Product notice - Blue 9 is on the way!

We are excited to announce that Blue 9.0 will be available to you as of November 14, 2023.

It is with great pleasure that we announce the imminent arrival of Blue 9, a culmination of more than three years of relentless effort by the dedicated teams at Explorance. This monumental release is fueled by our drive to innovate in the areas that matter most to the vibrant Blue community from around the world. But Blue 9.0 is more than just another update. With bold, foundational changes, it marks the dawn of our next generation feedback analytics platform.

Our Vision

Blue 9 is built on a brand-new technological infrastructure, which makes possible great advances we previously could only dare to dream of.

• Imagine a future where your reports are enriched by MLY's machine learning generated insights, and results are accessible through a customer-friendly data warehouse via Restful APIs.
• Imagine in-the-moment social feedback seamlessly coexisting with your course evaluations, surveys, and 360 reviews.
• Envision a mobile application that delivers reminders and deeper engagement directly to your users' mobile devices.

With an emphasis on technology, user experience, security, insights, and engagement, these opportunities and so much more are what drive us at Explorance, and this reality begins with Blue 9.

What's coming next?

Here is a closer look at the new capabilities that Blue 9 will unlock next.

On November 14, 2023, Blue 9.0 Launches With

Blue Home

Treat your users to a new homepage experience where they will be able to manage their survey load and increase their productivity.

Configurable Layout

• Organize an efficient workspace for your users by determining the placement, size, background image, and messaging for widgets
• Engage your users to complete their tasks with the new task progress widget

Personalized Filters and Bookmarks

• Encourage users to manage their workflow by creating filters to focus on their most important tasks and reports
• Empower users to add bookmarks to tasks and reports making them instantly accessible later via the bookmark menu

Enhanced Administration and Compliance Features

• Blue Home APIs for layout and bookmarks
• Centralized system management
• New SSO configuration panels
• WCAG certification
• Robust and automated PaaS security compliance

Expanded Authentication Capabilities

• Unified Single Sign-On experience
• Unified Sign-Out experience
• Extended support for market leading SSO with SAML, CAS, OpenID, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and more
• Robust built-in login policies for administrators and guest participants

Right After (Planned for Q1, 2024)

New interface for managing DIG data

DIG users will experience a whole new way of managing their data in an updated easy-to-use interface. Easily validate and edit tasks with these new tools:

• In-line editing
• Easier user listing spot checks
• A new tree view for splits and merges
• Personalized column customization
• Task modification after publishing

Blue Dashboard updates

Dive deeper into your data to create more in-depth comparisons with new features including:

• Pre-calculated percentiles
• New heat maps based on percentiles and with custom color coding
• Ability to pin items
• Scatter plot chart visualization

Even More to Come Later

• Allow users to quickly locate reports with demographic filtering (e.g., show me reports for department X, location B, and employee type C)
• Enrich your reports with MLY machine learning generated insights
• Leverage new restful APIs for Blue tasks and reports
• Use administrative APIs for customization, localization, user management, and security
• Promote engagement with the new Blue Home mobile application

We believe that Blue 9.0 is the key to unlocking a more secure, efficient, and user-friendly experience. It's a giant leap towards our vision of a next generation feedback analytics platform. We can't wait for you to experience the next leap forward with Blue 9.

Please stay tuned for more information on upgrading to Blue 9.0.

Please note that Blue 9 is offered exclusively as an Explorance hosted solution to ensure that all users will be able to leverage the latest technology, features, security, and web services. If your installation is on-premise, please discuss next steps with your Explorance Account Manager.

Blue 9 Release Webinar

Questions about the Blue 9 release?

Join us for the Blue 9 release learning webinar "Blue 9: Next Generation Feedback Analytics Platform" on Wednesday, November 29, 2023. This webinar is scheduled to be delivered multiple times for our community members in different time zones worldwide. Select a session that best fits your schedule.

Register for the Blue 9 Release Webinar

If you have any questions about the Blue 9.0 release, please contact the Explorance Product Team. please contact the Explorance Product Team.

Sincerely,

Product Team | Explorance