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Runway

FINANCE
Velocity5.0

Steady polish for collaborative financial planning — chart clarity, scenario branching, layout control.

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◆Current state
Runway is in steady incremental mode for its collaborative financial planning canvas. Recent work focuses on the everyday ergonomics: 100% stacked charts now consistently display percentages, scenarios can be duplicated or locked as point-in-time versions from Activity History, table and database blocks are resizable per page, and formula editing has gotten cleaner (context menus, an 'f' indicator, sturdier draft history). Earlier entries added customizable fiscal year labels and Last close in formulas.
◆Where it's heading
The cadence is small, focused improvements across the modeling and presentation surfaces — no directional pivot visible. The duplicate-and-lock-scenario primitive is the most strategically interesting recent addition; it suggests Runway is investing in version-control-style collaboration patterns familiar to engineers, not just spreadsheet users. Formula editing depth keeps getting attention, signalling power-user retention is a priority.
◆Prediction
Expect continued refinement of scenario management (likely scenario comparison views or merge-style workflows), more chart-type polish, and probably an AI-assisted formula or modeling helper in the next quarter or two given how much editor surface area is being polished.

◆Recent moves

  1. 21d ago

    Charts are easier to read and reset

    100% stacked charts now consistently display percentages across tooltips, axis labels, crosshairs, and data labels, plus a Reset Chart configuration option that restores defaults from the underlying table without manual rebuilding. Formula-editor keystroke fixes and typography improvements round out the release.

  2. 21d ago

    Charts are easier to read and reset

    Republished from a secondary feed — identical to the prior day's chart-percentage and reset-config release. No new content.

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  3. 1mo ago

    Resize block heights

    Drag the separator at the bottom of a table or database block to adjust its height, with the layout saved per page. Small layout-control feature that gives users a choice between compact scanning views and longer detailed analysis on the same page.

  4. 1mo ago

    Resize block heights

    Republished resize-block-heights release from a secondary feed. Identical content to the prior day's entry.

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  5. 1mo ago

    Duplicate and save scenarios

    Scenarios can now be duplicated or saved as locked, point-in-time versions directly from Activity History. Combined with new formula-editor cues (context menus, an 'f' icon for formula-driven cells), this is the kind of version-control ergonomics that pulls Runway closer to engineering-style model collaboration.

  6. 1mo ago

    Duplicate and save scenarios

    Republished duplicate-and-lock-scenario release from the secondary feed. Identical to the prior day's note.

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