22.2.0 - Fredhopper Access Server Release Notes

Introduction 

These release notes provide an overview of the resolved issues and improvements of the most recent release of the FAS 22.2 line.

FAS 22.2 supports Oracle Java 8 VMs. For detailed setup instructions, please refer to Install Java instructions.

Version: 22.2.0

Release Date: August 29, 2022

FAS 22.2 is a major release. The Query and Data APIs in this version are backwards compatible with versions FAS 7.5.x, 8.x.y., 19.x.y, 20.x.y., and 21.x.y. The Configuration API is backwards compatible with FAS 8.x.y, 19.x.y, 20.x.y, and 21.x.y.

The main highlight of this release is the improved Navigation index pages and added support for slider facets.

Improvements & Resolved Issues

Merchandising Studio & Preview Pages

[New] In Preview Pages, a new "View Options" panel has been added where campaigns, result modifications and redirects can be hidden or shown.

[New] Added a "contains" semantic for keyword triggers.

[New] Preview pages now highlight items modified by positioning modifications. If an item was part of a group, that is displayed too.

[Improved] Improved the speed of saving entities with Value distribution triggers.

[Improved] When applying a sort in Preview pages, a button has been added which clears the selected option without needing to click on the dropdown. The default select value display has been improved. An appropriate message is shown When no ranking is applied to the location. When the ranking is missing in the list, the "Triggered ranking" option is displayed.

[Improved] The preview pages layout was redesigned and modernised.

[Fixed] Fixed the "number of values" option reverting to its facets default value when re-saved and published.

[Fixed] When "\" was used as part of the replacement for the multi-character replacement filter, it was not possible to delete the entry once created. This has been fixed by applying the necessary encoding before processing the value.

[Fixed] Fixed layout issues in the "System" tab.

Visual Merchandising Interface

[Fixed] Fixed the item drag and drop in VM on the last or single page.

[Fixed] When creating a "Category" type filter and adding several categories, the resulting modification was generated incorrectly.

[Improved] To improve the performance, we now only calculate the modifications that move items to the top for the current page.