Integrated some SAML authentication functionality within Yellowfin, including an identity provider-initiated flow (learn more).
Upgraded Liquibase library version to 4.3.2.
Upgraded the Underscore library to version 1.13.1.
Updated the JDBC connection string for our standalone importer to support Oracle Service connection syntax.
Optimized dashboard loading speed by reducing the download size.
Added more detailed error logging when using the JavaScript tab in code mode.
Data
Improved performance of OLAP connections and added support for a new method in the Olap4j library.
Added the Default Dataset parameter for BigQuery datasource connections (read more).
Added an advanced configuration option to prevent offline data sources from being flagged as unavailable.
data sources from being flagged as unavailable.
Changed the storage of numeric freehand SQL calculated fields at report level from dimensions to metrics.
JS API
Implemented an option to export content via a function call in the JS API.
Implemented the option via the JS API to log out a user from the current session and log in another user (yellowfin.newSession — learn more).
Added functionality to the JS API to create filter elements based on either a filter object or FiltersAPI so they no longer need to be attached to a piece of content.
Extended and improved the functionality of JavaScript Charts by exposing the Report API (including the Filters API) for use with JavaScript Charts.
REST API
Added plugin management endpoints to the REST API.
Added functionality to the Categories endpoint of the REST API so it can now be used to create new categories, get a single category, delete a category and refresh caches that contain category data.
Improved REST authorization error responses with additional error codes and more meaningful text.
Content Export
Updated report exports to XLSX format to include section summaries.
Added a dropdown list to select which line delimiter to use in exported CSV reports (learn more here and here).
Added the option of exporting conditional format icons as scalable vector graphics into DOCX files (learn more).
Filters
Added the option to customize broadcast email subject lines through filter tags (learn more).
Added an option to allow for the unrestricted display of all possible filter values in the filter prompt, regardless of other filter value selections.
Enhanced dashboard display to allow global filters to be fixed in place so they are always visible during scrolling (learn more).
Charts
Added the option of sorting by reference code to more chart types with dimension color to both the dimension axis and the color field.
Added a logarithmic scale option to the numeric axes for all suitable chart types.
Added new multi pie chart display options including sorting and font label formatting.
Added an option to force smaller charts to show their axis title.
Added an option to apply report data formatting to the numeric axis of a chart (learn more).
Enabled category spacing to time series-enabled stacked bar charts.
Improved the positioning of labels on horizontal overlay charts.
Stories
Implemented the option to edit default filter values on reports embedded in a story from within the Story page (learn more).
Improved the content of copied stories by discarding the original story’s author and collaborators.
Improved story layout by matching caption width to image width.
Widgets
Added two new widgets to dashboards and presentations (learn more here and here):
a video widget that will embed videos from popular online video platforms; and,
a data storytelling feed widget to display stories from a specified content folder to end users, and that allows users with write access to select existing stories to use as templates for new stories.
Updated the Widgets icon and list on the canvas toolbar (available in Edit mode).
User Interface
Re-enabled footers on dashboards and added a system configuration toggle to enable dashboard footers for static layouts (learn more).
Improved the content of approval request notifications in activity streams by including the approval requestor’s descriptive text.
Added an Omit radio button to pop-up filter radio button lists to clear an existing selection.
Added a button to the dashboard to exit full-screen videos.
Added new buttons to select and deselect tags in the Advanced Search dialog box for adding reports to a dashboard.
Enabled the Slides panel for faster navigation in preview mode and for published presentations.
Changed how Story banners are cropped for thumbnails in timeline items by cropping from the centre instead of from the left.
Improved text alignment of the dropdown text box when adding reports to stories.
Updated the instructional text on the Browse page.
Updated the phrase "Automated Insights" to "Assisted Insights" throughout the UI for consistency.
CSS
Added CCS variables for key colours in the UI to simplify reskinning (learn more).
Added CSS classes for sparkline images displayed in Signal widgets based on their change sentiment value of positive or negative.