied.
Google BigQuery
Bug fix
- Added location input support in the “Load Data into Table” action to ensure data can be loaded into tables regardless of the dataset’s geographical location.
FTPS
Bug fix
- Added the missing ‘user_last_login’ table to the FTPS adapter, ensuring complete functionality and preventing interruptions related to user login tracking.
- Improved the FTPS adapter to address temporary connection issues, ensuring consistent file transfer operations.