Adobe Experience Cloud Release Notes - April 2021

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Feature Date Description
Mobile SDK: iOS SDK v4.21.2 April 13, 2021 Visitor ID Service - Fixed an issue where empty advertising identifiers were synced to the Visitor ID Service.

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Includes release update information for Experience Platform and Experience Platform Launch.

Experience Platform tutorials and courses

New videos, tutorials, or courses published for Experience Platform and services.

Published Name Type Description
April 2021 Import sample data to Adobe Experience Platform - Tutorial Article Use a sandbox environment as it provides an isolated environment where you can try out functionality without mixing resources and data with your Production environment.
April 2021 How to configure a Social destination Video In this video, walk through the configuration of a Social destination in the Platform, including authentication, segment assignment, ID mapping, and so on.

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Latest product releases

Find out more about the latest capabilities, improvements, and fixes in the Journey Orchestration Release Notes.

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Documentation - Release Notes - How-to videos

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Offer Decisioning is an Application Service integrated with Adobe Experience Platform. Use Offer Decisioning to deliver the best offer and experience to your customers across all touch points at the right time.

Latest product releases

February 2021 Release - Find out more about the latest capabilities in the Offer Decisioning Release Notes.

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Release date: April 22, 2021

New features in Adobe Analytics

Feature General Availability - Target Date Description
Analytics Dashboards: Custom Date Ranges April 22, 2021 Lets users of the Analytics Mobile App apply custom date ranges to their scorecards, in addition to the currently available out-of-the-box date ranges.
Workspace: Previous Project versions May 20, 2021 Lets you load previous versions of a Workspace project to undo unwanted changes or to simply revert to a preferred prior version.

New features in Customer Journey Analytics

Feature General Availability - Target Date Description
Enhanced CJA data views April 22, 2021 Enhanced data views greatly expand your flexibility in creating metrics and dimensions from XDM schema fields. You can use a string field as a metric. You can use a numeric field as a dimension, create multiple metrics from the same field with different attribution models and lookback windows. And you can make metrics and dimensions compatible across data views, hide a component from reporting and include/exclude values, use bucketing, and much more. Learn more
Workspace: Support for Scheduled Reports April 7, 2021 Scheduled reports are now supported in CJA.
Analytics Dashboards: Custom Date Ranges April 22, 2021 Lets users of the Analytics Mobile App apply custom date ranges to their scorecards, in addition to the currently available out-of-the-box date ranges.
Workspace: Previous Project versions May 20, 2021 Lets you load previous versions of a Workspace project to undo unwanted changes or to simply revert to a preferred prior version.

Fixes in Adobe Analytics

  • Fixed issues with latency and rendering of Workspace panels. (AN-254560, AN-251303)
  • Fixed login issues with Activity Map and Report Builder (AN-254189)
  • Fixed an issue with some classification data set variables changing in FTP account after saving. (AN-254366)
  • Fixed issues with incorrect search results in Workspace component search. (AN-254306, AN-253937)
  • Fixed an issue with the default date range in the Analytics dashboard app. (AN-253955)

Additional Adobe Analytics fixes

AN-248451; AN-250461; AN-251157; AN-251481; AN-251756; AN-252604; AN-252822; AN-252941; AN-253005; AN-253008; AN-253246; AN-253366; AN-254089; AN-254375; AN-254485; AN-254503; AN-254724; AN-254545; AN-254611; AN-254754; AN-254757; AN-254785; AN-254870; AN-255066

Important notices for Analytics administrators

Notice Date Added or Updated Description
EOL of Full Processing Data Sources April 12, 2021 Adobe plans to deprecate full processing data sources on July 31, 2021. As of March 25, 2021, new imports of this type can no longer be created. Please use Bulk Data Insertion API to import this type of data.
Sign in update to Report Builder April 9, 2021 On January 14, 2021, the Report Builder sign-in updates removed dependencies on legacy technologies and aligned the sign-in process with Experience Cloud. Experience Cloud uses your Enterprise ID (email and password). To ensure uninterrupted access to Report Builder, update the Report Builder add-in to version 5.6.47 or later by July 22, 2021. Report Builder version 5.6.47 and later supports only the Experience Cloud sign-in and will not support single sign-on.
Data Feed and Data Warehouse IP Address Changes April 6, 2021 Starting June 17, the Data Feeds and Data Warehouse delivery system will be relocated within Adobe’s data centers, and therefore can cause a change of external IP addresses visible to you. Adobe recommends that you confirm that all the IP CIDR blocks for the data center where your reports and feeds are sourced are present in firewalls for destination systems that you control. Here is a full list of IP Address ranges to place into your firewall’s allowlists.
Notice of upcoming Analytics menu changes March 24, 2021 On April 22, 2021, Adobe updated the Components, Tools, and Admin dropdown menus in order to achieve some performance gains. All of these pages will still be available under the All Components, All Tools, and All Admin links - they will be removed from the dropdown menu. Here are the menu items that will be removed from the dropdown menu and placed on their respective link page:

Components
  • Bookmarks
  • Dashboards
  • Targets
  • Calendar Events
  • Scheduled Reports
  • Report Settings
Tools
  • Recommendations Classic
  • Search & Promote
Admin
  • User Management
  • Classification Importer
  • Classification Rule Builder
  • Data Sources
  • Data Connectors
  • Company Settings
  • Logs
  • Dynamic Tag Management
  • Code Manager
  • Exclude by IP
  • Traffic Management
Same-as-SiteCatalyst VISTA Processing ON March 17, 2021 On June 17, 2021, all report suites will be updated to have Same-as-SiteCatalyst VISTA Processing set to ON. This change impacts Data Warehouse reporting by processing the data to match processing rules. For questions or clarification, reach out to Customer Care.
Reports & Analytics landing page options February 19, 2021 On March 25, 2021, options to set new Reports & Analytics dashboards or other content as your Adobe Analytics landing page were removed. If you previously set a Reports & Analytics page as your custom landing page, it continues to work until your landing page is modified in User Preferences.
End-of-life for three Analytics API services January 6, 2021 On April 30, 2021, the following Analytics Legacy API services are slated to reach their end-of-life date and will be shut down. Any current integrations built using these services stop working on that day.
  • 1.3 Analytics APIs
  • 1.4 SOAP Analytics APIs
  • Legacy OAuth Authentication (OAuth and JWT)
We have provided a Legacy API EOL FAQ to help answer your questions and provide guidance on how to proceed. API integrations that employ these services can migrate to the 1.4 Analytics REST APIs or the 2.0 Analytics APIs. Legacy OAuth accounts can migrate to an Adobe I/O Analytics integration account, which can be used to access both the 1.4 Analytics APIs and 2.0 Analytics APIs.
EOL of Adobe Data Connectors July 13, 2020 Adobe Data Connectors are powered by legacy technology that is no longer viable or supported. A new standard is available in the Adobe Exchange Partner Program. You can use that standard for any integration to continue to be offered and supported. The official end-of-life date is August 1, 2021. Learn more…

AppMeasurement

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Analytics courses and tutorials

New courses, tutorials, and articles in Analytics and Customer Journey Analytics.

Published Name Type Description
April 2021 Basic configuration for Data Views in Customer Journey Analytics Video Once you have created a Connection in Customer Journey Analytics to datasets in the Adobe Experience Platform, you need to create a Data View for that Connection, so that you can use the data in Analysis Workspace on Platform. This video walks you through the basic configuration of a Data View.
April 2021 User Preferences in Adobe Analytics Video The Components - User preferences page lets you manage settings for Analysis Workspace and its related components at the user-level. For example, you can choose a default report suite and color palette. User preferences apply to all new projects and new panels.
April 2021 Using Component dropdowns in Workspace Video Component dropdowns allow you to pick from a list of compatible components to build your analysis. You can also create components directly from the dropdown if you do not find what you need. These spaces continue to work as drop zones as well, if you have a more advanced use case.
April 2021 Getting data into visualizations Video When adding visualizations in Analysis Workspace, there are a few different ways to add data to them, depending on the visualization type. This video demonstrates these methods.Options
April 2021 Apply Custom Date Ranges to Mobile Scorecard Projects Video This video shows how to manage your different options for date ranges when you are setting up your analytics projects for mobile devices. This setup includes choosing which out-of-the-box ranges you wish to show, and how to create your own custom date ranges.
April 2021 Configuring General Account Settings Video As you set up Adobe Analytics, configuring the settings can affect how your data is collected and stored. This video goes over some of the general settings. You can also change these settings after implementation, as it is never too late to make your data more correct.

Analytics help resources

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Fixes and improvements in Audience Manager.

Fixes and Improvements

  • Fixed an issue in General Reports, where a user would select a date in the For Dates Through control but the report data would be shifted by one day. (AAM-57702)
  • Fixed an issue in Administration > Groups, where users would get a Your group was saved successfully, but there was an error saving the group permissions error when saving group permissions because of timeouts. (AAM-57406, AAM-57411)

Audience Manager courses and tutorials

New videos, tutorials, or courses published for Audience Manager.

Published Name Type Description
April 2021 Understanding Real-time CDP for Audience Manager Users Course Audience Manager customers are reimagining their content management by moving over to Adobe’s Real-time Customer Data Platform (Real-time CDP). This course takes a concept-by-concept approach, helping Audience Manager users understand how those concepts are handled in Real-time CDP.
April 2021 Understanding Destinations in Real-time CDP for Audience Manager Users Video As you move from Audience Manager to Real-time Customer Data Platform (Real-time CDP), it is imperative to know about destinations so that you know how to activate your audience segments out to destination partners. This video discusses the different destination types and where they are Real-time CDP.
April 2021 Understanding Data Governance in Real-time CDP for Audience Manager Users Video This video walks Audience Manager users through the data governance functionality in Real-time Customer Data Platform, comparing it to what was available in Audience Manager. It discusses the Data Usage and Labeling Enforcement (DULE) framework and where in Platform that it can be applied.
April 2021 A Tale of Two Perceptions - Brands vs. Consumers - Event Article Today, marketers are buried in the clutter of information dedicated to identity practices. And only 37% of marketing professionals said they are prepared for a cookieless future, according to recent research from Adobe and Advanis. In this webinar, Adobe unpacks the understanding and readiness level of advertisers and publishers for a cookieless future, the impact to their use cases, and their perception of the wider ecosystem.
April 2021 10 considerations for Responsible Customer Data Management - Event Article Volatile market forces and disparate consumer privacy requirements can present daunting scenarios for the digital marketer. To keep campaigns on the right side of regulations, marketing teams need their IT counterparts to have a streamlined process for future-proofing the data governance process. This process should empower everyone to follow and enforce rules of responsible usage of consumer data. Hear from Adobe and Scotiabank Digital on key considerations for responsible data management.
April 2021 The Future of Data Management and the Changing Environment - Event Article As market forces bring change to our digital landscape, businesses must adapt to a new reality regarding data governance, identity resolution, and how to engage prospects and pseudonymous visitors with meaningful content.

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New features, fixes, and updates in Experience Manager. Adobe recommends customers with On-Premise deployments to deploy the latest patches to ensure higher stability, security, and performance.

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Product releases

  • Adobe Experience Manager as a Cloud Service

    What is new on Experience Manager as a Cloud Service?

    • Experience Manager Sites as a Cloud Service

      • A Progressive Web App (PWA) version of a site can now be enabled at the project level by way of simple configuration.
      • Content Fragment Model Extensions - now possible to define multi-line text data types as multi-field lists.
      • Content Fragment Editor UX Enhancements - nested child fragments now displayed in breadcrumb, and improved view of publish, save, and save&exit actions

    • Experience Manager Assets as a Cloud Service

    • Experience Manager Forms as a Cloud Service

      Experience Manager Forms have helped many organizations deliver great onboarding and enrollment experiences over the years. These experiences have helped organizations convert leads to sales, process captured customer data, deliver responsive experiences based on the audience profile, and much more. Now, Experience Manager Forms is available as a Cloud Service.

      You can use Experience Manager Forms as a Cloud Service to create digital forms, and connect forms to existing data sources. You can also integrate forms with Adobe Sign to add e-signatures to forms, and generate Document of Record (DoR) to archive submitted forms as PDF files. The service can convert your existing PDF forms to digital forms. In addition to standard AEM Forms features, the service offers several cloud-native capabilities like auto-scaling, zero downtime for upgrades, and cloud-native development environment.

      Reach out to your Adobe representative for a demo or to sign up for the service.

    • Experience Manager Commerce as a Cloud Service

      • Support for Magento 2.4.2.
      • Product detail component can now be used and configured on any content page.
      • Released CIF Venia Reference Site - 2021.03.25 that includes the latest CIF Core Components version 1.9.0. See CIF Venia Reference Site - 2021.03.25 for more details.
      • Released CIF Core Components 1.9.0. See CIF Core Components 1.9.0 for more details.

    • Cloud Manager

      • User interface updates to the Add and Edit Program workflows to make it more intuitive.
      • A user with requisite permissions can now submit the commerce end point via the UI.
      • Environment variables can now be scoped to a specific service, either author or publish. Requires Experience Manager 2021.03.5104.20210328T185548Z or higher.
      • The Manage Git button is displayed on the Pipelines card even when no pipelines have been configured.
      • The version of the Experience Manager project archetype used by Cloud Manager has been updated to version 27.
      • Projects in the Adobe I/O Developer Console created by Cloud Manager can no longer be unintentionally edited or deleted.
      • When a user adds an environment, they are informed that after an environment is created it cannot be moved to a different region.
      • Environment variables can now be scoped to a specific service, either author or publish. Requires Experience Manager 2021.03.5104.20210328T185548Z or higher.
      • The error message when starting a pipeline when an environment was deleted has been clarified.
      • OSGi bundles provided by Eclipse projects are now excluded from rule CQBP-84--dependencies.

Community

  • Adobe Developers Live 2021 | Complete Session list

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Experience Manager release information

All Experience Manager release notes are maintained at the following pages:

New Experience Manager courses and tutorials

New videos, tutorials, and courses published over the past month.

Published Name Type Description
April 2021 Installing 32 but libraries for AEM Forms Linux® installation Article Learn how to install 32-bit libraries for AEM Forms to work on Linux installation.
April 2021 SPA Editor and Remote SPA - Overview - Tutorial Tutorial Learn how a Remote SPA, or a SPA running outside the context of AEM, can be updated to consume and deliver content authored in AEM. This tutorial builds on the WKND GraphQL App, a React app that consumes AEM Content Fragment content over AEM’s GraphQL APIs.
April 2021 GraphQL Modeling Basics Video Learn how to define and use Content Fragments in Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) for use with GraphQL.
April 2021 Advanced Modeling for GraphQL Video Learn how to create relationships between Content Fragment Models in Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) and how to use these relationships in GraphQL queries.
April 2021 Creating GraphQL Queries Video Learn how to create GraphQL queries to return content from Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) and how to use the GraphiQL tool to quickly test, refine, and debug queries.
April 2021 Create first Adaptive Form Video Learn how to create a first adaptive form.
April 2021 Deprecated Ordered Property Indexes Article Legacy project has unsupported Ordered Property index types. As current limitations suggest, index management on AEM as a Cloud Service is only supported for indexes of type lucene.
April 2021 INST : 3rd party installed artifacts Reference Legacy project relies on a 3rd party package or connector and installs it as part of the project or via Package Manager.
April 2021 Unsupported Runmode Configuration Reference How you can make runmode configurations compliant with Experience Manager as a Cloud Service, as now only Author and Publish are runmodes.

Other Help resources for Experience Manager

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Adobe Campaign provides an intuitive, automated way to deliver one-to-one messages across online and offline marketing channels. You can now anticipate what your clients want using experiences determined by their habits and preferences.

Latest product releases

Find out more about the latest capabilities, improvements, and fixes released:

New Campaign courses and tutorials

New videos, tutorials, and courses published over the past month.

Published Name Solution Description
April 12, 2021 Track the success of your deliveries in Analytics Campaign Standard Learn how to configure the Campaign Standard and Analytics integration. Understand how to build a report in Analytics using data received from Campaign Standard and which KPIs are available.
April 12, 2021 Configure transactional messages using real-time event data Campaign Standard Learn how to configure transactional messages using real-time event data coming from triggers.
April 12, 2021 Create a trigger event in Campaign Standard Campaign Standard Learn how to create a trigger event in Campaign Standard, which is linked to an existing Experience Cloud trigger.
April 12, 2021 Create a trigger in Experience Cloud Campaign Standard Learn how to configure triggers in the Experience Cloud.
April 12, 2021 Using triggers for transactional messages Campaign Standard Learn how to use triggers for transactional messages.

Help resources

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Release notes for Adobe Advertising Cloud.

New features in Advertising Cloud DSP

Last updated: October 28, 2020

Feature Description
New Help (October 28 release) The legacy help was replaced with updated pages. Help is available from the Help link in the DSP main menu and always available at https://experienceleague.adobe.com/docs/advertising-cloud/dsp/home.html
Campaigns (October 28 release) The previous Campaigns Beta views are now the default Campaigns views, for quicker insights, simplified workflows, and customized views.
Private Inventory (October 15 release) All users can now set up and edit deal ID details using a new deal ID form, which is a simplified version of the legacy Smart Ad Serving form. To set up new deal ID details, go to Inventory > Deals > Create, then select Deal ID Beta.
Placement Forecasting (October 15 release) For placements with placement-level pacing, the Forecast section of the placement settings includes a new Estimated Maximums section, which indicates how much more capacity is available with the current targeting configuration.

Last updated: April 14, 2021, for April 17 release

Feature Description
Campaigns
Portfolios
Reports		 Advertising Cloud Search now automatically syncs Google Ads-tracked conversion data for campaigns on the Google Ads search and shopping networks into Advertising Cloud Search for reporting and optimization. Previously, you had to opt in to this feature.
Advertising Insights Three new Advertising Insights are available:
  • Attribution Analysis: Indicates when a different attribution model can improve revenue models and optimization for a single portfolio.
  • Impression Share Lost: Indicates when a portfolio’s budget has limited the impression share for Google Ads campaigns, and recommends changes to the budget and the campaign multiple setting accordingly.
  • Time-of-day Analysis: (Applicable to portfolios with Google Ads search, display, or shopping campaigns only) Suggests Google Ads campaign-level bid modifiers for different times of the day for a single portfolio.

Advertising Cloud tutorials and courses

Updated: February 23, 2021

Tutorial Description
Introduction to Workspace and Reporting Learn how you can use your Advertising Cloud data to create visual reports in Adobe Analytics Analysis Workspace.

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See Magento Commerce and Open Source release notes for the latest release information.

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See Target release notes for the latest release information.

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Marketo Engage is a complete application for lead management and B2B marketers looking to transform customer experiences by engaging across every stage of complex buying journeys.

Core Marketo Engage updates

See Marketo Engage release notes for the latest release information.

Upcoming features

The following features are releasing throughout the quarter:

Feature Description
Bizible
  • New account-based segmentation
  • Save dashboard-specific filters
  • Export Bizible dashboards as PDFs
Sales Connect Compose Window and Command Center updates/enhancements

Deprecations

  • Asset API “_method” Parameter: After September 2020, Asset API Endpoints will no longer accept _method to pass Query Parameters in a POST body to bypass URI length limitations.
  • Internet Explorer Support Deprecation: Beginning with the July release on July 31, 2020, the Marketo Engage user interface will no longer be supported on Internet Explorer.

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New videos, tutorials, or courses published for Adobe Document Cloud.

Adobe Sign tutorials

Published Name Type Description
April 2021 [Adobe Sign] Send reminders using Adobe Sign for Salesforce and Marketo - Feature Video Video Learn how to send an email reminder from Marketo when an agreement remains unsigned after a period of time. This integration uses Adobe Sign for Salesforce, Marketo, and the Marketo and Salesforce sync.

Document Cloud tutorials

Published Name Solution Description
April 2021 Managing Financial Document Workflows with Adobe Document Services APIs in Java™ Tutorial Learn how you can use Adobe Document Services APIs for Java™ Spring Boot applications and build a model-view-controller (MVC) app that extracts content from PDF documents, converts it to other data formats such as Excel, combines multiple PDFs, and password protects the resources.
April 2021 Control your PDF online experience and gather analytics Article Does your organization post PDFs on your website? Learn how to use the Adobe PDF Embed API to control appearance, enable collaboration, and gather analytics about how user’s interact with PDFs, including time spent on a page and searches.
April 2021 Managing Financial Document Workflows with Adobe Document Services APIs in Java™ Article Learn how you can use Adobe Document Services APIs for Java™ Spring Boot applications. Build a model-view-controller (MVC) app that extracts content from PDF documents, converts it to other data formats such as Excel, combines multiple PDFs, and password protects the resources.
April 2021 HR Document Workflows with Adobe Document Services APIs in Java™ Tutorial Many businesses require documentation around a new hire, such as workplace agreements for work-from-home employees. Traditionally, businesses managed these documents physically in forms that were difficult to manage and store. When switching to electronic documents, PDF files are an ideal choice because they are more secure and less modifiable than other file types. Plus, they support digital signatures as well.
April 2021 Agreement Workflows with Adobe Document Services APIs in Node.js Tutorial Many business applications and processes require documentation like proposals and agreements. PDF documents ensure that files are more secure and less modifiable. They also provide digital signature support so your clients can quickly and easily complete their documents. Adobe Document Services APIs easily incorporate PDF capabilities into your web application.
April 2021 Setting Conditional Content Video In this video, learn how to easily set sections in Microsoft® Word templates using Adobe Document Generation Tagger to dynamically include or exclude sections of a document based on data using Adobe Document Generation API.
April 2021 [Doc Services] Setting Numerical Calculation Tags - Feature Video Video Learn how to easily set numerical calculation tags in Microsoft® Word templates using Adobe Document Generation Tagger to calculate aggregations or arithmetic of data values using Adobe Document Generation API.
April 2021 Adding Tables and List Tags Video Learn how to easily add tables and list tags to Microsoft® Word templates using Adobe Document Generation Tagger to dynamically add table or list rows based on data using Adobe Document Generation API.
April 2021 Adding Image Tags Video Learn how to easily add image tags to Microsoft® Word templates using Adobe Document Generation Tagger to dynamically push images into documents using Adobe Document Generation API.
April 2021 Adding Text Tags Video Learn how to easily add tags to Microsoft® Word templates using Adobe Document Generation Tagger for use with Adobe Document Generation API.
April 2021 Overview of the Adobe Document Generation Tagger Video Learn how to tag Word templates using Adobe Document Generation Tagger for use with Adobe Document Generation API.

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