Apteco Orbit features overview

The following quick reference resource provides an overview of Orbit development with the necessary minimum release requirements. This table lists Orbit features as they are released, with release date, version, Orbit area, feature, and requirement notes.

The following columns provide highlighted links, and requirements information:

• Release date: Links directly to the release notes from that date

• Feature: Links directly to the supporting help section/document

• Requirement notes: Contains any requirements specific to that feature, such as:

  • Quarterly product requirements: For example, FastStats, PeopleStage, or Designer Q2, 2022

  • Bundle/licensing requirements: For example, Analyse Selector bundle or Campaign Broadcaster bundle

Release date	Version	Orbit area	Feature	Requirement notes
03 September 2024	2.1.9	Campaign	Transactional campaigns
21 August 2024	2.1.7	Analyse	Dashboard quick search
07 August 2024	2.1.6	Analyse	Charts in audiences
25 July 2024	2.1.4	Connect	Connect onboarding
10 July 2024	2.1.3	Dashboards	Copying dashboards, tabs, and tiles
26 June 2024	2.1.1	Campaigns	Copy and reuse campaign journey steps
11 June 2024	2.1.0	Campaigns	Sections and path redirects in campaign journeys Journey builder compact design
30 May 2024	2.0.1	Connect	Build your campaign-ready marketing platform	Orbit connect is currently only available via Apteco Cloud. This feature requires a FastStats Service version of Q2 2024 or later.
15 May 2024	2.0.0	Analyse	Expected vs actual number cards ROI calculation number cards
02 May 2024	1.16.3	Campaigns	Editing a locked campaign
22 April 2024	1.16.2	Analyse Campaigns	Dashboard tile notes Viewing audience details
08 April 2024	1.16.0	Connect Campaigns	Orbit connect Form builder	Orbit connect is currently only available via Apteco Cloud. The form builder feature is only available to Apteco email users.
20 March 2024	1.15.2	Campaigns	Multi-stage campaigns
06 March 2024	1.15.1	Campaigns	WhatsApp messaging in Orbit campaigns Meta Ads in Orbit campaigns	These features require a FastStats Service version of Q3 2023 or later.
22 February 2024	1.15.0	Dashboards	Tabbed dashboards
06 February 2024	1.14.6	Dashboards	Look-alike analytics	This feature requires a FastStats Service version of Q4 2023 or later.
25 January 2024	1.14.5	Configuration	Administrator defined time window for Orbit updates
10 January 2024	1.14.3	Campaigns	Personalisation validation using Apteco email	You must set up and use an Apteco email channel in your Orbit campaigns.
13 December 2023	1.14.2	General	Festive snowflakes
29 November 2023	1.14.1	Campaigns	Apteco email	Apteco email requires Apteco software version Q3 2023 or above.
15 November 2023	1.14.0	Audiences	Audience look-alikes	This feature requires a FastStats Service version of Q3 2023 or later.
31 October 2023	1.13.12	N/A	N/A
18 October 2023	1.13.11	General	Apteco Salesforce App
04 October 2023	1.13.10	N/A	N/A
20 September 2023	1.13.9	Campaigns Campaigns	Live and draft campaign modes Pause and resume campaigns	The option to delete a saved draft using the Delete Draft Version function is only available when using Apteco software version Q3 2023 and above.
06 September 2023	1.13.8	Audiences	Cubes in audience workbooks	This feature requires an Analyser bundle or above. For more information on our bundles, see Pricing.
23 August 2023	1.13.7	N/A	N/A
09 August 2023	1.13.6	Audiences	Selector picklist improvements
26 July 2023	1.13.4	Audiences   General	Audience workbooks: Working with dates   New integration area
13 July 2023	1.13.3	Campaigns	Manual campaign approval	This feature requires a FastStats Service version of Q2 2023 or later.
29 June 2023	1.13.2	Audiences   Audiences   Campaigns	Workbooks: Improved multi-answer selection   Changes to existing audiences   Recording communications history
14 June 2023	1.13.0	Audiences	Audience workbooks
01 June 2023	1.12.8	Campaigns	Making changes to a published campaign
17 May 2023	1.12.7	Dashboards   Campaigns	Expressions as filters   Campaign validation
05 May 2023	1.12.6	Dashboards Campaigns General	Data grids as dashboard tiles Journey builder enhancements Optimizely integration guide
19 April 2023	1.12.4	Campaigns	Refresh counts	The refresh counts feature is functionally dependent on changes in our PeopleStage Q2 2023 release.
05 April 2023	1.12.3	Dashboards	Text variables as dimensions
22 March 2023	1.12.2	Configuration General	SSO with OpenID Connect New security and privacy section
08 March 2023	1.12.1	Dashboards General General	Temporary URN files in dashboard filters Single Sign On (SSO) documentation Technical services hub now available
22 February 2023	1.12.0	Campaigns	Journey builder	PeopleStage Q1 2023 (for refresh counts Q2 2023 is required).
25 January 2023	1.11.3	Dashboards Dashboards	Tile options Sharing an audience
11 January 2023	1.11.2	Dashboards	Importing selector values for selection or suppression	FastStats Service Version from Q4 2022 is required.