Product roadmap

Last updated: July 2024

This roadmap provides a snapshot of the direction and development priorities for Experian's data quality solutions. Please note, all enhancements and timings are subject to change at our discretion.

Feature
Data
Performance
Customer experience
Security
Available
Hosted Aperture Data Studio
Aperture Data StudioGlobal
A cloud-based architected solution managed and maintained by Experian, initially for credit data reporting customers, that will bring improvements to installation, upgrade and data processing in future for all customers.
November
v2.14 Auto delete data
Aperture Data StudioGlobal
For compliance and usability it can be useful to auto-delete loaded data older than a set period.
May
v2.14 Rulesets
Aperture Data StudioGlobal
Re-usable groups of business rules (Functions) that can be applied to many tables and columns.
May
v2.14 Find duplicates rule builder
Aperture Data StudioGlobal
A simple question-based rule builder to create Find Duplicates rules without using the more technical code.
May
v2.14 Issue list updates
Aperture Data StudioGlobal
Configurable Issue list statuses and a new Workflow step allows reassigning issues to different owners or updating the statuses in bulk.
May
v2.13 Compare step
Aperture Data StudioGlobal
Compare similar datasets to see both statistics on number of changes and details on where specific changes have occurred.
January
v2.12 Notification inbox
Aperture Data StudioGlobal
Automatic notifications will inform you of important events in Aperture Data Studio e.g. license expiry and API key expiry..
August
Building
Object tags
Aperture Data StudioGlobal
Allows creation and assigning of colored labels to objects, including Workflows and Datasets, to help you easily classify, organize and locate specific items.
Q2
Additional REST APIs
Aperture Data StudioGlobal
Additional Aperture Data Studio APIs to integrate with 3rd-party applications and assist with fully automated/lights out setup.
Q2
Scheduled dataset refresh
Aperture Data StudioGlobal
Allows the use of Schedules to set a recurring day/time for one or more Datasets to have their data refreshed from the External sources they are connected to.
Q2
Multi-file zip handling
Aperture Data StudioGlobal
Allows loading a zip archive file containing multiple files and folders, masking for only files required and linking zip files to multiple Datasets.
Q2
Dashboard associations
Aperture Data StudioGlobal
Dashboard has the option to 'View Associations' so you can identify which Views, Charts and Datasets are being used on the Dashboard and which Spaces those objects are in.
Q2
JSON handling
Aperture Data StudioGlobal
Improvements to Data Studio importing, processing and exporting JSON structures.
Q3
Phone validate step
Aperture Data StudioGlobal
Native Workflow step that allows not only basic country code and format checks, but also live ping to validate phone numbers are in use and dialable.
Q3
Planning / Investigating
Contact Data validation
Aperture Data StudioGlobal
Improvements to address and email validation steps that will make them easier to configure, use and get value from.
Identify data anomalies (Alpha)
Aperture Data StudioGlobal
Automatically highlight the most interesting values and changes over time.
Real-time workflows (Beta)
Aperture Data StudioGlobal
Support for Workflows to handle individual records, validate fields against business rules or transform values to ensure consistency during data collection.
Pushdown data processing (Beta)
Aperture Data StudioGlobal
New add-on for customers working with larger volumes of database data, i.e. billions of transactional records, Pushdown processing allows you to execute a Workflow on a subset of data without needing to bring all the data into Aperture Data Studio.
Next Generation Match (Beta)
Aperture Data StudioGlobal
More configurable, more performant, elastically scalable and highly available version of Find duplicates.
Generative AI (Beta)
Aperture Data StudioGlobal
Utilising Gen AI natural language processing (NLP) models to increase user efficiency and improve collaboration through personalized experiences and AI-driven intelligent suggestions.
Available
Simplified API integration toolkit
Experian Address ValidationGlobal
Reduce number of calls needed to integrate address validation and enrichment services into existing applications.
March
Japan coverage improvements
Experian Address ValidationGlobal
Increase coverage and character set support for Japan and provide new ways to search the data.
April
Building
Self-service layout management
Experian Address ValidationGlobal
Ability to configure address layouts either through an API endpoint or using the Self Service Portal.
Q2
UK business data search improvements
Experian Address ValidationUK
Typeahead style searching for business data in the UK.
Q2
Global location biased searching
Experian Address ValidationGlobal
Ability to filter address suggestions by a pre-defined geographical location, such as physical location of the web client, and also search across multiple countries at once.
Q3
Planning
Best store and route
Experian Address ValidationGlobal
Empower businesses to help their customers find their nearest store and quickest route and mode of transportation to get there.
New sources of international address and enrichment data
Experian Address ValidationGlobal
Improved coverage of many global datasets to provide unsurpassed matching capabilities.
Available
Real-time phone append
Experian Identity AppendUSA
A new solution that helps build a complete customer profile by appending phone number to a given name, email address and/or postal address. Available in North America only.
February
Domain risk for real-time email risk score API
Experian Identity AppendUSA
Provides an instant assessment of the domain risk associated with an email address based on historical patterns and known indicators of suspicious activity. Available in North America only.
Q2
Building
Processing capacity and speed improvements
Experian Email ValidationEmail Automated BatchGlobal
Onboarding new technology and hardware to meet the growing demands of our customers, by increasing our processing capacity, reducing unknowns and processing bulk files faster.
Q2
Bulk Phone Validation API
Experian Phone ValidationGlobal
Self-serve Bulk Phone Validation API allowing thousands of phone numbers to be validated in one API call, which will be integrated in aperture Data Studio.
Q3
Planning
Bulk Email Validation API
Experian Email ValidationGlobal
Self-serve Bulk Email Validation API allowing thousands of email addresses to be validated in one API call, which will be integrated in Aperture Data Studio.
More self-service capabilities in Email Automated Batch
Email Automated BatchGlobal
Bringing additional functionality to our Email Automated Batch customers, including the ability to pause and stop batches themselves, as well as set time bandings for specific record counts.
Real-time reverse phone append
Experian Identity AppendUSA
Bringing reverse phone append functionality in to Experian Identity Append
Available
Shopify checkout integration
ShopifyGlobal
In partnership with Shopify, Experian have built a global address validation capability for Shopify Plus merchants to help with incorrect address entry and to reduce cart abandonment.
June
Search using a what3words address
Microsoft Dynamics 365Salesforce Sales/Service CloudUK
Search for a postal address using what3words and enrich with geolocation data within Microsoft Dynamics and Salesforce. what3words is a proprietary geocoding system which converts GPS coordinates into 3 word addresses and provides an alternative to traditional postal address.
June
Experian Address Validation for BigCommerce
BigCommerceGlobal
Providing an easy and intuitive way for BigCommerce merchants to integrate our Data Validation capabilities into the Optimized One-Page Checkout and Account Registration sections of their store.
May
Building
SAP S/4 HANA App certification
SAP S/4HANAGlobal
Submission of our new real-time data validation app for SAP S/4HANA for SAP ABAP add-On for certification.
Q2
Planning
Free trial experience
Microsoft Dynamics 365Salesforce Sales/Service CloudNA
Streamlining the onboarding process for prospects by automatically starting a new free trial service of our Microsoft D365 and Salesforce Sales/Service Cloud apps.


FAQs

What is the purpose of this roadmap?

The roadmap is publicly available to provide you with better insight into our plans and longer-term vision. It is constantly changing as we deliver new items to market, explore new opportunities and take your feedback into account.

How frequently is the roadmap updated?

This roadmap is updated on a quarterly basis. Q1- end of March, Q2 - end of June, Q3 - end of September, Q4 - end of December

What do the tags mean?

There are two types of tags:

  • Product – the product(s) that the release applies to.
  • Region – the region(s) that the release is most relevant to, it does not specify availability for sale.

Does the roadmap show everything?

No, the roadmap shows the highlights of key releases recently delivered, currently being built or being explored for future release. If you need a more detailed view or have queries for a specific product, please contact your Account Manager to talk through in more detail.

Product roadmap disclaimer

The Building and Planning sections in the roadmap contain forward-looking statements which provide an indication of product development and exploration plans. These statements may be identified by words such as "expect", "look forward to", "anticipate", "intend", "plan", "will", or words of similar meaning. Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors. Therefore, the releases, scope and timings are subject to change at our discretion without prior warning.

More information

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