Welcome to the latest Activator version! This update brings bug fixes, new features, and improvements all around the system. Some changes are not visible to the end-user.
Let's explore what's new!

See the following explanations for enablement options:

• AUTO-ON: Automatically activated and no configuration is required before using the feature; in some cases, a new feature is dependent on another feature that must be enabled or configured.

• CONFIGURATION: Anthill must turn on or configure the feature before it is available to use or is active; for example, an Admin must add document templates before users can create documents from templates.

What’s new in 3.0.0-alpha-s.26

MJML Minification on Compile

Compiling MJML now automatically minifies the output, optimizing the resulting HTML for web use. This update ensures that whitespace is collapsed, CSS is minimized, and empty attributes are efficiently removed during the compilation process. AUTO-ON

"Go to Dashboard" Button in Hamburger Menu

We've added a "Go to Dashboard" button within the hamburger menu, enabling you to return to the main dashboard from the designer and design system views seamlessly. This button is conveniently located within the existing menu options, so you can switch back to your dashboard view without any disruption. AUTO-ON

Layout Update Capabilities

The latest release introduces enhanced capabilities for updating existing Layouts. This ensures a more dynamic and adaptable management of your layout designs. These updates do not currently support moving layouts between different groups. AUTO-ON

Enhanced Document Type Relationship Configuration

It’s now possible to define more granular relationships between document types. This update moves the relationship mappings inside each document type configuration, facilitating a more flexible and advanced setup. Each document type, such as email or media, includes customized relationship parameters allowing for specific interactions like Email → Media or Email Fragment → Media. CONFIGURATION

Design System Hyperlink in Settings Popup

The Design System relationship displayed in the Settings popup is now an active hyperlink. Clicking on this link directs you to the Design System overview page. This facilitates quick and convenient access to additional information about the Design Systems in use. AUTO-ON

Bugfixes

• Improved Drag and Drop Functionality for Layouts/Helpers The drag and drop function now consistently works for Layouts/Helpers after the initial use.

• Fix for Image Duplication in Header Layout Images dropped into the header layout now remain in the intended component, eliminating duplicate additions.

• Bullet Point Background Fix Bullet points in preview mode now correctly display assigned background colors without issues.

• Fixed Anchor Button Functionality in Emails The anchor button within emails now correctly attaches links and maintains functionality after preview.

• Thumbnail Corrections for Layouts Thumbnails for new layouts now center correctly, covering the entire container with full styles.

• Link Tab Visibility Issue in Settings Panel Fix addresses the missing Link tab in Settings panel when image is initially selected.

• Mobile Bulleted List Visibility in Desktop View A fix ensures that bullet icons meant for mobile views no longer appear in desktop emails.

• ContentID Display Correction on Media Cards Media cards now correctly display ContentID instead of externalID in the SB2 interface.

• Layout Outline Enhancement Experience unbroken layout lines containing content, eliminating interruptions caused by internal elements.

• Enhanced 'No Results' Handling for Media Search When media search returns no results, dynamic filters now preserve selections for frontend context.

Welcome to the latest Activator version! This update brings bug fixes, new features, and improvements all around the system. Some changes are not visible to the end-user.
Let's explore what's new!

See the following explanations for enablement options:

• AUTO-ON: Automatically activated and no configuration is required before using the feature; in some cases, a new feature is dependent on another feature that must be enabled or configured.

• CONFIGURATION: Anthill must turn on or configure the feature before it is available to use or is active; for example, an Admin must add document templates before users can create documents from templates.

What’s new in 3.0.0-alpha-s.25

Edit Email Fragment in a new tab

The “Edit Fragment” function now opens in a new tab when accessed through the small settings popup on the fragment card. This enhancement improves user navigation by maintaining your current position in the email document while allowing edits to be made simultaneously. AUTO-ON

MLR Report features Overview on first page

The MLR Report now features a visual representation of the content piece as the first page of the PDF. This ensures that key information is presented upfront, streamlining your reporting workflow and enhancing the presentation of your MLR reports. AUTO-ON

Bugfixes

• Configurable Resource Relationships Enhanced document management with configurable resource relationships. Each relationship type comes with distinct field identifiers.

• Enhanced Undo/Redo Functionality for Background Images The Undo/Redo feature now supports reversing changes made to background images.

• Consistent Font and Line Weight in PDF Reports Ensure your PDF reports accurately reflect the font and line weight as seen in the preview.

• Disable Convert to Fragment Button with Fragment Token The Convert to Fragment button is now disabled when a layout containing the fragment token is selected, preventing unwanted conversions to ensure document integrity.

• Production Package Update Issue Resolved an issue where the production package fails to update during the publish process in due to a missing mandatory field in the external system.

• MLR View Default to Desktop Switching to MLR view now defaults to the desktop viewport to avoid cropped content, with viewport toggles removed for an improved display experience.

• Retrieve Design System Content Operation Exception Enhancements have been implemented to address exceptions occurring during the retrieval of design system content, ensuring more reliable operation execution.

• Design System UI Font and Color Synchronization The Design System UI now ensures that the font selector and color pickers in the document editor accurately reflect predefined fonts and colors from the design system.

• Layout Rearrangement Resolved an issue where dragging full-canvas width layouts did not function as expected due to incorrect drop area recognition.

• Drag & Drop Placement Accuracy Resolved an issue where elements were placed incorrectly during drag-and-drop from the Add tab, ensuring precise alignment with the indicator line.

• Email Preview Consistency Resolved an issue where the compiled email in preview mode did not reflect the latest change. Users will now see accurate previews ensuring that their updates are correctly displayed before publishing.

Welcome to the latest Activator version! This update brings bug fixes, new features, and improvements all around the system. Some changes are not visible to the end-user.
Let's explore what's new!

See the following explanations for enablement options:

• AUTO-ON: Automatically activated and no configuration is required before using the feature; in some cases, a new feature is dependent on another feature that must be enabled or configured.

• CONFIGURATION: Anthill must turn on or configure the feature before it is available to use or is active; for example, an Admin must add document templates before users can create documents from templates.

What’s new in 3.0.0-alpha-s.24

Duplicate Emails

We've added a feature allowing you to create a copy of any specified email while retaining its properties, relationships, and metadata.

The duplication process is handled through a Duplication Wizard, to streamline the process of copying emails while ensuring all necessary metadata fields are accurately populated. This feature guides you through the steps of duplication, beginning with pre-filled metadata based on the original email. From there, users can effortlessly select the appropriate Design System, whether they wish to maintain the original relationship, duplicate it, or select a relation to an existing Design System. CONFIGURATION

Design System Enhancements

We've introduced several enhancements to the Design System interface to simplify and improve user interactions. The updated information panel now includes metadata, offering more context at a glance. Layout and Template cards feature a preview option, making it easier to visualize changes directly within the Design System view.

Publishing Design Systems is now supported, along with the ability to save Layouts and Helpers back into the system. A new button at the bottom of the right-side panel enables you to create (or update existing) Layouts or Helpers, with a guided popup for inputting necessary details and a snackbar providing feedback on your actions. Additionally, thumbnails are automatically generated to ensure consistent visual representations for newly created elements. AUTO-ON

Configurable Document Types and Preferences

The system now supports configurable document types, enabling us to tailor client tenants to work seamlessly with various formats such as email templates. This enhancement allows precise control over how features, tokens, and distribution packages function for each document type, ensuring smooth integration and functionality.

All configurations are managed internally by Anthill and this flexibility ensures each tenant is optimized for its specific needs without requiring any action or adjustments from end users. CONFIGURATION

SSO Integration (Vault)

We’re excited to announce the seamless integration of Single Sign-On (SSO) with our application, providing users with a smoother and more secure authentication experience. With SSO, users can access the application effortlessly using their existing credentials, eliminating the need for multiple logins and reducing complexity. This integration ensures compatibility with industry-standard authentication protocols like OAuth, enabling secure connections and centralized identity management. CONFIGURATION

Dashboard

The new Dashboard introduces a streamlined interface for managing content, currently featuring a left side panel for quick navigation. This panel provides easy access to key features, including recent documents and document types, allowing users to quickly retrieve the content they need.

While the dashboard is designed to be intuitive and efficient, future enhancements will include additional features such as create buttons, filtering options, and the ability to save favorites, further improving workflow and productivity. Stay tuned for more updates as we continue to optimize the dashboard for a seamless user experience. AUTO-ON

Pre-selected Media Library Filters

Media library filters will now automatically pre-select options based on document metadata, such as product and country values. This enhancement streamlines the experience by reducing the manual steps needed to apply relevant filters when accessing the media library.

The new preselection configuration enables filters to be automatically set according to specified criteria. The settings allow for either hardcoded values or inherited selections from the current record, ensuring flexibility and efficiency in media management workflows. CONFIGURATION

Bugfixes

• Settings Panel Document Reload Resolved an issue where opening the settings panel via the burger menu would unexpectedly refresh the document in the background.

• Refinements in Design System UI We've addressed various UI issues such as ensuring interactivity matches visual cues, clarifying layout group orderings, removing unnecessary scroll bars and ensured that the font selector and color pickers in the document editor accurately reflect predefined fonts and colors from the Design System.

• Navigate Tab with 'Add' Subtabs Post-Preview The Navigate tab, complete with 'Add' subtabs, now automatically reopens after exiting the Preview mode, ensuring seamless workflow continuity.

• Email Fragments Linking Email Fragments now maintain relationships with parent emails, preserve media assets, and include mjml files to enhance content accuracy and integrity during publishing.

• PDF Generation Consistency Resolved issues with PDF documents not matching the Activator preview by aligning column widths, fonts, and respecting media queries.

Welcome to the latest Activator version! This update brings bug fixes, new features, and improvements all around the system. Some changes are not visible to the end-user.
Let's explore what's new!

See the following explanations for enablement options:

• AUTO-ON: Automatically activated and no configuration is required before using the feature; in some cases, a new feature is dependent on another feature that must be enabled or configured.

• CONFIGURATION: Anthill must turn on or configure the feature before it is available to use or is active; for example, an Admin must add document templates before users can create documents from templates.

What’s new in 3.0.0-alpha-s.22

Advanced Media Card meta-data Handling

Media cards now support enhanced metadata integration across various connectors, allowing a more detailed and tailored presentation for each media type. Updates to the MediaCard component ensure seamless rendering of custom metadata, expanding the versatility and functionality of media representations. AUTO-ON

Integration with Vault

This release marks the introduction of our Vault integration, bringing powerful new capabilities to streamline workflows and enhance document management.

The ability to Import Vault Documents allows users to bring Vault documents into Activator while retaining their metadata. This ensures a seamless integration process and supports workflows such as material document imports.

Documents can then be linked to the Vault Design System, aligning them with design system standards. This integration ensures consistency across projects, keeps design elements synchronized, and facilitates collaboration.

With Vault Publishing, users can automate workflows based on client-specific configurations. By reading configuration data, the system manages complex tasks such as generating reports, executing custom actions, and creating draft versions directly within Vault.

Vault Resource Relationships establish links between documents and associated resources, such as renditions or attachments. These relationships enhance organization and provide a clear view of interconnected content.

Finally, the Vault Distribution Package Generation feature bundles essential email components—HTML, assets, and thumbnails—into a single ZIP file for efficient delivery. Future updates will expand this functionality to support additional document types.

These new features represent the first phase of our Vault integration, laying the groundwork for a more comprehensive and efficient document management experience. CONFIGURATION

Design System Enhancements

Design System View

The new Design System View streamlines design workflows with an intuitive Topbar featuring a publish button and a detailed Sidepanel for managing projects. The Sidepanel is organized into categories like General, Colors, and the Email Channel, which includes layouts and templates. This structure provides quick access to essential design components, improving collaboration and efficiency. AUTO-ON

Design System Import Redirection

Importing a Design System now redirects users directly to the Design System View, ensuring smooth navigation and efficient access to design resources. This update simplifies setup and management within the Rosaline domains. AUTO-ON

URL Encoding for External Providers

Ensure the integrity and security of the external URLs by implementing proper encoding. With the need to encode spaces with %20 and similar encoding practices, we’ve improved the handling of URLs coming from external sources. This update mitigates issues with malformed URLs from unreliable external providers. AUTO-ON

Define meta-data fields for Email Fragments

When converting an Email to a Email Fragment, the user can now define the configured meta-data fields. The dropdown selections pull data directly from the Digital Asset Management system, streamlining your workflow by sending the selected fields back to Aprimo upon publication. This improvement allows for a more integrated and accurate data management process tailored to your project needs.

You have the flexibility to configure these fields on a per-client basis, making it easier to manage specifications unique to each account. The product field uses a single-select format, while the country field offers a multi-select option, and both fields benefit from dynamic filtering. By utilizing the parent document's (email's) data, filters are prefilled for added convenience, enhancing the efficiency of your content creation process. CONFIGURATION

Undo / Redo actions

The Designer/Editor now supports Undo and Redo functionalities, allowing users to easily revert changes made to documents. Users can undo and redo actions such as adding or removing elements, and manipulating media in image/video components. This feature empowers users to effortlessly correct mistakes and experiment with their designs without fear of permanent alterations.

Activate these capabilities through intuitive buttons located in the bottom left corner of your screen, or by using familiar keyboard shortcuts: CTRL+Z (Win) / Command+Z (Mac) for undo, and CTRL+Y (Win) / Shift+Command+Z (Mac) for redo. The undo and redo actions do not apply to individual changes in the style panel, keeping the focus on document-level revisions. AUTO-ON

Bugfixes

• Skeleton Display for Email Fragments When importing Email Fragments, a skeleton now appears in the Fragment-panel to enhance the user interface experience.

• Improve MLR Meta Data Display The meta data section in the MLR view now hides irrelevant blocks and exclusively displays the Preheader.

• PDF Right Panel Adjustment The right panel on MLR PDFs now maintains a consistent width across all pages.

• Authentication Error Redirects Authentication errors now properly redirect users to the login page, preventing endless loading loops during import.

• PDF Generation Consistency Resolved issues with PDF documents not matching the Activator preview by aligning column widths, fonts, and respecting media queries.

• Validation Error for Convert-to-Fragment Resolved an issue where design system relations were not being set in Aprimo, leading to validation errors during the convert-to-fragment process.

• Streamlined Resource Import Validation Resources no longer require validation for external thumbnails during import, as our system generates its own thumbnails, ensuring a smoother import process.

• Improved Detection of Design Systems During Import Resolved an issue where design systems were incorrectly detected as resources, ensuring accurate importation into the wizard.

• MLR Report Publication Timing Resolved an issue where large MLR reports were published prematurely due to early appearance of the mlr-pdf-ready class, ensuring accurate PDF generation timing.

• Display Title Below Link Links in MLR now display their titles, ensuring clarity and improved navigation for users.

• Document Publishing MLR Report Issue The system no longer attempts to generate an MLR report when a document is configured as a viewable rendition, preventing unnecessary publish failures.

• Activator Interface Loading Issue Resolved Resolved an issue where the Activator Interface was not loading when the "Open in Activator" option was clicked, remedied by clearing cache and refreshing the page.

• Email Fragments Linking Email fragments now maintain relationships with parent emails, preserve media assets, and include mjml files to enhance content accuracy and integrity during publishing.

• Import BMP Files in Media Library Resolved an issue in the Media Library that prevented BMP files from being imported successfully.

• Login Redirection Issue Resolved an issue where users were incorrectly redirected to the dashboard instead of the document upon first login due to session token mismatches.

Welcome to the latest Activator version! This update brings bug fixes, new features, and improvements all around the system. Some changes are not visible to the end-user.
Let's explore what's new!

See the following explanations for enablement options:

• AUTO-ON: Automatically activated and no configuration is required before using the feature; in some cases, a new feature is dependent on another feature that must be enabled or configured.

• CONFIGURATION: Anthill must turn on or configure the feature before it is available to use or is active; for example, an Admin must add document templates before users can create documents from templates.

What’s new in 3.0.0-alpha-s.20

Confirmation Popup for Email Fragment Removal

The new confirmation popup feature helps prevent accidental removal of Email Fragments by alerting users before an action is finalized. When attempting to delete an Email Fragment, a popup will appear to ask users if they wish to continue, safeguarding against unintended deletions. AUTO-ON

MLR Report Upload Configuration

Configure where to upload MLR reports in the Digital Asset Management (DAM) system as a main file, additional file, or related file. This update enhances the DAM integration by allowing customized document placement during the publishing processes, offering greater flexibility and precision in report management. CONFIGURATION

Bugfixes

• Module Details Tab Visibility The "module details" tab is now hidden or disabled when the modular content feature is not in use.

• MLR View Data Addition MLR view now includes links assigned to image elements and labels for button details to ensure comprehensive data representation.

• Authentication Error Redirects Authentication errors now properly redirect users to the login page, preventing endless loading loops during import.

• PDF Right Panel Adjustment The right panel on MLR PDFs now maintains a consistent width across all pages.

• Panel Content Display Enhancement Resolved an issue causing missing panel content, ensuring all panels consistently display their respective data.

• Improve MLR Meta Data Display The meta data section in the MLR view now hides irrelevant blocks and exclusively displays the Preheader.

• Show/Hide Functionality Alignment The style panel now correctly reflects the actual show/hide settings applied to individual elements, ensuring accurate visibility controls across all elements.

Welcome to the latest Activator version! This update brings bug fixes, new features, and improvements all around the system. Some changes are not visible to the end-user.
Let's explore what's new!

See the following explanations for enablement options:

• AUTO-ON: Automatically activated and no configuration is required before using the feature; in some cases, a new feature is dependent on another feature that must be enabled or configured.

• CONFIGURATION: Anthill must turn on or configure the feature before it is available to use or is active; for example, an Admin must add document templates before users can create documents from templates.

What’s new in 3.0.0-alpha-s.19

Email Fragments

Email Fragments are reusable document sections that make creating and updating email content easier. They act as building blocks you can use in different emails without needing to start from scratch each time.

When authoring an Email, you can select a Layout and convert it to a standalone Email Fragment, saving it for future use. You can also search for specific Email Fragments to add to your emails, making it simple to access pre-designed elements.

Manage, find and use Email Fragments

We’ve introduced and Email Fragment pane in the Content panel for managing your Email Fragments. You can easily add, refresh, or remove Email Fragments from an Email as needed.

Within this this pane you can search specifically for Email Fragments with advanced filtering, letting you quickly browse, sort, and select Email Fragments directly from a centralized location. AUTO-ON

Relationship between Emails and Email Fragments

Our integration supports a new type of relationship between Emails and Email Fragments, modeled after the way Media Assets are connected. This enables smooth linking between email content and fragments, so they work together efficiently. CONFIGURATION

Convert Layouts to Email Fragments with ease

Use the Convert to Fragment feature to quickly create new Email Fragments from parts of your Email. Add custom details like name, group, and description for better organising, making it easy to integrate these reusable elements into your projects. AUTO-ON

MLR View

Introducing the MLR-tab in the Preview switcher. This enhancement allows you to trigger the MLR mode for a streamlined document viewing experience with highlights that connect directly to the editor. The MLR side panel provides additional functionalities such as Email metadata and a comprehensive layout overview, evolving into detailed layout views when a specific layout is selected. AUTO-ON

MLR Reports

The MLR Report is a new type of report designed to make life easier for approvers.

Generate MLR Reports Directly from Preview

Users can now create MLR Reports directly from the MLR View in Preview mode by simply clicking the [Get MLR Report]-link, and the system will handle the rest, automating the report generation. AUTO-ON

Automatic prompts for unpublished changes

If there are unpublished changes in your document, a prompt will appear, asking you to publish them before generating the MLR Report. This ensures your report reflects the most current information. AUTO-ON

Customizable placement in DAM System

MLR Reports can be configured to upload to the Digital Asset Management (DAM) system as the main file, an additional file, or a related file. This offers flexibility for organizing and integrating reports into your content library. CONFIGURATION

Action Snackbars

Introducing the ability to perform actions directly from snackbars, such as downloading generated files or opening links. This enhancement allows for a more interactive and seamless user experience by integrating actionable options allowing users to complete tasks more efficiently without navigating away from their current workflow. AUTO-ON

Session Optimization

Enhancements have been made to streamline the user session management, which will ensure that if a user is already logged into Aprimo, their session is seamlessly reused, providing a smoother and more efficient login experience. AUTO-ON

Enhanced Drag-and-Drop Functionality

Introducing improvements to our drag-and-drop feature, now allowing layout components to be added seamlessly without dragging the underlying HTML. This enhancement addresses user feedback on easing layout modifications without technical interruptions.

Additionally, the drag and drop experience on Mac has been refined to provide clearer feedback when placing media assets and elements. The plus icon now appears only in areas where the item can be successfully dropped, eliminating any confusion and streamlining the workflow.
AUTO-ON

Bugfixes

• Consistent Spacing Across Activator and Outlook Resolved issue where line spacing differed between Activator previews and Outlook test proofs.

• Activator UI Display Issue Post-Preview Exiting the document preview can inconsistently scale the Activator UI based on browser window size, which can be corrected by resizing the debug console window.

• Responsive Column Layout Fix Resolved an issue where columns within a 100% width group container were being squashed on mobile views, ensuring correct display of 3% and 97% width columns.

• Elements Not Selectable After Publish Resolved an issue where elements could not be selected after publishing a document, requiring a page refresh to restore functionality.

• Enhanced Media Asset Search Resolved an issue in the media asset search where additional results were not loading on large screens, ensuring seamless access to all available assets.

Welcome to the latest Activator version! This update brings bug fixes, new features, and improvements all around the system. Some changes are not visible to the end-user.
Let's explore what's new!

See the following explanations for enablement options:

• AUTO-ON: Automatically activated and no configuration is required before using the feature; in some cases, a new feature is dependent on another feature that must be enabled or configured.

• CONFIGURATION: Anthill must turn on or configure the feature before it is available to use or is active; for example, an Admin must add document templates before users can create documents from templates.

What’s new in 3.0.0-alpha-s.18

Check for Authentication on User Action

Resolved an issue where the system did not notify users of expired authentication tokens when attempting actions, potentially causing publish failures or Media Library loading issues. Now, improved middleware checks verify user authentication status before proceeding with actions. AUTO-ON

Deselect active element and post all edit events before publishing

We have improved the publishing workflow to ensure that all document edits are finalized accurately. This change deselects the currently active component, triggering an edit event and guaranteeing that all edit events in the queue are completed before the publish event is triggered. This adjustment ensures document integrity, even before displaying the preview. AUTO-ON

Handle Ably Timeouts

Resolve Ably connection issues caused by expired tokens through an enhanced token verification process. When dealing with refresh tokens, ensure the latest token is checked before re-authenticating. This advancement helps maintain seamless connectivity and minimizes disruptions due to token expiration. AUTO-ON

Organization API Integration

The organization API has been integrated into the frontend, enhancing the "webapp-frontend" feature by automating the mapping of organizations. This advancement eliminates the need for hardcoded organizations, ensuring a more dynamic and flexible system. AUTO-ON

Event Rules Enhancement for Connector Documents

The event rules within the features have been updated to seamlessly support those set in the Create Aprimo document and Convert Email fragment flows. This enhancement allows for greater flexibility and precision in handling event-driven processes across your projects.

Explore the detailed event flows through the provided Miro link to understand the implementations better. Additionally, refer to the related Jira ticket for comprehensive insights into the event rules framework. AUTO-ON

Support for Various Source File Names

Enhanced file support now allows for the successful import of source files that are not specifically named mjml.html. Our new system is designed to automatically recognize source files with alternative names, except for those named email.html, ensuring uninterrupted file processing.

In instances where multiple HTML files are detected (excluding email.html), the system will generate an error, preventing potential conflicts and maintaining the integrity of the import process. These updates provide improved flexibility and reduce errors associated with file naming conventions during imports. AUTO-ON

Seamless URL Redirection on Logout

Enhance user experience with our new feature that allows seamless redirection back to the user's previous URL after being logged out due to token expiration. By programmatically logging out users with Auth0's SDK, the application now captures and stores the user's last visited URL, which is used to redirect them upon re-login.

Utilize this feature by setting a query parameter on the returnTo option, ensuring users continue from where they left off without interruption or inconvenience. AUTO-ON

Design System Editor Version Alignment

The Design System now includes a converter to ensure that the latest editor version is loaded, similar to the implementation in Blackburn. This enhancement maintains consistency and updates the editor version within the DS to match the version used within the application.

This update is exclusive to emails and can be incorporated into the 'add document to design system' feature. The changes apply the v2.7.1 Design System, previously employed in Blackburn, but will now correctly load the v2.5.2 editor version in Activator. AUTO-ON

Create Aprimo Document

Introducing the create-aprimo-document operation, a streamlined process designed to compile emails, generate thumbnails, and prepare Aprimo publishing actions efficiently. This workflow triggers the Aprimo API to create records in Aprimo and upload necessary files automatically. By implementing this feature, users can ensure smooth and synchronized document management with minimal manual intervention.

The operation leverages the ‘create-aprimo-document’ Lambda as depicted in the Miro board event flow. This feature sets the foundation for enhanced automation in managing document creation and preparation tasks, thereby improving productivity and consistency in Aprimo-related processes. Further exploration is required to update AOM documents post-Aprimo creation to ensure ongoing optimization and refinement of the workflow. AUTO-ON

Enhanced Security Response Headers

Strengthening the security of your applications, the implementation of key security response headers is now complete. With this response headers policy, CloudFront adds X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff to all responses. This is the case when the response that CloudFront received from the origin included this header and when it didn't. For all other headers in this policy, if the response that CloudFront receives from the origin includes the header, CloudFront uses the received header (and its value) in its response to the viewer. It doesn't use the header in this policy. AUTO-ON

Caching Policy

We implemented a CloudFront cache policy, that specify the HTTP headers, cookies, and query strings that CloudFront includes in the cache key for objects that are cached at CloudFront edge locations. The cache key is the unique identifier for every object in the cache, and it determines whether a viewer's HTTP request results in a cache hit.

A cache hit occurs when a viewer request generates the same cache key as a prior request, and the object for that cache key is in the edge location's cache and valid. AUTO-ON

This policy has the following settings:

• Minimum TTL: 1 second.

• Maximum TTL: 31,536,000 seconds (365 days).

• Default TTL: 86,400 seconds (24 hours).

• Headers included in the cache key: None are explicitly included. The normalized Accept-Encoding header is included because the cache compressed objects setting is enabled.

• Cookies included in the cache key: None.

• Query strings included in the cache key: None.

• Cache compressed objects setting: Enabled.

Enhanced Aprimo API Module

The Aprimo API module has been extended to support client credentials alongside tokens, providing more flexibility in authorization options. Initially, client credentials will be stored within the client configuration. This enhancement empowers users to configure the createRecord API to utilize an integration user efficiently.

The update also addresses the persistence of access tokens, which can now be managed either within a database for connections or as environment variables with caching options. This improvement ensures that access token management is streamlined and secure, adapting to various storage preferences for better integration experiences. CONFIGURATION

Improved handling of Missing Data in Search DAM Content

Enhancements have been made to the search-dam-content operation, focusing on differentiating required data from optional data and implementing automatic fallbacks for missing information. Now, only externalID and mainfile are mandatory, streamlining data requirements while ensuring robust fallback mechanisms for optional data like name and thumbnail.

If optional data is missing, the operation will intelligently fetch the name from the mainfile or display "(no title)" if both values are unavailable. For thumbnails, a default placeholder image will be used when no specific image is available, ensuring a consistent content display across components.

The console log message for operation results has been refined to "Search results retrieved", enhancing clarity in system logs. AUTO-ON

Improved Error Messaging for Document Import

Enhanced feedback is now available during the document import process. Users will no longer encounter infinite loading without explanation when a backend error occurs. Instead, clear error messages will inform users when a document cannot be converted or if required metadata is missing, such as a wrong or empty document type. This transparency ensures users are promptly aware of any issues, enabling faster troubleshooting and resolution. AUTO-ON

Refactor Routing and Modes

Improved routing logic ensures that component re-rendering is consistently triggered. This critical enhancement addresses dependencies between routing and modes, ensuring that mode parameters are accurately sent and reflected in the URL.

These updates are essential for enhancing the Editor experience. AUTO-ON

Aprimo Resource Relationship in AOM

Integrate Aprimo resource relationships directly into AOM, ensuring that linked assets appear in the Media Panel, regardless of how they were added. This enhancement allows for comprehensive visibility of your assets, bridging the gap for resources that were not imported through Activator.

Ensure a seamless implementation by updating configurations with the externalResources configuration. Enhance your workflows by making all relevant Aprimo assets accessible within the AOM environment, optimizing resource management and collaboration. AUTO-ON

Activator-specific Document Fields

Enhance your document management by automatically populating fields specific to the Activator environment. Key information such as the last modified date, environment details, and version numbers are now captured right within your documents as timestamps and strings. These fields streamline updates, ensuring that all modifications are tracked accurately for better workflow management.

For DS content types, additional fields such as Design System Type, Promoted status, and Design System Activator Version have been introduced. These fields are designed to further refine your management capabilities, supporting more detailed tracking for specialized content types. Simply check the document properties to access each field, identify relevant IDs, and utilize filtering options to optimize document organization. CONFIGURATION

Bugfixes

• Improved Error Pop-Up Imagery The error pop-up for the "Send Test Email" feature now displays a warning icon to clearly differentiate from success messages.

• Precision in Resource Relationships The "Resources Used" relationship in Aprimo now accurately reflects only the media files actively utilized within a document.

• Publishing Flow Stability Improvement Resolved an issue where random errors during PDF report generation caused the publishing flow to become stuck.

• Outlook Email Style Issue on Windows Resolved issues causing Outlook emails on Windows to display with an unintended blue background and other style discrepancies such as text and button colors not applying correctly.

• PDF Generation Consistency Resolved issues with PDF documents not matching the Activator preview by aligning column widths, fonts, and respecting media queries.

• Improved Media Type Importing Enhancements have been made to resolve errors when importing WebP and SVG media types, including ensuring thumbnails are generated correctly without failure or delay.

• Resolved Inconsistencies in Media Import Fixed inconsistent behaviors in the media import process, ensuring reliable thumbnail event reception and validation checks.

• Aprimo Source Code Import Fix Resolved an issue where the import feature was unable to retrieve source code from Aprimo.

• Snackbar Notification Design Fix The snackbar notification design issue has been resolved, ensuring a consistent and visually appealing user interface.

• TypeError Issue Fixed Resolved a console TypeError related to accessing URLs tied to Activator, ensuring smoother navigation and functionality.

• Delete-document Validation Fix The delete-document service now correctly validates messages and returns validation errors for missing or incorrect schema elements.

• Enhanced Thumbnail Display Thumbnails for media assets now maintain the original image ratio and dynamically adjust pixel size to eliminate excessive black backgrounds.

We’re excited to announce a new improvement to how Activator manages resource relationships in your connected DAM systems. From now on, only media resources that are actually in use will be linked to your document, helping keep your assets clean and organized! 📂

This means that if you remove media from your document and republish, the removed media will no longer appear in the “Relationships” section, ensuring everything stays up-to-date and clutter-free. ✨

No need to worry—this change is already live! If you have any questions, feel free to reach out.

We’re thrilled to roll out a fantastic upgrade to how Activator handles media thumbnails! 📸✨

Previously, Activator used thumbnails from the content repository, which sometimes led to issues with signed URL expiration, resulting in broken or outdated images 😅

To fix this, we’ve rolled out a much better solution!

From now on, Activator will generate and manage its own thumbnails. These will be created directly within Activator and stored securely in our document management system 📂

This means thumbnails will always be accurate, consistently linked to the right media version, and provide a sleek, uniform look across the platform—whether in Media Cards, the Media Library, or the Media Panel 🎨

Enjoy more reliable and consistent media previews with this update! No action is needed on your part—this upgrade is already live and ready to go 🚀

This release holds improvements and new features that mainly seek to improve the stability, performance, and usability of Activator. Some of these changes are therefore not immediately visible to the end-user. The release also contains numerous bug fixes.

New Features

Settings Popup

Fetch and display document metadata and thumbnail in a large popup. Before publishing, show the external thumbnail if available; post-publishing displays the Activator Thumbnail. Only fields with available metadata will be shown, and all metadata will be in a read-only state. An 'Open in Aprimo' button has been added for enhanced accessibility.

Send Test Email

Introducing the ability to send test emails directly from the application. This feature integrates SMTP and AWS setup scripts and allows repurposing existing scripts for seamless email delivery. You can follow the provided links to the scripts in our Bitbucket repository and Terraform documentation for detailed setup. Utilize the 'send email' capability imported from Blackburn and send the compiled email to user-inputted addresses. Trigger this action with the send-test-email event, and upon success, the system will return test-email-sent to the frontend.

Send Test Email UI

We’ve streamlined the process of sending test emails directly from the UI. By clicking the ‘send test email’ button, users can now trigger a popup to input an email address and initiate the send functionality. This update enhances the ability to quickly test and preview email communications, ensuring accuracy and efficiency in your workflows.

Device Resolutions in Preview

Add device resolution toggles to the top bar and fit the email preview container to the selected resolution, allowing users to view the full content without scrolling. Currently, supported devices include desktop and mobile views.

Improvements

Download external thumbnail and save during generation

Enhance your issue tracking with automatic thumbnail generation. This update modifies the schema to include an activatorThumbnail, ensuring that external thumbnails are downloaded and saved during the generation process, making it easier to manage visual assets alongside your issues.

Log Display

The log display feature is now available to help you understand system activities and facilitate communication among developers, QA, and other stakeholders. Easily share the URL to keep everyone on the same page and streamline debugging and issue resolution processes.

Improved Content Fetching for Design Systems

We have enhanced the efficiency of content retrieval from Design Systems. Now, when using the wizard, only templates are fetched, and when displaying the canvas, only layouts and helpers are fetched. This update ensures faster loading times and reduces unnecessary data collection, optimizing performance and resource usage.

Configure Provisioned Concurrency for Lambda Functions

Reduce Lambda cold start times by configuring provisioned concurrency directly from the solution.json file. This feature is particularly beneficial for live environments needing immediate response times. Note that enabling provisioned concurrency will increase costs. For more details, refer to the AWS Lambda documentation.

Bump resource loads in Media Library from 12 to 24

We have increased the maximum number of resource loads in the Media Library from 12 to 24, allowing you to handle larger volumes of media more efficiently. This enhancement improves the overall performance and responsiveness of the media management process, enabling faster access and usage of your digital assets.

Handle media thumbnails on Rosalind side

Due to issues with signed URL expiration, we're now handling media thumbnails directly on our side. To ensure thumbnails do not expire, we will either download the thumbnail (SP: 8) or generate our own rendition of the resource (SP: 16). Additionally, thumbnails will be stored with the document, linked to the version ID of the media.

Support dynamic filtering in the Media Library

We’ve introduced dynamic filtering in the Media Library, allowing users to instantly tailor their view based on various filter criteria. This enhancement makes it easier to manage and locate media assets efficiently. With just a few clicks, you can filter content by date, type, size, or custom tags, ensuring you have quick access to exactly what you need.

Extend the conversion library to read metadata values from additional fields

Enhance the conversion library to retrieve and display metadata values along with their IDs. This allows for a more comprehensive view of settings within the popup, making it easier to manage and utilize metadata effectively.

Import Additional Record Metadata from Aprimo

You can now configure which record metadata fields from Aprimo are integrated into Activator, beyond the default fields like name and id. For instance, you can specify fields such as ‘product’, ‘country’, and ‘language’. Any required fields should be set up as additional metadata when creating records in Activator. This configuration can be managed per document type within the 'Aprimo' configuration in ArangoDB. Example configuration: "fields": {"default": [{"country": ""}, {"product": ""}, {"language": ""}]}. Additionally, it’s now easier to retrieve field labels for records, ensuring accurate metadata representation.

Indicate Media is Being Re-loaded

To improve user experience in the Media Library, we've added an indication for when new searches are being made and the list of media is refreshing. This visual indicator, such as a single skeleton screen or overlay spinner, ensures users know that the Aprimo API is fetching updated content based on their filters and search inputs.

Retry the retrieval from the DB

Implemented a retry mechanism for database retrievals to handle intermittent ArangoDB socket hangup errors. This approach significantly improves the success rate by attempting multiple retrievals before failing. This retry functionality has been standardized across various database calls to ensure consistency and reliability until a permanent solution is provided by the ArangoDB team.

Delayed search requests in DAM search

We have improved the search experience by implementing debouncing, ensuring that searches are made only after users have paused typing. This enhancement prevents searches from being triggered with every keystroke, resulting in more accurate and timely updates to the search results. Additionally, we have ensured that displayed results correspond to the current search and filter setup, eliminating the issue of outdated search queries overriding the actual results.

Clear Media Library filters, search and results on close

Now, whenever you open the Media Library, it resets filters, searches, and results from any previous session. This enhancement ensures a fresh start each time you access the Media Library, improving clarity and reducing confusion from leftover data. All stored information related to the Media Library, including DAM content, searches, and filters, will be cleared upon closing.

Deselect active element and post all edit events before publishing

We have improved the publishing workflow to ensure that all document edits are finalized accurately. This change deselects the currently active component, triggering an edit event and guaranteeing that all edit events in the queue are completed before the publish event is triggered. This adjustment ensures document integrity, even before displaying the preview.

Success Snackbars Update

Success snackbars now feature a checkmark icon instead of the info icon, enhancing visual clarity and immediate recognition of successful actions.

Bugfixes

Update how the editor works to avoid Ably errors

We have optimized the editor to prevent Ably errors by stopping the transmission of entire documents. Leveraging the anthill-html-updater module, users can now seamlessly move HTML without encountering issues. This enhancement ensures a more efficient and error-free editing experience.

Refreshing from within Preview Breaks the App

Refreshing the browser while in the preview mode causes the compiled email to disappear, preventing users from returning to the designer as the preview button becomes unresponsive. This issue requires a fix to ensure a seamless transition between design and preview modes without disruption.

Extension Added to Filename at Publish

In Novartis environments, the filetype extension is being appended to the document name from the ‘filename’ field each time a new version is created. This automatic extension behavior occurs on the initial publish as well as during reimport and subsequent publishes, leading to redundant extensions being added.

Compiled Email Does Not Always Show Latest Changes

The compiled email in preview mode has been fixed to consistently reflect the latest changes made in the email designer. Users will now see accurate previews ensuring that their updates are correctly displayed before sending.

ArangoError: AQL Collection or View Not Found

Addressed an issue with the "retrieve-documents" function that triggered an ArangoError due to a missing collection or view named "anthill". The log details indicate the error occurs while parsing, with the response status marked as EXCEPTION and a failure to retrieve documents from the database. This fix ensures proper retrieval and handling of document requests, preventing disruptions caused by missing database elements.

Ably errors from the Editor messenger when dragging and dropping

Users may encounter error messages from Ably when dragging Layouts or Media Components from the left-side panel in the Editor messenger. This issue is under investigation to ensure a smooth and error-free experience while managing components within the Editor.

Scrollbars visible in Windows browser

In this update, we've resolved an issue where scrollbars were unnecessarily displayed in the DS selection wizard, left-side panel panes, and canvas area on Windows browsers. This fix ensures a cleaner, more streamlined interface, enhancing user experience and navigation.

Receive the DS lists data duplicated from the BE

We've implemented a check in the frontend on the setDesignSystemContent client operation to prevent duplicated DS lists data from causing the layouts to show up double in the layout panel temporarily. While this provides a quick fix for the MVP, a more permanent solution is needed to address the root cause of the duplication coming from the backend.

Document Publishing Issue Between AOM and Aprimo

Occasionally, the event flow breaks after the document-published event, causing documents to publish in AOM but not in Aprimo. This disruption prevents the event from reaching the backend to trigger the publish in Aprimo. An incident was observed with eid 244199230104.

This release holds improvements and new features that mainly seek to improve the stability, performance, and usability of Activator. Some of these changes are therefore not immediately visible to the end-user. The release also contains numerous bug fixes.

New Features

Retrieve Design System Content

Added functionality to retrieve content from a specific design system, such as layouts, helpers, templates, and fragments. Events and operations have been established in the design system domain to support this feature. If the content type is not specified in the request, all types of content will be retrieved by default.

Retrieve Aprimo Documents

Enhancements have been made to the document retrieval process in Activator. Users can now list non-imported documents of specific types from Aprimo by configuring filters based on organizational settings. This update improves the Dashboard search features and facilitates the retrieval of documents for various design system wizards.

Document Editor View

The document editor view has been enhanced with fully populated wireframes that now include all relevant panels and data, providing a more intuitive and streamlined user experience.

DAM Media Search

The media library now supports searching in the Digital Asset Management (DAM) system for available assets when on the DAM Media Search tab. This feature includes title, description, search, filters, and media card lists, sending requests to the appropriate connector search lambda. The filter object is dynamically created based on selected filters, excluding empty values.

Check Aprimo Document

This feature allows the WebApp to verify existing versions of a document based on an Aprimo record ID and prompt the user to import the latest version if it is not currently available in the system.

Document Preview View

The Document Preview View now includes a preview button to toggle between preview mode and edit mode. A secondary menu has been added on the left side that includes a "send a test email" button to trigger a popup functionality. Preview mode displays a centered iframe and allows users to load the compiled email, with available resolution toggles for desktop and mobile viewing.

Wizard - Missing Required Data

The wizard is now triggered during the import flow if the document lacks required meta data such as the design system relation. The configuration for required fields per document type is defined in the WebApp, and for this version, the wizard primarily addresses the missing designSystem field. The wizard involves three potential steps: identifying missing document metadata, establishing a design system relationship, and selecting a design system template if needed. The focus is on ensuring documents have the necessary design system relationships before completion.

Document Fields Panel

The panel now displays fields from layouts without modular content, sourcing information directly from the Editor app connector.

Design System Domain

Improved the events and operations handling within the Design System Domain, ensuring more robust functionality and seamless user experience.

Integrate Aprimo Media Selector

Implemented the integration of the Aprimo Media Selector, allowing users to choose asset crops directly within the app. This enhancement streamlines the process of selecting and managing media assets, improving overall efficiency and user experience.

List Aprimo Documents

We have addressed an issue where Aprimo documents were not being listed correctly in the system. Users can now seamlessly view and interact with Aprimo documents without encountering previous errors.

Document Styles Editor

The 'Styles' panel now displays all available styling properties and their default values for the selected element in the document viewer. It retrieves this information from the editor app, allowing designers to adjust all main properties of their elements to match their creative vision. Please note that while field inputs can be implemented, they will not have functionality tied to them until content modules are implemented.

Retrieve Documents

This feature allows querying of the 'documents' database collection in AOM, returning a list of documents if found or an empty array if not. Parameters that can be used include type, designSystem, sort, and limit.

Improvements

Upload Distribution Package as Separate Record

Two options for uploading the distribution package have been optimized. The package, previously uploaded as an additional file, can now be uploaded as a separate record. Configured environments will see the distribution package zip file as the main file on a distinct record in Aprimo, with synchronized metadata and an established relation between the two records.

Update Document-Styles-Editor to Export Style and Settings Components Individually

Style and settings components are now exported individually to align with the new structure of the tabs panel wireframe. The right panel structure in the web-app has been updated to use this new wireframe structure.

Setting up the wildcard CNAME for the frontend app

Resolved an issue with configuring the wildcard CNAME for the frontend application. Additionally, the Auth0 allowed hosts have been updated to ensure seamless authentication and domain verification.

Retrieve documents of a specified type

Added functionality to retrieve documents of a specified type, such as Design Systems or Emails. This enhancement supports specific dashboard views and various wizards by filtering documents based on type, improving efficiency and user experience.

Check for Authentication on User Action

Resolved an issue where the system did not notify users of expired authentication tokens when attempting actions, potentially causing publish failures or media library loading issues. Now, improved middleware checks verify user authentication status before proceeding with actions.

Setup thumbnail to be generated as part of the publishing flow

Document thumbnails are now automatically generated during the publishing process, ensuring they are available for future dashboard integration.

Search by Specified Document Type

Users can now search for records of a specific document type directly within the search functionality. The frontend can pass a specified documentType parameter, such as documentType: 'resource', allowing the feature to fetch the relevant configurations and apply them as filters to the search request.

Extend Editor Wireframe with Configurable Tabs for Right Panel

Users can now configure the tabs in the right panel of the editor wireframe, allowing for a more personalized and efficient workflow.

Import Aprimo Document should import source from additional file

With this update, the source file (mjml.html) can now be moved to an additional file linked to the masterfile. The system will update and fetch the source file from this new location unless configured to use the masterfile as the source file.

Auth0 Connector Management

Separated Auth0 connectors to allow the creation of new connectors independently from Activator releases.

Implement the Use of Modes in the Document Iframe

The document iframe now supports two modes: "preview" and "edit". When a document is first opened, or when no element is selected, it will render in "?mode=preview". When an element is selected, it will switch to "?mode=edit". These modes are triggered from the editor app connector, allowing for better interaction and usability within the document editor.

Iframe Reload Optimization

Resolved issue where publishing caused the entire window to reload, making documents temporarily uneditable and causing data to disappear from the topbar. The update ensures only the iframe reloads to maintain a smoother and uninterrupted editing experience.

Implement Remaining Email Property Groups for Document Styles Editor

To fully support editing emails, the remaining property groups used for email components have been implemented in the Document Styles Editor. Initially, the focus was on property groups needed for the text element, but now a comprehensive set of properties is available to enhance email component customization.

[Document Styles Editor] Email Base Properties

The Document Styles Editor now correctly reflects additional style properties when editing email documents or email fragments, specifically when the current selected element is mj-body. This adjustment ensures that the EmailBasePropGroup component renders extra fields appropriately, enhancing the styling capabilities for email-based documents.

Adaptive Resolution Height

The document viewer now adapts to the available space more effectively, enhancing the user experience for building briefs and emails. Previously, the viewer was cropped with a fixed height, limiting its utility. Additionally, the "xheight" label has been removed from the top bar of brief documents.

Add Burger Menu to Editor Menu

The burger menu has been added to the left side of the topbar/editor menu, allowing users to switch between editor and designer mode. The menu items are configurable based on user roles and include options such as Editor/Designer (the opposite of your current mode) and "Open in DAM." For the latter, external URLs generated by the Aprimo API are utilized, with frontend components retrieving these URLs as needed.

Component Settings Panel

The email settings panel has been updated to enable the addition of a global email preheader, update selected element IDs, and update selected element classes. The editor app now correctly adds the mj-preview tag, ensuring proper preheader setup. Future improvements will also address layout-related options in Blackburn.

Document Layout and Helper Panel

Implemented the functionality to view, search, and utilize layouts and helpers via drag and drop. This enhancement allows users to efficiently manage their layout and helper elements within the application, providing a more streamlined and intuitive user experience.

Activator Wireframe: Preview

Implemented a new preview functionality in the Activator Wireframe, allowing users to see a visual representation of their wireframes before finalizing changes. This enhancement improves usability by providing immediate feedback and ensuring designs meet expectations prior to deployment.

Activator Wireframe: Wizard

The structure for both 2-step and 3-step wizards is now implemented, providing a more streamlined user experience for multi-step processes.

Activator Wireframe: Dashboard

The Dashboard has been enhanced with a standardized wireframe layout to improve consistency and usability. This update includes dedicated slots for a left menu, search bar, filters, quick list, and document list, ensuring a streamlined and efficient user experience.

Bugfixes

Distribution Package Relationship Name Config

The distribution package relationship name is now dynamically fetched from the configuration to ensure compatibility across different environments. This improvement resolves previous issues caused by hardcoded values that broke internal environments.

Wizard Prompt Issue Resolved

The issue where users were incorrectly prompted by the wizard despite the document having a Design System relation has been resolved. This fix ensures a smoother and more intuitive user experience when working with documents linked to the Design System.

Helpers Groups Display Issue Resolved

The treeview section now spans the full width of the panel, ensuring helper groups are displayed on top of each other as per the design, instead of side by side.

Web App Routing

Resolved an issue where users needed to refresh the page when switching between the designer and editor using the burger menu.

Generate pdf step fails, and breaks publish process

The issue causing the "generate pdf report" step to occasionally fail and interrupt the entire publishing flow has been resolved. Additionally, random Chrome shutdowns during this process have been fixed.

Ensure Consistent Usage of Filename from Aprimo

Resolved issues related to the Filename of a document when publishing to Aprimo. Now, the system correctly generates an ID for placeholders without an existing Filename and imports the existing Filename for documents that already have one. Additionally, changes made to the Filename in FUSE are now accurately reflected when the document is reopened in Activator.

Inserting Media from Media Library not working as intended

Resolved an issue where imported assets from the Media Library appeared in the Media Panel but were not displayed when dragged into the canvas.

Style properties cannot be edited

Resolved an issue where clicking any item in the style panel would cause elements to be deselected and shift the user back to the body properties.

'Select parent element' Functionality Restored

Resolved an issue where attempting to navigate to the parent element of the selected element would incorrectly return users to the 'body' instead of the actual parent element.

PDF Media Assets Filtered Out

PDF media assets, which were previously being imported but were unusable, are now filtered out. This issue was caused by PDFs being imported with the contentType set to 'reference' instead of 'image'.

Snackbar Appearing When Hovering Over Image in Style Panel

Resolved an issue where a snackbar incorrectly appeared when hovering over an image or the “change media” button in the style panel.

Resolved Issue: Media Assets Applied to Latest Selected Image Container on Import

Fixed an issue where media assets were automatically applied to the last selected image container upon import. This was previously caused by the lack of support for multi-select, leading to user confusion. Now, the Media Library has been updated to include 'import' and 'select' types, ensuring the correct flow and selection process.

DAM Media Search Removed from Local and Shared Media Tabs

The search field and filter have been removed from the ‘Local’ and 'Shared' tabs, streamlining the interface and improving user experience.

'Only CDN Assets' Filter Returns More Assets than No Filters

Resolved an issue where the 'Only CDN Assets' filter displayed more assets than when no filters were applied. With this update, using no filters will now show all available assets correctly.

Image is not applied when clicked in content panel

Resolved an issue where clicking on an imported media asset in the content panel would break the image container thumbnail or previously applied image in the document iframe. Now, the clicked image will correctly be applied to the currently selected element when clicked in the content panel.

Canvas Disappearance on Builder Timeout

This update addresses an issue where the document viewer canvas would disappear if the builder was left open for an extended period. Users will now be redirected to the login page to re-authenticate and then be returned to their document, ensuring uninterrupted access and functionality.

This release holds improvements and new features that mainly seek to improve the stability, performance, and usability of Activator. Some of these changes are therefore not immediately visible to the end-user. The release also contains numerous bug fixes.

New Features

Prepare Aprimo Publishing

All necessary data for the Aprimo publishing flow has been prepped and is now ready for use.

Remove Document Resource

Removed the relationship between a document and a resource by deleting the relationship instance from the ResourceUsed edge collection.

Add Document Resource

A feature that sets up a relation between a document and a resource. This includes new additions such as the add-document-resource event and add-document-resource operation, facilitating the association of documents with their respective resources.

Retrieve Document Resources

Fetching and listing all resource documents linked to a specific document has been streamlined. The relationships are retrieved from the 'ResourceUsed' collection in ArangoDB, facilitating improved frontend functionality for displaying resource documents in the media sidepanel.

Generate Aprimo Distribution Package

A new Lambda feature now generates a ZIP file for email documents and uploads it to Aprimo as an additional file. Once the document record in Aprimo is updated with the latest masterfile changes, a process is initiated to generate and upload a distribution package containing the compiled email HTML and thumbnail. This ZIP file is later used to move the document files to downstream channels like Veeva CRM, ensuring that all necessary files for rendering the document in the appropriate channel are included.

DAM Media Search

Search functionality has been added to the DAM Media Search tab within the media library, allowing users to look for available assets by title, description, search terms, filters, and a media card list. This feature sends requests to the appropriate connector search lambda, enhancing the search capabilities and user experience within the Digital Asset Management system.

Add Aprimo Resource Relationships

When an Aprimo document is published, all resource documents with an Aprimo connector that are in use are identified and updated. These located resource documents are configured as resource relationships on the Aprimo record, ensuring accuracy and up-to-date linkages.

Generate PDF Report

The PDF generator can now cycle through the states of an EDetailer and screenshot each one, managed with an option flag. This module is used in the compile email setup. The view states are retrieved from the iframe similar to the current process on Activator 2. It outputs an array of objects, key and bucket (s3), preserving order, and returns a signed URL from a dedicated bucket with a retention period.

Search Aprimo Content

A new feature has been added that allows users to search for media assets (images and videos) based on text strings and various filters directly within the Aprimo integration. These enhancements also include capabilities for importing media and managing relationships within Aprimo.

Media Library

The Media Library feature integrates all necessary components for its optimal functioning, allowing users to streamline their media management process effectively.

Content Panel

The left side panel now contains media assets, links to the media library, and functionality to upload media. Certain features such as content modules, email fragments, and the toggle options Modules | Media | Fragments have been deferred for future updates to streamline the user experience.

Renditions Domain

Enhanced operations and events within renditions are now available, including support for reports, distribution packages, and thumbnails. Comprehensive documentation has been added to facilitate the use of these features.

Reports Domain

Enhancements have been made to the events and operations within the reports domain. These improvements streamline data reporting, increase accuracy, and optimize performance for better user experience.

Compile Email

The email compiler has been transitioned from a Docker service to a Lambda function. It now accepts an event with the ID of an email document and outputs an event with the URL to the compiled email.html. Utilizing the MJML NPM module (https://www.npmjs.com/package/mjml), the new Lambda function reuses existing compiler code where possible, streamlining the process and resolving previous performance issues with the Blackburn implementation by optimizing HTML loading and custom HTML changes.

Generate Thumbnail

Introduced a new feature that enables the generation of thumbnails for documents within AOM. Thumbnails are created from the index.html file of a document in the 'documents' bucket and rendered in the webp format by default using a Puppeteer version compatible with Lambda. This enhancement integrates seamlessly with the Renditions Domain and employs an event-driven mechanism, triggering 'generate-thumbnail' and responding with 'thumbnail-generated'.

Improvements

Connect 'Select Media' Buttons to Media Library

The 'select media' buttons in the style panel now trigger the media library popup. Upon selecting an image, the image group updates to display the image thumbnail and the button changes to 'change media'.

Generate Rendition on Publish Based on Masterfile Configuration

The publish connector flow now supports generating renditions based on the configurable master file. When the masterfile is set as a rendition type, such as a viewable rendition (normal PDF generation) or MLR rendition (MLR PDF), the system will generate the specified rendition before continuing with the subsequent publishing steps.

Trigger "add-document-resource" after "document-imported"

When a resource document is imported from a connector, a trigger to set a relation between the document resource and the provided document in the relateTo key now occurs after the document-imported event.

Removing Imported Resource from Document via Content Panel

Users can now seamlessly remove an imported resource from a document directly through the content panel using the asset details popover.

Fetch resources for current document and list in content panel

Available assets and resources in the current document are now fetched and listed in the content panel for easy access.

Drag and Drop Media Assets from Panel to Component

Users can now drag a media asset from the media panel directly into a component, automatically adding it to the targeted component seamlessly.

Setup events and operations needed for distribution package generation

Implemented the necessary events and operations to support the development and execution of the 'generate-distribution-package' functionality.

Update Title Usage in Aprimo Import and Search

The display title of a record is now consistently retrieved from the root title property by setting a select-record: Title header. This method ensures that the document title from Aprimo reflects the configurable display title of the record.

Determine the document type based on client configurations

Import flows can now dynamically detect and categorize documents from Aprimo based on configurable parameters, rather than hardcoded settings. This allows users to define specific configurations for identifying document types such as emails and other categories, ensuring accurate classification according to client-specific definitions.

Include TotalSize in Search Response and Rename

The search response now includes 'totalSize' to indicate the total number of items matching the search criteria. Additionally, the feature has been renamed to accommodate various search functionalities beyond just media searches.

Add externalStatus to document during import flow

Resolved an issue during the document import flow where the externalStatus field was previously not included. Now, documents will correctly retain their externalStatus designation when imported, ensuring data integrity and consistency.

Accommodate for Fusion Documents in Generate Thumbnail

Enhanced the thumbnail generation process to properly handle PDF reports of documents utilizing the Fusion library.

Accommodate for Fusion Documents in PDF Generator

Resolved an issue with PDF generation where documents utilizing the Fusion library were not being processed correctly, ensuring proper handling and accurate output in generated reports.

Search Aprimo Media Now Includes Thumbnails in Results

Search results from the search-aprimo-media feature now include thumbnails, enhancing the visual representation and usability of media records. This resolves the previous issue where search results did not display thumbnails, providing a more comprehensive and engaging user experience.

Convert Media Objects to AOM Resource Objects in Search Aprimo Media Results

Media objects from Aprimo search results are now automatically converted to AOM resource objects, ensuring the frontend displays only AOM media/resource items without relying on Aprimo-specific configurations.

Replace userEmail with userId from Auth0

Resolved an issue where users sharing the same email address in Aprimo caused conflicts by switching to the Auth0 userId for tracking users and setting up user channels with Ably.

Use user ID instead of email for authentication

Resolved an issue where systems supporting multiple users with the same email caused incorrect user authentication. Updated user identification to use user ID instead of email in key areas including Ably channels and realtime messenger, authorize endpoint, event bridge, Auth0 integration, createdBy in AOM, and event schemas and lambdas.

Automated Frontend Builds

Implemented automated frontend builds for the webapp, streamlining the development process and enhancing build consistency.

Fix issues with generation for compile email

Resolved an issue where updates to AWS images were causing errors in PDF generation. The fix has been applied to the Amplify service and Rosalind platform to ensure seamless and accurate PDF creation.

Fix issues with generation for generate thumbnails

Resolved an issue where updated images from AWS were causing disruptions in the PDF generation process. The fix has been successfully implemented on Amplify and also applied to Rosalind.

Upload Larger Aprimo File

Enhanced file upload capabilities now support larger files by utilizing the Aprimo upload service. Files exceeding 20MB are automatically segmented into 20MB parts, ensuring seamless uploads and integration with the Aprimo platform for file management.

Configurable Masterfile on Aprimo Document Record

The masterfile of a record in Aprimo has been updated to publish the correct document, as opposed to the previous setup which showcased the Activator source/working file (mjml.html). The masterfile will now be configurable and can be set to either an MLR report, a normal PDF report (viewable rendition), or a thumbnail. This ensures the appropriate version is used for record previews and reviews. The Activator source file will still be uploaded to Aprimo as an additional file associated with the correct version of the masterfile, maintaining Aprimo as the definitive source of truth for client content.

Implement Remaining Email Property Groups for Document Styles Editor

To fully support editing emails, the remaining property groups used for email components have been implemented in the Document Styles Editor. Initially, the focus was on property groups needed for the text element, but now a comprehensive set of properties is available to enhance email component customization.

Free Text Filter

The free text filter now efficiently filters a list based on the inputted search criteria. This functionality applies to the Content panel (modular content and media), the Add panel (layouts and helpers), and the media library's ‘Local’ and ‘Shared’ tabs.

Media Card Component

The Media Card component is now available in Storybook and comes in two sizes: small and large. The small media card features an asset thumbnail, truncated asset name, point label for DAM assets, and an asset detail popup accessible via a settings icon. The large media card, which varies for local, shared, and DAM assets, includes additional elements such as the asset ID, asset version, and document status label, with hover actions for specific functionalities. Each card is designed to display relevant asset information succinctly and clearly.

Media Card List Component

This feature now handles the listing of media items in media cards, determining which items to list and enabling infinite scrolling if necessary. It has been moved to be a component within the Blackburn components library.

Import Aprimo Media

The import-aprimo-document feature has been extended to support media assets, treating each media asset as a document with a 'resource' type in ArangoDB. Relationships between documents and resources have been streamlined, enabling edge collections and views in the database. The 'document-imported' and 'connector-document-imported' events now emit the relateTo key if it's present in the request data, ensuring proper handling of related documents. Additionally, a cdnUrl property has been added to the content document entity, allowing public CDNs from Aprimo renditions to be imported accurately.

Activator Wireframe: Media browser

Enhanced the media browser component to include slots for Back navigation, Source tabs, Header, Upload button, Search, Filter, and Media list, ensuring a more streamlined and user-friendly interface.

Bugfixes

Resolved Validation Errors for Empty Aprimo Search Content Items

The issue causing the frontend to fail rendering search results for Aprimo content due to validation errors from empty content items has been resolved. The bug where items without an attached file (resulting in no masterfile version) were causing the search results to appear empty has been addressed. The system now properly handles these cases, ensuring the search results are displayed accurately.

Font Size Issues in Style Panel Input Fields Resolved

The font size in all input fields within the style panel was previously too large, affecting both the style panel and settings panel. This issue has now been resolved, ensuring consistent and correct font sizes across all input fields, including the color selector input field.

Resolved Staging Bucket Issue

An issue with the staging bucket attributed to the anthill-i-o module has been resolved, ensuring proper functionality and stability in the staging environment.

Console error when editing document

Resolved an issue where users encountered a console error when opening and editing documents. This error was originating from the Editor app connection.

Document Edited Events Now Trigger Properly

Resolved an issue where document edited events were not always triggered for text, button, and image elements after being added to the iframe. This ensures proper event visibility and better user interaction tracking.

Container section should not be visible when column element is selected

Resolved an issue where the container treeview section was incorrectly visible when a column element was selected.

Font Selection is Disabled/Inactive

Resolved the issue where dropdowns for defining font family and font weight were disabled when adding a text element. Users can now select and customize fonts as expected.

This release holds improvements and new features that mainly seek to improve the stability, performance, and usability of Activator. Some of these changes are therefore not immediately visible to the end-user. The release also contains numerous bug fixes.

New Features

Import Document

Ensures an AOM document is created or updated whenever a connector imports a document from a DAM. Generates a 'connector-document-imported' event after importing from the client, and maintains the relationship between the client document and AOM document in the documents collection entry using externalId, externalVersion, connector, and metadata. Metadata contains fields imported from the client API, as defined in the client connector configuration.

Client Configuration

Clients can now configure the WebApp and connectors, including features and color schemes, using a new module that reads configuration from ArangoDB. The global setup ensures that deployments can be destroyed and created without losing configuration. Configurations are stored in the "rosalind-configurations" collection within the "_system" database. Each configuration entry is identified by a combination of orgId and connector and retrieves the relevant configuration details based on these properties.

Editor App Connector

The editor script has been moved into its own feature, and a new connector between Activator and the Editor App has been established via the postMessage API. The logic for this connector has been consolidated from the monarch repository and integrated into the Editor Domain of Rosalind. This enhancement includes the essential setup for the connection and message communication with the Editor App, laying the groundwork for more modular features such as undo/redo and notes to be developed separately.

Connector Configuration

Setup of client connector configuration in ArangoDB has been simplified to support convenient implementation in Lambdas that need to consume client configurations for obtaining relevant document metadata fields. A new module was created to read configurations from the global ArangoDB collection, ensuring configurations remain persistent across deployments. The collection is stored in the _system database under rosalind-configurations, and entries can be retrieved using the automatically generated name from orgId and connector properties.

Drag and Drop

Drag and drop functionality has been implemented, allowing users to drag components from the component/media panel into the document viewer/editor, facilitating quicker content creation. This feature, developed as a stand-alone module for future reusability, enhances efficiency by enabling precise placement of elements such as components and assets into desired locations within the canvas.

Activator DNS

Introduced domain creation for solutions, defaulting to a domain derived from the account and deployment environment specified in solution.json, e.g., rosalind-dev, rosalind-qa, and rosalind-prod. Users can also specify custom domain names within deployments. Sub-domains, like login.<namespace>.activator.cloud and api.<namespace>.activator.cloud, have been set up to support integrations.

Database Integration

Implemented ArangoDb integration using Terraform, providing a streamlined and efficient setup process for Activator environments. Integration details can be referenced in the official documentation: https://registry.terraform.io/providers/arangodb-managed/oasis/latest/docs.

Improve and Rewrite Blackburn Components

Significant improvements and rewrites have been made to various Blackburn components, enhancing overall functionality and user experience. Updated components include AlertBar, Avatar, Button, ButtonDropdown, Carousel, Checkbox, Custom Input, DashboardCard, DatePicker, DatepickerDropdown, Editable Text, Infinitescroll, Icon, Image, Input, Label, LayoutCard, Link, List, Menu, MultiOptionButtons, Popover, Popup, RadioButtons, ResizableContainer, Scroll, SelectList, SkeletonLoader, Slider, SrCard, Switch, Tabs, Textarea, ToastMessage (snackbar), Toggle, Tooltip, and Treeview.

Aprimo Domain Integration Enhancement

Enhanced the Aprimo connector to ensure more reliable events and operations. This update resolves previous inconsistencies and improves the overall integration experience with Aprimo domains, making event processing more seamless and efficient.

Editor Domain

The editor app now handles events and operations more efficiently, ensuring improved performance and stability. The source code has been optimized for better maintainability and scalability.

Users Domain

The events and operations within the users domain have been enhanced for improved performance and reliability.

App Domain

The events and operations of the application have been improved to enhance performance and stability, addressing previous inconsistencies and ensuring smoother interactions across various components.

Documents Domain Enhancements

Improved events and operations handling in the documents domain. This includes better performance for document-related events and seamless execution of various document operations, ensuring a smoother user experience.

Open-in-Activator Aprimo Pagehook

Users can now open documents directly in Activator from Aprimo through the 3-dots menu on records. Documentation and configuration guides are available to assist with setting up and using this feature. The URL for the PageHook is also adjustable within Aprimo settings.

Publish Aprimo Document

When publishing a document, AOM now sends the document-published event, prompting connectors to react appropriately. In Aprimo, the process involves uploading the mjml.html file, editing the document record, fetching the masterfilelatestversion field, and extracting the externalVersion via the versionNumber field from the record data. This ensures accurate version control, even if manual updates occur in Aprimo. The feature is triggered by the 'document-published' event with a 'connector':'aprimo' detail, resulting in the output of the 'connector-document-published' event, which includes the AOM document ID, Aprimo document ID, and Aprimo masterfile version number.

Retrieve Aprimo Record

Retrieve metadata about a document in Aprimo using the specified record ID, with the response limited to client-configured data fields. This ensures only the necessary metadata fields are returned, aligning with those used for document creation.

Import Aprimo Document

Users can now import documents from Aprimo using either a general method (by ID only) or a specific method (by ID and document version). The general import will check if any version of the document is available and return the latest one while performing an asynchronous check for newer versions. The specific method will import or return the specified version only. Temporarily stored files are managed by the AOM import document feature.

Aprimo API Integration

Integration with Aprimo API has been enhanced to efficiently manage rate limits, thereby ensuring that the system handles "429 Too Many Requests" responses appropriately. This update facilitates calling Aprimo’s API with the logged-in user's token, improving authentication and user interaction experience.

Auth0 / Aprimo Integration

We've implemented improved integration with Auth0, enhancing the seamless experience between Auth0 and Aprimo for better authorization workflows. For detailed documentation, refer to the Aprimo API Authorization Guide.

Edit Document

Implemented the ability to update various aspects of an HTML document using the anthill-html-updater NPM module. Users can now add, remove, and update elements and their attributes, contents, and styles. The feature processes the document from the S3 ‘documents’ bucket, applies the specified updates, and writes the modified HTML back to the same location. The system returns a 'SUCCESS' message or an error with the document ID upon completion. Relevant event triggers include 'edit-document' for requests and 'document-edited' for responses.

AOM AppConfig

Implemented AWS AppConfig for the internal AOM system using Terraform, which facilitates the creation of necessary AWS resources such as applications and permissions. Additionally, a Lambda function was set up to utilize the configuration for testing purposes, providing a reference implementation for other Lambdas requiring configuration.

WebApp AppConfig Integration

AWS AppConfig has been integrated to manage the configuration of features and user roles within the Activator/Rosalind web app through a JSON document. This setup ensures that the authentication feature retrieves the configuration upon user authentication, enabling or disabling features accordingly. Relevant AWS and Terraform documentation links have been provided for further reference.

Document Designer View

This update enhances the importing functionalities required for the entire designer view including the editor menu, document viewer, and side panels into the Editor Wireframe slots, providing a more integrated and seamless design experience.

Editor Menu

The left side now displays the document icon type, name, and version. The right side includes a Publish button that triggers the 'publish-document' operation in the Documents domain. Separate components can be placed into the editor wireframe slots for better flexibility and customization.

Document Components Panel

The Content Components Panel now integrates with the Fusion library using postMessage API, managed by the editor app for seamless communication. This update includes enhancements to the 'Add' tab and the 'Element' switch. Other tabs and items will be added later. Users can now explore the feature within the document editor, experiencing improved content management and component interaction.

WebApp Frontend

Unified all other frontend features into a fully functional single-page application (SPA) setup, including the establishment of an S3 bucket for seamless deployment by uploading the compiled frontend files.

UI Routing

Resolved issues with setting up paths and URLs for rendering different views more effectively, ensuring smoother navigation throughout the application.

Auth0 Integration

Implemented Auth0 integration using Terraform to enhance authentication capabilities and streamline identity management. Documentation and configuration details can be found here.

User Authentication

Implemented a new user authentication flow ensuring seamless access and integration. Users access the application, which sends a request to the API. The authentication process verifies a valid Auth0 token and authenticates Ably, pulling configurations from AWS for successful user authentication and presence registration. This streamlined integration enhances security and functionality for the client application.

WebApp API

Implemented an API featuring Authentication (Auth0, including Aprimo, Vault, Internal; Ably), AWS AppConfig integration, and hosting services support. An API Gateway resource has been set up, providing endpoints for lambdas that execute separate functionalities. A local server can now be run mocking the API for development purposes. Adhered to established conventions including feature-driven development and Terraform/Terragrunt deployment.

Improvements

Frontend Bundling

Improved frontend bundling to enhance loading times and performance. Updated the build process to include optimized chunk splitting and lazy loading for more efficient resource utilization.

Login

The user interface for the login screen now features a 50/50 split design. For customization details, refer to the documentation at Auth0 Universal Login Page Customization.

Editor Enhancements

Improved the wireframe for the Editor, organizing the interface into distinct slots for the top bar, left panel, document viewer, and right panel. This reorganization enhances usability and facilitates a more streamlined editing experience.

Drag and Drop Enhancements

Users can now easily drag and drop elements such as components and assets into precise locations within the canvas to efficiently build content. This enhancement also allows users to drag elements from outside the platform and drop them into the dashboard, binder, or a document to upload new files seamlessly.

Enable Deleting Elements from Document

Overwritten the “confirm delete” popup, allowing elements to be deleted within Rosalind. This change will be active until the deletion confirmation popup is re-implemented.

Document Viewer Centered

The document viewer is now centered within the application. This enhancement ensures a more visually appealing and user-friendly interface, improving the overall user experience when viewing documents.

Bugfixes

Drag-Data Not Updating

Resolved an issue where drag-data was not updating correctly when elements were moved. This fix ensures that the data associated with draggable items is accurately refreshed upon drag and drop actions.