GA Release - 4.0.100

Owned by Bharathi Manohar (Unlicensed)
Last updated: Mar 16, 2022
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GA Release - 4.0.100 - February 2022

The list below represents the features, updates, and fixes included in the Orbita Voice GA Release for February 2022.

Core Product Modules

Experience Manager

Answers v2

  • The design for the ability to lock a question is updated to show the user details.

    Lock a KB question

 

  • The Answers v2 KB can now export Labels along with the KB data. The Questions sheet within the exported Excel file will have the KB data and its relevant Labels. The Labels sheet within the exported Excel file will have all of the Labels in the project. Going forward, the data export/import actions will use the .xlsx format only.

    Export options for a KB

     

  • The .xlsx file structure:

    • When we import a KB using a new custom schema, rather than its original type, we will only import the data for the properties that are in common. Other new properties will be ignored in the target location during importing.

    • When we create a KB using the custom schema, the user-defined properties will be exported in customData.propertyName column. For example, If we have the property firstName in the custom schema, the exported Excel header will be customData.firstName.

    • Excel file header reference:

Primary Question

Question Variation

Voice Answer

Text/Chat Answer

Answer Screen

Labels

Guid

customData. propertyName

  • The search functionality is extended to search using the Labels, the data in Voice/ Text/ Screen/ Buttons, Question Variations, Intent ID and the Content ID.

Flow Studio

  • Hide Message Bubble- This new option allows for accepting input utilizing a Single Input control with NO output rendered to prompt the user. You can find this in the Single Input control. This is useful in scenarios where the expectation is that an indicator is presented via another mechanism, such as when using a hook that renders HTML5 directives or Adaptive Cards. In these scenarios, instructions for input are generally provided with the mechanism itself, making the additional bubble redundant.

    In previous versions of the platform, when you had a hook & Single Input combination, both controls would be rendered, presenting an additional message bubble with every hook rendered. More information in https://orbita.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/OCS/pages/1659830303/3.3.9+Flow+Studio+Controls#Single-Input

 

  • The Bot now formats the input types for date and phone number in a more intuitive way. For example, if the user inputs 9876543210, it will be formatted as +1 (987) 654-3210. For dates, if the user inputs February 9 2022, the bot displays in the format 02/09/2022.

  • In the Link Flow control, a new option called Enable continuation of flow after completion is introduced. This allows the users to jump seamlessly between the flows. More information in https://orbita.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/OCS/pages/1659830303/3.3.9+Flow+Studio+Controls#Link-flow

  • One output pin- This new option is available in the Choose One and Yes/No controls under the Choice tab. A new section to choose the number of output pins to display for the control is added. The new option, One output pin will render only one output pin from the control in the Flow Studio canvas. This option lets the user connect the out pin of Choose One or Yes/No to the next control easily. This will be helpful where the flow is the same regardless of the chosen option.

By default, One output pin per option will be selected as previously set. This will give us output pins equal to the number of choices in the control.

  • When loading the Flow Studio listing page, the sorting was not working properly. This has now been resolved.

  • The Agent control now supports the Answers v2 KB. After choosing the v2 KB, we should choose the Primary question. We will continue to support Answers v1 KB. More information on the Agent control is available here

 

  • In regards to the Flow Studio, there are some changes done as part of v4.0.98 Patch updates which are also available in v4.0.100. Please refer to them in here

Chatbot Settings

  • We have updated the Default Bot Settings in v4.0.100. When upgrading the platform to v4.0.100, other existing copies of the Default Bot settings of v4.0.98 will be renamed ‘Default legacy'. The reference made in the Bot Provider OE node will not be changed by the system.

  • All Chatbot Settings (Settings, Custom CSS, Custom JS and Header) are editable except the Template. To update the Template settings, we should make a copy of the Default Chatbot settings file.

  • Previously when copying the Default Chatbot settings, the Header content was not copied. This has now been resolved.

  • For Chatbot Settings, there are a few changes done as part of v4.0.98 Patch updates which are also available in v4.0.100. Please refer to them here

Package Solutions

  • Auto indexing of content will happen when installing the Solution packages. Previously, this indexing process was done manually after the installation.

Experience Designer

Chatbot v3

  • For chatbot v3, there are a few changes completed in the v4.0.98 patch updates which are also available in v4.0.100. Please refer to them in

  • Now, by using the property send_advance_message, we can pass different Value and Text data in the hook function. A simple use case will be in a Button action where the display text and the value passed to the backend can be different. This is similar to the submitQuery property in the v2 bot.

Sample code snippet

self.parent.OrbitaChatBotV3.hook('send_advance_message', `You chose an appointment for ${WEEKDAYS[formattedDate.getDay()]} ${MONTHS[formattedDate.getMonth()]} ${formattedDate.getDate()}, ${formattedDate.getFullYear()} at ${selectedTime}`, null, { date: selectedDate, time: selectedTime, timezone: timezone });

  • The Go Back feature is implemented for the Flow Studio controls, Adaptive Card, Carousel, Card list, and the HTML Directive. To know more on the Go Back feature, refer to this

Release 4.0.100

Build number: 4.0.100-1645641079

Patch 4.0.100

Build number: 4.0.100-1647291926

General fixes

  • We have now corrected the "Skill publish error" on the Deployment page.

  • When utilising the CLI export/import tool, there was an issue with the Link nodes connection.
    This has now been resolved.