2023 Adobe Analytics release notes

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February 2023

Feature Description Rollout starts General Availability
Updated user interface for Data Privacy labels The updated interface streamlines the process of creating, managing, and editing data privacy labels for report suite components. Learn more N/A February 8, 2023
Hide comparison date ranges in Mobile Scorecards With Mobile Scorecards, you can toggle the Include comparison dates setting to view or hide comparison dates. N/A February 8, 2023
Calendar updates in Workspace
  • Anchor Panel Dates: You can make the date range components relative to the panel calendar. Learn more
  • Calendar styling updates: The calendar styles throughout the UI have been upgraded to present a more consistent and easy-to-use workflow.
  • Calendar formula updates: If you use relative dates, all calendar formulas will reflect the start of the panel date range. Learn more
 N/A February 8, 2023
Panel date range updates In Workspace, we added the following improvements:
  • Starting with the February release, dimension items and data previews are based on the panel date range and not the last 90 days.
  • All dimension items listed are based on data within the panel date range. If a dimension item has data outside the date range, you can show additional data beyond the date range at the bottom of the list.
  • Dimensions that don’t have data can be displayed in the left rail. Click the show more options to view dimension items with data outside the panel date range.
  • Data previews in the segment and calculated metric builders are based on the panel date range unless accessed from the component managers, which don’t have an associated panel and are still based on the last 90 days.
  • Data previews display data or components based on the panel date range.
 N/A February 8, 2023
Row/column filtering for Adobe Analytics Source Connector streaming The Analytics Source Connector in Adobe Experience Platform now allows for filtering of Analytics data which is used to populate profiles in Real-Time Customer Profile. Row-level filtering helps reduce the number of events associated with profiles. Column-level filtering helps reduce the richness of the events themselves, thus enabling you to optimize the use of profile entitlements. This filtering applies only to data sent to Real-Time Customer Profile and Identity Service. Filtering does not impact the data which is sent to Data Lake for use in applications such as Customer Journey Analytics. Learn more N/A Rescheduled to March 29, 2023

Fixes in Adobe Analytics

AN-302282; AN-303127; AN-303541; AN-303550; AN-305282; AN-306504; AN-307351; AN-307496; AN-307530; AN-307947; AN-308497; AN-308610; AN-308777; AN-308994; AN-309143; AN-309404; AN-309414; AN-309445; AN-309575; AN-309630; AN-309658; AN-309690; AN-309742; AN-309861; AN-309967; AN-309973; AN-310059; AN-310132; AN-310168; AN-310238; AN-310241; AN-310301; AN-310318; AN-310324; AN-310335; AN-310338; AN-310460; AN-310500; AN-310684; AN-310690; AN-311010; AN-311022; AN-311043; AN-311125; AN-311250; AN-311370; AN-311458;

Important notices for Adobe Analytics administrators

Notice Date Added or Updated Description
Update to device lookups due to Google Client Hints February 27, 2023 The use of client hints, planned for February 16, 2023, was postponed in order to better ensure the quality of device lookups using hints. We will proceed with the first phase of the release for support of Client Hints on February 27, 2023. If everything goes well, we will proceed to the second and final phase of the release on Thursday, March 2, 2023. Learn more
Analytics Source Connector availability February 15, 2023 On February 28, 2023, the Analytics Source Connector will be made available in the new Adobe Experience Platform data center located in Canada.
Automatic migration to Classification Set architecture February 8, 2023 Over the next several months, Adobe plans to migrate all classifications across all organizations to the latest classification architecture. The last customers to migrate is estimated to happen in May 2023. No customer action is required, and no down time is expected. This new architecture has many benefits, including:Note the following changes that can potentially impact your organization’s workflow:
  • When using the browser or FTP import, ‘Overwrite on conflict’ is always enabled.
  • When using the browser or FTP import, the option to export immediately after import is no longer supported.
  • The Analytics 2.0 API GetDimensions endpoint now returns string identifiers for classifications instead of numeric identifiers. Numeric identifiers can still be used, but Adobe recommends using the new string identifiers where possible. Numeric identifiers can be retrieved by using the ?expansion=hidden query string parameter.
Contact Adobe Customer Care if you want a more specific migration schedule for your organization, or have questions/concerns around this migration. Learn more

End-of-life (EOL) notices

EOL Product or Feature Date added or updated Description
EOL of some Reports & Analytics and Report Builder scheduling features February 9, 2023 The following scheduling features were end-of-lifed on January 31, 2023:
  • The “end after x occurrences” option for hourly tasks in Report Builder
  • The ability to schedule new reports and download data extracts in Reports and Analytics

Note: We originally terminated these features in April 2022 but rolled back the change. We also sent a notification that these features were being temporarily restored and that they would be re-terminated on Jan 31, 2023.
EOL of Publishing Lists feature September 29, 2022 As part of the EOL of Reports & Analytics, Publishing Lists are slated to reach end-of-life in December 2023. You will not be able to create new or access existing Publishing Lists to send or schedule Analysis Workspace projects.
EOL for Data Workbench September 14, 2022 Adobe intends to end-of-life Data Workbench effective December 31, 2023. See Data Workbench end-of-life announcement for details. Contact your organization’s Adobe Account Manager with any questions.
EOL for Reports & Analytics January 4, 2022 Effective December 31, 2023, Adobe intends to discontinue Reports & Analytics and its accompanying reports and features. The reports, visualizations, and underlying technology that power Reports & Analytics no longer meet Adobe’s technology standards. Most Reports & Analytics features are available in Analysis Workspace. Since the release of Analysis Workspace in 2015, Reports & Analytics functionality and capabilities have been moved to Analysis Workspace and a threshold of workflow parity has been reached. This notice explains the end-of-life process.

January 2023

Feature Description Rollout starts General Availability
Folders in Workspace Folders help you organize and categorize your projects for better retrieval and access. In addition, a shared Company folder allows Admins to easily create and share content with all Workspace users. Learn more N/A January 11, 2023
Default landing page The new landing page that was introduced earlier in 2022 will become the default experience for all users on January 11, 2023. The legacy landing page will be deprecated and everyone will be required to use the new experience. N/A January 11, 2023
Project Manager page deprecated With the release of the new landing page, we have deprecated the Project Manager as listed under Adobe Analytics > Components. The new landing page has all of the functionality of the old Project Manager page and more. Learn more N/A January 11, 2023
Auto-save new projects Analysis Workspace now auto-saves newly created projects. If for any reason you unexpectedly lose access to a newly created project before manually saving it, a recovery version of your project is now available. Previously, projects were auto-saved only after they were initially saved manually. Learn more N/A January 11, 2023
Enhanced user preferences You can now configure additional preferences at the user level (in Components > Preferences). When you set user preference, your selections span across your projects, tables, and visualizations. The Preferences page now contains the following new tabs, each containing many new configuration options:
  • Freeform table
  • Visualizations
In addition, more preferences are now available on the General and Project tabs.

Previously, many of these preferences were configurable only for individual projects, tables, and visualizations. Learn more

 N/A January 11, 2023

Fixes in Adobe Analytics

AN-282634; AN-289684; AN-299597; AN-299630; AN-300128; AN-301633; AN-301683; AN-301745; AN-302238; AN-302521; AN-302601; AN-303325; AN-303363; AN-303867; AN-304120; AN-304185; AN-304221; AN-304222; AN-304510; AN-304591; AN-304872; AN-305151; AN-305159; AN-305233; AN-305235; AN-305241; AN-305250; AN-305274; AN-305292; AN-305311; AN-305314; AN-305331; AN-305335; AN-305348; AN-305372; AN-305382; AN-305442; AN-305504; AN-305517; AN-305572; AN-305584; AN-305588; AN-305612; AN-305640; AN-305663; AN-305718; AN-305723; AN-305767; AN-305769; AN-305703; AN-305711; AN-305775; AN-305883; AN-305886; AN-305882; AN-305886; AN-305916; AN-305969; AN-305997; AN-306052; AN-306088; AN-306199; AN-306214; AN-306233; AN-306251; AN-306348; AN-306372; AN-306390; AN-306413; AN-306430; AN-306514; AN-306578; AN-306612; AN-306886; AN-306893; AN-306905; AN-306984; AN-306989; AN-307038; AN-307061; AN-307062; AN-307176; AN-307209; AN-307233; AN-307257; AN-307280; AN-307292; AN-307293; AN-307318; AN-307319; AN-307320; AN-307325; AN-307368; AN-307381; AN-307403; AN-307461; AN-307480; AN-307650; AN-307767; AN-307790; AN-307813; AN-307833; AN-307835; AN-307867; AN-307899; AN-307907; AN-307934; AN-307991; AN-308031; AN-308057; AN-308240; AN-308242; AN-308302; AN-308363; AN-308373; AN-308450; AN-308591; AN-308673; AN-308725; AN-309171;

Important notices for Adobe Analytics administrators

Notice Date Added or Updated Description
Update to device lookups due to Google Client Hints January 25, 2023 The use of client hints in device lookup will start on February 16, 2023.

As of October 2022, it is possible to collect client hints with either the Web SDK or AppMeasurement JavaScript libraries. But client hints will not be incorporated into device lookup until February 2023. At that time, Adobe will begin using client hints in addition to the User-Agent when deriving certain device information for hits coming from Chromium browsers, such as Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge. This is in response to Google’s plan to gradually reduce the information presented from the User-Agent string in lieu of data passed via client hints.

As part of this change, Adobe will use Device Atlas for all device lookups related to User-Agent. Learn more
Pausing scheduled reports in Reports & Analytics January 6, 2023 This is a reminder that Adobe will deprecate these features on Jan 31, 2023. Please note that expiration windows for both reports and data extracts will continue to be limited to nine months; report and data extract delivery will pause at the end of this period unless the schedule is reactivated.

To reiterate, these features will be deprecated on January 31, 2023. Before this date, you must migrate your scheduled reporting to one of the other mechanisms available to you in Adobe Analytics. For additional questions or support, please reach out to Adobe Customer Care. Learn more
Pausing scheduled tasks in Report Builder January 6, 2023 On January 31, 2023, Adobe will roll out changes to scheduled tasks in Report Builder as part of our performance and delivery optimization efforts. These changes include removing the ability to have scheduled deliveries “end after x occurrences.”

You can continue to schedule hourly Report Builder tasks and have them end after a maximum of 99 occurrences. Please note that the rollback only applies to hourly tasks; the “end after x occurrences” will remain unavailable for all other delivery intervals (daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly). Please note that this option will be deprecated on January 31, 2023. For more questions or support, please reach out to Adobe Customer Care. Learn more
Improved IP-to-geolocation mapping January 4, 2023 Our vendor for IP lookups, Digital Element, is upgrading to a new improved dataset (NetAcuity Pulse) for IP-to-geolocation mapping. Originally planned for October 2022, Adobe Analytics will adopt this new dataset on January 11, 2023. The new database will be more accurate than previous versions. Some IP-to-geo mappings will change/improve when the new database is adopted.

All Adobe Analytics tools (Analysis Workspace, Reports & Analytics, Reporting API, Data Warehouse, LiveStream, Analytics Data Feeds, and so on) will automatically take advantage of the new improved mappings. There will be no change in the format of the data in data feeds. CJA data provided through the Analytics Source Connector will automatically take advantage of the new mappings.
Update to new NetAcuity carrier database January 4, 2023 This update, originally planned for on October 5, 2022, will now happen on January 11, 2023. Carrier-related information stored in the carrier field in Adobe Analytics Data Warehouse and Analytics Data Feeds will change. Historically, the data format in that column has been <domain>:<ISP>. Adobe has maintained an internal lookup table to map these <domain>:<ISP> values into carrier names for reporting purposes in Adobe Analytics reporting tools (Analysis Workspace, Reports & Analytics, Reporting API, Data Warehouse, LiveStream, etc.). The lookup file (carrier.tsv) is also provided with Data Feeds so that you can use the same mappings.

This update enhances our carrier mappings by using a more accurate carrier database from NetAcuity. The format of the data in the carrier column in Data Feeds will change going forward. Instead of <domain>:<ISP>, it will contain a carrier name. Adobe will continue to use the lookup table in order to maintain as much continuity with past reporting as possible. Reporting tools where the lookups are applied by Adobe (Analysis Workspace, Reports & Analytics, reporting API, data warehouse, LiveStream, etc.) will benefit from more accurate mappings. Some mappings – especially for international domains and ISPs – will change more than others when Adobe adopts the new database. The data feeds carrier lookup file (carrier.tsv) will maintain the old mappings and add the new mappings.

The Analytics Source Connector does not currently map the carrier field, so carrier reporting is not currently available in Experience Platform, CJA, and so on. Therefore, use of the new carrier database will not impact anything in Experience Platform that is based on data provided by the Analytics Source Connector.
Updated guidelines for traffic spike notifications November 18, 2022 Former guidelines were based strictly on hit volumes. The new guidelines are based on a combination of report suite size and percent increase.

End-of-life notices

EOL Product or Feature Date added or updated Description
EOL of Publishing Lists feature September 29, 2022 As part of the EOL of Reports & Analytics, Publishing Lists are slated to reach end-of-life in December 2023. You will not be able to create new or access existing Publishing Lists to send or schedule Analysis Workspace projects.
EOL for Data Workbench September 14, 2022 Adobe intends to end-of-life Data Workbench effective December 31, 2023. See Data Workbench end-of-life announcement for details. Contact your organization’s Adobe Account Manager with any questions.
EOL for Reports & Analytics January 4, 2022 Effective December 31, 2023, Adobe intends to discontinue Reports & Analytics and its accompanying reports and features. The reports, visualizations, and underlying technology that power Reports & Analytics no longer meet Adobe’s technology standards. Most Reports & Analytics features are available in Analysis Workspace. Since the release of Analysis Workspace in 2015, Reports & Analytics functionality and capabilities have been moved to Analysis Workspace and a threshold of workflow parity has been reached. This notice explains the end-of-life process.

AppMeasurement

For the latest updates on AppMeasurement releases (Version 2.23.0), please refer to AppMeasurement for JavaScript release notes.

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