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New Functionality and Changes Introduced with FICO Xpress Insight 4.9

This section describes the new features and changes introduced with FICO Xpress Insight 4.9.

New in Release 4.9.0

Summary

  • This release omits the Analyst Client application, which is no longer included in the product. Patches for critical defects will be made available for the Insight 4.8 version until end July 2019. Existing users of the Analyst Client should contact support@fico.com to discuss migration options.
  • Tableau 10.3 is now supported. Note: This version of Insight Server will no longer support Tableau 9.2 and below.
  • Web client login page now shows license validation failure messages
  • Performance improved when publishing apps from Xpress Workbench
  • Command line tool for import and export
  • Import/export of a folder and its contents

Web Client

  • New options in the Scenario Explorer to export folders and import scenarios and folder structures into the current location.
  • Web client login page now shows license validation failure messages

Web Admin

  • Tableau Health Check - extended information has been added to the report.

Custom Views

  • AutoTable and Table now persist active cell and active row on redraw
  • Option to allow selection and active cell to be displayed on inactive table
  • Table selection events allow connectivity with other VDL components
  • Table paste operations into a larger selection cause the clipboard contents to be repeated

Miscellaneous

  • REST endpoint to import scenarios (POST /v1/data/scenario) now accepts files with exported folder structures.
  • Command line tool "insightcmd" enables advanced users to import and export Insight apps and the entire repository
  • Insight Worker on Linux will delete the contents of the working directory after running a model, even in the event of a model crash
  • Jobs executed on an unlicensed Xpress installation will complete with errors, the cause visible in the run log. Previous releases would have re-queued the job

Fixed in Release 4.9.0

  • Fixed an issue where Tableau health check was leaking mirror datasource connections
  • Fixed an issue where the Job Scheduler could block indefinitely when connecting to Mosel
  • Fixed an issue where the Mosel tmp folder was not cleaned up after a Mosel crash
  • Fixed an issue where an Xpress Worker would crash when compressing data after using MySQL
  • Fixed an issue where running an execution mode would clear the table preservation
  • Fixed an issue where the post mirror analyze action would not be performed when configured
  • Fixed an issue where execution would loop forever when a scenario reads from itself

New in Release 4.9.1

Web Admin

  • A new area in Web Admin to give system administrators the ability to download logs and audit files for Insight server. This includes the ability to download archived logs.

Fixed in Release 4.9.1

Web Client

  • App tiles are sorted alphabetically on the Insight Home screen.

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