Release: Feb. 28th, 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

  • 1:1s:
    • A new module (1:1s) is available
  • Analytics:
    • The HR Insights dashboard now includes a Conversation Response metric
  • App Platform:
    • Users are now able to view the JIRA details of a milestone (if applicable) by using the list goals API call
  • Engage:
    • The multi-select question option has been enabled for any legacy customers that did not have it previously

Updates

  • Analytics:
    • The Execution Insights dashboard has been optimized to improve data loading and overall performance (no visual change)
  • Engage: 
    • The Heatmap section of survey reports has been improved (i.e. headers, scrollbar, etc.) for easier viewing and printing
    • An outdated announcement banner has been removed from the top of the application
    • The pagination in the Category and Questions sections of survey reports has been changed so that each page consistently displays 50 listings
    • The "Open" option that allowed participants to respond with open text (as opposed to preset choices) has been removed from polls
    • The "Skip" button that allowed participants to skip the question has been removed from polls
  • Feedback:
    • A feedback provider is 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:
    • An HR Insights bug that caused the calendar year button to go back several years when clicked has been fixed
    • A Manager Insights bug that triggered a "[field] cannot be none" error when administrators attempt to remove metrics in the Admin module has been fixed 
  • App Platform:
    • A bug that caused special characters in some users' names to be changed (i.e. "á" changed to "?") has been fixed 
    • A bug that allowed non-administrator users to see the name, weight, and other details of private goals by using the goal weights API call has been fixed 
  • Calibration:
    • A bug that prevented results from displaying when a user entered another user's full name in the "Employee Name" or "Manager Name" filters has been fixed
    • A bug that caused the "Create" or "Save" button to remain disabled after a user was added to the session has been fixed
    • A bug that prevented users from editing a talent key field in a session if their language was set to French has been fixed
  • Conversations:
    • A bug that caused a conversation button to display as "Answer" rather than "View Conversation" has been fixed
    • A bug that caused conversations to display in the "Skip Level Conversations" tab when skip level managers were invited to a conversation as an additional contributor has been fixed
    • A bug that prevented notifications from going out if the cycle end date was edited while in progress has been fixed
    • A bug that prevented the "Answers locked on [date]" message from displaying when the conversation template was configured to lock answers on a specific date has been fixed
    • A bug that prevented the new conversation due date from displaying after an administrator approved an edit request has been fixed
    • A bug that allowed the "Create" button to display in the Conversation module for a user without a manager or their own direct reports has been fixed
    • A bug that prevented users from being nominated to provide feedback if they previously declined a request has been fixed
    • A tooltip in the anytime manager-request feedback template with incorrect text has been fixed
    • A bug that prevented administrators from viewing the skip level visibility options when configuring anytime conversation templates has been fixed
  • Engage: 
    • A bug that prevented topic data from generating sentiments in survey results has been fixed
    • A bug that prevented administrators from seeing which survey template have benchmarking available has been fixed 
    • A bug that prevented poll participants from leaving comments (when applicable) has been fixed
    • The "undefined" message that appeared if an administrator selected an invalid date and time for a poll has been fixed to indicate the actual error
  • Feedback:
    • A bug that triggered the "an email will be sent to the provider upon submitting the request" message even when notifications were disabled in the anytime feedback template has been fixed
    • A bug that prevented the "this field is required" message from being displayed when a user deletes or deselects a response on a mandatory question has been fixed
  • Goals:
    • A bug that prevented users from moving milestones from one goal to another has been fixed
  • Integrations:
    • An MS Teams bug that resulted in goals not displaying in the Betterworks bot summary has been fixed
    • An Excel bug that caused milestone names to be cut off when exported has been fixed
    • A UKG Pro bug that prevents employee terminations in UKG Pro from being reflected as user deactivations in Betterworks has been fixed

Preview Environment: Coming In 2 Weeks

New

  • 1:1s:
    • Administrators will have the option to enable/disable the 1:1s module from the Admin module
  • Analytics:
    • Users will be able to view completion stats on the Conversation Responses metric card on HR Insights
  • Conversations:
    • Administrators will be able to edit an Admin Review Period if the dates have not yet passed
  • Feedback:
    • Unanswered questions will no longer count toward the averages in the Feedback Summary
    • The table in Admin → Feedback → Settings → Request to edit will now contain a "Shared" column to show the date that feedback was originally shared
  • Goals:
    • Administrators will be able to set up goal and milestone locking
  • Integrations:
    • Betterworks will now access BambooHR via OpenID Connect to improve the flow of data (no change to the way administrators use the integration)

Updates

  • 1:1s:
    • The text for re-linking a previously disconnected 1:1s series will be changed for clarity
  • Analytics:
    • Emails that are generated from the Conversation Responses metric section of HRI Insights will now contain question details (i.e. question type, optional/required, which participant responded, etc.)
    • Confidential questions in the Conversation Responses metric section of HR Insights will now be labeled to differentiate them from general conversation questions
    • The "Department" segment in the Conversation Status and Conversation Responses metric sections of HR Insights will be changed to "Employee's Department" 
  • App Platform:
    • A translation audit and cleanup will be completed to address sections of text that remain in English when a user or organization's default language is changed

Bug Fixes

  • 1:1s:
    • A participant will no longer receive notifications for a 1:1 or 1:1 series that has been deleted by the owner participant
    • A bug that causes the wrong participant name to display in the 1:1 details will be fixed
    • A bug that prevents the owner participant from archiving a 1:1 series that has ended will be fixed
  • App Platform:
    • A bug that causes a 500 error when some organizations use a conversation API call will be fixed
  • Conversations:
    • An erroneous visibility message in the conversations popup modal will be fixed
    • A bug that triggers that calendar in the "Submit Deadline" field of a conversation template after the date has passed will be fixed
    • A bug that prevents administrators from editing conversation templates that have submit and review deadlines will be fixed
    • A bug that triggers a "you have met with [user] on invalid date" message to a new manager after they've taken ownership of a conversation will be fixed
  • Feedback:
    • A bug that triggers a console error when a user attempts to open a feedback card in Feedback → View will be fixed
    • A bug that triggers a decline notification if a user cancels their feedback submission (anytime give) will be fixed

* All release updates are subject to change.