So we’re also excited to share that Insights is now a true plugin! When we launched Insights as part of the plugin bundle subscription in December 2022, Insights dashboards were managed as a hosted service offered by Spotify and available through a customer account profile on. We also heard from customers that they wanted to be able to surface Insights within their Backstage instance vs. We've also added tailored dashboards for surfacing insights into users, Backstage Software Catalog, Search and Software Template usage activity. With the July release, Insights now has advanced filtering and segmentation functionality with the default dimensions like 'User group', 'Entity kind' and 'Lifecycle' (and more) as well as the ability to create your own custom dimensions that best fit your organization. We know that key data points - which plugins are most frequently used, what users are searching for within your organization, how your users are engaging with core open source plugins - is critical to understanding Backstage usage trends, which help drive decision-making around adoption. We’ve heard from our customers that they want more visibility □ into their Backstage usage, particularly data around plugins and actions registered within Backstage. The Insights plugin provides a comprehensive window into Backstage usage at your organization □ and is an incredibly useful tool to help the Backstage champions (we’re talking to you, Platform PM/Tech Lead/Staff Engineer/Backstage hero!) drive widespread adoption in their org. Let’s dive into the highlights of the July release! □ Insights gets new features and a new home But this month is particularly exciting as we’re rolling out some new B-I-G features for Soundcheck and Insights aimed at reducing time to value and facilitating adoption, integrations between RBAC and Soundcheck designed to unify the bundle experience and keep your Backstage instance secure, as well as some website UI and design upgrades aimed at making product information easier to find. We’ve been hard at work □ improving the plugin bundle with monthly releases based on the feedback we’re hearing from customers. In particular, we’re committed to addressing barriers to adoption, building in more Spotify opinionation into new features, and making our products easier to use. Plus – check out the makeover on our product pages!īack in May at the Spotify for Backstage roadmap webinar, we talked a lot about our goals to deliver more value to Backstage adopters and Spotify Plugins for Backstage bundle customers. Tl dr The month of July heralds in an exciting release for the Spotify Plugins for Backstage bundle! We’re introducing a No-Code UI for Soundcheck, new integration between Soundcheck and RBAC, and a new home paired with additional functionality for Insights.
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