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Version 5.4 Service Pack 2

Function	Detail
Expand Icons (Plus/Minus)	New Expand Icon visualization for grids
bioWriter Table of Contents	New ability to insert an automated table of contents into publications
New Excel Export Options	Ability to export grids with native values or as text
Slicers	Ability to Save slicers with the named selection (rather than list position)
Secured Themes	Administrative ability for themes to be secured by roles
New Admin Content Interface	Improved Interface for content management in the admin console

Version 5.4

Function	Detail
bioXL Data Discovery	New Cascading prompt Wizard (ribbon update) New gauges values options (actual value/status/goal) New quick content search features in the report, hierarchy and measure trees New Ability to limit pre-query size checking New Execution Indicator
bioPoint Dashboarding	Improved Assets placement keyboard support (movement and deletion). New Slicer Ordering options Added ability to suppress empty query warnings
bioWriter Publications	New Scheduler new slice type (text slice) will allow to choose elements from a huge set of elements. Added an option to change all scheduled publication passwords at once (per user)
Grid Component	Added ability to add Row Headers to grids Boosted accounting grid performance
Chart Component	Added chart axis positioning in Bubble/scatter charts New category option in chart data labels for Bubbles/ Scatter charts Improved layout of segment charts
Content Management	Added paste special functionality instead of clone - to simplify the copy/paste and replication of content Added import paxl files direct to folder option New Basic UI design to match updated tablet interfaces Improved performance for loading of content Improved Interface for the data source changer
Data Modeling	New data source support for MySQL New heuristic slider on the relationship stage to automagically determine data relationships when building models New ability to manage roles New Custom Measure window and interface Added support for Calculated Columns (over and above calculated measures) Added Measure Groups Support for grouping common measures
Querying Engine	Improved counter mechanics (and removed counting for tabular based queries) Added Ability to toggle query size calculations New Post-query limiter – to prevent client from being overloaded with over-sized queries
Printing	Improved performance and stability (noticeable on larger print jobs in particular) Added the option to Wrap Chart Legends Added the option to Enlarge PDF Borders
HTML5 and Mobile Client	New fresh design, with increased content real estate and better element access New Full screen mode added for phones New, full analytic context menu features for consumer+ licensees: Drill to Level, Expand Down, Collapse, Member Selection, Quick Sort, Quick Filter, and Pivot. Support for bubble and scatter charts axis repositioning options Support for Conditional display Support for custom data with HTML5 in federated form authentication Support for global cascading slicers Support for Maps and Geospatial analytics Support for multi axis charts – data labels “Category” value added. Support for multi select drop down slicers Support for multi select slicers Support for Row Headings in Grid Support for segment chart types: Pyramid, Section Funnel and Streamline Funnel. Windows Phone 8.1 platform support (requires v5.3 and greater)

Version 5.3

Function	Detail
User Options	Users can now reset User Options in the Admin Console
Mash-Pit updates	There is added support for Oracle XMLTYPE() as well as new data sources: EMC GreenPlum,and Amazon Redshift (Cloud). Users can also use a multi-column relationship capability in modeling.
HTML5 / Mobility	Users can now save Pyramid credentials in their mobile device using a new setting in the Admin console. Webpage and template assets are also now supported on phones. A timer has been included for BioPOINT presentations.
bioXL	Column headers can now be set to “Shrink to data” – they will size according to the size of the data column.
bioPOINT	New timer option to cycle between slides instead of just refreshing 1 slide only and added support for inputs targets to slices and global slices.
Infrastructure	Improved support for Domain account and constrained delegation (improves security of installation) as well as improved support for UPNs - User Principal Names (more options for deployment).
Content management	Improved multi-tenancy support.
Management API	Extended CMS abilities, with asset roles management and data sources management.
Auto-Sync	Auto provisioning tool for Auto-Syncing users to an Active Directory.
Installer	Release of 32-bit installer with support for Windows 2003.

Version 5.2

Function	Detail
Data Model Scheduler	Users can now set their data models to reprocess and update based on a user-driven schedule.
New Mash-Pit data sources	The Mash-Pit data mash-up Wizard can now read data directly from Hadoop Hive, Windows Azure Hive, IBM DB2 and PostgreSQL data sources.
Mash-Pit updates	Users can change the direction of a relationship in the wizard and the dialog box will only display the data sources in use.
Excel Publications	Users can now choose to publish their bioWRITER Publications in Excel Worksheets.
Table Layout Border Properties	Users can now modify tables cells as a whole or as individuals by editing their line style, color and height.
Mobile Security Improvements	Administrators can now authorize specific devices to access (or block) the mobile client.
Localization	The Polish language is now available.
Geographical Information System (GIS)	New mapping engine that supports multi-lingual addresses and mapping displays (Cyrillic characters included) was added.
List Builder Limit	This has been increased to 25,000 elements.
Grid upgrade	The row section on the grid is now scrollable.
Performance	Improvements in rendering of large, complex grids in the multi-grid style

Version 5.1

Function	Detail
Random Element Selector	The "list importer" - now called the "list builder" - allows users to build calculated sets or members using a random selection of elements from a given hierarchy.
New Mash-Pit data sources	Users can now import content into the "Mash-Pit" from Oracle Relational Databases, Windows SQL Azure and delimited text files.
Ability to add hierarchies and base measures on-the-fly	Users with administrative rights to tabular data models can now DIRECTLY add user hierarchies and base measures to the data model from inside bioXL.
Missing Data Wizard Skip	Users now have the ability to skip issues in the missing data wizard.
Update to the standard Filter function	Users can now define an unlimited number of nested filters in the application from the standard filter dialog boxes in the query ribbon.
API access to query results	Developers can now access the results of queries in either flat delimited text or XML using the Web services API. The function also allows users to input slicer and parameter values.
8 New Languages	8 new languages were added: Russian; Arabic; Spanish; Chinese; Japanese; German; Dutch; Portuguese.
Variable support in HTML5	Variables are now supported in HTML5
Cascading slicers in HTML5	Cascading slicers are now supported in HTML5
Load performance in HTML5	Performance improvements in HTML5 loading

Version 5.0

Function	Detail
bioWRITER Publication and Alerts	A whole new application for BI Office Suite that facilitates the user to produce sophisticated, publication-quality reports and alert notifications based on the analytics of the user. The documentation or information can then be automatically “pushed” out to recipients. This application has the capability for: Dynamic Text: users can set point-and-click values on queries to be rendered at runtime Sections and Conditional Display: users can set conditions for sections (that you delineate) on how or if to be rendered at runtime Slice Manager: users can interconnect dynamic text and alert status calculations to be rendered at runtime
Updated Design	The latest square design pattern and “flat” look prevalent in applications like Office 2013 has been implemented, including a complete revamp of icons, ribbons, menus and interactive items.
New Themes	There are six new theme packs that use a lighter, less “glossy” design methodology suited to the new “flat” look. Version 4 themes are still available.
Languages and Localization	There are 11 new languages: English, Hebrew, Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. Languages may not all be released at the same time.
Basic User Interface (BUI)	Created for "consumer" and "viewer" users, this is a simple point-and-click interface without exposing the numerous content management interfaces. The consumer can optionally change to the fuller backstage seen by professionals and analysts.
Mash-Pit Data Mash-up Wizard	A new wizard to import data sourced from MS Excel, Access, Text files, SQL Server, SQL Azure, and Oracle.
Calculation Designer	A new wizard to design sophisticated and advanced calculations.
Variables Wizard	Users now have the ability to define static data entry points, or variables, that can be used to change calculation logic or filters.
Share and Print Options Upgrade	Users can now print and export content to PDF, XPS, MS Excel, PowerPoint and Word. There is also an added functionality to change and export dynamic/interactive PowerPoint decks to static slides with content images.
New "Feeds" Panel	Users can easily access any alert messages or report publications created in bioWRITER.
Upgraded Report Components	Upgraded grids, charts and gauges
Enhanced Geospatial Mapping	Users can view maps offline in Mercator mode .
Upgraded Filtering Options	Users can now filter data by statistical methods: average, median, z-score and standard deviation.
Upgraded Interactivity in bioPOINT	Users can now create Sync interactivity between different query outcomes, artifacts, in a slide, so that if there is a change in the selections of a given hierarchy in one panel, it will be auto-synchronized to adjust in another.
Global Slicer Enhancement	Users can selectively hide slicers from the slide, thereby rendering them both invisible and inoperable at runtime.
Scheduler	New functionality to set up how and when an underlying template from bioWRITER should run, and be rendered and delivered.
Delivery	New functionality to be able to automatically deliver content into the BI Office application portal and/or emailed as attachments.
HTML5 Viewer	Users can now access a lighter interface model (BUI) when they do not wish to use the full client application. All content and data security inherent in the BI Office platform is extended to the viewer automatically.
Mobility	Users can now access the "lite" workspace of BI Office on any mobile device: Apple iOS, Google Android, and Windows WinRT. The presentation model of the content is automatically optimized for the size and form factor of the device.

Version 4.6 Enhancements

Function	Detail
PowerPivot Uploader	New set of features to upload PowerPivot enabled Excel Spreadsheets directly to SQL 2012 Tabular Cube Servers from the Pyramid backstage. Also coupled with the ability to set security for these new tabular cubes.
Tabular cube Manager	A new mini-console interface to manage tabular cubes.
Improved Meta Data	New improved metadata information from the power-square in bioXL and bioPoint
Hide/show Chart Series	Ability to hide and show specific chart series in a given chart
Hierarchy Tool-tips	Hovering over dimensions, hierarchies or levels will now show the description for the item (from the cube) as a tool tip
Tool-tip of the Day	Users are now presented with a tool-tip of the day in the home screen of the backstage
Keep Report As function	Users can now easily save the changes to any report into a new report within a given book
Save Running Dashboard	Users can now save a running dashboard to their personal workspace.
Performance	Numerous improvements in query performance and retrieval of element trees

Version 4.5 Enhancements

Function	Detail
Upgrade to SilverLight 5	Client application now runs in SilverLight 5 - exposing the latest XAML/C# client from Microsoft. This includes a native 64-bit client.
Fast Loader	New "fast loading" runtime for instances where content is embedded in other applications or opened via URL (e.g. PowerPoint, SharePoint, Dynamics etc.). The fast loader improves the launch time of runtime content.
Missing Data Wizard	New wizard application for helping content administrators and end users to manage and upgrade their reports and dashboards to match changing cube/data source structures.
Content Migrator	New wizard for content administrators allowing them to migrate books or dashboards from one Pyramid instance to another (e.g. dev >test > prod)
Improved Content Export	bioPoint dashboards can now be exported and imported via the content organizer
Improved Excel Export	Complementing the already existing "Quick export to Excel", bioPoint content can now be exported to Excel like bioXL.
Slicer Upgrade	A significant number of upgrades to the slicers in the application, including: 3 new slicer visualizations added (button arrays, text box and hierarchical trees) All slicers types (except the slider) can be searched Slicers can be configured with more control
Cascading Slicers	Improvements to the cascading engine to allow slicers to cascade (using parameters)
Conditional Formatting Upgrade	Grid Conditional Formatting now reflects a powerful engine for exposing 5 different types of conditional value display, that can be fully configured, including: The addition of foreground and value formats. The choice of up to 11 methods for determining values or bands, including Percent of Total logic and representation Ability to apply logic hierarchically
Ragged Queries and Eliminations	New functionality to create "ragged" query structures with the use of "tuple eliminations"
New Sort Options	New functionality to sort axes by value, label or inverted hierarchy
Custom Set Wizard	New menu-driven wizard for Custom Set design - exposing a variety of MDX set based logic
Multi-Mode for Parameters	New capabilities to customize the way parameters operate: iteratively or cumulatively
Improved Chart Axis Formatting	New Options for chart axis data formats including automated formatting based on measures and the ability to set formats for the primary and secondary axes.
Improved Totaling	Improved Totaling logic to better display grand and sub-totals on grids.
MDX Engine Improvements	Improvements to the MDX engine for more efficient results. Also, better handling of filters and sorts with totals.
Report Management	New functionality added to the bioXL report "power square" that will allow users to manage their bioXL reports more easily. This also includes an upgrade in the metadata offered for each report using the power square hover over. New "Report Reset" functions as well.
Custom User Options	New ability for administrators or users to set default options for certain settings in the bioXL - covering slicers, non-empty and auto execute.
Web Panels	New web panel asset type that will allow dashboard developers to embed and interact with web content side by side with the analytics of the cube.
Interactive Content	New capability to create "interactive" content using the bioPoint interactions: create dynamic text messaging on screen based on user slice/dice/drilling create dynamic button URL's based on user slice/dice/drilling create dynamic web panel URL's based on user slice/dice/drilling
Conditional Display	New capability to hide, show and change content in the dashboard runtime based on user input.
Slicer Layout Options	New capability to layout slicers in the bioPoint using absolute positioning and sizing.
Input Targets	New capability to specify URL inputs for dashboards and then map them to specific query targets within the dashboard slide.
Asset Templates	The ability to make templates out of existing asset designs for future use.
Improved PAS compatibility	Improvements to the PAS import tools for higher compatibility
New ProClarity BBK Import	Ability to import BBK books into Pyramid directly from the backstage.
Custom Data support in Forms Authentication	Ability to set custom data values for data source connection strings via the forms authentication model (which can then be used in MDX).
New Languages	Localization for Spanish (Latin America) and Spanish (Spain)

Version 4.4 Enhancements

Function	Detail
Slicers	Further enhancements to the slicers - including new placement options and more customizations
Conditional Formatting for Grids	Upgraded conditional formatting options - allowing for specific row and column CF settings from the grid context menus
Search	New functionality for searching Pyramid content. The search includes advanced search options allowing users to find content by key word, date and data source.
Improved SharePoint WebPart	Further improvements to the SharePoint WebPart.
Stress Tester Tools	Version 4 release of the stress tester application for enterprise deployment testing.
Parameters in the ASD	Support for parameter selections in sets designed with the Advanced Set Designer Wizard
Administrative Console Improvements	Various features for adding users and user groups
UPN Login Support	Support for UPN user names when logging into the application for both Basic and Forms Authentication
Forms Authentication	New authentication models allowing for logging into the application using Direct or Federated Forms - in addition to Basic and Windows Authentication.

Version 4.3 Enhancements

Function	Detail
Web Services API	New API's for managing content
Improved SharePoint WebPart	New and improved SharePoint WebPart

Version 4.2 Enhancements

Function	Detail
Slicers	Slicers have been updated. They have been redesigned aesthetically and a new slicer type - "list box" - has been added. The List Box slice allows users to do multi-selects from the slice.
Quick Excel Export	Within bioXL or bioPoint, users can now use a short-cut to do simple exports to Excel via the right-click report context menu.
Improved ProClarity Compatibility	Better support for more legacy content from ProClarity PAS data store and "bbk" standalone content.

Version 4.1 Enhancements

Function	Detail
Backstage	The new Office 2010 look and feel with the "backstage" interface for accessing general functions across both the bioXL analytic application and the BioPoint dashboard application. The new backstage gives end users the ability to change the application color and language.
Client Content Organizer	Within the backstage, a new Content Organizer is provided for all end users to manage and organize their book and dashboard content.
URL Parameterization	bioXL Books can now be loaded up via an improved external URL framework that allows parameters to be fed into the underlying queries.
Multiple cubes in a bioXL book	bioXL books can now contain reports connected to two or more independent cube data sources.
Multi-Member Search	bioXL member search now includes options to repeat multiple searches and to use all or partial results from each search to build selections for queries.
Measure Group Filtering	Users can filter the visible measures and hierarchies based on the measure groups to which they are attached.
Slicer upgrades	Slicers can now be customized. They can be presented as traditional combo-drop boxes; list boxes and sliders. They can also be set to operate in auto-execution mode, when the query is auto updated when the slicer is changed.
Parameters	A new concept in analytic capabilities, the bioXL parameterization engine provides analysts with a new super-tool for designing ultra powerful queries and query capabilities without any coding through a point-and-click interface.
Member Calculations	Within the element trees, there is a new set of wizard menus for building complex member calculations across all hierarchies. These cover a range of function types and capabilities in MDX.
Advanced Set Designer	This is a new wizard for end users to design highly complex element sets through a point-and-click interface. The "ASD" provides for an "n" tier model that exposes an unlimited number of filtering, sorting and derivative options for end users in constructing complex groupings of elements for analysis.
Cube Meta Viewer	A new tool for viewing all the metadata and descriptions of a cube in a singular document is available in the bioXL hierarchy menus.
Conditional Formatting	Conditional Formatting can now be applied to grid result-sets for highlighting different values in the context of other values.
Chart Types	Radar and Polar charts have been added. Scatter and Bubble charts have been redesigned to match the way these charts are plotted by other analytic tools in the market.
Chart Totals	When visual totals are used in a query, they are excluded from plotted data in charts, unless stipulated by end users.
Chart Zooming	The chart scrolling mechanism has been upgraded and now includes a more intuitive scrolling mechanism. Further, Ctrl+click chart zooming functionality has been added to scatter and bubble charts.
Map Legends	Map legends have been upgraded to allow users to place them in various positions within a map and to choose alternative legend types.
Export to PowerPoint	Users can now export their books to PowerPoint in a "live" mode that allows them to view and interact with their content from within a PowerPoint presentation.
General Performance	Improved performance of all query related activities including printing and exporting of content.