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Bold BI Product Roadmap 2026
The Bold BI product roadmap lists 39 features for embedded analytics, AI, data connectors, security, and Azure and Kubernetes deployment: 14 Upcoming, 8 In Progress and 17 Released. Bold BI ships a main release every 3 months. Released features show their version and release notes.
Upcoming
14Bold BI has 14 planned features beyond the current release, v17.1.30. None has a committed date.
AI AI AI provider and model in BYOK
Let BYOK users choose other Anthropic models, planned for a future release. Already available: multi-model AI support (v17.1.30), Anthropic as a BYOK provider (v16.1.90), 3 BYOK providers (OpenAI, Azure OpenAI and Anthropic) and 4 choices on the AI configuration screen (Bold BI AI Service, OpenAI, Anthropic and Azure AI).
AI AI-assisted analytics creation
Create and refine dashboards, queries, filters, and data workflows using natural language and reusable AI-generated assets.
AI Voice and multimodal analytics
Enable voice-driven analytics and image-based inputs for a more intuitive and accessible experience.
Data sources Dashboard-level expressions
Allow expressions to be defined at the dashboard level, enabling reusable calculations and simplified data modeling.
Data sources Column-level security
Protect sensitive data with granular column-level access controls based on user roles and permissions.
Designer Modern designer convergence
Deliver a unified design experience across modern widgets while continuing to close feature gaps with classic widgets.
Designer Guided dashboard modernization
Simplify migration from classic widgets with automated assessment, conversion, validation, and rollback capabilities.
Designer Advanced embedded authoring
Improve embedded analytics with customizable navigation, themes, tenant previews, and authoring APIs.
Data sources Advanced relationship modeling
Improve data modeling with composite keys, many-to-many relationships, cardinality controls, and smart recommendations.
Data sources AI-assisted query optimization
Analyze queries and metadata to recommend indexing, caching, and access optimizations for improved performance.
Server Role-based permission enhancements
Extend the existing role-based access, which assigns view, edit or admin rights by role, with more granular control over dashboard features and administrative capabilities.
Server Audit logging enhancements
Extend the existing audit trail, available in all 3 editions, with end-to-end audit trails for user activity, dashboard changes, data source updates, and administrative actions.
Server Collaboration and recovery enhancements
Build on the existing version history and rollback, available in all 3 editions, with change tracking, conflict detection, and editing safeguards.
In Progress
8Bold BI has 8 features in progress, being developed or tested now.
AI Goal-driven AI agent mode
Enable AI agents to perform multistep analysis and deliver evidence-based insights and recommendations.
Data sources New data connectors
Expand connectivity with new connectors for Cube.js and InterSystems Caché. The Azure Databricks Direct Connector with Live Mode shipped in v17.1.30, and Semantic Model is already a connector category.
Data sources Hybrid data cache enhancements
Extend Hybrid Data Cache support to more SQL-based data sources for faster queries and improved performance.
Designer Modern widget enhancements
Continue improving modern widgets with advanced customization, feature parity, and stability enhancements.
Server Tag-based organization and filtering
Introduce tags for dashboards and data sources to improve organization, searchability, and content management.
IDP Dedicated storage support
Add support for OCI Object Storage, Azure Blob Storage, and Amazon S3 as dedicated storage for application data.
Server Performance enhancements
Improve application responsiveness, dashboard rendering performance, and scalability across large deployments.
Deployment In-app upgrade for Kubernetes
Simplify upgrades with guided workflows, validation checks, automated backups, verification, and rollback support.
Released
17Bold BI has 17 released features, available now.
Deployment Azure app service deployment
Added support for deploying Bold BI on Linux-based Azure Web Apps using containers.
Available since: 17.1
Deployment Multi architecture container deployment
Added manifest support for multicontainer images, enabling deployments on both AMD and ARM architectures across Docker and Kubernetes environments.
Available since: 14.2
AI MCP Integration for Bold BI
Enabled Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration to improve interoperability with external AI systems and tooling.
Available since: 16.2
Deployment Traefik and Azure application gateway support
Introduced support for Traefik and Azure application gateway to provide modern load balancing options for Kubernetes deployments.
Available since: 15.1
AI Multilingual AI Assistant support
Enabled localization for the AI Assistant, AI Copilot, and AI Agent to support global, multilanguage deployments.
Available since: 15.1
AI AI credits payment system
Introduced an AI credit–based billing model to give customers flexible and controlled usage of AI features.
Available since: 16.1
AI Domain synonym support
Added synonym management for column names and values to improve AI interpretation and search accuracy.
Available since: 15.1
AI Prompts for AI summarization
Enabled dashboard-level custom prompts to generate tailored, AI-based dashboard summaries.
Available since: 16.1
AI Summarization API
Released summarization APIs to allow customers to programmatically generate AI based dashboard summaries.
Available since: 13.1
Bold Data Hub StarRocks destination support
Released StarRocks as a supported destination in the Bold Data Hub for high performance analytical workloads.
Available since: v15.1
AI Presto and Trino connectors
Added native support for Presto and Trino connectors in the Bold Data Hub for advanced analytics use cases.
Available since: 16.1
Data sources Dashboard-level expressions
Released dashboard-level expressions, allowing users to define reusable calculations at the dashboard level without modifying the underlying data source, simplifying data modeling and dashboard maintenance.
Available since: 16.1
Designer Dashboard performance and progressive loading
Improved dashboard responsiveness through loading by page, tab-level lazy loading, request batching, query coalescing, in-memory caching, concurrent execution improvements, and data-source-aware widget grouping.
Available since: 16.1
Designer Modern designer and modern widgets
Introduced version 2 of the dashboard grid, a modern widget panel, new modern widgets, property search, and rendering-status indicators.
Available since: 16.1
IDP Reverse proxy support
Added reverse proxy support to route application requests based on the request domain, eliminating the need to use application-specific URLs throughout Bold BI operations.
Available since: 15.1
IDP Meta database connection management via UI
Added UI-based support for updating the tenant management service meta database connection string without requiring manual configuration changes.
Available since: 16.1
Server Bulk dashboard migration between categories
Introduced the ability to bulk-move dashboards across categories, simplifying content organization and management.
Available since: 15.1
FAQ
Bold BI roadmap questions, answered
How many features are on the Bold BI roadmap?
39 today: 14 Upcoming, 8 In Progress and 17 Released.
How often does Bold BI release?
Bold BI ships a main release every 3 months and the current release is v17.1.30, released on October 1, 2026.
Does Bold BI have MCP integration?
Yes. MCP Integration for Bold BI is on the Released list.
Can the Bold BI roadmap change?
Yes. Plans can change as customer feedback arrives.
How do I suggest a Bold BI feature?
Use the Suggest a Feature button at the end of this page.
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