The January release for Spotler Activate Search introduces improvements to analytics, sorting, notifications, scheduling, and system stability, along with targeted bug fixes and security improvements that enhance reliability and usability across the software.
What is included in the January release of Spotler Activate Search?
This release focuses on improving data accuracy, performance, and day-to-day usability within Spotler Activate Search.
Key updates include a modernized analytics infrastructure, expanded sorting capabilities, improved notification handling, immediate application of feed schedule changes, and a set of fixes for analytics, notifications, merchandising, and frontend behavior.
On this page, the following topics are covered:
Improvements
Analytics and event handling
Analytics and event tracking in Spotler Activate Search have been improved to provide more reliable and consistent data across the software.
The analytics API has been modernized by migrating authentication logic and consolidating endpoints, which improves maintainability and strengthens security.
Deprecated analytics endpoints have been removed, and analytics traffic now runs through secure, authenticated channels.
Performance has also been improved by fetching analytic counts from a dedicated endpoint.
Sorting and usability
Sorting functionality has been expanded to support additional field types, improving how users organize and find items.
Advanced sorting now supports date and text fields, enabling more flexible and precise ordering.
The sorting framework has also been prepared for additional field types in future updates.
Notifications and scheduling
Notification and scheduling behavior has been improved to provide clearer feedback and more predictable system actions.
Email notifications are now sent when automatic feed refreshes fail, helping users respond more quickly to refresh issues.
Feed schedule changes are now applied immediately after they are saved, removing delays from previous scheduling behavior.
Bug fixes
- Fixed empty analytics graphs
- Corrected incorrect filter count displays
- Resolved frontend refresh issues during form editing
- Fixed notification page errors
- Resolved issues with category rendering and server errors in localized storefronts, including Danish storefronts
- Fixed promotion rule reordering when the maximum rule limit is reached
- Improved access to notification settings and ensured settings save correctly, with clearer messaging for super users
- Hidden filter counts of zero for a cleaner interface
Security improvements
Security improvements have been implemented to strengthen data protection and overall system resilience.
Result
This release improves the reliability of analytics, expands sorting options, and makes notifications and scheduling more predictable.
Users benefit from fewer interface disruptions, clearer system feedback, more stable localized storefronts, and stronger overall system security within Spotler Activate Search.