As we enter 2026, Cube remains focused on delivering AI-powered financial intelligence across your daily workflows to help you make faster, more informed decisions. This article provides a summary of the features delivered in 2025 and a preview of what is coming next to help your team plan with confidence.
AI-Powered Insights & Analysis
Transform your data into actionable insights without complex formulas.
AI-Powered Smart Analysis
The Capability: A built-in engine that automatically detects and explains significant variances, highlighting anomalies and top drivers.
The Advantage: Saves hours of manual work by surfacing the "why" behind your numbers.
Coming Soon: Drilldown Agent, Variance Analysis across dimensions, and AI Custom Context.
AI in Slack, Teams, and Cube Workspace
The Capability: A conversational assistant that provides instant answers to finance-specific questions (e.g., "Which department overspent last quarter?") directly within your communication tools.
The Advantage: Provides real-time data access without needing to open a spreadsheet.
Coming Soon: Faster response speeds and AI Assistant integration within spreadsheet Apps.
Conversational AI-Driven Data Mapping
The Capability: Uses natural language prompts to help map new source data to your Cube model.
The Advantage: Eliminates manual field hunting by translating your intent into data structures.
Coming Soon: Data Tie-out Agent and anomaly detection.
Collaboration & Productivity Enhancements
Streamline your budgeting and reporting cycles with better visibility and control.
Collaboration Suite
The Capability: Includes web reporting/planning, task assignments, and commentary tied directly to your planning data.
The Advantage: Turns static plans into actionable conversations and real-time updates on the web.
Coming Soon: Cube for PowerPoint and Slides, Commentary on Boards/Reports, and a Notification System.
Granular Role Permissions
The Capability: Advanced access control allowing administrators to define view/edit rights by scenario, dimension, or workspace.
The Advantage: Scalable, enterprise-ready management that protects sensitive financial data.
Spreadsheet App Enhancements
Dynamic Ranges: Ranges now adjust automatically as dimensions are added or removed, ensuring templates stay up to date.
Expand × Collapse: Drill into or roll up hierarchy levels to explore data with less clutter.
Coming Soon: Undo Publish and improved Zero Suppression.
Planning & Modeling Workflows
Build smarter, more flexible forecasts using real-world drivers.
Headcount & Driver-Based Analysis Tables
The Capability: Structured tables built into your spreadsheet to store detailed inputs like employee lists or revenue drivers.
The Advantage: Keeps assumptions organized and tied directly to your Cube model without losing spreadsheet flexibility.
Coming Soon: Robust Intelligent Rules engine for Cube values and tables.
Multi-Currency Planning & Multi-Currency by Subsidiary
The Capability: Built-in support to input, publish, and report in local currencies. Store data in the local currency of each subsidiary for the most accurate consolidation reporting.
The Advantage: Automatically converts values and rolls them up into your base reporting currency for audit-ready results.
Data Structure & Mapping
Simplify the technical side of your FP&A model.
Automated Dimension Mapping
The Capability: An AI-assisted system that suggests dimension matches from your ERP or GL data using pattern recognition.
The Advantage: Speeds up onboarding and reduces manual setup errors.
Bulk Edit Dimensions
The Capability: Update multiple dimension members in a single step—ideal for reorganizations or name updates.
Coming Soon: Self-Service Dimension Management.
Community & Feedback
We encourage all users to participate in the Cube Champions program to help shape the future of our product.
Pro Tip: Have a specific feature idea? Visit the Ideas Portal to submit feedback and vote on requests from other community members.