2024 Optimizely Product Information Management release notes
7 min
December 4, 2024
Enhancements
- Added the ability to auto-translate all text-based properties of a product for your configured languages. See Translate product detailsTranslate product details for information.
Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue where the setting reverted back to a previous state when you enabled or disabled a language.
July 3, 2024
Enhancements
- Added the ability to clear pending imports from the import queue.
Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue where existing asset URLs did not convert to hosted assets.
- Fixed an issue where the Ignore Errors button did not function as intended.
- Fixed an issue with overwriting assets when you enabled Overwrite Files.
June 26, 2024
Enhancements
- Added the ability to generate Text Area or HTML properties from existing product data (like properties pertaining to weight, height, and specific qualities) through AIgenerate Text Area or HTML properties from existing product data (like properties pertaining to weight, height, and specific qualities) through AI.
- Transitioned to using the Opti ID Admin CenterOpti ID Admin Center for user management, giving you a single login point to switch among your Optimizely products. See the Opti ID documentationOpti ID documentation to learn more about how to use it. Some users in my organization did not receive an activation email, but there are some users who have activated already. What do I do? If certain users in your organization did not receive an email, you can invite specific users through the Invitations tabInvitations tab in the Admin Center. You must use an account with Admin Center privileges. All current accounts with the Admin role within PIM have those privileges. I already used the link provided earlier, do I need to do anything again? No. If you can access login.optimizely.com and use your new credentials, there are no pending actions. Can I still use the old link to access PIM? Yes, the old link will redirect you to the Optimizely SSO Login Page. I want to revoke some permissions from PIM users. How do I do that? You must be logged in with an account that has Admin Center privileges. Follow the steps to add or remove permissions for GroupsGroups.
June 17, 2024
Bug fixes
- Fixed issues where the externally-hosted assets import failed when loading new products or overwriting existing records.
- Fixed an issue where you could not view the Categories page in PIM.
May 21, 2024
Bug fixes
- Fixed an error when uploading documents to a product.
- Fixed an issue where products lost their taxonomy mapping from the Publish Approve job.
- Fixed an issue where uppercase letters did not sync to Configured Commerce.
May 13, 2024
Enhancement
- Added the ability to delete In-Progress importsdelete In-Progress imports directly from the Import Queue.
Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue where the Save and Cancel buttons disappeared when an asset had a name with many characters.
- Fixed an issue where the "&" (ampersand) symbol in Product Template names was removed during export.
March 18, 2024
Bug fix
- Fixed an issue where when additional child products were imported for a parent that was already assigned some child products, the originally assigned child products' data were cleared except for their ID, Product Number, and ProperyBag.
February 13, 2024
Enhancements
- Updated the PIM to Configured Commerce connector for Refresh jobs to improve category syncs:
- Added a FeaturePreview Refresh job setting to enable property and category syncs.
- Added a DisableDataDeletes Refresh and Publish setting to disable any delete action during code rewrite and variant type syncs.
- Updated the Publish job to change from the InsitePimRefresh post processor to the InsitePimPublish post processor to indicate they are different.
Note
The Publish Approved Products job should use the InsitePimPublish post processor. The Refresh Published Products should use the InsitePimRefresh post processor.
January 31, 2024
Enhancements
- Updated the header navigation with a left navigation:
- Top-level navigation options display on the left with an icon.
- Secondary navigation options display on the top of the page as tabs.
- Configure is now Data Setup.
- Settings has been moved from Configure to its own top-level option. This section contains Team Members.
January 10, 2024
Bug fix
- Fixed an issue with properties where the Maximum Character Length for text fields was incorrectly set to zero by default.