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New features and fixes in the Adobe Experience Cloud. |
release notes |
New features and fixes in the Adobe Experience Cloud. |
Release Notes - September 2017 |
Experience Cloud,Release Notes |
Release Notes - September 2017 |
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New features and fixes in the Adobe Experience Cloud.
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| Use Case | Date Published | Description |
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| August 15, 2017 |
The email marketing use case shows you how to implement an integrated email strategy with analytics, optimization, and campaign management. |
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| June 1, 2017 |
The mobile app engagement use case shows you how to integrate your mobile apps with the Adobe Experience Cloud to measure user engagement and deliver personalized experiences to your audiences. |
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| May 2017 |
The Digital Foundation use case helps you implement a digital marketing platform with Analytics, optimization, and campaign management. |
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| April 2017 |
The Customer Intelligence use case shows you how to create a unified customer profile using multiple data sources, and how to use this profile to build actionable audiences. |
Release notes for the core services interface, including Assets, Feed, Profiles & Audiences, Mobile Services, and Dynamic Tag Management. Also includes release information for Experience Cloud ID Service (Visitor API).
This release increments the ID service code to version 2.5.
Important
ID service support for Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8 is deprecated and will be discontinued.
| Feature | Description |
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| getVisitorValues |
This is an asynchronous API that returns identifiers for Analytics , the ID service, data collection opt-out, geographic location, and metadata "blob" content by default. Also, you can control which IDs you want to return with the optional visitor.FIELDS enum. (CORE-4723) |
Bug Fixes and Other Changes
- Fixed a Chrome-related bug that caused the ID service to throw an error when clicking the back button in that browser. (CORE-5135)
- The ID service now re-fires ID syncs when the region ID in the event call response changes. (CORE-4342)
- Added new documentation, Content Security Policies and the Marketing Cloud ID Service that explains how to whitelist calls to Adobe domains used by the ID service.
See Marketing Cloud ID Services product documentation.
Minor bug fixes.
See Adobe Mobile Services for product documentation. To see the release notes for previous releases, expand Previous Release Notes in the left pane.
ExactTarget Data Connector Integration with Adobe Analytics
Salesforce recently discontinued the ExactTarget Data Connector integration. Because of this decision, the ExactTarget wizard is no longer accessible in the Data Connectors interface for new implementations.
The ExactTarget integration will continue to be visible for customers that have previously configured the integration. Existing implementations will continue to function for an unspecified length of time (to be determined by Salesforce). If your customers have questions, advise them to contact their Salesforce/ExactTarget representative.
Going forward
Analytics customers can implement custom integrations for ExactTarget using standard Analytics features and APIs, including Classifications, Data Sources, Processing Rules, and Data Warehouse exports. Engagements with the Adobe consulting team can be considered as needed.
Important
Review the following table for important Analytics notices that may affect data collection, processing, APIs, product end-of-life, and so on.
Release date: September 21, 2017
| Notice | Date Added or Updated | Description |
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| Change to Scheduled Reports in Adobe Report Builder |
May 8, 2018 |
The ‘From’ field in scheduled reports has been removed to address a security vulnerability within the tool. Moving forward, all scheduled reports created will originate from [email protected]. |
| User ID Migration to the Admin Console |
September 21, 2017 |
The Analytics user ID migration enables administrators to easily migrate user accounts from Analytics User Management to the Adobe Admin Console. After your users are migrated, they will have access to the solutions and core services available in the Experience Cloud. The migration is being rolled out to customers in phases beginning later this month. |
| Notice for API Methods affected by the migration to the Admin Console. |
September 21, 2017 |
Adobe will phase out the Permissions and Company.GetLoginKey API methods as part of our effort to migrate user access and management to the Admin Console. All Analytics companies that currently use these methods will receive a pre-migration notification beginning March 31, 2018. After receiving this notification, administrators will have 30 days before their migration starts, and these methods will cease to work for your company. To prepare for this event, view the list of affected APIs, and learn what Adobe recommends, see Analytics Administration API 1.4 . |
| Ad Hoc Analysis |
September 21, 2017 |
As of May 2018, Ad Hoc Analysis will support only Java 8 or higher. If you choose to run Ad Hoc Analysis on Java 7 after the May 2018 Maintenance Release, Adobe will no longer support your Ad Hoc Analysis implementation. Our .jar files are signed with a secure 256-bit encryption that is not supported by Java versions less than 1.7.0_76. This 256-bit certificate allows us to serve you with enhanced security. |
| Bot Rules |
Sept. 21, 2017 |
We recommend defining no more than 500 bot rules per report suite. The user interface allows for 500 rules to be manually defined. After this limit is reached, rules need to be managed in bulk through the Import File and Export Bot Rules options. |
| Calendar Events: Displaying top 20 most recent events |
September 21, 2017 |
To ensure optimal reporting performance, the 20 most recent calendar events will be displayed on trended and overtime graphs. |
| geo_zip |
August 23, 2017 |
As of August 22, Adobe Analytics started determining geo_zip on all hits received during data collection. This update increases data accuracy, particularly for mobile devices. Previously, the geo_zip was set once per visit. Now, geo_zip can correctly change during the course of a visitor's visit. The geo_zip field is not used in reporting, but surfaces in Data Feeds. |
| Geo Segmentation |
August 21, 2017 |
On August 22, Adobe Analytics enabled Geo Segmentation reports for all customers. This change is in anticipation of the upcoming removal of the geo segmentation settings in the Admin Console. |
New features released in Adobe Analytics.
| Product | Feature Name | Description |
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| Analysis Workspace |
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| Time-Parting Dimensions in Analysis Workspace |
Dimensions based on timestamp have been added out-of-the-box to Analysis Workspace. Dimensions include:
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| Manage Multiple Columns at Once (in Freeform Tables) |
You can now change the settings on multiple columns at once. Just select multiple columns and click the settings icon of any one of those columns. Any changes that you make apply to all columns with cells selected in them. More... |
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| Flow: Inter-dimensional Labeling |
A new dimension label at the top of each Flow column makes using multiple dimensions in a flow visualization more intuitive. More... |
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| Histogram Hit Counting Method |
Previously, there were 2 counting methods in a Histogram visualization: Visit and Visitor (default). You can now use a third counting method, "Hit", as a segment container. “Occurrences” is used as the y-axis metric in the freeform table. More... |
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| Clear All button for Segment Comparison and Contribution Analysis configuration |
Rather than manually deleting each element, you can now Clear All elements in the following Workspace areas: |
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| Updated names for Summary Change display types |
Two current Summary Change Options were renamed to clarify their meaning:
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| Extended decimal places for abbreviated Summary Number/Changes |
Previously, abbreviated Summary number/change visualizations showed 0 decimal places. You can now choose 0-3 decimal places to enhance your reporting. More... |
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| Analytics Admin | ||
| Admin Group Permissions |
The following permissions were consolidated into a single 'Classifications' permission in support of a new classification experience slated for next year: 'Traffic Classifications', 'Video Classifications', 'Conversion Classifications', 'Classification Hierarchies', 'Classifications Manager' and 'Classifications Importer/Exporter & Rule Builder'. Any user who had any of these permissions before the September Maintenance Release now has the new permission. More information will be forthcoming about the new Classifications experience once it is closer to release. |
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| Analytics for Voice |
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| Adobe Analytics Cloud can now track the performance of voice-enabled intelligent assistants like Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, Microsoft Cortana, and Apple Siri. |
Fixes and minor updates applied to Adobe Analytics interface tools and components (Analysis Workspace, Reports & Analytics, Report Builder, and so on).
| Product | Fix or Update |
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| Analysis Workspace |
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| Analytics and Admin Tools |
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Fixes and updates applied to Analytics administration tools, including implementation and developer (Web Services and SDKs).
| Product / Feature | Update |
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| Data Warehouse |
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| AppMeasurement (Legacy and Mobile SDKs) |
AppMeasurement for JavaScript JavaScript Version 2.5.0
AppMeasurement for Other Platforms See AppMeasurement Release History the following for a release history of AppMeasurement on the following platforms:
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| Analytics Web Services (SOAP and REST APIs) | Livestream API Livestream API will expose new "pageEvent" and "exclude" fields in its output. This update lets you include information from the Page Event field so that customers can determine whether the hit was a page view, link call, or media call. See Metrics and Dimensions . |
| Feature | Description |
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| Actionable Log Files |
With Actionable Log Files, you can capture media data from Google DCM logs and use the data as traits in Audience Manager. Capture impressions, clicks, and conversions from ad servers as traits without having to use pixel calls. See Actionable Log Files . |
| Trait Audit Log |
The details page for rule-based and onboarded traits includes an audit log. This enhancement shows the 10-most recent changes made to those trait types and lets you download the entire log as a .csv file. |
Fixes, Enhancements, and Deprecations
- Fixed a bug that prevented Audience Lab from loading in a timely manner. (AAM-32249)
- Fixed a bug that caused Profile Merge Rules to display report data inaccurately on the summary dashboard compared to the details page. (AAM-31118)
- Fixed a bug in Model Builder and Segment Builder that truncated descriptions if the text contained double quote marks. (AAM-31314)
- Fixed an issue where updated Audience Manager segment names were not sent to Google DFP destinations. (AAM-31677)
- Revised text descriptions for data feed APIs and the APIs for trait request and response parameters. (AAM-31901, AAM-31914)
DIL Bug Fixes, Enhancements, and Deprecated Code
DIL is the API data collection code for [!DNL Audience Manager]. The September release increments DIL to version 6.12.
Important
DIL support for Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8 is deprecated and will be discontinued. (CORE-4932)
- Fixed a Chrome-related bug that caused DIL to throw an error when clicking the back button in that browser. (CORE-5135)
- Removed unused code modules. (CORE-4554)
- DIL now re-fires ID syncs when the region ID in the event call response changes. (CORE-4304)
Refer to the Adobe Target Release Notes for the latest release information about the following products:
- Target Standard and Premium
- Target Classic
- Recommendations Classic
Adobe Primetime is a multiscreen TV platform that helps media companies create and monetize engaging, personalized viewing experiences.
[!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.
Adobe Campaign Standard 17.9
Release date: September 18, 2017
| Feature | Description |
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| Library of Email templates |
Introducing eighteen brand-new, responsive templates designed in two beautiful themes - Astro and Feather. These customizable templates are industry agnostic, and ready to be used right away. Templates include content for a variety of use cases to get your email marketing campaigns designed and delivered more quickly, efficiently and more beautifully than ever before. |
| Dynamic Reporting with Profile Data |
Dynamic Reporting provides fully customizable and real-time business reports. With this release, a powerful enhancement to Dynamic Reporting adds access to profile data, enabling demographic analysis by profile dimensions such as gender, city, zip code and age in addition to functional email campaign data like opens and clicks. With the same easy-to-use drag-and-drop interface, determining how your email campaign performed against your most important customer segments is easier than ever. |
| Mass Subscription with Origin and Date |
With this Mass Subscription enhancement, you are now able to store subscription information (origin and date) directly in the Adobe Campaign Standard database through the Subscription Services activity in a workflow. |
Adobe Campaign v7 17.9
Release date: September 21, 2017
| Feature | Description |
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| ACS Connector Enhancement |
It is now possible to send back behavioral data from Adobe Campaign Standard to Adobe Campaign v7, thus allowing marketers and data analysts to build a 360° view of marketing campaigns; create advanced audiences and segments that incorporate ACS behavioral data; and more effectively measure the ROI of marketing activities. |
| SAP HANA connector |
Break the silos and leverage all your external data in Adobe Campaign in real-time with Federated Data Access connectors, now also supporting SAP HANA. Federated Data Access allows users to connect multiple disparate, external databases with Adobe Campaign. Query data in real-time from any source without importing the dataset or storing it within the Adobe Campaign platform. |
| Hadoop Connector via HiveSQL |
When it comes to handling large data sets, Hadoop has the advantage over relational database management systems, and its value for any size business will continue to increase as unstructured data continues to grow. Adobe Campaign can leverage the power of Hadoop through the Hadoop Connector via HiveSQL where customers can access schemas directly from the Adobe Campaign UI to create advanced, highly segmented audiences in fast, flexible, and scalable manner. |
| LINE Channel: Messaging Enhancements |
This enhancement to the LINE Channel will allow you to optimize cost efficiency by paying per campaign and not for each piece of content that is sent; increase user engagement by sending rich messages (not just flat images); and simplify usability with multi-messaging by not needing to create multiple deliveries for a single campaign. |
For product documentation, see:
- Adobe Campaign v7 Release Notes
- Adobe Campaign v7 Documentation
- Adobe Campaign Standard Release Notes
- Adobe Campaign Standard Documentation
Adobe recommends customers with on-premise deployments to deploy the latest patches to ensure higher stability, security, and performance.
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| Product releases |
AEM 6.3 Dynamic Media Feature Pack (NPR-14410 and NPR-18912) |
This release provides new automation and delivery capabilities for Dynamic Media customers, and is the first release targeted for existing Dynamic Media Classic (S7)-AEM customers to transition over to Dynamic Media.
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| Product maintenance |
AEM 6.2 Service Pack 1-Cumulative Fix Pack 7 |
AEM 6.2 SP1-CFP7, released September 12, 2017, is an important update that includes key customer fixes released since the general availability AEM 6.2 SP1 in December, 2016.
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| Self-Help |
Touch UI Feature Status |
While most capabilities are present in the touch-enabled user interface, there are features that are not yet complete and will be added in future releases. For the current status of capabilities that are implemented in AEM 6.3, see Touch user interface feature status . |
| Forms Rule Editor |
Adaptive Forms Configuration Service lets you limit rule editor access to users based on their role or function. |
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| Forms Performance Tuning |
You can exclude AEM Forms files and folders from on-access virus scan application to improve the performance of your Forms server. |
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| Adaptive Forms |
Form developers can embed fully functional adaptive forms in an external web page hosted outside AEM. It helps users fill a form without leaving the web page and remain in context of other elements on the page. |
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| Forms Data Integration |
AEM Forms provides a configuration package that you can use to quickly integrate Dynamics 365 with Forms. The package includes a cloud service configuration and a form data model with preconfigured Dynamics 365 entities and services. |
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| Install and Upgrade Forms JEE |
Fixed several issues and refreshed installation and upgrade documentation for AEM 6.3 Forms JEE. See Install or upgrade AEM Forms on JEE under Topics in the left panel. |
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| Getting Started Developing AEM Sites 6.3 - WKND Tutorial |
New developer 6.3 Getting Started tutorial is available based on the following latest AEM technologies:
See Getting Started developing AEM Sites 6.3 - WKND tutorial . |
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| Using Client-Side Libraries |
Details on locating clientlibs under /apps and using the proxy servlet and using preprocessors is now added. |
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| AEM Screens 6.3 Documentation Using Client-Side Libraries |
New AEM Screens 6.3 documentation is available. Alternatively, a Quickstart is available that lets a user create a Digital Signage Experience in 5 minutes. See the following resources:
Details on locating clientlibs under /apps and using the proxy servlet and using preprocessors is now added. |
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| Decoration Tag Behavior |
When a component in a web page is rendered, you can generate an HTML element, wrapping the rendered component within itself. For developers, AEM offers clear and simple logic for controlling the decoration tags that wrap included components. See Decoration tag . |
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| Editor Limitations |
The editor in the touch-optimized user interface makes use of overlays to interact with content confined in an iframe. This interaction creates some limitations in both usage of the editor and also for developers. See Editor limitations . |
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| Community |
AEM GEMS |
Dynamic Media Feature Pack: Architecture and Troubleshooting
Recording: https://bit.ly/AEMGEM83017 |
- AEM 6.3 release notes
- AEM 6.2 release notes
- AEM 6.1 release notes
- AEM Help Home
- Scene7 Publishing System release notes
- AEM Assets on Demand Help Home
- Livefyre release notes
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| Feature | Description |
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| Search |
(Bing Ads campaigns with remarketing targets) Advertising Cloud supports the following:
Notes:
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| Search Campaigns Beta |
You can now assign campaigns to portfolios from the beta Campaigns view. |
| Reports |
In the AdWords Audience Target Report, you can now include columns for transaction properties tracked by Advertising Cloud. |
September 16, 2017
| Feature | Description |
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| Portfolios |
The portfolio settings to auto-optimize bid adjustments for location targets and device targets are no longer in beta mode. |
| Google data for "Impression Share Lost due to Budget" is now used to auto-adjust campaign budgets in portfolios, when the portfolio uses the "Auto adjust campaign budget limits" option. |
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| Search Advanced Campaign Management |
Bing Ads and AdWords shopping templates now allow up to eight tiers of product groups, including "All Products" and seven other tiers. Previously, they allowed up to seven tiers including "All Products." |
| Search Campaigns |
Bing Ads will begin migrating Advertising Cloud-managed accounts to the new sitelink model (shared sitelinks) on September 25; the process is expected to take four days. Between September 22 and the completion of your account migration, sitelinks will not be accessible in Advertising Cloud and will incorrectly show as deleted. If you need to make changes to your sitelinks before the migration is completed, work directly in the Bing Ads editor; your changes will be migrated to the new model and synced by Advertising Cloud after the migration is complete. Functionality to support shared sitelinks will be available in the October release. |
| Search Campaigns Beta |
All users now have the new Search Beta user interface at Search Advertising > Campaigns > Campaigns Beta. New features include the following:
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