Smarter data for smarter insights: enhancing models, search, and visualization in DISQOVER

At ONTOFORCE, we’re committed to evolving our flagship product, DISQOVER, so it keeps pace with the challenges and opportunities of life sciences data. Our recent releases, 7.11, 7.12, and 7.13, deliver a mix of foundational improvements, AI-powered assistance, and intuitive user experiences that empower users across functions. From a smarter drug data model to natural language querying and richer visualizations, we’re covering what’s new in DISQOVER below. 

Strengthening DISQOVER’s data foundation with smarter data models and ingestion 

Reliable insights start with clean, transparent data. Based on direct user feedback, we’ve introduced a new drug data model that eliminates duplication, separates drug and IDMP concepts, and integrates GSRS as a trusted source. The results are clearer concept definitions, fewer mapping issues, and easier implementation across use cases. 

In the Data Ingestion Engine, we’ve simplified configuration with Unified Attributes, merging properties and facets into one streamlined entity. Each attribute is now more consistent, easier to configure, and automatically validated, which makes data ingestion faster, cleaner, and more powerful. 

DISQOVER Labs and AI-powered assistance 

In July, ONTOFORCE introduced DISQOVER Labs, our new opt-in/out functionality designed to give users early access to new and evolving features within the DISQOVER platform. Labs features are marked with a “Labs” tag, making them easy to identify, try, and provide direct feedback on. You can learn more about how DISQOVER Labs works here.  

Two exciting Labs features are AI-powered tools that make data exploration more intuitive and efficient: 

• Natural Language Querying lets users describe what they’re looking for in everyday language. The AI-powered DISQOVER Assistant interprets a user’s request and offers tailored query suggestions to get them to the right insights faster. 
• AI Summarization helps users make sense of search results by delivering concise summaries of datasets or subsets, highlighting patterns and key findings without the need for manual review. 

Faster explorations with enhanced filters 

Quick Filters is another new DISQOVER Labs feature that was introduced in July. Quick Filters transforms how users interact with their data. As users explore a concept, filter widgets appear in the sidebar, providing easy access to filtering options while also visualizing the distribution of values in their results. In essence, Quick Filters are perfect for speedy querying across linked data.  

Since Quick Filters was released, there have been major improvements to the feature across the monthly releases: 

• Filter chips show active selections at the top of the page, with one-click removal and direct navigation to the corresponding widget. 

• Exclude filters give users the flexibility to refine results without building complex queries. 

• Global expand/collapse keeps your workspace organized, remembering a user’s preferences as they move between views. 

• Transparency across filters makes it clear how filters connect across concepts, building trust in results. 

• Chart and filter integration ensures that every selection, simple or complex, is clearly represented. 

Visualization and access improvements that empower every user 

Great insights come from intuitive visuals—and from a platform that makes them easy to use. With releases in the past quarter, DISQOVER has introduced new chart types and usability upgrades that make exploring and managing data more efficient than ever. 

Boxplots 
Quickly detect distributions, outliers, and variation with our new boxplot visualization. This powerful chart helps you spot patterns at a glance and dive deeper into data stories with just a few clicks. 

Scatter plots 
Uncover correlations and trends across large datasets with scatter plots. Plot values on the X and Y axes, then add a categorical property to color the points. Suddenly clusters, patterns, and outliers become crystal clear—turning raw numbers into actionable insights. 

Gantt charts 
Bring time-based data to life with intuitive Gantt charts. Visualize start and end dates, color-code blocks by category, and organize them into swim lanes for better clarity. Perfect for tracking progress, aligning activities, and communicating timelines. 

Flexible chart views 
Create multiple chart views instead of being tied to just one. Organize them around projects, teams, or use cases, set dashboards as defaults for yourself or your organization, and choose between private or shared dashboards for seamless collaboration. 

Configurable row heights 
Switch between Normal and Compact row heights in the results table. Compact mode reduces row height to display a single value per cell, giving you a tighter, more data-dense view when you need it. 

Integrated wiki 
Stay productive with in-platform documentation. The new integrated wiki opens directly inside DISQOVER and automatically points you to the most relevant page for your current task—delivering context-aware help right when you need it. 

Advancing DISQOVER for what’s next 

With these latest releases, ONTOFORCE is improving how complex life sciences data is harmonized and connected in DISQOVER, while also enhancing the ways this data can be explored, visualized, and acted upon. From stronger data foundations to AI-powered assistance and intuitive visualizations, each enhancement is designed to accelerate workflows and surface insights that would otherwise remain hidden. 

Looking ahead, we’re continuing to expand how users interact with their data, with several exciting features on the horizon. Among them are a new histogram chart for visualizing distributions across numerical or date values, and enhanced metrics that provide both instance counts and aggregated numbers or dates. Our commitment to continuously advancing DISQOVER ensures the platform evolves to help life sciences organizations work smarter and move faster. 

If you’d like to see these new updates, you can request a demo here. 

If you are attending BioTechX Europe in early October, feel free to stop by ONTOFORCE’s booth #512 for an in-person demo of these new features and more.