Page Comparison

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Ad Hoc Reporting

• Updated user interface. This release includes a new look and feel that is crisp and easy to navigate. It
  keeps the familiar layout and provides updated icons, styling, and colors throughout the application:
  • The home page has a simpler layout with all BI tools in a single column and introduces a color-coding of features that is consistent throughout the application. For example, the green icon for finding reports on the home page matches the green icon for adding a report in the Dashboard Designer.
  • The pages for creating data sources have been streamlined and color-coded.
  • The Domain Designer has new icons for tables, fields, joins, sets, and others throughout.
  • The Report Viewer, Ad Hoc Designer, and Dashboard Designer are all updated with new icons, color coding, and matching styles so that viewing data is clearer and creating visualizations is simpler.
• New color picker dialog. The Ad Hoc Designer and Dashboard Designer have a new color picker interface for specifying colors to match any palette where visualizations are embedded. The default color selections are expanded, and custom colors may be specified precisely with HEX or RGB entry options.
• Colors in Ad Hoc charts. There are several new features in the Ad Hoc Designer that allow greater customization of chart colors. New UI properties allow the user to set the series color, the plot color, and the background color in charts that allow it.
• Distinct values in Ad Hoc tables. Tables often contain columns that have duplicate values in many rows, making it difficult to find relevant data. The new distinct values selector in the Ad Hoc Designer hides the duplicate rows and makes tables shorter and easier to read. Note that tables with a totals row will not recalculate the total values when duplicate rows are hidden.
• Referential Integrity for Domains. New configuration settings let you adjust how strictly Ad Hoc views and reports are checked against their underlying Domain. By default, fields and measures in a view or report that do not exist in the Domain will cause an error upon opening. Administrators can adjust the level of referential integrity to allow opening views and reports when Domain security causes missing items.
• Security Updates