Features Added in Version 2020.3.0

 

• Reporting

1. • Refactoring of the server-side PDF reporting to using Java Script rendering.

   • Support to add Table of Contents in the PDF output.

   • Ability to send Bookmarks in email via the scheduler.

   • Support for paginated visualizations to scroll past viewport.

   • Support for multiple tables per dashboard to be inserted in a sheet of the MS Excel file.

   • Ability to select PDF orientation (Landscape or Portrait).

   • Support to include the visualization title in the Email Image scheduling task.

   • New server.host property to define externally visible host that can be used to generate links in emails sent by the server.

   • New Email Excel scheduler task.

   • New Email HTML Formatted Data scheduler task.

   • Support for data table and dashboard parameters on email subjects in scheduled tasks.

    

• Analytics

1. • Availability of new hour or minute based quick ranges in Action Date Picker and Action Date Range Picker controls.

   • Parameterization of the data table refresh period.

   • Ability set the data type and corresponding format in the Action Text Box.

   • Support for default parameters to be arrays.

   • Ability to set default parameter type.

   • Support for RGB color source.

   • Support for parameters reset after running an action.

   • Support for time series visualizations to align the time window with the time filter box.

   • Alert notifications record the time of the browser when the alert got triggered instead of the server’s time.

 

• Data Framework

1. • Support for calculated text time series columns.

   • Server configuration settings for Python and R transforms and data connections.

   • New ClientTime special parameter.

   • New DATEADD function.

   • Export to Excel respects the hidden columns in the Table visualization.

   • Generate columns detects and generates “T” Date/Time format.

 

• Streams Server

1. • Web UI for MQTT output connector.

   • New REST Transform.

   • Ability to select the window type for the Aggregation operator.

   • Handling of the parameter provider in column definition.

   • Upgraded kafka-client to version 2.5.

 

• Server Improvements

1. • Python_connectivity.sh, Python_connectivity.bat, and pyro4.py files included in the installation package file to support Python transform in the Visualization Server.

   • For Altair Units licensing, the DESIGNER user role draws 21 units when designing a workbook.

   • Ability to see the license information.

   • New REST APIs to retrieve flattened list of accesses for all folders at once.

   • Support for parallel repository updates.

   • Workbook and data table added to the data plugin error messages.

   • Repository detects if remote repository is unrelated.

   • Better log messages if the follower loses connection to the leader.

   • Kafka dependencies upgraded to version Confluent 5.5.1/Kafka 2.5.1.

   • Upgraded Spring Framework version to 5.1.18.

   • Upgraded Apache ActiveMQ Client to 5.15.13.

 

• Data Connectivity

1. • Query builder UI for the Kx kdb+ connector.

   • Query builder UI for the JDBC connector.

   • Support to migrate Database to JDBC connector.

   • Support for encrypted/SSL and WebSocket connections in the MQTT connector.

   • Support for access to MQTT context properties.

   • Support for mapping Pub/Sub attributes to data fields in the Google Pub/Sub connector.

   • Timezone label is changed to Show in Timezone in the connectors.

   • Improved parsing in the JSON connector.

   • Support to prepend java:comp/env to JNDI if not available in the JDBC connector.

    

• Documentation

1. • Bundle of example workbooks and associated data files.

   • Updated version of the How to R example workbook.

 

• Web Authoring/UX

1. • Support for Cross Origin in the Image Box part.

   • Ability to assign parameter scope (Workbook or Dashboard).

   • Copy Image functionality in the web client.

   • New Editor Colors for the Dark workbook theme.

   • Reload data only when parameters change.

   • An obvious flag when the dashboard is paused.

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• Visualization

1. • Support for rubber band selection in the web client.

   • SVG Shape visualization improvements.

   • Align to Time Window for time axes setting is enabled by default when creating a new visualization.

 

• PCLI

1. • New verb convertpermissions that takes an old Workbooks folder and scans it for GroupAccessPermissions.xml files, collects them, and outputs a single file that can then be consumed by the server.

   • New verb convertpermissions that takes an old Workbooks folder and scans it for GroupAccessPermissions.xml files, collects them, and outputs a single file that can then be consumed by the server.

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In addition, deprecation of the following:

• HTML connector in the Desktop Designer

• SVG connector in the Streams Server