Efecte Self-service 2023.4 Release Notes
Efecte Self-service 2023.4 Release Notes
Executive Summary
The Efecte Self-service 2023.4.0 release significantly improves the accessibility of the product to meet WCAG 2.1 A- and AA- level definitions, including improvement to support the use of screen readers.
This version supports the following languages:
Czech, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English (GB & US), Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Spanish and Swedish.
The following browsers are supported:
- Google Chrome
- Microsoft Edge
- Mozilla Firefox
- Mozilla Firefox ESR
- Safari 16.5 or newer
The only supported database for this release is PostgreSQL version 15.
Note
This version of Efecte Self-Service requires:
Efecte Identity Management version 2020.3.0 or newer.
Efecte Service Management version 2021.3 or newer.
Release notes 2023.4.0
New Features
ESS-18377 Landing page header improvement
Release note
Improved HTML structure on landing page header for better accessibility.
ESS-18391 Screen reader support improvements
Release note
Screen readers now recognize better ESS user interface elements.
ESS-18419 Keyboard accessibility improvements
Release note
ESS has now improved accessibility via keyboard shortcuts.
ESS-18433 Focus order improvements
Release note
Screen readers recognizes better links on the opened navigation menu.
ESS-18447 Label improvements
Release note
All labels are better visible and descriptive on accessibility mode.
ESS-19119 Search accessibility improvements part 1
Release note
Improvements on ESS UI to meet accessibility guidelines on seach element.
ESS-19179 Search accessibility improvements part 2
Release note
Improvements on ESS UI to meet accessibility guidelines on seach element in accessibility mode.
Improvements to existing functionalities
ESS-16522 Color settings for widget buttons
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"Attach file" and "Send" buttons in request detail view are now corresponding to the setting "Service offering background".
ESS-19149 Contrast improvements for accessibility mode
Release note
Fixed contrast ratio to align with accessibility guidelines.
ESS-19159 Finnish translation improvement
Release note
Fixed presentation text for global search results.
ESS-19427 Improve logging message
Release note
Improved logging message to improve readability.
Bug fixes
ESS-13437 CP-5861: Denial of Service possibility
Release note
Fixed and improved product security.
ESS-17207 HTML injection with commenting
Release note
Sanitize user comments to prevent HTML injection.
ESS-18023 CP-7026: Obsolete additional information of deleted service offerings
Release note
A fix for the ESS startup, which will now clean database from obsolete additional information of deleted service offerings.
ESS-19247 Description field handling in case rich text editor is enabled in ESM
Release note
Improved handling of ESS description field when rich text editor is enabled in the ESM.
ESS-19276 CP-7791: “Report IT issue” should be renamed “Report an issue”
Release note
Changed default text of "Report IT issue" to "Report an issue".
ESS-19570 Support channel parameters - SR duplicate entries
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Fixed creating duplicate entries in the database table, that could lead to unexpected behaviour while configuring the support channels
ESS-19651 CP-7915: 'Enable accessibility mode' - translation in Swedish is not appropriate
Release note
Fixed Swedish translations based on feedback.
Release notes 2023.4.0.1
Bug fixes
ESS-19750: Change default consumer timeout in RabbitMQ
Release note
Fixed the issue with timeout in RabbitMQ.
Release notes 2023.4.0.2
Bug fixes
ESS-19805: Headers don't work on ESS kb articles
Release note
Fixed the issue when headers were stacked on top of each other on the ESS user interface.
Release notes 2023.4.0.3
New feature
CP-7402: Configurable polled attributes
Release note
The new setting “Poll from ESM” is introduced to, and it is available under "Codes" tab for incidents and service requests. If the setting is enabled, the data from the ESM field defined in Code will be fetched to ESS. It is possible to poll unique fields with 20 different codes used on a single connector.
Feature will be officially launched to all customers in 2024.1.0 release.
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