We are pleased to present our latest offering of pi - our April 2021 release! This page helps summarise and familiarise you with the changes we have made, and is supported (where applicable) with useful videos to help explain the changes we have delivered.
Here’s what we’ll cover;
Added
Windows installer will now copy Maria data (from db folder) and themes (from themes folder) and place them alongside the installer into a new clean install. This can be used to setup a pre-customised installation and can also be used with the silent installer for unattended use.
Changed
Description
When Multi-Picker has been selected in a Category Object filter users were previously only able to select one Default Value. The April release of the Dashboard now allows users to pick multiple values from the Default Value field. When users return to the relevant category the Multi-Picker chosen values will appear in the Category Filter section as Default Values.
Screenshots
The following screenshot shows multiple values selected in the Default Value section under Category Objects.
Video
We’ve created a short video to explain this in a bit more detail.
The ‘Help’ option now links, by default, to pi Documentation, where you can search for and find frequently used articles and see our newest content.
Screenshots
The ‘Help’ option can be seen by clicking the ‘More Options’ icon at the top-right of the dashboard.
If you don’t want to use the ‘Help’ option, remove the URL from the ‘System Variables: General’ section on the ‘Setting’s tab under ‘Dashboard Configuration’
Video
This short video shows how you use the ‘Help’ feature and also prevent the option from appearing.
Warnings/ Alerts
This feature will only appear if you do a clean install of the dashboard and do not restore any repositories. If you already have a repository that has a link to an online help URL, the current URL will not be removed or replaced.
Fixed
Description
A problem where PostgresSql objects displaying as [object Object] instead of the correct DB values has been fixed in this release. With this change the user does not need to do manual casts for special types from postgresSql.
Description
A problem where the API was returning 404 error with new created users has been resolved - this was caused by old flex columns having default as null.
Description
When using a Cross Tab table in the Dashboard that contains a header with special characters, Measure values were not being displayed in the Cross Tab table.
Description
Charts that contain Targets that are created from a Redshift database were not being displayed correctly. The Targets on the chart were all displayed as 0.
Description
With the introduction of the new table library users were unable to resize columns, this has now being fixed and users will be able to resize a column to whatever size they need.
Video
We’ve created a short video that explains this fix.
Description
When a Parent Table has been filtered, any sorting options used on a table header in the Parent Table was not being retained.
Screenshots
The following screenshot shows a filtered version of a Parent Table on the right and also shows how the sort order on the ‘Decimals’ column in the Parent Table on the left has been maintained.
Description
Schedules in dashboards with the old scheduling system will now be migrated into to the new scheduling system on upgrade.
The migration will happen automatically on upgrade if there are old schedules (in mis_dashboard_schedules) AND there are no new schedules (in pi_schedules).
All migrated schedules will be set to suspended, the user will need to reactivate any schedules they wish to keep running.
Scheduled KPIs will not be migrated as KPIs are no longer supported.
Remember to back up the database before migrating! All old schedule data is deleted during the migration.
Description
A fix has been made to the response of the new API role creation endpoint. Previously successful creation returned the id of the newly created role, in addition it will now also return the whole object with every available field matching the API documentation.
Keeping An Eye On pi
pi Documentation - this area is where we store all our documentation. Please take a look - you can see what’s been added recently in the ‘Recently Updated’ section on the Home Page or by clicking the Pages link on the left hand side of the screen.
pi Community - this is an area where you can see recently asked questions and ask your own questions., and connect with other pi users from other companies - designed to help you connect and get the most from our community of users. You can register for an account really quickly by clicking the link at the top right of the screen or if you prefer you can even ask a question without creating an account
Customer Portal - don’t forget to download the latest release from here.
SupportDesk - log all your support tickets and see what’s happening on your previously logged tickets through our Support Portal
pi News - have a look at this area on our website, you’ll be able to see all the latest Panintelligence news
pi Academy - try one of our training courses and read through and watch some of our training materials
pi Social - see what’s going on at Panintelligence on one of our social media sites
