Developments in New UI for STEP

Summary

The 2026.3 update introduces several features to the New UI, to expand the functionality and improve efficiency and user experience.

The following updates have been made:

  • AI Chat, an AI-powered chatbot for use in the Next UI, has entered limited availability.

  • AI prompt templates are reusable AI prompts that can be assigned to any attribute to automate enrichment. Available for use in the Next UI in limited availability.

  • A new Translation tab enables users to review, manage, and edit their translations across contexts in a single tab page.

  • Attribute configuration in Attributes tabs now includes showing nested sub-attribute groups, significantly reducing manual maintenance, lowering the risk of errors, and improving configuration scalability.

  • A new Multi-context tab enables users to view, compare, edit, and approve data across multiple contexts from a single workspace.

  • The quick links feature has been updated to support quick link groups, including a group of new Stibo Systems-provided links for quick access to important websites.

  • Access contextual information and HTML-based business function output directly from attribute tabs using the new configurable Info panel.

  • Attribute values in the Attribute tab are now easier to read and maintain through improved field sizing and responsive layouts.

  • Enhanced performance when configuring work areas and perspectives.

  • The following enhancements have been made to references in the details view of a perspective to improve navigation and relationship data visibility:

    • 'Referenced by' table within a references tab allows users to add, remove, sort, filter, and add referenced objects to workflow.

    • Referenced objects within an attribute tab can be viewed in a table or gallery view.

Details

Conversational AI Assistant for New UI for STEP

Updated October 2026

For customers interested in a free-trial period, users can now bring the power of AI directly into their day-to-day Next Experience UI experience with a powerful new feature: the Conversational AI Assistant. For implementations that include the ProductGen AI license, Next UI users now have the ability to interact with an AI chatbot capable of assisting in a wide range of tasks when managing their STEP product data.

The Conversational AI Assistant is accessible via the 'AI assistant' button in the utilities bar and can be accessed and used independently of the Next UI at any time while navigating through and executing tasks in the UI.

When engaged, the Conversational AI Assistant displays in a side panel located to the right of the interface. Through natural-language chat prompting, users can gain useful insights into their offerings by asking the AI assistant about data, products, product categories, and the entire data structure. In this way users are able to use the AI assistant to generate relevant and actionable information.

Listed below are some additional features of the Conversational AI Assistant:

  • Follow-up suggestions - When the LLM considers it helpful, a series of pre-written query options display beneath AI-generated responses from the LLM. If the user clicks the option that matches their next question, the query is automatically entered into the chat, progressing the conversation.

  • Conversational memory - Conversations within the AI assistant persist throughout a session and are remembered by the LLM. This allows users to leverage earlier parts of a chat session against current queries, speeding tasks and saving time.

  • View AI results in a search screen - When a user request produces a large list of products from the AI assistant, users can now click an 'Open list' button that shifts display of the results into a search screen, providing users with the expanded set of options available there.

The Conversational AI Assistant provides users with automated solutions for a variety of use cases, like product comparisons, product summaries, and attribute-based product searches.

For example, users can prompt the chatbot to provide a wealth of information about the product currently viewed without explicitly mentioning the product because the Conversational AI Assistant is context-aware. The chatbot can provide a detailed description of the current product without requiring users to pore over potentially long product details pages to extract the relevant information.

The Conversational AI Assistant empowers product managers, data stewards, and sales engineers to increase efficiency, shorten workflow windows, and speed delivery times throughout the product lifecycle.

Currently in beta testing, the Conversational AI Assistant for ProductGen AI is currently looking for design partners to help shape the next iteration of our AI assistant. If this feature is of interest, reach out to a Stibo Systems representative for next steps.

For additional information on the Conversational AI Assistant, refer to the Conversational AI Assistant topic in the Artificial Intelligence in STEP documentation.

AI Prompt Templates

In a substantial expansion of Stibo Systems' AI capabilities, the Next Experience UI for STEP (formerly New UI) now offers users the ability to configure, test, validate, and apply reusable AI prompts to enrich product attributes with the click of a button. The AI prompt template feature is simple to set up and can easily be configured by non-technical users.

Included with the ProductGen AI license and exclusive to the Next Experience UI (Next UI), the AI prompt template feature allows users to store prompts in a library where all prompts created on a system can be maintained, stored, and managed. Linked to specific attributes, these prompts can then be run to generate content for a wide range of enrichment use cases, such as marketing descriptions, technical summaries, and translations.

Prompt creation

AI prompt template creation is available in the product details view and can be accessed in one of two ways:

  • from any text-type attribute without an existing prompt, by clicking the 'Create prompt template' () button .

  • from the prompt library, by clicking the 'Create' ( ) button.

The prompt dialog allows users to reference valid product attributes when creating prompts.

Users can insert valid attributes into the prompt template to provide additional context, preview the prompt with the relevant attribute values in place, and then test the prompt-generated output, all within the prompt creation interface. Additionally, users can switch between different products to easily compare how the attribute values change in the prompt.

Offering this framework in the AI prompt template feature helps ensure AI-generated outputs are consistently high-quality and customized to the linked attribute.

Prompt library

Users also have access to a prompt library within the Next Experience UI.

All AI user-created prompts are stored in the prompt library. Users can create or edit existing prompts from the library. The library also allows users to duplicate prompts which they can then edit and link to different attributes. This enables enrichment specialists to make use of existing prompts, resulting in maximal automation of enrichment tasks without the investment of additional time resources.

AI prompt templates allow administrative users to harness the full power of Large Language Models (LLM), thus streamlining the often arduous and resource-intensive process of enriching product data. AI prompt templates help customers speed enrichment, push products to market faster, and use automation to transform their business.

For more information on AI prompt templates, review the AI Prompt Templates in Next Experience UI intro topic, as well as the related setup (AI Prompt Templates - Setup Information) and usage (AI Prompt Templates in Next Experience UI - Creating and Applying Prompts) topics.

New Translation tab

The New UI's translation capabilities have expanded to give content stewards and global market managers a robust tool to oversee product translations across languages. Where previous functionality only allowed users to view their translations, the new Translation tab gives users the ability to view, approve, and manually edit translations.

Configured in the New UI's Configuration tool, the Translations tab gives users the ability to:

  • select up to four target languages to view within the table, in addition to the source language column, and the current context's target language column

  • review and approve one or more languages within the table

  • view at a glance which attributes require review via a blue dot indicator (as shown in the screenshot above)

  • edit translated values

Additionally, display of the translation table in the Translation Tab is dynamic, meaning the table only shows in specific scenarios. For instance, the translation table only displays if the user is:

  • in a relevant context

  • there are translations to display

  • the user has the required privileges to view translations.

Previously, users needed to switch interfaces to get a complete picture of their translations and translation statuses, resulting in extended review times and delays. With the new Translations tab, users can now enjoy close control of their translations while working in the New UI for STEP.

For more information on the Translation tab, review the Tabs topic in the New UI documentation. For more information on configuring the Translation tab, refer to the Configuration Tool topic in the New UI documentation.

Adding attributes by attribute groups now includes attributes in nested sub-attribute groups

Previously, when an administrator added attributes using a parent attribute group, only attributes directly in that group were included, leaving out any attributes in any nested sub-attribute groups. As a result, whenever the data model changed in workbench and attribute groups were reorganized, administrators had to manually review and update tabs across the New UI, adding or removing attribute groups one by one. This was time-consuming and increased the risk of errors.

With this update, selecting a parent attribute group in a tab configuration now automatically includes the attributes contained in its nested sub-attribute group(s). Administrators can configure tabs at the parent attribute group level, and changes to the underlying group structure will be reflected automatically, with no need to update tabs individually.

This reduces manual maintenance effort, lowers the risk of configuration errors, and makes it easier to scale configuration as data models grow more complex. For more information, refer to the Data Containers topic in the New UI documentation.

Added a new Multi-context tab in details view

You can now configure a Multi-context tab in the Details view that enables users to view, compare, edit, and approve data across multiple contexts. Managing context-dependent data in New UI traditionally required users to switch between contexts to compare, review, and update values. The new Multi-context tab simplifies this work by providing a consolidated view of data from multiple contexts in a single tab. The tab displays context-specific values side by side, reducing the need to switch contexts when reviewing or maintaining data. Users can perform cross-context updates and approval actions directly within the tab and customize the column layout to suit their workspace.

For further information, refer to the Multi-context Tab Page topic in the New UI documentation.

Updates to Quick Links in New UI

The quick links feature, found in the utilities toolbar in the New UI for STEP, has added two significant improvements for the 2026.3 update: quick link groups and Stibo Systems-provided quick links, all available in the quick links dropdown.

  • Administrative users can now group quick links into sections. A new setting in the configuration tool allows users to create and name 'link groups' and then populate those groups with quick links they create. By supporting the creation of groups, users can now more easily locate and navigate to their desired link in the dropdown.

  • Stibo Systems-provided links are now available at the bottom of the Quick Links dropdown in the New UI. These links are automatically displayed and require no additional configuration. These links will be available even if no quick links have been configured. When a new Stibo Systems-provided quick link becomes available for the first time, a 'New' icon displays beside it, as shown in the screenshot below. Additionally, a purple dot displays in the quick links button when new links are available.

    The Stibo Systems-provided quick links send users to:

    • a PDX information site that provides a wealth of information about Stibo Systems' PDX offerings, including PDX Onboarding and Syndication.

    • the expansive New UI for STEP section of the STEP online help documentation.

    • the Stibo Systems Product Update center, where users can get more information, including videos, on new and recent features, as well as upcoming functionality.

These links give users a fast and easy way to access sites they might otherwise have to hunt for. Additionally, they establish a space where Stibo Systems can provide users with new links in future updates.

For more information on quick links, refer to the Utilities topic.

HTML functions can now be rendered directly in the attribute tab page through the Info panel

The New UI now supports a configurable Info panel that appears as a contextual sidebar alongside attribute tabs in the details view. The Info panel provides access to relevant read-only information while users work with objects, reducing the need to navigate between tabs or views. Administrators can also configure the panel to render the output of a business function as HTML.

You can create and manage reusable Info panel configurations and associate them with specific attribute tabs. When you open a tab that has a linked Info panel, the panel is displayed automatically and presents contextual information tailored to the selected object and context.

The Info panel can be expanded, collapsed, and resized to suit individual preferences. It also automatically synchronizes changes made on the associated attribute tab, ensuring that displayed information remains current as data is updated. By editing key information directly within the details view, the Info panel helps you to review and validate data while still maintaining focus on the primary task.

For further information, refer to the Creating an Info Panel Configuration in Specific Views topic in the New UI documentation.

Improved Attribute tab readability through better field sizing and value presentation

The Attribute tab has been enhanced to improve readability, consistency, and responsiveness in the details view. Attribute fields now use standardized widths based on attribute type, creating a more visually balanced layout in both editable and read-only modes.

The presentation of read-only values has also been improved. Empty attributes are clearly identified, and multi-valued attributes provide better visual separation between values, making it easier to understand the displayed data.

In addition, attribute names now adapt more gracefully to limited space by wrapping when necessary while maintaining readability and alignment with related controls. These enhancements provide a cleaner experience across different screen sizes and layouts.

For further information, refer to the Attribute Tab Page topic in the New UI documentation.

Improved Configuration tool performance for work areas and perspectives

Performance improvements have been made to work areas and perspectives in the New UI Configuration tool. These enhancements optimize the loading and rendering of work area and perspective configurations, providing a faster and more responsive experience when creating, editing, and managing tailored user configurations.

References improvements in details view of a perspective

Users are now able to add or remove a referenced object, add a referenced object to a workflow, and filter and sort data in a 'referenced by' table within a references tab in the details view of a perspective. This aligns with the functionality that is already available in the 'references' tables.

Additionally, referenced objects in an attribute tab of the details view of a perspective can now be viewed in a table, gallery or compact table view mode. The columns displayed and view methods can be customized by an administrator for each reference type. By default, referenced objects are displayed in a compact table view.

Within the attribute tab, users will also be able to add or remove referenced objects, edit metadata, add referenced objects to workflow, and filter and sort the table. These changes improve navigation and provide a better way to view relationship data. For further information, refer to the References topic in the New UI documentation.