What's New for March '23
The following release resources are available within Online Help:
- Printable Release Notes - This topic provides a printable version of all release notes content. See Printable Release Notes.
- New and Enhanced Permissions - This topic provides a list of all permissions that are newly added or modified with this release. See New and Enhanced Permissions for March '23.
- New Reporting Fields - This topic provides a list of all reporting fields that are newly added with this release. See New Report Fields for March '23.
- Release Notes Updates - This topic provides a complete list of all changes that have been made to the release notes. See Release Notes Updates for March '23.
- Past Releases - This topic contains links to past release overviews. See Past Release Notes.
Safe Harbor Statement: Any unreleased services or features referenced in this or other documents or public statements are not currently GENERALLY available and may not be delivered on time or at all. Customers who purchase Cornerstone OnDemand applications should make their purchase decisions based upon features that are currently available.
The following new features and enhancements are available for the March '23 release:
Content Anytime Features
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Content Anytime - Q1 and Q2 Updates |
Refreshes to Content Anytime and À La Carte subscriptions occur every month! New titles are added to libraries monthly, and removals occur quarterly. Content Anytime subscribers automatically receive their subscription refreshes. Target dates for Q1 and Q2 refreshes are listed below. Please refer to the 2023 Content Refresh Calendar for the timing of refreshes for all of 2023.
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Content Studio
Feature Name | Automatically Enabled? | Description |
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Content Studio |
Yes, for existing Cornerstone Content customers. Content Studio is also available for purchase for non-content customers. Content Studio is targeted to be automatically enabled with the March ’23 Release for US customers in LAX swim lanes with Content subscriptions, and in the March 31 post-release patch for global customers with Content subscriptions. For this initial launch, Content Studio is not available for Life Science customers or customers located in swim lane 4. Content Studio is only available in Production environments. |
Content Studio is a content discovery, curation, and insights platform that helps customers explore Cornerstone’s content offerings before making any purchasing decision. Prior to this feature, finding, procuring content from multiple vendors, and getting engagement on right content was challenging for an organization. Content Studio helps in curating highly effective and engaging content along with insights to drive success. It is driven by AI powered search and consumption metrics which uses comprehensive filters to identify the best content that fits organizational needs. Content Studio is a companion application to Cornerstone CSX, and it can be accessed with a single click without having to manage a separate login. |
Core/General Features
Feature Name | Automatically Enabled? | Description |
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Accessibility Enhancements | Yes |
The following accessibility enhancements are included with the March '23 Release: |
ADP Decidium Core Data Inbound Integration |
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The new ADP Decidium Core Data Inbound Integration provides a one-way synchronization of users and organizational unit (OU) data from ADP Decidium to a Cornerstone portal. |
Auto Suggestions for Search | Yes, with latest version of app |
With this enhancement, the search within the Cornerstone Learn app predicts the user’s query and provides suggestions as the user types. Up to 10 matching search results displayed when two or more characters are typed. Matching search text is highlighted in the suggested results overlay. When the user selects a suggested result, the user is navigated to the suggested page. This functionality is not available during UAT. |
Capabilities Experience Improvements | Yes | With this enhancement, small but meaningful improvements are made to the Skills interface and experience that provide visual cues and information, making interactions more intuitive and providing richer details about how the functionality works. |
Capability Model Targets | Yes | With this enhancement, administrators can set proficiency level targets for all users or for specific organizational units. When capability model targets are set, users see targets in a table in the Skills Profile outlining their critical skills, proficiencies, targets, and status. In instances where a user is aligned to multiple models with different target levels, the highest proficiency target is shown. |
Copy Down: Grant Access Rights to System Administrator of a Customer Portal | Yes |
With this enhancement, system administrators can more effectively view and manage their portal's copy downs. The new Copy Down administration page enables administrators to do the following:
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Cornerstone Learning Connector for ADP Workforce Now® Next Generation | Available in Edge Marketplace |
Cornerstone CSX currently has core (user and organizational unit) and single sign-on (SSO) integrations with ADP's Workforce Now. ADP will stop selling Workforce Now. This new integration provides a migration path for existing customers and provides integration solutions to new customers. The ADP Workforce Now Next Generation Integration includes the following key features:
This integration is available as of February 14. |
CSX “User Record as of a Date" Standard Report Deprecation | N/A | The "User Record as of a Date" Standard Report is being deprecated with the March ’23 Release. Customers are encouraged to use alternative reporting options that are currently available today. |
CSX Custom Reports Deprecation | N/A | Phase 3, the final phase of the CSX Custom Reports deprecation, is occurring with the March ’23 Release. With Phase 3, all remaining access to custom report is removed. Customers can no longer use or migrate Custom Reports at all. Custom Report Dashboard widgets will also no longer be available, which means any published custom report widgets will be removed from Dashboards as well. Please review the Deprecation phases and their milestones at the end of this deprecation announcement. |
Custom Login Page - Advanced Option in Colorblock Layout | Yes | With this enhancement, the Advanced Option section is included in the Colorblock layout to allow customers to add an SSO link as well as a Self Registration link when creating new custom login pages. Text, link text, and color can be customized for these SSO and Self Registration links. |
Deep Links in the Learn App | Yes, with latest version of app |
With this release, Cornerstone Learn app users are taken directly to the relevant page in the Learn app when the following types of deep links are accessed using a mobile device: This functionality is not available during UAT. |
Default Email Address Settings - Option to Define Multiple Addresses | Yes |
With this enhancement, administrators have the option to define up to 10 default "From" and "Reply-To" email addresses in the Default Email Address Settings section of Corporate Preferences. Once defined, they can be selected when creating or updating an email in Email Administration and in Marketing Communications. Administrators can edit and delete default email addresses at any time. This functionality is not available at the start of UAT. |
Deprecation of User and Organizational Unit (OU) Loads and Feeds for Data Load Wizard (DLW) - March '23 Update | N/A |
Ability to perform Users and OU data loads and feeds using DLW was deprecated with an end-of-life in the May ‘22 Release for most customers. Some customers were excluded from the May ’22 deprecation schedule due to missing feature parity in Edge Import. Most of the missing parity features those customers were dependent on became available in Edge Import with subsequent releases |
Edge Import - Allow Update to Requisition Templates Created From UI | Yes | With this enhancement, administrators can now update any requisition template through Edge Import. Requisition Template ID and Requisition Template Reference IDs can be retrieved from Reporting 2.0 and used to update any requisition template. |
Edge Import - Learning Load Enhancements (Training Loads) | Yes | With this enhancement, training loads are updated with new fields and functions. |
Edge Import - Learning Load Enhancements (Transcript Loads) | Yes |
With this enhancement, additional functionality is added for updating transcript statuses using Edge Import.
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Edge Import - New Learning Load Type (Certification Transcript Update) | Yes | With this enhancement, Edge Import now provides the ability to edit certification due dates, edit certification expiration dates, and archive or unarchive certifications in bulk via manual loads using Edge Import. |
Edge Import Framework - Download Original File Uploaded | Yes | With this enhancement, customers can download the original file that they uploaded for an Edge Import data load. This option is available in the Load Details section of Edge Import. The name of the file is now a link so the file that was uploaded can be downloaded. The link to download the file is only available to the user who uploaded the file. |
Goals in the Learn App | Yes, with latest version of app |
With this enhancement, support for Goals is introduced in the Cornerstone Learn app. App users can access their goals from the Home screen. The Goals page lists the user's goals with overall progress and weight details. Users can view goal details, including Tasks, Targets, Comments, and Attachments. Users can sort and filter their goals. This functionality is not available during UAT. |
March '23 Language Pack Updates | Yes | New updates to Cornerstone Language Packs and additional languages are available with the March '23 Release. Please visit the March '23 Language Pack Updates posting to review the full list of changes and their targeted availability in stage and production environments. |
New Email Action Type for Skills Rating Feedback Requests | Yes | With this enhancement, a new Skills Feedback action type is available in Email Administration, and a new email trigger, “Skills Feedback Requested,” is available for this action type. When active, this email is triggered when a user requests skills feedback. This email can be configured as a reminder or a notification, and it can be sent to Rater (the person whose feedback is requested), Requester (the person requesting the feedback), or a specific user. |
OK Button Removed from SSO Timeout, Logout, and Error Pages | Yes | With this enhancement, the OK button is removed from the SSO Timeout, Logout, and Error pages. |
People Matrix - Manager Mode | Yes | A new People Matrix feature displays a group of users and their proficiency for a set of capabilities. Managers can configure which users and capabilities are included in the matrix. |
Re-naming Cornerstone Learn App in July 2023 | N/A | Cornerstone will rename the existing "Learn" App to simply "Cornerstone" App in July 2023. Users of the app will be able to access select Cornerstone Performance features beginning with Goals in the March 2023 release. Additional features will be introduced in 2023 and beyond. |
Reporting 2.0 - Additional Fields | Yes |
The following additions and updates have been made to Reporting 2.0 fields with this release: |
Reporting 2.0 - Calculated Fields: Add Parameters Hour, Minute, and Second to Function DATEADD | Yes |
With this enhancement, the DATEADD function now also supports the following time parameters: Hour, Minute, and Second. |
Reporting 2.0 - Calculated Fields: Additional Validations | Yes | With this enhancement, additional validations are performed in the calculated field editor to ensure correctness and successful generation of reports with calculated fields. |
Reporting 2.0 - Calculated Fields: Convert Date and Time to User's Time Zone | Yes | With this enhancement, report owners can choose whether to display a calculated field date and time value as per the user’s local time zone or in UTC. A new Localized time zone toggle is added in the calculated field editor to convert date and time. The toggle is enabled by default, which applies the user’s local time zone by default. When the toggle is disabled, Reporting 2.0 applies UTC time zone to date and time values in the calculated field. |
Reporting 2.0 - Calculated Fields: Field Selection When Two Fields with Almost the Same Name Exist | Yes | With this enhancement, the calculated field now recognizes and includes the exact field that is selected by the report owner, even if the name of the selected field is nearly the same as another field. |
Reporting 2.0 - Calculated Fields: Nesting for Aggregate Functions | Yes | This enhancement enables report builders to nest one aggregated function within another, thereby allowing them to execute more calculation use cases directly in Reporting 2.0. Reporting 2.0 permits nesting aggregate functions up to one level so that report builders can use operations like CASE(GAVG), and IF(GMAX). |
Reporting 2.0 - Calculated Fields: New Operators to Include Both NULL and Empty Strings | Yes | With this enhancement, report owners can now include both NULL and empty values while a creating a calculated field. They can also replace these values with preferred alternative values. |
Reporting 2.0 - Chart Color Preferences for Shared Users in Reporting 2.0 | Yes | With this enhancement, report owners can share their defined chart color palette for a specific report with its shared users. You can do this by selecting the new Apply as default color palette for this report when shared checkbox in the color selection flyout and saving the report. When this option is selected, the report owner’s defined chart color palette is only applied to fields in the shared report, and it will not affect shared user’s color preference for same fields in other reports. |
Reporting 2.0 - Include All or Only the Latest Version of a Training in a Report | Yes | With this enhancement, when selecting training to include in a Reporting 2.0 report, you can choose to include all versions of the training or only the latest version. It helps in producing more targeted reports and create a better user experience. |
RTDW Updates to OData v4.0 Delta Objects | Yes |
Impacting only customers using Data Exporter API. New objects will be added that support the OData v4.0 Delta/Change Tracking capabilities for Data Exporter API, initially released in August '22. A consolidated list of Data Exporter API objects that currently support OData Delta/Change Tracking is maintained in the RTDW Documentation Community. Join and follow the community to be notified of new objects with Delta support. |
RTDW Updates to Reporting API, RDW, Data Exporter, and Data Exporter API | Yes |
Impacting only customers using Reporting API, Replicated Data Warehouse (RDW), Data Exporter API, and Data Exporter, the Real-Time Data Warehouse (RTDW) categories may be impacted, deprecated, or break applications, scripts, or functionalities that are based on earlier versions of RTDW objects. Documentation that describes RTDW views and fields used in Custom Reports will be updated for the March '23 Release and available in the RTDW Documentation for Reporting API, RDW, and Data Exporter Community. Join and follow the community to be notified of new posts. |
Security Role Administration Enhancements | Yes |
The following enhancements have been made to Security Role Administration to help prevent inadvertent errors when creating and updating security roles:
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SOAP API Deprecation in 2023 Q4 | N/A | All Cornerstone SOAP APIs, except Transcript APIs (/webservices/LMS/LOWS.asmx), will be deprecated in Q4 of 2023. This will impact only a subset of API customers. |
XLS to XLSX Output Format Upgrade - Most-Used Standard Reports | Yes | With the March ’23 Release, the most frequently used Standard Reports are now exported to excel as an .XLSX format. |
Cornerstone HR Features
Feature Name | Automatically Enabled? | Description |
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CSX “User Record as of a Date" Standard Report Deprecation | N/A | The "User Record as of a Date" Standard Report is being deprecated with the March ’23 Release. Customers are encouraged to use alternative reporting options that are currently available today. |
Form Enhancements | Yes |
With this enhancement, two new Forms features are available:
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Form Management – Disable Form Fields in Reporting | Yes | With this enhancement, a new Include form in reporting option appears on the Manage Forms page. By selecting this option, administrators can decide per form if the response fields used in a form are reportable. Disabling form fields that are not in use anymore ensures that the number of fields reportable across forms stay below the system limit and ensures that form data updates correctly in reporting |
Learning Features
Feature Name | Automatically Enabled? | Description |
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Ability to Reset Client ID and Secret for Webex Control Hub | Yes, for all organizations using the Learning module with a Webex vILT integration using Control Hub. | With this enhancement, administrators can now reset the Client ID and secret key to generate a new token. |
Accessibility Enhancements - March 2023 | Yes |
With this release, the following accessibility enhancements have been included:
Some items will be released in a post-release patch. |
Certifications - Dynamic Re-Enrollment | Yes | This enhancement allows a dynamic certification proxy to be configured with a new Dynamic Re-Enroll toggle. When this toggle is enabled, the dynamic certification proxy dynamically re-enrolls individuals who have been removed from a certification, allowing them to continue to work on the certification requirements. Enhanced auditing is available in modification history, proxy user history details, and approval history. New confirmation messages display when inactivating or activating a proxy enrollment or interacting with the dynamic re-enroll and dynamic removal toggles. |
Create Tool Enhancements | Yes |
With this release, using the Create Tool, users can create interactive cards, add hints to Questions,change fonts, and export custom-built courses as SCORM 1.2. |
Curriculum Player 2.0 – Milestone 2 (Open Beta) |
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With this enhancement, Curriculum Player 2.0 provides a modernized user interface (UI) that allows for an intuitive, straight forward path to the steps needed to complete a curriculum. |
Custom E-Signature Message for Sessions | Must be enabled on the Default Training Completion Electronic Signature Preferences page. | With this enhancement, if an e-signature message is added to an event in the catalog, this custom message will be presented to the learner for the session. This ensures relevancy and clarity for the Learners signing a session completion message. |
Essential Transcript Data Deletion for Compliance (Early Adopter) | No | With this enhancement, Essential Transcript Data Deletion provides organizations the ability to automatically delete User Transcript Data based on a defined retention period for inactive users in accordance with various regulations, such the EU GDPR and the Right to be Forgotten policy. |
Express Class Definable Training Time | Yes |
With this enhancement, learning administrators or training facilitators can define the actual time spent in training when submitting an Express Class, on both individual or bulk levels. Observed Training Hours and minutes can be defined for Express Class attendees, whose values can then be seen via the User Interface (UI) or in Reporting after completion. |
ILT – New Roster (Open Beta) | Yes |
With this enhancement, the Attendance and Scoring tab is redesigned and provides the following new options:
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ILT Roster – New User Interface (Early Adopter) |
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With this enhancement, the ILT Roster user interface (UI) now has an modern look and feel! None of the functionality changes - the information is just clearer and modernized for ease-of-use. |
Reporting Fields - Learning | Yes |
With the March '23 Release, new fields have been introduced to the Learning area of Reporting 2.0:
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SCORM 1.2 Embedded Videos to Play Full-Screen | Yes | With this enhancement, when the expand icon is clicked, SCORM 1.2 videos play in full screen. |
Search Language Enhancements - March 2023 | Yes |
This enhancement improves search results and character recognition by utilizing new, specific analyzers for Korean, Japanese, and Chinese when the display language is set accordingly. In cases where special characters are used, search results are improved. It may take up to 25 days for the update in functionality to be present in stage portals and up to 45 days for production portals. |
Slack Integration (Learning in the Flow of Work) | Available in Edge Marketplace | Learners often juggle between many applications that they must use for their day-to-day work. To simplify this experience and encourage learning, Cornerstone CSX can now integrate with Slack. When an organization installs the integration, a Slack chatbot pushes training reminders to learners in Slack, an app that they are already using. |
Stripe – Payment Gateway |
With this enhancement, Extended Enterprise customers can now use Stripe to process credit and debit card transactions in the portal. |
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Upgrade Excel Format of Exports in ILT (Early Adopter) | Automatically enabled in Stage. To enable in Production or Pilot, contact. | With this enhancement, Excel download options for the ILT sign-in sheet and Roster export are upgraded with the extension .xlsx to make downloads easier to use for administrators and instructors. |
Versioning Redesign Enhancements (Open Beta) | Automatically enabled for all organizations using the Learning module. Additionally, customers must self-enable the feature in Feature Activation Preferences in Stage Portal. | With this enhancement, new Curriculum Versioning workflows provide consistent and reliable behavior when a Curriculum child Learning Object (LO) is versioned or Curriculum structured is modified simultaneously. The new workflows ensure that the Versioning and Assignment process happens correctly and consistently. Additionally, an icon is available on the Curricula Administration page that lets administrators know that versioning is still in progress if versioning happened through an administrator's structure changes. |
View and Edit Test Versions with a Future Effective Date | Yes |
With this enhancement, the Test Engine list view displays Pending for test versions with a future effective date, along with who created them, their effective date, and what its structure contains. Administrators can check the structure to affirm its accuracy and modify if needed. |
Performance Features
Feature Name | Automatically Enabled? | Description |
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Bulk Reopen Performance Review Steps (Early Adopter) | Yes | With this enhancement, a reviewer can reopen a review step for one or more reviewees at the same time and provide a reason for reopening the step. Note: Only one step can be opened at a time. Additionally, comments about why someone is reopening are visible in Review Task Central. |
Check-Ins Usability Enhancements | Yes |
There are two new enhancements to improve the user experience and usability for Check-Ins users:
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Check-Ins Meeting Statuses | Yes | With this enhancement, managers and employees can mark meetings complete or cancelled. This allows administrators to report on the use of Check-Ins in their organization. |
Check-In Personal Notes | Yes | With this enhancement, users can create personal notes that are not visible to anyone except the writer of the note. This allows managers and users to create personal notes that they may want to refer to during the meeting or take personal notes during the meeting for future reference. Users can view or edit their previous notes at any time. The previous notes for the last three months are available by default. |
Competency Experience Improvements | Yes | With this enhancement, administrators can manage Competencies and Observation Checklists after they are created and in use. Additionally, user's won't see trainings in which they are no longer enrolled. |
Reporting Fields - Check-Ins | Yes |
With the March '23 Release, new fields have been introduced to the Check-Ins area of Reporting 2.0:
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Reporting Fields - Competencies | Yes | This enhancement renames the “Competency Item Assessor ID” field to “Competency Item Anonymized Assessment ID.” The revised field name more clearly describes the value included in the output. |
Reporting Fields - Goals | Yes |
With the March '23 Release, new fields have been introduced to the Goals area of Reporting 2.0:
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Reporting Fields - Succession | Yes |
With the March '23 Release, new fields have been introduced to the Succession area of Reporting 2.0: |
Review Task Central (Early Adopter) | Yes |
With this enhancement, the new Review Task Central provides reviewers an easy way to view, submit, and calibrate all their assigned steps in one location. Additionally, a new upgraded, intuitive user experience provides clarity on what performance tasks are due and where to find them |
Skills in Performance Reviews (Early Adopter) | Yes |
With this enhancement, a new Skills Review section is added to Performance Reviews. The Skills Review section:
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Task Central – Bulk Submit (Early Adopter) | Yes | With this enhancement, a new Bulk Actions page allows reviewers to see which reviews are ready to submit and the overall rating for those reviews. |
Update Rating Scale in Review Tasks | Yes |
With this enhancement, administrators can edit the title and description of a Rating Scale on the Task Administration page. Once saved, the updates appear immediately on the Define Rating Scale page and users can see the updated ratings once they refresh the Review Task .pdf file. |
Recruiting Features
Feature Name | Automatically Enabled? | Description |
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Broadbean Integration Location Data Enhancement | N/A | With this enhancement, the Location field in Broadbean is automatically populated with the location information provided in the requisition. |
Deprecation of Data Load Wizard (DLW) Requisition Template Load with the November '23 Release | N/A | The ability to perform Requisition Template data loads using DLW will be deprecated with November ’23 Release. Support for DLW Requisition Template loads, along with the full deprecation will occur with the November ’23 Release. Customers are encouraged to begin using Edge Import for their Requisition Template loads prior to the deprecation. |
Email Templates and Send Email from Manage Candidates Enhancements | Yes | With this enhancement, several updates are now available that benefit administrators, recruiters, and applicants. |
Extend Bulk Selection on Manage Candidates Page (Early Adopter) | No | With this enhancement, recruiters can select and perform actions for 20 or 50 candidates per page. |
Increase Flattened Application Page Limit Per Document | No | With this enhancement, customers can increase the page limit to 20 pages by contacting Global Customer Service (GCS). Once the page limit is increased, recruiters can view up to 20 pages for each uploaded applicant document in a flattened application. |
Google is Deprecating Standard Universal Analytics on July 1, 2023 | N/A | Google is deprecating standard Universal Analytics on July 1, 2023. A Knowledge Article has been created with guidelines to understand how to migrate from Google Universal Analytics to Googly Analytics 4 using the Google Tag Manager. |
Job Alerts Templates for Mobile-Friendly Career Sites | Yes | With this enhancement, recruiting administrators can assign customized external job alert templates to the mobile-friendly career sites. |
Job Alerts on Internal Career Site | Yes | With this release, Administrators can enable job alerts for internal career sites and provide an email template with the appropriate job alert details. |
Manage Job Alerts in My Profile | Yes | With this enhancement, candidates can view these alerts, edit them, and unsubscribe in the new My Alerts section on their My Profile page. |
Support Break Lines in Comments | Yes |
With this enhancement, to make comments easier to read, break lines are supported on the following pages: |
Transferring Offer Letter and CV to Universal Profile | Yes |
With this enhancement, the HR administrator can create folders where the candidate's offer letter(s) and resume(s) are automatically uploaded to the user's Universal Profile Snapshot Documents tab on their start date. Documents display an ID number, Upload Date, and Uploaded By information. |
Introduce Profile User Phone Tag to Interview and Offer Letter Email Templates | Yes |
With this enhancement, a new tag, PROFILE.USER.PHONE can be used in email templates, and when resolved, provides the candidate's phone number in notification emails. |