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Refer to the latest release notes for further details on what's new in the latest version of Yellowfin: YF8_Release_Notes.pdf
Latest enhancements
Version 8.0.3:
- Supported added for the new Yellowfin mobile app.
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Version 8.0.2:
- Not all database drivers are shipped with Yellowfin because of licensing reasons. This means a new step during the installation process to specify the JDBC drivers. See the installation prerequisite section for more detail.
- The above change also effects prepackaged JDBC drivers. More here.
- LDAP functionality has been updated to allow LDAP group to be dynamically mapped to Yellowfin roles. More here.
- View relationships have been updated where outer joins can be treated as inner joins by adding a hidden configuration. More here.
- Additional backend configurations are added for report broadcasts to conserve memory and enable carbon copy. More here.
- SSL security and load balance configuration options are added for Vertica database. More here.
- It is now possible to have sub-totals on cross tab reports in the report builder. More here.
- Report column formatters now supported in charts tooltips in the form of a new 'Tooltip Formatting' configuration. More here.
- Published Stories have a new Summary option that includes the unique content ID (or publishUUid). More here.
- The data source web services can now also be supported in individual client organizations. More here.
- New 'Analyses max row returned' connection parameters are implemented to specify database row limit for automated analysis (i.e Signals and AI). More here.
Signals specific updates:
- Filtering can be done when setting up a Signal analysis in the form of a new step. More here in Step 4.
- Implemented the support of Seasonality in Signals analysis. This includes additional configuration parameters. More here.
- New functionality in Outlier signals is added to provide users with option to ignore outdated signals. More here.
- A new Clear signals option has been implemented that allows users to dismiss all old signals created by a job. More here.
- The Signals UI, and especially Signal Alerts has been improved, and now provides specific information. More here.
- Signal Analysis panel has been enhanced to display only significant charts. More here.
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Version 8.0.1:
- A new type of Signal detection, called Breakouts, is possible. More here.
- Correlation functionality has been introduced to Signals that looks for matching patterns across all the views and databases. More here.
- A new step has been added to the Signal configuration to limit client organizations in the analysis. More here.
- Additional Signal actions have been introduced, including ownership, assignment, dismissal, closing, and sharing. More here.
- New role functions have been added to allow users to distribute signals, and to include external content into Yellowfin. More here.
- Revamped the rating process on a Signal to specify whether the information was useful or not. More here.
- Auto-analysis configuration settings are included to define good and bad characteristics with color differentiation. More here.
- Configuration settings have been implemented to cache Signal. More here.
- A set of general algorithm parameters have been added to the Signal setup. More here.
- It is also possible to pre-select time parameters. More here.
- The auto analysis generated in the Analysis tab of a Signal can be copied and edited as a new report. More here.
- New chart formatting settings, called Trim Display, are added to trim categories from charts. More here.
- Functionality to add external BI content into your Story has been improved. More here.
- It is now possible to explore a story linked to a signal. More here.
- Users can now be requested to write a story on a specific Signal. More here.
- You can also create a new report from within a story. More here.
- Yellowfin's web services SSO parameters have been updated for Story content. More here.
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Version 8.0:
- Enhancements to the chart builder include support for dimension series for non-cross tab charts.
- Changes have been made to Dynamic and Repository clustering infrastructures.
- New web services are introduced to edit Yellowfin views.
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