Platform

New Features:

1. New Data Connectors:
   1. Bing Ad
   2. HubSpot
   3. Yelp
   4. Fitbit
   5. YouTube
   6. Microsoft Dynamics
2. Logger Implementation at Tomcat Layer
3. Language-based Dashboard Migration

Enhancements:

1. UI Restructuring for Admin module
2. Enhanced License module

Data Pipeline

New Features:

1. Introduced the following new components in the Data Pipeline:
   1. GCS Reader
   2. GCS Monitor
   3. S3 Monitor
   4. Custom Script (Perl and Shell)
   5. SFTP Python Monitor
   6. SFTP Stream Reader
   7. MQTT Consumer
2. Space key based display of the data pipeline list

ETL

Enhancements:

1. Enhanced Append and Join components
2. Enhanced SFTP Excel Connector
3. Enhanced UI

Data Preparation

New Features:

1. New Transforms:
   1. Generate Primary Key
   2. Generate Duplicate Column
   3. Insert Character at Specified Positions
   4. SQL Transform

Predictive Workbench

Key Features:

1. Support for Batch Query Execution in R workspace.
2. Introduced changed mechanism for displaying Console, Status, Summary, Results in UI for R, JAVA, Python, NN, and Auto ML workspaces
3. Introduced Python Performance component
4. Integrated Data Preparation in NN Workspace
5. Option to list out installed Python libraries

Enhancements:

1. Admin module revamp
2. Improved libraries and architecture for Python Algorithms and Missing Value Replacement.
3. UI enhancement for library management module.
4. Icons updated to match the BDB theme.
5. Restructured Python architecture for better performance.
6. MVR support for string columns (R & Python) and added interpolate option (Python).
7. Removed Missing Values option in all the algorithms

Business Story

Enhancements:

1. Automated Data Insights: Dimension based insights

Dashboard Designer

Key Features:

1. Publish a dashboard to multiple users or group of users directly from the designer.
2. The advanced ‘Help’ section has been provided for all the charting components.
3. Guided Tour introduced as a component in the dashboard.
4. Save Filter functionality updated to hide Value fields of filters.
5. Pivot Grids updated to handle hidden fields in drill object.
6. Manage Dashboard Components-changed UI for more options in the Mobile View.

Enhancements:

1. Change Dashboard language settings at view time.
2. Versioning of published dashboard.
3. SDK method to support the ‘AfterRender’ operations on visuals.
4. Data Search component updated with proper status messages
5. Tooltip updated for 100% chart types
6. Export component updated for PDF export as a table.

Mobile Apps

Key Features:

1. Added Helper Screen
2. Provided Forgot Password Option
3. Introduced Demo Account
4. Added Shimmer effect on homepage
5. Introduced ‘Direct Login’ option for users who have saved password or credentials for the mobile apps

Enhancements:

1. Performance Improvements
2. UI changes