Hello Lucid Community!
This month we have new features releases popular conversations bug fixes and some new feature requests. Also check out our most important conversations to stay informed about the latest at Lucid and get even more value out of Lucidchart Lucidspark and Lucidscale!
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Most Popular Conversations
Here are the Lucid Community’s most popular posts from this month! Check them out and keep the conversation going by asking a question or sharing a tip of your own.
- School is starting!
- Cool tips and ticks
- Improve accessibility by utilizing color and contrast: Make your documents inclusive!
- 6 ways to use Visual Activities to fuel better alignment
- Share your feedback with us!
- Requesting Feedback: JSON Import / Post Document Contents !
- From Jamboard to Lucidspark: Ask questions and get support here
Implemented Feature Requests
We heard you! Check out the latest changes to our products that you’ve been asking for:
Google Meet integration: Easily create and share Lucidspark boards within a Google Meet meeting. Use Lucidspark features such as Facilitator Tools voting Breakout Boards and more to make remote working sessions even more dynamic and productive. Learn more.
Offline mode: Updates to this mode will be default for all users and no longer be part of the admin panel. Before going offline open the documents you want to edit. You will not be able to access your documents list or open new or existing documents while offline. Learn more.
Org chart updates: New user interface to support adding additional team members to org charts. We have moved the “+” icon off the border of the shape to make it easier to add team members and enhance usability.
Salesforce shape expansion: We have added 160 icons to our Salesforce library!
Datahub cloud inventory: See a full inventory of resources for your GCP AWS or Azure infrastructure in the datahub. This will require you to update your role permissions.
Credential permission process: The read-only role is now recommended instead of the custom role when creating credentials for GCP and Azure. This will help you to take the full benefit of cloud inventory and will make it an easier experience when adding more resources support. The custom role option is still available.
New Azure resources and lines: Lot Hubs Cache For Redis Data Factory Event Hubs Front Door Standard / Premium HDinsight Cluster Log Analytics Workspaces Virtual WANs Application Security Groups Event Hubs Namespaces Network Security Groups as containers.- Front Door -> Application Gateway
- Front Door -> Traffic Manager Profiles
- Front Door -> Web Applications
Azure security groups view: View of all your network security groups and application security groups at a high level.
New Events and Opportunities
- Learn how to see and build your team’s future from Lucid experts in our new live and on-demand Training Labs! Upcoming highlights:
- Getting Started with Lucidspark | Webinar: Join our Lucid product pros to learn how to use Lucidspark—an online collaborative whiteboarding tool—to up-level your team's collaboration to save time and ideate better solutions.
- Getting Started with Lucidchart | Webinar: Kick-start your diagramming journey by joining our Lucidchart product pros to learn how Lucidchart can help you visually communicate ideas information and processes.
- Check out the new Creative Facilitation Training Lab! This experience has been designed to teach you the skills you need to guide your team from complex problems to creative solutions.
Top Feature Requests
The Lucid Community’s current most popular feature requests! If you’d like to see these in the future add your thoughts to our Lucidchart Lucidspark or Lucidscale feature request form. We’d also love to see your tips and workarounds in the threads linked below.
Product | Product Idea or Feature Request | |
1 | Lucidchart | |
2 | Lucidchart | Sharing an object across layers |
3 | Lucidchart |
For more information on how these feature requests are used please refer to this “What Happens to My Feedback?” post.
New Help Center Articles + Community Posts | Lucid Support Team
Peruse the latest changes to the Help Center and tips and tricks from the Lucid Support Team to stay up to date on your favorite features!
- Auto-Numbering process shapes using conditional formatting
- Jira Cards import error
- Troubleshooting SCIM: The Two Most Common Errors
- Troubleshooting SAML: Common Errors with Solutions Provided
Known Issues
Our development team is aware of the following issues - follow the threads linked below to stay tuned for updates!
Issue | Status | |
1 | UI Mockup checkboxes are broken | Under investigation |
2 | Kanban board with dashboard template showing errors | Under investigation |
3 | Under investigation |