We’ve put together a list of some of the new bits and bobs that we have been working on and launched in the third quarter of 2024. This includes a bunch of new Connectors, product updates and launching a set of new Connectivity Tools.
Public API Connectors
We have expanded our 600+ strong Application Connector Library even further. These new fresh additions will help you streamline your processes and improve your integration capabilities.
These new connectors cover a lot of different services, ranging from customer experience and sales to data analytics, and much more.
Bloomreach – Bloomreach is a digital experience platform (DXP) that enables businesses to personalize customer interactions across digital channels.
Databricks – Databricks is a cloud-based unified data analytics platform that enables data engineering, machine learning, and data science.
Google Bid Manager – Google Bid Manager is a programmatic advertising tool that allows advertisers to purchase digital ad inventory in real-time.
Integra – Integra is a blockchain-based platform that enables secure, peer-to-peer document and contract automation, focusing on data integrity and provenance.
Intempus – Intempus is a time tracking and project management app for businesses and freelancers.
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint – Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is an endpoint security platform that helps enterprise networks prevent, detect, investigate, and respond to advanced threats.
Microsoft Power BI – Microsoft Power BI is a business analytics tool for visualizing data, sharing insights, and creating interactive reports and dashboards.
ServiceDesk Plus – ServiceDesk Plus is an IT help desk software that helps manage customer service, optimize workflows and provide extensive reporting.
SparkPost – SparkPost is a cloud-based email delivery service designed to send and track high volumes of transactional and marketing emails.
SysAid – SysAid is an IT service management (ITSM) platform that helps organizations manage their IT infrastructure and support services.
On top of these public API Connectors, we’ve also built a ton of private connectors for our partners. We’ve also been busy updating and maintaining the existing API connectors in our library.
Cyclr’s Connectivity Tools Received an Update
The newest additions to the Cyclr toolbox, our Connectivity Tools, were released out of Beta!
These tools offer you greater flexibility and control over your integration processes. They were developed to enhance your ability to manage and control data flows within your integrations. Which allows you to create more flexible and customizable solutions within the Cyclr ecosystem.
The tools have received quite an update with this release, as we added new functionalities to them. The Quick Connector (also known as HTTP Request Step) in particular has been extended with several new features.
The Quick Connector is ideal to quickly implement specific API interactions without the overhead of full connector development. As it allows you to create custom HTTP requests without needing a pre-existing Connector or creating a new Custom Connector.
This provides a flexible way for you to set up ad-hoc methods for single-use cases. You can configure various parameters like the endpoint, method type, paging, and authentication. You can also add custom scripting, handle responses in different formats (JSON, XML, etc.) and map the fields for the request and response formats to suit your needs.
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Product Updates
We have made several improvements and added more functionalities to the platform in the past quarter.
Here are some product update highlights:
- The Audit Log that is available in the Cycle Settings inside the Builder now records “Edited in builder” entries, to indicate who modified a Template or Cycle and when.
- We also made significant performance improvements for LAUNCH and Marketplaces that reduce the initial loading time for both features.
- We added a new Content-Security-Policy (CSP) Header option in General Settings. When you enable it for your Console, this allows Cyclr-served web pages (such as LAUNCH or Marketplace) to include a CSP HTTP header to include all content the page references.
- We added a New OAuth2 Refresh Token Expired Webhook. With this, you can set Cyclr to make an HTTP POST request when an OAuth2.0 Connector’s Refresh Token expires, alerting you to possible manual intervention needs.
- We enhanced Cyclr’s SFTP Compatibility. Our FTP Connector now supports updated SSH Message Authentication Codes, allowing seamless SFTP connections to sites hosted by AWS.
- Cycle Execution can now handle integers in scientific notation when received from external sources.
- We gave the Delay Step an update, where you can now map a Field to the Delay value from a previous Step. Allowing Delays to vary based on your data.
- You can now review your Step Errors and Warnings in a simpler way, as you can mark full individual pages as “Read”. You can also mark all Errors or Warnings on a particular Step as “Read”.
- We also improved Templates Exporting Options. When you export integration templates, you can now choose to only include mapped Custom Fields, or all Custom Fields.
Changes to the Cyclr API
We’ve added several new functionalities and endpoints to our own Cyclr API:
- Cyclr API’s
GET /v1.0/account/connectorsendpoint now allows querying. Therefore you can now query for installed Account Connectors by both their Names and their underlying Connector. - When you create Custom Object Categories, Cyclr will now always populate “Method” property in the Response when you use the endpoint
POST /v1.0/account/connectors/{accountConnectorId}/customcategories. - When you use the Cyclr API endpoint
POST /v1.0/connectors/{id}/installto install a Connector, Cyclr will use the default AuthenticationType unless you have specified otherwise. - We have added more Export/Import Options. You can export Templates as Cycles into Accounts directly via the Cyclr interface, and export Cycles from Accounts and import them to the Console or to another account. You can do this either through the interface or programmatically with these two new Cyclr API endpoints:
GET /v1.0/cycles/{id}/exportPOST /v1.0/cycles/import
Community Site Refresh
Following our Website Refresh in the first quarter of the year, we also gave our Community Site a makeover!
The Cyclr Community Site is home to lots of exclusive content and tutorials that can help make your integration journey smoother. It also hosts our Community Forum which is a great space to ask questions, get support and connect with other Cyclr users.
The Community Site’s new style aligns with our website, with a clean design for easier navigation. If you are a community site member, go take a peek and explore. And tell us what you think!
