Quarterly Product Update - Q4 2024

Q4 highlights: Custom forms, mobile enhancements, transparent calculations, and more.

We're closing out 2024 with powerful new features designed to make your life easier and to allow for greater flexibility on a wide variety of features within the Validere platform. These enhancements will streamline your workflows for field data collection, improve data accuracy for reporting, and empower you to make better decisions across your organization. Let's dive in and explore what's new!

Enhancements to support 2024 and 2025 reporting requirements

We've added features to provide greater flexibility when incorporating measurement data into your 2024 reporting and beyond. Additionally, we've incorporated new calculators, emission factors, and emission sources to support RY2025.

Here's how the RY2024 updates will help you:

• Stay compliant with ease: Maintain precise and compliant reporting with revised GWPs (Global Warming Potentials), reflecting the latest EPA revisions for RY2024.
• Gain greater flexibility: Use optional empirical measurement data to make calculations for pneumatic devices, pumps, equipment leaks, and compressors in onshore production, gathering, and boosting segments.

We've also integrated revisions that will be required for RY2025, including:

• New emissions source categories: Effectively quantify and report from new source categories, including mud degassing, crankcase venting, methane slip, product water tanks, and other large release events.
• New RY2025 emission factors: Access RY2025 emission factors today and conduct comparative analyses to gain insights into your 2025 emissions.

Form template builder: Custom forms at your fingertips

Experience enhanced flexibility with the launch of the new form template builder. Design, manage, and deploy custom forms for field data collection tailored precisely to your operational needs. Capture field data your team needs, ensuring accuracy and consistency across your operations.

Here's what you can do:

• Design forms that fit your needs: Create diverse field types, choose from our existing measurement type libraries for data collection, integrate with underlying asset data, and create custom calculations directly in the form template.
• Ensure data accuracy: Use built-in validation and logic checks to minimize manual errors.
• Empower your field teams: Provide field teams with access to the latest forms accessible through our web and mobile apps.

Multi-account access: Manage all your Validere accounts with ease 

Seamlessly switch between multiple Validere accounts from a single login with our new multi-account switching feature. This functionality also extends to customers using Single Sign-On (SSO) for effortless access.

With this new capability, you can:

• Effortlessly manage different business units: Access separate accounts for each business unit all within a single corporate or enterprise-level account.
• Streamline testing and integration accounts: Enable multiple Validere accounts for testing new features, functionality, or data integrations before promoting to your production account.

For enterprise customers: Contact us to learn how this capability can drive efficiency, enhance adoption, and improve the overall Validere experience across your organization.

Unlocking transparency: See the calculations behind your forms

Gain transparency and control over your calculated data with complete visibility into how your values are derived. Now you can see the exact calculations behind your field data collection forms, ensuring accuracy and trust in your data empowering you to make informed decisions and drive operational efficiency.

Here’s how it works:

• Proactive error detection: Identify and rectify potential errors before submitting your data.
• Transparent data collection: Understand the logic behind every calculation when creating or editing form templates and even while filling out forms.
• Enhanced auditability: Access and review equations within submitted forms, presented in a user-friendly table view for streamlined audits and analysis.

Mobile enhancements: Field data collection anywhere, anytime

Field data collection operations just got a whole lot easier with Validere's latest mobile app update. We've made a series of updates designed to streamline your workflow and boost your productivity in the field.

Experience a smoother, more efficient mobile experience with:

• Prefilled Forms: Save valuable time and reduce errors with automatically populated fields. Your username, the current time, and other relevant information are prefilled, allowing you to focus on what matters most.
• Faster File Uploads: Enjoy a seamless and efficient workflow with significantly faster file uploads. Say goodbye to delays and enjoy a seamless upload process.
• Enhanced Camera: Capture high-quality images with ease with our upgraded camera, featuring:
  • Zoom and refocus to get sharper images.
  • Easy switching between front and back cameras.
  • Flash functionality for optimal low-light performance.
  • Improved photo markup with a wider array of colors.

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Editable form submissions: Data accuracy made easy

No more frustration over submitted form errors. Now you can easily make corrections and keep your data accurate with the introduction of Editable Form Submissions.

With this new feature, you can:

• Correct errors effortlessly: Easily modify submitted forms to ensure your data is always accurate and up-to-date.
• Maintain workflow consistency: After editing a form, choose whether to retrigger associated workflows based on the updated data, ensuring consistency across the entire process.

The editable form submissions feature is available to users with the necessary permissions, providing the flexibility to make corrections while ensuring your data remains secure.

Looking ahead: What's next for Validere users

As 2024 comes to a close, we're excited for the opportunities and challenges that 2025 will bring, including new regulations and evolving technologies. We look forward to continuously collaborating with our customers to provide an industry-leading solution that supports emissions management and decision-making, along with integrated compliance and operational workflows in 2025 and beyond.

Best regards,

The Validere Product Team

To learn more about these new features or ask any questions, please email me directly at mike.rolfe@validere.com or contact us at support@validere.com.