Data Mapping Automation - November 13, 2026 - 202611.1.0 (Fall Release)

General Availability

Project Risk Assessments

Create Projects from the Inventory menu to track risks across your organization with a consolidated view of associated risks in the Risks tab. This feature brings together direct and indirect risks from linked inventories, assessments, and template rules into a single aggregated project-level risk score to help teams gain a more holistic understanding of risks.

For more information, see Using the Projects Inventory.

Table Enhancements for Data Mapping Automation
Tables and table functionalities have been upgraded to improve usability, accessibility, and customization, including resizable columns, more records per view, clearer row actions, and more. These updates are designed to provide a consistent and improved user experience, helping users work more efficiently with data and tailor their experience to their specific needs. Tables have been updated on the following screens:

  • Risks tab of the Projects > Inventory details screen

  • Documents tab of the Projects > Inventory details screen

  • Approvers in current stage popup on the Approval & Workflow tab of the Projects > Inventory details screen

  • Incidents tab of the Inventory details screen

Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) Phase 1

Introducing Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC), a new access-control model that brings record-level access management to the OneTrust Platform as part of ABAC Phase 1: Foundations. ABAC complements the platform's existing Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) model by adding more granular control over who can access specific records and what actions they can perform. Rather than granting access to all records within a solution, ABAC uses assignments and attributes to determine which records a user can access and what permissions they have on those records, helping organizations implement least-privileged access more effectively.

At General Availability, ABAC Phase 1: Foundations adds reporting across all object types, record-level admin access rules across all supported object types, and system assignments that are enabled for all supported objects, so users can start sharing records right away, even before you create custom assignments.

All supported objects across Privacy Automation have feature parity within the context of ABAC Phase 1 capabilities, excluding assessments, and ABAC is enabled in all tenants regardless of packaging and pricing.

For more information, see Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) Phase 1: Foundations in the Settings & Administration release notes. This feature is related to the following ideas: PLTI-I-638 and GCIA-I-918.

Note:

ABAC Phase 1: Foundations is rolling to General Availability incrementally by environment from November 2026 through March 2027. The rollout is per environment and is not part of the standard release process, and dates are subject to change. Additional capabilities and object support will be introduced in future releases through ABAC Phase 2: Dynamic Access.

For more information, see Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) User Guide and Managing Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) for Privacy Automation.

Mention Users in Comments with Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC)

In Privacy Automation, mentioning other users in comments is now available for everyone when they have the access ability to comment. Permissions are checked throughout, including after an assignment changes.

Unified Table Experience in Attribute Manager

Attribute Manager in Data Mapping Automation now offers a unified, standardized table experience with paginated, resizable tables and consistent search, sort, and filter behavior. This replaces inconsistent filtering, sorting, and table behavior across Attribute Manager experiences, making configuration faster, easier, and more reliable for Site Admins and managers who configure objects, attributes, and assessments, and reducing the risk of misinterpreting data.

These enhancements will be available for the following Data Mapping Automation objects:

  • Relationship Manager

Standardized Attribute Export

Attribute data in Data Mapping Automation can now be exported from the Attribute Manager, giving administrators consistent, reliable data for audits, reporting, and governance reviews. Exports can include the full attribute set or only filtered results, and column selection limits each file to the relevant fields.

These enhancements will be available for the following Data Mapping Automation objects:

  • Relationship Manager

Text Field Character Limit

Text fields in the Data Mapping Automation Attribute Manager now support up to 10,000 characters. This establishes a consistent data model that lets customers reliably capture detailed, long-form input across all downstream experiences, replacing a limit of about 1,000 characters.

These enhancements will be available for the following Data Mapping Automation objects:

  • Relationship Manager

Standard Table Experience and Customize Option Order for Attribute Options

The attribute options table in the Data Mapping Automation Attribute Manager now uses the standard OneTrust table, providing a consistent, standardized table experience. The new Reorder options experience makes it easier to customize the order of attribute options. A Customize option order setting now appears above the options list in place of the checkbox and drag handle on each row, and the Search options field remains in the same place. Adopting the standard table simplifies maintaining attribute options and supports future maintenance.

These enhancements will be available for the following Data Mapping Automation objects:

  • Relationship Manager

Fixed

  • Resolved an issue that caused related inventories and their attributes to be consolidated into a single section in Processing activities PDF reports.

  • Resolved an issue that prevented reports from displaying when inventory names contained special characters, such as apostrophes.

  • Resolved an issue that caused a Page not found error when navigating to the Documents or Assessments tabs of a vendor record from within Third-Party Risk Management.

  • Resolved an issue that prevented the Risks tab on inventory records from loading for users with attribute-based access control (ABAC) permissions.

  • Resolved an issue that prevented attributes from loading in assessment templates for tenants with a high volume of active Entity attributes.

  • Resolved an issue that prevented the bulk deletion of risks from inventory records.

  • Resolved an issue that prevented the Allow other checkbox from displaying in the Details tab.

  • Resolved an issue that prevented Projects from being exported as PDF files.

  • Resolved an issue that caused Relationship questions and their related attribute questions to display Question type not supported when assessment responses were exported to Excel.

  • Resolved an issue that caused inventory and vendor names to be incorrectly translated in the list view when the user's language was set to a non-English setting.

  • Resolved an issue that prevented custom workflow stage rule details from displaying correctly.

Existing Public Preview Features

Restore Deleted Inventory Records

Restore deleted inventory items directly with the Inventory Restore Feature. Users can restore a single record or multiple records at once with bulk restore. When a record is recovered, the inventory item and supported associated data are also restored. This enhancement reduces the need for manual support intervention and helps teams recover records faster.

For more information, see Restoring Deleted Inventory Records.

Enhanced Data Graph Visualizations

View relationships between projects, data sets, and models in the data graph in addition to inventory records. This enhancement provides a clear visualization of how objects relate to each other and to inventory records throughout your data map.

For more information, see Creating and Managing Contextual Relationships.

Inventory Review | Available with Solution Packaging Only

Gain essential visibility into the flow of newly added and updated inventory records so you can better investigate risks, promote compliance, and enhance efficiency concerning your data map. This review experience allows you to manage pending inventory records that are created by several methods and review inventory records with new or updated data elements.

For more information, see Inventory Review & Automation Feature Guide.

Permissions

Things to Know

Legacy Sharing vs. ABAC Sharing

OneTrust is planning to transition customers from the legacy sharing experience to Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) sharing for Inventory objects. ABAC provides a more consistent and scalable access model, supports Assets, Processing Activities, Entities, Vendors, and Projects, and offers more advanced access-control options.

If your tenant currently uses Legacy Share, your existing sharing configuration will continue to work until you are ready to transition. The migration is not automatic, and Legacy Share continues to take precedence for Inventory objects where both sharing models are available. Review your current sharing setup and discuss readiness with your stakeholders. If you are ready before your environment is upgraded, please contact OneTrust Support.

Reorder Options Button Improvements

The Reorder options button is now available for Numerical – Single Select attributes, allowing for manual reordering of response options.

About Known Defects

Issues that may impact our customers are documented in our Known Defects Database located here with approved workarounds and targeted releases for resolving the issue.