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:
- Users are able to sync missing events from their connected calendar via the "Sync now" option
- Goals:
- Super Admins can enable milestone (progress) locking to accompany their goal locks
Updates
- Accessibility:
- Conversation responses that utilize radio buttons can now be easily identified by screen readers
- Color contrast has been added to the feedback drop-down menu (Feedback → Request) so that selections can be easily identified by sight
- Analytics:
- Expired feedbacks are no longer counted as completed feedback in the Feedback Adoption Report
- Expired feedbacks are no longer counted as completed feedback in the Feedback sections of Manager Insights and HR Insights
- Calibration:
- Cycle error messages have been updated for additional clarity
- Engage:
- Driver analysis will be performed on eNPS questions that use the 11-point scale
- A tooltip in survey reports (Favorability Score) has been updated for clarity
- Feedback:
- Users now receive a warning message if/when they attempt to un-deploy a feedback template (anytime or scheduled)
- Integrations:
- Users can install the Betterworks bot for MS Teams in their MS Teams account without assistance from an administrator
- The response for various commands in the Betterworks bot for MS Teams has been updated for clarity (i.e. if a user sends a command for the Feedback module, but the module is not enabled in Betterworks, they will receive an error message noting this)
Bug Fixes
- 1:1s:
- A bug that caused the "Bulk Create 1:1s" modal to load continuously when a calendar was connected has been fixed
- A bug that prevented a 1:1 owner from deleting an upcoming or current 1:1 has been fixed
- A bug that prevented incomplete agenda topics and action items from rolling over when a 1:1 was deleted has been fixed
- Calibration:
- A bug that prevented recognition from displaying on a user's Performance Snapshot printout has been fixed
- Conversations:
- A bug that caused part of the application's code to display in the Conversations module has been fixed
- A bug that prevented the due date from being updated after an edit request was approved has been fixed
- A bug that caused erroneous feedback templates to display on the right-side panel of an individual conversation page has been fixed
- Button width in the Conversations module has been fixed to prevent text overlap
- A bug that prevented a user's current manager from adding their previous manager to a conversation as an additional contributor has been fixed
- Engage:
- A bug that prevented users from assigning action plans to themselves has been fixed
- A bug that prevented managers from seeing survey report data within their permissions/scope has been fixed
- A bug that triggered an error message when administrators attempted to duplicate a survey has been fixed
- A bug that caused a discrepancy between the survey report data available in a manager's permissions/scope and the total data available has been fixed
- Feedback:
- A bug that allowed the "Send" button to be clicked when a conversation response exceeded the word limit (paragraph) has been fixed
- A bug that prevented one of the tooltips in a scheduled feedback template ("Step 2: Select participants") from displaying has been fixed
- A bug that caused users (who already declined to provide feedback) to display in a user's Feedback Summary printout has been fixed
- A bug that allowed Super Admins to set skip level visibility in anytime feedback templates (even though the templates should not have the option) has been fixed
- A bug that caused tabs in the Feedback module to overlap (Safari browser only) has been fixed
Preview Environment: Coming In 2 Weeks
New
- 1:1s:
- Reporting will be available from within the Admin module (Admin → Reporting → Reports → 1:1s)
- When creating a new 1:1, users will be able to see if they already have an existing or archived 1:1 with that user
Bug Fixes
- 1:1s:
- Google has verified the Betterworks domain so that users will be able to connect to the Google Calendar without receiving a warning message
- A bug that prevents users from being able to view their upcoming 1:1s will be fixed
- A text translation issue (Svenska/Swedish) will be fixed
- A bug that prevents the 1:1s module from displaying for some users, depending on their default languages, will be fixed
- A bug that prevents some users from importing meetings from their Outlook Calendar will be fixed
- A bug that prevents users from using the "Bulk Create 1:1s" option if their Google Calendar or Outlook Calendar has more than 20 meetings will be fixed
- A bug that prevents some 1:1s from loading if recurring 1:1s and ad-hoc 1:1s are both present will be fixed
- A bug that causes recurring 1:1 notifications to display the incorrect day if an ad-hoc 1:1 for the same user exists, will be fixed
- Analytics:
- A bug that prevents Super Admins from saving changes to HR Insights settings (Admin → HR Insights → Settings) if the "Conversation Response" option isn't selected, will be fixed
- Calibration:
- A bug that impacts the matrix position for 4x3 and 5x3 configurations in the Decisions Log will be fixed
- Conversations:
- A bug that prevents some new managers from receiving the "Take Ownership of Conversation" notification will be fixed
- A bug that impacts the date picker in scheduled conversation templates ("Step 8: Schedule conversation cycles", Confidential question end date) will be fixed
- A bug that prevents administrators from generating the Conversation Answers Report for conversation templates that have been disabled will be fixed
- A bug that prevents mid-cycle conversation reminders from being sent will be fixed
- A bug that prevented administrators from being able to view conversation responses via the "Review Conversations" tab (Admin → Program Configuration → Conversations → Settings → Review Conversations) will be fixed
- Feedback:
- A bug that triggers an error message when a user who has been nominated to provide feedback attempts to decline will be fixed
- A bug that causes the "Select the depth skip level managers can access" section to display in anytime feedback templates that were created before the skip level functionality was launched will be fixed
- A bug that triggers a console error when users hover over the profile photo of a feedback provider will be fixed
- A bug that triggers a console error when users attempt to open feedback from the right-side panel of an individual conversation page will be fixed
- A bug that prevents some feedback providers from clicking the "Send" button even though they've responded to all required questions will be fixed
- Integrations:
- A bug that allows users who are deactivated in Betterworks to display in the Betterworks bot for MS Teams will be fixed
- A bug that prevents users from adding goal notifications from the Betterworks bot for MS Teams to their Outlook Calendar will be fixed
- A bug that prevents users who are terminated in UKG Pro to remain active in Betterworks will be fixed
* All release updates are subject to change.