Keyword placement has been updated to improve visibility and usability. Campaign managers can now define custom keywords during campaign creation, and keywords have been moved to the General tab in campaign settings for easier access.

Expired review due dates are now highlighted in red, making overdue reviews easier to identify at a glance.

Removed the “Clear all” option from the Reviews table when no filters are applied.

AI Submission Summary: Get the essence of every idea instantly. Our new AI-powered submission summaries in Teams turn long submissions into quick, digestible insights.

Update User Profile UI: We’ve simplified the profile page by removing unused fields, including Birth Date, About, Expertise, and Interests.

Fixed an issue where some ideas appeared deleted due to a non-responsive endpoint.

Resolved an issue where optional date fields couldn’t be cleared.

Fixed a bug causing the Voice and AI feature highlight to trigger repeatedly.

Corrected a bug where the currency symbol was incorrectly displayed in number input fields.

The Business Impact Dashboard no longer shows a currency symbol for number fields.

Improve with AI v2 is here! 🎉We are expending capabilities of our improve with AI to give even more tool to users to improve their submissions. We moved this feature unde the submission details to reflect this only impacts that field. Here is a breakdown of what's under our AI spark:

Added feature highlights for voice to text input on mobile

Feature higlights for improve with AI has been updated

Mobile lightbox buttons has been updated to provide a better exprience

We updated our embeddings model to provide faster and better results for similar ideas AI

Fixed an issue where the maximum image size was not displayed in the error message.

Corrected left padding in the idea description field to match other inputs.

Fixed a rare issue where AI Search was not working on specific tenant.

Resolved an issue where stage/status badges were overlaying the person card due to a z-index conflict.

Fixed alignment issues in the Reviews table.

Long URLs in descriptions/comments no longer break the SIP layout.

Viva Engage: Updated SIP URLs in the database after changes on Microsoft’s side.

AI Submission Summary: We’re making it easier than ever to review and understand ideas. This new AI feature automatically generates concise summaries using the idea title, description, and any text-based custom fields—available across SIP, the Ideas Table, and Reviews.

[Idea Management Platform] [Viva Engage] Fixed an issue where HTML tags were displayed in the template copy.

[Idea Management Platform] [Viva Engage] Encoded comms content properly to prevent HTML characters from rendering incorrectly.

[Idea Management Platform] Resolved an issue in Comms Activity where formatting, links, dynamic fields, and custom fields were not supported.

[Idea Management Platform] Addressed a bug where the AI Submission Summary was not updating after the description was edited in Teams.

[Teams] Fixed an intermittent 504 error when editing an idea.

Updated the mobile share button to be more intuitive and take up less space.

Cleaned up the UpdatedAfter public endpoint to provide more accurate and consistent data.

Migrated from Underscore to Handlebars.js for improved security and maintainability.

Enhanced the performance of Campaign Settings / Team Update actions, especially for campaigns with a large number of users.

[Idea Management Platform] The Source column for Interact ideas in the Ideas Table now displays correctly.

[Teams] The Update button is now disabled when no changes have been made.

[Idea Management Platform] External links are now sent correctly for Teams ideas on SIP.

Rich Text Editor in Comms Templates: You can now format comms templates with rich text—bold, italic, underline, lists, links, and headings. Saved formatting is preserved when sending messages via automations or manually through the Ideas Table or Idea Page. Rich formatting is supported in email and Teams comms, including progress updates, comments, and private messages.

We’ve made minor UI improvements to the Business Impact Dashboard to enhance readability.

Fixed an issue where the profile ID was shown instead of the owner name when an automation was saved without an owner.

Fixed an issue where the top and bottom borders were missing when users opened the dynamic fields dropdown in the comms editor.

Fixed an issue where copying ideas into an empty target campaign caused a 500 error.

Fixed an issue where the calendar did not refresh when users selected a new date in the date picker for date custom fields and navigated months using the left/right arrows.

Voice-to-Text AI (Mobile Only): Users can now tap the microphone icon under the submission description to use voice-to-text for idea submissions. This feature is currently available only on mobile devices.

Improved how we retrieve BotConversation from graph API to adress some unique case.

Campaign Entra Group Audience: Campaign managers can now select multiple Entra groups when defining their campaign audience.

Progress Update Bar: We’ve made multiple improvements to the progress update bar.

Community UI: The interface has been updated for instances where only a single community is in use.

A new endpoint GET ideas/{ideaId}/notes is now available. This provides notes information for a single idea.

Manual idea ordering: You can now manually arrange ideas in the Ideas Table via drag-and-drop — perfect for custom, subjective prioritisation. To make this custom order visible to other campaign team members, use the Ordering Priority column. Click here to learn more.

New Automation Trigger - When a review is due: Automatically notify idea owners or designated users when a review is due but incomplete — ideal for prompting actions like extending review due dates or following up with reviewers.

Votes spent analytics: Token votes spent by each user are now visible under the Contributors tab in each campaign.

Enhanced Stage Ribbon: The Ideas Table stage ribbon is now more readable and user-friendly, no matter how many stages your campaign includes.

Improved Comms Template Editor: The editor now features a refreshed UI — easier to use and visually aligned with the rest of the platform.

Resolved a bug where the “Days Without Action” and “Time in Stage (days)” columns were appearing twice in the Ideas Table under specific conditions.

Corrected a problem where the “Time in Stage (days)” value in the Ideas Table was reset to 0 when the status assigned to an idea was renamed.

[Hotfixed] Idea card status now updates immediately

[Hotfixed] Full statuses no longer display on ideas cards or idea details when generic mode is enabled

Fixed 500 error during translation for certain source languages

Resolved issue where the comments section overlaped with the statuses dropdown

Non-required single select fields can now be cleared correctly

New Automation Conditions for Reviews: We’ve added two powerful new conditions to automations that help you take action based on review outcomes:

Fixed the issue of dashboard pages showing errors in certain scenarios.

Addressed the problem of inconsistent statuses between the idea page and the ideas table.
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Idea cards have been redesigned to improve the visibility and readability of stages and statuses—making it easier for users to quickly understand the progress of each idea at a glance.

Single-select list questions with 5 or fewer options will now appear as a list instead of a dropdown, making selection quicker and more user-friendly.

Empty state for ended campaigns with 0 ideas now displays the right message

New Time-Based Triggers in Automations: You can now automate actions based on how long an idea stays in its current stage or status. Set rules like: if an idea stays in "Delivered" for 10 days without a recorded benefit, send a reminder. Or, if an idea’s been in "Waiting" for 30 days, automatically change its status. Or, notify the owner if an idea has been in "Implement" for 180 days.

Master Filters on the Business Impact Dashboard: The dashboard now supports filters for list-type custom fields—so you can break down impact by region, department, or initiative to see how ideas are driving value in your part of the business.

Fixed the issue of email syntax being stripped when copy-pasting text into the Notes section of the Idea Page.

Addressed the problem of users getting stuck in an infinite login loop with the screen flashing between loading and the login form

Fixed the issue where the number of Open Ideas was not shown correctly in the Pipeline Potential Value section of the Business Impact Dashboard

Resolved the layout issue in the Pipeline Potential Value table in the Business Impact Dashboard when exactly five stages are displayed

Stage Details: You can now add custom descriptions to each stage, making it easier to communicate what happens during that part of the process. It’s a great way to guide users, set expectations, and reduce confusion about what comes next. Don’t forget: you’ll need to add stage descriptions to your existing campaigns for this feature to be enabled.

The progress bar now shows all stages at a glance—no more hovering required. This makes it easier for users to quickly understand where their idea sits and what steps lie ahead in the process.

Similar ideas logic has been updated to make it even faster and more precise.

Global search is now visible even if there are no campaigns.

? icon for the custom FAQ is now properly displayed in cases where there are many communities

Business Impact Dashboard - Pipeline Potential Value in Beta! This section shows the untapped potential in your campaign. It displays the monetary value that’s waiting to be unlocked through delivery​.

'When date CF arrives' trigger in automations: A new trigger has been added to activate when a date custom field is reached. Enabling automatic reminders when specific dates arrive, you can use it to notify idea owners or other stakeholders on important dates, such as follow-up or delivery deadlines.

Resolved the issue of data discrepancy between the Idea Funnel count in the first stage and Total Submissions in some specific cases in the Engagement Dashboard.

Addressed the issue of incomplete data shown in the Teams App campaign visits chart by enhancing it to include all page visits within the campaign, not just idea visits.

Resolved the failed idea ownership assignments via automations.

Fixed a bug where the campaign end date was incorrectly displayed as one day later.

Resolved an issue where the custom FAQ “?” button was partially hidden when communities exceeded the screen size.

Fixed a very rare issue where some users were unable to log in to the Teams App.

Addressed a bug where the Teams App occasionally failed to load on the first click after a fresh install.

Interact integration is updated. Now all the information is prerequisite to enable the integration in campaigns.

Fixed the issue of workflow settings not updating immediately on the UI after saving changes in certain circumstances.

Fixed the error that occurred when a campaign manager added the Interact integration under the Sources tab in Campaign Settings.

Fixed the issue of Automation Comms actions listing incorrect templates.

The audience size for campaigns with Entra Groups are now dynamicly updated.

When search results are loading we now have a nice loader instead of showing "0 out of 0 ideas found".

Fixed a small UI issue when date field was not selected

Fixed an issue were emails with the apostrophe (') prevented them from imported in campaign audience.

Fixed an issue where the similar ideas drawer didn't open up in the first click on android devices

We have added email to user to profiles to go along their UPN's just in case these are different. All the places that are based on UPN now support email as well.

Forms now supports currency custom field.

Business Impact Dashboard - Idea Delivery Section in Beta! You can now track how many ideas have been delivered, their value, and how long it took to get them there.

Company Settings - General Tab UI has been upgraded. Upload and manage your company/programme logo for platform emails. Easily remove or change your uploaded logo with an upgraded UI.

We have improved the logic for merging. Custom field values of the child idea being merged inherit the parent values. However, previously updated custom values of previously merged child ideas remain unaffected by a new merging action.

When duplicating campaigns, currency custom fields are now being duplicated.

You can now map currency custom fields when copying ideas.

We’ve improved the master filter dropdown so it won’t break the UI, even when you’ve got tons of custom fields.

The maximum allowed days for dynamic due date in review gate settings has been increased to 365 days from 90 days.

Addressed the data discrepancy between the Idea Funnel count in the first stage and the Total Submissions in the engagement dashboard.

Resolved the intermittent error that occurred when opening the homepage.

Files on comments: Users can now attach up to 6 files to their comments.

We've increased the community description limit to 600 characters

Similar Ideas AI and Improve with AI are now powered by GPT-4o-mini

We have an improved alert system about failures in syncing information to our systems.

Addressed the issues in the campaign news delivery time dropdown under Settings.

Resolved the issue of not showing the required warning message when saving a new stage for the second time under Campaign Settings - Workflow.

Addressed the issue where the stage creation wouldn't close when clicking on cancel under Campaign Settings - Workflow.

Resolved the issue where the "Save and Repopulate" button text was partly hidden in the Campaign Settings Questions tab when adding a new option to a question using AI-populate.

Business Impact Dashboard – Overview Section Now in Beta! The Business Impact Dashboard is here to help you track and visualise the real-world impact of your campaigns. With the new Overview section, you get a high-level summary of the most important metrics from your idea programme, such as: cost savings, revenue generated, and projected impact.

Send Teams comment automatically: When you need to send a templated Teams comment based on specific triggers automatically, now you can—thanks to the new Send Teams Comment action available in automation.

Fixed an issue that was preventing Viva Engage comments and private messages from being sent, whether triggered manually or automatically.

Comments UI/UX Improvement: When there are more than 5 comments, older comments are now collapsed under a “Show more comments” option for a cleaner and more focused viewing experience.

Fixed a rare bug that caused idea cards to be stacked on top of each other after the details tab being edited.

We’ve made a strategic decision to focus our efforts on the areas that bring the most value to our customers. As part of this, the Bots feature—now considered a legacy capability—will no longer be available for new use.

Customers who already have bots set up will continue to have full access and can use them as usual. For all other customers, the Bots functionality has been removed from the platform.

Guest User Toggle: We now have a company wide feature toggle that allows customers to give access to guest users.

Updates to application permissions: We made some changes to our permissions to be able to manage guest users better and update users with missing permissions.

Minor UI update to stages/statuses tags on idea details drawer.

Technical update to our translations to improve performance.

We had a rare case of idea cards coliding into a single column in case the screen size changed. This is now fixed.

Fixed an issue which prevented selected options in the drop-downs not to be translated.

Fixed a rare case which made it impossible to perform search in the list question dropdown on mobile.

Removed @ on community description editor.

Master filters on the campaign dashboard: You can now filter the entire dashboard using list-type custom fields. Easily analyze campaign performance by business unit, department, region, or any other relevant grouping.

We’ve added support for converting number to currency, currency to number, and single select to multi-select custom fields, with explanatory warnings. As before, all other type changes will clear existing values.

All platform emails now include the refreshed Sideways 6 logo.

Fixed a crash on the All Reviews page when adding a column with a date-type custom field.

Addressed an issue where the Submitter filter on the Ideas Table did not return child ideas.

Fixed incorrect icon display when using a currency-type custom field as a condition in Automations.

Resolved a display issue where users could not see more than 30 automations on certain screen sizes or zoom levels.

All our dropdowns has been updated to the lates version

UI updates to our toggles for consistency

Links in community description are now clickable

Fixed a case where the question was empty in Idea Details drawer when the CF description was cleared in core platform. It now reverts to default.

Fixed an issue where ideas were shown twice when an user applied some Quick filter and then selected the "All" pill.

Currency custom field: You can now add currency fields to your campaigns. Set them up in Campaign Settings > Fields to capture things like cost savings or revenue generated. Currency fields can also be used in automations - whether as a trigger, condition, or action.

Add your logo to emails: You can now upload your company or programme logo in Company Settings > General. Once added, your logo will replace the Sideways 6 logo in all emails sent from the core platform — including: idea ownership notifications, automated emails, Idea Page / Ideas Table messages, and company / campaign invites.

Numbers now display with thousand and digit separators (e.g., 1,000,000.42) for better readability on the Idea Page and Comms.

The Teams App Campaign Visits chart in the Campaign Dashboard has a better empty state for campaigns without Teams integration.

Implemented some technical optimizations aimed at enhancing system performance

Fixed a broken layout issue in Analytics > Fields in case of too many custom fields.

Added the missing Interact logo to the All Campaigns page for Interact campaigns

Currency custom field: Campaign managers can now create currency custom fields, and submitters can provide currency input.

Fixed an issue where duplicate comments were being created in Microsoft Teams under certain conditions, which caused performance delays in sending timely notifications.

Addressed a usability issue where the attachment box did not scroll into view when a required attachment was missing and the user clicked "Submit" or "Save" during editing.

Solved a bug causing some images in help articles to appear broken.

Fixed a display issue where the "Follow" button appeared instead of "Unfollow" when a user who was already following an idea opened it via a notification.

Resolved an error that occurred when updating the "Attachments" question field.

Interact Ideas Audience: When adding the Interact integration—either during campaign creation or under campaign sources—admins can choose the audience: Company-wide or Targeted Audience. The targeted audience option leverages Interact Groups to control idea visibility.

The Interact integration has been updated to retrieve information about available Interact Groups, enabling the targeted audience functionality.

Interact logo has been updated

Fixed UI issues with the Viva Engage integration in Campaign Settings > Sources.

Communities menu UI has been enhanced to make it easier to discover and navigate additional communities.

Logo for ideas coming from Interact has been updated

Intercom has been removed from help page

Implement technical optimizations to enhance system performance

Resolved a layout issue where the Save button was misplaced in Community Settings.

Corrected inconsistent backdrop behavior when deleting an idea or comment.

Fixed an issue where previous idea details were auto-filled when a user attempted to submit a new idea immediately after submitting one.

Fixed an issue where the token voting setting was not correctly reflected in the corresponding public API endpoint.

Numbers now display with thousand and digit separators (e.g., 1,000,000.42) for better readability on the Ideas Table and Reviews.

The monthly/weekly selection is now placed next to relevant charts for a smoother experience on the Campaign Dashboard.

Within automations, Send Expert Response as Teams Comment now identifies linked accounts even when emails differ.

Within automations, the Review Submitted Trigger is now available even if the review gate has no text questions.

Fixed the issues of history logs in the Reviews sidebar not displaying AM/PM.

Resolved the issue of duplicate split child ideas being created when users clicked the Create button multiple times while splitting an idea.

Customized Attachments on idea submission: Admins now have full control over the attachment area during idea submission. They can make attachments required, hidden, or customize the question text to fit their needs.

Introducing a new filtering option called “Voted” under My Interactions filters. This allows users to easily filter and view ideas they have previously voted on.

The Campaign News bot message text has been updated to better guide users on how they can customize their updates.

Made small UI updates to Similar Ideas to align with the newer idea card design.

Fixed an issue where the screen background was flashing during viewing similar ideas or editing ideas.

Resolved an issue where adding images to idea submissions on certain Android devices resulted in file name to be changed.

Fixed an issue where custom fields created in the core platform with an empty description appeared as empty questions in Teams.

Resolved an issue where Campaign News was being sent to campaign participants even when the feature was disabled.

Drag-and-Drop Custom Fields Order: Campaign Managers can now reorder custom fields using drag-and-drop in Campaign Settings. This master order applies as the default in the idea page, but if a user has already customized their field order, their preference remains unchanged. This does not affect the order of questions in Teams or the idea submission form.

Editable Notes on the Idea Page: Campaign and Idea Managers can now edit their notes on the Idea Page.

Improved Automations: Automations can now trigger another automation, enabling more flexible workflows. For example, you can set an owner based on certain rules and then trigger another automation to notify them. To prevent infinite loops, only one additional automation can be triggered per action (depth limit: 1)

Campaign Dashboard Improvements

We introduced an UI Update in Campaign Settings - Sources Tab to ensure consistency with the rest of the platform.

Archived users (legacy feature) and blocked users (who cannot access the core platform) are now filtered out from the owner dropdown, ensuring only eligible users can be assigned.

Fixed an edge case where ideas in the Ideas Table could show a negative number of likes.

Fixed an issue where users invited to the Core Platform and using SSO authentication were stuck on the Set Password page and unable to log in, even when trying to access the platform directly.

Updated Number Field formatting: Numbers are now displayed in a standardized format (e.g., 1,000,000.42) for improved readability.

Token Voting On/Off Enhancement: Preferences are now automatically saved when users enable or disable voting, ensuring a smoother experience.

Release Notes Update: 2025 release notes are now available under the Help tab.

Mentioned notification no longer shows the name of the anonymous user in some specific scenarios.

CF values are now properly updated in Idea details after editing the idea.

Added ‘Similar Ideas Preference’ property to api/v1/campaigns/{campaignId} public API endpoint.

Capped the number of activities displayed in the Recent Activity section to improve load times and responsiveness in the Homepage

Resolved an issue where double-clicking on charts in the Campaign Dashboard caused unexpected scrolling behavior in the Campaign Dashboard

Fixed an issue where comment formatting was lost when sent from the Idea Management Platform to Microsoft Teams.

The x-axis in the Current Pipeline in the Campaign Dashboard now automatically adjusts to the maximum value for better data visualization.

Search With AI Improvements: We have tweaked our search with AI to give better, more relevant results based on context.

Optimized ideas board for better performance

Fixed a bug where confirmation boxes on campaign settings was displayed in two lines in macOS

Custom keywords public API endpoint is now available

New Engagement Dashboard: The campaign dashboard has been replaced with the new Engagement Dashboard, featuring key metrics like submissions, audience engagement percentages, funnel and pipeline insights, and time-based trends in a modernized user interface. It now provides everything you need to measure and improve campaign engagement in one place.

Images on idea details are now shown in Teams in an image viewer.

Fixed an issue where Idea cards were are rendered incorrectly (as a column)

Options in the sorting dropdown are now translated

Customized submission names are now translated

Anonymous Submission: A campaign-level setting that allows users to submit ideas anonymously, offering them the choice to share ideas without revealing their identity. This ensures full anonymity, meaning even administrators cannot see who submitted the idea. This feature is available as an add-on—please contact your Customer Success Manager for more details.

“Most Votes” sorting option is now available in any campaign with at least one vote and is also available in global search.

AI Search now highlights matching keywords in the search results, making it easier to identify relevant information at a glance.

Voter list now shows all users in global search

A rare case of voter list showing up empty on ideas has been fixed

We’ve added two new charts to the campaign dashboard:

Custom fields with 1000 or more possible values can be now saved

An improvement on Viva Engage syncronization has been made to improve how ideas with and without tags are synced.

Fixed a case when some private messages were not sent via automations to Teams and Viva Engage