Overall update summary
2025.3 changes how the platform is extended and how AI reaches product data. The Modular Service Platform lets plug-ins run as separate processes, decoupled from the platform version, so a failing extension can no longer destabilize the system, and security event logs become available in the UI. ProductGen AI brings generative content creation, AI-assisted translation and NLP-based data quality rules inside the trusted environment, while MDM SmartSync for Salesforce reaches general availability. The New UI is decoupled from the platform release cycle and gains usability improvements, embedded external content and SSO links to the Web UI. This release also completes a long-signalled change: reflection in JavaScript business rules is fully blocked.
Modular Service Platform
Platform | Included in Base | Developer | 25.3 highlight
What changed
The extension API let developers integrate extensions directly into the Stibo Systems platform application server, but extensions often depended on specific platform versions and could destabilize the whole system — particularly problematic in SaaS, where debugging is limited and updates are more frequent. With 2025.3, a new Modular Service Platform enables plug-ins such as Receivers, Converters, Delivery components and Business Functions to run as separate processes.
- Decouples components from the platform, making them independent of its version.
- A failing plug-in can no longer compromise platform stability.
- Better suited to frequent SaaS updates.
Additional resources
Access to security event logs
Platform | Included in Base | Admin, Developer | 25.3 highlight
What changed
As organizations move from on-premises to SaaS they lose direct access to the log files needed for debugging, monitoring and compliance, and log files had to be downloaded manually through the System Admin tool — a slow process with no role-based access control. With 2025.3, UI access to security events is introduced.
- Administrators get continuous access for monitoring and audit purposes.
- Developers get faster access to logs for debugging.
- Lays the foundation for extending access to other log information, such as JavaScript logging and activity.
Additional resources
Automated vendor portal setup for suppliers
PXDC / Acquire | Available with the PDX Onboarding license | Admin | 25.3 highlight
What changed
As more customers adopted vendor onboarding, reliance on scripts and technical teams to set up portals became a bottleneck that slowed scaling of PDX Onboarding. With 2025.3, automated vendor portal creation is tied directly to PDX onboarding channels: channel administrators can activate or disable vendor portals with a single click, using default branding and naming conventions.
- Faster, scalable portal setup.
- Better resource efficiency, with less dependence on technical teams.
- Smoother onboarding experience for retailers and their vendors.
Additional resources
- Youtube chapter: Watch
Stibo Systems MDM SmartSync for Salesforce
CXDC, BPDC / Acquire, Share | Available with the Salesforce SmartSync license | Admin | 25.3 highlight
What changed
Salesforce is typically both an origination point for master data and a key consumer of customer master data from the Stibo Systems platform, and seamless bi-directional flow between the two previously required custom development. After a successful early adopter release, the Salesforce connector becomes generally available with 2025.3 as a Lightning-optimized app. Note that this is not an initiative to publish product data to Salesforce's eCommerce platform.
- Streamlines bi-directional data sync between Stibo Systems and Salesforce.
- Supports merging and search-before-create.
- Includes a best-practice implementation for faster deployments, with forward compatibility for future Salesforce updates.
Additional resources
ProductGen AI
PXDC / Manage | Available with the ProductGen AI license | Admin, Business User, Developer | 25.3 highlight
What changed
Customers wanted to use generative AI to improve product data content, but working outside the MDM environment added complexity and risk and made safe experimentation at scale difficult. In 2025.3, the Azure OpenAI service lets customers generate content from solution-specific prompts, produce AI-assisted translations in supported languages, and define data quality rules using natural language processing to determine what is and is not allowed.
- Streamlines content creation.
- Simplifies data quality management through natural language processing.
- Enables secure AI experimentation inside the trusted Stibo Systems environment.
Additional resources
Persistent filters in task lists and search results
PXDC / Manage | Please refer to your Account Manager | Business User | 25.3 highlight
What changed
Users rely on filters in task lists, search result pages and other node lists to focus on relevant product data, but lost those filters whenever they navigated away. With 2025.3, persistent filters retain user-defined criteria across sessions and contexts, with list filters stored locally.
- Reduces unnecessary clicks and rework.
- Improves user satisfaction in daily workflows.
- Supports scalability as usage grows.
Additional resources
Automated data sheet creation
PXDC / Manage | Available with the Publisher license | Business User | 25.3 highlight
What changed
The Datasheet Creation Processor handled paginations sequentially, underusing system resources and slowing datasheet generation, while customers using third-party DAMs needed flexibility over where generated PDFs are stored and others needed control over asset hierarchy depth and naming. With 2025.3, parallel pagination is enabled, external DAMs can be used for PDF storage, the creation of asset hierarchy levels can be controlled, and unnecessary prefixes are removed from asset names.
- Faster datasheet generation.
- Less reliance on custom extensions.
- A more flexible, customer-friendly experience.
Additional resources
Privilege control for complex enterprise data
CXDC, BPDC, SDC / Manage | Included in Base | Admin, Business User | 25.3 highlight
What changed
Customer data access rules vary across regions and business units, with exceptions that existing privilege models handled poorly — and organizations spanning lines of business, banners and regions need multi-dimensional control over which legal entities users can access, for regulatory and reporting compliance. With 2025.3, entities can inherit privileges via the Entity Reference Types that form parent-child relationships.
- Enables granular, multi-dimensional access control.
- Supports workflows across complex organizational structures.
- Helps meet regulatory and reporting requirements.
Additional resources
Multi-language experience in PDX
PXDC / Acquire, Share | Available with the PDX Onboarding license and/or the PDX Syndication license | Business User | 25.3 highlight
What changed
PDX onboarding channels already supported multiple languages, built up across earlier releases, but users reported inconsistencies in translations — especially for UI elements such as attribute and category names — and the default language, which is central to data handling, was not always clearly managed. With 2025.3, suppliers get better control over language settings, including defining a default language, clearer UI indicators and automatic setup during login.
- Improves translation consistency.
- Reduces confusion over which language applies.
- Makes onboarding smoother for multilingual users across all markets.
Additional resources
Accelerating the New UI updates
PXDC / Acquire, Manage, Share | Please refer to your Account Manager | Admin, Business User, Developer | 25.3 highlight
What changed
The Stibo Systems platform is deployed as a monolithic application on a quarterly release cycle, which tied New UI updates to that cadence and delayed access to improvements and critical functionality. With 2025.3, the New UI is decoupled from the platform, removing its dependency on the platform release cycle and enabling faster, independent updates.
- Faster development cycles for the New UI.
- Accelerates New UI adoption by letting teams respond quickly to customer needs.
- Supports the continuous updates strategy while minimizing downtime.
Additional resources
New UI usability improvements
PXDC / Manage | Please refer to your Account Manager | Business User | 25.3 highlight
What changed
Users depend on the New UI for bulk enrichment work, and growing demands for faster time to market made error visibility and day-to-day usability more important. 2025.3 delivers five enhancements: drag-to-fill for references and links, copy-paste of references and links across multiple products, anchored tabs that stay visible while scrolling, invalid list-of-value error marking, and clearer approval error messages.
- Less manual effort and faster bulk editing.
- Faster error resolution.
- A smoother, more intuitive interface for everyday users.
Additional resources
Seamless access to external content in the New UI
PXDC / Manage | Please refer to your Account Manager | Business User | 25.3 highlight
What changed
Many customers need external data — enhanced content, 3D models, BI dashboards — during their workflows, but the New UI could not fetch or render it, forcing users to switch between platforms. With 2025.3, a new tab type lets users view external content within the UI while working on a specific item.
- Removes platform switching from the workflow.
- Improves productivity and workflow continuity.
- Brings supporting context to the item being worked on.
Additional resources
New UI access to Web UI and external tools
PXDC / Manage | Please refer to your Account Manager | Business User | 25.3 highlight
What changed
Some specialized tools remain available only in the Web UI, forcing users performing tasks beyond standard product maintenance to switch platforms. With 2025.3, seamless SSO-based linking is introduced from the New UI to both the Web UI and external resources such as training materials and documentation.
- Easy access to features and content not yet in the New UI.
- Makes the transition to the New UI smoother and speeds adoption.
- Improves overall usability.
Additional resources
Turning off reflection in JavaScript business rules
Platform | Deprecated / removed | Developer | 25.3 information
What changed
Reflection in JavaScript business rules could historically be used to access non-public methods in the API. Version 2023.3 introduced checks to detect and report its use through health checks, step.0.log and diagnostics metrics, so developers could move to public APIs. Reflection carried significant risks including database inconsistencies, performance issues and unexpected problems during platform upgrades. With 2025.3, after multiple warnings, the use of reflection is fully blocked.
- Improves platform stability and performance.
- Reduces the risk of upgrade-related issues.
- Customers needing support through the transition should contact their Stibo Systems representative.
FAQ
2025.3 introduces the Modular Service Platform for running plug-ins as separate processes and adds UI access to security event logs. ProductGen AI arrives for content generation, AI-assisted translation and NLP-based data quality rules, and MDM SmartSync for Salesforce becomes generally available. PDX gains automated vendor portal setup and better multi-language control, and Manage gains persistent filters, faster datasheet creation and privilege inheritance for entities. The New UI is decoupled from the platform release cycle and gains five usability improvements, embedded external content and SSO links to the Web UI. Reflection in JavaScript business rules is fully blocked.
Developers are the primary audience for the Modular Service Platform and the reflection change. Administrators are targeted by security event log access, vendor portal setup, Salesforce SmartSync and privilege control. Business users are targeted by ProductGen AI, persistent filters, datasheet creation, the multi-language experience and all four New UI updates.
Acquire covers automated vendor portal setup. Manage covers ProductGen AI, persistent filters, datasheet creation, privilege control and the New UI usability, external content and Web UI access updates. Salesforce SmartSync and the multi-language experience span Acquire and Share, and accelerating the New UI updates spans Acquire, Manage and Share. The Modular Service Platform, security event log access and the reflection change are platform-level.
The Modular Service Platform, security event log access and privilege control are included in base. Automated vendor portal setup requires the PDX Onboarding license, and the multi-language experience requires the PDX Onboarding and/or PDX Syndication license. Salesforce SmartSync requires the Salesforce SmartSync license, ProductGen AI requires the ProductGen AI license, and automated data sheet creation requires the Publisher license. For persistent filters and the New UI updates, the deck directs customers to their Account Manager.
Yes. The use of reflection in JavaScript business rules is fully blocked in 2025.3, after detection and reporting were introduced in 2023.3 and multiple warnings were issued. Business rules relying on reflection must move to public APIs.
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