147.9 Release Notes

Release Date:  June 22, 2021

Release Version:  147.9

New Features

Survey

Dynamic Questions

• Added the ability to control the size of the individual rows displayed within an Autosuggest element.
  • The size attribute controls the length of a row in pixels.
  • This is separate from the option to set a response input length.
• Added support for uploading .dat answer files directly to an Autosuggest element.

Programming & Tools

API

• Updated the convertToTab parameter for the Upload/Replace File endpoint to support converting .dat answer files for Autosuggest elements.
• Added new endpoints:
  
  • Create survey from template – allows you to create a survey using an existing survey template.
  • Copy survey – allows you to create a survey by copying an existing survey, including its nstyles file.

Backend

• Improved load time performance for survey archival tasks and reports.

In-App Text Changes

Portal

Data Retention

• Updated "Purge PII” to read as “Purge Data” in two places:
  • Within the Company Settings menu of the Company Page.
  • Within the Archive and Deletion option in the survey Actions ellipsis menu.

Bug Fixes

Portal

• Fixed an issue causing an empty copy of some surveys to automatically be created when using the setfolder command.
• Fixed an issue preventing surveys from having delphi="1" enabled if they were created using a survey template, even if they were created on a server that requires all surveys to use delphi="1" by default.

Survey

• Fixed an issue causing some survey archival tasks to time out before completion.

Survey Editor

• Fixed an issue causing multiple answer files to appear as selected when using the File Manager within the Autosuggest element.
• Fixed an issue causing an invalid error message to appear when making changes to a variable name within a participant source.

Themes

• Fixed an issue causing some options within Autosuggest elements to appear invisible (white text on white background) when using the “Education” survey theme.

Programming & Tools

API

• Fixed an issue preventing some older Excel files from being uploaded to the Language Manager when using the Language endpoint.
• Fixed an issue which allowed users to specify a negative row index for Autosuggest answer files when using the Edit File endpoint.

Custom Code Elements (Logic Nodes)

• Fixed an issue causing some servers to run out of memory when attempting to run many logic nodes (2,000+) at the same time.

Data Retention

• Fixed an issue preventing more than one survey from being automatically archived per day.
• Fixed an issue causing data to be cleared from some archived surveys after 365 days, even if Purge Data was disabled at the company level.
• Fixed an issue preventing users from enabling archival for all projects within a company.

Architecture/DevTools

• Fixed an issue preventing some nightly system clean-up scripts from running.