Bug Fix: Incorrect Weekend indicator - sometimes tasks would be highlighted as landing on a weekend but wasn't true

Bug Fix: Task Lock Handling - if a user removed and then re-added a program with locked tasks, it would inadvertently remove the lock

Bug Fix: Task Scheduling - bulk editing tasks by changing the due date wasn't working all of the time

UI/UX: User can archive a Draft Journey with tasks unassigned

Feature: User can create and trigger tasks relative to Journey Activation date

Chore: Survey Task: Updated copy

Bug Fix: Surveys: Custom field not showing as Required

Bug Fix: {{manager_department}} smart label missing from list of smart labels

Integration: Microsoft Outlook Calendar API

Bug Fix: Signature Resources no longer auto-adding signature label

UI/UX: Added SSN as a new default profile field

UI/UX: [Survey] Profile fields pull and update data relative to Boardee profile info

Feature: User data within Signature Tasks will automatically update whenever changes are made to the user's profile

UI/UX: Bulk actions updates

Integration: Ashby syncing process updates

UI/UX: Activity Log: Added a number of events for users to be able to track activity within Journeys

UI/UX: Notifications: User can configure Journey Completed notifications for Boardees

Bug Fix: Ashby integration: emails being integrated with uppercase letters

Feature: Organization Settings: User can toggle between having tasks be due on weekends or not

UX: Permissions: When adding a custom field, default visibility to be set to Super Admin

UI/UX: Smart Labels: Added smart labels for default profile fields and sorted alphabetically

Bug Fix: Smart Labels being created with the same name

Bug Fix: Incorrect order when sorting Journeys by Program Completion

UI/UX: Journeys: User can filter progress by Program

UI/UX: Survey submissions default sorted by oldest first

Bug Fix: Email Notifications: Descriptions in Overdue Task email notifications weren't center-aligned

Bug Fix: Dashboard: Profile pictures not showing in Journeys Nearing Completion

Bug Fix: Profile picture disappearing after adding a new user

Bug Fix: Unable to select optional for pre-filled fields in signature editor

Feature: Aboard auto-activates auto-drafted Journeys within 30 mins of being drafted

UI/UX: User can click to confirm they’re leaving Aboard

Feature: Super Admins can set permissions/visibility for each profile field

UI/UX: Super Admins can preview Surveys and see pre-filled fields from timeline view

UI/UX: Locked task UI improvements

UI/UX: Upgraded in-app chat functionality to Intercom

Feature: Super Admin can mark a task as locked. This means the task will be completed by an integration or by Super Admin only.

UX: Mapping Boardee fields to a Boardee's Journey. This means if you change a Start Date, End Date, or Manager in a user's profile, it'll also update in their Journey.

Feature: User can select profile fields to auto-populate surveys and vice versa. If a user fills out a profile field that isn’t populated, it will populate into their profile.

UI/UX: Tasks: Boarder task card redesign

UI/UX: Tasks: Boardee task card redesign

UI/UX: User can select which items to print.

UI/UX: Updates when manually creating a Journey. Assign a Boardee first, and then the rest of the Journey information will auto-populate.

UI/UX: Update information in a Journey (e.g., Start Date), and it will also reflect in the user's profile.

Bug Fix: Boarders unable to see Boardee profile pictures from the Tasks screen.

UI/UX: Update Default Profile fields. Aboard's default profile fields are now similar to those of HRIS and ATS. If you'd like additional fields, you can create them in Settings => Custom Fields.

Bug Fix: Programs with many labels extended the length of the card.

UI/UX: User can reopen a Completed Journey from Completed Journeys.

UI/UX: Boardee sees 3 dots menu at all times in Tasks

UX: User shouldn't be able to mark automated email tasks as complete.

UX: Save user’s filter on the Journeys screen until they select "clear filters."

Bug Fix: Bulk actions: Unable to move tasks to today’s date.

Bug Fix: User was able to submit survey/signature tasks locked behind a parent task.

Feature: User can attach Job Titles as labels to Programs.

UX/UI: Timeline: Show survey preview.

UX/UI: Resources: Auto-add Signature label to Signature templates and hide from Members.

UX: Tasks: Default collapse signature window when Boardee opens a Signature task.

UX: Turn off anonymize by default when creating a Survey task.

Bug Fix: When printing the entire user profile, encrypted documents were not being included.

Feature: User can upload files/images to a Survey.

Feature: User can print the entire user profile directly from the user’s profile.

UI/UX: Show signature submission preview in a timeline task for admins.

UI/UX: Timeline: User can multi-select cards on the timeline.

UX: User can see Certified Buddies first in the user dropdown.

Feature: Auto-populate signature documents based on user profile data.

Feature: Survey reporting section.

UI/UX: Updated date formatting (Month, Day, Year).

Feature: Use dropdown custom field smart label as recipients in Email Tasks.

UI/UX: Members can view Documents in their Profile (from the People screen)

Feature: Custom Smart Labels.

Feature: Users can sign documents within Aboard.

Mobile: Tasks improvements.

Mobile: Welcome flow improvements.

UI/UX: Show Start Date column in Completed Journeys.

Feature: Export all user’s profile data.

UI/UX: Turn off Aboard invitation notification.

Feature: Auto-archive Boardee once their Offboarding Journey has been completed.

ADP: Turned off auto-archiving users.

ADP: Pull preferred names.

ADP: Updated location to State.

Feature: Super Admin can export a user's entire profile, including uploaded documents and completed Surveys.

UX: Super Admin can delete Documents uploaded by the user.

UX: User dropdown search filter queries search by name.

Bug Fix: Bulk upload can’t read data if the column header has a space.

Bug Fix: Survey: Linear scale input can't display 0 when the value is 10.

Feature: Super Admin can export a completed survey from the user’s profile.

UI/UX: Surveys: Auto-focus on the title field when a user is creating a new survey.

UI/UX: Task Modal: Order Tasks in the Trigger dropdown alphabetically.

Bug Fix: Creating a Journey: Unable to use arrow keys to select a user.

Bug Fix: My Tasks: Overdue tasks not showing on the first load.

Journeys: Bulk actions for selecting all Journeys (or at least a bunch of them).

Feature: Settings: Custom fields: User dropdown

Bug fix: Tasks: Show Overdue tasks section first

Bug Fix: People: Move archive hover tooltip to the bottom.

Bug Fix: Profile not saving after adding a new user and filling in data.

UI/UX: User Profile ⇒ Documents: Move the upload button to be fixed at the top for Admin.

UI/UX: Timeline: Move Expand cards icon to the right-hand side

UI/UX: Task Modal: Update task type order

Bug fix: People: Click to add user & nothing happens (Browser: Edge)

Surveys:

UX: New Smart Labels.

{{buddy_work_email}} and {{manager_work_email}} added as placeholders.

Feature: Super Admin can upload documents to user profiles.

UX: Only Super Admin can view Surveys and Documents tabs in user profiles.

UX: Super Admin can view custom fields in user profiles.

Bug Fix: Changing program details makes the recurring icon appear.

Bug Fix: Archived users shown in tasks.

Feature: Custom Fields:

Custom fields will be shown in user profiles for Super Admin, but not Members and Admins

UX: Member shouldn’t be able to unmark complete task if a journey is completed

UX: Aboard’s survey templates added to all accounts

UX: Updated Email & Slack task completed with attachments

Performance Improvement: People screen pagination

Feature: Surveys:

New Workflow Journey Type:

Users can open resources in the "My Task" screen via a modal.

Feature: Surveys:

Feature: Users can create recurring workflows in Programs.

Bug Fixes:

UX: Journeys: Added a new filter: Activation Date.

UX: Hide Aria.

Bug Fixes:

Feature: Task Description: Users can upload/drag & drop images.

Feature: Workflows

More info coming soon…

March 6, 2024 - v2.9.11

UI/UX: Timeline: User can click to expand all cards

Mobile: User can pull down from top to refresh the page

UI/UX: Mobile-optimized Dashboard, Journeys, and Programs.

UI/UX: Tasks: User can select tasks (Completed, Overdue, etc.) to view simultaneously.

UX: Exclude Departments if they only come from Archived Users.

UX: Minor updates to the New Team Member email.

UX: Super Admin can edit a task that was marked as "Won't Do."

UX: Google Calendar Event Task: Use the new eventType property.

Security: Improvements to Cloudflare security rules to skip known customer domains.

Bug Fix: Aboard Invitation Task in the timeline is marked as completed before the Boardee's first day.

Feature: Google Calendar Event Tasks:

UX: Change Google Cal Boardee First Day event from busy to free

UX: Task due notification improvements

Bug fix: SA got auto activation notification when it is turned off

Performance Improvement: SPA data fetching, code splitting and lazy loading

Performance Improvement: REST notification systems

Performance Improvement: DB indexing

Feature: User can attach files to General Tasks.

Feature: User can download and upload files to General Tasks.

Notification: Super Admin is notified when a user uploads a file to a task and marks the task as complete.

Feature: User can attach files to Slack tasks.

Bug Fix: Archived Journeys appearing in the "Journeys Nearing Completion" section.

Bug Fix: Switching between tabs retains old data instead of showing a loading screen.

UI/UX: Journeys: Filter by Manager or Buddy.

UI/UX: Mobile-optimized:

Bug Fixes:

UX: Notifications: Super Admin can turn off Journey Activated notifications.

UI/UX:

Bug Fix: Journeys: Loading animation showing even if the app isn’t loading anything.

ATS Integration: Ashby.

UI/UX: Mobile optimization: Menu.

Bug Fix: Task: Unable to load Overdue tasks.

UI/UX: Tasks Screen Revamp: Breakdown To Do and add pagination.

UX: Improved fetching Programs speed.

Bug Fix: Timeline: User had to click the 3-dots menu three times to open it.

UI/UX: Journey filtering:

UI/UX: Journey list shows Boardee’s overdue tasks warning:

UI/UX: Move Save button in Settings.

Access Level Update: Admin can only see Programs within their department.

Feature:

UX:

Google Workspace Integration: First Day Calendar Invite: Update details within the first-day calendar invite.

UI/UX: Create {{buddy_job_title}} and {{manager_job_title}} smart labels.

Bug Fix: Smart Labels quick copy.

UI/UX:

UX:

Feature:

Bug Fixes:

UI/UX:

UX: Users can press Enter on their keyboard when confirming to delete a task.

Bug Fix: Slack notification not showing Job Title on offboarding journey.

Feature: Slack Task: Automate messages to a Slack channel or group of people in Slack.

Feature: Org can turn off Auto Journey Activation

UX: Only book events in user Calendars for companies with a Google Workspace Integration

Integration: Gusto.

UI/UX:

Feature: Aria 🤖

UI: Blinking Loading animation added.

Feature: Automatically create Google Calendar events for upcoming first days (for Super Admins & Managers).

UI/UX:

Bug Fixes:

Feature: Aria is live!

Feature: Admins can preview a Draft Journey to see what the Boardee will experience.

Event Tasks:

Notifications:

Bug Fixes:

Feature: Tasks being tracked from Program:

Feature: Program management:

Program Management modal: When drafting a Journey, you can now add or remove Programs:

Feature: Humaans Integration – Custom Smart Labels:

Notification: Empty Work Email reminders for Super Admin:

Bug Fixes:

General Updates:

UX:

Community Features:

Bug Fixes:

Feature: Users can archive a Journey.

UX: Users can use {{boardee_end_date}} as a smart label.

Feature: Users can attach up to three files to Email tasks.

Feature: Global log in page .getaboard.app

UX: User can mark tasks as complete from Slack without Aboard opening a new tab every single time

UX: Google Workspace Integration: Updated Meeting booking availability hours to 9am-5pm

UI/UX: Admin can select which Slack channels (up to 20) to display in People ⇒ Groups You Might Like.

UI/UX: User can see when text is hyperlinked within Task descriptions

UX: Added End Date as a field to user profiles (i.e. interns, contractors)

UX: Updated copy in Smart Labels info icon

Feature: Users can use pre-determined filters on the People screen.

Optimization: Sped up the loading on the Journeys screen

Feature: Added Community section to Resources.

Feature: Users can map Programs to Custom Fields from your HRIS.

Slack Integration: New team member notifications are now delivered through Slack (in addition to email).

Humaans Integration: Users with "New Hire" status will not have their Journey auto-drafted.

Bug Fix: Clicking the "Activates" column heading was not functioning.

Feature: Activity Log.

UX: New Smart Label {{boardee_location}}

UX: Links from Task Description will open in a new tab

UI/UX: User can quickly see there are Unassigned Tasks

Bug Fixes: Drafted Journeys with no tasks should not show the auto-start

Feature: Users can mark the rest of a user’s tasks as "Won’t Do" or "Completed" when archiving the user.

UX: Additional Smart Labels:

Bug Fixes:

Feature: Ability to export Active & Completed Journeys.

UX: In Programs, Default programs are prioritized first

UX: User can mark Journey as complete from the “three dots” menu on Journeys

UX: Show warning when creating a new offboarding journey

UX: Show error in timeline if there are unassigned tasks

UI: Work Anniversary and Manager notification copy updates

Bug Fix: Last updated by in Programs was sometimes showing invalid date

Bug Fix: Sometimes clicking back to resources wasn’t working

Feature: Super Admins and Managers are notified of upcoming Work Anniversaries (1 week before and the day of).

UX:

Bug Fixes:

UI/UX: Larger (or expandable) text boxes for customizable question answers

Bug Fix: {{boardee_start_date}} label not working

Bug Fix: Header on Timeline is now fixed again! And by fixed, we mean sticky.

Bug Fix: New Team member email missing questions if more than 3

Feature: Programs Screen Refresh & Templates Gallery.

UI/UX: Updated Notifications UI/UX in Settings

Implemented Org-wide notifications i.e. Birthday reminders, Manager nudges

UX: User can open new tabs by holding the command button & clicking

UX: Once you select a filter on Journeys, Programs, Resources or People and go to a different page, your filter will actually stay when you come back

Bug Fix: Tooltip showing null when user has not inputted pronouns

Feature: Super Admins and Managers notified of upcoming Birthdays (1 week before and the day of).

UX: Assigned Manager of an Active Journey is notified when a Boardee has an incomplete task from 2 days ago.

UI:

UX: Work email change notification:

Bug Fixes:

Chore: Deactivated weekly usage email.

UX:

UI:

Bug Fixes:

Feature:

UI: Refreshed Welcome Email design.

UX: Unlocked fields (First Name, Last Name, Work Email) after manually adding users.

Bug Fixes:

Feature:

UI/UX: Redesigned tutorial flow.

UX: Modals can now be closed with Escape or Enter/Return.

Bug Fixes:

Feature:

Bug Fix: Archived users in completed tasks were showing an error in Timeline view.

Feature:

Bug Fixes:

Feature: Resource updates: More links and docs now handled in Resources.

UI/UX:

UX: Quickly reassign tasks by clicking the assignee’s profile picture.

Bug Fix: Missing Boardee placeholder in email tasks.

UI: Branded event notifications.

UX: Allow customers to set task due dates as far back as -180 days.

Bug Fixes:

UI/UX: Timeline updates with proper error messaging.

UI/UX: ICS Event email notification updates.

Bug Fixes:

UI/UX: My Tasks 2.0 - Completely revamped with animation!

UX: "Sync Now" button redirects to Settings if no HRIS integration.

Bug Fixes:

UI/UX:

UX:

Bug Fixes:

Feature: Admin access level:

UI/UX:

Bug Fixes:

UX: When creating a Journey manually, users no longer need to click out of the modal after assigning someone.

Feature: Google Workspace Integration:

UI/UX:

Bug Fixes:

Feature: Users can use Smart Labels within Task Titles and Descriptions.

UI/UX:

Bug Fixes:

UI/UX:

Bug Fixes:

UX:

UI/UX:

Bug Fixes:

UX: Adjusted auto-activation date to match the date of the first task.

UI/UX: Numerous UI/UX tweaks throughout the app.

Optimization:

Bug Fixes: Various fixes applied.

UX:

UI:

Notifications:

Feature: Managers can view Boardee Journeys they’re assigned to.

UI/UX:

Bug Fixes: Various fixes applied.

UI/UX:

Bug Fix: Tasks falling on weekends are auto-pushed to the closest weekday.

Features:

Bug Fixes:

Features:

UI/UX:

Bug Fixes:

Features:

BambooHR Integration:

UI Updates:

Bug Fix: Descriptions weren’t showing on some tasks.

Feature: Set organization’s timezone.

UI/UX:

Bug Fix: Email body content now respects spacing.

Features:

UI/UX:

Bug Fixes:

Features:

UI/UX:

Bug Fixes:

Features:

UX:

Bug Fixes:

Bug Fixes: Addressed various Safari-related bugs.

UI/UX:

Bug Fix: Progress bar breaking on the Journeys screen.

UI:

Bug Fix: BambooHR sync failed if a user in the sync list was archived.

Features:

UX: URLs now update when switching tabs, enabling forward and back browser navigation.

Bug Fixes:

Features:

UI/UX:

Bug Fix: Fixed the GIF on the Congrats screen when completing the tutorial.

UX: Boardees are added to all Event Tasks as Attendees by default.

UI: Updated People menu icon.

Bug Fix: Reminder emails are now sent to Event Task owners to create the meeting event manually.

Email: Weekly Usage Reports introduced.

UI/UX:

Bug Fixes:

UI: Updated Program/Journey timeline copy.

Bug Fixes:

Features:

UI: Updated designs for Tasks on the Timeline view.

Email/Slack: Unassigned Journey reminder notifications.

Bug Fix: Copying a program wouldn’t work until the page was refreshed.

Feature: Mark tasks as "Won’t Do" directly from the Timeline view.

Email: New congratulatory email celebrating the end of a Boardee's journey.

UI/UX:

Bug Fix: Task assignee wasn’t showing if the task was overdue.

UI Improvements:

Slack: Users can see in Slack when they’ve successfully marked their task as complete.

UI Improvements:

UI/UX: Tutorial Flow updates.

UI/UX Improvements:

Bug Fixes:

Features:

Bug Fixes:

UI: New Choose Programs interface when creating a New Journey.

Notifications (Slack + Email) design updates

A few little 🐞 fixes

Feature: BambooHR integration is now live and can be accessed under Settings → Integrations.

Updated Profile screen:

Added ability to update your profile picture

Added new fields for more culture building

Added Welcome Video URL to the Organization screen settings

This will be used in a future update for when a new employee joins the company

A number of 🐞 fixes and usability improvement

Feature: Custom Notification settings introduced.

Add Disconnect button to Slack integration

A new Boarder Task added to an Active Journey will require an Assignee

Update Organization screen

Slack: New employees (Boardees) will now receive a notification on Slack on the morning of their first day!

Applied White Screen bug fix, among a few other improvements 🐜

Updated Colour Picker on the Organization screen 🎨