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Version 6.2.0

New features

This release was updated to ensure compatibility with TIBCO EBX® version 6.2.0 and the Add-ons Bundle version 6.2.0.

Changes in Functionality

This release includes no updated functionality.

Changes in third-party libraries

This release contains the following third-party library updates:

Closed Issues

This release includes no closed issues.

Known Issues

This release contains the following known issues:

Version 6.1.3

New features

This release was updated to ensure compatibility with TIBCO EBX® version 6.1.3 and the Add-ons Bundle version 6.1.3.

Changes in Functionality

This release includes no updated functionality.

Changes in third-party libraries

The Spring framework was updated to version 5.3.29.

Closed Issues

This release contains the following closed issues:

Known Issues

This release contains the following known issues:

Version 6.1.2

New features

This release contains no new features.

Changes in Functionality

This release includes no updated functionality.

Changes in third-party libraries

The following third-party libraries were updated:

Closed Issues

This release contains the following closed issues:

Known Issues

This release contains the following known issues:

Version 6.1.1

New features

This release contains no new features.

Changes in Functionality

This release includes no updated functionality.

Changes in third-party libraries

This release contains the following changes to third-party libraries:

Closed Issues

This release contains the following closed issues:

Known Issues

This release contains the following known issues:

Version 6.1.0

Released: March 2023

New features

This release was updated to ensure compatibility with the new way that TIBCO EBX® handles URL encoding. See the EBX® documentation for more details.

Changes in Functionality

This release includes no updated functionality.

Changes in third-party libraries

The Xalan library was removed.

Closed Issues

This release contains the following closed issues:

Known Issues

This release contains the following known issues:

Version 3.1.6

Released: September 2022

New features

This release contains no new features.

Changes in Functionality

This release includes no updated functionality.

Changes in third-party libraries

This release contains the following changes to third-party libraries:

Closed Issues

This release contains no closed issues.

Known Issues

This release contains the following known issues:

Version 3.1.5

Released: May 2022

New features

This release contains no new features.

Changes in Functionality

This release includes no updated functionality.

Changes in third-party libraries

The Spring framework was updated to version 5.2.22.

Closed Issues

This release contains no closed issues.

Known Issues

This release contains the following known issues:

Version 3.1.4

Released: April 2022

New features

This release contains no new features.

Changes in Functionality

This release includes no updated functionality.

Changes in third-party libraries

The Spring framework was updated to version 5.2.20.

Closed Issues

This release contains no closed issues.

Known Issues

This release contains the following known issues:

Version 3.1.3

Released: March 2022

New features

This release contains no new features.

Changes in Functionality

This release includes no updated functionality.

Changes in third-party libraries

This release contains the following changes to third-party libraries:

Closed Issues

This release contains the following closed issues:

Known Issues

This release contains the following known issues:

Version 3.1.2

Released: December 2021

New features

The add-on was updated to ensure compatibility with the latest TIBCO EBX® release (v6.0.4).

Changes in Functionality

This release includes no updated functionality.

Changes in third-party libraries

The following third-party library was updated: jQuery UI to version 1.13.0.

Closed Issues

This release contains the following closed issues:

Known Issues

This release contains the following known issues:

Version 3.1.1

Released: November 2021

New features

The add-on was updated to ensure compatibility with the latest TIBCO EBX® release (v6.0.3).

Changes in Functionality

This release includes no updated functionality.

Changes in third-party libraries

The Jackson Databind library was upgraded to version 2.13.2.

Closed Issues

This release includes no closed issues.

Known Issues

This release contains the following known issues:

Version 3.1.0

Released: July 2021

New features

The behavior of the Maximum number of groups option was updated for grouped results. Now, the number specified by this property determines the number of groups that are computed and the number of groups that display in the indicator.

Changes in Functionality

This release includes no updated functionality.

Changes in third-party libraries

Spring was updated to version 5.2.15.

Closed Issues

This release includes no closed issues.

Known Issues

This release contains the following known issues:

Version 3.0.1

Released: June 2021

Product updates

The following library updates were made in this release:

Version 3.0.0

Released: February 2021

Product updates

Bug fixes

This release includes the following bug fixes:

Version 2.7.6

Released: February 2021

Bug fixes

This release contains the following bug fixes:

Version 2.7.5

Released: January 2021

Featured updates

This release contains the following library updates:

Dashboard export templates can no longer include Document Type Definition (DTD) declarations. The add-on will throw an error if this element type is included in a template.

Release Note 2.7.4

Release Date: September 18, 2020

Featured update

Bug fixes

This release contains the following bug fixes:

Release Notes 2.7.3

Release Date: June 23, 2020

Product updates

This release includes an updated version of the jQuery library (version 3.4.0).

Bug fixes

This release includes the following bug fixes:

Release Notes 2.7.2

Release Date: April 20, 2020

Bug fixes

This release includes the following bug fixes:

Release Notes 2.7.1

Release Date: January 15, 2020

Product updates

The TIBCO EBX® Insight Add-on no longer ships with certain third-party Limited General Public License (LGPL) libraries. You must re-package the add-on before you can successfully deploy it. The add-on bundle includes a script to automate this process. Please see the TIBCO EBX® Add-ons Versioning and Packaging Guide for detailed instructions. You can find this guide in the PDF documents included with your add-on bundle, or on https://docs.tibco.com under the page dedicated to the TIBCO EBX® 4.3.2 Add-ons Bundle.

Bug fixes

This release includes the following bug fixes:

Release Notes 2.7.0

Release Date: November 8, 2019

New features and updates

This release includes the following new features and updates:

Dashboard features

The following features have been added and updated for add-on dashboards:

Additional updates and enhancements

The following lists additional updates and enhancements included in this release:

Bug fixes

Release Notes 2.6.1

Release Date: August 2, 2019

Bug fixes

Release Notes 2.6.0

Release Date: June 20, 2019

Updates and enhancements

This release contains the following updates and enhancements:

Release Notes 2.5.0

Release Date: March 25, 2019

Updates and enhancements

This release contains the following updates and enhancements:

Line and bar chart improvements

This release contains the following updates for line and bar charts:

Known limitations

This release contains the following known limitations:

Bug fixes

This release includes the following bug fixes:

Release Note 2.4.0

Release Date: October 26, 2018

Updates and enhancements

This release contains the following updates and enhancements:

Bug fixes

This release includes the following bug fixes:

Release Note 2.3.2

Release Date: October 12, 2018

Bug fixes

[36045] A 404 error occurs when opening a dashboard and the add-on is deployed on a WebLogic server.

Release Note 2.3.1

Release Date: July 31, 2018

New features

This release contains the following updates:

Bug fixes

This release includes the following bug fixes:

Release Note 2.3.0

Release Date: July 4, 2018

New features

You can now group indicator execution results by value. For example, you could group results using the Status field in a Customer table. Indicators would display how many customers hold Silver, Gold, or Platinum status. You can apply the group feature to the following indicators: T-I03, F-I20, F-I31, T-I04, F-I13 and F-I18. For more details, see Overview of grouping values.

The following image shows the grouping feature when viewed in a dashboard and a tabular view of query results:

/grouped_results_example.png

Additionally, groups can be separated so that they each display in a different dashboard tile (shown below). This can be useful to see the development of a single value over time.

/ungrouped_dashboard_tiles.png

When you group results, you have the option of setting a limit on the number of groups and the order in which they display. Any groups of values not displayed due to setting a limit are included in an "Other" group. When using the F-I20 indicator, the Display a subset of linked records is now available to display a tabular view of records in the "Other" group.

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New features in the API

The following new features are available in the API:

Bug fixes

This release includes the following bug fixes:

Release Note 2.2.2

Release Date: May 02, 2018

New features

The following new features and enhancements are included in this release:

New features in the API

Release Note 2.2.1

Release Date: March 16, 2018

New features

The following new features and enhancements are included in this release:

Bug fixes

Release Note 2.2.0

Release Date: January 31, 2018

New features

This release of the EBX Insight Add-on focuses on improvements to performance and usability for the dashboard and indicators. The following sections highlight these updates:

Dashboard layout

The following list describes the highlighted areas of the image below:

  1. The title displays the current context, dashboard configuration, and storage location. In addition to using the dropdown lists to change these options, you can refresh, and export a PDF of the current dashboard.

  2. Tabs provide navigation to dashboard sections, which are all visible from the All tab. Two tabs of note are the Favorites tab and the tab with the + icon. The Favorites tab displays all starred tiles for the current dashboard. The + tab displays for users with administrative privileges and allows you to quickly add a new section to the dashboard.

  3. The image shows examples of large and small indicator tiles. Generally speaking, large tiles work better for line and bar charts with multiple outputs, whereas small tiles work well to display numeric output and pie and sparkline charts.

  4. This tile displays if you have administrative privileges; click here to add an additional tile to the dashboard section.

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Indicator tiles

Tiles offer digital and chart type display modes. The image below is an example of digital display mode. Callouts identify main features which are described in the list below:

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  1. The tile's title corresponds to the indicator's name, or business label if one exists.

  2. If enabled, you can open a tabular view displaying previous indicator execution.

  3. Toggling the favorites icon determines whether this tile displays in the dashboard's Favorites section.

  4. Indicator output displays in the center of the tile. The default output format (digital, or chart type) can be set be administrators.

  5. The refresh icon enables on-demand execution of the indicator.

  6. The information displayed here shows this indicator's time of last execution (above) and the related D.E.C.'s label (below).

  7. If enabled, you can view the indicator's linked records.

  8. You can click this icon to toggle the display mode—if additional modes are available.

You can now customize descriptive information about indicators in the Indicator on D.E.C. table by adding a business label and description. When users mouse over the label, they can click the Show detail icon to view the description.

/indicator_business_label.png

Digital display tiles

Tiles that display measurement over time have an icon that shows the trend between the current and previous execution (shown left). Additionally, for time based indicators, you can configure interval format display. If needed, the add-on can automatically adjust the output format so that only relevant information is shown. Indicator tiles that display feedback from numerical measurement display the current value vs the previous computation (shown right).

/tile_trends_example.png

Chart tile improvements

You can double-click a chart to expand it. The following sections highlight the new sparkline chart type and the updated functionality for expanded charts.

Line and bar charts

The following highlights new features when interacting with line charts; bar charts (not shown) share these features:

Pie charts

As shown below, pie charts enable functionality similar to line and bar charts, with subtle differences.

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Displaying linked records from charts

If an admin has enabled the Linked record service for your profile, you can use the Display a subset of linked records to open a tabular view of records linked to chart values. Depending on the chart type, you can access this service when:

New chart type

Sparkline charts are now available for selection to display indicators with numeric outputs and display a visual representation of data trends. As with other charts, you can double-click tiles from the dashboard to open an expanded view. When expanded, the chart legend displays and, similar to line and bar charts, you can filter displayed values, highlight data points, and view linked records.

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Additional improvements

In addition to the above mentioned improvements:

Bug fixes

[26074] The interval axis of a chart does not follow interval format set in the Indicator on D.E.C. table.

Release Note 2.1.2

Release Date: December 22, 2017

New features

Updates were made to take into account the latest version of the TIBCO EBX® Match and Cleanse Add-on (1.12.2.).

Release Note 2.1.1

Release Date: December 15, 2017

Data exchange 2.4.0 integration

Updates were made to leverage capabilities included in the latest version of the TIBCO EBX® Data Exchange Add-on (2.4.0.).

Release Note 2.1.0

Release Date: August 3, 2017

New features for Dynamic report

New indicators

The following new workflow indicators are now available and their calculation is based on business groups and monthly periods:

Dashboard and chart improvements

Indicator improvements

Bug fixes

Release Note 2.0.0

Release Date: December 16, 2016

Indicator improvements

Data Element Concept improvements

Chart improvements

Dashboard improvements

New features in the API

Bug fixes

Release Note 1.6.1

Release Date: October 12, 2016

Indicator improvement

Bug fixes

Release Note 1.6.0

Release Date: September 9, 2016

New features

New features in the API

Release Note 1.5.2 fix 001

Release Date: June 16, 2016

Bug fixes

Release Note 1.5.2

Release Date: April 13, 2016

New features for D.E.C. configuration

Indicator improvements

New indicators

Please refer to the 'Indicators portfolio' documentation for more information.

Updated indicators

Please refer to the 'Indicators portfolio' documentation for more information.

Execution and query UI improvements

Bug fixes

New features in the API

API improvements

Release Note 1.5.1 fix 003

Release Date: February 26, 2016

Updated indicators

On-demand execution is now available for the following indicators by activating the target table and field's history:

Please refer to the 'Indicators portfolio' documentation for more information.

Release Note 1.5.1 fix 002

Release Date: February 4, 2016

Bug fixes

Release Note 1.5.1 fix 001

Release Date: January 18, 2016

Bug fixes

Release Note 1.5.1

Release Date: November 19, 2015

Bug fixes

Release Note 1.5.0

Release Date: September 16, 2015

Watchdog indicator

Correlated watchdog indicators

New indicators

See the 'Indicators portfolio' document for more information.

Release Note 1.4.3

Release Date: July 31, 2015

Bug fixes

Release Note 1.4.2

Release Date: June 29, 2015

Bug fixes

Release Note 1.4.1

Release Date: June 10, 2015

Updated indicators

See the 'Indicators portfolio' document for more information.

Release Note 1.4.0

Release Date: June 4, 2015

Execution and query

New indicator synthesis view

Dashboard

Configuration

Services

Linked records

New indicators

See the 'Indicators portfolio' document for more information.

Updated indicators

See the 'Indicators portfolio' document for more information.

New features in the API

Backward compatibility

Release Note 1.3.6

Release Date: April 27, 2015

Bug fixes

Release Note 1.3.5

Release Date: April 9, 2015

Permission optimizations

The computation of the permissions has been optimized.

Release Note 1.3.4

Release Date: January 26, 2015

Dashboard

New API

New indicators

See the 'Indicators portfolio' document for more information.

Release Note 1.3.3

Release Date: November 19, 2014

Filter results by current user

Release Note 1.3.2

Release Date: November 10, 2014

UI improvement

Bug fixes

Release Note 1.3.1 fix 001

Release Date: September 30, 2014

Bug fixes

Release Note 1.3.1

Release Date: September 12, 2014

API

New API to get information from the configuration.

Release Note 1.3.0 fix 001

Release Date: August 7, 2014

Indicator results view

For the indicators having results of type Boolean, the result view is enriched with the two properties "Watchdog on" and "Sent email".

Bug fixes

Release Note 1.3.0

Release Date: July 17, 2014

Watchdog

You can now declare watchdogs and apply them to any Boolean type output parameters. For instance, the 'Empty field' indicator returns a boolean value of 'True' when the field is undefined. On this output, a watchdog can be configured to automatically raise an alert.

Direct modification of the pre-built indicator definitions

You can now configure pre-built indicator definitions properties.

UI improvement

Email management

New UI services

Dashboard

Analytics view

New indicators

See the 'Indicators portfolio' document for more information.

Java API changes

Release Note 1.2.0

Release Date: March 31, 2014

Preference management and indicator classifications

New services

Dashboard

It is now possible to configure dashboards to display the indicator results. A dashboard is made up of one or more tiles showing the indicator results in an easy to read layout (specific data, color coding, etc.).

New indicators

See the 'Indicators portfolio' document for more information.

Indicator name changes

Migration of indicator definitions

A service 'Migrate indicators definition' must be executed to make existing indicator definitions compatible with version 1.2.0. This service is located on the table 'Indicator definition' in the configuration. It is only executed once to perform the migration.

Java API changes

Release Note 1.1.2

Release Date: January 14, 2014

New indicators

See the 'Indicators portfolio' document for more information.

Release Note 1.1.1 fix 001

Release Date: December 23, 2013

Bug fixes

Fix a bug when using a custom directory.

Release Note 1.1.1

Release Date: December 18, 2013

Permission management

The performance of the report display has been improved to manage a large number of D.E.C. and indicators (thousands of D.E.C.).

Label management

The D.E.C. label of type field is now prefixed with the name of the related table.

Operation

The operation 'D.E.C. creation field' can be configured to create all fields of all tables in a dataset.

Release Note 1.1.0

Release Date: December 10, 2013

Permission management

It is now possible to configure the business permissions applied to the execution and querying of indicators. These permissions complement the EBX® standard permissions.

For example, permissions can be configured such that a given user is not permitted to access to a table according to EBX® permissions, but is authorized to execute certain indicators on that table. Moreover, the permissions are configured by dataset context and D.E.C. to filter the indicators that are permitted, depending on the environments execution.

New service to create D.E.C. fields automatically

It is now possible to automatically create all D.E.C. fields for a table.

New user interface

The execution, query and results of indicators are now separated into tabs, and the results can be filtered by D.E.C.

The indicators applied to workflows are launched from the reference dataspace.

The 'dates selector' component has also been improved to be able to query by date ranges.

New types of graphs

It is now possible to configure and use graphs with multi-curves.

Also, the type 'pie chart' is now available.

New indicators

See the 'Indicators portfolio' document for more information.

API

The API has been improved to allow implementing new indicators.

Release Note 1.0.1

Release Date: October 8, 2013

New updates

Display has been improved in order to minimize memory usage on the client-side.

A new identifier allows retrieving all indicators executed at the same time in the 'Big Data' table.

Bug fixes

Release Note 1.0.0

Release Date: September 30, 2013

EBX Insight Add-on provides a portfolio of ready-to-use indicators to monitor the quality of data over time. This portfolio can be further enriched with custom indicators. The indicators can be used to assess the quality of any asset known to EBX®, such as tables, fields, workflows, dataspaces, data sets, and business rules.

List of indicators provided with the add-on

See the 'Indicators portfolio' document for more information.

Indicators applied to a table

Indicators applied to a field

Configuration of the indicators

Graphs

Results are displayed through graphs in (x,y).

API

API to publish bespoke indicators into the add-on. These bespoke indicators benefit of the configuration and the execution framework provided by the add-on.