Features & Updates
IMPROVED SEARCH
Find everything you’re looking for! In this release, we’ve significantly upgraded our search algorithm. Previously, keyword variations, spelling errors, special characters, spacing, and text formatting could throw off search results. We’ve now solved for that, so users will be able to find specific ideas, pages, campaigns, portfolios, forces – anything they may be searching for, regardless of the size of the content library – more quickly and easily.
Users impacted by this feature: Global Admins, Workspace Admins, and General Users
BULK ADD NEW IDEAS
Users are currently limited to submitting ideas one at a time. This can be frustrating and time-consuming for users that want to add several ideas at once, be it from a brainstorming or live ideation session, or from a long list of ideas from an external source.
In this release, we’re introducing two ways for users to add multiple ideas in bulk. Users can now manually “Add Multiple Ideas” in the Idea Builder. They can quickly capture all the basic information needed for each idea, and go back and add more detail to each idea later. We’ve also provided the option to import a CSV file of ideas, giving users another quick way to populate Forest with ideas.
Users impacted by this feature: Global Admins, Workspace Admins, and General Users
MINI USER PROFILES
Throughout the tool, you’ll see other users’ “profiles” – a username, initials, or photo. However, up to this point, full profile cards have only been visible in the comments/discussion sections, and it’s been difficult to identify users by their photos or usernames alone.
In order to help users more easily identify and collaborate with other users in the platform, we’re introducing Mini User Profiles. These expanded user profile cards have more information about each user, including their last activity, workspace membership, and the ability to email them directly. They’ll pop up whenever you click on a username or profile image, anywhere in the tool.
Users impacted by this feature: Global Admins, Workspace Admins, and General Users
LEARNING PLAN IMPROVEMENTS
Since releasing Learning Plans 2.0 in November, we’ve gotten great feedback from users and identified a handful of areas for improvement to the workflow – specifically around how to capture, prioritize and verify assumptions.
To make Learning Plans more intuitive, we’ve streamlined the process of adding/prioritizing assumptions and expanding assumption types. We also made it easier to track each assumption’s progress by displaying different status indicators.
Users impacted by this feature: Global Admins, Workspace Admins, and General Users
PAGE BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS
We dedicated some time in this release cycle to improving the custom page building experience for our users. Rather than relying on temporary, as-needed fixes, we’ve solved for the most common user pain points by deploying improved content filtering options, the ability to reorder sections and featured content, and bug fixes for editing/saving content sections in the page builder.
Users impacted by this feature: Global Admins and Workspace Admins
"NO CAMPAIGN / PORTFOLIO" FILTER
Currently, you can filter for ideas in Forest by the campaign/portfolio they’re assigned to. However, some ideas don’t exist in a campaign or portfolio, leaving them “orphaned” and tough to search for – a common pain point for administrators.
In this release, we’ve added “No Campaign/Portfolio Assigned” to the existing filter options. Administrators can use this filter to easily locate ideas that aren’t associated with a specific campaign or portfolio, and export this data as needed.
Users impacted by this feature: Global Admins and Workspace Admins
ACCESSIBILITY COMPLIANCE UPDATES
Our team will be making site-wide updates to ensure that Forest Software meets all WCAG Level A standards.
Users impacted by this feature: Global Admins, Workspace Admins, and General Users
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