2024

April 9, 2024

• Resolved an issue so that now the Datasets list page loads correctly the first time.
• Resolved an issue so that now users can download experience analytics raw data in a CSV file.
• The Dynamic Bundles action can now display up to nine total products, which includes the product on which the bundle is based if Prepend context item in recommendation is enabled in the bundle's configuration.
• Resolved an issue that prevented a Dynamic Bundles action from performing as expected when Prepend context item in recommendation is enabled and the product categories use certain filters in the bundle.

March 26, 2024

• Resolved an issue so that now clients can successfully download a custom report that has special characters in its name.
• Certain Monetate-created default Product Recommendations action templates have been revised.
  • Some instructional text that appears in some of these action templates has been revised for clarity.
  • The template names and default subcategory names that appear on the Action Type panel and on the Actions list page have changed.
  • The default value for the Minimum products returned field is now 2, and the default value for the Maximum products returned field is now 10 in some of these action templates.

  Except for the instructional text revisions, the changes are limited to the default recommendations-related action templates that Monetate adds to a new Product Recommendations client account on request. If you're an existing Product Recommendations client and want the revised action templates added to your account, contact your dedicated Customer Success Manager (CSM).

March 12, 2024

• Resolved an issue so that now the attribute selector for a filter no longer automatically selects the attribute of an existing filter or a previously deleted filter in these uses:
  • For Global Filters on the Global Settings tab of the Product Recommendations page
  • For recommendation filters and Boost and Bury filters on the recommendation strategy configuration page
  • For filters applied to answer options in a Product Finder questionnaire
  • For product category filters, recommendation filters, and Boost and Bury filters in a Dynamic Bundle
• The integration_type field has been added to the Monetate Metadata API to identify if an experience is client-side (js-tag), Engine API (engine-api), or email (email).

February 27, 2024

• The Datasets list page has been modified not only so that it loads faster but also so that users can more quickly find a dataset.
  • The default view is now the list of product catalogs, not all the datasets.
  • The left-hand dataset category listing has been replaced by the View selector from which users can choose the dataset type they want to see.
  • A search field has been added.
• Clients with the Dynamic Bundles feature can now use AND/OR logic for product category filters and for product recommendations filters.
• The Boost and Bury function is now available in the Dynamic Bundles feature.
• Boost and Bury filters for recommendation strategies now support dynamic values.
• Resolved an issue so that now the Trending Items by Purchase Count recommendations algorithm completes processing when configured to includes online and offline purchase data in a recommendation strategy.

February 13, 2024

• Three new Social Proof action templates are now available. The Social Proof Cart Page template is configured for use on a cart page. The Social Proof Product Listing Page template is configured for use on any page displaying multiple product IDs, such as product category listings, index pages, and search results pages. The Social Proof Product Detail Page template is configured for use on any page for a single product ID.
• Resolved an issue so that now inventory-based Social Proof actions no longer display a message on products with zero inventory.
• The value of the Units per Transaction metric is now reported to the tenths decimal place.

January 30, 2024

Clients that have the Dynamic Bundles feature can now preview a bundle from its configuration page as soon as the platform has finished processing the recommendation algorithm.

January 17, 2024

• Resolved an issue that prevented users from duplicating into the same account as well as into another account an experience configured with any type of Product Recommendations action or with a Dynamic Bundles action.
• Resolved an issue so that now clients can save an experience with a Trending type of Social Proof action configured with a noncollaborative recommendation strategy that's been processed.

January 4, 2024

• An optional JavaScript editor has been added to the recommendations action template, the recommendations slider with slotting action template, and the Dynamic Bundles action template.

  You must contact your dedicated Customer Success Manager (CSM) and request that the updated action templates be added to your account.

• Resolved an issue so that now when you duplicate an experience with an image-based action, the link URL, title, and alt text appear in the experience copy.
• The STATUS column has been added to the Dynamic Bundles list page. A green icon indicates that a bundle has successfully been processed, and a yellow icon indicates the bundle is still being processed.
• A variety of perfomance improvements have reduced the load times for the recommendation strategy configuration page and the bundle configuration page.
• The Monetate Metadata API's metadata experience-summary endpoint now includes the goals goal metric variable and the variant_splits intended traffic split variable to better capture experience details.
• The /experience endpoint in the Monetate Metadata API has been deprecated and replaced with the /variant endpoint.
• The text prompt that appears in the search bar on the Recommendation Strategies list page and on the Dynamic Bundles list page has been revised.
• You can now configure a Product Recommendations action with two fallback strategies as well as select a product catalog attribute on which duplicate recommended products are removed from the results.