Release 2021.025 - HL Vanilla Community
<main> <article class="userContent"> <h2 data-id="schedule">Schedule</h2><p>Release 2021.025 will be deployed:</p><ul><li>To staging sites : Wednesday, December 15th</li><li>To production sites : Thursday, January 6th </li><li>To Enterprise sites : Monday, January 10th</li></ul><h2 data-id="per-discussion-analytics-drill-downs">Per Discussion Analytics Drill Downs</h2><p>You can now get analytics insights and metrics on individual discussions. Understand how engaged community members are with a specific post, see how important announcements are received, and how ideas trend overtime using a dashboard that shows you how many views it has gotten, who is participating, and how users are reacting to it. </p><p>To access the report for a specific post, use the Analytics option in the thread's options menu. </p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/KR2SBX1QFDYV/screen-shot-2021-12-15-at-1-18-37-pm.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/KR2SBX1QFDYV/screen-shot-2021-12-15-at-1-18-37-pm.png" alt="Screen Shot 2021-12-15 at 1.18.37 PM.png" height="695" width="918" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <p><br></p><p>By default, the dashboard will show you the last 30 days worth of data. Use the data filter to expand or narrow down the timeframe.</p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/9W0O92H2FHHH/screen-shot-2021-12-15-at-12-54-32-pm.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/9W0O92H2FHHH/screen-shot-2021-12-15-at-12-54-32-pm.png" alt="Screen Shot 2021-12-15 at 12.54.32 PM.png" height="1636" width="2880" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <p>Available metrics include:</p><ul><li># of comments</li><li>Participants</li><li>Viewers</li><li>Pageviews</li><li>Reactions received</li><li>Participation rate per role-type</li></ul><h2 data-id="per-article-analytics-drill-downs">Per Article Analytics Drill Downs</h2><p>You can now get deeper insights on individual articles in your KB. Using our per-article analytics dashboard you can not better understand who has viewed a knowledge article, or your latest release notes and understand if users have rated the content as helpful or not. </p><p>To access per-article dashboards, use the Analytics options in the article's options menu.</p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/CCGB7T4LYJB4/screen-shot-2021-12-15-at-1-17-55-pm.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/CCGB7T4LYJB4/screen-shot-2021-12-15-at-1-17-55-pm.png" alt="Screen Shot 2021-12-15 at 1.17.55 PM.png" height="450" width="766" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <p><br></p><p>By default, the dashboard will show you the last 30 days worth of data. Use the data filter to expand or narrow down the timeframe.</p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/LZ0VWD3P7HTM/screen-shot-2021-12-15-at-1-15-13-pm.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/LZ0VWD3P7HTM/screen-shot-2021-12-15-at-1-15-13-pm.png" alt="Screen Shot 2021-12-15 at 1.15.13 PM.png" height="1000" width="1920" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <p>Available metrics include:</p><ul><li>Pageviews</li><li>Viewers</li><li>Article Feedback responses to "Was this article helpful?" </li></ul><h2 data-id="new-and-improved-webhooks">New and Improved Webhooks</h2><p>New webhook events and collections have been added to allow for deeper integrations with our platform. </p><ul><li><strong>Disciplinary actions added to User Webhook: </strong>Know when a user has been jailed/unjailed, banned/unbanned. Know the source of the action - warnings & notes, community managers or ban rules. </li><li><strong>Group Membership events added to Groups Webhook: </strong>Know when groups are added, updated or deleted, and when users join or leave Groups. </li></ul><h2 data-id="updated-search-admin-dashboard">Updated Search Admin Dashboard</h2><p>We've made some improvements to our Search Dashboard to show how much content is indexed in search for each record type vs how much content is available in the site's data base. This will allow us to better understand if there is a discrepancy between search results and available content and see how search indexing is progressing if and when search issues or concerns arise. </p><p>This page will only be visible to Site Owners and should only be used by Vanilla Support Agents.</p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/H3QZFXASRAUH/microsoftteams-image-2816-29.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/H3QZFXASRAUH/microsoftteams-image-2816-29.png" alt="MicrosoftTeams-image (16).png" height="1948" width="3742" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <h2 data-id="improvements">Improvements</h2><ul><li>Redirect guest to login when trying to view an event for which it doesn't have permissions<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4006" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4006</a></li><li>Add API hydrator - VNLA-178<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3977" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3977</a></li><li>Add hydrate middleware for checking user roles<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3976" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3976</a></li><li>Add file-system based layout support to API endpoints<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3975" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3975</a></li><li>Add discussion widgets resolvers <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3974" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3974</a></li><li>Add “Group” webhooks for group creation/modification/deletion // VNLA-819<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3973" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-</a></li><li>Add enforcement of prettier on all yml and json files<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3982" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3982cloud#3973</a></li><li>Rename `Layout` components<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3972" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3972</a></li><li> Basic CRUD layout views resources<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3971" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3971</a></li><li>Implement /api/v2/layouts/schema and `/api/v2/layouts/hydrate` endpoints <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3961" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3961</a></li><li>Create global filter component, Add global category filter, Create a UI to indicate global filter status<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3917" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3917</a></li><li>Switch default search operator applied from OR to AND<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3916" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3916</a></li><li>Add groups/events name and id tracking into analytics <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3914" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3914</a></li><li>Add Record Status Data to analytics tracking<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3910" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3910</a></li><li>Add Tags to posting analytics tracking <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3902" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">vanilla-cloud#3902</a></li><li>Increase Page limit<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3968" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3968</a></li><li>Add post moderation events and tracking<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3965" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3965</a></li><li>Add renderer for hydrated layouts<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3963" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3963</a></li><li>Create basic CRUD endpoints for layouts resource<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3962" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3962</a></li><li>Add Analytics Drilldown by Discussion <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3957" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3957</a></li><li>Add search collection to analytics <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3954" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3954</a></li><li>Add Analytics Drilldown by Articl <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3953" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3953</a></li><li>Add “Comment” data stream for when a comment is split <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3952" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3952</a></li><li>Add “Discussion” data stream for when a discussion is closed <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3949" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3949</a></li><li>Move extra locale loading to later in the bootstrapping process <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3947" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3947</a></li><li>Add config file for overriding values for elastic search boost <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3946" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3946</a></li><li>Add UserDisciplineEvent<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3945" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3945</a></li><li>Add “Discussion” data stream for when a discussion is merged <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3944" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3944</a></li><li>Add Autocomplete input field token handling<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3943" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3943</a></li><li>Basic CRUD endpoints for layouts resource<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3942" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3942</a></li><li>Address Analytics Drilldown by User Demo Feedback <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3941" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3941</a></li><li>Add tooltips for fallback community cell content<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3938" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3938</a></li><li>Add “Discussion” data stream for when a discussion is moved <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3937" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3937</a></li><li>Create new elastic search dashboard - VNLA-854<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3936" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3936</a></li><li>Set Kaltura's embed custom domains default value to an empty array<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3934" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3934</a></li><li>Add some tests and fixes for /profile/edit re-authentication<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3933" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3933</a></li><li>Add analytics tracking for user warnings<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3932" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3932</a></li><li>Make advanced table columns sortable<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3930" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3930</a></li></ul><h2 data-id="fixes">Fixes </h2><ul><li>Fix autogenerated cssClass name can be longer than validation rule<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4014" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4014</a></li><li>Fix Homograph security vulnerability that utilizes @ symbol<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4012" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4012</a></li><li>Fix icon and banner upload descriptions in category settings <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4009" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4009</a></li><li>Fix sending notifications of ignored user activity<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4008" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4008</a></li><li>Fix unused variable in events <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4005" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4005</a></li><li>Correcting categories/yml get categories call to not have defaults for archived, followed, and featured.<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4004" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4004</a></li><li>Fix permissions for new dashboard titlebar <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4001" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4001</a></li><li>Fix terms not saving<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4000" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4000</a></li><li> Fix jquery being called early in prettifier queries<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3996" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3996</a></li><li>Fix explodeTrim() bug for Kaltura embed's custom domains configuration <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3993" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3993</a></li><li>Prevent floated content from breaking out of the discussion container<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3992" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3992</a></li><li>FIX/ Correcting error when comments are not pulled.<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/addons/pull/861" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- addons#861</a></li><li>Fix dashboard rank level column width <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3989" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3989</a></li><li>Fix group event query<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3987" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3987</a></li><li>Remove hidden false flag on themes<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3986" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3986</a></li><li>Fix incorrect trackable category being fetched<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3985" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3985</a></li><li>Fix drilldown-user.yml<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3980" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3980</a></li><li>Fix Google translation for zh_TW<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3979" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3979</a></li><li>Fix null handling<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3978" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3978</a></li><li>Fix ban user events creating elastic indexing problems<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3970" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3970</a></li><li>Fix QnA tables group by discussion name and Usercard analytics link margin <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3969" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3969</a></li><li>Fix questions answered preset<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3935" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3935</a></li><li>Fix preset values for up & down vote<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3931" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3931</a></li><li>Fix search results date value<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3929" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3929</a></li><li>Fix QnA cron job to be scheduled in using the standard cron mechanism<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3928" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3928</a></li><li>Fix engagement average time scorecard data<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3926" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3926</a></li><li>Advance Redirector: query to URL taken as redirected value<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/3891" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#3891</a></li></ul><p><br></p> </article> </main>