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This release puts AI to work on the hardest part of product data, which is getting it into the Hive in the first place. Drop in a supplier's PDF and the Hive reads it. Alongside that, there are powerful new tools for reshaping awkward data, a faster way to work with your lists, and more flexible ways to pay for what you actually use.
What's new
Build a Product Template from any document with Hive AI
Creating a template no longer means adding fields one at a time. Upload a supplier's spec sheet, price list, or product export, switch on Use Hive AI for extraction, and the Hive reads the document and builds the template for you, including the fields and the structure, ready to review. Because the AI reads the document rather than relying on a fixed layout, the source no longer has to be a Hive-formatted spreadsheet. PDFs, Excel files, and JSON all work. Processing runs in the background and you're notified the moment your template is ready.
Create or update a product by dropping a document on it
Open a new product, drag a supplier's PDF or spreadsheet onto the panel beside the form, and watch the fields fill themselves in. Hive AI extracts the product information from the document and populates your template's fields, including the units, so a measurement in kilopascals lands in the right field with the right unit of measure attached. The source document stays on screen next to the form, so checking the result is a glance rather than a hunt between windows. The same works on an existing product. Drop a newer data sheet on it and refresh what you hold.
Add and update products from documents inside a Flow
The same AI extraction now runs inside a Flow. A new Fetch action, Get product information from a file using Hive AI, reads an uploaded file, extracts the product information, and hands it to the rest of your Flow to be mapped, transformed, and stored. It can add new products or update existing ones automatically. Provide a sample document when you configure the action and the Hive learns what your files look like, giving you real values to build your mappings against. What used to be a manual job for every supplier document becomes a repeatable pipeline.
Augment products from complicated data sets
Some suppliers send one row per unit of measure. An each, a box, and a carton, all sharing a material number, each carrying its own dimensions, weight, volume, and barcode. Until now, only one of those rows survived and the packaging detail was lost. The new Augment products from complicated data sets action fixes that. It groups incoming rows by a business identifier, applies rules you define to pick out the specific rows you care about, and makes every picked row's fields available to your mapping grid. One product record, assembled from as many source rows as it takes. A Preview screen shows you exactly which row each rule selected before you commit.
Calculate fields with formulas
A mapping can now work out a target field's value using a maths formula that references any of the source fields in your file. Write something like {Net_Weight_kg} * 1000 or {RRP_AUD} * (1 - {Discount}), and the Hive resolves each field against the incoming row and writes the result. Gross weights, per-unit prices, volumes, margins: the arithmetic now lives in the Flow, so your supplier's file can stay exactly as it arrives. The Hive lists every available field for you as you write, checks your formula when you save, and reports any row it can't calculate rather than failing the run.
Views: your lists, your way
Every list screen in the Hive now carries a row of named views across the top. A view is a saved combination of the columns you want, in the order you want them, filtered to the records you care about. Switching between them takes one click. Build one for checking what changed this week, another for preparing a catalogue, another for a particular supplier. Views are shared across your organisation, so a view built once is available to everyone, and the Hive remembers which one you had open and where you were in it.
See exactly what a Flow changed
Every Flow run is now stamped with its own package identifier, shown right in the run's title, and every record that run adds or changes is tagged with it. Copy the identifier, filter any list by Package, and you're looking at precisely the records that run touched. No guessing at timestamps, no sorting by modified date and hoping. You can save that filter as a view, or add Package as a column to see at a glance which run last wrote each record. When an import goes wrong, you can isolate it exactly and act on it without disturbing anything else.
Trading Partners: more than just a connection
Suppliers and customers are now full Trading Partner records rather than a bare link between two companies. Each one is driven by a template, so you decide what a trading partner holds. Contacts, addresses, registration numbers, documents, and images, all organised across tabs. Trading partner templates are created and edited in the same template editor you already use for products, with the same drag-and-drop field library, and you can have more than one so different kinds of partner capture different information. All the information you keep about the companies you trade with finally has a home, right beside the products flowing through the connection.
Share templates with any trading partner
Template sharing is no longer tied to the direction of your relationship. Previously, templates could only be shared when you were inviting a company to send data to you. Now you can attach templates to any type of invite, share an existing template with any company you're connected to, and build template mappings against templates shared with you whether you're the receiver or the sharer of the information. Whichever party owns the standard can publish it.
Purchase Extras
A new Extras panel on your Subscriptions page opens a dedicated Purchase Extras screen, where you can add exactly what you need on top of your plan. More users, more AI credits, more capacity, all without moving to a bigger plan. Extras are grouped into categories, priced in whatever way suits them, and switchable between monthly and yearly billing so you can compare before you commit.
Usage pricing for AI
AI usage isn't the same shape as a subscription. One month you might process a handful of documents, the next an entire catalogue. Usage credits let you buy credit in dollars and draw it down as you use AI, rather than paying for headroom you never touch or stopping mid-job. You choose the amount at checkout, your balance shows on your Subscriptions page alongside your plan limits, and anything left over carries forward when you top up.
What's better
Pricing in US Dollars
Hive pricing moves from Australian dollars to US dollars. Everywhere a price appears, plans, add-ons, usage credits, purchase screens, and invoices, amounts are now shown and charged in USD, giving every customer a single consistent basis for what the platform costs.
Convert units from a field
Unit conversions no longer need every row to share the same source unit. A new Use a UoM field option on a conversion step lets you point at a field in your incoming data and read the source unit from it, row by row. Supplier files where each row carries its own unit can now be converted correctly in a single pass, without splitting the file or forcing every row into the same assumption.
Run, not Execute
Starting a Flow used to mean clicking a button labelled Execute twice, once to open the execution page and again to actually start it. The button on the execution page is now called Run, so the sequence reads Execute then Run, and it's always clear whether your Flow has started.
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This release brings powerful new automation to the Hive alongside ways to manage suppliers, your organisation's fields, and incoming product data with more flexibility. Whether you're scheduling flows to run overnight, plugging in OneDrive, or reviewing what's actually changing before you accept a supplier's update, there's a lot here to make your day-to-day faster.
What's new
Set flows to run on a schedule
Flows can now start themselves. A new Trigger stage sits at the top of every flow. Add the "Execute a flow on a schedule" action, type in a plain-language schedule like "run daily at 4am", and the Hive validates it for you and previews the exact next run time in both your local time and UTC. The trigger stays off while you're still building, so you won't accidentally fire a half-finished flow. Switch it on when you're ready.
Chain flows together with a Next stage
A new Next stage now lives at the end of every flow. Use it to automatically kick off one or more other flows the moment this one finishes. Now you can build multi-step pipelines without stuffing everything into a single flow. For example, run an import flow, then have a share flow trigger as soon as the import lands.
Connect to OneDrive and SharePoint
The Hive can now talk to OneDrive and SharePoint. Set up the connector in Settings under Connectors, sign in with your Microsoft account, and pick which folders the connector can see. Once it's set up, you can use it inside flows to read from or write to those folders directly.
Read product data from OneDrive in a flow
A new flow action, Get product information from OneDrive, reads a spreadsheet straight from a connected OneDrive folder into your flow. From there it's ready to be mapped and processed just like any other source.
Save product data into OneDrive from a flow
A new flow action, Store product information into OneDrive, writes your product data out to a OneDrive or SharePoint folder as a file. Supports Excel, CSV, and JSON. You can set the output filename yourself or have the Hive generate one automatically.
Save products on behalf of a trading partner
A new Store action, "Save product information into the Hive on behalf of a trading partner", lets you process incoming product data and save it into the catalogue attributed to a specific connected trading partner. Pick the fields that uniquely identify each record, choose which trading partner the products belong to, and the Hive does the rest. Useful when you're handling product data on behalf of a supplier who isn't entering it themselves.
See every change ever made to a supplier
Every supplier record now has a full change history. Open any supplier in My Suppliers, click History in the top menu bar, and you'll see a timestamped log of every change, who made it, and the before-and-after values for every field that was updated. Helpful for tracking down when something changed, or making sure nothing got updated unexpectedly.
Capture more about your trading partners with a tabbed form
The New Trading Partner form has been redesigned. Whether you're creating or editing a supplier, their information is now organised across five tabs: Detail, Contacts, Address, Documents, and Images. A cleaner, more structured way to record everything you know about a trading partner in one place.
Browse and drag fields straight onto a template
A new Fields page now lives under Settings. It lists every field defined in your organisation, with its display name, internal name, type, whether it's public, and whether it's a system field. A searchable panel on the right lets you browse fields and drag them straight onto a Product Template. Faster than navigating away to find the right field.
Review supplier changes before accepting them
The Shared Product Approvals list now shows you two extra things at a glance: Type of Change (was it an add, an update?) and Total Changes (how many fields were touched?). Click a product name to open a panel showing a full field-by-field before-and-after comparison. You can see exactly what will change before you accept, instead of approving blind.
What's better
Filter approvals by what's actually changed
The Filter on the Shared Product Approvals page now includes Type of Change and Total Changes as filterable fields. When you've got a batch of incoming products and only some matter, you can now focus on the ones that actually need your attention.
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This release puts more control in your hands across the day-to-day flow of working in the Hive. From personalised invitations and bulk approvals to smarter mappings and clearer wizards, every change here is about removing friction so you can move faster on what matters.
What's new
Add a personal message when you invite trading partners
When you invite a customer or supplier to join the Hive, you can now include a personal message in the invitation email. Just type your note in the new Message field on the Invite Customer or Invite Supplier dialog before sending. Useful when you want to remind them what you discussed, or just add a friendly touch instead of a generic invite, especially for trading partners you've worked with for years.
Approve or reject products shared with you
When a supplier shares products with you, those products now appear in a new Approvals section under Products. You can review them before they get added to your catalogue. Tick the products you want to bring in, or select all at once, then accept or reject. If you reject, you'll be asked to give a reason. Accepting kicks off a flow to add the products to your catalogue, and you'll get a link to track that flow's progress.
Convert units of measure automatically inside mappings
A new step type called Convert is now available in the Calculate Value dialog when you're setting up template mappings. Use it to automatically convert numeric values between units of measure as the mapping runs. For example, convert a supplier's measurements from centimetres to feet without lifting a finger. Pick the dimension (like Length), the source unit, and the target unit, and the Hive handles the rest.
Know what's coming before you start a Flow wizard
The Import Products, Export Products, and Accept Products wizards now each start with an introduction page that explains what the wizard does and walks you through what each step will cover. You get a clear preview before you commit, so there are no surprises mid-flow.
Delete multiple products at once
You can now delete several products in one go from both My Products and My Suppliers Products. Tick the products you want to remove, click the Delete button that appears above the list, and confirm. Since this action can't be undone, the Hive always asks you to confirm before going through with it.
Export Flow results to Excel, CSV, or JSON
The Store action for saving product information from a Flow used to write only to Excel. It now supports Excel, CSV, and JSON, and you can enable more than one format at a time. Each selected format gets its own downloadable file when the Flow runs. Handy when you need the same data in different shapes for different systems.
What's better
Product Templates have moved to the main sidebar
Product Templates used to live inside the Hive Control Centre. They now have their own home in the main left sidebar navigation, so you can get to them from anywhere in the platform. The section has been split into three clear areas: My Templates for your own, Shared Templates for ones shared with you by connected companies, and Mappings. Mappings now stand on their own rather than being buried inside each template, so you can see all your mappings in one place and create new ones independently.
A clearer way to create templates from a file
The New from File experience has been rebuilt as a full dedicated page instead of a cramped side panel. The new layout makes it easier to review and adjust the fields the Hive has detected before you save. The page now also explains supported file formats and what structure works best up front. Behind the scenes, the AI that reads your source file is sharper too: it more accurately picks up field types, suggests sensible display names, and spots dropdown options from your data.
Hive Sync Settings: same screen, clearer name
The Organisation Settings page in the Hive Control Centre has been renamed to Hive Sync Settings. The screen itself hasn't changed, but the new name better reflects what it actually does: setting the product folder names that the Hive Sync desktop app uses on your computer.
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This update makes the day-to-day of working with product data faster, and opens up new ways to connect the Hive to the rest of your tools. Whether you're mapping fields to a trading partner, uploading a catalogue of product images, or plugging HivePix into your own systems, there's something here for you.
What's new
Map your products to a trading partner's template faster
When you set up a flow to share products with a retail customer or supplier, you'll now see a three-column view: your template on the left, their template on the right, and a middle column showing how each field gets handled in transit. Click the new Suggest Mappings button and the Hive proposes field matches for you automatically, so you're not lining them up by hand. Anything it misses, add manually.
Build smarter values with Calculate Value
The Calculate Value tool has been tidied up so it's quicker to use and does more. It opens ready to go, defaults to the most common return type, and has a clear Cancel button. The biggest change is in the Set Value Manually step: you can now drop live field values straight into the value you're building by wrapping a field name in curly brackets. Type {Name} {SKU} and the product's name and SKU will slot in automatically when the flow runs. You can also use system values like {flow.name}, {current.date}, {current.time}, {company.name}, {source.field.name}, and {target.field.name}.
See how much of your subscription you've used
Head to Settings and open the new Subscription Limits screen. It shows you how much you've used of your plan across everything that counts: users, products, flows, storage, downloads, AI calls, customer connections, and supplier connections. Each one shows your current usage, your plan allowance, and how much you have left. When you're getting close to a limit the remaining percentage turns red, so you get a heads-up before it becomes a problem. If an action would push you over, the Hive will now stop it until you free up space or upgrade.
Invite several trading partners at once
Inviting suppliers or customers to connect in the Hive no longer has to happen one at a time. Paste in a list of email addresses and send the invitations together. Useful when you're onboarding a group or rolling out HivePix across a customer base.
Upload product images and documents in bulk with Hive Sync
Hive Sync is a new desktop app for Windows that turns your computer into a shortcut to the Hive. Install it, pick a folder on your computer, and it sets up a matching folder for every product you have. Drop images or documents into a product's folder and they'll automatically appear in that product's Images or Documents tab in the Hive. No more opening each product one by one when you've got hundreds of files to upload.
Generate your own API tokens
You can now create personal API tokens from within the Hive. These JWT-based tokens let you and your development team authenticate against the Hive API programmatically, which opens the door to custom integrations and automated workflows without relying on user credentials.
A public API for product management
The Hive now offers a publicly accessible REST API, authenticated with an API token, covering the full lifecycle of product management: listing products, retrieving a product by identifier, creating new products, updating existing ones, and removing them. You can integrate HivePix directly with your ERP, your own tooling, or your own automated data pipelines, without anyone needing to interact with the Hive manually. Generate an API token from within your Hive account to get started.
What's better
Use a promo code at checkout
If the Hive team has sent you a promo code, enter it on the subscription screen before you pay. The discount applies before checkout completes.
Heads-up when your trial is about to end
If your 30-day free trial is close to running out, a notice now appears on your home page with a direct link to upgrade. You get a clear prompt before your access is interrupted.
Upload bigger images and documents
The size limit for product images and documents has been increased. If high-resolution photography or bulkier compliance files used to fail, they'll now go through without trouble.
This release is a big one. Whether you're just getting started in the Hive or already running flows with your retail customers, you'll find things faster, clearer, and easier to use across the board. Here's what's changed.
What's new
Get your products moving with guided wizards
Setting up a product flow used to mean navigating through settings and configuration screens. Now, from the Products page, you can kick off an import, export, or share flow with a single click. Each option walks you through a step-by-step wizard so you're up and running without needing to know the plumbing. Find it on the Products page in your Hive.
Invite a supplier and get them set up in minutes
From the My Suppliers page, you can now send a supplier an invitation to join HivePix directly. When they accept, they're automatically set up with your product templates and connected to your account. No back-and-forth setup, no manual configuration. They're ready to share products with you from day one.
Add images and documents to your products
You can now attach images and documents directly to any product in your catalogue. Drag and drop files into the new Images or Documents tab on the Product page, or browse to upload them. The first image you attach will also appear as a product icon in your product list, making it easier to find what you're looking for at a glance.
Start a free trial without entering payment details
When you sign up for HivePix, you can now start a 30-day free trial without needing to go through payment processing. Select the trial option on the sign-up page and you're in. No credit card required to get started.
What's better
Flow History is now much easier to read
The Flow History page has been redesigned. When you check on a flow that's run, you can now see each step of the execution clearly laid out, along with its status. The page also updates automatically while a flow is still running, so you can watch progress without needing to refresh. Messages and supporting data are formatted for easier reading.
Filtering products is now available
On the Products page, you can now filter your product list using the filter button in the command bar. Build filtering rules using one or more conditions, apply them, and clear them when you're done. Useful when you're working with a large catalogue and need to find a specific subset quickly.
Track every change made to a product
A full audit history is now available for every product. Navigate to the Product page and click the History button to see a log of every change made, by whom, and when. Helpful for tracking down when a field was updated or catching any unexpected changes.
Spreadsheets upload and download noticeably faster
The way HivePix handles Excel files has been rebuilt using local processing. The result is a meaningfully faster experience when you're uploading a product spreadsheet or downloading an export. No change to how you use it. It just works faster.
What's fixed
Sign-up no longer asks for a GLN
The sign-up page previously asked for a GLN (Global Location Number), which is not relevant for most businesses. It now asks for your ABN or ACN instead.
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