Happy early St. Patrick's day, PiDay(FriDay), and my personal favorite, MAR10 (and good luck in your March Madness pools!) There's a lot to celebrate this month, and Centercode is joining the festivities with a release loaded with new features and improvements! This month we've got some new functionality for existing tools, and a whole host of new data columns for our reporting engine (many of them sourced from your improvement requests!) that allow you to pull data from the platform in all new ways! And this month's GoEarly release keeps the data engine fun going with some brand new automation triggers to get your report and macro automations firing just the way you want. And as always, if you're not already participating in our GoEarly program, get signed up now to get in on the fun!
new features
First up we've got a brand new way to access the data collected via your Centercode feature media capture tools. We've added the ability to download your Centercode tester replays to share with outside stakeholders. Videos can be downloaded a la carte, or in groups based on the filters and tags you select! Get all that tasty video data you've collected in Centercode out to the people who need to see it!
improvements
Speaking of tasty data, we've got a few more items to add to the menu! We've got a whole host of new (and a few clarified/reorganized) data points for your reporting and integration needs. Based on your feedback, we've added the ability to report on regression features by individual phase they were used in, as well as a batch of integration-friendly new columns including Project key and Project settings fields!
This month's GoEarly release contains a new set of automation triggers developed based on your requests! We've added a new refresh interval (once), as well as the ability to set an end date for any of the other refresh intervals. This new functionality is available anywhere scheduled automation exists (including report refreshes, and scheduled macros.) Get signed up for GoEarly and check out these new features on a test implementation of your very own!
fixes
Roses are red, violets are blue, and this month's Centercode release has too much good stuff to feasibly fit into the rest of that rhyming scheme! While the poem might be a bust, Ted AI is going to pick up the slack and deliver a heart-shaped box full of handy new data analysis features that you're sure to enjoy. And that's not all! We've got a new feature bouquet filled to bursting ready for our GoEarly testers this month, with media replay download functionality and a host of new data engine items. Not signed up for our GoEarly program yet? There's no time like the present, sign up now!
new features
Ted AI's (totally platonic) love language is Acts of Service, and he is here to lend a helping hand with another addition to our premium AI tool suite, AI Data Analysis! This brand-new reporting element style will quickly scan through the data you provide and give you a quick, easy-to-digest summary of your data. Use one of the pre-set options for near-instantaneous data analysis, or provide Ted AI a set of custom instructions for robust analysis tasks like sentiment analysis or trend identification! If AI data analysis strikes your fancy but Ted AI isn’t part of your repertoire, check in with your Centercode success manager to find out how to access our premium AI features!
This month's GoEarly release has a jumbo box of chocolates worth of new features and enhancements for your testing pleasure (and no surprise coconut filling, bleh). First up we've got some brand-new functionality for our media replay toolset to allow you to download your Centercode tester replays to share with outside stakeholders. Additionally, we've got a whole host of new data columns for our reporting engine (many of them sourced from your improvement requests!) that allow you to pull data from the platform in all new ways! Don't miss all the fun, get signed up for GoEarly and check out these new features on a test implementation of your very own!
fixes
We're starting the year off with a refreshed design to enhance your testing experience! Centercode's January release focuses on visual and UI changes designed to bring you and your users a cleaner, more modern interface that improves usability, improves the use of screen space, and highlights the features that keep your tests moving. We've revamped the look of multiple areas of the platform, as well as made a few site-wide layout and UI changes that you're sure to love!
improvements
The first changes you'll probably notice (especially if you're on a wide monitor!) are the adjustments we've made to the global UI to better use your available screen space. We've tweaked various page widths across the site to improve visual consistency and better utilize existing screen real estate!
Along those lines, we've made some updates to top headers on many pages. In general, top headers will no longer be sticky, which will save screen space when scrolling around pages at lower resolutions. Additionally, top headers and header buttons will now rest on top of your background and will share visual theme color choices with your existing background text options, so as long as you've got those set up appropriately no adjustments should be necessary.
These changes, in addition to some color and spacing adjustments, are designed to keep your site looking readable and consistent across a much wider range of screen resolutions!
Next up we've got some exciting changes coming to your project home pages! We've made a few tweaks to both the look and layout of your project home pages designed to improve test flow, and help you get important information in front of your testers. The first change you'll notice is that now any content you have set to display on the project home will appear at the top of the page, with the feedback buttons now appearing after any custom content, ensuring that the first thing your users see is any important test information you want to get out to them!
Additionally, we've given our feedback buttons a more compact modern design, while maintaining all the same viewing, submitting, and informative capabilities.
One last change that is not specific to the project home (but IS in this screenshot!) is the addition of a tester-facing "Highly confidential project" warning in the menu bar for any of your projects set to "Private", to provide testers with a constant reminder of their non-disclosure and to keep project info confidential.
And finally, we've made some big changes to the layout of our feedback list, presenting all of the same handy information rearranged for visual clarity and readability!
First on the list (and farthest to the left!) is an update to the vote/score widget. Both the admin and tester-facing versions have been given a facelift to improve their visual clarity, and the admin-facing version of this new design places a larger emphasis on the impact score of the ticket.
Next up, we've made some adjustments to the Feedback title area and how that information is presented. Both the "archived" and "blocked" icons will now appear to the left of the title, as well as archived ticket titles now appearing in grey, to help you visually determine which tickets need immediate action (or have already been acted on). Additionally, we've adjusted the styling for how statuses are presented, now giving them a visually distinct foreground color (but no background color), to reduce clutter in the title bar while still presenting all the same visual information you're used to seeing.
Lastly, we've moved the ticket submitter avatar to the right side of the bar, to keep it grouped with the other user-focused information (such as total replies and last reply.)
fixes
It’s that time of year when twinkling lights go up, cookies are in the oven, and we’re gathering with friends and family to celebrate the joy of the season. And what would the holiday season be without a few new toys to play with? Well, Centercode has you covered! Say hello to Ted AI survey generation, a brand new toy in Ted AI's toolbelt to make creating surveys as easy as pie (or fruitcake, if that’s your thing). This marks the first of Ted AI's premium features (with more to come, read below!), and if you like what you see there's no time like the present to get on board!
And like the industrious little elf that he is, Ted AI has even more surprises in store for our GoEarly participants! Get a sneak peek at the next upcoming Ted AI feature, AI Data Analysis, and let us know what additional features and functionality you'd like to see before release! Click here to sign up now!
new features
The star on top of this holiday release is Ted AI's brand-new survey creation capability! Let Ted AI do the heavy lifting of creating your survey while you focus on consuming a (frankly unhealthy) amount of festively shaped cookies. Or, if you know what you want to ask but aren’t sure how to ask it, the same functionality can be used to generate that perfect individual question. Similar to AI Test Plan generation, AI survey creation leverages a selection of your basic product info, existing product documentation, and/or a set of custom instructions to create a survey tailored to your needs in an instant!
Here's an example of generating a full survey:
Navigate to the survey management section (at the community or project level) and start a new survey. Choose the “Help Me” option to unlock Ted AI’s assistance.
Next, pick a survey objective—think of it as writing Ted AI’s wishlist! Objectives help guide the questions he generates to align with your goals. Answer a few prompts to let Ted AI know the sort of data you're looking for, then, sprinkle in some additional details to give Ted more context like project details, product files, and any custom instructions you'd like Ted AI to consider.
Once you hit submit, Ted AI will use a little Christmas (or other seasonally appropriate holiday) magic to whip up a complete survey in just moments!
After that, all that is left is to hit the "Review my survey" button to go over the result, where you can review, edit, and publish the survey!
Ted AI takes the stress out of survey creation.Plus, with expertly crafted questions tailored to your goals, you’ll collect better feedback faster than ever before!
That Naughty or Nice list is getting out of hand, and we thought Santa could use a second set of eyes on it. This month's GoEarly release features another Ted AI feature, AI data analysis, that will make sorting through and summarizing large amounts of data a snap! This brand new reporting element style will quickly scan through the data you provide and give you a quick, easy-to-digest summary of your data! Sign up now to get your hands on this feature early!
Alongside the upcoming AI data analysis feature, we’re also delivering some significant updates to the platform’s interface, which include a new streamlined look for multiple prominent tester-facing areas of the platform, including the project home and simple feedback lists!
