Stephen Hambling talks openly about what’s new in the major release of Jedox 26 on Kybos Diary of a CFO.
The Jedox 26 major release builds on exactly that foundation. It brings JedoxAI to a new level, makes the platform more modern, strengthens the Integrator as the foundation for connected data workflows, and gives teams more control across the platform. These improvements show what it means to be built for the AI era: not just adding AI on top but combining trusted performance data with AI in a way that helps people understand more, move faster, and plan with greater confidence.
JedoxAI brings AI more directly into the everyday work of IBP
With JedoxAI, planners and analysts can explore data in natural language, create and refine Views more quickly, and move through ad hoc analysis more naturally across reports and Dynatables. That already makes the experience faster and more intuitive. But the bigger step is that AI is becoming more useful for understanding business performance and planning outcomes, not just retrieving information.
With the Data Insights feature, JedoxAI helps turn KPI analysis into something more guided, explainable, and immediately useful. In seconds, teams can compare numbers, identify trends, surface drivers, break down performance across dimensions, and translate complex behavior into clearer insights that are easier to understand, communicate, and turn into presentation-ready outputs. Finance teams don’t need more noise. They need trusted performance information that can be interpreted faster, explained more clearly, and shared more effectively.
This is where the real opportunity of AI in integrated business planning (IBP) becomes visible. The value isn’t in combining business software with generic AI for its own sake. The value comes from combining reliable, contextual internal performance information with generative AI capabilities that help teams analyse more quickly, generate better insights more often, and turn those insights into faster, more confident decisions. The Jedox 26 major release takes a meaningful step in exactly that direction.
A next-gen Integrator for a connected data ecosystem
Most organisations don’t lack data sources. They struggle to connect them consistently, preserve business context, and turn them into a clean, usable foundation for planning, analysis, and AI. That’s exactly why the Integrator matters so much in the Jedox 26 major release. It strengthens the data foundation behind better insights and decisions by making it easier to bring together information from across the business in a way that stays connected, contextual, and usable.
The Jedox 26 major release advances the Integrator in several meaningful ways. A more modern UI creates a more flexible and capable environment for technical teams. Native Python support opens the door to more natural scripting, broader automation scenarios, and more advanced transformation logic. Improved JSON handling reduces friction in API-heavy and nested data workflows that have become part of everyday enterprise integration work.
Just as importantly, the Integrator is becoming easier to work with. JedoxAI support within the Integrator helps teams move faster with automated script generation, quick troubleshooting, and contextual guidance.
This is what makes the Integrator more than just a technical component in this release. It helps organisations bring together data from across the business and beyond in a way that stays consistent, connected, and usable. In a market full of disconnected data and fragmented workflows, that foundation becomes a real advantage.
A more modern and responsive experience across the platform
Modern enterprise software has to be responsive, intuitive, and ready for the pace at which teams work today. That’s true whether people are analyzing performance in Dynatables, working in Canvas, navigating across content in Jedox Web, or moving between planning, reporting, and collaboration workflows.
The Jedox 26 major release also brings huge improvements to the everyday experience across the platform. Faster interaction, better responsiveness, and a more state-of-the-art front-end experience all contribute to a platform that feels more natural and more capable.
The value of these improvements is in the cumulative effect: less friction, faster analysis, better orientation, and a smoother path from question to answer. When the platform is easier to work with, teams can stay focused on decisions instead of mechanics.
More control across the platform
This release also strengthens how teams manage access, rollout, and connected workflows across the platform.
Self-service SAML configuration helps administrators manage authentication more independently and reduce reliance on support in important setup scenarios. And continued improvements across Jedox, Excel, and Microsoft 365 help connected workflows feel more transparent and more usable across the broader planning ecosystem.
Future-ready planning software needs more than intelligence at the surface. It has to give organisations control, adaptability, and operational support to keep pace as the business evolves.
Highlights at a glance
Here are some of the key areas of progress in the Jedox 26 major release:
- Self-service SAML strengthens control across the platform value.
- Data Insights feature/Reporting Agent helps turn KPI performance into clearer and more explainable insights
- JedoxAI becomes more useful in everyday work; natural language interaction makes it easier to create and refine Views and explore data
- AI-generated insights can be turned into presentation-ready outputs more quickly
- The Integrator becomes more modern, flexible, and capable for connected data workflows
- Native Python support and improved JSON handling expand what technical teams can build and automate
- AI-assisted support in the Integrator helps teams work faster and with more confidence
- Improvements across Dynatables, Canvas, and Jedox Web make everyday workflows more responsive and intuitive
