PeopleStage release notes 2022
Our PeopleStage development team works using quarterly releases. Scroll down to see the PeopleStage quarterly releases from 2022.
Note: Please see Notes for administrators for steps to be completed before applying a quarterly upgrade to your Apteco software.
PeopleStage Q4 2022 software release
PeopleStage Bug Fixes
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Content | Fixed an issue preventing campaigns with a custom audience from being published due to FastStats UID referencing. |
PeopleStage Q3 2022 software release
New features
Integrations
Pull Marketing and Streams
Apteco now support Apache Kafka message streams as a method to pass data to, and trigger, Apteco PeopleStage campaigns in real-time.
Apache Kafka is a high-performance message queuing system used to provide information flows between applications. It is often used as part of an enterprise information architecture enabling data sharing and event triggering.
See Pull Marketing and Streams.
Real Time Triggers
Apteco now integrates with Apache Kafka to allow Real Time Triggers. We outline how to setup and configure Pull Marketing and Streams.
With FastStats Configurator Database Management, you can use the Advanced options menu to connect to your SQL server and create a Pull Marketing database.
See Real Time Triggers help.
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Content | Navigating to Xml tab on the channel editor now displays a 'You do not have permission' message on the other tabs. |
| Real Time Triggers: Multiple FS Services causes speed issues when creating Real Time Triggers. | |
| Real Time Triggers: Publishing a campaign causes Real Time Trigger (RTT) events to be missed. | |
| Preview Counts returning O when Audience and Pool are deleted. | |
| Error retrieving email responses from Cleverreach. | |
| PeopleStage diagram lines can sometimes take a long time to load and then longer to display stats. | |
| Deactivated a campaign that has a channel that no longer exists causing an error. |
PeopleStage Q2 2022 software release
New features
Integrations
Single Sign On (SSO)
Users can now access Apteco PeopleStage through their integration with their 3rd party SSO provider.
Following the pre-requisites of enabling SSO for FastStats in Orbit, SSO can also now be enabled in the PeopleStage Configuration tool. Once configured, a user logged in through SSO can launch PeopleStage from their desktop without further login credentials needed, offering greater fluidity in the user's session and easier use across the Apteco applications.
See Single Sign On help.
WhatsApp Preview and Test
In collaboration with Syniverse, you can now Preview and Test within the Delivery Step of our WhatsApp integration.
This function allows you to check if your message name is recognised before publishing. The Preview and Test button opens a screen where you can view a preview of the text in your message and send a test message to yourself to check everything works correctly.
See Integrations WhatsApp Help
PeopleStage bug fixes
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Content | Campaigner integration truncates field headers during data upload. |
| The Model Database Inspector crashes if there are null notes in the ModelVersionGroup table. | |
| Can get popup null exception if the GetStatus method fails. | |
| PeopleStage gets null pointer exceptions getting stats. | |
| Peoplestage views need an update. | |
| If you don't have streams or pull marketing defined you get exceptions in the log. | |
| Creating templates on transaction campaigns creates the template on the agent entity. | |
| Improve Twitter token generation. | |
| Campaigner does not populate a newly created field on 1st attempt. | |
| Dotdigital integration to use full 50mb payloads. | |
| Facebook advert processing can fail with ‘This operation cannot be performed’ after the request has been submitted. |
PeopleStage Q1 2022 software release
New features
Campaign Channels
Channel Editor
In PeopleStage Q1 2022, the list of channel options has been amended to more easily add an SMS, WhatsApp, or Mock channel. This amendment has simplified the channel editor groupings for ease of use, rather than these channel options being administrated as part of the Email channel type.
The Channel Editor allows the Administrator the ability to set up and amend Communications channels used on the Delivery step in a PeopleStage campaign.
The WhatsApp Business integration connects to your WhatsApp Business Account or WABA.
See Channel Editor help.
Integrations
In collaboration with Syniverse, we are increasing our integration portfolio with the addition of support for the WhatsApp.
WhatsApp is designed for enterprise businesses who desire to use WhatsApp messages as part of a multi-channel customer journey, where the communications being sent, although can be personalised, are sent to many recipients.
PeopleStage can now send Business initiated messages directly to a WhatsApp conversation as long as consent has been captured.
Known Issue:
It is currently not possible for Apteco PeopleStage to validate whether the template name specified for a WhatsApp Business API message is correct and approved by WhatsApp (Meta). If you select an incorrectly named or unapproved message name within the Delivery Step in PeopleStage, PeopleStage appears to work but the message is not be sent by Syniverse. Syniverse then reports an error in sending the message in the platform.
We are working with our partners and WhatsApp to introduce error checking functionality to resolve this issue.
See Integrations WhatsApp help.
PeopleStage bug fixes
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Content | If you have content and delivery, and change the tracking status of an item, then if you change the content name it does not update. |
| Change to move the check from the content to the delivery and just count tracked combinations. | |
| Message template 'UTM codes Message' is not editable. |