Year 2020
Release date - 02nd December 2020
Enhancements
Added reports & setting related permissions to 'Roles & permissions section'.
Performance improvements on My forms page
🐞 Bug fixes
Minor bug fixes
Release date - 02nd December 2020
Enhancements
Jira admin-facing screen has been added that allows Jira admins to show/manage UpRaise admins & super admins when UpRaise is set to Group-based access.
Default form templates inserted as sample templates
Introduced 'Edit user role' permissions in roles & permissions.
Release date - 19th November 2020
🐞 Bug fixes
System was not updating team members when synced with the Jira group, now fixed
Release date - 12th November 2020
Enhancements
Now UpRaise can be synced with HRIS tools to manage user/team’s data. Read Integrate with AD, LDAP & other HRIS tools for centralized user management for more details
Previously, system used to list down all OKRs of a team member those are in closed, ready for grading, carried forward & Abandoned to be imported in forms
This restriction is now removed and it lists all OKRs of a team member
🐞 Bug fixes
Job description custom attribute (inserted by default) is changed from multi-line type to single-line type.
Release date - 28th October 2020
Enhancements
Search by OKR Id is now enabled. Users can search OKRS in universal search with OKR ids
🐞 Bug fixes
Jira issues as KRs configuration-related issues fixed.
Release date - 20th October 2020
Enhancements
Labels are now displayed on the hierarchy view & explorer view
🐞 Bug fixes
The Leave balance page was not displaying, now fixed
Fixed a few UI issues on the hierarchy & explorer view
Release date - 15th October 2020
🐞 Bug fixes
Leave status updates now happening in different transactions to avoid bulk failures
Release date - 10th October 2020
Enhancements
UpRaise access can now be based on Jira user groups
Integrated bulk sync & import from Jira user groups for further improvement in UX
Release date - 08th October 2020
🐞 Bug fixes
User update was causing unintended credit adjustment on leaves, fixed
Release date - 06th October 2020
Enhancements
User’s leave policy/scheme associations are now displayed within the user profile page
User create & edit now happens via an extended pop-up, all attributes can be added/edited rather than just the default ones
Leave balance page available to the UpRaise admin restructured for better UX
Release date - 01st October 2020
🐞 Bug fixes
Some leaves were displaying on incorrect dates in the calendar view, fixed
Release date - 29th September 2020
🐞 Bug fixes
When epics from next gen projects were linked as KRs, progress calculation was failing. Now fixed.
Release date - 25th September 2020
Enhancements
Thumbnail view on the browse OKRs screen is now available
Metric KR progress automation is now in place
Customer satisfaction from JSD can also be tracked using this automation approach
Release date - 21st September 2020
Enhancements
One objective can now contribute to multiple objectives
New filters added for Alignments & KRs section on objective details page
Quick links to assigned OKRs to logged in user or team lead (in case of team objectives) on create objective pop-up
Cascade invisibility on hierarchy & explorer view settings are now available
Read Hierarchy view (Cascade Invisibility) for more details
Release date - 16th September 2020
Tech
Security bug fixes
Users with no access can fetch users history
Users with no access can fetch teams details
IDOR user with low role can create, update, delete the calendar of other user
Low role user can access leave request of other users
Low role user can change roles & permissions
Normal user can access and change the company settings
View key results added to a private project's issue under a restricted objective
User with no access role can delete other users' views
Users with no access role can create and fetch views under OKRs
Users can link issues of a private project as a key result
IDOR - Users with no access role can view company objectives
No access user is able to fetch okr progress data
No access user is able to fetch usage report data
No access user is able to fetch all dashboard data
No access user is able to update limited rollout setting
Backend validation missing on objective API's
Release date - 10th September 2020
Enhancements
Ability to move KRs from one objective to the other
Change in sequences of actions on objectives for improved UX
Tech
Security fixes that came out of our ongoing bug bounty program
Release date - 24th August 2020
🐞 Bug fixes
OKR filters return different results in browse and hierarchy
Form permissions related fixes
Release date - 24th August 2020
Enhancements
Complete flexibility in setting up granular permissions around forms
Release date - 14th August 2020
Enhancements
Complete flexibility in setting up granular permissions around company directory
Release date - 15th August 2020
Tech
Security bug fix - normal users were able to manage custom profile attributes
🐞 Bug fixes
When adding KR comments, error was thrown if KR owner was different from comment creator - addressed
Release date - 11th August 2020
Enhancements
Ability to watch Objectives & Key results
🐞 Bug fixes
Epic statuses were not correctly reflected within UpRaise, addressed
Fixed the root cause of new relic errors
Release date - 06th August 2020
Enhancements
Extensive feedback permissions are now available
Release date - 31st July 2020
Enhancements
Worklog page on user profile is now available in Alpha
🐞 Bug fixes
Epics due dates were not populated within UpRaise OKRs when they were added/updated after linking. Fixed
Metric does not allow same original & target values anymore
Release date - 27th May 2020
🐞 Bug fixes
When confidence score setting was set to manual & someone updated the score manually, threw an error but the score was updated correctly. Now fixed
Enhancements
User profile pages now have an additional tab that displays feedback for & by the user.
🐞 Bug fixes
Editing leave requests was creating a duplicate entry in the database. Now fixed. This was introduced in the last release.
Release date - 16th July 2020
Tech
Security enhancements & bug fixes
Release date - 13th May 2020
Enhancements
It is now possible to categorize templates for better organization.
Release date - 10th May 2020
Tech
Performance of ‘My leaves’ page improved.
🐞 Bug fixes
Objective serial numbers were causing a problem in some corner cases, a potential solution was deployed.
Release date - 08th July 2020
Enhancements
Usage report is now available
🐞 Bug fixes
Spelling of ‘My leaves’ corrected
Release date - 02nd July 2020
Enhancements
When aligning objectives, suggestions now show up by default. Ability to search/create an objective for alignment still exists but we’ve made it secondary.
🐞 Bug fixes
Objective alignments were not displayed in any specific order, fixed. Now they are displayed in the order in which they were aligned.
Enhancements
UpRaise administrators can now export the feedback data in an excel.
Release date - 30th May 2020
Enhancements
It is now possible to mark a team as inactive when it is not active anymore but you don’t want to delete it.
Release date - 26th June 2020
Tech
Security enhancements & bug fixes
🐞 Bug fixes
KR dates were reset to one day before what was entered, fixed
Scheduled form distributions were not working as expected, resolved
Release date - 19th May 2020
Enhancements
Review forms now support date type of question
Comments when more than 5, are hidden under ‘Show x older comments’ button
‘Leave’ word can be configured across the system to match the cultural needs e.g. Time Off, Vacation etc
Release date - 15th June 2020
🐞 Bug fixes
Only one item from the KR history was displayed, fixed
Release date - 12th May 2020
Enhancements
Ability to add numeric attributes to user profiles
🐞 Bug fixes
Some profile attributes which shouldn’t be, were editable
Security bug fixes
Release date - 10th May 2020
Tech
Evaluation license abusers can be blocked from using the app
Release date - 05th June 2020
Enhancements
Ability to bulk sync UpRaise users with Jira
Now multi-line attribute supports WYSWYG editor
🐞 Bug fixes
Security bug fix - User without permission was able to delete the objectives, fixed.
Some profile attributes were editable in cases when they were not supposed to be, resolved.
Minor fix related to leave application.
Release date - 01st June 2020
🐞 Bug fixes
Form response sharing was throwing error due to a previous change, resolved.
OKR comments were indirectly referenced and it was possible for someone to impersonate other users by modifying the HTTP requests. No evidence of any tampering exists, but we are fixing these security issues as part of ongoing initiative.
Form builder was behaving erratically when questions were moved up & down or when multiple choice questions were used, now fixed.
Release date - 28th May 2020
Enhancements
OKR module is now live with customizable roles/permissions. We will soon be extending other modules with this possibility.
Key results now also have start dates. Up until now they were same as that of the objective start date.
Objective & KR progress charts enhanced to display ideal vs actual progress. Also, the charts now display progress comparisons according to the ‘current date’ on which user is looking at them.
🐞 Bug fixes
Objective dates were not considered during alignment. So it was possible for two objectives with completely different dates to align with each other. Now fixed.
OKR hierarchy view wasn’t showing user avatars, resolved.
Minor fixes
Release date - 23rd May 2020
Enhancements
Leaves summary page enhancements.
🐞 Bug fixes
Minor security fixes.
Release date - 19th May 2020
Enhancements
Universal search feature to easily search for OKRs, users & teams is now available.
Release date - 15th May 2020
🐞 Bug fixes
Change in sequence of objective cycles displayed in filters to make them reverse chronological
Improved handling of Browse OKRs column size drag & drop, now much easier than what was before
Minor issues related to forms - extreme labels for opinion scale questions were not visible while responding to a form, renaming template was resetting pagination, distribution description was displayed as empty despite setting a value
Release date - 08th May 2020
🐞 Bug fixes
We got the security/penetration testing done via a 3rd party & received few bugs that needed fixing. With this release, we’ve fixed first lot of items that are important to make the app secure.
Minor bug fix related to ‘manage leaves’ screen.
Release date - 04th May 2020
Enhancements
Jira issue search is now improved. No basic/advanced modes. Simply type in issue id or other search params & results will be displayed.
🐞 Bug fixes
Non-admin users were not able to access teams in the OKR alignment pop-up, that is now fixed.
When adding Jira issues as KRs, if the summary was lengthy it would hide the ‘Weight’ field - addressed.
Release date - 24th April 2020
Enhancements
Manage leaves page UX improved with easy access to users who are not assigned to any scheme/policy
🐞 Bug fixes
OKR progress charts were showing for the entire X axis even if the current date was somewhere in the middle, fixed
OKR summary tab UI improved a bit
Add users in bulk pop-up had a checkbox missing in the table header, addressed
Objective cycles dropdown sequence rearranged for better UX
Release date - 20th April 2020
🐞 Bug fixes
Jira cloud’s REST API does not send user keys anymore. While we had already handled this change for accountID across the app, the pop-up for adding users was not handled. This is now fixed.
Release date - 14th April 2020
Enhancements
Default OKR configurations are modified for better user experience on fresh installs
🐞 Bug fixes
Browser console error while editing a leave type, fixed
Some permissions for OKRs were not behaving as expected, addressed
Single day on the calendar was showing only 3 events at a time, which resolved
Minor bug fixes
Release date - 07th April 2020
🐞 Bug fixes
User profile links on team tree view were broken, fixed
Grade & carry forward action failure in some cases, addressed
Drag & drop key results action was not working, resolved
Leave balance page was displaying some users twice on applying the user status filter, done
Release date - 02nd April 2020
🐞 Bug fixes
OKR hierarchy view was not showing company objectives when they were not aligned, fixed
Leave balance page was throwing a JS error due to which all leave types were not displayed on screen, addressed
Release date - 01st April 2020
🐞 Bug fixes
Browse OKRs filter toggle was not working, fixed
There was a bug in one specific case when an objective was moved to a different cycle, addressed
Release date - 29th March 2020
Enhancements
Explorer view is now available for visualizing relationships between OKRs
Filters on the Hierarchy/Explorer view are modified for better UX
🐞 Bug fixes
Deleted distribution was visible on ‘My forms’ page
Release date - 24th March 2020
Enhancements
Manage leaves page UI changes
Release date - 18th March 2020
Enhancements
Calendar UI enhanced to show additional event details (e.g. leave type) without an extra click
Bug fixes
Bug that was preventing ‘non-active’ users from being removed from leave policy is now fixed
Release date - 16th March 2020
Enhancements
OKR progress chart report is now available
Bug fixes
Leave policy was displaying the incorrect number of users associated with it, bug fixed
Release date - 13th March 2020
Enhancements
Email notification preference center introduced on user profile page
OKR summary page further enhanced to display stats about the currently selected view
Release date - 11th March 2020
Bug fixes
Some templates (even when distributed) were showing no questions inside of them, when viewed. Fixed.
Form distribution responses, when exported were empty. Addressed.
Release date - 06th March 2020
Enhancements
OKR summary page part I is now live
Release date - 02nd March 2020
Enhancements
Feedback summary page is live now
Release date - 02nd March 2020
Enhancements
Ability to export user profile attributes from UpRaise company directory
UI improvement for objective cycle listing
Release date - 13th February 2020
Bug fixes
Minor bug fixes
Release date - 07th February 2020
Enhancements
For a 360 distribution, when the admin was accessing the responses - there was an error when using the pagination. That error is now addressed.
Release date - 04th February 2020
Enhancements
It is now possible to rename the templates, even after they are distributed
Browse OKRs page now has ‘Reset width’ option to reset the column widths
Bug fixes
Minor bug fixes
Release date - 03rd February 2020
Enhancements
Springboot version update
All.js source update
Bug fixes
Minor regression bug fixes
Release date - 29th Jan 2020
Enhancements
Two new configurable leave statuses are available
Availed - past dated: This one identifies all the leaves that were created after the leave was actually availed
Availed without approval: This one identifies all the leaves that did not have ‘Approved’ status before they turned into ‘Availed'
There was an error while trying to add a Jira issue as action on a metric KR, which is now addressed.
Bug fixes
Minor bug fixes.
Release date - 25th January 2020
Enhancements
Enhanced Slack integration
It is now possible to add a comment on feedback directly from Slack
Feedback requests can be responded to right from within Slack
Feedback that is visible to all can be routed to a pre-defined Slack channel
Release date - 23rd January 2020
Enhancements
Further performance improvement in browse OKRs page loading time
Performance improvement in OKR Hierarchy view page loading time
Bug fixes
Minor bug fixes
Release date - 17th January 2020
Enhancements
Ability to rename different levels of OKRs
e.g. If you call Company level OKRs by ‘Corporate OKRs’ or even individual OKRs by ‘Personal OKRs’, you can configure UpRaise accordingly
Also, it is now possible to have multiple layers of OKRs based on team types
e.g. Department OKRs, Division OKRs etc
Additional columns are made available on Browse OKRs page
Bug fixes
Minor bug fixes
Release date - 11th January 2020
Enhancements
Form reports were not adhering the sequence of questions in the actual templates.
Bug fixes
Other minor bug fixes
Release date - 07th January 2020
Enhancements
Onboarding flow modified to make the installer as default UpRaise administrator
Bug fixes
Minor bug fix related to ‘Edit KR’