Release Notes v. 7.2.0.0

October 2025 - SmartHub 7.2.0.0

This page outlines all of the updates and enhancements in this release of SmartHub. For more information on upgrading, see Upgrading SmartHub.

The following features and enhancements have been added to SmartHub in this release:

System enhancements

Feature Description
Chat with documents in conversational search

You can now use the chat with documents feature in your conversational search configuration to allow users to restrict their conversational search bot queries to only search specified documents for an answer. Users can select a document to chat with from the search results page, the related documents panel, and the SmartHub basket.

For more information, see Using chat with documents.
User feedback for conversational search results

When using SmartHub conversational search, you can now enable the ability for users to provide feedback on the documents that are returned by the conversational search bot's response. When a user provides feedback, an email is generated to a configured email address stating question asked by the user, the answer generated by conversational search, the status of the document feedback (liked or disliked), and additional details provided on the feedback module.

For more information, see Applying feedback to your conversational search responses.
Developer mode for conversational search You can now use developer mode for conversational search to easily access debug information that is normally only available on the internal logs when the SmartHub log level is set to Debug. For more information, see Using developer mode for conversational search.
Content container enhancements

When configuring the content container module, you can now specify the following setting:

  • TriggerNewQueryOn: This setting specifies the name(s) of the event(s) that, when triggered, will execute a new query and render the results. If this is left empty, then the container only renders after being invoked by the API.

For more information, see Adding the Content Containers Module.

Conversational Search enhancements

When configuring the conversational search module, you can now specify the following settings:

  • DisableOnRefinersInteraction: When this setting is set to true, the conversational search bot will not trigger a new question if the user applies or has applied search refiners on the page.

  • RefinersAppliedSearchBoxPlaceholder: This setting specifies the placeholder text for the searchbox when filters are applied and DisableOnRefinersInteraction is set to true.

  • HybridModeSearchTabIds: In hybrid mode, this setting specifies a semicolon separated list of search vertical IDs to restrict the conversational search query to one or multiple search verticals. By default, this setting is empty, meaning that the query will execute on all search verticals.

For more information, see Configure the conversational search module for your SmartHub pages.
Improved event logging The SmartHub logs have been improved to now display relevant information on administrative events, such as configuration updates, setting modifications, and search engine and tuning stage updates, to enhance the auditing and tracking experience for SmartHub. For more information, see view detailed information on admin actions.
Search vertical enhancements

The SmartHub search vertical settings now include the option to preserve any applied refiners when the tab is changed.

For more information, see Configure Search Verticals.
Saved queries sorting Saved queries are now displayed in chronological order, with the most recently saved query appearing at the top of the list.
Support for overlapping range facets

SmartHub now supports configuring both overlapping and non-overlapping range facets for date, size, and time, allowing your users to specify how flexible or accurate they want their refined search results to be.

For more information, see Specify custom intervals for ranged refiners.
Custom page settings When creating a new custom settings file for your SmartHub pages, they will now have human-readable names, allowing for increased flexibility when transferring settings to a new SmartHub environment. If you are upgrading your SmartHub instance, SmartHub will maintain your existing settings nomenclature to ensure backward compatibility.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release:

  • After upgrading from SmartHub 6.x to SmartHub 7.x, type-ahead query suggestions were not displaying correctly. (1821463)

  • Exporting to excel for a SharePoint Online embedded page was not able to find the path to export template. (1811586)

  • In some scenarios, after returning to the SmartHub landing page from the results page, certain settings, css, and JavaScript configurations were not applied. (1797773)

  • In some scenarios, the conversational search response was retuning a "Something went wrong. Please contact administrator" error message as the chat answer. (1797335)

  • In some scenarios, when a search query contained a term that was spelled incorrectly, expertise searches were not showing suggested search results. (1797234)

  • In some scenarios, the conversational search response was inserting extra spaces in the middle of words and splitting sentences onto a new line. (1788547/1797335)

  • When in mobile mode, type-ahead was not maintaining updates made to the sort order. (1779020)

  • When a PowerPoint work hubs integration was opened in a browser, a "something went wrong, missing redirect URL parameter" error appeared after sign in. (1768485)

  • When two or more search engines were configured, date range facets were not sorting in default order. (1760761)

  • In some scenarios, applying a refiner to a hybrid conversational search instance would return an error.

  • In an Akumina integrated page with type-ahead configured, the search box border was appearing as too small when typing a query.

  • When a specific file type refiner was excluded, all other file type refiners would disappear.

BREAKING CHANGES

The following are breaking changes that may affect your integration. Please ensure that you carefully review this list before upgrading to SmartHub 7.0 and later:

  • When upgrading to SmartHub 7.0 and later, you must update any custom pages to preserve your existing CSS or upgrade to the out-of-the-box SmartHub 7.0 page layouts. For more information on this update, see Update or preserve your custom CSS in the upgrade documentation.

  • The DomContentLoaded event has been removed in SH 6.2. You will need to replace the event with the afterInitialization event. For more information, see UI events.