Data Mapping Automation - May 15, 2026 - 202605.1.0 (Spring Release)

Fixed

  • Resolved an issue that prevented assessments from displaying the updated organization name after an organization name change.

  • Resolved an issue that caused the risk filter in some PDF reports to display categorical risk attributes in addition to risk attributes.

  • Resolved an issue that prevented bulk asset imports from completing when numerical attribute options contained special characters.

  • Resolved an issue that caused controls to appear multiple times in PDF reports.

New Public Preview Features

Custom Notifications for Assessment Templates

Send customized, trigger-based automated email messages from a new global Notifications tab on the Assessment templates screen. This enhancement speeds up assessment completion, reduces support requirements, and provides users with more relevant information in the assessment.

For more information, see Configuring Custom Email Notifications on Assessment Templates. This feature is related to the following ideas: OT-I-949, OT-I-1270, OT-I-3522, OT-I-7945, and OT-I-16348.

Configuring Approver-only Assessment Sections

Configure approver-only sections on assessments automatically using template rules or inventory-based values. These enhancements mean users can launch assessments with approver-only sections directly from the self-service portal.

For more information, see Configuring Approver-only Assessment Sections. This feature is related to the following ideas: AA-I-293 and AA-I-302.

Leveraging AI Auto-responses for Assessments

Opt-out of automatically scanning your three most recent assessments, plus add more files, more file types, and bigger files to your uploads. These enhancements improve the performance and accuracy of the AI Doc Scanner.

For more information, see Leveraging AI Auto-responses for Assessments.

Existing Public Preview Features

Enhanced Data Graph Visualizations

View relationships between projects, data sets, and models in the data graph in addition to inventory records. This enhancement provides a clear visualization of how objects relate to each other and to inventory records throughout your data map.

For more information, see Creating and Managing Contextual Relationships.

Inventory Review

|Available with Solution Packaging Only

Gain essential visibility into the flow of newly added and updated inventory records so you can better investigate risks, promote compliance, and enhance efficiency concerning your data map. This review experience allows you to manage pending inventory records that are created by several methods and review inventory records with new or updated data elements.

For more information, see Inventory Review & Automation Feature Guide.

Table Enhancements for Data Mapping Automation

Tables and table functionalities within Data Mapping Automation have been upgraded to improve usability, accessibility, and customization, including resizable columns, more records per view, clearer row actions, and more. These updates are designed to provide a consistent and improved user experience, helping users work more efficiently with data and tailor their experience to their specific needs. Tables have been updated on the following screens:

  • Data lineage screen

  • Assessments tab of the Inventory details screen

Note:

Select tables across Data Mapping Automation may support these enhancements while others may not. These updates will continue to roll out incrementally so availability may vary.

For more information, see Table Enhancements Across the OneTrust Platform and Table Enhancements User Guide.

Permissions

  • The Processing activities, Assets, Vendors/Third parties, and Entities items on the navigation menu will now be visible to users with access to the following products by default regardless of whether they have permission to view those inventories. However, users will not be able to view inventory information on those respective screens without the necessary permissions.

    • Compliance Automation

    • IT Risk Management

    • Third-Party Due Diligence (Third parties only)

    • Third-Party Risk Exchange (Third parties only)

    • Third-Party Risk Management

  • Permission changes have been implemented to improve platform usability and administrative efficiency.

    For more information, see Permissions Release Notes: Data Mapping Automation. For a complete list of products with permission updates in this release, see Permissions Release Notes Catalog.

Things to Know

About Known Defects

 

Issues that may impact our customers are documented in our Known Defects Database located here with approved workarounds and targeted releases for resolving the issue.