Episerver - update 360

Release summary

New releases of Episerver Campaign, Episerver Profile Store, Episerver Visitor Intelligence, and Optimizely Full Stack. Bug fixes for Episerver A/B testing and Episerver Forms.

Released items March 30, 2021

Area ID Type Description Released
PROF-6804
  [InsightUI][Segment]: Returns wrong profiles with profile filter definition - space in param

Precondition:

There is a profile filter definition which has at least one param in the query, like this one:

        {
            "Id": "fd_PDF_Name_eq",
            "Name": "PDF_Name_eq",
            "Description": "Name equal inputValue",
            "Query": "Name eq {{name}}",
            "Parameters": {
                "name": "string"
            },
            "Category": "Profiles Category",
            "Type": "Profiles"
        }

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Access to Insight > Segment > and click on Create a Segment button.
  2. Choose the filter definition in the precondition and insert the param name like: test 01.
    • Expected result: Returns only the profiles with name test 01.
    • Actual result: Returns many profiles which names do not have test 01.
  3. With the same filter definition, insert param name with value in double quotes like "test 01" - it returns the correct profile.
    If you click Save segment in step 2, this segment will have many profiles without test 01 in the name (exactly the number of profiles that are returned in step 2).
    Note: The same bug occurs if you insert parameter with value: test 00, but not for parameters test 02, test 03, test 04.
EPiServer.Profiles.Client 1.24.0; (Or a related package);
Mar 30, 2021
PROF-7847
  Time and count metrics for filter definitions

Marketers can now set the time or/and count metrics when creating a segment based on event filter definitions, and reuse the same filter definition in combination with the time period and the number of event occurrences.

EPiServer.Profiles.Client 1.24.0; (Or a related package);
Mar 30, 2021
PROF-4579
  Visitor group personalization doesn't work for segments with a query on profile payload

Precondition:

Create profile test@test.com with Payload info like this:

"Payload": {
     "number": 2
}

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Using API, create a segment with ProfileQuery being Payload like this one:
    {
      "Scope": "default",
      "SegmentManager": "admin@example.com",
      "ProfileQuery": "Payload.number eq 2",
      "AvailableForPersonalization": true,
      "Archived": false,
      "FavoredBy": [
        "string"
      ],
      "Name": "Payload",
      "Description": "Payload"
    }
    
  1. Create a Visitor Group for the segment in step 1.
  2. Set personalize content for Visitor Group in step 2.
  3. Log in to the site with profile test@test.com and view the personalize content.

Expected result:

The user can see the personalized content.

Actual result:

The user cannot see the personalized content.

EPiServer.Profiles.Client 1.24.0; (Or a related package);
Mar 30, 2021
PROF-6820
  [FilterDefinition] Can create a new profile filter definition with invalid property in Query

Create a new profile filter definition with an invalid property (which does not belong to the profile) in Query like this one:

POST: /api/v2.0/FilterDefinitions
{
    "Name": "Testing_VisitorGroup_input_value",
    "Description": "VisitorGroup with inputValue",
    "Query": "Testing eq {{value}}",
    "Parameters": {
        "value": "string"
    },
    "Category": "Profiles",
    "Type": "Profiles"
}

Expected result:

Returns 400 Bad Request with message Invalid filter definition.

Actual result:

Returns 201 Created and create new filter definition successfully.

The same thing happens if you create an event filter definition with an invalid property which does not belong to the track event.

EPiServer.Profiles.Client 1.24.0; (Or a related package);
Mar 30, 2021
PROF-8001
  Only 10 profiles are listed when using MatchProfileById and MatchProfileByEmail for a segment

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Create a segment that includes more than 10 profiles.
  2. Get all profiles and emails that belong to the segment (they are less than 500 records), do MatchByProfileId or MatchByEmail
POST: segmentURL/segmentId/MatchByProfileId 

Expected result:

All the profiles based on profileIds/Emails should be returned.

Actual result:

Only 10 profiles are returned.

EPiServer.Profiles.Client 1.24.0; (Or a related package);
Mar 30, 2021
PROF-7904
  Display UI warning when the time and occurrence metric may be incompatible with a specific filter definition

An indication/warning is now displayed in the user interface when a metric is not applicable with the selected filter definition.

EPiServer.Profiles.Client 1.24.0; (Or a related package);
Mar 30, 2021
PROF-7689
  Specific error message is not returned when KQL query is invalid

Steps to reproduce:

Execute an invalid query using the event preview endpoint, for example:

Events | summarize count() by Payload

Expected result:

Specific error message with details of what is wrong and ideally suggests how to fix the problem.

Actual result:
Generic error response is displayed, like this:

{"error":{"code":"400","message":"Failed to execute the query.","target":"","details":[]}}
EPiServer.Profiles.Client 1.24.0; (Or a related package);
Mar 30, 2021
PROF-7733
  [Segment_v2.0]: Returns 500 when creating a new segment without Query property

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Create a new segment with event/profile filter definition without Query property in Filters:
{
  "Scope""default",
  "SegmentManager""Franklin Cummings",
  "AvailableForPersonalization"false,
  "Archived"false,
  "FavoredBy"null,
  "Name""Testing Segment",
  "Description""Testing Segment",
  "Filters": {
    "Items": [
      {
        "Type""Events",
        "Parameters": {   
          "value""home"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Expected result:

Returns 400 Bad Request with Validation Error.

Actual result:

Returns 500 Internal Server Error.

EPiServer.Profiles.Client 1.24.0; (Or a related package);
Mar 30, 2021
PROF-7988
  Hide shared filter definitions that depend on Commerce events in the UI on CMS site

Only shared filter definitions compatible with currently installed products are displayed.

EPiServer.Profiles.Client 1.24.0; (Or a related package);
Mar 30, 2021
MAR-1398
  Unnecessary allocations for Swapdisabled

Based on profiling data, StickySiteKpi can allocate a lot of objects and cause frequent GC gen 0.

EPiServer.Marketing.Testing 2.6.6; (Or a related package);
Mar 30, 2021
AFORM-2749
  Improve Form submit events

Submitted form events have been updated to support doing asynchronous calls before submitting data.

EPiServer.Forms 4.30.3; (Or a related package);
Mar 30, 2021
AFORM-2579
  Slow ExpiredFormSubmissionRemoveJob

The ExpiredFormSubmissionRemoveJob loads all existing forms before performing a delete action on expired forms. This may cause performance issues if there are a lot of submitted forms.

EPiServer.Forms 4.30.3; (Or a related package);
Mar 30, 2021
AFORM-2780
  NullReferenceException when ParagraphTextElementBlock element is not under the Form folder

Steps to reproduce:

  • Create a form that contains a Rich text element.
  • Cut that element under For This Form folder and paste it into another folder.
  • View the page that contains the form.

Expected result:
The page shows the form without any problems.

Actual result:
A NullReferenceException has been thrown.

EPiServer.Forms 4.30.3; (Or a related package);
Mar 30, 2021
AFORM-2804
  CleanupPartialSubmissions() removes both partial and finalized submissions

CleanupPartialSubmissions() incorrectly collects and removes both partial AND finalized submissions.

EPiServer.Forms 4.30.3; (Or a related package);
Mar 30, 2021
AFORM-2754
  Form field dependencies are not imported correctly

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Create a form with 2 elements and make the second element show if the condition is met on the first element.
  2. Export the page with the form to a file.
  3. Change the name of the first element in the form.
  4. Import the form without updating existing content.
  5. Go to the dependencies tab in the second element of the imported form.
  6. The dependency has a crisscrossed background and the name of the dependent form element is the name of the changed element from the first form. 

Expected result:

Form field dependencies should work.

Actual result:

Dependencies for form elements do not get imported correctly and do not work. In the Dependencies tab in the imported form, the second text element's dependency points to the first text element in the original form.

 

EPiServer.Forms 4.30.3; (Or a related package);
Mar 30, 2021
AFORM-2778
  GetGeoData issue

The default controller can be overridden by editing the default coreController="/EPiServer.Forms/DataSubmit". This does not apply to the Hidden visitor profiling regarding the GetGeoData() method from the controller, since the URL used for calling that is hardcoded in the client resource javascript (EPiServerForms.js). A fix should be made here to get control of the GetGeoData and to be able to really customize the functionality.

EPiServer.Forms 4.30.3; (Or a related package);
Mar 30, 2021
AFORM-2485
  The text "The form has been submitted successfully." isn't translated correctly in Swedish

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Create a page in SV language that contains a form container.
  2. Submit form.

Expected:

The text "The form has been submitted successfully." is translated correctly.

Actual:

The text "The form has been submitted successfully." isn't translated correctly in Swedish. It still displays: "Formuläret skickat.", which is the old translation and not the latest.

EPiServer.Forms 4.30.3; (Or a related package);
Mar 30, 2021
MAR-1370
  A/B testing squashed text when rendering previews

A/B testing preview displays squashed text.

 

EPiServer.Marketing.Testing 2.6.6; (Or a related package);
Mar 30, 2021
PROF-7781
  Out of the box filter definitions for Commerce

A default set of filter definitions are now included out of the box in Visitor Intelligence. Marketers can create segments based on Commerce events and profiles without asking developers to create their own filter definitions.

EPiServer.Profiles.Client 1.24.0; (Or a related package);
Mar 30, 2021
PROF-7894
  [ProfileAPI]: Inconsistent display the null value

1. Create a new profile:

POST: /api/v1.0/profiles
{
    "Info":
    {
        "ZipCode"null
    }
}

-> It returns 201 Created with body:

{
    "ProfileId""545db9d4-79f8-49cb-ae63-34ab6ca95647",
      .....
    "Info": {
        "ZipCode"null
     }
}

2. Get the newly created profile in step 1:

GET /api/v1.0/profiles/default/545db9d4-79f8-49cb-ae63-34ab6ca95647

-> It returns the profile with info:

 {
     "ProfileId""545db9d4-79f8-49cb-ae63-34ab6ca95647",
     .....
     "Info": {},
 }

Expected result:

The Info property should display consistent information.

EPiServer.Profiles.Client 1.24.0; (Or a related package);
Mar 30, 2021

Marketing_32.svgEpiserver Campaign

Episerver Campaign 8.53

  • Overview of scheduled jobs
    If you have scheduled jobs configured in your client, such as automatic recipient imports, you can now view them in the Episerver Campaign front end. This is helpful, for example, if you want to configure new jobs and check which jobs already exist and when they are running.
    See also: Scheduled jobs in the Episerver User Guide.

Experimentation_32.svgOptimizely Full Stack

New features:

  • Per-environment A/B test configuration and experimentation results reports.
  • Simplified, flag-centric data model. A/B tests and rollouts are now both types of "flag rules", and "rollouts" are now "flag deliveries".
  • New, consolidated configuration pane for flags and flag rules.
  • New REST API for configuring flags and flag rules.
  • New SDK methods (Decide) which offers the same functionality as Is Feature Enabled and more. Allows for future expansion of the new flag-centric data model to all experiment types.

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Last updated: Mar 30, 2021