Feltboard 1.11.0

May 28, 2025: Feltboard 1.11.0 Release Notes

We are thrilled to introduce Feltboard 1.11.0! This upgrade streamlines content scheduling with direct timeline session creation and improves asset management through external media linking and drag-and-drop reordering. Agent setup is now safer with split identity and config files, and automatic software deployment simplifies device management. New auditing tools offer better user oversight, while URL updates, UI refinements, and key bug fixes enhance overall usability.

Schedule session on the timeline

Media Library: External links to assets

Reorder assets

Unlink canvases

Agent management

Agent identity and settings

Software subscription on agent connection

Audit users 

Updated URLs

UX improvements

Bug fixes

End-to-end tests

Schedule session on the timeline

Managing story scheduling in one place (the timeline) simplifies the entire publishing process and improves efficiency. You can now schedule a new session on a canvas directly on the timeline. 

• Quickly add new stories to canvases without navigating away from the timeline view. 
• Select a story to schedule from the timeline to efficiently manage and organize content.

How to schedule a session on the timeline:

1. On the side navigation bar, click the Schedule icon.
   The Timeline view displays.
2. Move the time indicator to the time at which you want the story to start publishing.
   Position the cursor on the desired canvas row and double-click.
   

   The Schedule Story dialog displays.

   

2. Select a story to publish from the Select Story Name dropdown.
3. Set the start and stop times and click Save.
4. (Optional) To set the recurrence and select canvases, click More Options.
   The Schedule Session view displays where you can set publishing options as usual.

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Media Library: External links to assets

For greater efficiency and to simplify story management, you can add links to assets that are located in various external locations, including YouTube, cloud, and so on. This means you no longer have to upload assets to each and every story. You can simply add links to assets and edit the links to have friendly, readable names. Links are just like any other asset in the Media Library. 

Links must be plain non-clickable text. Since links are not linked or managed by Feltboard, you won’t see a thumbnail preview in Feltboard.

NOTE: The contents of linked assets are not scanned, so make sure they’re from trusted sources.

How to add links to external media assets:

1. On the side navigation bar, click the Media Library icon.
2. Click Upload Media.
   
   The Upload Media dialog displays.
   
3. Click the Web Link tab.
4. Paste your media link and click Upload.
   
   The media asset is linked and added to the Media Library.
5. To rename the link, in the Media Library, click the three-dots menu beside the linked media and select Rename.
   
   The Edit Asset Name dialog displays.
   
6. Enter a new name and click Submit.

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Reorder assets

A new option lets you reorder assets that have already been added to a story. This lets you use assets of the client device without having to remove and re-add assets to change the order. 

Once you’ve reordered the assets in a story, the new order is reflected in the story and the payload. 

How to reorder assets:

1. On the side navigation bar, click the Stories icon.
2. Open a story that contains the media you want to reorder.
   
3. Hover your cursor over the media to reorder and drag up or down to change the order.
4. When you're finished reordering the media, click Save at the top of the screen.

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Unlink canvases

During new site commissioning, you'll want to conduct tests using different combinations of canvases. You can assign agents to multiple canvases for testing, prototyping, and debugging on test or dev sites. Once you're satisfied with the results, you can unlink an agent from individual canvases or all canvases. If the agent is subscribed to any stories, they are removed from all canvases and the stories are no longer in the payloads.

How to unlink canvases:

1. On the side navigation bar, click the Canvases & Agents icon.
2. Click the Agents tab and select an agent from the list that appears.
   The Agent Info view displays.
   
3. Do one of the following:

• To unlink a single canvas, hover your cursor over the name of a canvas. When the Close (x) button appears, click it. Repeat to unlink other individual canvases.
  
• To unlink all canvases, click Unlink All Canvases.
  
  The canvas(es) are unlinked from the agent. 

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Agent management

Agent identity and settings

In previous versions of Feltboard, an agent’s identity and settings were contained in one file called appsettings.json. When an agent is installed, the deviceID is the identity (credential created) and is unique for each agent. Having it all in one file made it difficult to copy and paste appsettings from one agent to another and more broadly use it. 

This information is now separated into two configuration files: appsettings.json and iot.json.  Separating the files ensures an agent always authenticates using iot.json to the MQTT broker, obtains a JWT (JSON Web Token), as well as allows for changing a configuration by simply overwriting the appsettings.json file without affecting the identity.

• Appsettings.json contains the configuration settings, including site controller, sync, software, and global settings.
  

• Iot.json contains the identity and information for basic connectivity and authentication of the agent. This information should ideally be immutable unless you re-enroll the agent to give it a new identity.
  

$$For descriptions of appsettings and Iot parameters, see Appsettings.json and Iot.json.

What happens with pre-v1.11.0 appsettings.json?

If a previous version of Feltboard is in use, then your identity and settings are all in the appsettings.json file. When you install an agent using v1.11.0, any existing IoT information is extracted into a separate file to preserve it. Thereafter, the settings and identity are in separate .json files.

Software subscription on agent connection

When an agent is connected, device software is automatically deployed. Information on each device software includes: time uploaded, action (init, delete, update), software name, story types, and number of canvases associated with the software.

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Audit users 

As the super admin, you can access an audit log to track users and their work in Feltboard. You can search and filter by action type, activity type, and site, as well as specify the date range and times on which you want to view activity.  

How to audit users:

1. On the side navigation bar, click the All Users icon.
2. Click View User Activity.
   
   The Audit view displays information on all sites and users, and their activities.
   

3. To narrow the results, do the following: 

• Filters: Set the filters for the Action Type, Activity, Site, and From/To Dates/Times.
• Search bar: Type in one of the options for Action Type and Activity, then set the From/To Dates/Times.