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Broadcast

  • Added broadcasting support for client organization-specific external URL configuration (eg, client1.isvbiz.com, client2.isvbiz.com).
  • Broadcast Frequency is now more flexible, with a new option to broadcast on a particular day of a particular week in a given month) (learn more).
  • FTP broadcast can now optionally add a timestamp to a file name (learn more).

Images

  • Implemented image link formatting that takes an image URL from report data and wraps it in an HTML image tag to display it inline within the report table.

JS API

  • Upgraded jQuery library to version 3.5.1.

REST API

  • Our REST API version is now 1.1, with new endpoints added for: managing user access to organisations; licence management; role creation and management; scheduled background task management; metadata SQL query functions;   GET/threshold-alerts for fetching broadcast alerts received by a user; creating and managing categories; importing and exporting content; managing caching; and, content translations.
  • Unlocked REST admin services for non-server based licenses (only REST content services require a server licence).licence management, role creation and management, scheduled background task management and metadata SQL query functions. 
  • Added an admin mode toggle, used to suspend new content creation in a Yellowfin instance, enabling zero-downtime upgrades of clustered environments.
  • Removed outdated restlet library.

Backend/Admin

  • New licences can now be deployed during a db-only silent upgrade.
  • Upgraded:
    • Spring framework libraries to version 5.2.7
    • Google Guava Library to version 29.0
    • PostgreSQL JDBC driver to 42.2.14
    • Apache Tomcat to version 9.0.37.
    • Apache POI to version 4.1.2
    • Apache Commons FileUpload to version 1.4
    • JGroups to version 4.2.4 (see Community article)
    • Jakarta-XML web services framework to version 2.3.3
    • JasperReports library to version 6.13.0
    • SnakeYAML to version 1.26.
  • Added missing date functions to HSQLDB, Exasol and Intersystems IRIS databases, in line with existing date functions for Postgres, MySQL, Oracle, Snowflake, and SQL Server.
  • Restored CUSTOMPARAMETERS functionality to web service calls.
  • Updated the process of importing report-based views to always include their parent reports.
  • Improved web service for imported views so that when an imported view replaces an existing view, the imported content folder and subfolder replace the existing content.
  • Implemented changes to allow multilevel Tomcat context paths.
  • Added a Java Virtual Machine run parameter for UTF8 in order to broadcast reports to file with report names that contain particular UTF8 characters.
  • Added event auditing for user role updates in the Admin console.
  • Cleaned up logging and enhanced it to include Thread Id, Session Identifier and Code Function to log lines.
  • Added the ability to set a user’s regional display preferences for decimal and thousand separators based on the language configured for that user.
  • Enhanced session management for cluster deployments, including timeout information for remote sessions in Session Management, and the ability to remove stale sessions stored in the repository database.
  • Added the option to require users to update their password at regular intervals. Interval length is adjustable. LDAP users, whose passwords are managed client side, are excluded from this reminder.
  • Removed ColumnarDB as a new datasource type (existing ColumnarDBs aren’t affected).
  • Added valid checksums to avoid liquibase upgrade issues.

User Interface

  • Added an option to show or hide the minimum/maximum value in the report filter value list.
  • Totals and sub totals can now be moved to any side — top, left, right or bottom — of a report table.
  • Added the ability to group data on calculated fields that span multiple sub queries.
  • Hard-coded filters can now be passed through to child reports during drill through.
  • Converted report date fields from metric to dimension for the import process.
  • Updated all date pickers to follow the global 'Week Start Day' setting.
  • Added the option to hide report names in both static and canvas dashboards.

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Yellowfin 8.0.3

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Yellowfin 8.0.2

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  • 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 (ie, 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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  • 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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  • 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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