How to use the idea portal

Your voice matters in shaping the future of GlobalVetLink. Here's how to get started with our idea portal and make your suggestions heard.

Why use the idea portal?

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The GVL Idea Portal is your space to submit ideas, share feedback, and help shape the future of our platform. Your input drives innovation and ensures we're building solutions that truly support your work.

Public forums available

We offer 11 public forums based on our core certificate offerings and products:
General
EIA (Coggins)
CVI (Domestic health certificates)
EECVI (Extended CVI)
IHC (International health certificate)
HHC (Hawaii health certificate)
VFD (Veterinary feed directives)
Rabies
Scripts
MVL (MyVetLink owner portal)
New product ideas

Subcategories for targeted submissions

Within each forum, you'll find these subcategories to guide your submissions:
Dropdown lists
- Improvements to drop-down functionality or placement
Additional fields
- Requests to add new data fields
Workflow enhancements
- Updates to existing workflows or proposals for new ones
Form improvements
- Changes to the physical PDF output
New features
- Ideas for completely new functionality
Regulatory requests
- Updates driven by regulatory changes or requirements
New country
- Additions to supported countries for IHCs
Reporting
- Enhancements to internal or customer-facing reporting
Users
- User management improvements
Sharing data
- Requests involving certificate/data sharing
Certificate
- Suggestions for new certificate types
Opportunity
- Broader product ideas beyond certificates
Integrations
- Requests to integrate GVL with other systems
HorseSync
- Specific enhancements for the HorseSync product

Explore the forums that align with your expertise, vote on ideas, and help us prioritize what matters most to you.

1. Submit your ideas

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Have a feature request or improvement suggestion? Click "Submit Your Idea" to share your thoughts with our development team.

  • Select the forum for the area of the product you want to submit your idea for
  • Start typing a suggestion - we'll show you if a similar idea has already been submitted
  • If your idea is new, continue by including detailed information about the problem you're want us to solve
  • Explain how your suggestion would benefit other users
  • Add any relevant screenshots or examples if helpful

2. Vote on ideas

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Browse existing ideas and vote for the ones that matter most to you. Your votes help us prioritize development efforts.

  • Upvote ideas that would benefit your workflow
  • Use the search function to find specific topics
  • Filter ideas by category or status
  • Check back regularly for new submissions

3. Join the discussion

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Engage with other users and our development team through comments and discussions on idea submissions.

  • Share your perspective on proposed features
  • Ask questions about implementation details
  • Provide additional use cases or examples
  • Help refine ideas to make them even better

4. Track progress

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You'll get updates when ideas you've submitted or voted on move through our process. Here's what the statuses mean:
  • Pending Review – All ideas start here while our Product team reviews and validates them.
  • Tell Us More – We're exploring this idea further and would value your feedback. What are your thoughts? Let us know how this would help you or what you'd like to see.
  • Shelved – A good idea, but not aligned with current priorities. We've set it aside for now.
  • Roadmapped – It's a go! The idea fits our strategy and is added to our roadmap for future development.
  • Available – The idea has been built and is now live in the product. Thanks for helping shape it!

Your input matters! Help us improve by leaving feedback.

Idea Portal