For our Analytics customers: changes & updates launched last night

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Question Panel - Measure Picker

• New layout: The Question Panel (when you add a new WHAT or HOW) now pops up a Measure browser when adding a new Measure or modifying an existing one. The Measure browser presents all usable Measures in a scrollable table.
• Search: The user can search and sort by name and also restrict the list to Measures with particular tags (e.g. just "Finance" Measures).
• Format: The user can also specify overrides for Measure properties, specifically: Aggregation Function, Display Format and Null rendering. With respect to Aggregation Functions, the available overrides are presented in a pick list, and the UI indicates whether an override is in effect.
• Description: There is a Description input that you can add in so report Admins can see more information about the field.
• New Placement of Date Selection: In the HOW drop-down, select the tab in the top right called "Time".
• New Placement of "Remove": In the What and How section, to delete a Field from a report, click on "Remove".

Export Report and Dashboard as image

• Images (JPG and PNG) can be exported from an open report or dashboard. The user can set any size for export, and is offered some common sizes in 16x9 and 4:3 ratios. If the user chooses a ratio, then entered dimensions are clamped to the selected ratio.

Question "What and How" Reordering

• Users can drag and drop Measures between themselves and Groups clauses between themselves. This allows for much more convenient reordering of restructuring of report output.

New Chart Options - Support coming soon

• In the Question Panel, you will see new chart options including additional options on existing charts. Support for thee additional chart formats will be coming soon. These include:

• Headline visualization option: A new Headline visualization renders a single value (derived from the aggregate of all data presented to it like the Gauge). This visualization includes some simple options to control the display of the value and its style.

• Gauge visualization option: A new Gauge visualization type displays an analogue gauge that will display a single value - the aggregate of any data to which it is attached. This visualization includes some simple options to control the scale of the Gauge and its style, including traffic lighting for attainment thresholds.

Custom Measures in Question Panel

• This is an advanced feature for power users which will require training should our customers want to create custom measures.
• The new Measure Picker now allows Measures to be created on-the-fly in the Question Panel in addition to using Measures that are made available from the model.
• Custom Measures are created by using the Formula Editor which appears if the user selects "Custom" instead of "Model" in the top-right of the Measure Picker. If a Customer Measure formula compiles correctly, then the new Measure is available directly in the Question and is saved as a part of the Question with the report.
• Note that it is possible for a Custom Measure to be 'broken' (if an entered formula is invalid, or becomes invalid due to a dependency having changed). Broken Custom Measures are highlighted in the Question Panel and although they remain visible, they will not be used as a part of the Question until they are fixed. The user must provide a name and can change Measure properties (aggregation function, Null rendering, and display format) away from the defaults as required.