Everbridge Suite Winter 2015 Release Notes

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Everbridge Suite Winter 2015

Release Notes

Version 4.0.0

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February 4, 2015 Printed in the USA.

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Introduction

The purpose of this document is to communicate enhancements, fixes, and known problems and workarounds.

This document describes the General Availability of the Everbridge Suite Winter 2015 release, version 4.0.0.

The following browsers were used to validate the application components in this release: Member Portal:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 8, 9, 10, 11

• Mozilla Firefox 33.0.1, 33.0.2

• Google Chrome 33.0.1750.154m, 36.0.1985.125m, 38.0.2125.104

• Apple Safari 5.1.2, 6.0.5 Manager Portal:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

• Mozilla Firefox 33.0.1, 33.0.2

• Google 35.0.1750.154m, 36.0.1985.125m, 38.0.2125.104

• Apple Safari 5.1.2, 6.0.5

Purpose

Scope

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Enhancements Introduced in This Release

The following table lists the Everbridge Suite-related enhancements. Product/Product Area Feature Description

Member Portal Single Sign-On and Logout Users with SSO enabled will be able to log into their Everbridge Suite member portal with their SSO user name and password. Logging out of member portal will redirect SSO user to the login portal page. Refer to Everbridge University for SSO learning courses. Manager Portal Single Logout Logging out of the manager portal will redirect SSO

users to the SSO Welcome page. Refer to Everbridge University for SSO learning courses. Weather Custom Templates For automated weather alerts, users have the ability

to create custom configurations for notifications on specific weather events using templates.

Weather Custom Templates Automated templates can now be delivered based on location and subscription, location only or add static contacts as individuals, groups, or polygons. Weather Custom Templates New feature to customize the alert wait period for

hail and lightning.

Weather Custom Templates Added option to apply Quiet Period settings across all contacts.

Scheduling Export New export functionality added to scheduling. Calendars can be exported in PDF or Excel format. Notification Voice Delivery To enhance security for voice calling, users’

Organizations will have the ability to configure a numeric Voice Delivery PIN for voice notifications. When enabled for a notification, the recipient will be required to enter the Voice Delivery PIN prior to listening to the message.

REST API Notification The API supports RTF in the body of notification and incidents for the email delivery path.

Settings Custom FROM Email Address

New premium feature for clients to customize the From Email address for emails sent from Everbridge Suite. Refer to the additional documentation in client portal.

Notification Secure Push Users will be able to define a URL in the Everbridge Suite and configure their notifications to be sent to this URL.

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Product/Product Area Feature Description

Zapier platform Everbridge Suite app Everbridge is introducing an app for the Zapier platform. Zapier is an integration platform that allows interactions between web applications. The Everbridge app on the Zapier website is called Everbridge Suite. Users can create integrations between the Everbridge Suite app and other web apps available on the Zapier website. Our

Everbridge Suite app allows users to Create, Update, and Delete Contacts. Additionally, the Everbridge Suite app allows users to send Notifications to Groups and launch Incidents from templates. NOTE: Zapier users who would like to use the Everbridge Suite App on the Zapier Platform should first create their Groups, Notification Templates, and Incident Templates in the Everbridge Suite Manager Portal.

The following table lists the Aware- and Everbridge Suite-related enhancements. Product/Product Area Feature Description

Notification Delivery Change and addition of SMS codes

Addition of redundant SMS aggregator-service provider

Added redundant SMS codes:

• Australia

• Hong Kong

• Germany

• Sweden

• United Kingdom Added dedicated SMS codes:

• Italy

• Brazil

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Google Voice (U.S. only)

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Improvements and Defects Addressed in This Release

The following table lists the improvements and defects related to Everbridge Suite. ID Product/Product Area Improvement/Resolved Defect Case Number MN-1851 File Attachment Name The maximum length of file attachment

names has been set to 80 characters.

• 14165807

• 14167413 WFM-482,

WFM-481, WFM-354

Scheduling When creating a new shift, users can select from any available field and select the same field multiple times.

PM-789 Groups Search capabilities on the Groups tab allow users to locate a specific group in the organization.

PM-812, PM-811

Settings Contact Display Properties added to Settings to enable administrator to customize transparency and size of dots on the Universe map.

PM-831, PM-830

Contacts Improved navigation for adding and editing contact addresses.

PM-829 Contact Upload Improved error messaging in the contact upload.

PM-828, PM-734

Point Address Improved usability of the Preview button on View on Map overlay.

PM-720 Point Address Improved error messaging in the Point Address upload.

PM-688 Member Portal Additional address components added to the Verify Your Location overlay.

PM-787 Notification When adding individual contacts to a notification, the user can now create a rule 'on the fly’ with advanced search. Once created, the rule is automatically added as a selection, allowing the user to 'select all' contacts that resulted from a search. MN-1740 Reports Extensions and device PIN values are now

displayed on custom reports.

• 14158412 MN-633 Settings Load button for Alertus URL field will be

enabled even if the first URL entry by the user is invalid.

• 14131950

MN-606 Notification This has been adjusted to fix the

grammatical error. From “There is no any sender caller ID.” to “There is no sender caller ID."

• 13131033

PM-725 Notification When "Use notification escalation" and Polling is selected in Notifications or Incident Templates, the SMS Call Back check box under Settings will remain enabled for users to select or clear.

• 14172821

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The following table lists the Everbridge Suite-related defects. ID Product/Product

Area

Improvement/Resolved Defect Case Number MN-2146 Call Back voice

prompts

Correct error with Danish numbering prompt.

• 14169465

The following table lists the Everbridge Suite-related defects.

ID Product/Product Area Improvement/Resolved Defect Case Number MN-1851 File Attachment Name The maximum length of file attachment

names has been set to 80 characters.

• 14165807 14167413 RA-98 Incident API API users can use the minimum JSON object

example provided in the REST Application Programming Interface Guide to launch, update, and close incidents via the Incident API.

RA-23 Contact API API users will have improved validation and error handling in the POST method for Name, Address, and Delivery Paths fields. RA-124 Notification Search results will contain information for

the organization that was in the GET request.

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14166483 MN-1826 Contacts Enhanced validation for contact path values.

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14161241,

14161238 RA-105 Contacts Delete contact method will validate the

externalID to make sure the ID exists.

• 14160536 RA-28 Contacts Contact additional information supports

numeric data type.

• 14146631 RA-123 Notifications and

Incident APIs

Customers can send RTF text in the body of their notifications and incidents by using the new JSON element “RTF Text” in the Notifications and Incidents APIs.

Platform

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Known Issues in This Release

The following table lists the known issues related to Everbridge Suite. Each known issue will be addressed in a future release, if applicable.

ID Product/Product Area Issue Case Number

Site Translations The text on some pages may not be completely translated for some site languages when you change the site language from “English (United States)”. Updates will be implemented in a future release.

IV-194 Notification > Secure Push

The Secure Push notification shows up in the Universe tab under Mobile Member App widget but it should not.

MN-2143 Notification > Secure Push

The Mobile Member path displays in the detailed report even after the Secure Push feature is unchecked in the Organization Settings.

RA-23 Contact API 1. User can POST contacts with any Delivery Paths. Everbridge will not validate the Service Provider data for the delivery path.

2. Location Name of Address is limited to 50 characters via the API, but only 40 characters are allowed from the UI. ZAP-2 Zapier platform If the Zapier users are not Everbridge Suite

API users, they will receive an Authentication Error.

A Zapier user should be an Everbridge Suite Account Administrator or Organization Administrator with API permissions. ZAP-13 Zapier platform Delete Contact option requires the user to

enter the “Record Type Id”.

Workaround: Using a Chrome Browser, right-click the Record Type name in Everbridge Manager Portal (Organization Settings > Contacts and Groups > Contact Record Types) and click Inspect Element. This will show the Internal Id of the Record Type.

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ID Product/Product Area Issue Case Number ZAP-18 Zapier platform Create Contact option requires the user to

enter the “Record Type Id”.

ZAP-20 Zapier platform Update Contact option requires the user to enter the “Record Type Id”.

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Related Training

Courses have been created or updated for new features in this release, including Contact Display Properties, Automated Weather Alerts, Alertus, and Single Sign-on to Manager and Member Portals. Descriptions of these courses are in the Everbridge University Online Course Catalog that accompanies the release.

The following courses have undergone important updates since the last release. When you view a replacement course, any lessons that have not had major updates and that you have already viewed in the original course will be marked as “already viewed.” Only lessons that have had major updates, or that are new, will be marked as “not yet viewed.”

Organization Settings

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CR46201 Organization – Map Settings (replaces CR46200)

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CR46711 Automated Weather Alerts in MN (replaces CR46710)

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CR46814 Member Portal Settings (replaces CR46813)

These new courses have been added to the Everbridge University Online Course Catalog and Everbridge University, as follows.

Publishing Options

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CR43340 Alertus Publishing Options

Organization Settings

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CR46910 Single Sign-on Settings

CARES and Best Practices

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CR60035 Citizen Awareness Kit

In addition, there are two courses specific to this release.

New Release Training

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CR401501 Everbridge Suite Winter 2015 Release Overview

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CR401502 Updated Lessons for Winter 2015 Release Availability:

These webinars and training courses are available from the Everbridge University tab of the Everbridge Client Portal (http://ClientPortal.Everbridge.com). As needed, all other courses are being added and updated to reflect the changes in this release.

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Everbridge Suite Winter 2015 Release Notes