Release: Feb. 14th, 2023

Production Environment

* Any mobile or integration updates are subject to approval by the Apple App Store, Google Play Store, and/or the application that Betterworks is integrating with.

New

• Calibration: 
  
  • User talent records will now be alphabetized within a session
• Integrations:
  • Slack
    • Users will now be able to submit a recognition post that @ mentions several users even if one of those users doesn't have the Slack integration enabled on their end

Updates

• Accessibility:
  • Various subtle updates (i.e. icon design, alternate text, etc.) designed to improve navigation for users who rely on screen readers
• Analytics:
  • In the Usage Dashboard (under the "Breakdown" and "Underlying Data" tabs), Super Admins will now be able to search for a user by their email address
  • HR Insights
    • If a conversation is not using a particular option, the associated metric will not display in the Conversation Status Summary (i.e. if a conversation does not include an Admin Review Period, the "Manager Submitted to HR" metric will not display)
• Engage:
  •  Users who access the Polls module for the first time will now have the option to view a tutorial

Bug Fixes

• Accessibility:
  • Various subtle fixes (i.e. icon design, alternate text, etc.) designed to improve navigation for users who rely on screen readers
• Analytics:
  
  • A bug that caused deactivated users to be left out of reports from the Usage Dashboard (when "Include deactivated users" is selected) has been fixed
  • HR Insights
    • A bug that resulted in a conversation miscount in the Conversation Status Summary (for some organizations) has been fixed
• Calibration:
  • A bug that prevented paragraph-type conversation responses from being pulled into a session (for some organizations) has been fixed
  • A bug that prevented an applied filter from returning the correct results (for some organizations) has been fixed
• Conversations:
  
  • A bug that caused the "Take Ownership" button to appear distorted (for managers who took over a conversation) has been fixed
  • A bug that resulted in duplicate edit requests (when a manager requests to edit a conversation that they previously took over) has been fixed
  • A bug that triggered the "Confirm meeting on [date]" text for additional contributors has been fixed
  • A bug that caused a "View Conversation" button to display in a conversation (as opposed to a "Confirm Meeting" button) has been fixed
  • A bug that triggered ad-hoc program emails to deactivated users (managers only) has been fixed
  • A bug that triggered automatic notifications to deactivated users has been fixed
• Engage:
  • A bug that allowed users to click "Next" after their poll responses were submitted has been fixed
  • A bug that prevented users from accessing a poll via the SMS invite has been fixed 
  • A bug that impacted topic segmentation in survey results has been fixed
• Feedback:
  
  • A bug that prevented some feedback providers from viewing the feedback recipient/subject's goals in the right-side panel of their feedback card has been fixed
  • A bug that prevented Super Admins from receiving an error message if/when they set an invalid hard word limit in a feedback template has been fixed
  • A bug that prevented Super Admins from cloning questions in the default anytime feedback template has been fixed
  • A bug that prevented the "Request to edit" button from being displayed on a completed feedback card has been fixed
  • A bug that resulted in an incorrect feedback count on the print preview of the Feedback Summary has been fixed
  • A bug that triggered a "Select [#] of days" error even when the option for a "Mid-cycle reminder" notification was not selected has been fixed
  • A bug that removed visibility text on a feedback card (i.e. "This feedback is visible to [User]") has been fixed
  • A bug that disabled the "Feedback created" notification option after it was selected in a feedback template has been fixed
  • A bug that prevented skip level managers from re-sorting anytime feedback properly has been fixed
  • A bug that prevented skip level managers (who are also Super Admins) from seeing the provider of anonymous feedback has been fixed
• Integrations:
  
  • Google Sheets
    • Betterworks will now disconnect automatically if/when a user's Google Workspace credentials are invalid (as opposed to retrying the connection multiple times) 
  • MS Teams
    • The user-select list for feedback will now display in alphabetical order

Preview Environment: Coming In 2 Weeks

New

• 1:1s:
  • A new module (1:1s) will be available for review
• Analytics:
  • HR Insights
    • The dashboard will now include a "Conversation Response" metric
• App Platform:
  • API
    • Users will now be able to view the JIRA details of a milestone (if applicable) via the list goal call

Updates

• Analytics:
  
  • Execution Insights
    • The dashboard will be optimized to improve data loading and overall performance (no visual change)
• Feedback:
  • A feedback provider will no longer be able to edit submitted feedback if they have a pending feedback request for the same user based on the same feedback template

Bug Fixes

• Analytics:
  
  • HR Insights
    • A bug that causes the calendar year button to go back several years when clicked will be fixed
  • Manager Insights
    • A bug that triggers a "[field] cannot be none" error when administrators attempt to remove metrics via the Admin module will be fixed 
• App Platform:
  • A bug that causes special characters in some users' names to be converted (i.e. "á" converted to "?") will be fixed 
  • API
    • A bug that allows non-administrator users to see the name, weight, and other details of private goals via the goal weights call will be fixed 
• Calibration:
  • A bug that prevents results from displaying when a user enters another user's full name in the "Employee Name" or "Manager Name" filters will be fixed
  • A bug that causes the "Create" or "Save" button to remain disabled after a user is added to the session will be fixed
  • A bug that prevents users from editing a talent key field in a session if their language is set to French will be fixed
• Conversations:
  • A bug that causes a conversation button to display as "Answer" rather than "View Conversation" will be fixed
  • A bug that causes conversations to display in the "Skip Level Conversations" tab when skip level managers are invited to a conversation as an additional contributor will be fixed
  • A bug that prevents notifications from going out if the cycle end date is edited while the cycle is in progress will be fixed
  • A bug that prevents the "Answers locked on [date]" text from displaying when the conversation template is configured to lock answers on a specific date will be fixed
  • A bug that prevents the new conversation due date from displaying after an administrator approves an edit request will be fixed
  • A bug that allows the "Create" button to display in the Conversation module when a user doesn't have a manager or their own direct reports will be fixed
  • A bug that prevents users from being nominated to provide feedback if they've previously declined a request will be fixed
  • A tooltip in the anytime manager-request feedback template with incorrect text will be fixed
  • A bug that prevents administrators from viewing the skip level visibility options when configuring anytime conversation templates will be fixed
• Engage: 
  • A bug that prevents topic data from generating sentiments in survey results will be fixed
• Feedback:
  
  • A bug that triggers the "an email will be sent to the provider upon submitting the request" when notifications are disabled in the anytime feedback template will be fixed
• Goals:
  • A bug that prevents users from moving milestones from one goal to another will be fixed
• Integrations:
  
  • MS Teams
    • A bug that results in goals not displaying on the Betterworks bot summary will be fixed
  • Excel
    • A bug that causes milestone names to be cut off when exported will be fixed

* All release updates are subject to change.