# 2022 08 23 release notes (dashboard)

## Introduction

This page summarises release information for the Patchworks release to Production dated: **23rd August 2022**.

## New features

### Inbound API connector

Our API empowers real-time connectivity, ensuring absolute control and access to any system or data source - you can build against an iPaaS and connect to any system of choice, securely.

You can now create and publish secure API endpoints (completely code-free!) with error handling and guaranteed delivery.

All of this is achieved using an intuitive [Inbound API Connector](https://doc.wearepatchworks.com/product-documentation/release-information/tapestry-release-notes/broken-reference). 

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With this, you configure a custom entity to define what information Patchworks should expect to receive in a payload. Once this is done, the connector is ready to use in Patchworks services. Add the Inbound API Connector as a service source, choose a destination connector, define field mappings between the two and enable a secure endpoint for your API requests. Easy!

For further information and instructions, please see our documentation: [About the Patchworks Inbound API Connector](https://doc.wearepatchworks.com/product-documentation/release-information/tapestry-release-notes/broken-reference).

## Updated features

### Performance & UI enhancements for the services page

The **services list** has been optimised and is now **50x faster to load**. Additionally, the **services** page has a fresh, new look:

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Organised by **source connector**, each service (and associated options) is displayed as a single line.

## New connectors

#### Ometria

<table><thead><tr><th width="374">Push to other systems</th><th width="374">Pull from other systems</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Customers</td><td>Customers</td></tr><tr><td>Orders</td><td>Orders</td></tr><tr><td>Unsubscribed contacts</td><td>Products </td></tr></tbody></table>

## Updated connectors

| Connector | Summary      | Patchworks Ref |
| --------- | ------------ | -------------- |
| Prima     | Refactoring. | TSYS-2043      |

## Bug fixes

<table><thead><tr><th width="204">Affected feature</th><th width="407">Summary</th><th>Patchworks #</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Inbound API Connector</td><td>Under certain circumstances, the name entered for a new Inbound API connector could not be saved. </td><td>TSYS-2048</td></tr><tr><td>Authorisation for connector credentials</td><td><p>Following recent updates to handle multiple authentication types, authorisation for a new connector using existing credentials could fail. <br></p><p>This is because existing credentials would not have a setting for the <em>authorisation_type</em> property. A fallback has been added whereby the first related system authorisation type is set if none is found.</p></td><td>TSYS-2012, 2114, 2019</td></tr><tr><td>Seko API connector</td><td>Internal updates for API service and authorisation type. </td><td>TSYS-1995</td></tr></tbody></table>