Release 1.12.0

Introduction

Activator v1.12.0 is a minor release providing new features, fixing issues and some overall improvements.
A minor release contains updates that are backward compatible with current release.

The focus of this release has been on enhancing Activator UI, slide and approved email editing. 

Features

Improved Performance. Decrease DOM in initial loading

With the objective of increasing performance the following tasks has been completed:

• Adding the same props for list. Removed problem with backward compatibility

• Fixed version manager. Added optimization for initial slide

• Fixed item wrapper. Deleted regenerate items

• Deleted slotchange listener on disconectedCallback 

Generate email distribution package

Emails (and other content in future) are now able to generate CDN URLs when being published, if CDN has been configured for the Vault.

 When CDN has been configured, each Vault component asset can be set to “Digital Asset”, which means it will be sent to the Vault CDN (AWS S3 path). These paths can be used in the email HTML for distribution to other systems (e.g. OCE).

A new client setting should be created: EMAIL_CDN: false

If EMAIL_CDN is true, when clicking publish, Activator should try to retrieve production CDN URLs and replace the 'local' URLs with them in a temporary HTML copy. This HTML and email thumbnail is then packaged in a zip package and added as the distribution package for the email.

There are a few things that can happen at this point: All Vault assets are approved and have a CDN URL. Document is published and distribution package is created with CDN URLS in place 

Improvement 

Activator navigation - GotoV2 API

An improvement for GotoV2 API for Actions in editor has been added. This will ensure that the links will use the binder and document ids instead of zip package name. Before update setup of navigation action user has a new switcher 'docIdNavigation' which allow user to switch between 2 types of Veeva navigation:

1. Navigation using 'slide zip file name' & 'presentation id'.

2. Navigation using 'slide document id' and 'presentation document id'.

The second type of navigation (navigation by document ids) can be used in case if 'slide name' is different with 'slide zip file name' or in case if user hasen't  'presentation id' etc.

For using ‘docIdNavigation’ for old actions user needs to:

1. open each action for editing.

2. setup 'docIdNavigation' switcher

3. click 'update' button

For new actions default value of this switcher can be configured in the 'config.json' 

Cannot handle request - Toast Message

Once in a while user experienced the issue, that a request could not be handled. Therefore we have implemented the toast message "Network connection error - please refresh the page" in the scenarios where there are network errors.

 

Translate shared fragments using excel file

This improvement fulfills the requirement to share fragment text which needs to be exported as an excel file. This is how it works:

User create a button "Generate Excel File". When clicking on that button, the excel files for shared fragments is exported.

When user drag and drop an excel file inside a shared page, the translation is applied to the current shared.

 

Auto merge automation updated

Separating the auto merge into a pipeline as using it in the auto_deploy was introducing complexities based on the docker volumes added specific for auto deploy pipeline. This has been improved.

 

Slide duplication with temporary document

When slide duplication steps were finished, user were redirected to a temporary document, and when duplication was successfully finished, user was thrown out from temporary document. This has been improved, so a temporary document is not created.

 

Possibility to extend fusion monitoring added

Previously users could not extend monitoring: add some additional fields, add custom logic. Some users requires to have specific monitoring behavior and need to add possibility to extend fusion monitoring.

In config json file Anthill has extended node monitoring by adding configuration (boolean) to slides and popups.

 

Spelling on Error 500 "Incorrect Entity Detected" message corrected

Previously text:"Appranetly shared resource of the document is marked as a slide". Message text improved to: "It seems like the shared resource used by the document is marked as a slide".

 

Activator fusion-slide behaviour updated

This improvement can be divided into three scenarios:

1. As a content manager, I want to keep current side panel for new fusion-slide

2. As a content manager, I want to push all elements to slide container and skip possibility to add component above

3. As a developer, I want to add possibility to use isRootNested: true that will work as now but add everything to fusion-slide

NOTE: check the Email editing after making the above changes, as changes may impact email.

Properties from article to root element migrated

This improvement has resolved two scenarios: 

1. As a content manager, I want to migrate from article.slide to fusion-slide component with all properties.
   Previously all properties was saved in body tag, this has been migrated to component

2. As a developer. I want to migrate all content nodes to slide in preparser iteration

Fixes

Issue on re-uploading Translation Package on SH

When a translation package was created and changes applied to it, zipped and attempted to upload, it would not upload. This has been fixed, so upload is done without issues.

 

Email color picker not sticking

When user created an email, added a text component and attempted to change color, the color picker reverted to black. The bug has been fixed, so text color resembles the color in the picker, instead of throwing an error in console.

 

Missed data in update metadata modal for emails

After opening update metadata modal had empty fields: email subject and address. This has been fixed, so no empty fields are displayed in modal.

 

Tooltip of the linked feature is gone

The tooltip that should inform the user what they suppose to choose first, in case, font weight, font style where disabled and not deactivated again. This has been resolved.

 

Duplicate Email and Shared have Created in Activator equals to no

Duplicate Email and Shared have Created in Activator equals to “No”. It has been  changed to “Yes” and Activator version to 1.11.1 in order to work as expected.

 

Creating nested binder fails on Loreal SBX

When a user created a binder, added slides to the binder with the create slide icon. And added a nested binder to the binder with the "Create Binder Icon", then an error appeared. This has been fixed, so a nested binder can be created.

 

Create in Activator is set to NO for binders

When a Binder is created using Activator, activator metadata Created in Activator is set to “No”. Therefore, the binder was not shown when using it inside another one and could not be copied on LOreal test, because it appeared to have "binders linked to it". This has been fixed, so the binder is shown.

 

Slide creation modal showing

During slide creation the success modal where showing up, this should only be shown when duplicating a slide. This has been fixed, so the slide creation match the other environments and not pop up. Only when duplicating.

 

Version disabled in binder view

The user could not toggle between versions. This has been fixed, so user is now able to toggle versions.

 

"Hidden on mobile" seems to be broken

When users set an image as hidden in mobile = true then it will still show the image in the preview, "mobile view" and on the QR-code. This has been fixed, so it shows a hidden image on mobile.

 

Changing Meta Data on slide is triggering a 504 error in console

When user edited the Meta Data on a slide it caused the console to throw an 504 error each time user maked an update to the MetaData. This has been fixed.

 

Copy binder breaks occasionally

Copy binder still fails occasionally. Since no solution has been found a notification has been implemented that in occasion of a failing copy process a toast message will appear notifying the user that the attempt was unsuccessful: "Job was unsuccessful. Please try again". Failing frequency: around 1 out of 30.

 

Responsive mode. Disable content-scaler

Slide works incorrectly with `responsive: true` mode. Causing problems in slides. This has been fixed, so using slides in iPad should work correctly all the time.

Additional notes: There may occur an issue with the background image on slides with an old structure (article.slide). The background image is not flexible in size and positioning is hard-coded to center/center. For responsive mode to work properly, all content must use % as the unit.

 

Texts looks cutted inside button component

Text was slightly cut. This has been fixed.

 

Loading spinner - Issue with Copy Binder if Source Code is missing

Due to the differences of the NN environment, we found that if the user tries to copy a binder which has a slide in the binder without a Source Code package, the copy correctly fails, but the loading toast message spinner did not go away. This has been fixed, so loading spinner disappears after a few seconds.

 

Export binder excel file not being generated

Export binder excel file didn’t get called. The work stopped when importing the binder documents. This has been fixed, so export binder excel file downloads successfully.

 

Removing slides from binder

After removing slides grid popover is still open. This has been fixed, so no errors is given in console and the popover is automatically closed when the “Remove from binder” option is selected.

 

Activator AE appear wrong in Outlook Mail

Client has reported that some of their Approved Emails look wrong when viewed on Outlook email. This has been fixed.

 

NN test Actv. missing Group Container component for AE

In Novo Nordisk Activator the component Group Container is missing when you have an approved email. This has been fixed, so the Group Container is available again.

 

Copy Slide - nothing happens in NN Activator

When you used the function "Duplicate Slide" in Activator, the end user got stuck on the last stage of the guidance window and the slide was never duplicated. This has been fixed, so the guide ends and the slide is copied.

 

Activator 1.11.0 search doesn't give expected results in search bar - only shows recently opened Binders

Users were not getting the expected search results in Activator search bar when looking for binders/slides. This has been fixed, so a user see the content, that the user has access to, when making a narrow/specific search in Activator.

 

Cannot change Email version on Email Template

Users could not change email template version. This has been fixed, so users are able the go back and forth in versioning.

 

Compare mode in Email not working properly

The version compare did not work properly on the broken email Template. This has been fixed, so Email compare now showcases the latest changes as well as the previous version correctly.

 

Thumbnail preview and full preview wrong on Email

Creating an Email resulted in wrong previews as a thumbnail in the overview and as full preview. This has been fixed.

 

Front End: Color Picker not accessible

Color picker disappeared at the edge of a slide. This has been fixed, so color picker unfolds and appears accessable.

 

Wheel does not stop spinning

When a user picks a binder, the wheel did not stop spinning after "clicking export binder". This has been fixed, so when all actions performed, wheel stops spinning.

 

Create Slide in Binder - toast messages will accumulate

When user created a binder and thereafter created several slides, the user would see that the toast messages accumulates, but not disappear after a slide was created. This has been fixed, so toast messages disappears after the slide is created.

 

Fix bug with multiple click on open duplicate modal (Email, Slide)

It was possible for users to click multiple times on open duplicate modal. This has been fixed, so multiple click is prevented. Sent disabled state on button and wait for document load.

 

Backend: Removed Item is still throwing an error on frontend

An error was thrown on the frontend even though the document causing it (item 23898), was removed from the binder. This has been fixed. By removing the slide that caused the error it is now possible to create the report without the error being thrown.

 

Regression bug. Shared opens as Slide

When users used the function "open Shared resource in Activator" from PromoMats, the shared resource opened up in "Slide Editor" mode in Activator. Content was marked correctly as Shared Resource in Meta data Activator opens, but you get the "editor" screen for the Shared Resource instead of the expected configuration screen. This has been fixed, so Shared opens in Shared view in Activator

 

Version history deactivated

User encountered a backend issue while working on an Email. After that the images were broken. User were trying to resolve that by reverting back to an older version, which eventually did not work. This has been fixed, so the user are now able to change version.

 

Changing Alignment on Tab group is causing an error in the console

When user attempts to change alignment on Tab group this caused an error in the console. This    has been fixed, so alignment of the tab groups changes.

 

Font style not selectable when no font weight set

Font style was not selectable when no font weight was set. This has been fixed, so font style is selectable regardless of if font weight is set.

 

Removing slide from Binder in editor on Track view

After user refreshed the slide, it appeared as if the slide was still attached to the binder, breadcrumb navigation remained as if the slide would be in the binder. This has been fixed, so after refreshing the side the thumbnail does not pop up anymore and no error is thrown. Breadcrumbs adjusts accordingly.

 

Reordering slides in binder in track view throws an error

When user choose a grid view/list view and tracked view for a binder, then a reorder of the slides would result in a warning thrown in Activator and the reordering will be reversed. Eventually the Binder ID was lost. This has been fixed, so Activator reorders the slides without any interference. 

 

Edit Metadata modal does not inherit change, in overview

When user went into a Binder view, opened the overview and clicked edit meta data and changed meta data fx. from Global to Belgium. Then Metadata changed for the slide, but when reopening the Meta data modal by clicking "Edit Meta Data" a second time, then it still showed the "old" setting. Following the example it showed "Global" but it should now show "Belgium". This has been fixed, so Meta data set is now remembered in Edit Meta Data Modal.

 

Font. Incorrect display of properties

When user choose a font-family, the user got all font-weights and font-styles.

Example: [Roboto] => ['100', '200', '300', '400', '500', '600', '700', '800', '900'] => ['normal', 'italic', 'oblique']. This has been fixed, so the font-weights and font-styles for the selected font-family is appropriate Example: [Roboto] => ['400', '900'] => ['normal', 'italic']

 

Error 404 - Appearing in additional scenario

This bug appeared when a user had Activator logged in and had a slide open that was opened from Veeva vault with the “Open in Activator Button”. Then log out of Veeva and log in to Veeva again, choose a slide from the library and used the “open in Activator button” again. The result was a "404". This has been fixed, so the error is not shown.

 

Incorrect sort of document versions on compare page when we try to compare with another document

When user in modal “Choose another document“ on compare page a there was an incorrect sort. This has been fixed, so the sort of versions is correct.

 

AudioPlayer: progress bar and volume bar doesn't work

AudioPlayer: progress bar and volume bar didn't work. The volume bar was possible to regulate but did not actually increase or decrease the volume. With the progress bar, it could be moved, but when playing audio it immediately jumped back to were it was before, also did not actually regulate the progress (could not jump back and forth) the audio file. This has been fixed.

 

Pagination buttons jumps when popover is switching

Pagination buttons jumped when popover toggles. Experienced on Chrome Version 88.0.4324.104 (Official Build) (64-bit). This has been fixed.

 

Email 'divider' doesn't work in Outlook

This has been fixed.

 

Error in console if user is logging out from doc preview page

When a user logging out directly from a document's preview page an error was throwed below in console. This has been fixed, so no error is thrown.

 

Ability to compare the latest versions of the slide

Users are able to compare the latest version of the slide with itself. However, there was not a possibility to compare the latest version of the slide with all possible versions of a document except the most recent. This has been fixed.

 

Wrong slide as shared

If a slide is marked as a shared resource (incorrectly), it should not be selectable in the shared resources carousel when creating a new entity. This has been fixed.

 

Can't open some slide fragments

When a user was trying to open some fragments the user was greeted with the 404 error page. This has been fixed, so a user are able to open all fragments.

EMT (approved email template) is asking for SLIDE meta data

This issue has been resolved.

• All Vault assets are approved, but some don't have CDN URLs. Document is published but message is displayed to user: Not able to generate distribution package because some Vault assets don't have public URLs 

• Not all Vault assets are approved. Document is published but message is displayed to user: Not able to generate distribution package because some Vault assets are not in approved state

• Not all Vault assets are in the latest version. Document is published but message is displayed to user: Not able to generate distribution package. Newer version of Vault Components exists.

So the absence of CDN URLs don't prevent publishing of document, only the generation of a distribution package.

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