{"id":20272,"date":"2025-10-31T17:51:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T16:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.costperform.com\/?p=20272"},"modified":"2025-12-02T14:46:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T13:46:51","slug":"big-update-introducing-insights-2025-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.costperform.com\/big-update-introducing-insights-2025-2\/","title":{"rendered":"New release: Introducing Insights 2025.2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today we\u2019re launching our biggest update: <strong>CostPerform 2025.2<\/strong>, our second major release this year. It introduces the next-generation, fully rebuilt <strong>Insights 2.0<\/strong> with interactive visuals, smarter filters, and built-in analytics to make analysis and reporting easier. Everyday work is faster, and loop calculations finish sooner on a modern, secure foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"609\" src=\"https:\/\/www.costperform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/gifvid-1.7x-first-half-of-dashboard-view-1024x609.jpg\" alt=\"Overview of Insights 2.0 interactive dashboard\" class=\"wp-image-20275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.costperform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/gifvid-1.7x-first-half-of-dashboard-view-1024x609.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.costperform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/gifvid-1.7x-first-half-of-dashboard-view-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.costperform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/gifvid-1.7x-first-half-of-dashboard-view-768x457.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.costperform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/gifvid-1.7x-first-half-of-dashboard-view-1536x914.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.costperform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/gifvid-1.7x-first-half-of-dashboard-view-2048x1219.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Overview of Insights 2.0 interactive dashboard<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cFirst responses to the new Insights are very enthusiastic, so we have high hopes of getting our customers to obtain more value from CostPerform.\u201d \u2014 Bert-Jan de Gier, CTO of CostPerform<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Spotlight: Insights 2.0<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Insights has been completely renewed to make analysis and reporting in the CostPerform Portal faster, richer, and more intuitive. You\u2019ll notice:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A bigger visual toolbox.<\/strong> From classics like bar, line, and combo charts to <strong>gauges<\/strong>, <strong>financial visuals<\/strong> (OHLC, Candlestick), and <strong>maps<\/strong> (Choropleth, <strong>Scatter Map<\/strong> for geo-plotted data), you can create dashboards to fit the story you need to tell.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Interactive, connected dashboards.<\/strong> Link visualizations so a selection in one chart can take you straight to a deeper view in another, ideal for guiding stakeholders from overview to detail with a single click.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Smarter filters.<\/strong> Create page-level filters including date pickers with handy presets like this <em>Month<\/em> or <em>Year to Date<\/em> to keep dashboards focused and relevant for every audience.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Built-in analytics.<\/strong> Apply <strong>time-series forecasts<\/strong>, <strong>linear regression<\/strong>, and <strong>outlier detection<\/strong> directly in Insights to surface trends and anomalies without exporting to third-party tools.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"609\" src=\"https:\/\/www.costperform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/gifvid-1.7x-first-half-of-dashboard-view-1-1-1024x609.jpg\" alt=\"New chart types and statistical filtering options available with Insights 2.0\" class=\"wp-image-20301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.costperform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/gifvid-1.7x-first-half-of-dashboard-view-1-1-1024x609.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.costperform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/gifvid-1.7x-first-half-of-dashboard-view-1-1-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.costperform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/gifvid-1.7x-first-half-of-dashboard-view-1-1-768x457.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.costperform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/gifvid-1.7x-first-half-of-dashboard-view-1-1-1536x914.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.costperform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/gifvid-1.7x-first-half-of-dashboard-view-1-1-2048x1219.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>New chart types and statistical filtering options available with Insights 2.0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coming from our previous release where we introduced major BI capabilities, Insights 2.0 is a big step up in flexibility and speed so you can build Power BI-style dashboards right where your cost and performance data lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Other improvements<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Performance that keeps up<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Modeling teams will notice crisper responsiveness in heavy scenarios. In particular, <strong>Loop calculation<\/strong> now runs faster, reducing turnaround time on iterative analyses and complex models.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">UX &amp; Quality-of-Life improvements<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Small changes, big daily wins:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Refreshed client UI for a cleaner feel.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pivot fields now have a sensible default width (long names no longer take over the screen).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Search behaves better when multiple layers share the same name.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clearer ETL authoring: warnings if you reuse an element name, and a right-click paste action on the ETL canvas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No need to download a new Launcher after updating, one less maintenance step.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ETL updates developers will appreciate <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To avoid collisions with column names, the ETL variable {date} has been replaced by {date:now}. This ensures models that include a \u201cdate\u201d column in a Column Definition keep working as intended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">User management<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Admins can now grant <strong>other User Spaces access to the Default User Space\u2019s Secured Sandbox<\/strong> right from the client, making governance easier without scripting detours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What else is new?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This release includes <strong>13 new\/improved functions<\/strong> and <strong>39 bug fixes<\/strong> across the platform. For the complete list, check the readme.txt in your installation folder or on the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.costperform.com\/support\/downloads\">download page<\/a><\/strong>. Additionally, we\u2019ve also raised our baseline to Java 21 and updated core components <strong>(WildFly 36.0.1, Webswing 25.1.3)<\/strong> for a modern, secure foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Get more from 2025.2:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Build dashboards on the fly<\/strong> for leadership updates and operational monitoring.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Visualize cost flows<\/strong> across layers to pinpoint drivers and optimize spend.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Share securely<\/strong> within your organization, no exporting or context switching required.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Want to learn more?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re on-prem, contact your admin about updating to 2025.2. SaaS environments roll out on our standard cadence, watch your portal notifications for the exact timing. Join our<a href=\"https:\/\/www.costperform.com\/introducing-insights-webinar\/\"><strong> live product webinar \u2013 Introducing Insights on Dec 4<\/strong><\/a> to help your team get the most from CostPerform 2025.2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We can\u2019t wait to see what you build with <strong>Insights 2.0<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.costperform.com\/banking-webinar\/\">Sign up for the webinar<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CostPerform 2025.2 delivers Insights 2.0, faster loop runs, and a modern secure platform foundation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":20290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,11,81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-news","category-product-updates"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.costperform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.costperform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.costperform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.costperform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.costperform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20272"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.costperform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20502,"href":"https:\/\/www.costperform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20272\/revisions\/20502"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.costperform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.costperform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.costperform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.costperform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}