Board 15 also introduces other notable enhancements, including an easily accessible Help Hub, Presentation author management, and Data Model health metrics.
Datasets enhancements
In Board 15, Datasets have been enhanced to align with the experience of Board AI Agents, the Board M365 Excel Add-in and Board Foresight.
In the Dataset Catalog, the interface has been simplified - it now includes Name, Description and Data Configuration (Layout), while Dataset visibility has been removed. The security configured for every user is applied when accessing the data provided by a Dataset.
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The Data Configuration section does not support pasting Layouts copied from Screen Objects. Only the Copy and Clear options are available. This is because some Layout configurations supported in Screen Objects are not compatible with Datasets.
Data Model health metrics
Board 15 enriches our /schema Public APIs to expose the following important Data Model health metrics about Entities and Cubes:
Entity Max Item Number for each non-time Entity in /schema/entities response
Entity Saturation for each non-time Entity in /schema/entities response (number of items divided by Max Item Number) as a number between 0 and 100
Sparsity details for each Cube in /schema/cubes response:
Physical Name of the sparsity
Density = (count of combinations in the sparsity) / (product of Max Item Numbers of the Entities). It is displayed as a number between 0 and 100
Data Reader menu enhancement
In Board 15, the Data Reader menu has been simplified. The "Include Execution Error" column has been removed from the default view and it is now available from the Column Chooser.
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Help Hub
Board introduces a unified Help Hub menu, a single in-product access point that brings together the Knowledge Base (Manual), Community, Academy, and Support resources, enabling users to quickly find help, improve self-sufficiency, and access guidance directly within the Board Platform.
Read more at Help Hub.
Revamped API Documentation
The API documentation in the knowledge base has been revamped to improve clarity, structure, and usability. The updated content provides a clearer overview of API capabilities in Board and better guidance on how to use them.
Start at About Board APIs.