What's New in Engage 6

Engage 6.5

Engage 6.5 includes the following new features.

Custom dashboard summary palettes

Assign custom colors to distinct groups in dashboard summaries to make your graphs and tables clearer and more meaningful. For example, create a palette of red, orange, and yellow to indicate high, medium, and low priority or create a palette of green, yellow, and black to indicate belt levels. For more information, go to Create summaries.

Projects grouped by belt levels (green, yellow, and black) with default graph colors

Projects grouped by belt levels (green, yellow, and black) with custom graph colors

Enhanced column set formatting

Apply any number of conditions to your column set to meet the requirements of your scenario. For example, choose from a variety of icons or colors to show varying degrees of savings or past due warnings. For more information, go to Create column sets.

The following column set shows a red circle for overdue projects, a yellow circle for projects that are due within a week, and a green circle for projects that are not overdue.

Summary editor improvements

Apply the following options in the summary editor to make graphs and tables easier to understand. For more information, go to Create summaries.

Exclude empty groups: Before
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Sort in ascending or descending order: Before
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View managed data in projects

With Engage 6.5, data architects can use the sandbox template editor to connect managed data to controls on a form. The previous release of Engage allowed data managers and data architects to bulk import data managed in external systems so the data could be included in dashboard reports. Now, users can view the managed data within the context of the user’s individual projects. For more information, go to What you can do with data fields.

Engage 6.4

Engage 6.4 includes the following new features.

Managed data for projects

Managed data for projects refers to sensitive project data, such as financial or savings data, that is critical to accurate dashboard reporting. To protect this sensitive data, it is stored and controlled externally by users with elevated permissions. With this release of Engage, users assigned to the new role of Data Manager can import managed data. Because managed data is read-only, users cannot edit the values. This eliminates manual re-entry and user error and increases the integrity of your dashboard reports. For more information, go to What is a data field?.

New Templates for 8D Methodology

The new 8D Project template and four new 8D forms are now available. Use the 8D Project template to conduct a project according to the eight disciplines (8D) for identifying, correcting, and preventing recurring problems. The 8D Project template includes the following new forms, which can be used in the project or on their own: CATWOE, Communication Plan, Impact Analysis, and Is/Is Not. For more information, go to 8D Methodology.

Pause, cancel, and resume workflow projects

Data architects and steering committee members can now pause and cancel active workflow projects. When you pause or cancel a project, its status changes so you can create more accurate dashboard reports related to project outcomes. For example, you might pause a project if the project owner needs to temporarily attend to other priorities, or you might cancel a project that does not align with the company's new business goals. Then, you can create a year-end report that shows how many projects are still in progress and how many were paused or canceled for a clear picture of which projects are falling behind unexpectedly and which ones are delayed due to legitimate business reasons. Data architects and steering committee members can resume a paused or canceled project at any time. For more information, go to Pause or cancel an active project.

Data architects and steering committee members can move active projects to the Paused and Canceled stages.

Engage 6.3

Engage 6.3 includes the following new features.

Gain even more insight with task reports

With this release of Engage, you can create and view reports based on tasks. Task reports are a new type of report that make tasks the focus on the dashboard. Now you can have full visibility into the tasks across your organization on the dashboard without needing to open a single project. Create task reports to see which high-priority tasks are overdue or unassigned. Improved filtering capabilities allow you to quickly identify the tasks that need your attention. When you create a new task report, you can make it public or private, depending on your user role, then edit the summaries, filters, and column sets just like you would for a project report. For more information, go to Create a report.

Engage is now available in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Portuguese

New customers can choose to set up an Engage subscription in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, or Portuguese. Contact Minitab to learn more.

Save dashboard reports

Now, when you want to archive or share a dashboard report, choose Actions > Print as PDF. Engage uses your browser's print options to save the report as a PDF. For more information, go to What is a dashboard report?.

Engage 6.2

Engage 6.2 includes the following new feature.

Engage is now available in French, German, and Spanish

New customers can choose to set up an Engage subscription in French, German, or Spanish. Contact Minitab to learn more.

Engage 6.1

Engage 6.1 includes the following new features.

Keep users on task

Now, data architects can set up email notifications to alert task assignees and project owners when task due dates are approaching or past due. You can also notify task assignees and project owners when a task has been assigned or reassigned. For information on how data architects can set up email notifications for tasks, go to Edit notifications.

More insight for everyone

With this release of Engage, data architects can customize the Workflow page to highlight the metrics that matter to your organization. Now everyone, including idea submitters, can have high-level insight into your improvement initiatives on the Workflow page. Set targets, view metrics over time, see progress towards goals, and view data by groups such as business unit, department, or division. If you're a data architect, go to Customize the Workflow page.

Quickly organize ideas for a big picture view

With this release of Engage, you now have the versatility and flexibility of mind maps. Mind maps radiate ideas from a central topic to promote the flow of ideas, creative thinking, and better comprehension of the topic. With Engage, you can quickly insert ideas directly on the map or in the brainstorm list, then drag, drop, and arrange these ideas to reveal connections you might not have noticed before. For more information, go to Mind Map.

At-a-glance insight into initiatives

With this release, when you sign in to Engage, you'll immediately see the Workflow page so you can easily see the impact of your organization's initiatives and quickly create new ideas. For more information, go to What is workflow?

Submit ideas anytime...anywhere

Now, anyone in your subscription can submit ideas in the web app without having the desktop app installed. With the new online idea form add-on, you can add idea submitters to your subscription so you can gather valuable ideas for improvement or innovation from everyone in your organization. Then, steering committee members can review ideas and funnel the best ones to project leaders to implement. For more information, go Create, submit, and view ideas.

Talk to Minitab about how to enable this optional add-on to your Engage subscription.

Access data through the API

Now, data architects can create API tokens so you can include Engage data in external business intelligence systems and applications for a consolidated view of your organization's status. For more information, go System settings.

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