Pyramid 2023.01 Released

Itamar_Birenzweig
updated 9 mths ago

Pyramid 2023.01 (Service Pack 1 for 2023.00) has been released. It includes a collection of fixes and multiple new capabilities.

Software

The main installer files can be downloaded from the Customer Portal.
Docker containers have been upgraded for Kubernetes deployments.

2023.01 is a service pack for Pyramid 2023. A separate service pack (2020.29) for Pyramid 2020 has also been released. Both address similar bugs (where relevant), but new features are only available in 2023.01.

Installation & Upgrade Guidance

Main Installation guidance can be found here.
Help for upgrades can be found here.
Help on how to test an upgrade before deployment can be found here.
Help for Kubernetes deployments can be found here.

Cautions

Pyramid 2023.01 includes changes to existing capabilities. As such, Pyramid recommends that the new release be tested on a duplicate version of an existing content database repository before any production upgrades are applied.

Further, a database repository backup should be made before upgrading any production systems and repositories.

New Features

There has been a tranche of new capabilities and features added in 2023.01 - with two significant new capabilities. Many other features are based on suggestions from customers via the forum (linked below) or from other feedback.

Multi-Lingual Semantic Models

New options have been added to let designers create multi-lingual data/semantic models. This includes options to use ChatGPT for auto-translation of metadata structures.

Multi-lingual models will allow different users to view the same analytic content in different languages, different numeric format styles and different date styles - without needing to create multiple versions of the content or model.

Pre-Query Slicers/Filters*

A new capability has been added to set specific slicers (data filters) as 'pre-query slicers'. This will prompt users to make selections on these items before opening a Discover report or Present dashboard.

*This capability is in beta so customers can test it out as part of the official release. However, it should not be used on production content until the next release.

Other Features

New connectors for SAP Datasphere and SAP HANA Cloud (beta)
New option to enable direct query on custom data sources (added through custom connectors)
Update support for Power BI Premium Workspaces to handle Multi Factor Authentication
New 'service account' authentication options for Google BigQuery
New "Wait" node in master flow to handle flow pauses
New ability to search slicers with a list of multiple items (without using the existing List Builder)
New option to print slicers in Present dashboards
New "Next" and "Previous" slide Jump Actions in Present
New option to tag users (with '@') when writing comments in conversations and workflows
New ability to show total data labels for Stacked Charts
New ability to create/add custom reference lines on a chart
New option to choose the delimiter character for CSV exports
Improved mechanics for changing the owner of scheduled items when the original user is deleted
New 'gridline' show/hide option in Tabulate
Improved handling of Parent-child hierarchies and unary operators with report Actions.
New support for Oracle 8 Linux operating systems

Items Fixed

Model

Fixed an issue where the left side of existing Joins was missing and set to Select in the dropdown
Fixed an issue where the scroll bars were flashing in the Model Editor depending on the browser zoom level
Fixed an issue where the data flow failed to run when using an Access file from a shared file source and multi-select
Fixed a blank screen issue that appeared when changing tabs after processing a model
Fixed an issue in aggregate tables where users couldn't select a measure in the target column when the source column was an integer type
Fixed an issue where the Type setting in the Convert Columns node was changed to the default setting
Fixed an issue where a Custom Query didn't show any of the tables when using an Access source and shared file
Fixed a Model Mapping issue that caused a report that was opened with Analyze Further to be filtered incorrectly
Fixed an issue where a model with a Hebrew database name created a new DB in every process if Create New Database was enabled
Fixed an issue where after creating a custom HTTP Request Field in a JSON file source using Advanced Expression, the value did not save
Fixed an issue where after converting a column from double to string, the column was formatted incorrectly
Fixed an issue where tables did not appear in the data flow when using an Athena data source
Fixed an issue where renaming a column that has the same name as another column, could rename both columns
Fixed an issue where the Preview failed when using a Variable in a custom SQL
Fixed an issue where it was not possible to inject a variable into a model through Calculated Column

Discover

Queries

Fixed an issue where a report based on SAP BW that was using From To parameters had failed with an MDX error
Fixed an issue where a report that was opened from an Action when using a Parent-Child hierarchy was filtered incorrectly
Fixed an issue where Actions > Show Details produced a 'clause is out of range...DRILLTHROUGH MAXROWS 500000...' error
Fixed an issue where an ODBC connection showed as a data source in Discovery
Fixed an issue where after adding or removing items in the dropzones, the list of items in the dropzone jumped to the top
Fixed an issue where after jumping to a Content Item when both the source and target reports had the same items on rows and columns and Include Context was enabled in the Action setting, the target report was filtered incorrectly
Fixed an issue where an Except function with a NULL element failed compilation
Fixed an issue where an error message appeared when trying to sort using a Parent-Child Hierarchy
Fixed an issue where a Last Child measure didn't return the correct value
Fixed an issue handling Boolean data in an IMDB formulation

Visuals

Fixed an issue where after renaming measures using properties, the change did not save
Fixed an issue where the Dicing menu was cut off after the first 40 dimensions
Fixed an issue where lines did not show under the member names in an Accounting grid
Fixed an issue where using Copy Row on a Tabular or Raw grid did not work as expected
Fixed an issue where data labels in a chart did not appear when using custom scale bounds
Fixed an issue where the Table Handles setting overwrote the Border setting
Fixed an issue that was causing the X-axis labels to be misaligned with the column's position in a columns chart
Fixed an issue where the Language setting was not retained in a Discovery after migrating it to a different environment
Fixed an issue where the Business Logic folder button was missing in a Discovery
Fixed an issue where the Actions option did not appear in the context menu of a visual for Viewer
Fixed an issue where using a large font size in a Filter caused the last item in the filter to be cut off

Present

Fixed an issue where Highlight interaction into a mini tab did not work after switching tabs
Fixed an issue where a mini tab action did not work when there were multiple mini tabs in the slide
Fixed an issue where clicking the “Workflow for Report” button changed the look of the report
Fixed an issue where the ChatBot did not respond in Present until it was invoked in Discover
Fixed an issue where a presentation that contains filters with All selected had failed to load
Fixed an issue where Data Interaction between reports in mini tabs couldn't be used after resetting the slide
Fixed an issue where slicers were missing from a Present that was imported from a pie file
Fixed an issue where cascading filters that were created in a Present could incorrectly appear empty

Tabulate

Fixed an issue where a Named Range in an Excel import did not work as expected
Fixed an issue where after importing an Excel, the font in the Tabulate was different than the Excel font
Fixed an issue where an Excel file that was exported from Tabulate only had static values in the cells instead of formulas
Fixed an issue where slicing a report with date calculated member by date returned empty cells

Publish/Subscriptions

Fixed an issue where legend items had different colors in the print
Fixed an issue where subscription emails sometimes didn't have the content attached
Fixed an issue where an error message appeared when trying to view the summary of a publication schedule that was stopped after a Report Trigger evaluation
Fixed an issue where some elements sometimes didn't appear in a scheduled publication output
Fixed an issue where report trigger names appeared as ??? when the triggers were based on a discovery that had a name in Hebrew

Formulate

Added UserProxyAccount2 function under Identity functions

Illustrate

Fixed an issue where Grid Rows were misaligned in Dynamic Text box when there was a scroll bar for the columns
Fixed an issue where very long text added to Shapes tooltips caused a blank screen
Fixed an issue where changing an object size caused the position setting to reset

Content Management

Fixed an issue where saving a discovery report caused the client to become unresponsive
Fixed an issue where after importing an Excel file to a Tabulate, the Tabulate couldn't be saved
Fixed an issue where it was not possible to access the Private folder of another user using a direct link
Fixed an issue where searching for a user and then clicking on the user's private content in the search results caused the client to freeze
Fixed an issue where Hebrew model names appeared as ??? In the data source changer

Printing/Export

Fixed a print from embed issue that was causing the te_schedule db table to grow in size
Fixed an issue where printing a presentation to Excel with a NoSuchElementException" error

Admin

Fixed an issue where an error message appeared after clicking on Services > Server Instances
Fixed an issue where after adding an Athena connector, the runtime engine required a restart for the driver to work
Fixed an issue where the Tenant list was not sorted alphabetically
Fixed an issue where the System Logs did not log the username of a user that tried to access an endpoint that doesn't exist
Added an option to not log 404 errors in the System Logs
Added a new "Use Default Measure" checkbox to resolve a performance issue that might occur when using "Characteristic Structures" in BW
Fixed an issue where the Connection to PBI Workspace failed with a '400 Bad Request' error

API

Fixed an issue where /API2/content/getFolderItems didn't return the result description
Fixed an issue where API2/content/findContentItem didn't return the result tenantID
Fixed an issue where /API2/access/updateUserOpenId didn't update the user's roles

Other

Fixed an issue where the installer presented an error when trying to use an existing SQL RDS DB
Fixed an issue where reusing an existing DB showed a "upgradeContent failed" error
Fixed an issue in Discover Tutorial 1 where it was not always possible to drop a measure in the dropzones
Fixed an issue where the Help menu did not clear after clicking out of it
Fixed an issue where the Pulse service failed to start with a "java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "String.isEmpty()" because "segment" is null" error
Fixed an issue where the IMDB stopped working with a "Caused by: Failed to write table: PyramidException: Not Authenticated or Connected" error
Fixed an issue where dotnet was not installed when Installing Pyramid 2023.00.361 on Oracle Linux 7
Online help improvements
Fixed Duplicate SQL Statements on Login
Fixed an issue where Embedding did not work when using Windows Authentication