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Release Notes - September 2016 |
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Release Notes - September 2016 |
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Learn about new features and fixes in the Adobe Marketing Cloud.
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September 2016
New features and fixes in the [!DNL Adobe Marketing Cloud] interface and core services.
Release date: September 15, 2016
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Marketing Cloud Triggers |
Triggers bring together Analytics and Campaign, enabling marketers to define and monitor key consumer behaviors, and then generate cross-solution communication for use in real-time decisions and personalization. For example, you can create triggers for:
Configuration:
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See Marketing Cloud Product Documentation for product help.
This release increments the ID service code to version 1.8.0. It includes the following features, bug fixes, and other changes.
Fixes and Improvements
Added disableThirdPartyCalls as an optional, Boolean flag you can set in the Visitor.getInstance function. When disableThirdPartyCalls= true, the ID service will not make calls to other domains. By default, disableThirdPartyCalls= false. See disableThirdPartyCalls. (MCID-51)
See Marketing Cloud ID Services product documentation.
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Android: In-App Messaging |
Added a new message type that opens a deep link URI. |
| Android: Tracking Deep Links |
Added the ability to enable tracking of 3rd party deferred deep links.
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| iOS: In-App Messaging |
Added a new message type that opens a deep link URI. |
See Adobe Mobile Services for product documentation. To see the release notes for previous releases, expand Previous Release Notes in the left pane.
Release date: September 15, 2016
Important
Review the following table for important Analytics notices that may affect data collection, processing, APIs, product end-of-life, and so on.
| Notice | Date Added or Updated | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Schedule Traffic Spike Deadline |
September 23, 2016 |
If you have report suites that you expect to receive increased traffic during the holiday season (particularly Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Christmas, or New Year's), please schedule traffic spikes as soon as possible. See Importance of Scheduling Traffic Spikes for more information. |
| Ad Hoc Analysis - Java 1.7. |
September 15, 2016 |
In the upcoming October 2016 release, you must use Java 1.7 or later to launch Ad Hoc Analysis. If you use Java version 1.6 or earlier, you will see an error message, "Unable to Launch the Application." (On the error message, you can view the Java version that you are using by clicking Details , then click the Console tab.) |
| Analytics API 1.3 deprecation. |
September 15, 2016 |
Analytics APIs version 1.3 will be officially deprecated as of September 15, 2016. To prevent disruption, Adobe recommends upgrading to the latest API versions as soon as possible. See the API Support Policy page for more information. |
| Analytics for Target processing time increased by 30 seconds. |
August 19, 2016 |
To achieve a higher visitor match rate between Adobe Analytics and Adobe Target, we have increased the amount of time data is held in processing from 30 seconds to 60 seconds. This change only affects customers using the Marketing Cloud ID service, AppMeasurement for Analytics, and who have Target implemented on their pages. (AN-128584) |
| Legacy Alerts |
August 18, 2016 |
Several features of existing Analytics alerts will not be included in the new Alert Manager , which will be released (as part of Analysis Workspace ) in the Fall of 2016. Legacy Alerts Migration lists the deprecated alert features and some alert features that will be migrated to the new Alert Manager in a different form. |
| Data Warehouse request settings |
August 18, 2016 |
In the September 2016 Maintenance Release, Data Warehouse will add a new request setting that will enable Data Warehouse to send empty files when there is no data in the report. This settings will be enabled by default. |
| AppMeasurement 1.6.3 and Visitor API 1.6.0 |
August 4, 2016 |
Version 1.6.0 of the Marketing Cloud ID service requires AppMeasurement for JavaScript version 1.6.3 or higher. If you want to upgrade to version 1.6.0 of the Marketing Cloud ID service, please make sure you are using AppMeasurement code verison 1.6.3 or higher. |
| AppMeasurement for Flash - Security update |
April 21, 2016 |
Adobe has released a security update APSB16-13 for the AppMeasurement for Flash library. This update resolves an important vulnerability in the library, applicable only when debugTracking is enabled, that could be abused to conduct DOM-based XSS attacks .
Note: This issue affects AppMeasurement for Flash only when debugTracking has been enabled ( debugTracking is disabled in the default configuration). If affected, we strongly advise you to disable debugTracking immediately. Here is some sample code: public var s:AppMeasurement; s = new AppMeasurement(); s.debugTracking = false; // set to false or remove line // for default "disabled” behavior |
| SiteCatalyst 14, ExcelClient, etc. end of life in September 2016 |
March 17, 2016 |
SiteCatalyst 14, ExcelClient, and a number of other legacy components will reach end-of-life in September 2016. This means that all access to the SiteCatalyst 14 user interface and several related features will be removed. To prepare for this event, view this list of affected components, along with required user actions and suggestions on how to move forward with alternatives. |
| Changes to visit processing for timestamped data |
March 17, 2016 |
In June, we will begin improving to the way visits are calculated for Timestamps Required and Timestamps Optional report suites. These changes will primarily affect data collected through Mobile SDKs and will result in lower overall visit counts going forward, in certain situations. Learn more in Compare visits and mobile app launches . To see which report suites might be affected, see Timestamps Optional . |
| Data processing change between February and March MRs |
February 18, 2016 |
Sometime between the February and March Maintenance Releases, the following Analytics data processing change was implemented: Previously, when using the Product variable without having an event set, the event would default to "ProdView", set early in processing (before processing rules take effect). The event is now set after the processing rules to avoid conflicts with how mobile data processing works. This change has the following downstream effects:
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| Elimination of hashed values in Data Feeds |
February 18, 2016 |
In certain circumstances, hashed values ( ::hash::<hash value> ) may appear in data feeds for the following types of variables:
A change is being implemented that eliminates hashed values over time, and replaces them with actual values. Note: The max size of any particular value is 100 bytes or 255 bytes. For fields that support multiple values, such as post_product_list and List Vars, the max size of those fields is 64k. Therefore, if you are passing in a large number of values, some of the values may be lost as the field will be truncated at 64k. |
| Web Services v 1.2 API end-of-life |
February 18, 2016 |
Version 1.2 of the Web Services API was officially deprecated on February 20, 2014. It will reach end-of-life on September 15, 2016. At that time, Adobe will remove the ability of the API servers to respond to version 1.2 API requests. Any API requests made to the https://api.omniture.com/admin/1.2 endpoint will return a 410 error. Customers have until the end-of-life date to upgrade from the version 1.2 API to the version 1.4 API to prevent an outage in their API applications. Analytics APIs version 1.3 will be officially deprecated as of September 15, 2016. To prevent disruption, Adobe recommends upgrading to the latest API versions as soon as possible. See the API Support Policy page for more information. |
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Time Zone Selection for Virtual Report Suites |
You can now choose a time zone when creating a virtual report suite. If you choose one, it will be saved along with the virtual report suite. If you do not choose one, the time zone of the parent report suite is used. When editing a virtual report suite, the time zone that it was created with displays in the drop-down selector. If the virtual report suite was created before time zone support was added, the parent report suite's time zone is displayed in the drop-down selector. Also, if you create a virtual report suite with a time zone that differs from the parent report suite's time zone, and then copy that virtual report suite, the copied virtual report suite will reference the parent report suite's time zone unless you manually update the time zone. |
| Permission Changes in Analysis Workspace (AN-125014) |
The following permission changes were implemented for Analysis Workspace. Previously, you needed the following permissions to create segments or metrics in Analysis Workspace:
With this release, you only need these permissions:
If you want to restrict your non-admin users from creating new segments and metrics in curated Analysis Workspace projects, use the permission setting to limit the relevant group’s ability to create segments and metrics. These permissions are accessible via Admin > User Management > Groups > [click group] > Report Access > Advanced Reporting . |
| Dimension name change in Segment Builder |
The Full Domain dimension in the Segment Builder has been renamed to Domains to match the permission name. (AN-129355) |
| Data Warehouse Updates |
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| Activity Map Updates |
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Fixes were applied to the following products and services:
| Product | Fixes |
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| Reports & Analytics |
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| Analysis Workspace |
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| Data Warehouse |
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| Data Sources |
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| AppMeasurement (Legacy and Mobile SDKs) |
AppMeasurement for JavaScript Version 1.7.0
AppMeasurement for Other Platforms See AppMeasurement Release History the following for a release history of AppMeasurement on the following platforms:
See Also: Marketing Cloud ID Service (formerly visitor ID service ) |
| Analytics Web Services (SOAP and REST APIs) | Deprecation Notice Version 1.2 of the Web Services API was officially deprecated on February 20, 2014. It will reach end-of-life on September 15, 2016. At that time, Adobe will remove the ability of the API servers to respond to version 1.2 API requests. Any API requests made to the https://api.omniture.com/admin/1.2 endpoint will return a 410. |
| Data Workbench |
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Addressable Audience 1.1 enhancement |
This update improves the accuracy of segment-level addressable audience and presents the current segment-level audience reach for campaign planning and review. See Addressable Audiences . |
Fixes and Enhancements
- Fixed an issue where the Help Modal was not working on the [!UICONTROL Profile Merge Rules] page. (AAM-25712)
- Fixed an issue in [!UICONTROL Audience Lab] where no warning would appear that you have not mapped all selected destinations when navigating to "Finalize" step. (AAM-25877)
- Fixed an issue in [!UICONTROL Audience Lab] where "Invalid date" would show on the Test Group Information page when no end date was specified on the [!UICONTROL Destination Mappings] page. (AAM-26016)
- Fixed an issue in [!UICONTROL Audience Lab] where, in the edit baseline segment modal, [object Object] would appear instead of the baseline segment creator. (AAM-26057)
- Fixed an issue where for [!UICONTROL Audience Lab] and [!UICONTROL Profile Merge], "Adobe Audience Manager | undefined" would appear in the browser tab title. (AAM-26091)
- Fixed an issue in the Create Test Groups flow in [!UICONTROL Audience Lab] where no warning message would appear in case you left any destinations unmapped. (AAM-26109)
- Fixed an issue when you tried to edit [!UICONTROL Destinations], an alert box would appear and the Destination could not be edited. (AAM-26191)
Improvements
- Removed the "OK_With_Unused_Signals" error from the error list in the Onboarding Status Report. (AAM-25240)
- In [!UICONTROL Audience Lab], we now remind you to download the CSVs before deleting any Segment Test Groups. (AAM-25581)
- The API now returns more accurate Segment Addressable Audience numbers. (AAM-25460)
- The Destination and Segments pages now show actual numbers instead of estimated numbers for Segment Addressable Audience. (AAM-25461)
Fixes, Enhancements, and Deprecations
- [!UICONTROL Publish Anywhere] has replaced [!UICONTROL Publisher]. Get familiar with the improved features.
- New Facebook page-level and post-level video metrics are available. View new metrics.
- A post retweeted from within [!DNL Adobe Social] now appears the same as when it is retweeted natively in Twitter. For more information, see Moderate an Individual Tweet and Post a Quoted Tweet.
- Social tags will be available in Adobe Analytics after October 1 (exact date TBD).
- After October 1, [!DNL Adobe Social] users will be able to use social tags to classify outbound content and report on this content within [!DNL Adobe Analytics]. To get on this list for access to this new feature, please contact your [!DNL Adobe Social] account manager or Social Support. From there you will receive updates on next steps regarding gaining access as well as enablement assistance.
- Fixed an issue within [!UICONTROL Post Analytics] where the filter was unable to distinguish between images and links posted on LinkedIn.
- Fixed an issue where publishing a post with an attached link would post without the link.
Refer to the Adobe Target Release Notes for the latest release information about the following products:
- Target Standard and Premium
- Target Classic
- Recommendations Classic
[!DNL Adobe Campaign] provides an intuitive, automated way to deliver one-to-one messages across online and offline marketing channels. You can now anticipate what your clients want using experiences determined by their habits and preferences.
For product documentation, see:
Adobe Campaign Standard
Adobe Campaign V6
Adobe recommends customers with on-premise deployments to deploy the latest patches to ensure higher stability, security, and performance.
| Title | Description | |
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| Product releases |
AEM Communities Feature Packs |
Communities 6.2 Feature Pack 1 and 6.1 Feature Pack 5 released on August 30, 2016. The release includes the following:
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| Mobile 2016.11 |
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| Livefyre releases |
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| Product maintenance releases |
S3 Connector |
Version 1.4.4 of the S3 Connector is available for AEM 6.2 . Version 1.2.2 of the S3 Connector is available for AEM 6.1 . |
| AEM 6.1 Service Pack 2 |
AEM 6.1 Service Pack 2 includes the following:
For more information, see AEM 6.1 SP2 release notes . |
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| AEM 6.1 Cumulative Fix Pack 1 |
To improve the customer experience for maintaining AEM, the hot fix delivery model for AEM is changing for AEM 6.1. Instead of releasing hot fixes for single issues, a CFP (Cumulative Fix Pack) is planned for release every month. A CFP has the following advantages for single hot fixes:
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| AEM hot fixes |
The following new hot fixes are available: AEM 6.2 - Hot fix 11687 - Oak 1.4.5. AEM 6.1 - Hot fix 11309 - Oak 1.2.17. |
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| Self-help |
AEM 6.2 documentation updates |
AEM Forms |
| Knowledgebase article |
A new knowledgebase article is now available regarding a performance issue related to the usage of AEM with Java7 . |
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| Community |
AEM Community article |
A new article detailing all the steps to build an e-commerce provider is now available. See Creating custom Adobe Experience Manager 6.2 eCommerce providers . |
| Upcoming local user group meetings |
Join peers in your area or, if you are traveling, join a user group meeting. Adobe Systems lists each of the events on the community calendar here . The Seattle User Group has two upcoming meetings. See details at https://www.meetup.com/Seattle-Adobe-CQ-AEM-Meetup-Group/ . The Melbourne Adobe Experience Manager Meetup group is hosting a code contest. The deadline to register your teams for presenting at the Adobe Marketing Cloud - Community Expo (AMCCE) is September 30, 2016. You can register at the following: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/R596336 . The next meeting for the Amsterdam, Netherlands AEM User Group is November 3, 2016. You can RSVP here . |
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| Ask the AEM Community Experts webinars |
The recorded August webinar titled, "AEM and eCommerce" is available to watch at the following:
RSVP for the September webinar titled "Best Practices for Experience Manager and AEM Assets" here . |
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| AEM GEMs webinars |
The last recorded GEM webinar titled "Setup and Configure AEM Dynamic Media" is available to watch at the following:
AEM GEMS webinar titled "Managing your content with the template editor of Adobe Experience Manager" is scheduled for September 14, 2016. You can RSVP here . To access all past AEM GEM webinar recordings, slide decks, and code links, see www.adobe.com/go/gems . |
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| adaptTo() |
AEM Developer Community event hosted by Pro!Vision, September 26-28 in Berlin. Tickets are available at the following: https://adapt.to/2016/en.html . |
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| IMMERSE 2017 |
Mark your calendars for the week of May 15-19, 2017 for IMMERSE 2017. Watch the AEM Technologist Calendar for the "Call for Presentations" and Early Bird Registrations. |
Additional resources:
| Item | Description | Date Published |
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| Identify, define, and monitor key consumer behaviors, and then generate cross-solution communication to re-engage visitors. |
September 15, 2016 |
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| Important announcement about permission changes coming in Fall 2016. |
July 21, 2016 |
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| Adobe Experience Manager 6.2 | Adobe Experience Manager 6.2 is an upgrade release to the code base of Adobe Experience Manager 6.1. It provides new and enhanced functionality, key customer fixes, high priority customer enhancements and general bug fixes oriented toward product stabilization. It also includes Adobe Experience Manager 6.1 feature pack, hot fix, and service pack releases. |
May 19, 2016 |
| Getting Started with Analytics | A getting started guide for new Analytics administrators. |
May 15, 2016 |
| Marketing Cloud Integrations | A round-up of available integration topics. |
May 15, 2016 |
| Activity Map | Activity Map product documentation. |
April 14, 2016 |
| Marketing Cloud Audiences in Analytics | With the Marketing Cloud Audiences for Analytics integration in place, you can incorporate Marketing Cloud audience data such as demographic information (e.g. gender or income level), psychographic information (e.g. interests and hobbies), CRM data, and ad impression data into any Analytics workflow. |
April 14, 2016 |
| Added a product comparison table for Analytics products. |
February 18, 2016 |
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| In Marketing Cloud Assets, you can store, share, and synchronize your digital assets from one central location. Marketing Cloud Assets leverages some of the features available in Adobe Experience Manager (AEM). |
February 11, 2016 |
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| Added documentation for new features in Analysis Workspace. |
January 21, 2016 |
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| (Updated) Users and Groups |
Analytics Administrators: If you are an administrator in the Marketing Cloud, see Users and Groups for updated information about mapping Analytics groups to broader Adobe groups, and adding or bulk-adding users via the Enterprise Dashboard . |
September 17, 2015 |
| Updated Analysis Workspace product documentation with feature descriptions, tasks for creating projects, videos, and use cases. |
September 17, 2015 |
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| Added product documentation and best practices for Timestamps Optional. This feature lets you integrate both timestamped and non-timestamped data in a report suite. All new report suites will be Timestamps Optional by default. |
September 17, 2015 |
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| Data Workbench 6.5 Update | See Data Workbench 6.5 release notes for instructions to upgrade and a list of new features and bug fixes, including a new Associations table and chord diagram and updates to visualizations, user interface, algorithms, and export features. |
September 17, 2015 |
| Updated the Classification Rule Builder so that you add report suites and variables to a rule set when editing an existing rule set (after creating the rule set). Previously, you specified the variable and report suite while creating the rule set. This change prevents reported issues occurring with classification variables. |
August 20, 2015 |
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| Profile Link works with cross-device data sources to identify and collect traits for authenticated site visitors. It includes the Profile Merge Rules feature, which lets you segment and target users accurately across multiple devices. |
August 20, 2015 |
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| New Calculated Metric Builder and Calculated Metric Manager | Calculated Metrics now allow for segmented metrics, more advanced math and the ability to organize and share metrics. |
June 18, 2015 |
| Analysis Workspace (public beta) |
Build data tables and drag-and-drop metrics, dimensions, segments, and multiple visualizations to a project panel. |
June 18, 2015 |
| Data Workbench 6.4 | Data Workbench 6.4 release includes several new features described here . |
June 18, 2015 |
| Added Adobe Managed Certificate Program to the revamped First-Party Cookies product documentation. The managed certificate program lets you implement a new first-party SSL certificate for first-party cookies at no additional cost. |
May 22, 2015 |
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| Revamped the Adobe Mobile product documentation. |
May 22, 2015 |
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| A high-level round-up what you need to do to modernize your solution implementations for core services. |
March 19, 2015 |
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| If you capture enterprise customer data in a customer relationship management (CRM) database, you can upload that data into the Marketing Cloud. |
March 19, 2015 |
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| Analytics Spring Release | See the New Features section in Analytics for a round-up of new documentation for the Spring 2015 Analytics release. |
March 19, 2015 |
| Analytics Classification Rules - overwrite existing values |
In Admin Tools > Classification Rule Builder > <rule set name> , two new options enable you to select an overwrite mode:
Previously, if a key was already classified in any column or cell, the rule would not run on that key, and the row in the table was skipped. |
February 19, 2015 |