Functionality Available for Testing

Only modules that you have purchased and enabled in your production account are available in your release preview account. Make sure you understand the limitations of the release preview account when you use it to test features with your business workflows.

Functionality Not Available for Testing in Release Preview Accounts

The following table lists features that are not available for testing in release preview accounts.

Note:

Omission from the following table does not guarantee availability.

If you are interested in using some of this functionality in your release preview account, please open an Enhancement Request. This will help prioritize future efforts. See How to Report Release Preview Issues.

Features	Notes
Integrations	No integrations are supported. This includes the OpenAir <> NetSuite integration, custom integrations leveraging OpenAir API, OpenAir Integration Manager (OpenAir Connect) among other integrations. The only exception is the OpenAir OData service (Business Intelligence Connector). When testing this feature on your release preview account, you should keep data volumes to a minimum to avoid performance issues impacting the release preview environment.
Thin Clients	OpenAir Mobile for iPhone or Android devices, OpenAir OffLine, OpenAir Exchange Manager, OpenAir Outlook Connector, OpenAir Project Connector.
Scheduled Events	Anything running at a ‘specified time’. This includes Automatic Backup Service, auto-billing, scheduled reports, scheduled alerts, scheduled scripts, leave accrual runs, charge projections. This also includes daily foreign currency updates for multicurrency accounts. Note: Jobs which allow a “manual” run can be run manually, such as charge projections and leave accrual, unless otherwise specified as not supported. The NetSuite OpenAir/NetSuite integration is not supported.
Email	No emails are sent from release preview accounts for any activity.
SAML Single Sign-On	SAML authentication is not supported. Note: Users accessing your OpenAir production account using single sign-on cannot access the release preview account unless an account administrator or a user with the relevant access and role permissions turns SAML authentication off and resets the password for these users in the release preview account.
Forgot your password or ID?	The Forgot your password or ID functionality is not supported on the login page for your release preview account.
Reset your password or unlock your user account	The Reset your password or unlock your user account functionality is not supported on the login page for your release preview account.
Account Refresh and Retention	Your release preview account cannot be refreshed with the your production account data during the preview period. The release preview account is available only during the preview period. Access to your release preview account ends on the date your production account is upgraded to the new release. Data and configuration changes made in your preview account cannot be transferred to your production account or sandbox account.

Features

Notes

Integrations

No integrations are supported. This includes the OpenAir <> NetSuite integration, custom integrations leveraging OpenAir API, OpenAir Integration Manager (OpenAir Connect) among other integrations.

The only exception is the OpenAir OData service (Business Intelligence Connector). When testing this feature on your release preview account, you should keep data volumes to a minimum to avoid performance issues impacting the release preview environment.

Thin Clients

OpenAir Mobile for iPhone or Android devices, OpenAir OffLine, OpenAir Exchange Manager, OpenAir Outlook Connector, OpenAir Project Connector.

Scheduled Events

Anything running at a ‘specified time’. This includes Automatic Backup Service, auto-billing, scheduled reports, scheduled alerts, scheduled scripts, leave accrual runs, charge projections. This also includes daily foreign currency updates for multicurrency accounts.

Note:

Jobs which allow a “manual” run can be run manually, such as charge projections and leave accrual, unless otherwise specified as not supported. The NetSuite OpenAir/NetSuite integration is not supported.

No emails are sent from release preview accounts for any activity.

SAML Single Sign-On

SAML authentication is not supported.

Note:

Users accessing your OpenAir production account using single sign-on cannot access the release preview account unless an account administrator or a user with the relevant access and role permissions turns SAML authentication off and resets the password for these users in the release preview account.

Forgot your password or ID?

The Forgot your password or ID functionality is not supported on the login page for your release preview account.

Reset your password or unlock your user account

The Reset your password or unlock your user account functionality is not supported on the login page for your release preview account.

Account Refresh and Retention

Your release preview account cannot be refreshed with the your production account data during the preview period.

The release preview account is available only during the preview period. Access to your release preview account ends on the date your production account is upgraded to the new release.

Data and configuration changes made in your preview account cannot be transferred to your production account or sandbox account.

Functionality Not Available for Testing in Release Preview Accounts

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