General – Fixed a bug where pagination wouldn't reset when switching between different tabs in the dashboard
Editor – Fixed a bug where a multi-session event could be published with no sessions
Insights – Fixed a bug where the check-in button wouldn't appear between the time a session ends and the event ends
Insights dashboard – Fixed a bug where insights dashboard wouldn't load for team admins
Insights dashboard – Fixed a bug where metric charts would sometimes show up in a different order
Notification settings – Fixed responsiveness on the page
CSVs – Performance improvements for all CSV downloads
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September 24, 2024
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Registration cutoff improvements
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All guests will now remain in your event after registration cutoff, instead of being removed if they're not registered. We've added a few improvements, like showing the registration cutoff time on the insights page.
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Account settings
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We refreshed our account settings page, which now shows the location field that's coming in from the employee directory! Control your notification settings and profile photo all in one place.
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Features & improvements
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Profile – Renamed "Notifications" to "Account settings" in the profile menu dropdown
Profile – Renamed" Profile" to "My events" in the profile menu dropdown
Profile – Moved editing profile settings in "My events" to "Account settings page"
Profile – Show "Location" field in account settings
Profile – Disable all profile fields synced from the employee directory
Profile – Added help text at the bottom of the page to let employees know how to update their information
Profile – Fixed a bug where the profile photo couldn't be removed
Registration cutoff – Non-registered are no longer removed from events after registration cutoff
Registration cutoff – Show registration cutoff time on insights page after it passes
Registration cutoff – Updated registration cutoff disclaimer in calendar events
Registration cutoff – Feedback forms now appear to anyone on the event page after registration cutoff
Registration cutoff – Added tooltip to event editor for registration cutoff field
Registration cutoff – Fixed a bug where registration cutoff wouldn't be editable before an event's end time
Registration cutoff – Fixed a bug where registration cutoff couldn't be set for a time before the event's end time
Editor – Pasting images into the event description will now be ignored, since it would cause issues like the editor and dashboard not loading
Editor – Fixed a bug where the guests dropdown for reminders would appear behind other content on the page
Editor – Fixed a bug where multi-session events couldn't be published if a session had passed
Editor – Fixed a bug where the error message wasn't showing when trying to publish a saved session that's already passed
Editor – Hid all AI buttons in the event description for past events, which was causing the unsaved changes modal to pop up
Dashboard – Fixed a bug where the archive modal would say Google Calendar for Outlook customers
Directory sync – Fixed a bug where distrolists wouldn't sync if they had the same name
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September 11, 2024
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Insights dashboard
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Instant analytics and reporting for any admin, team, or office. Drill down into metrics to understand employee engagement, ROI, and actionable insights to host better events and share impact with stakeholders. Learn more
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Multi-session registration improvements
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For employees, they can choose which sessions they want to register for instead of opting into all of them. For admins, you can now limit registration to just 1 session. Learn more
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Remove duplicate notifications
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To reduce noise from notifications, we’re removing Slack and email notifications for calendar RSVPs and email notifications for Slack RSVPs. Learn more
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Split large events into multiple calendar events
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To reduce calendar syncing issues, we'll split the guest list across identical calendar events when there are more than 1,000 guests. This update also fixes errors when inviting a large number of guests. Learn more
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Features & improvements
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Discover – Sort events in alphabetical order if the start time is the same
Event page – Disabled an employee's current RSVP status when they're changing their RSVP
Event page – Fixed a bug where not all guests were appearing when scrolling in the guest list modal
Event page – Fixed a bug where the calendar confirmation wasn't appearing depending on whether there's a calendar created for an event
Editor – Fixed a bug where the multi-session date and time validation wasn't being correctly triggered
Insights page – Added accurate tracking for feedback form notifications, rather than calculating the number of attendees
Insights page – Updated questionnaire tag from "sent" to "registered" to more accurately reflect how the number is calculated
Insights page – Fixed a bug where guests who are attended with no RSVP status can't be invited
Insights page – Fixed a bug where not all guests were appearing when scrolling in the check-in manager
Insights dashboard – Made UI improvements, like increasing the drop shadow on the date picker and alignment in the "Events" table side sheet
Insights dashboard – Fixed a bug where typing in the search bar in filters would make the search bar disappear
Insights dashboard – Fixed a bug where the filter label would reset to default if there was already an applied selection and text is inputted into the search bar
Insights dashboard – Fixed a bug where the page shifted when opening the date picker
Templates – Fixed a bug where non-creators could access creator-only surveys via URL
Admins – Super admins can now grant other employees super admin access
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August 26, 2024
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Features & improvements
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Event page – Hid the "Cancel" button in the session information modal
Event page – Fixed a bug where the empty states for place or address and virtual link wasn't appearing in the session information modal
Event page – Removed the "survey already completed" modal, which was appearing after submitting a survey
Event page – Redirect guests to the edit survey modal when they click "Submit questionnaire" or "Submit feedback" from the email reminder and they've already completed it, instead of showing the "survey already completed" modal
Event page – Fixed UI bugs, like padding on the session cards and typography in the questionnaire modal
Editor – Fixed a bug where "Invited" couldn't be clicked in the guests dropdown for reminders
Editor – Fixed a bug where the "create reminder" button would sometimes be disabled after filling out all the fields
Insights page – Fixed a bug where only 10 feedback responses would appear in the chart for a linear scale question
CSV – Fixed a bug where responses to duplicate survey questions would override each other
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August 16, 2024
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Choose date &Â time or relative time
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You now have the flexibility to schedule reminders and feedback forms on a specific date and time, or a relative time that automatically adjusts to the event's time.
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Features & improvements
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Event page – Fixed a bug where the “Other” option would be selected by default when editing single choice questions in the event questionnaire modal
Insights dashboard – Made UI improvements, like adding borders to the "Events" table and commas to separate numbers in pagination
Insights dashboard – Time zone filter is now sorted in descending order
Insights dashboard – Fixed a bug where the employee participation metric was still appearing even if there wasn't employee count for any day in the selected period
Insights dashboard – Fixed a bug where the employee participation metric wasn't accounting for registered guests as attendees when no guests were marked as attended in an event
Insights dashboard – Fixed a bug where clicking "Reset" in the date picker wouldn't reset to "Last 3 months" and close the picker
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July 31, 2024
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Compare summary metrics
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See comparisons to the previous period for summary metrics in Insights.
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Features & improvements
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General – Multi-session events are now sorted by the next upcoming session, instead of the start time of the event series
Notifications – Fixed a bug where guests were receiving incorrect notifications every 10 minutes due to a registration cutoff error
Event page – Fixed a bug where the “Other” option would be selected by default for single choice questions in the event questionnaire modal
Editor – Self check-in notification settings for multi-session events can be modified until the notification for the last session is sent
Editor – Fixed a bug where the calendar settings weren’t disabled after an event has guests
Editor – Fixed a bug where attempting to select a team would open the location tooltip and redirect users to a Help Center article
Check-in – Fixed a bug where profile pictures weren’t appearing in the check-in manager
Event insights – Fixed a bug where a question would be hidden when viewing a guest if the question is optional and the guest didn’t enter a response
Insights dashboard – Made UI improvements, like tweaking the filter buttons and drop shadow on the date picker
Insights dashboard – Right-clicking on an event in the “Events” table will now have the option to open the link in a new tab or window
Insights dashboard – Fixed a bug where filtering for 1 day wouldn’t return the correct results
Insights dashboard – Fixed a bug where the “reset all” button wouldn’t update the date range
Insights dashboard – Fixed a bug where the “reset all” button would appear even if there were no changes from the default state
Insights dashboard – Fixed a bug where clicking away from the date picker would reset to “Last 3 months”
Insights dashboard – Fixed a bug where page filters would disappear when scrolling near the bottom of the page
Insights dashboard – Fixed a bug where the footer overlaps with page content when scrolling back up
Slack – Improved access issues by running a script to check for users with missing information
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July 19, 2024
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Features & improvements
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Editor – Links with implicit scheme or no scheme will now be detected for survey questions for hyperlinking
Invitations – Inviting guests in smaller batches in the background will only be triggered for events with more than 500 guests
Slack – Fixed a bug where an event spanning a single day would appear as a date range on Slack
Insights dashboard – Disabled future days and months in the date picker
Insights dashboard – Fixed rounding for metric numbers
Insights dashboard – Fixed attendance calculations, specifically for estimated attendees and multi-session events
Insights dashboard – Fixed a bug where filtering for a date range would sometimes return no results
Insights dashboard – Fixed a bug where filtering for a new date range wouldn't reset to the first page in the table
Insights dashboard – Fixed a bug where heat map preferences would've save when you returned to the dashboard
Insights dashboard – Improved loading states to be more smooth and less disruptive
Insights dashboard – Fixed a bug where events were shown based on UTC instead of your current time zone
Insights dashboard – Added a tooltip to the employee participation card when data is missing to calculate the metric
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July 12, 2024
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Insights dashboard (beta)
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Instant analytics and reporting for any admin, team, or office.
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Drill down into metrics to understand the key drivers behind employee engagement and ROI. Get actionable insights and share the impact of events and programs with stakeholders.
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Features & improvements
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Calendar – Fixed a bug where a draft event would get created before Google or Outlook Calendar is properly connected for an admin
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July 8, 2024
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Automatic hyperlinks for survey questions
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We love shipping quality-of-life improvements: When you  include a link in your survey question, Epoch will automatically detect it as a URL and hyperlink it. Now, employees can access it in one click.
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Features & improvements
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General – Changed the language for “Offices” to “Locations”, as this field from the directory can also represent a region or area instead of a physical office
Event page – Fixed a bug where the description for sessions in a multi-session event would get cut off on the event page
Event page – Fixed a bug where the feedback form modal wouldn’t close automatically after submission
Editor – Fixed a bug where the calendar icon would float outside of input fields
Admins – Fixed a bug where team names would get cut off when selecting teams for a new team admin
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June 28, 2024
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AIÂ for event description and feedback summaries
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Use AI to get an event description suggestion from scratch or refine a draft that you’ve written. Summarize feedback into recurring themes and sentiments in just a few seconds. Learn more
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Check-in for all events and estimated attendees
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You can now track who showed up for all in-person, virtual, and hybrid events! If you're short on resources to use check-in or importing data from other conferencing platforms, enter an estimated number of attendees. Learn more
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Notification settings page
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Control whether you get each notification through Slack or email. Quickly turn off all notifications from Slack, email, or both channels. Learn more
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Features & improvements
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RSVPs – Improved copy for auto-decline to explain how guests can register for the event
Event page – Fixed bug where uninvited guests from private events would still have access through Slack and the event page
Insights page – Fixed a bug where the guest list wouldn't load if a guest was checked in when there are no existing guests
Insights page – Display banner to indicate when duplicate guests have been imported as invitees
Insights page – Fixed bug where deactivated guests were being removed from past sessions in multi-session events
Calendar – Added default text for multi-session events to indicate that a session is part of a multi-session event
Calendar – Improved default text for waitlist to explain that guests will be removed
Notifications – Improved timeliness of Slack and email reminders for large events with new notification settings
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May 30, 2024
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Event page refresh
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We gave our event page a complete makeover! Just to name a few exciting changes: a more robust and informative RSVP experience, seeing the event organizer and office, simplifying the guest list, and much more.
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Simplified cover photos
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No more worrying about making photo look pretty in 3 different ways – all cover photos will now be a square! We've also smoothed out the cover photo experience, from making sure the original photo can still be cropped and aspect ratio is maintained on different devices. Learn more
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Show RSVPÂ on event cards
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Ever browsing the Discover page and not sure if you've already RSVPed to an event? Now, we'll show your current RSVP on the event card so you don't need to click in and out just to check.
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Auto-decline notifications
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When we see that a guest RSVPs as not going for your event and there's an auto-decline note from Google and Outlook Calendar, we'll send custom notifications to alert the guest that they might've unintentionally declined.
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Features & improvements
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General – Changed language for RSVPs from "Confirmed" to "Going" and "Cancelled" to "Not going"
General – Cover photo aspect ratio is now fixed at 1:1 when the screen size changes
Editor – Distrolists can be added as an event organizer
Editor – Display up to 200 employees in the dropdown for an improved browsing experience
Editor – Cover photo uploader now crops and zooms in a square dimension (1:1 aspect ratio)
Editor – Fixed bug where the cropped version of the cover photo wouldn't appear after saving
Editor – Fixed bug where only the cropped photo could be edited again, instead of the original uploaded photo
Editor – Office now appears for virtual events
Editor – Added a warning banner when an admin adds event capacity that exceeds the number of registered guests
Editor – Duplicate survey questions can now be created
Insights page – Fixed bug where the guest list wouldn't load if a guest with no RSVP status was checked in for multi-session events
Insights page – Fixed bug where cover photo wasn't using the correct crop
Insights page – Check-in now closes 30 days after an event ends
Feedback form – Feedback form now closes 30 days after an event ends
Communications – Fixed bug where cover photo wasn't using correct crop
Event page – Improved the display of event information, like date and time, location, and more
Event page – Improved the RSVP experience with a new module that shares details about an employee's current RSVP status, registration cutoff time, waitlist, and more
Event page – Added a warning modal when a guest leaves the waitlist
Event page – Added a warning modal when a registered guest changes their RSVP when the event is full
Event page – Added a warning modal when a registered guest changes their RSVP when registration is cut off
Event page – Simplified the guest list experience on the event page
Event page – Zoom meeting ID and passcode appears for meetings generated by Epoch
Event page – Added categories to the event page
Event page – Added office to the event page
Event page – Added event organizer and link to contact email on the event page
Event page – Session headers are more prominent in session modals
Event page – Removed RSVP button from session modals
Calendar – Fixed bug where calendar events wouldn't be deleted if the "create calendar" setting was switched to off
Outlook Calendar – Fixed bug where notifications were incorrectly sent to guests
Outlook Calendar – Fixed bug where guests weren't appearing on the calendar event
Outlook Calendar – Improved data syncing issues with Epoch
Outlook Calendar – Disabled event privacy and busy or free settings after an event is published, since it can't be changed after the calendar event is created
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March 28, 2024
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Event organizer
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We simplified designating an event organizer – no more manually entering a contact person or reply-to email for reminders. Select any employee from your company as the default reply-to email for all communications.
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The event organizer's information will also be shown on the event page soon.
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Office
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We made improvements to the office field. Office is now in the "Details" section to make it more clear that it’s not a location.
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Selecting an office helps employees search for events (you can now see it on event cards on the Discover page!) and groups data for reporting.
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Features & improvements
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Editor – Fixed bug where the editor would be blocked after an image upload error
Editor – Fixed bug where editing an event's start time would keep everyone's RSVP instead of resetting to "pending"
Editor – Fixed bug where creating or adding an existing Slack channel to an event wouldn't add existing confirmed guests to it
Editor – Fixed bug where feedback forms were uneditable after an event ended instead of after it's sent
Editor – Removed "Reply-to email" field from email reminders
Editor – Added educational tooltip to the "Team" field
Editor – Added educational tooltip to the "Categories" field
Editor – Added educational tooltip to the "Office" field
Editor – Improved copy for the "add to calendar" field
Insights – Distrolists are now searchable by email in the invitations experience
Insights – Increased modal height for the invitations experience for better visibility
Communications – Fixed bug where selecting more than one Slack channel would show as "undefined"
Distrolists – Distrolists dashboard is now searchable by email
Discover – Improved cover photo dimensions on the event page so that it's fixed regardless of screen size
Profile – Fixed bug where upcoming events weren't ordered by sort time in ascending order
Google Calendar – Cancelled guests now remain on the calendar instead of being removed, so guests can always update their RSVP later
Outlook Calendar – Fixed bug where calendar events weren't appearing for invitees when an event is saved before publishing
Outlook Calendar – Fixed bug where calendar events were incorrectly sending event updates to guests
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February 29, 2024
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Slack "Home"Â page
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We added a "Home" page to our Slackbot app. Employees can learn about Epoch right in the tools they're already in. They can also get quick access to important links, like the Help Center or contacting our support team.
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Event information in CSV
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We added the event name and event start time as columns to the guest list CSV. This will make it easier for you to consolidate data across different events, without losing track of which event a guest belongs to. If you don't need them, simply delete!
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Features & improvements
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Editor – Fixed a bug where the event update modal wasn't showing up when the Zoom meeting was updated
Editor – Fixed a bug where a failed cover photo upload would error out the entire page
Editor – Fixed a bug where the busy and free setting wasn't duplicating correctly
Editor – Fixed a bug where the all day setting wasn't duplicating correctly
CSV – If a user isn't associated with an invited distrolist, the "associated_distrolists" column will be blank
Notifications – Implemented a way to stop all email, Slack, and Google Calendar notifications when necessary
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February 14, 2024
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Busy or free
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You can now choose to make your events busy or free on both Google and Outlook Calendar! Making an event free is especially helpful for events that don't require guests to attend the entire time, like a drop-in lunch.
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Features & improvements
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Events – Disabled the "Unarchive" button for Outlook customers, as calendar events can't be restored after deleting them
Insights – Added a "none" RSVP status for guests who didn't RSVP, but still attended an event as a drop-in guest
Invite guests – Fixed bug where emails not in the HRIS weren't appearing at the top
Invite guests – Fixed bug where removing one mismatched email would remove all of them
Outlook – Fixed a bug where multi-session invitations weren't appearing on calendar
Outlook – Fixed a bug where multi-session RSVPs from calendar weren't always syncing to Epoch
Directory sync – Fixed a bug where duplicate emails were being stored if they had different cases
Zoom – Fixed bug where you couldn't remove a Zoom meeting if an external guest joined
Settings – Updated text in notification settings modal to reflect exceptions being removed
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January 30, 2024
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Slack channels
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We've upgraded our Slack integration! We experienced issues where some Slack channels wouldn't appear when you're trying to select a channel for an event or announcement.
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Now, you can search for any channel in your company. If you're searching for a private channel and it doesn't show up, make sure to add our Epoch Slackbot to the channel first.
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Inline images (Outlook only)
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You can now add images to your event descriptions.
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Images will be synced across the Epoch event page and Outlook Calendar event.
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Features & improvements
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Settings – Removed all mandatory notifications for Slack and email, meaning if a user turns off either channel in their notification settings, all notifications will no longer send from Epoch
Editor – Fixed issue where cover photos would experience image quality loss on the event page
Editor – Fixed bug where you can't go to the next step if you create a multi-session event without adding sessions and switch it back to a single event
Waitlist – Fixed bug where waitlist release notifications weren't being sent when a spot opens up
Teams – Fixed bug where teams page wasn't loading properly
Directory sync – Fixed bug where an incorrect number of active users was showing in the employee directory
Calendar – Set busy or free for Outlook Calendar events
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January 17, 2024
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Features & improvements
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General – Updated some loading states across the platform
General – Removed onboarding screens for profile information and notification settings, since all information is synced from WorkOS
Settings – Removed calendar settings for all users, meaning all users will receive calendar invitations and events if admins choose to create and send them
Editor – Fixed error message for scheduling a reminder in the past so that it appears on any step of the editor
Editor – Fixed error message for Zoom when a meeting can't be generated
Editor – Fixed bug where registration cutoff error message was incorrectly appearing when trying to publish an event
Insights – Fixed bug where duplicate feedback responses were appearing on the insights page
Insights – Switched the order of the "waitlisted" and "incomplete" badges in the guest list section, since "incomplete" guests are considered "confirmed"
Insights – Fixed spacing and improved density on the insights page
Distrolists – Distrolists that are removed from the directory will now be removed from Epoch on a daily basis
Directory sync – Guest information and upcoming events will be automatically updated when a user's email is changed
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December 22, 2023
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Features & improvements
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Communications – Fixed bug where Slack announcements for in-progress multi-session events would be blank
Insights – Added "NONE" status in CSVs for drop-in guests with no RSVP
Directory sync – Fixed bug that was removing location data with directory sync
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December 14, 2023
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Menu dropdowns
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We polished up our menu dropdowns across the entire platform. We made them a bit more compact, made sure they show up in the right spot, and added new icons to help you speed up your workflows.
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Features & improvements
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General – New loading state across entire platform
General – Clicking "View page" on any menu dropdown opens link in new tab
Editor – Fixed registration cutoff so that only a time before the event end time can be selected
Editor – Fixed registration cutoff so that the time dropdown updates immediately when the event end time is changed
Editor – Added an error message to direct users to reconnect their Zoom integration due to invalid or expired tokens
Insights – Fixed status filter so that "Waitlisted" doesn't appear if it isn't applicable to the event
Insights – Made "View page" button consistent across all insights pages
Zoom – Integration will automatically disconnect to allow reconnection due to invalid or expired tokens
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December 4, 2023
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Synced distrolists
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When you add members to a distrolist, they'll be automatically invited to all upcoming events that the distrolist is part of.
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When you remove members from a distrolist, they'll be automatically removed from all upcoming events that the distrolist is part of.
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Target attendance
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When you're creating events, you can now input the number of guests you're hoping will attend your event in order to consider it a success.
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This number will be used to calculate attendance rate, which is the number of people who actually attended compared to your target.
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Categories
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There used to be "Tags"Â and "Types", and now they're finally called the same thing:Â "Categories."
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Use categories to improve event content discovery and reporting insights with more segmentation.
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Features & improvements
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Notifications – Fixed bug where duplicate invitations would be sent to the same guest
Notifications – Archiving an event now sends a Slack message saying the event was cancelled, rather than the organizer removed the guest
Discover – Fixed bug where the location filter didn't work for multi-session events on the Discover page
Waitlist – Fixed bug where an employee getting released from the waitlist with a required questionnaire would get marked as "Confirmed" instead of "Incomplete"
Editor – Fixed bug where upper and lower values of linear scale options would reset to original values regardless of editing and saving changes
Editor – Fixed bug where the validation for creating new Slack channels was incorrect
Distrolists – New and removed distrolist members will be ignored after registration cutoff
Zoom – Fixed bug where Zoom credentials weren't being refreshed
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November 16, 2023
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Engagement metrics
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When collecting feedback, you can now use a standardized set of questions for analyzing engagement metrics across events.
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Crafted based on industry best practices, track metrics like Net Promoter Score®, satisfaction, connection, and retention to boost employee engagement.
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Features & improvements
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RSVP – Waitlisted guests will no longer be added to calendar events
Editor – Fixed bug where duplicating an event with "create new channel" selected would disable the field in the new event
Editor – Fixed bug where multi-session events couldn't be published after changing session date and time to the future
Editor – Fixed bug where $0 couldn't be entered as a value in the estimated spend field
Editor – Fixed bug where no input in the estimated spend field wasn't being recorded as null
Editor – Fixed bug where event capacity could be negative and 0 could be entered as input
Multi-session events – Performance improvements for large volume of RSVPs
In-person check-in – Fixed bug where cancelled guests weren't appearing when searching in the check-in modal
In-person check-in – Fixed bug where content would spill out of the check-in modal
Distrolists – Removing a distrolist now stops syncing new members, but doesn't remove existing guests from the event
Distrolists – Fixed bug where guests were being uninvited from events after directory sync
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November 9, 2023
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Linear scale
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Linear scale questions let your guests express their feelings on a numbered scale.
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Easy to understand and quick to use, it’s a great way to collect feedback on ratings, sentiment, and more.
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Anonymity settings
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You can now choose to make your feedback forms anonymous or not anonymous! Employees will be informed on whether their name is being shared or not with the event or content organizer.
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For non-anonymous feedback forms, you'll be able to see name, email, location, and department data in the CSV download.
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Features & improvements
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Event page – Fixed bug where clicking on "Confirm" multiple times would send multiple confirmation notifications
Editor – Fixed bug where feedback form scheduled time would change to "after event ends" after changing the time interval
Insights – Fixed bug where chart labels were missing when there were more than 5 options selected by respondents
Slack – Fixed bug where editing an event questionnaire with an "other" option available in Slack would not open the pop-up
Slack – Fixed bug where submitting a required questionnaire on Slack after confirming on calendar didn't send a confirmation notification
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October 17, 2023
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Multi-session events ‍
Create an event series that employees can register for in one click.
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Set up offsites, onboarding programs, training sessions, and more.Simplify creating sessions, sending comms and surveys, and tracking registrations and attendance all on one page.
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Features & improvements
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RSVPs – Fixed bug where employees couldn't change their RSVP after a multi-session event has started
Event page – Fixed bug where sessions weren't sorted chronologically
Editor – Updated copy in event update notifications modal to be more specific
Editor – Fixed bug where Zoom link was missing when editing a published multi-session event
Feedback forms – Fixed bug where selecting a template would populate questions from 2 different templates
Reminders – Fixed bug that would mark published reminders as not scheduled if you clicked into it without changing anything
Reminders – Fixed bug where reminders scheduling wasn't duplicating properly
Insights – Fixed bug where sessions weren't sorted chronologically
Communications – Added a "not sent" status for announcements that would previously show incorrectly as "scheduled"
Slack – Removed outdated Slack pop-ups for updating profile information and connecting to Slack
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October 6, 2023
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Teams filter
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Events are more discoverable with a brand new "Teams" filter on the Discover page.
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Features & improvements
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Discover – Fixed bug where "Teams" filter wasn't being applied on the "Content" tab
Editor – Fixed bug where duplicating a single event and changing it to multi-session wouldn't allow reminders
Reminders – Fixed bug that was preventing reminders from being sent at the scheduled time
Reminders – Fixed bug that was showing incorrectly reminders as "not sent"
Insights – Fixed bug that showed checked in guests twice on the page
Insights – Fixed bug where multi-session events with no attendance tracking were not showing the number of confirmed guests
CSV – "Last updated" timestamp for RSVP added to guest list CSV
Distrolists – Added email column to distrolists dashboard
Notifications – Fixed bug where being released from the waitlist would send 3 notifications
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September 20, 2023
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Estimated spend
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Estimated spend is an amount you can enter for any event on Epoch.
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Spend data can be aggregated across teams, offices, event categories, and more so you can understand ROI.
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September 19, 2023
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Features & improvements
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Survey – Fixed bug that would send notifications to employees if they edited and re-submitted questionnaire response
Outlook Calendar - Fixed bug where employee is sent notifications when survey questions are edited
Reminders - Fixed bug that would continuously send notifications to employees for events with large guest lists
In-person check-in - Updated self check-in badge to always appear in check-in modal
Zoom - Enhanced integration to maintain admin validation so that their Zoom accounts don't sign out reset the integration
Invitations - Distrolists populate in alphabetical order vs reverse alphabetical order
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September 6, 2023
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Confirmations by platform
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The "confirmations by platform" section on the insights page allows you to see which platforms are generating the most event confirmations from employees.
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Get the insights you need to know which channels you should target to boost confirmations for future events.
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Targeted reminders
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Target who you want to send the reminders to. Choose guests based on their RSVP status, which means you can nudge invited guests to RSVP.
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You can also now schedule reminders relative to the event’s start time. This means your comms will automatically reschedule if you change the start time!
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Features & improvements
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In-person check-in - Fixed bug that incorrectly attributed their check-in source from Slack to admin
Survey – Fixed bug that didn't send questionnaires to users who were moved off of waitlist and/or in 'Incomplete' status
Outlook Calendar - Fixed bug where employee is not added to Outlook calendar when added directly from the calendar invite vs. on Epoch.
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August 14, 2023
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Features & improvements
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CSV – Fixed bug that prevented certain feedback responses to not properly export
Editor – Updated schedule field for slack reminders
Editor – Fixed broken URLs on virtual link input field
Event page - Updated RSVPÂ buttons to appear for in-progress events
Event page- Waitlist capacity is hidden once registration is cutoff
Reminders – Fixed bug that inadvertently sent invitations to users through Slack and email
Registration cutoff - Fixed bug that restricted RSVP responses while an event is in progress
Registration cutoff - Updated error messaging for employees who try to register after registration cutoff time
Survey - Fixed bug that showed questionnaire responses from employees who haven't reconfirmed their spot to an updated event time
Zoom – Added monitoring into Zoom participant data in order to ensure data integrity and visibility
Zoom - Fixed bug that presented inaccurate attendance data via Zoom Â
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August 2, 2023
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In-person check-in
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You can now track who showed up for your in-person and hybrid events!
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We’ve launched 2 ways to track attendance: admins can check off employees’ names on the event's insights page, or employees can self check in through Slack and email.
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In combination with our Zoom integration, you can now get a full picture of attendance across all your events. Learn more about how it all works in our in-person check-in article.
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Features & improvements
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Insights page – Fixed bug where guests were not being sorted by most to least recently updated
Insights page – Fixed bug where questionnaires still appeared on the insights page after statuses were reset to "pending" after start time change
CSV – Updated "status" column to "rsvp_column" in guest list CSV
CSV – Fixed bug where "attendance_source" wasn't blank for no-show guests
CSV – Fixed bug where content feedback forms couldn't be downloaded
In-person check-in – Changed default setting for admin check-in to "no" for new events
In-person check-in – Fixed bug where re-confirming after a start time change wouldn't send self check-in notification
In-person check-in – Fixed bug where confirming after scheduled send time wouldn't send self check-in notification
In-person check-in – Fixed bug where guests who attended on Zoom weren't appearing as "attended" in the check-in modal
In-person check-in – Fixed bug where self check-in badge would appear for admins checking themselves in using the check-in modal
Discover – Fixed bug where wrapping content would appear outside of the event card container
Event page – Fixed bug where no errors would appear if a user RSVPs on a page that was opened before registration cutoff
Login – Updated image of Epoch's Discover page
Calendar – Fixed bug where parallel sync jobs would change guest RSVPs to "pending"
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July 26, 2023
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Email reminders
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We refreshed our email reminders, just like Slack! You can now see which reminders have been scheduled and sent, the time zone formatting is consistent, and we added input field labels to make the experience more clear.
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CSVÂ updates
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We're always committed to providing you more data. We updated our guest list CSV to show you whether guests were invited by an admin or if they discovered the event on their own. We also now permanently show a guest's most recent RSVP status instead of replacing it with an attended status. You can see if a guest attended an event by checking the attendance type and source.
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Features & improvements
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Event page – Fixed bug where attended guests are able to confirm again through Slack and event page even though they’re already confirmed
Editor – Fixed bug where admin check-in setting wasn’t corresponding to location selection
Editor – Fixed bug where attended guests weren’t appearing as attended in the invite modal
Editor – Increased limit for creating calendar events to 4,000
Editor – Fixed bug where extra reminders were appearing when saving and deleting reminders
Insights – Fixed bug where guests weren’t always correctly appearing as attended on insights page
Insights – Fixed bug where guests changing their RSVP after getting checked in would display their new RSVP instead
In-person check-in – Fixed bug where completed state for admin check-in wasn’t appearing
In-person check-in – Fixed bug where full guest list wasn’t appearing and scrolling wasn’t working in admin check-in modal
In-person check-in – Fixed bug where unchecking in a guest would still show them as attended
Templates – Fixed bug where survey templates weren’t appearing in the correct tabs with the correct counts
Outlook – Fixed bug where Outlook wasn’t syncing confirmations and cancellations
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July 12, 2023
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Registration cutoff
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Registration cutoff prevents employees from confirming into your event after a set date and time. This is a great feature to use if your event requires pre-work, ordering supplies, or booking logistics. You can finalize headcount and plan appropriately for your events.
We refreshed our Slack reminders! You can now see which reminders have been scheduled and sent, the time zone formatting is consistent, you can organize your reminders internally with a title, and we updated our Slack formatting tips to give you a cleaner experience.
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Event cards
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We also cleaned up our event cards! You can now see the total number of guests confirmed for the event, event location is displayed consistently, and the design is more accessible.
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Features & improvements
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Waitlist – Fixed a bug where waitlisted guests coming off the waitlist weren't being added to private Slack channels
Feedback forms – Any employee with access to an event can now submit the feedback form on the event page
Feedback forms – Feedback form section now appears on the insights page when an event begins
Employees – Fixed a bug where accented characters weren't showing up properly in employee names
All day events – Fixed a bug where notifications for all day events were being sent based on the underlying time
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June 27, 2023
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Archive modal
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When archiving events, we added a warning to make sure events aren't being cancelled by accident. This also lets you know exactly what happens when you archive an event.
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Event duplication
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Duplicating an event didn't copy over all the fields, and that's an oversight on our part! We heard your feedback and made sure that you get a carbon copy. Start and end time, contact person name, contact person email, turning on guests for public events, admin check-in settings, self check-in settings, and Slack channel settings duplicate correctly.
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Features & improvements
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Profile – Added required feedback form requests as an exception notification
Profile – Updated copy for notification settings to be more accurate, including exceptions
Editor – Fixed bug where Slack event update notifications were sent when the setting was turned off
In-person check-in – Fixed a bug where checking in guests released the waitlist
In-person check-in – Self check-in notifications won't send if an admin has already checked in the guest
Insights – Added back the "Attended" status filter onto the insights page
Insights – Fixed bug where the status filter count was incorrect
Calendar – Updated waitlist copy on calendar events
Calendar – Waitlist state appears right when capacity is reached
Outlook – Added automatic token refresh so users don't need to re-authenticate every 14 days of no usage
Outlook – Added ability for users to re-integrate with Outlook
Slack – Fixed bug where Slack invitations were sent when the setting was turned off
WorkOS – Added attribute mapping for preferred name in Okta
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June 13, 2023
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Features & improvements
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Discover – Truncate names at 2 lines
Discover – Fixed bug where the department field sometimes wouldn't appear under profile photos on the event page
Surveys – Changed CSV download column "role" to "department"
Employees – Simplified empty field state from "Not Specified" to "-"
Employees – Changed "Office Location" to "Location" for consistency
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May 30, 2023
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Customize the name for "Content"
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You can now change the name for "Content" across the platform! Some common requests we've heard include "Recordings" and "Podcasts." This will appear in the dashboard sidebar, dashboard title, and Discover page tab.
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To learn more about how to set it all up, read here.
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Large events on calendar
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We've found that calendar events with more than 2,000 guests often experience issues with syncing data between calendar and Epoch that's out of our control. To be proactive about these issues, we disable the ability to create calendar events and send calendar invitations to invited guests.
Profile – Added an upload and delete button to the profile photo uploader
Content – Updated copy in the feedback form modal for content on the web app
Editor – Fixed event update notifications being sent due to a bug in the description field
Insights – Show inactive employees on insights page and event page if they were deactivated after the event started
Insights – Hide inactive employees for upcoming events
Communications – Added logic that announcements must be scheduled after the current time
Communications – Added logic that announcements must be scheduled before end time of selected events
Google Calendar – Fixed a bug where waitlisted guests were appearing as confirmed on the event
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May 15, 2023
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Date filter
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Employees can now filter events based on a date or date range. We're making event discoverability across the company even easier than before!
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Slack notification for event cancellations
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Now, guests will be notified through Slack if you archive an event. This can help clear up any confusions about whether guests should attend an event, especially if they don't check their email.
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Profile photos
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We've updated our default profile photos for employees who don't upload one. They're visually cleaner and show employees' initials, which can make skimming a bit easier if you're trying to see if your friends will be there.
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Features & improvements
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Profile – Fixed broken profile photos that were appearing as blank
Discover – Added ability to show or hide "In-person" and "Virtual" tabs regardless of custom tabs
Discover – Fixed a bug where employees could see the event page for an archived event
Content – Fixed the Slack and thumbnail image crops displaying incorrectly
Waitlist – Fixed a bug that released the waitlist out of order
Slack – Fixed a bug where duplicate invitations were being sent
Slack – Fixed a bug where RSVP buttons were missing on event update notifications for invited guests
Outlook Calendar – Fixed a bug where invitations weren't sending to guests
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May 10, 2023
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Control event update notifications
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We know it’s top of mind to not spam employees with notifications, especially when you want to edit an event silently.
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Now, you can choose if you want to send update notifications from Google Calendar and Slack. We pushed a quality-of-life update for employees too: their questionnaire responses will be restored automatically when they confirm back into an event that had a start time change.
Discover – Content is now ordered based on the last published date on the Discover page
Dashboard – Added “Role” column to the employees dashboard
Dashboard – Fixed directory issues where department wasn’t syncing correctly for Rippling customers
Insights page – Fixed survey question navigation arrows jumping on the page
Waitlist – Fixed bug where waitlist was releasing out of order
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May 1, 2023
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Merged confirmation and questionnaire requests
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We know it's top of mind to not spam employees with too many comms. Now, when a user confirms to an event through calendar and the event has a questionnaire, they'll receive one consolidated email and Slack message to fill out the questionnaire.
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Features & improvements
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Event page – Show modal for a fully optional questionnaire when an employee confirms on the Epoch web app
Editor – Fixed bug where non-breaking spaces in the description were triggering prompts to save and publish
Editor – Slack channels are created immediately when an "all day" is published for the current day
Editor – Fixed bug where survey questions created from scratch were still appearing after a template was selected
Insights – Fixed status inconsistencies due to inactive users
Google Calendar – Changed "all day" events to be no time zone, location-independent events
Google Calendar – Fixed bug where changing an event to "all day" would stop syncing changes
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April 18, 2023
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Edit surveys in Slack
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Guests can now edit their questionnaire and feedback form responses directly in Slack! Once a survey is submitted, guests will see an Edit questionnaire button on the next Slack message. Guests can also see and reference their previous responses.
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Restore questionnaires when start time is changed
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If you changed the start time of your event, guests had to fill out the questionnaire all over again if they confirmed back into the event. Now, their questionnaires will be automatically restored! Guests can still edit their responses on Slack and the Epoch event page.
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Features & improvements
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Discover – Fixed bug where drop-in guests were appearing on the event page as confirmed
Dashboard – Clicking on the title of an upcoming event goes to the insights page
Events – Fixed bug where switching an event to virtual stored the address
Events – Creating a calendar invitation will default to yes if sending invitations is selected
Insights – Fixed CSV download for event questionnaires
Insights – Fixed CSV download for ordering feedback form questions correctly for duplicated events
Insights – Changed display of date and time in admins' local time zone
Distrolists – Improved performance for syncing distrolists
Distrolists – Fixed bug where new employees added to distrolists were being added to past events
Google Calendar – Waitlisted guests will appear as invited on calendar events
Google Calendar – Auto-declines from out of office in Google Calendar will mark guests as cancelled
Outlook – Fixed bugs for automated waitlists
Outlook – Disabled the ability to turn off invitations for Outlook calendar
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April 6, 2023
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Features & improvements
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General – "Invitee" and "attendee" terminology simplified to "guest"
Events – "Both" terminology for event type changed to "hybrid"
Content – Added description to explain feedback forms will be displayed on the content page
Insights – Improved responsiveness on the page
Communications – Announcement date and time will show in admins' local time zone
Slack – Event date and time in Slack will show in employees' local time zone
Google Calendar – Refreshed integration modal to better introduce the feature
Outlook – Added integration modal to introduce the feature
Outlook – Added automated waitlists
Outlook – Added beta banner to integrations page
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March 24, 2023
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Communications dashboard
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Promotions is now communications. This dashboard is your home for all things communications as we build out more features for you, like announcements that aren’t tied to an event.
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Deprecated calendar promotions
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We’re removing calendar promotions to simplify the experience, because inviting guests to your events do the same thing! Don’t worry – any previously scheduled calendar promotions will still send, but you won’t be able to edit or delete them.
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To add employees to a calendar invitation, simply invite them to the event and turn on calendar invitations.
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Status column
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You can now see the publishing status of your events on the dashboard! Published events means all changes are live. Saved events are also live, but there are some saved changes that haven't been published and made live yet.
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Features & improvements
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Invitations – Fixed bug where users were getting removed from Google Calendar when events with calendar invitations turned on were updated
Slack channels – Fixed bug that was archiving existing Slack channels if the same name was inputted for a new channel
Slack channels – Fixed bug that was disabling the Slack channel creation date if the date passed and the event was saved, but not published
Surveys – Survey responses will now be persisted on the web app when editing a questionnaire or feedback form
Surveys – Fixed bug where rearranging and deleting survey questions would cause an error and remove unsaved changes
Surveys – Fixed bug where a survey submission with no responses to a fully optional survey wouldn't appear in the CSV
Reminders – Fixed bug where guests who joined the Zoom meeting didn't receive reminders sent afterwards
Insights page – Fixed bug where "Attended" pill wasn't appearing until after events ended
Insights page – Fixed bug where communications dashboard and insights pages were showing different confirmation numbers
Insights page – Pending status is now sorted alphabetically
Communications – Fixed bug where in-progress events wouldn't appear in Slack announcements
Outlook Calendar – Added all-day events
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March 6, 2023
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Outlook Calendar integration
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Our beta for Outlook Calendar integration is here! We've expanded our suite of integrations to include Outlook Calendar for a more seamless and integrated experience.
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As an admin, you’ll see Epoch events created in your personal calendar. We’ll automatically sync invitations, guests, and event updates with Outlook Calendar. To learn more about our beta launches, see our beta features page.
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Features & improvements
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Surveys – Fixed bug where questionnaires couldn't submitted for a full event
Calendar – Fixed bug where selecting "no one" for guest list visibility still showed guests on the calendar invitation
Insights – Fixed bug where number of feedback responses submitted was inconsistent with actual responses
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March 2, 2023
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"Interested" is now "Maybe"
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We heard your feedback:Â it wasn't clear what it meant to be Interested in an event. We've changed the terminology across our platform to Maybe and added pop-ups before an employee confirms their status.
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Features & improvements
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Discover – Fixed the confirmed count to include incomplete guests on the event page
Discover – Fixed the confirmed section to include attended guests (excluding drop-ins)
Create event – Fixed bug on create new Slack channel field
Create event – Fixed bugs related to creating survey questions and switching between "Start from scratch" and "Use a template"
Insights – Added "(Guest)" after an external guest's name
Insights – Fixed bug on status filter showing no results
Insights – Fixed sent questionnaire count to include attended guests (excluding drop-ins)
Insights – Fixed sent feedback form count to exclude external guests
Insights – Fixed bug where edit and delete options appeared for sent feedback form requests
Insights – Added a "Pending" status for guests with a status before an event was updated
General – Fixed bug for tab bar scrolling on mobile
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February 16, 2023
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Send invitations for content
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You can now send Slack invitations to let employees know that they've been invited to view content! The automated Slack message will link directly to the content page where they can access the link and provide feedback.
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Features & improvements
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Editor – Removed auto-save
Editor – Save does not publish changes, but saves changes to the draft
Editor – New publish button makes changes live to employees
Editor – New pop-up when exiting with unsaved changes
Editor – New pop-up when exiting with unpublished changes
Editor – New pop-up when unpublishing
Editor – Archived items are disabled and need to be unarchived for editing
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February 8, 2023
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Features & improvements
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Dashboard – Removed participants column and migrated data to insights pages
Dashboard – Added column for attended guests for past events
Surveys – Feedback forms will be sent to attended guests for events with Zoom integration
Surveys – Save button will be enabled when survey questions are reordered
Admin settings – Selecting teams for a team admin will appear as a number instead of tags
Profile – Upcoming and past events will show the correct location
Zoom – Participants without an email will appear as an external guest
Zoom – Fixed bug where Zoom meetings couldn't be removed
Slack – Fixed bug where Slack channels were being archived in 7 days instead of 48 hours
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February 1, 2023
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Choose to send invitations
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You can now choose whether you want to send Slack and calendar invitations to guests. This is a great way to avoid spamming employees if you're creating multiple options for the same event. Employees will only receive calendar invitations when they confirm.
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Features & improvements
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Discover – Tabs are ordered alphabetically
Calendar – Invitees added to a published event will receive calendar email notifications
Waitlist – Waitlisted guests won't be added to the calendar invitation
Waitlist – Private event guests will be added to the waitlist when capacity is full
Create event – Changed default settings for sending calendar invitations to confirmed guests to "yes"
Feedback form – Both attended and confirmed users will receive feedback forms
Insights – Updated ordering in the attendees section based on last updated status
Insights – Status tags will be hidden if there are no guests with that status
Insights – Added attended status to the insights page for events with Zoom integration
Insights – Added Zoom attendance column to attendees section and CSV report
Zoom – No-show's will only appear after an event ends
Zoom – Guests can join meetings before the event start time
Zoom – Attended guests won't be switched to confirmed due to calendar sync
Zoom – Attended and no-show guests won't appear before the event start time
Zoom – Confirmed guests won't show as drop-in's
Slack – Employees won't be kicked out of existing Slack channels
Slack – Existing Slack channels won't be archived
General – Updated Help Center link in the web app navigation for admins
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January 12, 2023
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Features & improvements
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Invitees – Slack invitations will be sent to public event invitees
Slack – Admins can auto-archive Slack channels created by Epoch
Calendar – Updated Epoch-generated default text and links in calendar invitations
Create event– Paragraph breaks in the description field will appear on the event page and calendar
Create event – Added word wrapping to the email reminder message field
Zoom – Fixed events with Zoom meeting links that aren't associated with Zoom accounts
Zoom – Zoom meeting links generated by deactivated admins can be replaced by active admins
We refreshed our automated email templates! There's a bigger focus on the event cover photo, formatting is consistent across all emails, and there's clear and concise copy to indicate RSVPÂ status. We also added a direct link to contact our support team in the email footer.
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Features & improvements
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Invitees – Deactivated accounts will be automatically removed from Epoch events and calendar invitations
Admin settings – Super admins can see all events on the Discover page
Admin settings – Added a banner when admins are viewing a private event page that they aren't invited to
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