Madhavi Chandra, Director of Informer Product Management, shares development details on our upcoming release Informer 5.5!
Hello (Hallo, Bonjour, Hola)! We are actively working on Informer 5.5 which will have many new features that bolster ease of use and global adoption. We showcased an early access build of Informer 5.5 to our Informer Advisory Council members, which was met with great enthusiasm and excitement for what is in store!
We can now take Version 5.5 on a world tour as it will have Internationalized UI support for Mexican Spanish, Canadian French, and German as well as support for dates and times based on the locale of a User.
A new top-level Global Search Bar makes it extremely easy to find anything in your Informer system with just a few keystrokes. The Global Search Bar searches through all entities in your entire Informer system and provides results in a categorized manner. Find what you need at your fingertips!
In addition, a new parameters bar on the Ad hoc Query page will display the parameters that back a result set along with the data. Easily interact with Ad hoc Queries by viewing the parameters that were entered on the same screen as the query results and change the parameter inputs right there. This will foster even more ease of use when interacting with Ad hoc Queries.
Query payloads are now updated at runtime to use the defined field/link definitions. This will dramatically improve efficiency as changes to fields or links made at the definition level will no longer need all references to that entity dropped and re-added for the changes to be reflected. It will also be easier to add multiple entries to User Fields assigned to a User that are then handled across the system including in Criteria and Elasticsearch Script Fields.
Dataset copying options are now more comprehensive and flexible. The User can choose which entities to copy over – Data, Visuals, Filters, and Sharing. The new parse logs based on new Log Settings provided in the Log Settings dialog enable the User to determine the specific amount and type of information that will be captured in the logs, making it easier to hone in on the exact log information desired.
Finally, we are expanding our Datasource connectors and will have a new Jbase Datasource driver (a NoSQL multivalue database) in Beta. The new driver provides the ability to scan and query a Jbase Datasource, and build Reports and Visualizations.
As you can see, much awaits you in Informer 5.5!
