What's New in Dundas BI

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1. Overview

A list of highlights from the new features and enhancements available with the release of Dundas BI 6.0.1.

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For a complete list of new functionality and behavior changes, see the List of changes in version 6.0.

New time dimension Caption Format for Week Ending and Fiscal Quarter date format
New Maximum Length setting for Calculated Element and Unpivot Transform to improve data cube performance
Native MemSQL and SAP HANA data connection support
New RANK function to calculate the rank for each value in a set of input values
Added CollectionString, CollectionNumber, and CollectionDate Value Types for defining Bridge Parameters
Open and edit a data cube from the Data Cube Transform configuration dialog when it is re-used in another data cube

New Stretch option for brush properties set to an image
Long text shown in the legend can be wrapped onto multiple lines
Customize shapes and other properties of the items visualizations add to legends
See your current scroll position by row number as you drag the scrollbar in tables

Hide the From token on a calendar range or date range filter to focus on the To token
Included the parameter Update Button for use on scorecards and reports
Sort date or date and time hierarchies after exporting a dashboard to Microsoft Excel
Included a new Reset Filter option in the context menu which allows to reset the value to what it was when it was loaded initially
Convert an existing report to a scorecard or vice versa
Easier filtering when using tokens for date/time ranges and named sets
View and edit all types of actions from the Layers window, in addition to scripts

Included the managed Oracle data provider driver in the Dundas BI installer so that the driver does not need to be installed separately