Spider Impact 5.8: Enterprise AI and No-Code Apps

We're excited to announce Spider Impact 5.8, our most transformative update yet.

This release brings enterprise-grade AI intelligence, a powerful application development platform, and comprehensive performance improvements across the entire system—all while maintaining the security you expect.

Impact Assistant: Enterprise AI That Respects Your Data

The headline feature of Spider Impact 5.8 is Impact Assistant, our AI capability built with enterprise security by design. Ask questions in everyday language—"What was total revenue by product last quarter?" or "Show me customer complaint trends"—and get instant visualizations and answers.

Your actual data values never leave your environment. Impact Assistant uses only metadata—dataset names, field types, and aggregate statistics. This means:

• AI cannot hallucinate your data—all values come from your secure database
• No data used for AI training—contractual guarantees protect your information
• FedRAMP-authorized for government customers—operates within Amazon GovCloud
• High performance—minimal data transfer means fast responses

Every team member can explore data and get answers in seconds, not hours—democratizing analytics without compromising security.

Apps Platform: Custom Applications, No Code Required

Forms have evolved into a complete application development platform. Build sophisticated, task-specific applications without writing code, featuring:

• Multi-column responsive layouts with drag-and-drop design
• Form variables for temporary data and complex workflows
• File attachments as native dataset fields
• Dialog-based editing for linked records
• Behind-the-scenes record manipulation across multiple datasets
• Panel widgets and enhanced buttons for polished interfaces

Apps package these advanced forms with dashboards and reports into standalone applications with dedicated URLs. Build project intake systems, customer portals, operational trackers, or data collection tools—deploy custom apps in days, not months.

Apps are included for all customers with Forms access (automatic at 25+ licenses, available as add-on for smaller teams).

Platform-Wide Enhancements

Spider Impact 5.8 refines virtually every part of the platform:

Visualization breakthroughs:

• New bullseye charts for comparing measurements to baselines with visual threshold zones
• Treemap value displays, configurable gridlines, and geographic/rollup breakdowns
• Improved bar chart labels and calculated scorecard series

Performance gains:

• 20-50% faster score calculation through optimized processing
• Instant dataset summaries even for millions of records
• Complex forms now load in seconds instead of 10-20 seconds

Smarter workflows:

• Dashboard aspect ratio control for perfect PowerPoint exports
• Cleaner Excel exports and shared Google Sheets support
• Configurable number formatting and new currency support
• Automatic database maintenance for optimal performance

Ready to Learn More?

We've got fully interactive documentation available in our knowledge base. To help you discover everything Spider Impact has to offer, we also have free training videos on our website.

If you want to maximize your return on investment, we offer paid formal training courses and dedicated consulting engagements.

To see everything that's new in Spider Impact 5.8, download the "What's New in 5.8" guide, or watch the video tour:

About Spider Impact

Spider Impact empowers organizations with five key advantages:

• Strategy Execution: Align everyone toward a shared strategic vision with measurable goals
• Strategic Initiatives: Track initiative performance and optimize resource allocation
• Meetings Reinvented: Transform every meeting into a data-driven decision-making interaction
• Business Intelligence: Combine strategy execution with powerful data visualization and analytics
• Data Governance & Security: Maintain granular control over performance data access and security

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