InEight Explore Release Notes

Explore 25.9 Release Notes

This is a preview of the upcoming release. General release is available starting 27-OCT-2025.

*Updated 03-OCT-2025

APIs

(Breaking change) UnitOfMeasure field removed - The data in this field contains only null values and has been removed from the Explore_Control_CurrentBudget and SelfService_Control_CurrentBudget APIs.

(Breaking change) SelfService_Contract_CCODetail data type change - The data type for the RequestedExtensionDaysContract, RequestedExtensionDaysForecast, ApprovedExtensionDaysContract, and ApprovedExtensionDaysForecast fields have been changed from Integer to Decimal in this release.

(Breaking change) SelfService_Contract_CCOSummary data type change – The data type for the RequestedExtensionDays field has been changed from Integer to Decimal in this release.

(Breaking change) SelfService_Contract_IssueSummary data type change - The data type for the DelayDays field was changed from Integer to Decimal.

(Breaking change) SelfService_Contract_PCODetail data type change - The data type for the RequestedExtensionDaysContract, RequestedExtensionDaysForecast, ApprovedExtensionDaysContract, and ApprovedExtensionDaysForecast fields have been changed from Integer to Decimal.

(Breaking change) InEight Plan APIs removed – These APIs: SelfService_Plan_ComponentConfiguration, SelfService_Plan_ComponentConfigurationValue, and SelfService_Plan_ProjectComponentPartialView have been removed in this release for Plan.

(Breaking change) SelfService_Schedule_ScheduleRegisterEventProbability – In this API the field ScheduleId can now have a null value.

InEight Contract – A new API, SelfService_Contract_ChangeIssueCustomGroupElement has been added for Contract.

InEight Estimate – A new API, SelfService_Estimate_JobFolderTags has been added for Estimate.

InEight Schedule – The new APIs, SelfService_Schedule_ScheduleIntervalResource and SelfService_Schedule_SchedulePlanningPackageLogicLink have been added for Schedule.

SelfService_Billings_BillingsBatch – A new field for Description has been added to this API.

SelfService_Billings_BillingsLineItem – A new field for InvoiceNum has been added to this API.

SelfService_Contract_ContractDocument – New fields for IsPlaceholderDocument and PlaceHolderDocumentId have been added to this API.

SelfService_Contract_Detail – A new field for ContractId has been added to this API.

SelfService_Contract_PricingProposal – A new field for IsUnassignedItem has been added to this API.

SelfService_Contract_VendorChangeOrder – The Comments field has been added to this API.

Explore_Core_Employee and SelfService_Core_Employee - New fields for EmployeePIN, DefaultCostCenterSourceSystemId, and UnionSourceSystemId have been added to these APIs.

Selfservice_Core_ProjectEquipment – A new field for IsOverriddenRate has been added to this API.

SelfService_Core_Equipment – A new field for StandbyUnitCost has been added to this API.

SelfService Estimate APIs - All SelfService Estimate APIs that are suffixed with CalculatedValue or ReferenceData now include fields for the Base Table Primary Key (Id) and Unique Identifier (UID) if the API previously did not have them. This allows joining between the tables by the Primary Key. Read more

The following is a sample of the APIs and the new fields added:

In SelfService_Estimate_AccountCodeCalculatedValue, new fields have been added for EstimateAccountCodeId and EstimateAccountCodeUID
In SelfService_Estimate_AccountCodeReferencedData, new fields have been added for EstimateAccountCodeId and EstimateAccountCodeUID.
In SelfService_Estimate_AccountCostItemUtilizationsCalculatedValue, new fields have been added for AccountCostItemUtilizationsId and AccountCostItemUtilizationsUID.
In SelfService_Estimate_AccountCostItemUtilizationsReferencedData, new fields have been added for AccountCostItemUtilizationsId and AccountCostItemUtilizationsUID.
In SelfService_Estimate_JobCalculatedValue, new fields have been added for EstimateJobId and EstimateJobUID.
In SelfService_Estimate_JobReferencedData, new fields have been added for EstimateJobId and EstimateJobUID.

Selfservice_Plan_Component – A new field for IsComplianceRequired has been added to this API.

Explore_Plan_Timecard and SelfService_Plan_Timecard – The following new fields have been added to these APIs. Read more

Application

*Plan/Progress dashboard deprecation – The following dashboards for Plan and Progress will be deprecated in release 25.11. The data from these dashboards is available in the Field Execution dashboard.

Operations dashboard
Work Planning dashboard
Advanced Work Packaging dashboard

Estimate Portfolio dashboard – The Estimate Portfolio dashboard covers a wide range of InEight Estimate SaaS product features and functionalities. The dashboard provides an in depth, consolidated view of your entire estimate portfolio. This dashboard was available to preview in Release 25.7 and is officially available in this release. Some additional changes are included in this release. Read more

The Unit Rate Comparison has been enhanced. For each of the five Unit Rate types (Cost/Mhr, Unit Cost, Unit Mhr, Qty/Mhr, and Labor Cost/Mhr) a dedicated comparison matrix now shows next to the scatter plots. This matrix shows the Current job's estimated unit rate and the Lowest, Highest, and Average As Built values from the selected benchmark jobs.

A new page has been added for Benchmarking | 3 that shows each of the five rate types:

Average Rate Buildup across Estimates for both Estimated and As Built Rates.

This allows you to quickly identify outliers or jobs that you want to exclude from benchmark analysis which will automatically update the low, high and average as built benchmark values in the CBS View.

Low, High and Average As Built Benchmark Rates at Cost Item Level.

All 24 job tags are now available in the Job Register table to improve filtering. This update allows you to filter Estimate data more flexibly by applying job tags as additional slicers in Edit mode. This enhancement provides greater control over data segmentation, allowing you to tailor views and comparisons based on specific job attributes.

Project Controls dashboard – The Unit Rate Comparison has been enhanced. For each of the five Unit Rate types (Cost/Mhr, Unit Cost, Unit Mhr, Qty/Mhr, and Labor Cost/Mhr) a dedicated comparison matrix now shows next to the scatter plots. This matrix shows the Current project's unit rate and the Lowest, Highest, and Average As Built values from the selected benchmark projects. Read more

The layout allows for a direct comparison between the current project and benchmark projects across all unit rate types.

When an account code is selected or highlighted in the Job Comparison matrix, both the scatter plots and the comparison matrices update automatically, making it easy to analyze performance and identify outliers or trends.

Additional Views for Cost and Manhour curves have been added. Both Cost and Manhour curves now provide values as percentages. Also, users of reports can now visualize curves across projects and further drill down in the CBS hierarchy to see values at cost item level.

Alternative Forecast Margin calculations have been added to the Project Controls dashboard. InEight Control by default calculates Forecast Margin as: Forecast Total Revenue - Forecast Total Cost.

The new measure that has been added as an alternative calculates this as Total Price - Forecast Total Cost, which will be available for previous snapshot periods as well.

Total Margin (Forecast) 2 - Provides the Total FC Margin for the current period.
Total Margin (Forecast) (SS) 2 - Provides the Total FC Margin for the Selected Snapshot period.
Total Margin (Forecast) (SS) (Diff) 2 - Difference between current fc margin and previous.

Field Execution dashboard – New fields have been added to the data model for this dashboard. Estimated Actual Cost (Overall)(Billing)(Emp), Estimated Actual Cost (Overall)(Billing)(Eqp), and Estimated Actual Cost (Overall)(Billing) have been added under the 2. Cost folder. Also in this folder, Employee Billing Rates for ST, OT, and DT were added, and Billing Class was added for employees and equipment.