2024 Collaboration release notes

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The following is the cumulative list for new Collaboration content released in 2024.

You can now see your experiment run dates in the timeline calendar view. See the View campaigns, sub-campaigns, hypotheses, and events section in the Timeline calendar for Collaboration documentationView campaigns, sub-campaigns, hypotheses, and events section in the Timeline calendar for Collaboration documentation for information.

You can toggle field values as active or inactive to prevent users from selecting the value. Historical data will remain so you can filter and report on data for that field. See Manage fieldsManage fields for information.

Users can add their paid time-off requests so teams can see when they are unavailable for work. See *Add personal time off*Add personal time off for information.

You now have rich-text options for comments, such as bold, italics, bullet points, and text color. See CampaignsCampaigns and Manage hypothesisManage hypothesis for examples and information.

In addition to the fields with which you can sort content in Plan > List, you can now sort by the Status field and your custom fields. You can simultaneously sort the content with multiple fields by pressing Shift and clicking the fields you want to sort by. See List planning for CollaborationList planning for Collaboration for information.

Released the ability to link a hypothesis with an Optimizely Web Experimentation experimentlink a hypothesis with an Optimizely Web Experimentation experiment.

You can delete a userdelete a user, but the activities and comments remain in the platform with the label (deleted) next to their name, such as "Jane Smith (deleted)."

Additionally, deleted users are accessible as a filter option in the Plan module's filter panel, making locating activities assigned to or owned by deleted users easy.

Admins can restore a deleted hypothesis or hypothesis content, such as files, images, or URLs, from the recycle bin. See Restore deleted hypotheses and hypothesis content from the recycle binRestore deleted hypotheses and hypothesis content from the recycle bin.

Saved View permissions

You can select Can Edit and Can View permissions when you share saved views with users, teams, or organizations. See the Share a view section in the Saved filter viewsSaved filter views documentation.

Use Optimizely Opal to ask questions about your hypothesis. Your conversations are organized according to your location in Collaboration when you ask Optimizely Opal your questions. For example, you can reopen a hypothesishypothesis to access the Optimizely Opal conversation history from when you worked on that hypothesis.

When a Hypothesis is marked as complete, the corresponding Work Request automatically gets marked as completed.