5.0.0-beta
Pre-release5.0.0-beta
April 28th, 2023
New Features
The 5.0.0-beta release introduces a new primary feature, Advanced Audience Targeting enabled through integration with Optimizely Data Platform (ODP) (#303, #308, #310, #311, #312, #314, #316). You can use ODP, a high-performance Customer Data Platform (CDP), to easily create complex real-time segments (RTS) using first-party and 50+ third-party data sources out of the box. You can create custom schemas that support the user attributes important for your business, and stitch together user behavior done on different devices to better understand and target your customers for personalized user experiences. ODP can be used as a single source of truth for these segments in any Optimizely or 3rd party tool.
With ODP accounts integrated into Optimizely projects, you can build audiences using segments pre-defined in ODP. The SDK will fetch the segments for given users and make decisions using the segments. For access to ODP audience targeting in your Feature Experimentation account, please contact your Optimizely Customer Success Manager.
This version includes the following changes:
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New API added to
OptimizelyUserContext
:-
fetch_qualified_segments()
: this API will retrieve user segments from the ODP server. The fetched segments will be used for audience evaluation. The fetched data will be stored in the local cache to avoid repeated network delays. -
When an
OptimizelyUserContext
is created, the SDK will automatically send an identify request to the ODP server to facilitate observing user activities.
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New APIs added to
Optimizely::Project
:send_odp_event()
: customers can build/send arbitrary ODP events that will bind user identifiers and data to user profiles in ODP.
For details, refer to our documentation pages:
Breaking Changes
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ODPManager
in the SDK is enabled by default. Unless an ODP account is integrated into the Optimizely projects, mostODPManager
functions will be ignored. If needed,ODPManager
can be disabled whenOptimizely::Project
is instantiated. -
ProjectConfigManager
interface now requires asdk_key
method (#323). -
HTTPProjectConfigManager
requires either thesdk_key
parameter or a datafile containing an sdkKey (#323). -
BatchEventProcessor
is now the defaultEventProcessor
whenOptimizely::Project
is instantiated (#325).