Bold BI v6.19 Release Highlights for Self-Hosting and Embedding

We’re delighted to unveil Bold BI v6.19, a pivotal release designed to enrich your self-hosting and embedding journey. With a host of new features, enhancements, and bug fixes, this update caters to the needs of Windows, Docker, Linux, Kubernetes, and Azure users.

From your account page, you can download the latest version of Bold BI^®.

In this blog, we’ll cover:

• Improvements
• Bug fixes
• Breaking changes

Improvements

Data source improvements

• We have provided IntelliSense support for custom attributes and dashboard parameters in the data source creation window.
  

• We have limited the maximum value of data sampling to 1 million.
• We have provided support to use code view-mode data sources to download and upload web data sources.
• We have provided download and upload support for joined Excel data sources.
  

• We have provided support to skip invalid sheets and create Excel data sources.
  

Widgets improvement

• We have improved Date Picker usability over the textbox, calendar, and buttons.

Designer improvements

• We have provided support for the “Replace Value” option at the data source level.
  

• We have added support for refresh indicators on widgets, displaying the time of the last data update for each one.
  

• We have added support to allow users to bypass schema validation in case of schema mismatches, enabling the uploading of dashboards and data sources.
  

Embedding improvements

• We have provided support to save the view as a default view in JS-based embedding, like in Bold BI^® server.
• We have provided an API to show/hide the export option and select the column button in the “View Underlying Data” pop-up in JS-based embedding.

Server improvements

• We have added support to inherit settings from UMS, which helps configure and manage common settings for all tenants in a single place.
• We have improved the refresh history dialog to show completed refreshes and missing refreshes as separate tabs for clearer detail.

Bug Fixes

Data sources

• We resolved the issue where the view underlying data was not working in data sources created using custom attributes in the source connection.
• We resolved the issue where the label parameter was not working with data sources created using custom attributes in the source connection.
• We resolved an issue where the query execution time was not logged properly for the Google Big Query connection.
• We resolved the problem where the edit connection was disabled after reconnecting the data sources of the usage analytics dashboard.
• We resolved the issue where it wasn’t possible to use “Current User Email” in expressions.
• We resolved the problem of duplicate tables being added after reconnecting in the edit connection.
• You can now display a proper error message when editing an unavailable data source in the dashboard.
• We fixed the issue where it was not possible to remove the table from the data source designer.
• We resolved the problem where data-source refreshing was not working correctly for SQL data sources.
• We resolved the unhandled error that was logged when using a web API live data source in the designer.
• We added a limitation when using Declare @Table in the code view.
• We resolved the issue that occurred when using the custom query data source in a combined data source.
• We resolved the issue where the MongoDB ODBC connection failed to connect.
• We resolved the issue of being unable to connect the DATEADD expression in PostgreSQL IMDB.
• We resolved the console error when editing and deleting a custom connector from the connector page.
• We restricted the ability to add a data source without a name in the query designer page.
• We resolved the issue where the Microsoft Kaizala connector name was hidden in the dark theme.
• We resolved the problem with the wrong count showing in the custom connector on the Custom Connector page.
• We modified the numeric expression display text instead of the expression in the SUMD expression.
• We restricted the search field when the user searches for empty space on the Query Designer page.
• We added a limitation for the “Full Outer Join with the! =” function in PostgreSQL.
• We resolved the issue where you couldn’t reconnect while ensuring the edit connection in the Google connector.
• We resolved the issue when switching MYSQL DS from extract to live mode in the edit connection.
• We resolved the “Object reference not set” error while viewing the user in an empty user group in the user filter.
• We resolved the performance delay in the post-designer action API call for dashboards with Microsoft SQL Server and MySQL connections.

Widgets

• We fixed the issue where the option to enable/disable “View underlying data” in Bing Maps was unavailable.
• We corrected the uneven text that occurred when using the auto-fit content property in the RTE.
• We resolved the child widget resize issue in the Tab widget.
• We fixed the “More” option alignment issue for the Number Card and KPI widgets.
• We fixed the breadcrumb value that wasn’t changing when a drill-down was applied to the Tree Map and Heat Map widgets after renaming.
• We fixed an issue where the summary row was randomly not included during Excel exporting.
• We resolved the issue with the “Summary Row Expression Dialog” not displaying when creating an expression.
• We fixed the subtitle visibility issue for the Text Filter widget.
• We fixed the improper value displayed in the List Box Boolean type field configuration.
• We fixed the data visibility issue for the Combine and Tab widgets.
• We resolved the issue related to the Tab widget delete operation configured with Filter widgets.
• We fixed the “Axis Range” alignment-related issues for Chart widgets.
• We resolved the tooltip visibility issue in the Scatter Chart when configuring numeric fields for the x-axis and y-axis.
• We resolved configuration-related issues for dynamic parameter support in the axis range.
• We resolved the issue where the Date Picker can select the date apart from the limit dates.
• We fixed the Excel/CSV export issue when the Grid widget is rendered without data.

Designer

• We fixed the issue where the selected value was not correctly shown when using the dashboard parameter in the combo box widget.
• We fixed the issue where the scrollable dashboard was not visible when adding a widget at the end.
• We resolved the issue where the custom font family was not applied in the filter overview dialog.
• We fixed the issue of widget linking not working when using the dashboard parameter.
• We fixed the usability issue in the “Auto Refresh Settings” window.
• We resolved the issue with Excel and CSV exporting not working with (Null) and (Blanks)
• We fixed the issue with the Date type dashboard parameter not working in code view.
• We fixed the issue with the icon separator not showing in JavaScript-based embedding in view mode.
• We corrected the error message not being proper when a custom attribute is used in the code view.
• We fixed the issue where a dashboard parameter could be created with an empty space value.
• We resolved the issue where Excel exporting failed for sample dashboards.
• We fixed the issue with the “Include” and “Exclude” options collapsing in the Dashboard Parameter window.
• We resolved the issue where renaming the data source after dragging the widget from the existing widget list caused a problem.
• We fixed the issue where the “Select All” dashboard list checkbox was not working properly in the dashboard upload action.
• We resolved the issue with the “info and export” format collapsing between two dashboards in the multi-tab menu.
• We fixed UI glitches in the PDF export window.
• We fixed the issue of widget selection maintenance in the Design canvas.
• We resolved the scroller issue in the Widget properties panel.

Embedding

• We fixed the error prompt that shows multiple times when trying to embed a multi-tab dashboard in design mode.
• We fixed the console error shown while updating views in iframe-based embedding.

Server

• We fixed the issue where the incorrect dashboard URL does not properly redirect when switching to the design dashboard.
• We fixed the inconsistency of character length validation in various places when adding and updating items.
• We fixed the issue where the tooltip was not properly aligned on the permission listing page.
• We fixed the issue where the “get embed code” dialog had styling problems when accessed after inserting a template dashboard.
• We fixed the issue of the clear icon not showing in the search input in the “insert sample” dialog.
• We fixed the issue where publishing a dashboard from advanced mode was not properly validating the details.
• We fixed the issue with the bulk user import job not showing whether the user was deleted or deactivated.
• We fixed the footer alignment issue on the “bulk user import” results page.
• We fixed the issue where duplicate refresh jobs were added with a failed status.
• We fixed the issue of a refresh still being shown as running even when it is complete.

Breaking Changes:

Data sources

• We removed the description field’s custom attribute and dashboard parameter support in the “create data source” window.
• We removed query and user details from the browser developer console’s Post Designer Action API call response.

Widgets

• We have enhanced the Chart primary axis title’s text from displaying a simple text ‘Values’ to displaying a field name when more than one field is configured.

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