February’s updates came out with a bang as the updates came out all guns blazing. As well as Key Influencers, there are some major updates for Q&A with the addition of auto-generated questions and the ability to ask Insights related questions, as well as numerous formatting and visual improvements. Here’s the full list:

Reporting

• More Filter pane formatting (Preview)
  
• Accessibility improvements for the new filtering experience (Preview)
  
• Cross-highlight on a single point in line charts
• Word wrap on titles
• Update default visual interaction to cross-filter
• Rounded corners for visual borders

Analytics

• Key Influencers visual (Preview)
• Insights questions in Q&A
• Auto-generated suggested questions for Q&A explorer
• Improved Python and R script editor

Custom visuals

• Additional purchases for custom visuals
• Advanced Donut Visual
• Advanced Combo Visual
• Advanced TimeSeries Visual
• Advanced Network Visualization
• 3AG Systems – Line chart with absolute variance
• Summary Table
• KPImg
• Ultimate KPI Card
• Violin Plot

Data connectivity

• Microsoft Graph Security
• Guidanz’ BI Connector for OBIEE
• MarkLogic
• Kronos Workforce Dimensions
• SurveyMonkey
• Qubole Presto
• Quick Base
• Sagra Emigo

Other

• Improved Live connect and Direct Query error messages.

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