April 2023 Minor Release Notes

This page has been updated to show the final products and features in the April 2023 minor release of CXone. Features are subject to change between now and final deployment.

Learn about the platform requirements and FedRAMP support status for the CXone apps you use.

Removed Applications and Features

Regional Call Centers No Longer Valid in Agent for Salesforce

If you currently use the Regional Call Center setting, you must switch to the NICE CXone Call Center. This is required as a result of the move to CXone global authentication. If you continue to use the Regional Call Center setting, you will no longer be able to log in to Agent for Salesforce.

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Feedback Management Web Intercept Version Management Tabs Removed

The tabs for accessing drafts, working copies, and published versions have been removed. This makes it easier to manage different versions of web intercept surveys. It also creates a more consistent experience for managing working copies and published copies across distribution methods.

This update has already been released.

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Admin

Enhancements to the Create Login Authenticator Form

The form you use to create and edit a login authenticator has been enhanced for ease of use and improved account security. Updates include:

  • Settings that were configured with a drop-down are now configured in a text box.
  • The lowest possible Password Length went from 9 to 12.
  • Password History is required and has a minimum setting of 4.
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Agent for Salesforce

See the Agent for Salesforce release history for a list of previous versions.

The following features are included in version 23.1.0 and are planned for release in late March.

Regional Call Centers No Longer Valid

If you currently use the Regional Call Center setting, you must switch to the NICE CXone Call Center. This is required as a result of the move to CXone global authentication. If you continue to use the Regional Call Center setting, you will no longer be able to log in to Agent for Salesforce.

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Bot Builder

New Rich Message Types

You can set up your bot to send list pickers and rich links in dialogues. These new rich message types are available for the following channels:

  • Apple Messages for Business
  • DFO Chat
  • Facebook Messenger
  • Google Business Messaging
  • WhatsApp
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System Slots

Bot Builder includes more ready-to-use slots. Some are used for contactClosed The complete interaction. The contact is comprised of one or more segments, such as a segment with a customer and an agent, and then a transfer to another agent. data and others for customerClosed The person on the other end of an interaction. data. These replace the existing Customer ID slot.

The contact slot is used for information about the interaction, such as the channel. The customer slot is used for information about the person on the other end of the interaction, such as their name.

These slots make it easier to have complete integrations with DFO and CXone APIs.

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Duplicate Dialogues

You can duplicate an existing dialogue to use as a starting point for a new dialogue. This speeds up dialogue creation if you need to create a dialogue similar to one you already have.

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Show/Hide Dialogues

You can hide an existing dialogue from your training data, telling Bot Builder to treat it as a draft. It will still be visible to you to edit, but your bot will not learn from the dialogue while it is hidden. You can show the dialogue again when it's ready.

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CXone Supervisor

Skills View—Bulk Actions

In the Skills view, supervisors can:

  • Assign or unassign a skill to multiple agents.

  • Activate or deactivate a skill for multiple agents.

Bulk actions are advanced features and are available for free for a limited time.

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Agent View Enhancements

In the Agents view, supervisors can:

  • Filter the skills list by categories—Assigned all, Assigned active, Assigned inactive, and Unassigned.

  • Activate or deactivate skills for an agent.

  • Search any skills within the assigned categories.

  • Auto-save the changes.

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Audit Report Enhancement

The following actions for skills are added to the Activity Audit report:

  • Assign skill.

  • Unassign skill.

  • Edit skill (activated, deactivated, proficiency changed).

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Data Streams

Visibility of Data Streams Page Restricted

Previously, everyone had access to the Data Streams page. With this release, Data Streams must be enabled for your CXone tenantClosed High-level organizational grouping used to manage technical support, billing, and global settings for your CXone environment for you to use it. You must also enable Data Streams permissions for the roles that you want to be able to view and access the page. This change improves CXone security by preventing unauthorized changes to Data Streams destinations.

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Digital First Omnichannel

Enhancements to DFO Quick Responses

These updates, originally planned for the Spring 2023 release, will now be available later in the April 2023 minor release.

Feedback Management

These features are part of Feedback Management R41, which begins deployment on 1 April 2023.

Rolling Interval Support for Trend Charts

Rolling, or moving, calculations smooth out short-term fluctuations in data to help you identify overall trends and patterns. Rolling calculations don't change how the calculations are made. Instead, they change the time period represented by each plotted data point. Each data point shows a calculation for the trailing rolling period. This makes it easier to see a gradual incline or decline in your numbers.

In this release, the following charts support rolling calculations:

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Banner Logo Support

You can add a banner logo in modern survey themes. This lets you provide a branded survey experience for greater impact. A banner logo fills the width of the survey window while maintaining its original proportions, so the image doesn't become distorted when viewed from different devices.

This update doesn't impact logos that appear in your current live surveys.

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Default Answer Background Color Override

When you select a new text color for your survey answers, the default background color changes to a matching color that contrasts the selected text color. In this release, you can override the default background color.

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Improved Survey Navigation

The previous and next arrow buttons in surveys are more visible. This makes it easier for people taking surveys to review and change their previous responses.

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Better Desktop Display for Web Intercept

When you display a web intercept on a desktop, the minimum height is greater. This makes it easier to read and complete the survey.

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Improved Administration Pages

Some of the administration pages match the structure and style of the CXone user interface. This makes them more secure and easier to use. These pages also moved to AdminAdvanced Admin in the Feedback Management navigation pane.

The improved administration pages are:

  • Access History
  • Change History—This will go out in a service pack shortly after the April 2023 minor release.
  • Impersonation History
  • Preference Settings

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Failed Jobs Tab on Scheduled Jobs Page

A Failed Jobs tab on the Scheduled Jobs page makes it easier to locate and troubleshoot failed jobs.

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Marathi and Kannada Language Support

Feedback Management includes support for the Marathi and Kannada languages. This enables respondents to take surveys in these languages.

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IVR Survey Comment Technology Upgrade

Feedback Management currently uses Nexidia speech-to-text (STT) to transcribe IVR survey comments. This release includes updates so our ElevateAI technology ensures you are always using the latest version of Nexidia. This upgrade will ensure continuous improvements in accuracy for English and Spanish recordings.

If you currently use Nexidia STT for IVR survey comments, you will be able to upgrade to ElevateAI sometime after the release. The upgrade will not disrupt your system.

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Tokens in Grid Questions

Survey authors can include tokens in grid row questions. They do this by using HTML tags in either the Survey Build or the Manage Translations page. This helps to personalize questions with contact field values or customize questions based on responses to previous questions.

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These features have already been released and are available now.

Version Management Improvements for Web Intercept

The tabs for accessing drafts, working copies, and published versions have been removed. This makes it easier to manage different versions of web intercept surveys. It also creates a more consistent experience for managing working copies and published copies across distribution methods.

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MAX

Require Manual Agent Accept

When this setting is enabled on an inbound ACD skill, agents who are on an active voice connection in MAX have to manually click Accept or Reject for any incoming contacts. This allows agents to have complete control over when or if they accept an incoming contact.

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Hide Caller Phone Number

When this setting is enabled in permissions, the contact's caller ID or ANIClosed Also known as caller ID. Listed phone number of an incoming voice call. shows as Restricted for the agent in MAX. This allows for the caller's contact details to be confidential when needed.

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Reporting and Dashboards

Business Intelligence (BI) Reports

Audit Report Enhancement—Auditing Skills

The following actions for skills are added to the Activity Audit report:

  • Assign skill.

  • Unassign skill.

  • Edit skill (activated, deactivated, proficiency changed).

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Virtual Agent Hub

Integration Version 3.0—Standardized Communication with Bots

With the new, optional StandardBot integration, Studio scriptwriters can communicate with virtual agents and bots using scripts. StandardBot works with any supported virtual agent provider. It also lets you to test your virtual agent's performance for a set of core, standard behaviors such as:

To use StandardBot, upgrade your virtual agent to integration version 3.0 at any time. Select 3.0 from the Integration Version field in your virtual agent's properties in Virtual Agent Hub.

For more information about using StandardBot, contact your CXone Account Representative.

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Release Adjustments

These features are adjustments to those previously announced.

Features to Be Released at a Later Date

Each item includes a description of the feature as it was previously published on the Coming Soon page. These features will not be a part of the April 2023 minor release.

Bot Builder

Slot Variable Suggestions

Bot Builder will show available variable suggestions after you type an opening bracket { in a dialogue.

Features Added to This Release

To see the following features in detail, select the product in the filter on the right.

Admin

Enhancements to the Create Login Authenticator Form

Agent for Salesforce

Regional Call Centers No Longer Valid