
BI Office 6.40 Released
New Features in 6.40
Feb 6, 2017
Release Notes 6.40
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FEATURE |
DESCRIPTION |
Data Discovery |
Caching |
BI Office now provides enhanced caching facilities. There are three separate caching mechanisms:
Administrators may control caching timeouts for each of the three caching mechanisms (Content, Query, Metadata). For details, see the “Caching Timeout” section in the Settings page of the Admin Help. |
Data Discovery |
Support for Proprietary Cube Actions. These have been enacted to work as a combination of the standard URL and DrillThrough actions. |
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Data Discovery |
Prior to BI Office Version 6.40, Microsoft cube actions could be accessed in BI Office with single-element slicer selections only. BI Office now allows administrators to globally enable cube actions for multiple-element slicer selections on any version of Analysis Services, 2005 onwards. This applies to DrillThrough, Rowset and Proprietary Actions. The settings can be found in the new Actions dialog in the Admin Console. |
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HTML5 |
Action Results |
The Action results table in the HTML5 client has been upgraded to better facilitate large data sets. |
General |
Performance |
Performance improvements have been made in various areas: communication with Repository database; Analysis services; the HTML5 client; load up in the Main SilverLight client; log views in the admin console. |
Other Features Added Since 6.30
These features were added in the minor releases 6.31, 6.32, 6.33
TOOL |
FEATURE |
DESCRIPTION |
Query Engine |
Total Optimization |
Similar to the Optimize button, this optimization switch employs the NONEMPTY function but does so only within the total operation when it is used in a query. Should be used when totaling performance is poor. |
Query Engine |
Context Heuristics |
This will inject the EXISTING MDX function explicitly into the query as needed. Highly nested queries with sibling hierarchies on a specific axis (column or row) can see dramatic improvements in performance. |
Query Engine |
Measure Optimization |
Improve query performance when using multiple hierarchies, not from the same dimension and Measures on Columns/Rows. |
Query Engine |
Performance Improvement |
Significant improvements in large payload handling between client and server. |
ProClarity/Legacy |
Default import option changed |
PAS content imports without query pre-checking. |
ProClarity/Legacy |
New import option |
An option to enable the Query PreCheck was added to the ProClarity BBK Importer. |
Administrative Console |
Lazy Groups Lookup |
Improved login performance by getting users’ active directory groups. |
Administrative Console |
Use Directory Cache |
Improved login performance by using server to cache settings |
Administrative Console |
Support Nested Groups |
Improve login performance by disabling support for nested groups if not needed. |
Administrative Console |
Server Checks |
Server status checks are now off by default. |
Administrative Console |
Performance Improvement |
IP Resolution performance improved. |
Administrative Console |
Community |
New switch for Community function |
Administrative Console |
Auto Provisioning |
Added the "Get User by SID" option to the Admin/Settings/Auto Provisioning dialog. |
Administrative Console |
Master User Options |
The Master User defined during the installation process can now view all Content tabs within the admin console. |
Backstage |
Import Power BI File |
Added "Import Power BI File" command in the content management system to allow the import of PBIX files directly from inside the application. |
Data Modeling |
Multi-Value Columns from SharePoint |
Added support for multi-value columns in SharePoint list data sources. |
Publications |
Impersonation |
When performing scheduling impersonation with the "Use My Account" technique, no password is required for token-based access. |
API |
Custom Visuals |
New landing page for custom visuals (solves security issues for both PC and mobile deployments). |
Issues Addressed in 6.40
TOOL |
DESCRIPTION |
Backstage |
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Data Discovery |
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Story Board |
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HTML5 |
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Other Issues Addressed Since 6.30
These items are covered in the minor releases 6.31, 6.32, 6.33
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DESCRIPTION |
Data Discovery |
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Story Board |
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Power BI |
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HTML5 |
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Printing/Exporting |
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Administrative Console |
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Backstage |
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Collaboration |
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Client Engines |
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Legacy Content |
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Grid rendering |
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Localization |
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Content |
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Mapping |
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Data Modeling |
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