{"id":40341,"date":"2022-04-08T12:21:54","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T11:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/developer.kore.ai\/v9-3\/?p=40341"},"modified":"2023-01-03T10:48:17","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T10:48:17","slug":"whats-new-in-this-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/developer.kore.ai\/v9-3\/docs\/bots\/whats-new\/whats-new-in-this-release\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s New"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_auto\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row type_default valign_top\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-6aef4c3d7b221\" data-id=\"6aef4c3d7b221\" data-height=\"30\" data-height-mobile=\"30\" data-height-tab=\"30\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>\r\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column \">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This section contains release information for the <\/span><b>Kore.ai Experience Optimization Platform v9.3 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">released on July 23rd, 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.kore.ai\/v9-3\/docs\/bots\/whats-new\/older-releases\/older-releases\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">See Major Previous Releases<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"w-separator size_small with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column \">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Virtual_Assistants\"><strong>Virtual Assistants<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This update includes new features and enhancements to enable the operations and business users proactively monitor and improve the performance of the virtual assistants using actionable insights from the platform.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The following are some of the key features included in this release:<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Virtual_Assistant_Health_and_Monitoring\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Virtual Assistant Health and Monitoring<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new <\/span><b>Health and Monitoring<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> feature provides a goal-driven approach to improve the accuracy of the virtual assistant\u2019s NLP model. The training data is analyzed along with the test coverage and test results of the Batch Test suites to provide insights into the performance of the NLP Model. The feature also recommends corrective actions to address issues identified in the training data.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/developer.kore.ai\/v9-3\/docs\/bots\/analyzing-your-bot\/virtual-assistants-health-and-monitoring\/\">Learn more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The training data validations now include incorrect intent patterns, short training utterances, and incorrect entity annotations.<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.kore.ai\/v9-3\/docs\/bots\/nlp\/training-validations\/\">Learn more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Batch Testing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> feature now provides a visual summary of the test results along with the test coverage details. You can also review the test execution summary for every intent type, drill-down to specific test cases, view the expected and matched results, and view the detailed NLP analysis. You can also tag specific test case results that need follow-up actions and collaborate with your team to improve the performance. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.kore.ai\/v9-3\/docs\/bots\/test-your-bot\/batch-testing\/batch-testing\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn more<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Usage_Analytics\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Usage Analytics<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new <\/span><b>Overview Dashboard<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> provides a summary of key metrics like conversations and containment, users, intent identification rate, goal completion rate, and more. You can also drill down to the individual dashboards to view complete information.\u00a0<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.kore.ai\/v9-3\/docs\/bots\/analyzing-your-bot\/overview-dashboard\/\">Learn more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new <\/span><b>Users Dashboard<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> provides the trend of the number of users interacting with the virtual assistant. The dashboard also provides the trend of new users of the virtual assistant and also provides cohort analysis of the Returning Users<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.kore.ai\/v9-3\/docs\/bots\/analyzing-your-bot\/users-dashboard\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn more<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/kore.ai\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Analyze <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">module now has a new navigation menu to easily navigate between various dashboards<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.kore.ai\/v9-3\/docs\/bots\/analyzing-your-bot\/analyzing-your-bot\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn more<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conversations_Analytics\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conversations Analytics<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new <\/span><b>Conversations History<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> module feature helps you analyze the user interactions by summarizing the key events identified during the conversation. Intent identifications, entity or confirmation retries, task execution failures, etc., are some of the key events tracked. Along with the summary, you can also see the complete conversation transcript to make data-driven decisions. You can also tag conversations that need follow-up actions and collaborate with your team to resolve them.\u00a0<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.kore.ai\/v9-3\/docs\/bots\/analyzing-your-bot\/conversation-history-dashboard\/\">Learn more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new <\/span><b>Unhandled Utterances<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> section in the <strong>NLP Insights<\/strong> feature captures the utterances that did not result in intent or entity identification while executing entities or confirmations. These utterances help you identify any potential issues in the conversation design or new use cases for your virtual assistant<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.kore.ai\/v9-3\/docs\/bots\/analyzing-your-bot\/bot-analysis\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn more<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Custom_Training_for_None_Intent\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Custom Training for None Intent<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The None Intent can now be trained to include the FAQs from Knowledge Graph to avoid potential conflict between the dialog and FAQ intents. You can also train the None Intent with your custom training utterances to cover any use cases that are currently not part of your virtual assistant. The None Intent configuration is moved from the Advanced Configurations to the Machine Learning configurations section. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.kore.ai\/v9-3\/docs\/bots\/nlp\/advanced-nlp-configurations\/#None_Intent\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn more<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sunshine_Conversations_Channel\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sunshine Conversations Channel<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Kore.ai XO Platform supports the Sunshine Conversations (previously Zendesk Sunshine) Messaging Channel to launch your virtual assistants. <b>OAuth-based authorization<\/b> for channel integration and in-built live agent transfer to Zendesk via Switchboard are now supported.<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.kore.ai\/v9-3\/docs\/bots\/channel-enablement\/adding-the-sunshine-conversations-channel\/\">Learn more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"WhatsApp_Messaging_Channel_for_Infobip\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WhatsApp Messaging Channel for Infobip<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Kore.ai XO Platform now allows the user to add and delete up to 20 phone numbers to the same virtual assistant for Infobip on the WhatsApp Messaging Channel. The Platform will automatically respond to the \u2018from number\u2019 (source number) in the incoming request.<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.kore.ai\/v9-3\/docs\/bots\/channel-enablement\/whatsapp-messaging-channel-support-for-multiple-phone-numbers\/\">Learn more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Change_of_AccountWorkspace_Ownership\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Change of Account\/Workspace Ownership<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The platform now allows enterprise account\/workspace owners to transfer the ownership to another registered user by assigning the \u2018Primary Master Admin\u2019 role. <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.kore.ai\/v9-3\/docs\/bots\/bot-admin\/user-management\/role-management\/#Transferring_the_Master_Admin_Role\">Learn more<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Contextual_Topic_Guides\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contextual Topic Guides<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can now access learning resources like training courses, videos, and FAQs about various modules from the <b>Topic Guides <\/b>section<b>. <\/b>Look for the shortcut icon next to the module name to open contextual Topic Guides.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.kore.ai\/v9-3\/docs\/bots\/chatbot-overview\/using-workspaces\/\">Learn more<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"NLP_Training_Updates\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NLP Training Updates <\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This update also includes the following updates to the NLP training modules<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The platform now supports out-of-the-box Bot Synonym lists for Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese languages. <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.kore.ai\/v9-3\/docs\/bots\/nlp\/fundamental-meaning\/#Add_Bot_Synonyms\">Learn more<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Address entity includes the full formatted address for you to easily parse specific parts of the address like city name, country name, etc.\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.kore.ai\/v9-3\/docs\/bots\/bot-builder-tool\/dialog-task\/entity-types\/#address\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn more<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">The Phone Number entity is enhanced to accept additional formats. <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.kore.ai\/v9-3\/docs\/bots\/bot-builder-tool\/dialog-task\/entity-types\/#phone\">Learn more<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Web_Client_SDK_20_New_Framework\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Web Client SDK 2.0 \u2013 New Framework<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Web SDK Client is upgraded to v2.0 to include a significant number of enhancements. Some of the key updates <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Customize Templates using <\/span><b>Angular <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or <\/span><b>ReactJS <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">frameworks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adopt the plug-in based architecture to integrate only the required features. For example, you can use the Graph Templates plug-in, Pickers plug-in, STT\/TTS features distributed as plug-ins<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supports easy deployment by embedding the script tag on your website code.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can learn more about the Web SDK 2.0 from<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Koredotcom\/web-kore-sdk\/tree\/v2\/9.3.0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Discontinuation_of_Universal_Bots_10_Version\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Discontinuation of Universal Bots 1.0 Version<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 1.0 version of Universal Bots is no longer supported. These bots will be auto-migrated to the 2.0 version as part of this release.<\/span><\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"w-separator size_small with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column \">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Process_Assistants\"><strong>Process Assistants<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The following are the new features and enhancements for managing Process Assistants:<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Introduction_of_Portal_User_Role\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Introduction of Portal User Role <\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can now invite a new user to a Process App with the &#8216;Portal User&#8217; role. Users with this role can only access the portal to create or manage process instances. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.kore.ai\/v9-3\/docs\/process-apps\/settings\/members-and-roles\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn more<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Add_Multiple_Alert_Recipients\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Add Multiple Alert Recipients <\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Process Assistants now support adding multiple recipients to the <b>Notify (To)<\/b> field in the Alerts section while drafting an instance failure notification message. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.kore.ai\/v9-3\/docs\/process-apps\/settings\/alerts\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn more<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Adding_Nodes_to_Process_Builder\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adding Nodes to Process Builder <\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Process Assistants now allow users to add a node between the process flow steps with a simple drag-and-drop action. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.kore.ai\/v9-3\/docs\/bots\/chatbot-overview\/using-the-dialog-builder-tool\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn more<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Process_Failure_Notification_Delivery\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Process Failure Notification Delivery<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Process Assistants can now deliver the failure notifications to an external application\/endpoint by defining an API request.\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.kore.ai\/v9-3\/docs\/process-apps\/flow\/events\/notify\/\/events\/notify\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn more<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"w-separator size_small with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_auto\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row type_default valign_top\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column \">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This section contains release information for the Kore.ai Experience Optimization Platform v9.3 released on July 23rd, 2022. 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