June 21st, 2025
Release Highlights
Star Locations for easier access
Tired of searching for the same Locations over and over? Save time with our newest feature: Starred Locations. Starring your most-used Locations will pin them to the top of the Network in Location Filters and group them in a dedicated section in Location drop-downs across the platform.
Like, acknowledge, and comment on Items from a List
You can now like, acknowledge, and comment on Items from a List, eliminating the need to open Items individually. Depending on your List View, the engagement icons will appear in a dedicated column or in the Item Details. These actions are also now available in the Quick Edit menu, making it simple to engage with any Item in a List.
Upgrade to Files and Links columns
Files and Links columns just got a major upgrade. Instead of only showing a count, they now display the actual files and links for each Item. You can even preview files and open links directly from the List—no extra clicks needed.
Increased file attachment size limit
We’ve boosted the file attachment size limit from 15 MB to 50 MB. Now you can upload larger files without hassle, making it easier to share key resources.
All Enhancements
Dates
- Previously, when planning an Item to activate on a specific date, the earliest you could set the Start Date was tomorrow. We updated this logic so that there is no restriction unless you intentionally turn on this setting for specific Templates.
File Attachments
- We increased the file attachment size limit from 15 MB to 50 MB, allowing you to upload larger files without hassle.
Filter
- We enhanced the Milestone Status filter to make it more intuitive and powerful. You can now filter by who approved a Milestone and who last updated it. Previously it was only possible to filter for eligible approvers.
- When filtering for Items with links, Item links—including Chart Annotations—are now included along with other hyperlinks.
Fishbone
- Fishbone Diagrams set to display by default on an Item will now also appear automatically on copied Items.
Import
- Items can now be archived using the JSON Item API and through XLSX Item imports handled by KaiNexus staff.
Item
- Clicking “View” on a comment flag at the top of an Item now opens a window showing its comments when there is no dedicated comments tab. This lets you easily read recent comments, whether or not the tab is available.
List
- You can now like, acknowledge, and comment on Items from a List, eliminating the need to open Items individually. Depending on your List View, the engagement icons will appear in a dedicated column or in the Item Details. These actions are also now available in the Quick Edit menu, making it simple to engage with any Item in a List.
- Files and Links columns just got a major upgrade. Instead of only showing a count, they now display the actual files and links for each Item. You can even preview files and open links directly from the List—no extra clicks needed.
Milestones
- You can now set up Optional Milestones that activate based on an Item’s Originating or Responsible Location. This is perfect for organizations where different areas follow different milestone requirements.
- Milestones can now automatically move to “Approved” status based on a selected Attribute Value.
- Optional Milestones can now activate when specific Impacts are logged on an Item, including Impacts with unknown amounts.
Network
- Tired of searching for the same Locations over and over? Save time with our newest feature: Starred Locations. Starring your most-used Locations will pin them to the top of the Network in Location Filters and group them in a dedicated section in Location drop-downs across the platform.
Reports
- Weighted Score Attributes are now included in Attribute Reports, giving you access to detailed activity and Impact data for Attributes that contribute to Weighted Scores.
- Attribute Reports now support Shared Value Groups, helping you create reports based on Attributes that share common values without adding each one individually. This makes it easier to spot trends in how values are used across related Attributes.
- When your Attribute Report is filtered by a Shared Value Group, you can use the new “Combine Values” option to choose whether to group the Attributes together and view data for each shared value, or to see the responses for each Attribute separately.
- You can now customize Attribute Reports to display only specific values, giving you more control over which Attribute Values are included or excluded.
- The Attribute Summary Report includes a new visualization option. By enabling the “Attribute” toggle, you can group data by Attribute rather than by Attribute Value. This is especially useful when your report includes multiple Attributes with different sets of values, making it easier to view a clear breakdown for each one.
Resolution
- You can now choose to customize the default Recurring interval—such as day, week, or month—on quantitative Impact Types. You can also control which interval options are available for selection.
Translation
- We made more areas of KaiNexus translatable, including several labels on the Create Screen and placeholder text that appears on the Item Work Panel.
User Profile
- We updated the design of avatars for users without profile pictures. Instead of a generic icon, their initials will now appear, making it easier to recognize who they are.
- We updated “Excluded Habit Locations” to “Excluded Activity Locations” in your organization’s General settings. Users in these Locations will no longer have a visible activity feed or Badges in their profile and will continue to be excluded from Habit tracking. Use this setting to limit activity tracking in specific areas of your organization for privacy purposes.
Bug Fixes
- The Template column in the Attributes administration page will no longer display Templates on which the Attribute is no longer present.
- We fixed a bug that allowed new values to be added to Attributes where that shouldn’t be possible, such as those in a Shared Value Group.
- Items will now be returned correctly when you filter them by a Weighted Attribute using a Shared Value Group.
- We fixed a bug causing certain Charts to give an error message when saving new data.
- The y-axis on Charts will no longer display negative numbers when the data includes only positive values.
- We resolved an issue where Chart x-axis labels would be cut off if they were too long.
- Capture Users will no longer see the Bookmark, Like, or Acknowledge icons on Items, since they do not have permission to use these features.
- You can no longer select the Item you are currently creating as its own parent on Create Screens, helping prevent accidental errors.
- We fixed a bug causing text to be cleared when typing via a digital keyboard as a Kiosk User.
- Notifications will no longer be sent to assigned Milestone Approvers until the Milestone is Ready for Approval.
- Opt-in email notifications will now be successfully sent when you are on the Item’s Team.
- We fixed a bug causing certain Item Curve Reports to fail to load data.
- Cycle Time Over Time Reports displayed as a line will no longer have data point values cut off.
- The Responsible Team Role will now appear on the Create Screen when creating an Item in Planned Status even when a Milestone is blocking activation.
- Conditional Panels can now be controlled by Attributes in a Shared Value Group.
- We fixed a bug causing placeholder text to not wrap in Text Areas.
- We resolved an issue causing certain translations to not load in languages other than English.
- Weighted Score Groups with editing restricted to specific Locations or Level Types will no longer show edit or delete options for Items outside the specified Locations.
- We fixed a bug causing certain Impact Widgets to time-out while loading the Item List drill-down.