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DAS Platform Update – April 3rd, 2025
DAS Platform Update – April 3rd, 2025
Updated this week

We’re excited to announce a set of powerful new features and improvements to the DAS Rural Platform (AU & NZ). These updates aim to enhance data control, support appraisal accuracy, and strengthen risk insights across your reports and workflows.


🔒 [AU] Confidential Sale Pins – Improved Control for Financial Institutions

We’ve introduced a ‘Confidential’ flag in the Sale Information panel to protect sensitive sales:

  • These sales cannot be added to Property Reports.

  • Tooltip clearly states: “This sale is confidential and cannot be added to a Property Report.”

  • Applies to Approved Sales and Sales Analysis only.

  • Note: Unvetted and For Sale pins are not impacted.

💡 Ideal for lenders or banking users who need to enter internal sales while ensuring confidentiality across shared slugs.


🌾 [AU] New Risk Metric – Drought Index

A new Drought Index is now available under the Risk tab for:

  • AU System Farms

  • AU Custom Farms

This metric helps users assess long-term drought exposure. Visibility is enabled by a feature flag and follows the same pattern as other risk data like Fire or Frost Risk.


🌦️ [AU] Climate Comparison – Now in Appraisal Reports

We’ve added a brand-new Climate Comparison section to Appraisal Reports that lets you compare key climate metrics across comparable sales and the subject property:

  • Rainfall Variability

  • Predictive Annual Rainfall

  • Predictive Annual Temperature

  • Drought Index

Each table displays values for all selected comparable properties, followed by the subject farm—great for consistent valuation benchmarking.


📝 [AU] Appraisal Reports – Land Value Section Enhancements

  • Photos can now be added to the Land Value section of Appraisal Reports.

  • This creates a new dedicated image section in the final PDF output.

  • These updates help improve the quality and clarity of field observations within formal valuations.


📄 [NZ] Title Summary Expansion in Property Reports

For New Zealand users, we’ve added more clarity to the Title Summary:

  • Title Area (in hectares)

  • Address

  • District

  • Current Owner

  • Previous Owner

These new fields give your Property Reports a more comprehensive view of ownership and land context.


🐞 Bug Fixes & Improvements

  • Fixed issue with disappearing text in the Land Value Summary field while saving.

  • Resolved error where editing a Custom Farm didn’t populate Client ID.

  • Clearer error messages when inviting users already tied to the company.

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