At Explo, we are constantly evolving our platform to meet the diverse needs of our customers, helping them create seamless, branded, and functional data experiences. This month, we’re excited to spotlight three transformative updates to our product: Extended Color Palettes, Preview Mode for Report Builder, and Column Fit for Report Builder. These updates are designed to amplify your ability to visualize, customize, and share data effortlessly.

1. Expanded Color Palette: Taking White Labeling to New Heights

Brand identity is crucial when embedding dashboards into your product. Recognizing this, we’ve significantly enhanced our Global Styles Categorical Palette, doubling the color options and providing greater flexibility in customization.

What’s New?

• Expanded Palette: We’ve increased the number of colors in the categorical palette to 12. This expansion offers more diversity in visualization, helping you present data in ways that are both impactful and brand-consistent.

Why It Matters

Branding is more than just a logo—it's about providing a consistent experience for your users. With the enhanced color palette, your embedded dashboards can now reflect your brand’s personality with precision. Whether you're showcasing customer metrics, internal reports, or visualizing trends, the expanded palette ensures every visualization feels uniquely yours.

2. Preview Mode for Report Builder: Precision and Usability Combined

Building and iterating reports is a key part of data storytelling. To make this process even more intuitive, we’ve introduced a Preview Mode for our Report Builder. This feature empowers you to fine-tune your reports with a clear understanding of how they’ll appear and function before finalizing them.

What’s New?

• Instant Previews: You can now preview reports directly within the Explo Report Builder. This means you no longer need to create multiple versions or toggle between editing and output views to get the final look you desire.
• Team Empowerment: Preview Mode equips product and engineering teams with the ability to understand how the report will be used in real-world scenarios. By seeing a close-to-final version, teams can identify areas for improvement, troubleshoot potential issues, and ensure optimal functionality.

Why It Matters

Iterative design is at the heart of creating useful and user-friendly reports. The new Preview Mode accelerates this process by allowing teams to view changes in real time. This reduces back-and-forth, improves collaboration, and ensures every report delivers exactly what your users need.

3. Column Fit Options Report Builder: Easily Readable Reporting

In data reporting, details matter. Ensuring that every column header, data point, and metric is displayed clearly can make the difference between a report that informs and one that confuses. That’s why we’ve introduced the Column Fit feature in Report Builder, giving you precise control over column widths.

What’s New?

• Custom Column Widths: Adjust the width of columns to ensure data, titles, and inputs are fully visible.
• Flexible Sizing Options:
• Default: Columns are equally spaced across the report.
• Fit Cell: Columns resize to match the content within.
• Fit Cell and Header: Columns adjust to accommodate the larger of the two—either the header or the cell content.
• Seamless Exports: These adjustments carry over when exporting reports to PDF or email, ensuring consistency across all formats.

Why It Matters

Reports often contain a wealth of information, and poor formatting can obscure key details. With Column Fit, you can present data clearly and professionally, making it easier for users to interpret and act on the information provided. The ability to customize column widths ensures that no data point is cut off, and every detail is precisely where it needs to be.

Putting It All Together

These three updates—Extended Color Palette, Preview Mode for Report Builder, and Column Fit Options for Report Builder—represent Explo’s commitment to empowering our customers with tools that are as flexible and innovative as their needs. Let’s explore how these updates can work together in a real-world scenario.

A Unified Example

A retail analytics platform using Explo to embed dashboards for its clients might leverage all three features in the following ways:

1. Expanded Color Palette ensures that every data visualization, from sales trends to inventory levels, aligns perfectly with the platform’s branding.
2. Preview Mode enables the product team to iterate quickly on client-facing reports, testing various layouts and content combinations to find the most effective presentation.
3. Column Fit Options guarantees that detailed product names, SKUs, and sales figures are clearly visible, both in the dashboard and in exported reports shared with clients.

The result? A professional, cohesive, and user-friendly experience that adds value to the platform and strengthens client relationships.

What’s Next?

As we continue to innovate, our focus remains on helping you deliver exceptional data experiences. These updates are just the beginning of what’s in store for Explo users. We’re excited to hear how you’re using these features to enhance your workflows and create better reports for your teams and customers.

If you haven’t explored these updates yet, now’s the time to dive in. Your feedback is invaluable in shaping the future of Explo, so don’t hesitate to share your thoughts and ideas.

Ready to get started? Try Explo and experience these enhancements today! And if you’re new to Explo, schedule a demo to see how we can help you transform your data experience.

With these enhancements, we’re confident you’ll find it easier than ever to create reports and dashboards that are visually stunning, functionally robust, and tailored to your needs. Keep an eye on this space for more updates as we continue to innovate for you.

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