What's new in the Board 14.3 release?

What to expect?

Improved features to Board’s new Flex Grid Object

• Data Entry is now possible on a Flex Grid

• Introducing Data Entry on Row Headers of a Flex Grid

• Flex Grid now support ROLAP and BLOB type Cubes

• Introducing the "By Column” feature which mimics the Data View “Detail by”

• Drill Anywhere is now possible on a Flex Grid

• Enhanced Range charts, empowering users to create self-service charts

• A new Filters tab on the Flex Grid Object makes filtering much easier

• The usage of the “Cubes Visibility” functionality in combination with the Flex Grid has been largely optimized

• Other Flex Grid small enhancements

Better tracking capabilities and improvements to Presentations

• Enhanced Notes, allowing customizable type and an enhanced editor

• Introducing Custom Changes Tracking so users can track what changes have been made to a Slide that is not in the original Screen

• Metadata Transparency

• Enhancements to creating a new Slide from a Screen and from a Presentation

The new Board Signals add-on

• This add-on provides industry-tailored solutions to improve economic insight analyses

• Signals provides you with custom chosen economic indicators that can be added to Screen Objects as a Cube to enhance forecasts, identify emerging trends, and help make informed decisions

Improvements for Planner experience

• Print and Export

• Selection interaction improvements

• Session Expiration improvements

Improvements for Admin and Builders

• @ProcedureID Substitution Formula

• Admin Portal access and UI improvements

• New APIs to read and extract audit logs

Main new features to Flex Grid

Flex Grid Data Entry now allows you to leverage the power of the Flex Grid Object and incorporate data entry at the cell level, similar to the Data View, and also with Row Groups in Pivot Mode. The By Column addition to the Layout Editor of the Flex Grid Object offers the same capabilities of the Detail By feature found in a Data View tailored to the specific Object.

Flex Grid Data Entry on Cells and Row Headers

Flex Grid now offers Data Entry both on the cells and the Row Headers, providing powerful leverage to Planners in order to add individual changes at the member level or make bulk changes to data quickly.

• Uncompromising performance. Delivering a superior solution compared to any other grid table on the market

• Spreadsheet-like approach. Similar to working with an Excel Pivot. Offering unmatched flexibility and empowering end-users

• Simplification. Data Entry on Row Headers removes the requirement for complex data model configurations to achieve the same thing

• Full Spreadsheet like experience. Every cell is editable, which makes certain data entry tasks very easy and intuitive

• Efficiency. The ability to change massive attributes of data saves Planners valuable time

Flex Grid By Column

Flex Grid now introduces the new feature "By Column" which gives users more data display flexibility much like the "Detail by" feature for a Data View. Benefits include:

• Data display flexibility. More flexibility in breaking down data by column, this feature combined with the existing “Pivot Mode” functionality of Flex Grid, allows users to achieve the data display that best fits their needs

• Interactive. More expand/collapse interactions are now possible, both in Flat View and when 3 or more Entities are grouped by Column

Enhanced Flex Grid Range Charts

Flex Grid's Range Charts have improved for the Planner's improved experience with the following key benefits:

• Improved Insights  

  • Enhanced data visualization leads to better understanding of trends and patterns

  • Aggregated functions provide quick summary views of complex datasets

• Customization  

  • Greater flexibility in chart appearance and data representation

  • User-driven chart creation enables end users to generate custom visualizations on the fly for specific scenarios, empowering self-service exploration

Flex Grid Drill Down and Drill Anywhere

Drill Down and Drill Anywhere for Flex Grid is now possible. The drill-down functionality integrates smoothly with the spreadsheet-like experience of the Flex Grid, offering an intuitive interface for analyzing data in greater depth, providing the following benefits:

• Interactive Data exploration: users can easily explore deeper layers of data directly within a Flex Grid without navigating away from it

• Simplified navigation of complex hierarchies: user can easily drill into any type of data structure with clarity and precision

Other enhancements

In addition to the main features, Board 14.3 has numerous other enhancements to look forward to. Some of these improvements include:

• Selection interaction improvements

• Presentation improvements

• Substitution Formula

• Print and Export

• Admin Portal

• APIs for Audit Logs