Product roadmap

Last updated: January 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.
October
v2.13 Compare step
Aperture Data StudioGlobal
Compare similar datasets to seeunexpected numerical increases/decreases in data.
January
v2.13 Visual associations
Aperture Data StudioGlobal
Understand how objects interact with each other and drill into their relationships across Spaces.
January
v2.13 Issue lists statuses
Aperture Data StudioGlobal
Configurable issue list statuses to meet business needs, better track data errors and collaborate on resolutions. .
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
v2.12 Two-click profiling
Aperture Data StudioGlobal
Ability to select any dataset or view to show profiling results, making it quicker and easier to understand the structure, consistency, uniformity and completeness of the data.
August
Building
Find duplicates rule builder
Aperture Data StudioGlobal
A simple question-based rule builder to create Find Duplicates rules without using technical code.
Q1
Download Excel
Aperture Data StudioGlobal
Export grid data into Excel format, which can be easier to work with than CSV. New permission to control access.
Q1
Map to target view
Aperture Data StudioGlobal
Allows for easier creation, amendments and sharing of the target schema across Spaces.
Q1
Auto-delete data
Aperture Data StudioGlobal
Ability to auto-delete data older than a set period for compliance and usability.
Q1
Toast notifications
Aperture Data StudioGlobal
A subtle, but visual pop-up indicator in the UI that an action has taken place.
Q1
Rulesets
Aperture Data StudioGlobal
Re-usable groups of business rules (functions) that can be applied to many tables and columns.
Q1
Planning / Investigating
Next Generation Match (Beta)
Aperture Data StudioGlobal
Improving the configurability, performance, scalability and cost to run Find Duplicatess.
Data catalog integration
Aperture Data StudioGlobal
Working with a number of third-party providers to integrate data quality insights into the broader governance program.
Identify data anomalies
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
For customers working with large volumes of data (i.e. billions of transactional records), PDP allows them to execute a workflow on a sub-set of data without needing to bring the data into Aperture Data Studio.
Generative AI
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
Enhanced global location insight data
Experian Address ValidationGlobal
A new dataset featuring more precise global geolocation information, increased points of interest and time zone information including DST information and UTC offset.
April
Search using a what3words address
Experian Address ValidationUK
Search for a postal address using what3words and enrich with geolocation data. what3words is a proprietary geocoding system which converts GPS coordinates into 3 word addresses and provides an alternative to traditional postal address
October
Building
Simplified API integration toolkit
Experian Address ValidationGlobal
Reduce number of calls needed to integrate address validation and enrichment services into existing applications
Q1
Self-service layout management
Experian Address ValidationGlobal
Ability to configure address layouts either through an API endpoint or using the Self Service Portal.
Q1
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
Token status notifications
Self Service PortalExperian Address ValidationGlobal
Ability to create notifications in the Self Service Portal. All those subscribed to the notification will receive an email when a token's status is changed.
Q1
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 email append
Experian Email ValidationUSA
A new solution that helps build a complete customer profile by appending an email address to a given name and postal address. Available in USA only.
May
Real-time reverse email append
Experian Identity AppendUSA
A new solution that helps build a complete customer profile by appending the person's name and postal address to a given email address. Available in USA only.
August
Performance improvements
Experian Email ValidationGlobal
Faster and more accurate processing of key email domains in real-time and batch cleansing solutions.
November
Building
Real-time email risk score API
Experian Identity AppendUSA
Provides an instant assessment of the risk associated with an email address based on historical patterns and known indicators of suspicious activity. Available in North America only.
Q1
Performance improvements
Experian Email ValidationEmail Automated BatchGlobal
Designed to increase processing volume and speed, improve match rates for the most popular consumer domains, and streamline future product development across real-time and batch solutions.
Q1
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.
Q1
Token status notifications
Self Service PortalExperian Address ValidationGlobal
Ability to create notifications in the self-service portal that email all those subscribed to the notification when a product token's status is changed.
Q1
Planning
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.
European data center
Experian Email ValidationGlobal
An additional data center in Europe to meet customer requirements for data processing.
Validation confidence level improvements
Experian Email ValidationEmail Automated BatchGlobal
More detailed confidence levels and responses for better classification of email addresses, providing greater insight into health of the email data and better analysis by customers.
Real-time reverse phone append
Experian Identity AppendUSA
Bringing reverse phone append functionality in to Experian Identity Append
Available
Support for Salesforce Experience Cloud
Salesforce LightningGlobal
Experian address, email and phone validation capabilities are now available in Salesforce Experience Cloud. Drag and drop Experian's validation component into your site to check contact data at point of capture..
January
Support for passive address valiidation
Salesforce LightningGlobal
Customers can validate address data coming into Salesforce from other sources such as websites or other enterprise applications.
November
New Configuration Power App
Microsoft Dynamics 365Global
A new Power App for the administration and configuration of our PCF app within Dynamics365 CE. Get it Now from AppSource.
September
Email and Phone validation for SAP S/4HANA
SAP S/4HANAGlobal
Delivering the latest and greatest real-time address, email and phone validation along with data enrichment for SAP S/4HANA users.
September
Building
Free trial experience
Microsoft Dynamics 365Salesforce Sales/Service CloudANZ
Streamlining the onboarding process for prospects by automatically starting a new free trial service of our Microsoft D365 and Salesforce Sales/Service Cloud apps.
Q1
SAP S/4 HANA App certification
SAP S/4HANAGlobal
Intention to submit our new real-time data validation app for SAP S/4HANA for SAP ABAP add-On and AppSource listing for certification.
Q1
Planning
Search using a what3words address
Salesforce Sales/Service CloudUK
Search for a postal address using what3words and enrich with geolocation data within Salesforce. what3words is a proprietary geocoding system which converts GPS coordinates into 3 word addresses and provides an alternative to traditional postal address.
BigCommerce wizard for easy integration
Global
Providing an easy and intuitive way for BigCommerce customers to integrate our Data Validation capabilities.
Free trial experience
Microsoft Dynamics 365Salesforce Sales/Service CloudNA
Streamlining the onboarding process for prospects by automatically issuing product activation tokens for starting a free trial service.


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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