Welcome to Businessmap's Version 11.10!

Welcome to the latest release of Businessmap! With Version 11.10, we’re excited to introduce a range of enhancements and new features designed to make your experience smoother, smarter, and more powerful. Whether you’re managing complex portfolios or looking for more insightful analytics, this update brings you closer to your business goals with greater flexibility and control. Dive in to discover what’s new and how these improvements can help you get more out of Businessmap!

1. Enrich Your Boards and Workspaces with Custom Data Fields
2. Brand new Search
3. AI Agents at your fingertips with the brand new N8N integration!
4. Dynamic Field Value Transfer in Business Rules
5. Half a Dozen Whiteboard improvements
6. Include Cycle Time from Other Workflows in Analytics
7. IMPORTANT Update about TLS 1.2 Support
8. Other Updates
   1. Changing the Owner of a Business Rule
   2. Keep Table State in Workflow Performance Summary
   3. Copy Milestones When Duplicating Boards and Workspaces
   4. Mail Integration Error Reporting

Enrich Your Boards and Workspaces with Custom Data Fields

Businessmap now enables the creation and management of custom data fields for each board and workspace. This enhancement makes it easier for managers to enrich their boards/workspaces metadata and drive smarter decisions through sophisticated reports.

For example, you can use these fields for simple budgeting, CAPEX/OPEX tracking, board and workspace tagging, and more. This flexibility allows you to capture and track key business assumptions and financial data directly within your boards and workspaces. You can easily split board budgets by investment areas, tag boards and workspaces for deeper reporting, and visualize your investments across different areas with aggregated dashboards. These attributes are fully available via API, enabling you to create custom BI reports and gain actionable insights. Learn more about this functionality here: Using Data Fields in Businessmap

Brand new Search

Searching within Businessmap just got a major upgrade! The new Search feature delivers lightning-fast performance, ensuring you find what you need with greater accuracy and speed. Whether you’re looking for cards, boards, or specific data points, the new Search is designed to handle complex queries and large datasets effortlessly. This marks a significant step forward in our commitment to providing intelligent, scalable search capabilities that grow with your organization.

The new search is NOT a replacement of the existing Advanced Search, which is still available in the system. Rather, it's meant to help you search quickly by text keywords - something which the Advanced Search is not optimized for. If you need sophisticated filtering or the full set of card properties to display, the Advanced Search is still the recommended option.

AI Agents at your fingertips with the brand new N8N integration!

We are thrilled to announce that the n8n-nodes-businessmap node has been officially published and verified on n8n Cloud! This means you can now seamlessly integrate Businessmap's powerful features directly into your n8n workflows. Simply search for the node on the n8n canvas and add it to your automation processes. To ensure smooth operation, please restart your n8n instance and enable the Verified Community Nodes option in the Admin Panel. Stay tuned for automatic updates as we continue to enhance the node. We appreciate your support and look forward to helping you automate with ease!

To install the node in your environment, follow these simple steps below:

Dynamic Field Value Transfer in Business Rules

With the latest update, Businessmap allows you to transfer field values from a triggering card to a newly created card via business rules. Whether you’re creating linked cards or subtasks, you can now automatically transfer the values of fields such as title, description, type, priority, owner, tags, deadlines, and more using dynamic functions. This feature supports a wide range of scenarios, from inheriting parent card details to customizing new cards based on specific triggers. The system intelligently replaces placeholders with actual values, ensuring your business rules are more flexible and context-aware. Date and time fields are adjusted according to the user’s timezone, making automation seamless and accurate. See the full list of supported fields here: Transfer properties from one card to another

Half a Dozen Whiteboard improvements

Ability to set custom colors:

Ability to resize workflow cells horizontally:

Resize a frame to fit its content:

Ability to block cards with a Blocked status:

We've updated the Text Color and Font Size pickers to be simpler and easier to use by non-technical users:

We've also updated the base color palette for better contrast and overall accessibility.

Include Cycle Time from Other Workflows in Analytics

Businessmap now lets you calculate cycle time for cards that have moved through multiple workflows, not just the selected ones. This enhancement applies to key analytics charts such as Scatterplot, Cycle Time Histogram, and Flow Efficiency, giving you a comprehensive view of your cards’ journey. You can choose to include time from other workflows or even from deleted workflows, with clear tooltips and configuration options. Additionally, block time from additional workflows is now tracked, helping you identify bottlenecks and optimize your processes. This feature is designed to meet the needs of advanced analytics users who require granular control over their data.

IMPORTANT Update about TLS 1.2 Support

As part of our ongoing efforts to strengthen security and encryption standards, the below two legacy TLS 1.2 cipher suites will be removed from our application's security policy in November 2025.

Dropped Cipher Suites

Following this change, certain outdated browsers and operating systems that depend on these cipher suites will not be able to establish a secure connection to Businessmap.

Impacted Browsers and Operating Systems

Modern browsers and operating systems will not be affected, as they support newer and the more secure GCM and ChaCha20 ciphers.

Other updates

Changing the Owner of a Business Rule

You can now easily change the owner of a business rule directly from the details view, just like you do with cards. The updated interface displays the owner field before the list of users with whom the rule is shared, making it intuitive to manage permissions. All changes are recorded in the business rule’s history, ensuring transparency and accountability. Only users with owner or manage business rules privileges will appear in the list, streamlining rule administration and collaboration.

Keep Table State in Workflow Performance Summary

We’ve enhanced the Workflow Performance Summary widget to remember your preferences! Now, when you collapse the table within the widget, Businessmap will save this state, so your view remains consistent every time you return. Each widget maintains its own state, ensuring a personalized experience across multiple dashboards. If you haven’t set a preference, the table will display in its expanded form by default, preserving the familiar look and feel.

Copy Milestones When Duplicating Boards and Workspaces

With this release, you can choose to copy milestones along with your boards and workspaces, making it easier to replicate project structures and timelines. This feature works seamlessly with other elements, ensuring that your new boards inherit all the critical milestones needed for successful project delivery. Save time and maintain consistency across your initiatives with just a few clicks.

Mail Integration Error Reporting

Stay informed and in control with our improved mail integration! You can now use the special parameter #reportErrorsTo in your email body to specify where error notifications should be sent. If the provided email address is valid and not flagged for complaints or bounces, Businessmap will automatically report any integration errors to that address. 

We hope you enjoy the new features and improvements in Businessmap Version 11.10. As always, our team is dedicated to helping you achieve more with every release. If you have feedback or need assistance, our Help Center is always here for you!