We are excited to announce the integration of Microsoft Graph API into the YäRKEN application, allowing you to seamlessly sync Microsoft 365 license and product usage details. This new API integration enables you to automate license data retrieval and use comprehensive license information for reporting and analytics.
The Microsoft Graph API integration is designed to run through the application’s Pipeline feature, making setup and automation easy and flexible.
Once synced, the license data is processed and made available in the License Usage analytics cube, allowing teams to leverage it for in-depth reporting, strategic decision-making, and license optimization.
This integration simplifies license tracking, reduces manual effort, and improves visibility into Microsoft 365 usage across the organization.
To support tagging compliance tracking in the cloud consumption data, a new field called Tagging Compliance is introduced. This field is now available to map during cloud data upload. Using this new field, users can define upload rules to automate tagging compliance by customizing the tagging rules or rely on the default application tag.
Additionally, we have enabled reporting to track tagging compliance through new fields in Analytics.
A new asset type called Fixed Assets is introduced, which allows you to add and manage monthly data specific to fixed assets. This new asset type helps in splitting GL-Level spend into Fixed Assets that then contribute to the TCO of an application, product, or service.
We’ve introduced key updates to the Cube Refresh functionality, giving users greater visibility, control, and efficiency when managing cube operations.
The Cube Refresh page now presents cubes at their full granularity—Cube, Aggregation, and Partition—providing a clearer and more precise view of the cube structure. No more summarization; you get full transparency.
All available cubes are now explicitly listed on the Cube Refresh page. Whether active or pending, every cube is accounted for in the interface.
You can now refresh a specific cube independently. This targeted refresh avoids triggering a full cube rebuild, improving performance and giving you fine-grained control over refresh operations.
To better optimize system performance, the cube refresh process has been refined:
A new PRE-AGGREGATIONS toggle button is added in the Analytics section for Admin users to control pre-aggregation behavior.
This enhancement gives Admins more flexibility and control over how and when to access aggregated data—helping balance speed and accuracy based on your needs.
The file reload behavior for spend data is significantly improved in the application. Previously, when reloading an existing file, the system reused the same mapping fields automatically without offering an option to modify them. Now, with the new Remap and Reload capability in the UPLOADED FILES section, users can reupload the file with the option to edit or update the mapping fields before processing.
This enhancement ensures greater accuracy and adaptability when reloading spend files.
An Alerting feature is now included with a new metric type—YTD Spend Variance % - designed to notify you when the spend variance exceeds defined thresholds. This metric calculates the percentage variance between your actual Year-to-Date (YTD) spend and the prior year’s YTD spend, highlighting any significant increases or decreases in spend.
When users switch a chart’s data view to table format, a Grand Total row now appears at the bottom. This row automatically sums up the values across all visible columns—making it easier to see overall totals at a glance.
Admin users now have default full access to all budget and chargeback-related features—no additional role assignments required. Admins are allowed to:
This update simplifies role management and ensures Admin users have comprehensive access to key financial operations out of the box.