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New Functionality and Changes Introduced with FICO Xpress Insight 4.8

This section describes the new features and changes introduced with FICO Xpress Insight 4.8.

Summary

  • FICO® Optimization Modeler. has been renamed to FICO® Xpress Insight Web Client.
  • VDL and the JavaScript API have moved up to version 4.0.
  • The server encryption key is now located in a file named .xpress-insight-key. If you are upgrading from a previous version your encryption key will be moved to a file with the new name.

VDL 4.0

  • <vdl-chart> has been added, allowing an alternative means to insert simple charts in VDL views.
  • Added support for arrays with repeated index sets to be used in a <vdl-table>, by adding optional set-position attribute (to disambiguate occurrences of the same index set) to <vdl-table-column> and <vdl-index-filter> elements.
  • The <vdl-table> row-filter attribute has changed. The scope variables position and tableData are no longer passed in to the expression or callback.
  • Table columns can be hidden using the vdl-visible attribute, which must be an expression. This method of hiding columns should be used in place of any CSS styles or classes applied to columns.

JavaScript API 4.0

  • Upgraded to jQuery 3.1.1 which has removed previously deprecated APIs.
  • Removed the Chart component and the RGraph library. These have been replaced with vdl-chart.
  • Added support for AutoTables to use arrays that have repeated index sets. The following properties can now be an array (a non-array value is still valid, as before, and is treated as a singleton array):
    • AutoTable~Config#indicesOptions
    • AutoTable~Config#columnOptions#filter
    • ScenarioObserver~BindAutoTableOptions#columnOptions#filter
    • ScenarioObserver~BindAutoTableOptions#indicesOptions
  • Added onError callback to ScenarioObserver~BindAutoTableOptions, which will be called in event of invalid AutoTable configuration.
  • AutoTable#EditorValidateCallback arguments have changed. The cell element is no longer passed in. The new call signature is: new cell value, row data and row key (value, row, key).
  • AutoTable#editorOptionsSet and AutoTable#editorOptions are no longer used to render cells.
  • The AutoTable~RowFilterCallback signature has changed. The rowNumber and tableData arguments have been removed.
  • AutoTable and Table columns can be hidden with a new visible property.

Decision Tree editor

  • Visual editor and profiler for decision trees
  • Supports FSML version 1.0, 2.0, 2.5
  • Add and remove decision keys
  • Modify splits
  • Assign outcomes/treatments
  • Execute trees against a provided data file and calculate profile counts for specified variables

Miscellaneous

  • Username of user who requested scenario execution is now available to Mosel with the function insight_getusername
  • The server encryption key is now located in a file named .xpress-insight-key. If you are upgrading from a previous version your encryption key will be moved to a file with the new name.