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Version 2021.4 – November 20, 2021

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Product Release 2021.4 | Othot

Introduction

Othot is pleased to announced release 2021.4 of the Othot Platform. The release adds a variety of new features and enhancements, as well as significant improvements to overall performance and predictive capabilities.

New Features

Refining the experience and increasing the ease of getting to insights is a focus of each release. Many of the new features added are suggestions or feedback from our Partners and valuable for our entire community.

TargetX Integration

As members of the Liaison International family, Othot and TargetX now have two approaches to integrate:

  • TargetX Insights Turnkey Predictive Models
    Leverage your existing TargetX Insights data for frictionless enrollment predictions in the Othot platform. TargetX Insights partners gain a deeper level of understanding about what’s driving enrollment for every student with Othot’s explainable AI models. If you are a current or prospective TargetX Insights client, contact your Strategic Partnership Manager or support@othot.com for more information on getting started.
  • Othot and TargetX CRM Data Transfers
    An Integration that sends predictive and prescriptive information from Othot to TargetX enables users to have more advanced information to support and inform critical decisions about outreach efforts. For more information, please contact your Strategic Partnership Manager or support@othot.com.

Advisor

The Dashboard now supports complex and dynamic text-based explanations of your predictions with the new Advisor widget type. The content from Advisor enables faster decision making and streamlines data analysis.

Matrix Improvements

Several features have been added that make testing and predicting the results of financial aid strategies a better and more comprehensive experience:

  • Clone Matrix Contents
    Duplicating an existing Matrix now carries over all decision values from the source. This saves you time when making minor tweaks to an aid strategy while maintaining the insights from the original saved Matrix.
  • Show All Possible Aggregate Combinations
    All combinations of variables used to group students in a Matrix now populate even if zero student records meet the criteria. This enables users to still select decision values for the subpopulations if a new student, who meets the aggregate combination, enters the funnel at a future date.
  • Financial Aid Decision Warnings
    By request, a warning can be set to flag increases or decreases in financial aid awards that exceed desired levels for cells in a Matrix. This feature notifies institutions if they could be offering significantly different awards from the original award offer

User Experience Improvements and Other Enhancements

As with every release, many existing features have been improved or expanded. A few of the more notable items are:

  • Filter Setting refresh on-demand button
  • Exit Matrix page after updating and saving decision cells
  • Run Scenario on out-of-date What-If or Matrix
  • Secure Signal report link sharing
  • Predict change warning
  • Individual correction factor improvements
  • Survey enhancements
  • Delete student records
  • Clusters comparison Dashboard widget
  • Add all dashboard templates
  • Individual commons improvements
  • Additional cluster improvements
  • Lifecycle phase combination

Bug Fixes

Adding enhancements occasionally results in the introduction of software bugs. Our team has fixed as many issues as possible and gives top priority to user-reported problems. Here is a list of the more notable items addressed:

  • Variable Grouping Buckets using 0 value
  • View filters Task grid settings
  • Update Waterfall Impact Values with What-If or Scenario
  • Dashboard Widget drag-and-drop page scrolling
  • Negative decision values in Matrix
  • Large Sensitivity export crashing browser
  • Waterfall impact hover over missing data for NULL values

Next Release

The Othot development team is already working on the next release, 2022.1. This release is scheduled to go into production in Q1 2022. For more details about the features planned for the 2022.1 release, contact Othot Partner Success or Othot Sales.

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