What's New in Insights

Updated by Arianne G.

XactAnalysis Insights releases contain new features designed to improve your Insights experience. Highlights from the releases are listed below. For a complete list of changes, please see the release notes in the eService Centre.

24 October 2024

For this release, we made a number of back-end changes to stabilize and improve the performance of Insights.

Previous updates

25 September 2024

We added two new columns! First, we added the Item Condition column to the Line Item, Line Item Summary, and Contractor Line Item worksheets. This column shows the condition of the item, such as Average, Above Average, Below Average, and New.

We also added an Item Calculation column. This column is available in the Line Item and Contractor Line Item worksheets. It displays the information entered into the Calculation field in Xactimate.

28 August 2024

For this release, we made a number of back-end changes to stabilize and improve the performance of Insights.

31 July 2024

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We added a new Item Age column to the Line Item and Line Item Summary worksheets. This column shows the age of a line item.

XactRebuild Analysis liveboard

We added a new XactRebuild Analysis liveboard! XactRebuild is a feature available for Xactimate Professional users; it streamlines the water mitigation claims process with automated rebuild estimates.

The XactRebuild Analysis liveboard has several visualisations, including XactRebuild Merged Assignment Count by Industry Type, Average XactRebuild RCV by Type of Loss, and XactRebuild Values Compared to First Completed Estimate RCV by Month.

XactXpert worksheets

Are you excited about XactXpert? So are we! XactXpert is a tool in Xactimate online that tracks errors in an estimate, such as missing information and other unmet requirements, and displays alerts to the user. To better serve you, we’ve added three XactXpert-specific worksheets to Insights.

First, the XactXpert Rule Alerts worksheet allows you to analyse basic XactXpert data such as Alert Type, Bypasser Name, and Rule Owner.

Next is the XactXpert Impact worksheet. This worksheet is at the claim level and reports on the resolve value. XactXpert Impact includes columns such as Financial Impact Percent, Resolve Absolute Value, Resolve Net Value, and more.

Finally, the XactXpert Line Item Summary Differences worksheet allows users to see the changes in line item quantities after a rule is resolved using XactXpert. For example, the ACV Differences column in this worksheet shows the change of the ACV between the XactXpert review and the completion of the estimate.

We also added a liveboard based on the XactXpert Line Item Summary Differences worksheet. This liveboard is called XactXpert Line Item Changes, and it includes helpful visualisations like Average ACV Differences by Month, Most Added Selector Codes - Top 25 by Unit Quantity, and Negative RCV Financial Impact by Data Set.

26 June 2024

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We added several new columns to Insights! First, we added the Final Returned Date and Original Returned Date columns to the Claims and Contractor Claims worksheets. Original Returned Date shows the date of the first estimate returned to XactAnalysis for an assignment, while Final Returned Date shows the date of the last estimate returned to XactAnalysis for an assignment.

Next, we added an Is Tarp Only column to the Claims worksheet. We designed this column for situations where assignments are generated to install a tarp on a damaged roof and nothing else. You can use Is Tarp Only to flag assignments that only contain tarping line items or that are over 80% tarping-related.

Finally, we added new Original Contacted Date and Final Contacted Date columns to the Line Item, Line Item Summary, Reinspections, and Reinspection Exception worksheets. Original Contacted Date shows the first date the customer or policyholder was contacted for an assignment, while Final Contacted Date shows the last date the customer or policyholder was contacted for an assignment.

Liveboards

We added a new Estimate Correction Summary liveboard! Based on the Estimate Correction Summary management report in XactAnalysis, this liveboard helps you track corrections on estimates and monitor the differences those corrections make in the final estimate value.

The liveboard contains three tabs: Overview, Financials, and Details. You can also filter the liveboard by data set, received date, job type, peril, and more.

Each tab hosts a variety of visualisations, including Average Correction Value by Month, Average Number of Corrections by Data Set, and Total Correction Difference in Value by Data Set.

29 May 2024

New columns

We added five new XactRebuild columns! XactRebuild is a feature within Xactimate that allows users to create rebuild estimates based on the data from an existing water mitigation estimate. You can find these columns, described below, in the Claims and Contractor Claims worksheets:

  • XactRebuild Mitigation Project RCV
    • This displays the original mitigation project’s estimate amount.
  • XactRebuild Estimate Initial RCV
    • This displays the initial XactRebuild estimate amount.
  • XactRebuild Pre-merge Rebuild RCV
    • This displays the final XactRebuild estimate amount before merging.
  • Is XactRebuild
    • This indicates whether XactRebuild was used.
  • Is Merged XactRebuild
    • This indicates whether the estimate was merged in XactRebuild.

We also added a new Trade Count column to the Claims, Contractor Claims, and Reinspections worksheets. This column shows the number of trades included in the estimate.

Other improvements

Previously, XactAnalysis QR users had access to one year of Insights data. We’re excited to now provide five years of data to XactAnalysis QR users!

Finally, the Form Name column is now available in the Line Item worksheet. This column was already included in the Claims, Line Item Summary, Reinspections, and Reinspection Exception worksheets. You can use this column to view a list of policy forms and endorsements.

28 February 2024

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We added several new columns to various worksheets in Insights! You can find nine of the new columns in the Claims and Reinspections worksheets:

  • Structural Estimate Amount
  • Other Structures Estimate Amount
  • Contents Estimate Amount
  • Structural Deductible Amount
  • Other Structures Deductible Amount
  • Contents Deductible Amount
  • Structural Policy Limit Amount
  • Other Structures Policy Limit Amount
  • Contents Policy Limit Amount

These nine columns show the estimate amount, deductible, and policy limit for three common coverage types: structural, other structures, and contents.

We also added two new columns—Item Overhead Total Amount and Item Profit Total Amount—to the Line Item, Line Item Summary, and Contractor Line Item worksheets. These columns allow you to view overhead and profit at the line item level.

Finally, we added a Coverage Name column to the Line Item and Line Item Summary worksheets. This column displays the name attached to a coverage type in Xactimate.

24 January 2024

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You asked, we delivered! Per your feedback, we added 13 new dimension columns to the Claims and Line Item Summary worksheets. These columns display dimension amounts from the Grand Total Areas section in Xactimate’s Report Rough Draft:

  • Ceiling Square Metres: This column shows the M2 Ceiling amount.
  • Exterior Wall Square Metres: This column shows the External Wall Area amount.
  • Floor Square Metres: This column shows the M2 Floor amount.
  • Interior Wall Square Metres: This column shows the Internal Wall Area amount.
  • Sketch Floor Square Metres: This column shows the Floor Area amount.
  • Sketch Floor Square Metres Total: This column shows the Total Area amount.
  • Sketch Roof Hip Linear Metres: This column shows the Total Hip Length amount.
  • Sketch Roof Perimeter Linear Metres: This column shows the Total Perimeter Length amount.
  • Sketch Roof Ridge Linear Metres: This column shows the Total Ridge Length amount.
  • Sketch Roof Square Metres: This column shows the Surface Area amount.
  • Sketch Roof Squares: This column shows the Number of Squares amount.
  • Walls and Ceiling Square Metres: This column shows the M2 Walls and Ceiling amount.
  • Walls Square Metres: This column shows the M2 Walls amount.
13 December 2023

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Per your feedback, we added multiple new columns to the Claims worksheets!

We added two columns related to Xactimate mobile, named Xactimate Mobile Count and Xactimate Mobile Used. The Xactimate Mobile Used column indicates whether Xactimate mobile was used in the claim process. The Xactimate Mobile Count column shows the number of claims that used Xactimate mobile.

We also added three columns concerning the labeling of photos: All Photos Labeled, Labeled Photos Count, and Unlabeled Photos Count. The All Photos Labeled column indicates whether all photos in a claim have labels. Labeled Photos Count and Unlabeled Photos Count show the number of labeled and unlabeled photos, respectively.

Finally, we added a new Owner column. This column displays the name of the project owner as specified in Xactimate projects.

In addition to the Claims worksheets, we also added the new Owner column to Line Item and Line Item Summary.

Liveboards

We made multiple updates to the Response Time and Response Time Workdays liveboards!

First, we added tabs for different response times, such as Contacted to Inspected Days, Inspected to Returned Days, Received to Returned Days, and more. We also updated the visualisations to align with the metrics for each tab.

Additionally, we improved the functionality and design of the KPI charts at the top of both liveboards. These KPI charts now, by default, show the data for the current month. Each KPI chart also has its own trend line.

1 November 2023

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Per your feedback, we added multiple new columns to the Claims worksheets.

To the Claims 101 worksheet, which is for carriers, we added First Assigned Estimate Reviewer and First Proxy Assigned Estimate Reviewer. To the Claims 102 worksheet, which is for proxy companies, we added First Assigned Estimate Reviewer, First Carrier Assigned Estimate Reviewer, and Carrier Estimate Reviewer.

The First Assigned Estimate Reviewer column displays the name of the first reviewer assigned to an estimate. This can differ from the existing Estimate Reviewer column, which displays the name of the user who completed the estimate review.

The First Proxy Assigned Estimate Reviewer shows carrier users the first proxy reviewer for an estimate, whereas the First Carrier Assigned Estimate Reviewer shows proxy users the first carrier reviewer assigned to an estimate.

Finally, the Carrier Estimate Reviewer column helps proxy users see if the user who completed the estimate review was from a carrier company.

Liveboards

In the Price Deviation liveboard, we removed the Total Summary Item Price Deviation With Price Changed and the Average Summary Item Price Deviation With Price Changed KPI charts and replaced them with two new KPIs: Total Summary Item Amount and Summary Item Amount Deviation.

We also improved the functionality and design of the KPI charts at the top of the following liveboards:

• ClaimXperience Policyholder Collaboration

• ClaimXperience Usage

• Contractor Activity

• Price Deviation

These KPI charts now, by default, show the data for the current month. Each KPI chart also has its own trend line.

27 September 2023

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Previously, the QA Approved Status column was only present in the Claims worksheet. This column indicates whether an assignment was approved by Quality Assurance. Per your feedback, the QA Approved Status column is now also available in the Line Item and Line Item Summary worksheets.

We added two new columns to the Claims, Line Item, and Line Item Summary worksheets: First Received Date and Last Received Date.

First Received Date displays the original received date for an assignment, regardless of any reassignments. Last Received Date displays an assignment’s most recent received date, including any reassignments.

We also added a Carrier Desk Adjuster column to the Claims, Line Item, and Line Item Summary worksheets for proxy companies. This new column allows proxy companies to see the carrier desk adjuster that is associated with an assignment.

Liveboards

We moved the content of the Assignment Volume liveboard to a new tab in the Assignment Activity liveboard. This new, combined liveboard is called Assignment Activity and Volume.

The old Assignment Volume liveboard will be removed in the next Insights release.

We also improved the functionality and design of the KPI charts at the top of several liveboards:

  • Assignment Activity and Volume
  • Average Value
  • Closure Summary
  • Claim Xperience Line Item Usage
  • ClaimXperience Line Item Policyholder Collaboration
  • Estimate Values
  • Line Item

These KPI charts now, by default, show the data for the current month. Each KPI chart also has its own trend line.


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