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
12 December 2024 2.1.16 Campaign Triggered events
Campaign goals
Campaigner bundle, Apteco software Q4 2024
26 November 2024 2.1.15 Analyse
Connect
Maps in workbooks
New database connections
 
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.