Why the Switch to Next-Gen Qualifier

Next-Gen Qualifier is now the default experience, with a toggle in the top navigation to switch back to Legacy. It's the same Qualifier underneath: same vehicles, trips, events, and data. What's different is the interface and underlying architecture.

Qualifier has been in continuous development for close to two decades, and much of what's in it arrived because a customer asked for it. That accumulation is the product's strength, and it's also what led us to this switch.

We kept running into ideas we could describe clearly but couldn't build cleanly, because the original architecture was designed for a smaller, simpler version of what Qualifier became. So we built a new one alongside it, to give the next round of capabilities somewhere to live.

What the new architecture makes possible

Some of this is already in your hands, and some of it is groundwork you'll see the results of over the next few releases.

Omnisearch. Start typing and Qualifier finds it. Know a VIN, or part of one, and you're seconds from the data instead of navigating and filtering down.

API access. Next-Gen talks to an API data layer your own tools can talk to, so Qualifier data can flow directly into your dashboards, scripts, and pipelines.

Faster pages. Next-Gen requests data differently, which should let us match or improve on Legacy load times as your dataset grows. If you find a page that isn't faster, let us know and we'll take a look.

More frequent updates. The newer codebase is quicker for our team to work in, so improvements reach you sooner.

A foundation for what's next. AI-assisted capabilities are in development, and they depend on the groundwork Next-Gen puts in place.

Both interfaces, and the choice is yours

Most Legacy features are available in Next-Gen today. A few pages are lighter and a few features haven't made the move yet, which is why the toggle goes both directions. Nothing changes about your data or your account either way. Over time Next-Gen will cover everything Legacy does and continue on from there. Legacy is not going anywhere in the meantime, and any change to that will come with clear notice well ahead of time.

Tell us what you think

The order in which we build things is shaped by what customers tell us. If something in Legacy is still doing a job that Next-Gen cannot, we want to hear about it.

Reach out through your Customer Success Engineer, use the Feedback option in the Action Center on the Home page, or email qualifier@aptivcs.com.