Version 4.0.0 | August 11, 2025

Overview

ZBrain XPLR 4.0.0 introduces major enhancements to the Solution XPLR module, delivering a more structured, AI-assisted workflow for capturing solution requirements, mapping data sources, validating inputs, and generating detailed opportunity reports. The release strengthens decision-making with richer context, visual modeling, and feasibility analysis, while also enabling seamless output sharing and the transfer of solutions to Portfolio XPLR. Alongside these capabilities, AI-driven evaluation suggestions improve accuracy upfront, and a series of critical bug fixes enhances stability, usability, and consistency across modules.

Overall, this release advances AI XPLR into a more intelligent, reliable, and user-friendly platform for exploring and operationalizing AI opportunities.

New features

Structured key information capture for solution requirements

The enhanced Solution XPLR module introduces a structured, guided that helps organizations capture essential business context for a use case in Solution Requirements. By moving away from static forms, it offers a more interactive and intelligent approach to exploring AI opportunities. Users can now capture the strategic and operational context needed to evaluate AI opportunities. This structured input replaces the previous flat form, providing a richer foundation for analysis.

Within the Solution XPLR module, the Solution Requirements tab now offers structured fields designed to capture the following details:

• Opportunity Statement – High-level definition of the problem or transformation area.

• Current Process – Description of existing workflows or methods.

• Proposed Enhancements – Suggested improvements or optimizations.

• Estimated Impact – Anticipated benefits such as efficiency gains or cost savings.

• Enterprise Applications in use – Core systems currently in use (e.g., Salesforce, SAP).

• Other Software in use – Additional supporting tools.

• Delivery Preferences – Desired formats (report, dashboard) or interfaces (API, UI, Update existing system, Chatbot, Summary dashboard).

• Timeline – Project urgency or expected timeline.

• Evaluate button (Optional) – Ability to generate an initial evaluation report before proceeding.

This structured approach allows users to build comprehensive scenarios and ensures downstream solution modeling is grounded in accurate, business-aligned context.

AI-assisted data source mapping

Solution XPLR introduces an AI-assisted stage that pre-populates potential data sources into a structured table based on captured opportunity context and associated tools from the Solution Requirements form. This creates a structured data source table that outlines:

• Data Assets

• Source System

• Access (e.g., API, manual input)

• Type (structured or unstructured)

• Data Structure

• Notes

• Attachments (sample files, documentation)

Users have full control to refine this list—editing, adding, or removing data sources as needed. This ensures accuracy while reducing manual effort in identifying relevant assets.

Elaborated summary of solution design

The Elaborated Summary feature introduces an intermediate validation stage within the Solution XPLR workflow. Before progressing into solution design, the system generates a summary that consolidates all information captured in the earlier stages (Solution Requirements and Data Sources). This ensures stakeholders can validate and confirm the accuracy, completeness, and relevance of the data before moving forward.

Detailed Opportunity Report

Following the Summary Review, the system produces a Detailed Opportunity Report that serves as the foundation for solution design and executive decision-making. The report integrates user-provided inputs with AI-driven analysis to deliver a comprehensive and actionable opportunity overview.

Report sections

1. Current Process

   • Editable swimlane diagram of the existing "as-is" process.

   • Captures data inputs, process steps, and data outputs, providing a clear mapping of the current process.

1. Target Process

   • Highlights the redesigned workflow, illustrating where automation replaces or optimizes manual steps.

1. Agentic Workflow

   • Provides a detailed view of agent orchestration, illustrating how individual agents collaborate to execute the targeted process.

   • Includes AI enablers that facilitate task-specific automation, enhancing efficiency and accuracy.

1. Feasibility & Impact

   • Comprehensive assessment of AI readiness, feasibility, ROI projections, and strategic benefits.

   • Provides both quantitative (cost savings, efficiency gains) and qualitative (compliance, visibility, experience) outcomes.

Output options and portfolio integration

The Output Options and Portfolio Transfer feature enhances the usability of the Detailed Opportunity Report by giving users the ability to share their solution exploration outputs as either a PDF or a Word document. Once the report is generated, users can download it in their preferred format, continue collaborating through editable diagrams, or move it into the Portfolio module. This flexibility ensures that insights captured during the Solution XPLR process remain actionable, adaptable, and aligned with enterprise planning workflows.

AI-assisted evaluation suggestions for solution requirements

The Evaluate section in Solution XPLR > Solution Requirements introduces AI-powered recommendations that are generated once the form is completed. These recommendations help users refine their inputs, validate completeness, and identify potential gaps before moving to later stages of solution design. Feedback is delivered contextually through the Hackett Hubble Feedback panel, displayed on the right-hand side of the screen.

Improvements

Solution XPLR

Added Data Assessment dropdown functionality Replaced the previous data assessment form with a simplified dropdown menu. Users can now select assessment values directly, which automatically updates the overall assessment status. The dropdown enhances speed, usability, and consistency by allowing users to apply assessments based on their chosen option quickly and efficiently.

Added “Created By” information in solutions Added clear visibility into solution ownership by displaying the Created By information. This ensures users can easily identify the author, making it simpler to track and manage solutions created by different team members.

Bug fixes

AI XPLR authentication

Reset password link not working via email Fixed an issue where the Reset Password URL sent through email was not functioning correctly. Users can now reset their passwords seamlessly by clicking the email link, ensuring a smooth and reliable password reset process.

Industry XPLR

Filters are not dynamically updating numbers Fixed an issue where metrics in Industry XPLR appeared static and did not update dynamically when filters were applied. The system now recalculates values correctly once filters are applied, ensuring accurate, real-time insights across industry, function, impact and benefit areas.

Process XPLR

BPMN Diagram changes are not saving after the update Fixed an issue where user modifications in the BPMN diagram, such as selected opportunities, were not being saved even after clicking the ‘Save’ button. Changes are now correctly persisted, ensuring user edits are retained and reflected in the diagram as expected.

Diagram font alignment issue Fixed an issue where fonts in the Diagram view of Process XPLR were not properly aligned. Fonts are now consistently aligned across all diagram elements, improving readability and ensuring a more professional visual presentation.

Zoom controls in the BPMN viewer Added zoom in/zoom out functionality to the BPMN viewer, allowing users to adjust the diagram view without excessive scrolling. This ensures easier navigation and a quick return to the main view for improved usability.

Modal background overlay is too dark when opened from Process XPLR Fixed an issue where the background overlay of modals opened from Process XPLR appeared excessively dark, making the underlying UI invisible. The modal now uses a consistent light backdrop, ensuring background UI elements remain visible and aligned with the standard modal experience across the platform.

Solution XPLR

AI opportunity number marker not persisting after save Fixed an issue where selected AI opportunity number markers on flow steps would disappear after clicking 'Save ' in the Process Flow view. The markers now persist correctly, ensuring users retain clear visibility of assigned opportunities throughout solution design.

Solution name mismatch across sections Fixed an issue where the Solution Name displayed inconsistently between the Requirement section and the AI Solution Blueprint → Feasibility & Impact section of Solution XPLR. The Solution Name now remains consistent across all sections, ensuring accuracy and clarity in solution documentation.

Evaluate button behavior with an empty Key Information form Fixed an issue where clicking the ‘Evaluate’ button on an empty Key Information form caused the panel to open and close abruptly without any feedback. The system now displays a clear message prompting users to complete the form before proceeding to the evaluation, ensuring better usability and guidance.

Draft save issue in Solution Requirements Fixed a bug where clicking the ‘Save’ button in the save changes popup of Solution Requirements caused all previously entered data to be removed from the drafted solution. The draft now reliably preserves all captured details, ensuring that saving as a draft maintains solution integrity and prevents data loss.

The clear button is not functioning in the Data Sources section Fixed an issue where the ‘Clear’ button in Key Information → Data Sources did not function as expected. The button now properly removes all rows and associated data from the Data Sources table, ensuring users can reset and re-enter inputs seamlessly.

The remove button is not functioning in the Additional Data Sources row Fixed an issue where the Remove (‘–’) button in the Additional Data Sources row of the Data Sources section did not work. Clicking the button now correctly opens a delete confirmation pop-up, allowing users to confirm and remove the selected row as intended.

Irrelevant pop-up on saving the Elaborated Summary Fixed an issue where an irrelevant pop-up appeared when saving the Elaborated Summary content after editing. The pop-up no longer appears, ensuring a smooth and distraction-free save experience.

'Notify me' button state issue in Detailed Opportunity Report Loader

Fixed an issue where the 'Notify me' button in the Detailed Opportunity Report Loader changed from disabled to enabled after switching modules and reopening the solution draft. The button now remains disabled after being clicked, ensuring consistent behavior and preventing multiple notifications.

Delete button alignment in Open Solution modal Fixed an issue where the Delete button in the Open Solution modal was misaligned with the Actions column. The button is now properly aligned, ensuring a consistent and polished user interface.

Status column placement in Open Solution modal Fixed an issue in the Open Solution modal where the Status column was misaligned and not placed optimally. The Status column has now been moved next to Last Updated, creating more space for the Solution Name field and ensuring consistent spacing between Status, Last Updated, Last Updated By, and Actions columns.

Field color consistency updates

Fixed field color inconsistencies in the Solution XPLR module. The active state color in Key Information → Enterprise Application in Use and in the Data Sources section now matches the styling used across all input fields, ensuring a consistent and uniform user experience.

Column alignment issue in Elaborated Summary tables Fixed an issue where the columns in both tables( Data Requirements → Internal Data Sources → External Data Sources) of the Elaborated Summary were misaligned. The tables are now properly aligned, ensuring consistent formatting and improved readability of structured data.

Final Report Generation Loader alignment Fixed an issue where the Final Report Generation Loader did not follow the intended design alignment. The loader is now displayed as per the design specifications, ensuring a consistent and polished user experience. Elaborated Summary – Title, Date, and Timestamp Fixes Fixed issues in the Elaborated Summary related to title formatting, date display, and timestamp updates. The title and date now follow design specifications, and timestamps dynamically reflect creation and updates (e.g., ‘Generated just now by [username]’ or ‘Updated 2 hours ago by [username]’). These changes are synchronized in Open Solution Drafts, ensuring consistent visibility of authorship and update history across the module.

Incorrect padding and line formatting on the Proposed AI Solution screen Fixed an issue where the Proposed AI Solution screen displayed inconsistent padding and misaligned lines. The layout has been corrected to match design specifications, ensuring improved readability and a polished, professional appearance.

“Send to Portfolio” action not working Fixed an issue where the Send to Portfolio action failed to function, preventing users from sending solutions for prioritization. The feature now works as expected, ensuring seamless transfer of solutions to the Portfolio XPLR module from Solution XPLR.

Incorrect loading message in the Open Solution modal Fixed an issue where the onscreen message during solution loading incorrectly stated that only drafts were being loaded. The message has been updated to accurately reflect that all solutions are being loaded, ensuring clarity and reducing user confusion.

Unable to add an External Data Source in the Detailed Opportunity Report Fixed an issue where users were unable to add a new External Data Source in the Detailed Opportunity Report → Data Sources section. Previously, saving a new external data source did not persist, and the entry failed to appear in the UI. This has now been corrected, and all added data sources are properly saved and displayed as expected.

Missing ownership tracking in solution edits Fixed an issue where any user opening and updating a solution could overwrite it without retaining information about the original owner. Ownership and edit tracking have now been corrected, ensuring proper attribution and accountability for all solution documents.

Cancel button issue in the Data Sources confirmation pop-up Fixed an issue where the ‘Cancel’ button in the Data Sources confirmation pop-up did not function correctly. The button now dismisses the pop-up as expected, improving consistency and user control during data source management.

Unable to edit the Data Structure to Semi-structured in the Data Sources Fixed an issue where users were unable to update the Data Structure field to Semi-structured in both Internal and External Data Sources within the Detailed Opportunity Report → Data Sources section. Previously, attempting this change returned a 422 – Unprocessable Entry error. The field can now be updated seamlessly, ensuring consistent editing functionality across all data source attributes.

Inconsistent icon usage in the downloaded Detailed Opportunity Report Fixed an issue where the Industry Benchmark Data section in the downloaded Detailed Opportunity Report displayed an icon not used elsewhere in the document. The inconsistent icon has been removed, ensuring visual uniformity and a more professional appearance in formal reports.

Duplicate content in the Cost & Value Analysis section of the downloaded Detailed Opportunity Report Fixed an issue where bullet items under POC Cost, Scaled Solution Cost, and Maintenance Cost in the Cost & Value Analysis section of the downloaded Detailed Opportunity Report were repeating their content. The duplication has been removed, ensuring accurate, clean, and professional cost reporting.

Current Process diagram disappearing on zoom Fixed an issue where the Current Process diagram in the Detailed Opportunity Report section would disappear when users zoomed in or out using the mouse scroll. The diagram now remains intact and fully visible during zoom interactions, ensuring consistent accessibility and usability of process visuals.

Text overflow in the Current Process diagram decision nodes Fixed an issue where text inside diamond-shaped decision nodes (e.g., “Is submission complete?”) in the Detailed Opportunity Report → Current Process Diagram appeared compressed or misaligned. Text is now properly placed and fully readable within the shape, ensuring clarity and improved diagram legibility.

Alignment and positioning issues in the Current Process diagram Fixed multiple alignment problems in the Detailed Opportunity Report → Current Process Diagram. Swim lanes in Steps 1–2 were horizontally misaligned, Step 3 inputs appeared merged with Step 2, Step 4 inputs were off-center, and Step 7 inputs were slightly off-grid. These elements are now consistently aligned using grid-based spacing and positioning, ensuring clear separation, readability, and a visually consistent process flow.

Text wrapping and word splitting issues in the Current Process diagram Fixed an issue in the Detailed Opportunity Report → Current Process Diagram where text labels were splitting mid-word (e.g., “Request” shown as “Re/quest,” “Tableau” shown as “Tabl/eau”). Word wrapping and box sizing have been corrected to keep terms intact, ensuring proper readability and consistent formatting across all process steps.

Removed unnecessary buttons from the Current Process diagram Fixed an issue in the Detailed Opportunity Report → Current Process Diagram where irrelevant buttons (e.g., Filters, Enterprise Context) were still visible. These unused controls have now been removed, ensuring a cleaner interface and a more focused user experience when working with process diagrams.

Removed hardcoded Solution Name from the Current Process diagram edit screen Fixed an issue in the Detailed Opportunity Report → Current Process Diagram where a hardcoded solution name appeared in the edit screen. The diagram now correctly reflects the actual solution name, ensuring accurate context and preventing confusion during editing.

Corrected casing in the Feedback field label on the Evaluation screen Fixed an issue in the Key Information → Evaluation Screen where the Feedback field label displayed as enterpriseApplications in camel case. The label now adheres to consistent UI standards and is formatted as "Enterprise Applications,” ensuring professionalism, readability, and alignment with other field labels across the interface.

Reduced vertical padding in Elaborated Summary Fixed an issue in the Elaborated Summary section where excessive vertical padding created unnecessary white space. The padding has been optimized to ensure a cleaner layout, improving readability and overall user experience.

Added hover highlight for active rows in Open Solution Fixed an issue in the Open Solution modal where rows had no hover state, making it unclear that they were clickable. Active rows now highlight on hover using the designated design color, enhancing usability and providing users with clear visual feedback for interaction.

Duplicate “Ready” field removed in Feasibility & Impact > Data Sources Fixed an issue where an additional Ready field appeared when users did not fill all data sources in the Feasibility & Impact > Data Sources section. The interface now displays a single, consistent Ready field, ensuring clarity and preventing confusion.

Repeated placeholder text in the downloaded report was removed Fixed an issue where the downloaded Detailed Opportunity Report contained repeated placeholder text “Detailed Opportunity Report.” The export now displays the heading only once, ensuring a clean and professional document output.

Discrepancy in Feasibility Data in the downloaded report Fixed an issue where feasibility values (e.g., Security/Governance, Infrastructure, AI Talent) displayed in the downloaded Detailed Opportunity Report did not match the values shown in the platform UI. Reports now consistently reflect the correct feasibility data, ensuring accuracy and alignment between on-screen and exported documents.

ROI data not populated in the downloaded Detailed Opportunity Report Fixed an issue where ROI values were missing in the Total Benefits & ROI table of the Feasibility & Impact section in the downloaded Detailed Opportunity Report. ROI data is now accurately populated, ensuring users have a complete financial analysis view both in the platform and in exported reports.

Formatting issue – Missing space after numeral in downloaded Detailed Opportunity Report Fixed an issue where a space was missing after numerals in the downloaded Detailed Opportunity Report. This fix ensures improved readability and professional formatting consistency across all report outputs.

Agent Implementation Approach Summary – Missing data in the downloaded report Fixed an issue where the Agent Implementation Approach Summary table appeared in the downloaded Detailed Opportunity Report without rendering any rows. The table now correctly populates with dynamic data, ensuring complete and accurate reporting of agent implementation details.

Discrepancy in status colors in the open solution draft Fixed an issue where status colors in the Open Solution Draft view did not align with the design specifications. Status indicators are now consistent across modules:

• Key Information and Data Sources appear in grey

• Elaborated Summary (both generated and in progress) appears in orange

• Detailed Opportunity Report (both generated and in progress) appears in green

This ensures a standardized and intuitive visual experience when tracking solution progress.

Incorrect field positioning in Key Information Fixed an issue where the Enterprise Applications in Use field was incorrectly placed below Delivery Preferences and above Timeline in the Key Information section. It has now been restored to its correct position — below Estimated Impact and above Other Software in Use — ensuring consistency with the Figma design and maintaining logical field order.

Detailed Opportunity Report Loader – missing initial message Fixed an issue where the Detailed Opportunity Report progress loader skipped the initial message with the enabled ‘Notify me’ button and instead directly displayed the disabled state. The loader now correctly shows the initial message with the active button, ensuring users can opt in for notifications at the start of the report generation process.

Total benefits table – incorrect mapping Fixed an issue where the Total Benefits table in the Feasibility & Impact section was not mapped accurately. The table now correctly reflects benefit categories and values, ensuring consistency and reliability in feasibility analysis and ROI calculation.

Total benefits card – incorrect data display Fixed an issue where the Total Benefits card was not showing values as per actual calculations. The card now correctly reflects computed totals, ensuring accurate visibility of benefit outcomes in the Feasibility & Impact section.

Elaborated Summary – edit mode stability Fixed an issue where the Edit mode in the Elaborated Summary was breaking, preventing users from making proper edits. The content now correctly switches between read-only and editable states, ensuring a smooth editing experience.

Delete Datasource functionality is not working Fixed an issue where the delete option in the Data Sources section was non-functional. Users can now successfully remove a data source, ensuring accurate management of solution data inputs.

Cannot create solutions in the preview environment Fixed an issue that prevented users from creating new solutions in the preview environment. The system previously blocked solution creation after completing the Solution Requirements and Data Sources stages, preventing further progress. With this fix, solution creation now works as expected, ensuring smooth end-to-end testing and validation in the Preview Environment.

Wrong diagram ID passed during solution creation Fixed an issue where an incorrect diagram ID was being passed when creating a new solution in Solution XPLR. This caused mismatches between the intended process diagrams and the generated solution records, leading to inconsistencies during design and documentation. With this fix, the correct diagram ID is now consistently mapped, ensuring accurate linkage between process diagrams and solutions.

Failed to create a solution when attaching files or a missing technology field Fixed an issue where users were unable to create a new solution when attaching files (e.g., JPEG images) or leaving the "Technology" field empty. The field validation has been updated, and attachments are now properly supported, ensuring smooth solution creation without unexpected errors.

Generated process flows producing repetitive workstep titles Fixed an issue where generated process flows in Solution XPLR often produced nearly identical titles for multiple steps (e.g., many steps ending with “using GenAI development platform”). Flow generation has been refined to create more context-specific, varied, and meaningful step titles, improving readability and reducing redundancy in generated workflows.

“Send to Portfolio” did not populate the solution details

Previously, when users clicked 'Send to Portfolio' in Solution XPLR, the system redirected to the Portfolio module but failed to populate the selected solution’s details. This required users to re-enter solution data manually, breaking workflow continuity. Now, when sending a solution to Portfolio, all related details—solution data fields, insights, and metadata—are correctly transferred and displayed alongside existing portfolio items.