This month, all the updates are focused on giving you greater control, deeper insights, and a unified analytics experience.
Here’s what’s new in April:
Widget Studio Beta is Here!
One-size-fits all dashboards don’t cut it for PR & Comms teams in diverse businesses with different objectives and stakeholders to report to. Say hello to the CARMA’s Widget Studio – visualise your PR results in the way YOU need to report on them.
Widget Studio is a one stop shop for building, customising, and visualising your PR results exactly how you want to see them.
What Is Widget Studio?
A flexible, intuitive widget builder that lets you:
- Choose your data, metrics, and display options
- Build a wide range of widgets and charts using existing datasets
- Select from basic or advanced settings for fine-tuning
- Customise visuals and charts with real-time previews
Coming soon:
- Advanced comparison tools
- Third-party data integrations
- Prebuilt widgets including AI-insights and live broadcast streaming.
And for those of you that prefer a template, we’ve also included a set of prebuilt templates to get you started — including Simple, Competitor Comparison, Audience Insights, and Integrated Channel Analytics.
Unified Dashboards: Reordering + Custom Queries in Curated Charts
Dashboard Reordering
You can now reorder dashboards in your main view, helping you prioritise the dashboards that matter most.
Curated Chart Widget: Add Custom Queries
The new Widget Studio supports a new “Analysis” action that lets you embed custom analysis queries (built in Power Dashboards) into any standard dashboard.
How to use it:
- Build a custom query in Power Dashboards.
- Use the widget studio ‘Analysis’ option to create a custom chart.
- Apply your query — and you’re done!
Requires Power Dashboards to be enabled.
Why It Matters:
- Powers more tailored insights with less manual setup.
- Makes it easier to move and reuse elements across your dashboards.
Real-Time + Spike Alerts: Now with Translation Support
Your critical alerts now speak your language — literally.
We’ve added translation support to real-time and spike alerts, ensuring consistency with newsletter translation features.
How It Works:
- Set up or edit an alert
- From the Summary Translate menu, select your preferred alert language
- Headlines and summaries will now appear in that language
Why It Matters:
- Supports global teams with localised alerts
- Reduces manual interpretation or translation
- Keeps formatting + delivery speed exactly the same
Whether you’re tracking crises or campaign spikes, translated alerts help your team stay informed wherever you are.
Have questions or want to try Widget Studio?
We’re Always Listening
Your feedback fuels our innovation. Try out these new features and let us know what you think. Stay tuned for more updates to help you stay ahead in your PR and communications strategy!
