Updates, Changes and New Features
View the most recent new features, improvements and fixes to the Local Falcon system.
System Updates
Release Date: 9/15/2023
- [FEATURE] New Credits Explorer (under Billing > Credits Explorer) feature allows you to keep an eye on your credit usage and see your forecasted future credit usage.
- [FEATURE] The Get Specific Scan Report (/v1/report/) Data Retrieval API endpoint now includes the following fields for each location returned: Phone number, URL, Display URL, Claimed, Distance from Center Point, and Distance from Data Point.
- [FEATURE] The new Location Group (under Locations) feature allows you to group select saved locations that can be used to filter out locations while using the bulk scan tool or when viewing your scan reports.
- [IMPROVEMENT] Scan Report CSV export now includes the following fields / information: Keyword, Grid Size, Scan Radius, Scan Date, and Distance from Center Point for each location found.
- [IMPROVEMENT] Data Point CSV export (on Scan Reports) now includes the following fields / information: Keyword, Grid Size, Scan Radius, and Scan Date.
- [IMPROVEMENT] New filter options have been added to the Scan Reports page. You may now filter your reports based on Grid Size, Distance, Measurement, ARP, ATRP and SoLV.
- [IMPROVEMENT] Active Filters now display above records when filters have been applied for better visibility.
System Updates
Release Date: 8/4/2023
- [FEATURE] Users can now compare two specific listings' details and results on Competitor Reports by clicking on the " Compare Listings" button when hovering a business.
- [IMPROVEMENT] Ability to re-run scans immediately with one click on Scan Reports, Trend Reports, Location Reports and Keyword Reports.
- [IMPROVEMENT] Added ability to "Import New Locations" directly from Connected Accounts page.
- [CHANGE] Location Enrichment & Bulk Place ID Lookup has graduated from Alpha to Beta. Please continue to report any issues via the live chat, or by replying to account notifications via email.
- [FIX] Fixed issue where certain location names would cause search/filtering of locations to not working correctly inside of Campaigns creation and editing.
- [FIX] Fixed issue on Competitor Reports where certain locations with long names would hide the "View on Google" link / button.
System Updates
Release Date: 7/21/2023
- [FEATURE] New Campaigns feature has been released (Beta).
- [FEATURE] New Enrichment Tool & Bulk Place ID Lookup feature as been released (Alpha)
- [FEATURE] Ability to "Refresh Location Details" on Locations page, which will fetch the most recent location details from Google for the specific location.
- [IMPROVEMENT] Users now have the ability to select multiple Locations and delete in bulk.
- [IMPROVEMENT] Scan Reports now have two CSV download options, consisting of both consolidated business results (Scan Report CSV) and all data point results (Data Points CSV).
- [IMPROVEMENT] Additional quick actions have been added to Scan Reports (Reports > Scan Reports) and Locations (Locations > Saved Locations) pages.
- [IMPROVEMENT] Competitor Report now adds a map marker indicating the selected business' physical location (if available).
- [IMPROVEMENT] Locations can now be filtered by Google Account which the location was imported from.
- [IMPROVEMENT] Connected Accounts now shows the number of locations imported from each specific account, along with a quick action to view all imported locations.
- [FIX] Corrected an issue where using "Schedule as Auto Scan" button on older Scan Report would not let you continue with scheduling.
- [FIX] UI improvements and fixes to Competitor Reports and Scan Explorer for better usability at various screen resolutions.
- [FIX] Fixed incorrect color coded metrics on Scan Reports.
- [FIX] Fixed issue where rescheduling Auto Scans to a new run time would revert back to original time after the next automatic run.
- [FIX] Competitor Report now allows you to show all of the businesses categories.
System Updates
Release Date: 4/12/2023
- [FEATURE] Send to Looker Studio which allows you to send the different scan results to Google's Looker Studio (previously known as Data Studio). (Requires subscription access to Data Retrieval API or On-Demand API)
- [FEATURE] New Looker Studio Templates make it easy for you to select from a list of reports and send that report's data to Google's Looker Studio.
- [CHANGE] Data tables UI have been updated with color coded metrics to give users a quicker way to visualize metrics at a glance.
System Updates
Release Date: 3/3/2023
- [FEATURE] New API Playground which allows you to make and test Local Falcon API calls before needing to write any requests yourself. (Requires subscription access to Data Retrieval API or On-Demand API)
- [FEATURE] Users now have the ability to select multiple scan reports and turn them into Scheduled Scans in bulk from the Scan Reports page.
- [IMPROVEMENT] Additional localized short date formats added and available under Account > Manage Preferences
- [IMPROVEMENT] Completed migration to a new data model which dramatically speeds up scan completion times.
- [CHANGE] Various UI tweaks, most notably pagination and bulk action interfaces.
- [CHANGE] When running a new scan via "Run a Scan," the system will no longer pre-fill the keyword from the most previous scan.
- [FIX] Previously run and paused "One Time" Scheduled Scans can now be updated to continue run at different frequencies.
- [FIX] When deleting Scan Reports, the system will now automatically regenerate Trend Reports, Keyword Reports and Location Reports to ensure data is accurate.
System Updates
Release Date: 2/8/2023
- [FEATURE] Map Scan Tool (Run a Scan) has been updated to allow users to search a specific business for multiple keywords at one time.
- [IMPROVEMENT] Metrics on Scan Reports are now sortable by ARP, ATRP and SoLV.
- [CHANGE] Trend Reports metrics are now sorted on SoLV by default.
- [FIX] Slight changes to UI and system processing to better accommodate higher volume accounts with large amounts of data.
- [FIX] Fixed issue where "In Progress" scans would show incorrect ARP, ATRP and SoLV metrics on Scan Reports page.
System Updates
Release Date: 11/30/2022
- [FEATURE] Scan Reports and Trend Reports now shows all "categories" discovered for each Google listing during scans.
- [IMPROVEMENT] Scan Report CSV Export now include distances from center point and distance from individual data point for each result.
- [IMPROVEMENT] Locations panel now shows each location's distinct Google Place ID for easier reference.
- [FIX] Importing locations from Google Account (Locations > Import From Google Account) has been adjusted to better accommodate large agency accounts that manage 1,000+ GBP listings.
- [FIX] Issue when rescheduling Auto Scans while having any DD/MM/YYYY date preference resolved.
System Updates
Release Date: 10/20/2022
- [FEATURE] If user has an active subscription, the details of the subscription will now appear at the bottom of the navigation bar
- [FEATURE] Users can now view observed historical changes to their locations by clicking on the View Location History ( ) button on Locations
- [IMPROVEMENT] The location selector on Run a Scan will now show the "Store Code" (if set) on a location imported from a Google Account
- [FIX] Issue bug where opening the "Filters" panel while scrolling causes panel to load out of frame
System Updates
Release Date: 9/9/2022
- [IMPROVEMENT] Scan Reports, Trend Reports, Keyword Reports and Location Reports now all provide Download as PDF quick action button on the listing page
- [IMPROVEMENT] Trend Reports now allow to sort the Scan Results table by ARP, ATRP and SoLV on both the portal and public reports