August Community Recap 📚

August was an exciting time in the Community, lots happening. Read up on the major highlights and and monthly stats below.

August Domo Drop release 📡

The highlight of August was the many product enhancements! ICYMI, find all Product release summaries HERE. And the official release notes HERE. Also, this Formula editor updates post from Andrea Henderson (Magic ETL product manager) got lots of love.

Digital Chatter Challenge

The Digital Chatter Challenge was a huge hit! Many of you sparked conversations beyond our Community Forums. Winners and prizes will be announced here by EOW. Stay tuned!

Most Active Discussions in August

These conversations sparked the most engagement—be sure to check them out and chime in with a reaction or comment:

@Ankur, @verytiredgirl, and @USWJA great questions. They've resonated with other community members too. Thank you @ArborRose, @DavidChurchman, and @pauljames,for your answers! rest of the community too. 50+ views on all of these posts.

**FYI – with the recent updates to the Forums, questions automatically filter out all responses to only display the accepted answers. To see the entire conversation, tab over to the "All replies."

Leaderboard Top 3

@ArborRose in 1st place again! Welcome back to the top @GrantSmith and @MichelleH. Thank you for being stellar Coaches. A gift card from Domo will be in your inbox soon.

@ArborRose, 303 points
@GrantSmith, 108 points
@MichelleH, 72 points

Top Idea

This idea from @zacpolin has gotten some great traction. Give it an upvote if you agree, or add additional insight with a comment.

Enable AI chat only on specific dashboards/apps

August Community Member of the Month

@MichelleH has been a Community Coach for a few years now. She's consistently helpful and active, but really showed up this month and answered several questions. It's also worth mentioning, Michelle has 9k reputation points! That's nearly 10x Coach rank. Thank you for being one of Domo's best!

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