Product roadmap

Last updated: October 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.
January
Realtime Workflows
Aperture Data StudioGlobal
New licensed module that allows a Workflow to be an API handling individual records from a 3rd-party application. An API call can validate fields against business rules or transform values to ensure consistency upstream during data collection.
October
Pushdown Processing
Aperture Data StudioGlobal
New licensed module for clients working with larger volumes of database data, i.e. billions of transactional records. Pushdown Processing coverts the Workflow to SQL and executes on the database without needing to transfer data to Aperture Data Studio.
November
Phone validate step
Aperture Data StudioGlobal
Native Workflow step that allows both format checks and live ping to ensure phone numbers are valid and contactable.
October
v2.15 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.
September
v2.14 Rulesets
Aperture Data StudioGlobal
Re-usable groups of business rules (Functions) that can be applied to many tables and columns.
May
Building
v2.16 Auto delete data
Aperture Data StudioGlobal
For compliance and usability it can be useful to auto-delete any data older than a set period. An enhancement allows a 'global' Environment-level setting to be applied to all new Datasets.
Q1
v2.16 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.
Q1
v2.16 JSON handling
Aperture Data StudioGlobal
Improvements to Aperture Data Studio importing, processing and exporting JSON structures.
Q1
v2.16 Dataset Sources
Aperture Data StudioGlobal
Enabling multiple sources for a Dataset means that both a file and a database table can update data within the same Dataset.
Q1
Cloud Licensing
Aperture Data StudioGlobal
Additional options for customers to use Cloud Licensing if their internal processes hinder standard deployment.
Q3
Data Catalogue and Governance
Aperture Data StudioGlobal
A new licensed module that allow users to catalog, govern and profile data, supporting data quality monitoring, reference data management, and data governance use cases.
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.
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.
Next Generation Match (Beta)
Aperture Data StudioGlobal
More configurable, more performant, elastically scalable and highly available version of Find duplicates.
Next Generation Match Stewardship
Aperture Data StudioGlobal
Dashboard to review clustered single customer view records and manually adjust results.
Identify data anomalies (Alpha)
Aperture Data StudioGlobal
Automatically highlight the most interesting values and changes over time.
Available
Data dictionary
Aperture Governance StudioUK
A centralized repository of metadata made up of systems (that make up your architecture), tables, and columns (created by importing metadata from the linked systems).
Business glossary
Aperture Governance StudioUK
Collection of logical business data terms and their definition split into hierarchies to make them easier to understand, manage, and implement across the business. Shows the relationship between the logical and physical data structures.
Data profiling
Aperture Governance StudioUK
Profiling functionality to analyze data and discover data quality issues.
Business impact analysis
Aperture Governance StudioUK
Assessment of the quantifiable impact of data quality issues on critical business processes.
Rule groups
Aperture Governance StudioUK
Ability to group data quality rules together, especially if they apply to certain areas such as regulations, addresses etc.
Ownership
Aperture Governance StudioUK
Assigning ownership at a person, team, or role level to establish responsibility for various data items.
Permissions
Aperture Governance StudioUK
Ability to assign customizable individual or group permissions to control user access to the tool.
Governance dashboards
Aperture Governance StudioUK
Reporting to review the governance implementation progress based on population of the data catalogue.
Building
Critical process failure detection
Aperture Governance StudioUK
A set of supporting materials on critical business process rules and how to implement them.
Q3
Planning / Investigating
Pre-defined business glossary
Aperture Governance StudioUK
Database package for standard out of the box business glossary terms.
Pre-defined roles and responsibilities
Aperture Governance StudioUK
Database package for standard data governance roles with structure to alert for business glossary changes.
Automatic priority detection
Aperture Governance StudioUK
Script with input variable or value list to change the priority of errors around key dates and processes such as regulatory submissions.
Available
UK business data search improvements
Experian Address ValidationUK
Typeahead style searching for business data in the UK.
July
Transliteration improvements for Autocomplete
Experian Address ValidationGlobal
Ability to accurately match addresses in any global character set using Autocomplete search type.
August
Self-service layout management
Experian Address ValidationGlobal
Ability to configure address layouts either through an API endpoint or using the Self Service Portal.
August
Building
Granular address verification codes
Experian Address ValidationGlobal
Gain deeper insights on corrections performed during address validation (already available in select countries).
Q4 2024
Hosted name tracing for emergency services
Experian Address ValidationUK
Locate addresses for individuals and identify occupants living at specified addresses, using most authoritative data available​. Search by name, address, UPRN and/or what3words locations.
Q1 2025
Planning
New sources of international address and enrichment data
Experian Address ValidationGlobal
Improved coverage of many global datasets to provide unsurpassed matching capabilities.
AI enhancements for global address validation
Experian Address ValidationGlobal
Artificial intelligence aided processing and enrichment of global address data.
Available
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
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.
November
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 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.
Planning
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
GBR Business data in address search
Microsoft Dynamics 365UK
Native business name and address search for UK entities all from within the address autocomplete field using exclusive Experian business directory data.
October
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
Building
GBR Business data in address search
Salesforce Sales/Service CloudShopifyUK
Native business name and address search for UK entities all from within the address autocomplete field using exclusive Experian business directory data.
Q3
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.
Q3
Planning
Address Validation for Customer accounts
ShopifyGlobal
For Shopify merchants that enable Customer accounts in their stores, this update will provide the ability to add Experian Address Validation to address entry screen for a customer user profile. This ensures that valid addresses are being captured at all points in the Shopify ecosystem.
Geocoordinates to enable more accurate deliveries
ShopifyGlobal
Enabling geocode enrichment for the Shopify Carrier API by which logistics providers can accept coordinate data for delivery addresses.
Data validation for Microsoft Power Page portals
Microsoft Dynamics 365Global
Enable data validation for Power Page portals supporting customers where they have portals collecting customer data.
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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